FICTION


Adventures of Huckleberry Finn/Twain

Alias: The Ghost/ Studler
The Ghost, a legendary figure who has gone by so many aliases his real identity is a mystery, has created a double-edged hallucinogen that is both a blessing to psychiatry and a powerful weapon that can ignite mass hysteria.

Alias: Mind Games/ Ruditis
Agents Sydney Bristow and Marcus Dixon are on the trail of international drug lord David Lowell, creator of a mind-control drug called Sway. The agents go undercover as dealers, but things don't go as planned. Sydney is forced to ingest a dose of Sway and is commanded to turn on her APO counterparts.

All or Nothing/ Brooke
Malory is invited to try out for an exclusive summer riding team, but if she's chosen she'll have to give up seeing her father and her favorite horse until fall.

Becoming Naomi León/Ryan
When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.

Blow Fly/Cornwall
"In Blow Fly, Kay Scarpetta stands at the threshold of a new life after her work as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner has come to a jarring end.

The Boyfriend Trick/ Davis (First Kisses series)
Lily Gardner has big problems: two fake boyfriends, a huge crush, and no date to the upcoming dance. What's a girl to do?

Car Trouble/ DuPrau

Early one August morning, seventeen-year-old computer "nerd" Duff Pringle leaves Richmond, Virginia, in a newly-acquired used car and begins an unexpectedly convoluted journey to San Jose, California, and the job that awaits him there.

The Crimes and Punishment of Miss Payne/ Jonsberg
Calma, who is smart and an excellent writer, and her unlikely friend, Kiffo, a seeming all-around failure, undertake a dangerous project when they follow an abusive teacher whom they suspect of dealing drugs.

Cupcake/Cohn
Former "bad girl" Cyd Charisse moves to New York City to live with her half-brother Danny while exploring career options and various relationships, including the one with Shrimp, who is surfing in New Zealand.

Diva/Flinn
Despite her mother's objections, sixteen-year-old Caitlin determines to pursue her dream of becoming an opera singer by attending a performing arts school in Miami.

Ellington Was Not a Street/Shange
In a reflective tribute to the African-American community of old, noted poet Ntozake Shange recalls her childhood home and the close-knit group of innovators that often gathered there.

Fix/Margolis
When their ex-model mother allows them to get nose jobs for their birthdays, Cameron jumps at the opportunity, but Allie begins to rethink her decision when her sister becomes obsessed with the idea of more surgeries.

A Girl Like Moi: The Fashion-Forward Adventures of Imogene/Barham
Imogene, who loves fashion, lands a summer job with a fashion forecasting agency in New York where she learns to be true to herself and her dreams.

A Great and Terrible Beauty/Bray
After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.

The Hand of the Devil/ Carter
When journalist Ashley Reeves finds himself on an island to interview a reclusive insect collector, he soon realizes that he might be the hunted.

The Handmaid’s Tale/Atwood
First published in 1985, this is a novel of such power that the reader is unable to forget its images and its forecast. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.

Hidden Agendas/Clancy
From the creators of Op-Center comes a different kind of law enforcement--an elite security agency to enforce laws that govern computer control in the year 2010. The operatives must hunt a hacker who has unleashed a virus that throws the federal financial systems into chaos.

If you Can’t Be Good, Be Good At it/ Adams (Hook up or Break up series)
Help! I've always had a wandering eye when it comes to guys, but now I have a boyfriend. I thought he was "The One" until I met Number Two and Number Three! I don't know what to do, so you're going to pick a guy for me!

Impulse/Hopkins
Three teens who meet at Reno, Nevada's Aspen Springs mental hospital after each has attempted suicide connect with each other in a way they never have with their parents or anyone else in their lives.

Kim: Empty Inside/Sparks
Seventeen-year-old Kim, feeling the pressure of maintaining an A average to stay on her college gymnastics team, becomes obsessive about her weight and develops anorexia.

Knights of the Hill Country/Tharp
As soon as that quarterback’s arm sprung forward, I took flight—up and sideways, stretching out my arm so far I thought it might pop right out of its socket. Then I felt it, the hard leather against my fingertips. A second later, I skidded across the ground, my face mask plowing up grass, the ball bouncing end over end a few yards away. Incomplete pass.

Left to Tell/Ilibagiza
Her life ripped apart by the bloody genocide that broke out in Rwanda in 1994, Ilibagiza forged a profound and lasting relationship with God through prayer and discovered a love so strong she was able to seek out and forgive her family's killers.

Like Water for Chocolate/Esquivel
With more than two million copies in print, this beloved novel has become a treasured part of America's literary memory. Now, for the first time, this "tall-tale, fairy-tale, soap opera romance, Mexican cookbook, and home-remedy handbook all rolled into one"(San Francisco Chronicle) is available in trade paper with the original art from the hardcover.

Love Lottery/ Hopkins (romance series)
Becca is playing a game of truth or dare when she kisses the first boy she sees, but later she feels maybe he might make a nice boyfriend.

Love Undercover/ Edwards (romance series)
When her FBI dad brings home Blaine, who's part of the witness protection program, it's Kaitlyn's job to keep Blaine's secret safe. But can she say the same for his heart?

The Minister’s Daughter/ Hearn
In 1645 in England, the daughters of the town minister successfully accuse a local healer and her granddaughter of witchcraft to conceal an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, but years later during the 1692 Salem trials their lie has unexpected repercussions.

Misery/King
A New York Times Bestseller Paul Sheldon, a writer of historical romances, is in a car accident and rescued by nurse Annie Wilkes. He slowly realizes that salvation can be worse than death.

The Murder of Bindy MacKenzie/ Moriarty
Class brain Bindy Mackenzie has alienated her entire high school but when she realizes someone is trying to kill her, she has to make friends in order to get help.

No Place Like Home/Clark
In a new thriller from America's Queen of Suspense, a young woman is ensnared into returning to a place she had wanted to leave behind forever - her childhood home. There, at the age of ten, Liza Barton had shot her mother, trying desperately to protect her from her estranged stepfather, Ted Cartwright. Despite his claim that the shooting was a deliberate act, the Juvenile Court rule the death an accident.

Ophelia/Klein
In a story based on Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ophelia tells of her life in the court at Elsinore, her love for Prince Hamlet, and her escape from the violence in Denmark.

Perfect/Friend
Following the death of her father, a thirteen-year-old uses bulimia as a way to avoid her mother's and ten-year-old sister's grief, as well as her own.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower/Chbosky
Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie is navigating through the strange worlds of love, drugs, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", and dealing with the loss of a good friend and his favorite aunt.

The Queen of Second Place/ Roberts
No matter how hard she tries, Cassie is always second best--in school, in life, and especially in love. And lately, Sterling Carter is always one pedicured step ahead of her. Cassie is used to it. Mostly. The problem is, right now she and Sterling both want Kevin Matthews. He's only the hottest new student ever to grace their high school halls. And for the record, Cassie saw him first. But, naturally, Sterling wants him. So Cassie might as well just give up now. Except who says Cassie can't have an equal chance too? Just because she's been in second place all her life doesn't mean things can't change.

Refugees/ Stine
Following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Dawn, a sixteen-year-old runaway from San Francisco, connects by phone and E-mail with Johar, a fifteen-year-old Afghani who assists Dawn's mother at a Red Cross refugee camp.

The Road of the Dead/ Brooks
Two brothers, sons of an incarcerated gypsy, leave London traveling to an isolated and desolate village, in search of the brutal killer of their sister.

Roald Dahl’s Book of Ghost Stories/Dahl
Who better to investigate the literary spirit world than that supreme connoisseur of the unexpected, Roald Dahl? Of the many permutations of the macabre or bizarre, Dahl was always especially fascinated by the classic ghost story.

Sahara Special/Codell
Struggling with school and her feelings since her father left, Sahara gets a fresh start with a new and unique teacher who supports her writing talents and the individuality of each of her classmates.

Shipping News/Proulx
E. Annie Proulx focuses on a Newfoundland fishing town in a tale about a third-rate newspaperman and the women in his life-- his elderly aunt and two young daughters-- who decide to resettle in their ancestral seaside home. The transformation each of the characters undergoes following the move is profound.

Shoot the Moon/Letts
In 1972, the tiny windswept town of DeClare, Oklahoma, was consumed by the terrifying disappearance of Nicky Jack Harjo. When he was no more than a baby, his pajama bottoms were found on the banks of Willow Creek.

A Thousand Acres/Smiley
A thousand acres, a piece of land of almost mythic proportions. Upon this fertile, nourishing earth, Jane Smiley has set her rich, breathtakingly dramatic novel of an American family whose wealth cannot stay the hand of tragedy.

To Kill a Mockingbird/Lee
This beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning classic tells the story of a small southern town and its colorful characters Jem, Scout, Atticus and Boo Radley.

A Touch of Chill/Aiken
Tales for sleepless nights.

The True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet/ Douglas
Teen movie star Morgan Carter retreats to a small midwestern town to recuperate anonymously after an overdose and rehabilitation, recording her thoughts in a diary.

Trust Me/ Hawthorne (First Kisses Series)
This new romance series for tween girls is innocent and clean, yet savvy and contemporary. Jess's "trust partner" for counselor training is none other than her camp rival Sean, who's totally untrustworthy. Yet when she's around him, Jess isn't so sure she can trust her own heart.

The Uglies/Westerfeld
Fifteen-year-old Tally's eerily harmonious, post-apocalyptic society gives extreme makeovers to teens on their sixteenth birthdays, supposedly conferring equivalent evolutionary advantages to all. When a top-secret agency threatens to leave Tally ugly forever unless she spies on runaway teens, she agrees to infiltrate the Smoke, a shadowy colony of refugees from the tyranny of physical perfection.

What if… All the Boys Wanted You (Chose Your Destiny Series)/ Ruckdeschel & James
As Haley's sophomore year at Hillsdale High continues, she discovers additional benefits to being the new girl in school, while the reader's choices lead her either toward or away from the popular crowd and guide her to a boyfriend.