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While working at pleasant but mundane summer jobs in
San Francisco, fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, suddenly find
themselves caught up in the deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival
alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient and
powerful book holding the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life. Book #1 in series of the Secrets of the Immortal Nicolas
Flamel
Audiobooks:
Amazon, iTunes, Library (CD)
ebooks: kindle
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Fourteen-year-old Nadira, her sister, and their
parents leave
Bangladesh for New York City, but the expiration of their visas and the
events of September 11, 2001, bring frustration, sorrow, and terror for
the whole family.
ebooks: kindle
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When fourteen-year-old baseball player Hutch
feels threatened by the
arrival of a new teammate named Darryl, he tries to work through his
insecurities about both Darryl and his remote and silent father, who
was once a great ballplayer too.
Audiobooks: Amazon, iTunes, library (CD)
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Roy spoke at
Briscoe this winter about his inspirational life story. Eleven seconds into his first college hockey game, Roy was injured and paralyzed from the chest down. Note: only available in hardcover and was written for a general adult audience.
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This book had insufficient signups and is no longer a choice.
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Found -
Margaret Peterson Haddix
When
thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn
they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of
babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a
mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to
repair the fabric of time. First book in The Missing series (Sent is
#2).
Audiobook: iTunes, Audible.com
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While attempting to
solve the mystery of a
stolen jewel, Seikei, a
merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki
actors in eighteenth-century Japan.
Audiobook: iTunes, Audible.com
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Life becomes more
interesting for Ananka Fishbein when, at the age of
twelve, she discovers an underground room in the park across from her
New York City apartment and meets a mysterious girl called Kiki Strike
who claims that she, too, wants to explore the subterranean world.
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Seventh-grader
Martin Conway believes that his life is monotonous and
dull until the night the antique radio he uses as a night-light
transports him to the bombing of London in 1940.
Audiobook: iTunes, Amazon (CD)
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When Ted and Kat's cousin Salim disappears
from the London
Eye ferris
wheel, the two siblings must work together--Ted with his brain that is
"wired differently" and impatient Kat--to try to solve the mystery of
what happened to Salim.
Audiobook: iTunes, Amazon (CD), library (CD and eaudiobook)
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A
Mango-Shaped Space - Wendy Mass
Afraid that she is crazy,
thirteen-year-old Mia, who sees a special
color with every letter, number, and sound, keeps this a secret until
she becomes overwhelmed by school, changing relationships, and the loss
of something important to her. Audiobook: Amazon (CD, cass), library (CD)
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The author describes some of the dogs
that have had special places in
his life, including his first dog, Snowball, in the Philippines; Dirk,
who protected him from bullies; and Cookie, who saved his life.
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In 1975, eleven Boy
Scouts,
their leaders, and some new friends camping
at Halape, Hawaii, find their survival skills put to the test when a
massive earthquake strikes, followed by a tsunami.
Audiobook: iTunes, Audible.com, library (CD)
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Born in the eighth year
of Enclosure, ten-year-old Honor lives in a
highly regulated colony with her defiant parents, but when they have an
illegal second child and are taken away, it is up to Honor and her
friend Helix, another "Unpredictable," to uncover a terrible secret
about their Island and the Corporation that runs everything.
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Two
feuding sisters
from Malibu, California, take their rivalry to the soccer field when
both girls make the high school team. First book in PrettyTough series.
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Raven's
Gate - Anthony Horowitz - 2005
Sent
to live in a foster home in a remote Yorkshire village, Matt, a
troubled fourteen-year-old English boy, uncovers an evil plot involving
witchcraft and the site of an ancient stone circle. First book in the Gatekeepers
Series.
Audiobook:
iTunes, Audible.com, Amazon (CD), library
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Second in Percy Jackson series
Demi-god
Percy Jackson and his friends must journey into the Sea of
Monsters to save their camp. But first Percy will discover a secret
that makes him wonder whether being claimed as Poseidon's son is an
honor or a cruel joke.
Audiobook: iTunes, Amazon (CD), library
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When twelve-year-old Stephanie inherits
her weird uncle's estate, she
must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save
the world from the Faceless Ones. First book in
Skulduggery Pleasant series. Note that this book was previously published under the title Skulduggery Pleasant.
Audiobook: Amazon (CD as Skulduggery Pleasant), library (CD)
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On a sunny day in June, at
the beach with her mom and brother,
fifteen-year-old Jane Arrowood went for a swim. And then everything —
absolutely everything — changed. Now she’s counting down the days until
she returns to school with her fake arm, where she knows kids will
whisper, "That’s her — that’s Shark Girl," as she passes.
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In 1659, fourteen-year-old Mary Newbury
keeps a
journal of her voyage
from England to the New World and her experiences living as a witch in
a community of Puritans near Salem, Massachusetts.
Audiobook: iTunes, Amazon (cass)
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