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Best of 2011 Teri S. Lesesne
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IL=Interest Level, RL=Reading Level
Paradise By Alexander, Jill (Jill Shurbet) Dewey: -Fic-
Teenaged Paisley Tillery dreams a career as a
professional drummer will take her out of her
small Texas town, but when her country rock
band gets a handsome new lead singer from
Paradise, Texas, those dreams may change.
____#0448KM7 2011 IL:YA $16.99
Americapedia : taking the dumb out of
freedom By Anderson, Jodi Lynn Dewey: 320.6
Blends humor and facts in a look at events in
America and the world, providing information
about the electoral system in the U.S., the
world economy, the role of religion in conflict,
America's place in the world, and other topics,
and including advice on how to get involved.
____#0447TM6 2011 IL:YA $21.24
The mostly true story of Jack By Barnhill, Kelly Regan Dewey: -Fic-
Jack is practically invisible at home, but when
his parents send him to Hazelwood, Iowa, to
spend a summer with his odd aunt and uncle,
he suddenly makes friends, is beaten up by the
town bully, and is plotted against by the richest
man in town.
____#0200VM5 2011 IL:5-8 RL:5.5 $14.44
A scary scene in a scary movie By Blackstone, Matt Dewey: -Fic-
Rene, a high school freshman with obsessive-
compulsive disorder, finds life to be like a
scary movie, and even after he makes friends
with the ultra-cool Giovanni he still feels
responsible for saving his favorite teacher,
dealing with his missing father, courting the
beautiful Ariel, and trying to pretend to be
normal for the school psychologist.
____#0448FM0 2011 IL:YA $14.44
F in exams : the very best totally wrong test
answers By Benson, Richard, 1962- Dewey: 371.26
Collects creative ways students have answered
difficult exam questions.
____#0440VL8 2011 IL:AD $8.46
Beauty queens By Bray, Libba Dewey: -Fic-
When a plane crash strands thirteen teen
beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they
struggle to survive, to get along with one
another, to combat the island's other diabolical
occupants, and to learn their dance numbers in
case they are rescued in time for the
competition.
AR: 4.4 UG 15.0 144241EN
____#0192FN4 2011 IL:YA $16.14
Noah Barleywater runs away : a fairytale By Boyne, John, 1971- Dewey: -Fic-
When life at home becomes too difficult,
eight-year-old Noah sets out to see the world
America is under attack : September 11,
2001 : the day the towers fell By Brown, Don, 1949- Dewey: 973.931
Provides a chronological account of September
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and have an adventure, and in the forest he
meets a toymaker who has a story and some
advice to share.
AR: 5.6 MG 7.0 144115EN
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11, 2001, and the terrorist attacks on the World
Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in
Washington, D.C., and the hijacking of a plane
that crashed in Pennsylvania.
____#0335WPX 2011 IL:3-6 RL:5.6 $14.44
Anya's ghost By Brosgol, Vera Dewey: 741.5
Anya, embarrassed by her family and lacking
confidence in her body and her social skills,
finally finds a friend after falling down a well,
but quickly learns there are drawbacks to
having a ghost for a friend.
____#0175WLX 2011 IL:YA $13.59
The battling bands / (Knights Of The Lunch
Table #3) By Cammuso, Frank Dewey: 741.5
Artie, Wayne, and Percy enter the talent show
hoping for fame and fortune, but since none of
them can sing or play an instrument, their only
hope of winning is finding the fabled Singing
Sword.
____#0205HN3 2011 IL:3-6 $6.49
The adventures of Mark Twain By Burleigh, Robert Dewey: 818
An illustrated biography of American author
Mark Twain, presented from the perspective of
the Twain's famous literary character
Huckleberry Finn.
AR: 4.3 MG 0.5 143591EN Lexile: 750
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First day on earth --a novel By Castellucci, Cecil Dewey: -Fic-
Mal, a high school outcast, meets Hopper, who
claims he is an alien, and, through his
relationship with him, Mal begins to see
himself and the world in a new light.
____#0001LR0 2011 IL:YA $15.29 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be
available on November 1, 2011.
Leverage By Cohen, Joshua, 1969- Dewey: -Fic-
High school sophomore Danny excels at
gymnastics but is bullied, like the rest of the
gymnasts, by members of the football team,
until an emotionally and physically scarred
new student joins the football team and forms
an unlikely friendship with Danny.
AR: 5.2 UG 16.0 143183EN
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No passengers beyond this point By Choldenko, Gennifer, 1957- Dewey: -Fic-
With their house in foreclosure, sisters India
and Mouse and brother Finn are sent to stay
with an uncle in Colorado until their mother
can join them, but when the plane lands, the
children are welcomed by cheering crowds to a
strange place where each of them has a perfect
house and a clock that is ticking down the
time.
Entwined By Dixon, Heather, 1982- Dewey: -Fic-
Confined to their dreary castle while mourning
their mother's death, Princess Azalea and her
eleven sisters join The Keeper, who is trapped
in a magic passageway, in a nightly dance that
soon becomes nightmarish.
AR: 5.0 MG 14.0 143503EN
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Night of the living dust bunnies / (Stone
Rabbit, #6) By Craddock, Erik Dewey: 741.5
____#0497ZM7 2011 IL:3-6 $11.56
The absolute value of Mike By Erskine, Kathryn Dewey: -Fic-
Mike, a fourteen-year-old boy with a math
learning disability, is sent to rural
Pennsylvania for the summer to work on an
engineering project, and while his plans to
impress his mathematician father fall flat when
Mike discovers the project has nothing to do
with engineering, he learns much more
valuable lessons while working with his
eccentric, elderly aunt, a homeless man, and a
punk rock girl as part of a town-wide effort to
adopt a Romanian orphan.
AR: 3.9 MG 8.0 143788EN
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Hurricane dancers : the first Caribbean
pirate shipwreck By Engle, Margarita Dewey: 811
Quebrado has been a slave on captain
Bernadino de Talavera's pirate ship for years,
but when a hurricane sinks the ship and kills
most of the crew, Quebrado escapes to safety
and finds acceptance and refuge in a nearby
village.
AR: 6.6 MG 1.0 143562EN
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Prom & prejudice By Eulberg, Elizabeth Dewey: -Fic-
For Lizzie Bennett, a music scholarship
student at Connecticut's exclusive, girls-only
Longbourn Academy, the furor over prom is
senseless, but even more puzzling is her
attraction to the pompous Will Darcy, best
friend of her roommate's boyfriend.
AR: 4.8 MG 6.0 141689EN Lexile: 690
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Hidden By Frost, Helen, 1949- Dewey: -Fic-
Years after Darra Monson's father stole a
minivan with Wren Abbott hiding in the back,
the girls come face to face at summer camp
and together they try to work through what
happened to them and the impact it had on
their lives.
AR: 3.9 MG 3.0 144298EN
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Bunheads By Flack, Sophie Dewey: -Fic-
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How I stole Johnny Depp's alien girlfriend By Ghislain, Gary Dewey: -Fic-
Fourteen-year-old David, the son of a famous
French psychologist, falls in love with Zelda, a
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available on October 10, 2011. new patient who believes she is from outer
space, and soon they are tearing through Paris
in search of her chosen one, Johnny Depp, so
that she can take him to her home planet,
Vahalal.
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Dead End in Norvelt By Gantos, Jack Dewey: -Fic-
In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania,
twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the
summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses
until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor
with a most unusual chore involving the newly
dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl
Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from
history, typewriting, and countless bloody
noses.
____#0438VQ4 2011 IL:5-8 $13.59 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be available on September 13, 2011.
Sister mischief By Goode, L. (Laura), 1983- Dewey: -Fic-
Esme Rockett, also known as MC Ferocious,
rocks her suburban Minnesota Christian high
school with more than the hip-hop music she
makes with best friends Marcy (DJ SheStorm)
and Tess (The ConTessa) when she develops
feelings for her co-MC, Rowie (MC Rohini).
____#0457WK7 2011 IL:YA $14.44
Then By Gleitzman, Morris Dewey: -Fic-
After Nazi soldiers commandeer their
orphanage in Poland, young Felix escapes with
his friend Zelda, but the safe places the pair
finds to hide quickly turn dangerous, and the
orphans must remain on the run to avoid
capture and death in a concentration camp.
AR: 3.8 MG 5.0 144856EN
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Charlie Joe Jackson's guide to not reading By Greenwald, Tom Dewey: -Fic-
Middle schooler Charlie Joe is proud of his
success at avoiding reading, but eventually his
schemes go too far.
____#0443GM6 2011 IL:5-8 RL:5.8 $12.74
Tall story By Gourlay, Candy Dewey: -Fic-
Sixteen-year-old Bernardo, who is eight feet
tall and suffers from a condition called
Gigantism, leaves the Philippines to live with
his mother's family in London, much to the
delight of his thirteen-year-old half sister Andi,
a passionate basketball player.
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Clarity By Harrington, Kim, 1974- Dewey: -Fic-
Sixteen-year-old Clare Fern, a member of a
family of psychics, helps the mayor and a
skeptical detective solve a murder in a Cape
Cod town during the height of tourist season--
with her brother a prime suspect.
AR: 4.1 UG 8.0 142716EN Lexile: 580
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Page by Paige By Gulledge, Laura Lee Dewey: 741.5
The eleventh plague By Hirsch, Jeff Dewey: -Fic-
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Paige Turner, who has just moved to New
York with her family, uses her sketchbook to
try to make sense of her new life, and she finds
the process of sharing her artwork and identity
with others both scary and rewarding.
____#0003DK8 2011 IL:YA $16.11
Twenty years after the start of the war that
caused the Collapse, fifteen-year-old Stephen,
his father, and grandfather travel post-Collapse
America scavenging, but when his grandfather
dies and his father decides to risk everything to
save the lives of two strangers, Stephen's life is
turned upside down.
____#0001NR5 2011 IL:YA $15.29 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be
available on September 1, 2011.
Skate fate By Herrera, Juan Felipe Dewey: -Fic-
Lucky Z, a Chicano foster child, loved living
on the edge until a drag racing accident left
him in a wheelchair, but as he struggles to find
his place in a new high school, he begins
writing poetry everywhere about anything, and
in finding his voice he also discovers the
beauty around him.
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Like Mandarin By Hubbard, Kirsten Dewey: -Fic-
When shy, awkward fourteen-year-old Grace
Carpenter is paired with the beautiful and wild
Mandarin on a school project, an unlikely,
explosive friendship begins, but all too soon,
Grace discovers that Mandarin is a very
troubled, even dangerous, girl.
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Brave new pond / (Squish #2) By Holm, Jennifer L Dewey: -Fic-
Starting a new school year, Squish, a meek
amoeba who loves the comic book exploits of
his favorite hero, "Super Amoeba," is
determined to get picked for kickball and hang
out with the cool kids.
____#0041QS7 2011 IL:3-6 $14.03 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be
available on September 27, 2011.
Reading poetry in the middle grades : 20
poems and activities that meet the common
core standards and cultivatea passion for
poetry By Janeczko, Paul B Dewey: 808.1
Presents twenty poems and activities designed
to help middle school students develop a love
for poetry and learn how to understand what
they are reading.
____#0062WN7 2011 IL:PF $29.70
Small as an elephant By Jacobson, Jennifer, 1958- Dewey: -Fic-
Abandoned by his mother in an Acadia
National Park campground, Jack tries to make
his way back to Boston before anyone figures
out what is going on, with only a small toy
elephant for company.
AR: 5.3 MG 7.0 143083EN
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This girl is different By Johnson, J. J., 1973- Dewey: -Fic-
Having always been home schooled by her
counter-culture mother, Evie has decided to
spend her senior year at the local public high
school, an experience that challenges her
preconceptions about friendship, boundaries,
and power.
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Invisible Inkling By Jenkins, Emily, 1967- Dewey: -Fic-
Everybody Sees the Ants By King, A. S Dewey: -Fic-
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When Hank Wolowitz runs into trouble in the
form a of lunch-stealing bully, he finds an
unlikely ally in an invisible refugee pumpkin-
loving bandapat named Inkling.
____#0172QM5 2011 IL:3-6 RL:4.6 $12.74
____#0101QSX 2011 IL:YA $15.29 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be
available on October 3, 2011.
XVI By Karr, Julia Dewey: 813
At fifteen, Nina Oberon lives in a totalitarian
future society in which all girls are required to
get a Governing Council-ordered "XVI" wrist
tattoo on their sixteenth birthdays, announcing
to the world that they are ready for sex, a claim
Nina is not prepared to make, and when her
mother is attacked right before Nina's birthday,
she reveals a shocking truth with her dying
breaths and Nina is left to care for her younger
sister and try to discover who she really is, all
the while staying one step ahead of her
mother's killer.
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Pearl By Knowles, Johanna, 1970- Dewey: -Fic-
After fifteen-year-old Bean's beloved
grandfather Gus dies, she discovers
uncomfortable secrets about him, her mother,
and the father she has never known.
____#0448NM9 2011 IL:YA $15.29
The iron thorn By Kittredge, Caitlin Dewey: -Fic-
In an alternate 1950s, mechanically gifted
fifteen-year-old Aoife Grayson, whose family
has a history of going mad at sixteen, must
leave the totalitarian city of Lovecraft and
venture into the world of magic to solve the
mystery of her brother's disappearance and the
mysteries surrounding her father and the Land
of Thorn.
AR: 5.5 MG 20.0 142777EN
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The friendship doll By Larson, Kirby Dewey: -Fic-
Follows the adventures of Miss Kanagawa, a
doll made to serve as an ambassadors from
Japan to the United States, as she makes
friends and learns about love during the
twentieth century.
AR: 5.0 MG 7.0 143789EN
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Human.4 By Lancaster, Mike A Dewey: -Fic-
Twenty-first century fourteen-year-old Kyle
was hypnotized when humanity was upgraded
to 1.0 and he, incompatible with the new
technology, exposes its terrifying impact in a
tape-recording found by the superhumans of
the future.
AR: 5.4 MG 6.0 144222EN
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Bless this mouse By Lowry, Lois Dewey: -Fic-
Mouse Mistress Hildegarde musters all her
ingenuity to keep a large colony of church
mice safe from the exterminator and to see that
they make it through the dangerous Blessing of
the Animals.
AR: 4.5 LG 3.0 143326EN
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Every you, every me By Levithan, David Dewey: -Fic-
Evan is haunted by the loss of his best friend,
but when mysterious photographs start
appearing, he begins to fall apart as he starts to
wonder if she has returned, seeking vengeance.
____#0059MS4 2011 IL:YA $21.59 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be
available on September 13, 2011.
Enter the zombie By Lubar, David Dewey: -Fic-
When the head of the Bureau of Useful
Misadventures (or BUM) discovers that an evil
organization is using the Student Mind and
Body competition to recruit agents, he asks
Nathan to enter the competition, but things go
terribly wrong when Nathan's nemesis starts to
notice some odd things about him, and Nathan
fears his zombie identity will be exposed.
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Attack of the vampire weenies and other
warped and creepy tales By Lubar, David Dewey: -Fic-
Contains over thirty stories of vampires,
ghosts, middle school teachers, and other scary
things.
AR: 4.0 MG 5.0 143920EN
____#0099UM5 2011 IL:3-6 RL:4.8 $15.99
Mangaman By Lyga, Barry, Barry Dewey: 741.5
____#0470LR0 2011 IL:YA $16.14 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be available on November 14, 2011.
Jeremy Bender vs. the Cupcake Cadets By Luper, Eric Dewey: -Fic-
When sixth-grader Jeremy Bender damages his
father's prized boat and needs to come up with
a lot of money to get it repaired, he and his
best friend dress up as girls and infiltrate the
Cupcake Cadet troop in an attempt to win the
Windjammer Whirl model sailboat contest,
and the prize money that comes with it.
AR: 4.7 MG 6.0 144412EN
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Shatter me By Mafi, Tahereh Dewey: -Fic-
Ostracized or incarcerated her whole life,
seventeen-year-old Juliette is freed on the
condition that she use her horrific abilities in
support of The Reestablishment, a post-
apocalyptic dictatorship, but Adam, the only
person ever to show her affection, offers hope
of a better future.
____#0051QR4 2012 IL:YA $15.29 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be
available on November 15, 2011.
Angry young man By Lynch, Chris Dewey: -Fic-
A boy reaches an unimaginable conclusion
when he takes a journey of self-discovery.
AR: 4.9 UG 6.0 143574EN Lexile: 770
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Exposed By Marcus, Kimberly Dewey: -Fic-
High school senior Liz, a gifted photographer,
can no longer see things clearly after her best
friend accuses Liz's older brother of a terrible
crime.
AR: 5.1 UG 3.0 142775EN
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The borrower By Makkai, Rebecca Dewey: 813
Under the Mesquite By McCall, Guadalupe Garcia Dewey: 811
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Lucy Hull and Ian Drake travel from Missouri
to Vermont, and while Ian is running away
from his parents, Lucy contemplates if she is
also fleeing from something rather than just
helping Ian on his journey.
____#0198VN9 2011 IL:AD $22.06
Lupita, a young actor and poet, struggles with
adult responsibilities in her Mexican American
immigrant family while her mother fights
cancer.
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Luminous By Metcalf, Dawn Dewey: -Fic-
Sixteen-year-old Consuela suddenly and
inexplicably finds herself in the parallel
universe of the Flow, where she and other
teens with extraordinary abilities safeguard a
world where they no longer belong.
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You don't know about me By Meehl, Brian Dewey: -Fic-
Billy has spent his almost-sixteen years with
four cardinal points--Mother, Christ, Bible,
and Home-school--but when he sets off on a
wild road trip to find the father he thought was
dead, he learns much about himself and life.
AR: 4.4 UG 15.0 143933EN
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The adventures of Sir Gawain the True By Morris, Gerald, 1963- Dewey: -Fic-
Relates the adventures of Sir Gawain, the only
undefeated knight in King Arthur's court, who
eventually learns the value of friendship,
courtliness, and courtesy after a challenge
from the Green Knight.
AR: 5.0 MG 2.0 143319EN
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Kick By Myers, Walter Dean, 1937- Dewey: -Fic-
Told in their separate voices, thirteen-year-old
soccer star Kevin and police sergeant Brown,
who knew his father, try to keep Kevin out of
juvenile hall after he is arrested on very serious
charges.
AR: 4.7 MG 5.0 142169EN
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Ashfall By Mullin, Mike Dewey: -Fic-
____#0476YS1 2011 IL:YA $14.41 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be
available on October 11, 2011.
Olympians. 3,Hera, the goddess and her
glory By O'Connor, George Dewey: 741.5
Recounts the stories of the many heroes who
sought and won the approval and patronage of
Hera, the Queen of the Gods, including the
story of Heracles.
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A monster calls --a novel By Ness, Patrick Dewey: -Fic-
Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to
find a monster outside his bedroom window,
but not the one from the recurring nightmare
that began when his mother became ill--an
ancient, wild creature that wants him to face
truth and loss.
____#0145NQ9 2011 IL:YA $14.44 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be
available on September 27, 2011.
The flint heart By Paterson, Katherine and John Dewey: -
Fic-
A magical amulet, created by a Stone Age
magic man for an ambitious individual
wishing to take control of his tribe, brings
power and despair to those who touch it, and
when the amulet reemerges, Charles and his
sister Unity must find a way to rescue the
humans, fairies, and animals from the
mysterious object.
____#0144WQ8 2011 IL:3-6 $16.99 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be
available on September 27, 2011.
Delirium By Oliver, Lauren, 1982- Dewey: -Fic-
Lena looks forward to receiving the
government-mandated cure that prevents the
delirium of love and leads to a safe,
predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five
days before her eighteenth birthday and her
treatment, when she falls in love.
AR: 6.1 UG 18.0 143097EN
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Forgotten By Patrick, Cat Dewey: -Fic-
Sixteen-year-old London Lane forgets
everything each night and must use notes to
struggle through the day, even to recall her
wonderful boyfriend, but she "remembers"
future events and as her "flashforwards"
become more disturbing she realizes she must
learn more about the past lest it destroy her
future.
AR: 4.8 MG 8.0 144394EN
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What can't wait By Perez, Ashley Hope Dewey: -Fic-
Marooned in a broken-down Houston
neighborhood--and in a Mexican immigrant
family where making ends meet matters much
more than making it to college--smart, talented
Marissa seeks comfort elsewhere when her
home life becomes unbearable.
AR: 4.2 MG 7.0 141663EN
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Flat broke : the theory, practice and
destructive properties of greed By Paulsen, Gary Dewey: -Fic-
Fourteen-year-old Kevin is a hard worker, so
when his income is cut off he begins a series
of businesses, from poker games to selling
snacks, earning money to take a girl to a
Following Christopher Creed By Plum-Ucci, Carol Dewey: -Fic-
College students Mike Mavic, having traveled
to Steepleton to follow up on news that the
body of Christopher Creed, who disappeared
four years earlier, was found, realizes the
people in the town have underlying streaks of
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dance, but his partners soon tire of his
methods.
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meanness and the only person who cares about
Christopher anymore is his younger brother,
Justin, who is teetering on the edge of sanity.
____#0470QR7 2011 IL:YA $14.44 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be
available on September 6, 2011.
When life gives you O.J. By Perl, Erica S Dewey: -Fic-
Ten-year-old Zelly Fried considers going
along with her grandfather's crazy plan to
convince her parents to buy her a dog which
involves a "practice dog" named OJ.
AR: 4.3 MG 6.0 144259EN
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Lemonade : and other poems squeezed from
a single word By Raczka, Bob Dewey: 811
A collection of poems based on a child's day-
to-day experiences that includes a puzzle at the
end of each poem.
____#0233RJ7 2011 IL:3-6 RL:6.1 $14.44
The pull of gravity By Polisner, Gae Dewey: -Fic-
When their friend Scooter dies of a rare
disease, teenagers Nick Gardner and Jaycee
Amato set out on a secret journey to find the
father who abandoned "The Scoot" when he
was an infant, and give him a signed first
edition of "Of Mice and Men."
AR: 4.1 MG 6.0 144356EN
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Americus By Reed, M.K Dewey: 741.5
____#0351BT5 2011 IL:YA $16.14 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be available on August 30, 2011.
Across the universe By Revis, Beth Dewey: -Fic-
Amy, having been cryogenically frozen and
placed onboard a spaceship which was
supposed to land on a distant planet three
hundred years in the future, is unplugged fifty
years too early and finds herself stuck inside
an enclosed world ruled by a tyrannical leader
and his rebellious teenage heir and confused
about who to trust and why someone is trying
to kill her.
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Illegal By Restrepo, Bettina Dewey: -Fic-
Nora, a fifteen-year-old Mexican girl, faces the
challenges of being an illegal immigrant in
Texas when she and her mother cross the
Astronaut Academy : zero gravity By Roman, Dave Dewey: 741.5
Hakata struggles to get by at Astronaut
Academy after he becomes the target of the
school's most popular girl. Meanwhile, his best
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border in search of Nora's father.
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friend stops returning Hakata's phone calls and
Hakata's new roommate is a Fireball-obsessed
jock.
AR: 3.6 MG 2.0 143705EN
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Chicagoland Detective Agency. No. 2,The
Maltese mummy By Robbins, Trina Dewey: 741.5
As the founders of the Chicagoland Detective
Agency, a haiku-writing girl and a boy with a
talking dog have more than enough cases on
their hands (and paws) when a friend vanishes,
a mummy's amulet disappears, and an evil
scientist stalks human brains and hearts.
AR: 3.4 MG 1.0 142512EN
____#0472KH4 2011 IL:5-8 RL:3.2 $21.95
Drawing from memory By Say, Allen Dewey: 741.6
Caldecott medalist Allen Say chronicles his
experiences as an artist during World War II,
and describes his relationship with his mentor
Noro Shinpei, Japan's leading cartoonist.
____#0001RR4 2011 IL:5-8 $15.29 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be available on September 1, 2011.
The fourth stall By Rylander, Chris Dewey: -Fic-
Sixth-graders Mac and Vince operate a
business charging schoolmates for protection
from bullies and for help to negotiate conflicts
peacefully, with amazing challenges and
results.
AR: 5.1 MG 11.0 143085EN
____#0397DH1 2011 IL:3-6 RL:4.9 $13.59
Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick By Schreiber, Joe Dewey: -Fic-
Perry's parents insist that he take Gobi, their
quiet, Lithuanian exchange student, to senior
prom but after an incident at the dance he
learns that Gobi is actually a trained assassin
who needs him as a henchman, behind the
wheel of his father's precious Jaguar, on a
mission in Manhattan.
____#0470HR1 2011 IL:YA $14.44 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be
available on October 24, 2011.
Okay for now By Schmidt, Gary D Dewey: -Fic-
Fourteen-year-old Doug Swieteck faces many
challenges, including an abusive father, a
brother traumatized by Vietnam, suspicious
teachers and police officers, and isolation, but
when he meets a girl known as Lil Spicer, he
develops a close relationship with her and
finds a safe place at the local library.
AR: 4.9 MG 11.0 143203EN
____#0110TJ7 2011 IL:5-8 RL:4.3 $14.44
Ghosts in the fog --the untold story of
Alaska's WWII invasion By Seiple, Samantha Dewey: 973
A narrative, nonfiction account of the Japanese
invasion and occupation of the Aleutian
Islands during World War II, told from the
perspectives of an American civilian and
soldiers from both sides of the conflict.
Includes more than eighty photographs.
____#0003ER2 2011 IL:YA $14.44 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be available on October 1, 2011.
Spaceheadz. 2 By Scieszka, Jon Dewey: -Fic-
Between shades of gray By Sepetys, Ruta Dewey: -Fic-
Page 12
Michael K. seeks out the help of fellow fifth
graders when the SPHDZ, who are trying to
blend into Earth culture, draw attention to
themselves by mixing up holidays, cartoons,
and commercials, and risk being discovered by
Agent Umber.
AR: 4.4 MG 3.0 141694EN Lexile: 730
____#0251JD8 2010 IL:3-6 RL:5.3 $12.74
In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and
brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home
by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her
father is sentenced to death in a prison camp
while she fights for her life, vowing to honor
her family and the thousands like hers by
burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil.
Based on the author's family, includes a
historical note.
AR: 3.6 MG 9.0 142569EN
____#0312LH4 2011 IL:YA $15.29
Wonderstruck By Selznick, Brian Dewey: -Fic-
Relates the stories of twelve-year-old Ben,
who loses his mother and his hearing in a short
time frame and decides to leave his Minnesota
home in 1977 to seek the father he has never
known in New York City; and Rose, who lives
with her father but feels compelled to search
for what is missing in her life. Ben's story is
told in words; Rose's in pictures.
____#0202SN4 2011 IL:5-8 $25.49 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be available on September 13, 2011.
The great wall of Lucy Wu By Shang, Wendy Wan Long Dewey: -Fic-
Eleven-year-old aspiring basketball star and
interior designer Lucy Wu is excited about
finally having her own bedroom, until she
learns that her great-aunt is coming to visit and
Lucy will have to share a room with her for
several months, shattering her plans for a
perfect sixth-grade year.
AR: 4.6 MG 8.0 141653EN Lexile: 700
____#0338FHX 2011 IL:3-6 RL:5.3 $15.29
The Bippolo seed and other lost stories By Seuss, Dr Dewey: -E-
Contains seven rare stories by Dr. Seuss which
were first published in magazines between
1948 and 1959, featuring "The Bear, the
Rabbit, and the Zinnigo- Zanniga," "Gustav
the Goldfish," "Todd and Todd," "Steak for
Supper," "The Bippolo Seed," "The Strange
Shirt Spot," and others, and including an
introduction and commentary on each story.
____#0481MB9 2010 IL:K-3 $19.44 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be
available on September 27, 2011.
Nerd girls : the rise of the dorkasaurus By Sitomer, Alan Lawrence Dewey: -Fic-
Three misfit middle school students team up to
try to beat out the catty and mean "ThreePees"-
-pretty, popular, and perfect girls--at the school
talent show.
____#0117LM8 2011 IL:5-8 RL:5 $14.44
Meanwhile By Shiga, Jason Dewey: 741.5
In this choose-your-own adventure graphic
novel, a boy stumbles on the laboratory of a
mad scientist who asks him to choose between
testing a mind-reading device, a time machine,
Storm runners By Smith, Roland, 1951- Dewey: -Fic-
Twelve-year-old Chase Masters travels the
country with his father, a "storm runner," but
he is tested in ways he never could have
imagined when he and a new friend are caught
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and a doomsday machine.
____#16112D4 2010 IL:3-6 RL:3 $13.56
in a hurricane near St. Petersburg, Florida.
AR: 4.5 MG 4.0 142519EN Lexile: 700
____#0359PC9 2011 IL:5-8 RL:5.7 $14.44
Tantalize --Kieren's story By Smith, Cynthia Leitich Dewey: 741.5
Werewolf-in-training Kieren is torn between
joining an urban wolf pack and staying to
protect his human best friend--and love
interest--Quincie, whose restaurant is in
danger of morphing into a vampire lair.
____#0145KQ7 2011 IL:YA $16.99 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be
available on August 9, 2011.
The emerald atlas By Stephens, John Dewey: -Fic-
Kate, Michael, and Emma have passed from
one orphanage to another in the ten years since
their parents disappeared to protect them, but
now they learn that they have special powers--
and a fearsome enemy--and embark on a
prophesied quest to find a magical book.
AR: 4.9 MG 15.0 143205EN
____#0468EJX 2011 IL:5-8 RL:5.1 $15.29
Bad island By TenNapel, Doug Dewey: 741.5
Reese, forced to go on vacation with his
family, finds himself shipwrecked with them
on a strange island full of weird plants and
animals, and pursued by an unknown entity on
the hunt.
____#0205PN1 2011 IL:5-8 RL:4.2 $21.24
Lost and found : 3 By Tan, Shaun Dewey: -Fic-
Collects three stories by Shaun Tan that
explore how people lose and find what matters
most to them, as a girl finds a bright spot in a
dark world, a boy leads a strange, lost being
home, and a group of peaceful creatures loses
its home to cruel invaders.
AR: 5.6 MG 0.5 142878EN
____#0352VH9 2011 IL:5-8 RL:5.4 $18.69
The girl who circumnavigated Fairyland in
a ship of her own making By Valente, Catherynne M., 1979- Dewey: -
Fic-
A young girl named September finds herself
transported from her home in Omaha to
Fairyland, where she must battle the
mysterious Marquess alongside her creature-
friends.
____#0442ZM8 2011 IL:5-8 RL:6.7 $16.99
The book with a hole By Tullet, Herve Dewey: 153.3
As each page is turned, the hole in the center
of the book becomes a space for different
things, questions and activities encourage
children to imagine the various possibilities.
____#0498PJ6 2011 IL:K-3 RL:2.1 $12.33
Pie By Weeks, Sarah Dewey: -Fic-
Alice's Aunt Polly passes away and entrusts
the recipe for her world-famous pie crust to her
cat, which she leaves in Alice's care, and as
everyone, including Alice, tries to discover the
secret ingredients, Alice learns some important
lessons about faith, love, and family.
____#0496FQ8 2011 IL:3-6 $14.44 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be available on October 1, 2011.
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Chronicles of Harris Burdick By Van Allsburg, Chris Dewey: -Fic-
Presents fourteen short stories from award-
winning authors based on the illustrations in
Chris Van Allsburg's "The Mysteries of Harris
Burdick."
____#0469VR5 2011 IL:5-8 $21.24 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be
available on October 25, 2011.
The hidden gallery By Wood, Maryrose Dewey: -Fic-
The three Incorrigible Children of Ashton
Place learn they are under a curse after
traveling to London in the company of fifteen-
year-old governess Miss Penelope Lumley.
AR: 6.5 MG 10.0 142582EN
____#0120NH2 2011 IL:3-6 RL:4.8 $13.59
Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical
Menace By Wight, Eric, 1974- Dewey: -Fic-
Frankie Pickle, transported by his math quiz to
Arithmecca, a world filled with number
monsters, must used his division skills to ace
the quiz and defeat the Mathematical Menace.
____#0078BA1 2011 IL:K-3 RL:3.4 $8.49
Blink & Caution By Wynne-Jones, Tim Dewey: -Fic-
Blink, hoping to steal some breakfast, is forced
to go on the run after stumbling upon the fake
kidnapping of a CEO and recovering the man's
cell phone, and he meets up with Caution, a
girl trying to ditch her drug-dealing boyfriend,
who identifies Blink as a mark until he tugs at
her heart strings.
AR: 4.3 UG 12.0 142618EN
____#0457SK8 2011 IL:YA $14.44
Choker By Woods, Elizabeth Emma Dewey: -Fic-
Sixteen-year-old Cara has trouble fitting in
when she moves away from her best and only
friend, Zoe, and after a humiliating experience
in the school cafeteria, Cara earns a new
nickname from her peers, but when Zoe makes
surprise return into her life, Cara's popularity
begins to rise, until a girl goes missing and
Zoe begins to act strangely.
AR: 4.5 UG 8.0 143639EN Lexile: 670
____#0434LH2 2011 IL:YA $14.44
Guys read --thriller Dewey: -Fic-
A collection of short fiction mysteries and
thrillers, with selections by Gennifer
Choldenko, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Matt de la
Pena, and others.
____#0004BR7 2011 IL:5-8 $14.44 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be
available on September 20, 2011.
How to Save a Life By Zarr, Sara Dewey: -Fic-
Told from their own viewpoints, seventeen-
year-old Jill, in grief over the loss of her
father, and Mandy, nearly nineteen, are thrown
together when Jill's mother agrees to adopt
Mandy's unborn child but nothing turns out as
they had anticipated.
____#0101AS3 2011 IL:YA $15.29 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be available on October 18, 2011.
Dead End In Norvelt By Gantos, Jack Dewey: -Fic-
In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania,
twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the
summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses
until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor
with a most unusual chore involving the newly
dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl
Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from
history, typewriting, and countless bloody
noses.
Page 15
____#497F3T9 2011 IL:5-8 $29.99 Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be
available on September 13, 2011.
Weird but true!. 3 :300 outrageous facts. Dewey: 031
Collects three hundred quirky and fun facts
from articles featured in the magazine
"National Geographic Kids," covering science,
animals, food, pop culture, weather,
geography, and more.
____#0215HK4 2011 IL:3-6 RL:4.7 $5.91
