28 August 2008

Jade Green by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

While living with her uncle in a house haunted by the ghost of a young woman, recently orphaned Judith Sparrow wonders if her one small transgression causes mysterious happenings.
Call number: F NAY (LA IMC)

25 August 2008

The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in.

Call number: F SCH (LA IMC)

24 August 2008

Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

When Sir Charles Baskerville is found mysteriously dead in the grounds of Baskerville Hall, everyone remembers the legend of the monstrous creature that haunts the moor, but Sherlock Holmes knows there must be a more rational explanation.

Call number: F DOY (LA IMC)

20 August 2008

Abundance of Katherines by John Green

Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate, and former child prodigy, Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.

Call number: F GRE (LA IMC)

Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz

After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, as spy MI6.

Call Number: F HOR (LA IMC)

18 August 2008

Peak by Roland Smith

A fourteen-year-old attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.

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Call Number: F SMI (LA IMC)

15 August 2008

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Lewis Stevenson

A respected London doctor invents a formula which turns him into an evil and ugly person who stalks the streets at night killing people, and by the time his friends discover his secret, it is too late.

Call Number: F STE (LA IMC)