Fourteen and Up, 2009 List
After World War II, Evie and her parents are vacationing in Palm Beach when ex-GI Peter arrives. New lies and old secrets complicate Evie’s blossoming crush in this taut historical thriller.
After World War II, Evie and her parents are vacationing in Palm Beach when ex-GI Peter arrives. New lies and old secrets complicate Evie’s blossoming crush in this taut historical thriller.
Kendra, raised by her grandmother while her mother completes her own education, feels abandoned. Strongly portrayed secondary characters—Kendra’s ne’er-do-well father and best friend Adonna—round out this complex urban romance filled with risky choices.
Mystery surrounds a cross-country bike trip when two friends set out the summer following high school. Chris and Win begin their journey as best friends but only one returns.
Determined to save the mill that has been in her family for generations, Charlotte makes a pact with a strange and capricious little man in this darkly suspenseful retelling of Rumplestiltskin.
In an intriguing alternate world, a chosen few have superhuman powers. Katsa’s “Grace” is a talent for killing, an ability her uncle, the king, forces her to use before rebellion leads her into a web of mystery, violence, and passion.
The only winner is the one who survives in this dystopian version of America in the not-too-distant future. Adventure, romance, and political intrigue combine in this tensely plotted start to a new series.
Was techno-whiz Marcus caught in a homeland security snare while participating in a role-playing game or was he framed? Set in a San Francisco of the future and full of techno-slang, this is Orwell’s 1984 revisited.
Parallel stories reveal the lives of two very different people: modern-day Fergus caught up in "The Troubles" in Ireland in the 1980's and an Iron Age girl Fergus finds in a bog with a noose around her neck.
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