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The perks of being a wallflower

Chbosky, Stephen.


The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.\
Date Published:2025

The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.\

Date Published:2025

Threads that bind

Hatzopoulou, Kika,


In a world where the children of the gods inherit their powers, Io, a descendant of the Greek Fates, must solve a series of impossible murders to save her sisters, her soulmate, and her city.
Date Published:2023

A boy and his dog at the end of the world

Fletcher, Charlie, 1960-


"A novel"--Cover. The world used to be crowded before all the people went away, but Griz and his parents were never lonely on their remote island. They had each other and their dogs. Then the thief came. There may be no laws left, but if someone steals your dog, you can expect someone to come after you, because what's the point of love if you're not loyal.
Date Published:2020

Behind the mountains

Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-


"This book was originally published in hardcover by Orchard Books in 2002." Includes discussion guide. It is election time in Haiti, and bombs are going off in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. During a visit from her home in rural Haiti, Celiane Esperance and her mother are nearly killed. Looking at her country with new eyes, Celiane gains a fresh resolve to be reunited with her father in Brooklyn, New York. The harsh winter and concrete landscape of her new home are a shock to Celiane, who witnesses her parents' struggle to earn a living and her brother's uneasy adjustment to American society, and at the same time encounters her own challenges with learning and school violence. National Book Award finalist Edwidge Danticat weaves a beautiful, honest, and timely story of the American immigrant experience in this luminous novel about resilience, hope, and family. --Back cover.
Date Published:2022

"This book was originally published in hardcover by Orchard Books in 2002." Includes discussion guide. It is election time in Haiti, and bombs are going off in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. During a visit from her home in rural Haiti, Celiane Esperance and her mother are nearly killed. Looking at her country with new eyes, Celiane gains a fresh resolve to be reunited with her father in Brooklyn, New York. The harsh winter and concrete landscape of her new home are a shock to Celiane, who witnesses her parents' struggle to earn a living and her brother's uneasy adjustment to American society, and at the same time encounters her own challenges with learning and school violence. National Book Award finalist Edwidge Danticat weaves a beautiful, honest, and timely story of the American immigrant experience in this luminous novel about resilience, hope, and family. --Back cover.

Date Published:2022

Looking for smoke

Cobell, K. A.,


"When local girl Loren includes Mara in a traditional Blackfeet Giveaway to honor Loren's missing sister, Mara thinks she'll finally make some friends on the Blackfeet reservation. Instead, a girl from the Giveaway, Samantha White Tail, is found murdered. Because the four members of the Giveaway group were the last to see Samantha alive, each becomes a person of interest in the investigation. And all of them--Mara, Loren, Brody, and Eli--have a complicated history with Samantha. Despite deep mistrust, the four must now take matters into their own hands and clear their names. Even though one of them may be the murderer"--
Date Published:2025

"When local girl Loren includes Mara in a traditional Blackfeet Giveaway to honor Loren's missing sister, Mara thinks she'll finally make some friends on the Blackfeet reservation. Instead, a girl from the Giveaway, Samantha White Tail, is found murdered. Because the four members of the Giveaway group were the last to see Samantha alive, each becomes a person of interest in the investigation. And all of them--Mara, Loren, Brody, and Eli--have a complicated history with Samantha. Despite deep mistrust, the four must now take matters into their own hands and clear their names. Even though one of them may be the murderer"--

Date Published:2025

HappyHead

Silver, Josh, 1989-


"When Seb is offered a place on a radical retreat designed to solve the national crisis of teenage unhappiness, he is determined to change how people see him and make his parents proud. But as he finds himself drawn to the enigmatic Finn, Seb starts to question the true nature of the challenges they must undergo. The deeper into the programme the boys get, the more disturbing the assessments become, until it's clear there may be no escape"--OCLC.
Date Published:2023

"When Seb is offered a place on a radical retreat designed to solve the national crisis of teenage unhappiness, he is determined to change how people see him and make his parents proud. But as he finds himself drawn to the enigmatic Finn, Seb starts to question the true nature of the challenges they must undergo. The deeper into the programme the boys get, the more disturbing the assessments become, until it's clear there may be no escape"--OCLC.

Date Published:2023

Dead happy

Silver, Josh, 1989-


"The finale to HappyHead"--Jacket cover. Forced to compete in a new set of mental health trials on a remote island, Seb searches for a way to escape and expose the secrets of the sinister HappyHead organization.
Date Published:2024

Some girls do

Dugan, Jennifer,


An openly gay track star falls for a closeted, bisexual teen beauty queen with a penchant for fixing up old cars. Morgan, an elite track athlete, is forced to transfer high schools late in her senior year after it turns out being queer is against her private Catholic school's code of conduct. She meets Ruby, who has two hobbies: tinkering with her baby blue 1970 Ford Torino and competing in local beauty pageants to live out the dreams of her overbearing mother. While drawn to each other, Morgan-- out and proud, and determined to have a fresh start-- doesn't want to have to keep their budding relationship a secret, and Ruby is not ready to come out yet.
Date Published:2021

An openly gay track star falls for a closeted, bisexual teen beauty queen with a penchant for fixing up old cars. Morgan, an elite track athlete, is forced to transfer high schools late in her senior year after it turns out being queer is against her private Catholic school's code of conduct. She meets Ruby, who has two hobbies: tinkering with her baby blue 1970 Ford Torino and competing in local beauty pageants to live out the dreams of her overbearing mother. While drawn to each other, Morgan-- out and proud, and determined to have a fresh start-- doesn't want to have to keep their budding relationship a secret, and Ruby is not ready to come out yet.

Date Published:2021

MetaMaus: a look inside a modern classic, Maus /

Spiegelman, Art,


Includes index. Subtitle taken from cover. Introduction -- Why the Holocaust? -- Family Album -- The Early Maus -- Why Mice? -- Why Comics? -- Family Tree -- Vladek's Transcript -- Memories of Anja -- Chronology -- Index. "In the pages of 'MetaMaus,' Art Spiegelman re-enters the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Maus,' the modern classic that has altered how we see literature, comics, and the Holocaust ever since it was first published decades ago. He probes the questions that Maus most often evokes -- Why the Holocaust? Why mice? Why comics? -- and gives us a new and essential work about the creative process. Compelling and intimate, 'MetaMaus' is poised to become a classic in its own right"--
Date Published:2025

Includes index. Subtitle taken from cover. Introduction -- Why the Holocaust? -- Family Album -- The Early Maus -- Why Mice? -- Why Comics? -- Family Tree -- Vladek's Transcript -- Memories of Anja -- Chronology -- Index. "In the pages of 'MetaMaus,' Art Spiegelman re-enters the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Maus,' the modern classic that has altered how we see literature, comics, and the Holocaust ever since it was first published decades ago. He probes the questions that Maus most often evokes -- Why the Holocaust? Why mice? Why comics? -- and gives us a new and essential work about the creative process. Compelling and intimate, 'MetaMaus' is poised to become a classic in its own right"--

Date Published:2025

Hour of the pumpkin queen

Shepherd, Megan.


"One year has passed since Sally wed her beloved Jack Skellington and stepped into her role as queen of Halloween Town. Even with herJack at her side, though, being a ruler isn't easy, and Sally feels uncertain of her future. Her seams are stretched thin with her royal duties, her newfound family in Dream Town, and a desire to bring citizens from across the Hinterlands together. Then a simple potion demonstration at Sally's inaugural Halloween exhibition goes horribly wrong, and things unravel fast: Sally and her new rag doll apprentice Luna fall through a mysterious portal, landing in a new realm called Time Town. They discover that someone has tampered with the clock that controls Halloween Town, and Sally cannot return to the present-day version of her home unless she finds the culprit and resets time"-- provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

"One year has passed since Sally wed her beloved Jack Skellington and stepped into her role as queen of Halloween Town. Even with herJack at her side, though, being a ruler isn't easy, and Sally feels uncertain of her future. Her seams are stretched thin with her royal duties, her newfound family in Dream Town, and a desire to bring citizens from across the Hinterlands together. Then a simple potion demonstration at Sally's inaugural Halloween exhibition goes horribly wrong, and things unravel fast: Sally and her new rag doll apprentice Luna fall through a mysterious portal, landing in a new realm called Time Town. They discover that someone has tampered with the clock that controls Halloween Town, and Sally cannot return to the present-day version of her home unless she finds the culprit and resets time"-- provided by publisher.

Date Published:2025

Everything you need to ace world history in one big fat notebook : the complete middle school study guide /

Vengoechea, Ximena,


"From the brains behind Brain Quest!"--Cover. Includes index. The first humans: prehistory-3500 BCE -- First civilizations: 4500 BCE-300 CE -- The middle ages: 476 CE-1500 CE -- Renaissance and reformation: 14th century CE-17th century CE -- The age of European exploration: 1400-1800 -- Revolution and enlightenment: 1543-1865 -- The era of imperialism: 1800-1914 -- World conflicts in the early 20th century: 1914-1945 -- Post-World War II: The world from 1945 to today. A workbook that examines world history on a middle school level. Organized by key concepts, the text includes mnemonic devices, definitions, timelines and doodles to help the subject stick in your brain, so you can ace your class.
Date Published:2023

"From the brains behind Brain Quest!"--Cover. Includes index. The first humans: prehistory-3500 BCE -- First civilizations: 4500 BCE-300 CE -- The middle ages: 476 CE-1500 CE -- Renaissance and reformation: 14th century CE-17th century CE -- The age of European exploration: 1400-1800 -- Revolution and enlightenment: 1543-1865 -- The era of imperialism: 1800-1914 -- World conflicts in the early 20th century: 1914-1945 -- Post-World War II: The world from 1945 to today. A workbook that examines world history on a middle school level. Organized by key concepts, the text includes mnemonic devices, definitions, timelines and doodles to help the subject stick in your brain, so you can ace your class.

Date Published:2023

Everything you need to ace biology in one big fat notebook : the complete high school study guide /

Brown, Matthew, 1994-


Includes index. Basics of biology -- The chemistry of life -- Cell theory -- Bacteria, viruses, prions, and viroids -- Protists -- Fungi -- Plants -- Animals -- The human body -- Genetics -- Life on Earth -- Ecosystems and habitats. Wrapping its arms around a subject that covers everything from life at the molecular level to the entirety of an ecosystem, Biology tackles all the big ideas: biological classification and hierarchy, cell theory, genetics, the human body, evolution, and more. And it does so in that lively, useful, and intuitive way that makes the Big Fat Notebooks so singular and successful: Critical ideas are broken down and clearly explained; doodles illuminate tricky concepts; mnemonics provide memorable shortcuts; and quizzes recap it all. Plus, the author, Matthew Brown, a biomedical engineer and science communicator, has an easy, engaging way of bringing even the most complex scientific concepts to life.
Date Published:2021

Includes index. Basics of biology -- The chemistry of life -- Cell theory -- Bacteria, viruses, prions, and viroids -- Protists -- Fungi -- Plants -- Animals -- The human body -- Genetics -- Life on Earth -- Ecosystems and habitats. Wrapping its arms around a subject that covers everything from life at the molecular level to the entirety of an ecosystem, Biology tackles all the big ideas: biological classification and hierarchy, cell theory, genetics, the human body, evolution, and more. And it does so in that lively, useful, and intuitive way that makes the Big Fat Notebooks so singular and successful: Critical ideas are broken down and clearly explained; doodles illuminate tricky concepts; mnemonics provide memorable shortcuts; and quizzes recap it all. Plus, the author, Matthew Brown, a biomedical engineer and science communicator, has an easy, engaging way of bringing even the most complex scientific concepts to life.

Date Published:2021

Girl on girl : how pop culture turned a generation of women against themselves /

Gilbert, Sophie (Sophie G.),


Girl power, boy rage: music and feminism in the 1990's -- Show girl: overexposure in the new millennium -- Girls on film: sex comedies from the multiplex to the manosphere -- Girl fight: regression and representation in the early years of reality television -- Beautiful girl: the goldmine of impossible expectations -- Final girl: extreme sex, art, and violence in post/911 America -- Gossip girls: the degradation of women and fame in the twenty-first-century media -- Girl on girls: the confessional auteur and her detractors -- Girl boss: the making over of female ambition -- Girls on top: rewriting a path toward power. When did feminism lose its way? Sophie Gilbert provides one answer, identifying an inflection point in the late 1990s and early 2000s when the energy of third-wave and "riot grrrl" feminism collapsed into a regressive period of hyper-objectification, sexualization, and infantilization. Gilbert mines the darker side of nostalgia, training her keen analytic eye on the most revealing cultural objects of the era, across music, film, television, fashion, tabloid journalism, and more. What she recounts is harrowing, from the unattainable aesthetic of Victoria's Secret ads and explicit music videos to a burgeoning internet culture vicious towards women in the spotlight and damaging for those who weren't. Gilbert tracks many of the period's dominant themes back to the explosion of internet porn, tracing its widespread influence as it began to pervade our collective consciousness. Gilbert paints a devastating picture of an era when a distinctly American confluence of excess, materialism, and power-worship collided with the culture's reactionary, puritanical, and chauvinistic currents. Amidst a collective reconsideration of the way women are treated in public, Girl on Girl is an indictment of the matrix of misogyny that undergirded the cultural production of the early twenty-first century, and how it continues to shape our world today.
Date Published:2025

Girl power, boy rage: music and feminism in the 1990's -- Show girl: overexposure in the new millennium -- Girls on film: sex comedies from the multiplex to the manosphere -- Girl fight: regression and representation in the early years of reality television -- Beautiful girl: the goldmine of impossible expectations -- Final girl: extreme sex, art, and violence in post/911 America -- Gossip girls: the degradation of women and fame in the twenty-first-century media -- Girl on girls: the confessional auteur and her detractors -- Girl boss: the making over of female ambition -- Girls on top: rewriting a path toward power. When did feminism lose its way? Sophie Gilbert provides one answer, identifying an inflection point in the late 1990s and early 2000s when the energy of third-wave and "riot grrrl" feminism collapsed into a regressive period of hyper-objectification, sexualization, and infantilization. Gilbert mines the darker side of nostalgia, training her keen analytic eye on the most revealing cultural objects of the era, across music, film, television, fashion, tabloid journalism, and more. What she recounts is harrowing, from the unattainable aesthetic of Victoria's Secret ads and explicit music videos to a burgeoning internet culture vicious towards women in the spotlight and damaging for those who weren't. Gilbert tracks many of the period's dominant themes back to the explosion of internet porn, tracing its widespread influence as it began to pervade our collective consciousness. Gilbert paints a devastating picture of an era when a distinctly American confluence of excess, materialism, and power-worship collided with the culture's reactionary, puritanical, and chauvinistic currents. Amidst a collective reconsideration of the way women are treated in public, Girl on Girl is an indictment of the matrix of misogyny that undergirded the cultural production of the early twenty-first century, and how it continues to shape our world today.

Date Published:2025

The raven boys : the graphic novel.

Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981-


"The first book in Maggie Stiefvater's #1 New York Times bestselling series The Raven Cycle, now gorgeously illustrated as a graphic novel! Blue Sargent comes from a family of psychics. Only, she has never had the same clairvoyant abilities they had and has always felt too ordinary within the magic that surrounded her. Enter Gansey, a rich student from Aglionby, the town's all-boys private school teeming with wealth, privilege, and trouble. Blue's always made it a point to stay away from its students, the Raven Boys. But when Gansey asks her to join him and three other Raven Boys on his quest to find a long-forgotten Welsh king rumored to be sleeping beneath the mountains of their quiet Virginia town, Blue doesn't hesitate. She jumps at the chance to finally be a part of something real and full of magic, a world she was born into yet one that always stood just out of reach. Soon enough, she's swept into a strange and shifting world woven into theirs, one far more dangerous than anything they could have dreamt up. Now reimagined as a stunning full-color graphic novel adapted by Stephanie Williams and illustrated by Sas Milledge, The Raven Boys unravels a thrilling plot around a cast of characters impossible to forget"--
Date Published:2025

"The first book in Maggie Stiefvater's #1 New York Times bestselling series The Raven Cycle, now gorgeously illustrated as a graphic novel! Blue Sargent comes from a family of psychics. Only, she has never had the same clairvoyant abilities they had and has always felt too ordinary within the magic that surrounded her. Enter Gansey, a rich student from Aglionby, the town's all-boys private school teeming with wealth, privilege, and trouble. Blue's always made it a point to stay away from its students, the Raven Boys. But when Gansey asks her to join him and three other Raven Boys on his quest to find a long-forgotten Welsh king rumored to be sleeping beneath the mountains of their quiet Virginia town, Blue doesn't hesitate. She jumps at the chance to finally be a part of something real and full of magic, a world she was born into yet one that always stood just out of reach. Soon enough, she's swept into a strange and shifting world woven into theirs, one far more dangerous than anything they could have dreamt up. Now reimagined as a stunning full-color graphic novel adapted by Stephanie Williams and illustrated by Sas Milledge, The Raven Boys unravels a thrilling plot around a cast of characters impossible to forget"--

Date Published:2025

Ukraine: remember also me : testimonies from the war /

Butler, George, 1985-


"Over the course of a year after the Russian invasion, award-winning artist George Butler drew portraits of Ukrainians as he interviewed them about the extraordinary turmoil the war had caused in their lives. From civilians in occupied cities to soldiers on the front line, this is a unique collection that vividly captures personal testimonies of community, tragedy, and perseverance. This is an illuminating and powerful testament to the resilience and pride of the people of Ukraine, and a timely reminder of the universal need for peace" --
Date Published:2024

"Over the course of a year after the Russian invasion, award-winning artist George Butler drew portraits of Ukrainians as he interviewed them about the extraordinary turmoil the war had caused in their lives. From civilians in occupied cities to soldiers on the front line, this is a unique collection that vividly captures personal testimonies of community, tragedy, and perseverance. This is an illuminating and powerful testament to the resilience and pride of the people of Ukraine, and a timely reminder of the universal need for peace" --

Date Published:2024

Battle royale : remastered /

Takami, Kōshun


Translated by the Japanese. Maps on lining pages. A class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill until only one survivor is left standing.
Date Published:2014

I am not Jessica Chen

Liang, Ann,


Jenna Chen has spent her life in the shadow of her flawless cousin. Jessica Chen is so smart she gets the top score on every test. Jessica Chen is so beautiful people stop in the hallway to stare at her. Jessica Chen is so perfect she got into Harvard. And Jenna Chen will only ever be a disappointment. So when Jenna makes a desperate wish to become her cousin, the last thing she expects is for it to come true, literally. All of a sudden she gets to live the life she's always dreamed of, but being the model student at cutthroat Havenwood Private Academy isn't quite what she'd imagined. Worse, people seem to be forgetting that someone named Jenna Chen ever existed. But isn't it worth trading it all away, her artistic talent, her childhood home, even the hope of golden boy Aaron Cai loving her back, to be Jessica Chen?
Date Published:2025

Jenna Chen has spent her life in the shadow of her flawless cousin. Jessica Chen is so smart she gets the top score on every test. Jessica Chen is so beautiful people stop in the hallway to stare at her. Jessica Chen is so perfect she got into Harvard. And Jenna Chen will only ever be a disappointment. So when Jenna makes a desperate wish to become her cousin, the last thing she expects is for it to come true, literally. All of a sudden she gets to live the life she's always dreamed of, but being the model student at cutthroat Havenwood Private Academy isn't quite what she'd imagined. Worse, people seem to be forgetting that someone named Jenna Chen ever existed. But isn't it worth trading it all away, her artistic talent, her childhood home, even the hope of golden boy Aaron Cai loving her back, to be Jessica Chen?

Date Published:2025

The henna start-up

Wajid, Andaleeb,


Abir Maqsood is angry. She has things to do: a career to carve, money to earn, and, in the small stuff, a dining table to fix. But there are many obstacles in the way: lack of money, her parents' over-protective attitude, and a most annoying distraction in class called Arsalan. When her mother is not paid her dues for her henna service, Abir resolves to help her by creating a henna app. Her college is also running a program for student start-ups so things look most fortuitous. But the path to getting funding is littered with more thorns than roses. As Abir navigates through college, friendships and social pressures with determination, will she find the freedom that she is truly looking for?
Date Published:2023

Abir Maqsood is angry. She has things to do: a career to carve, money to earn, and, in the small stuff, a dining table to fix. But there are many obstacles in the way: lack of money, her parents' over-protective attitude, and a most annoying distraction in class called Arsalan. When her mother is not paid her dues for her henna service, Abir resolves to help her by creating a henna app. Her college is also running a program for student start-ups so things look most fortuitous. But the path to getting funding is littered with more thorns than roses. As Abir navigates through college, friendships and social pressures with determination, will she find the freedom that she is truly looking for?

Date Published:2023

Bitten

Gray, Jordan, 1994-


After losing her best friend and being bitten in a werewolf attack, seventeen-year-old Vanessa, now a newly turned werewolf, seeks vengeance on the Wolf Queen's Court, where she becomes mesmerized by a prince who is promised to another.
Date Published:2025

Harley Quinn : reckoning /

Allen, Rachael, 1982-


Traces Harleen Quinzel's journey from precocious, revenge-obsessed teenage girl to a hardcore justice-seeker on her way to becoming supervillain, Harley Quinn.
Date Published:2023