Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Politics & Social Sciences

JARED DIAMOND

Social Sciences

Paw Prints 2008-05-09

Bobby Quinn is shy. In fact, he’s so shy, he has trouble making friends. But that changes when he gets a squirmy little puppy for his birthday. Unlike Bobby, Lucy isn’t shy at all. And to his surprise, she keeps dragging him into all sorts of adventures—and friendships, too!“Depicted with humor and realism. . . . The respectful attention given to their peer’s difficulties and progress will be much appreciated by newly and almost independent readers.”—The Bulletin “Bobby’s fears of new people and situations are skillfully captured, and the story is entertaining and well plotted. Bobby is an endearing character, and he and his dog are an appealing combination.”—School Library JournalFor over 20 years, Ilene Cooper has been writing both fiction and nonfiction books for children, including Buddy Love Now on Video and Jack: The Early Years of J.F.K. She is the children’s books editor at ALA Booklist. The author lives in Highland Park, IL.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Absolutely Lucy

ILENE COOPER

Broken China

lori-aurelia-williams

The Schwa Was Here

Teen & Young Adult

Neal SHUSTERMAN

Literature & Fiction

Red Kayak

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Regarded as a hero for his dramatic rescue of a little boy, 13-year-old Brady Parks uncovers a secret that places him in the middle of tragedy that will force him to chose between what he knows is right and being loyal to his friends.

Sports & Outdoors

Priscilla Cummings

Water Sports

Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys

When she was nine, Megan Meade met a group of terrible, mean, Popsicle-goo-covered boys, the sons of her father's friend -- the McGowan boys. Now, seven years later, Megan's army doctor parents are shipping off to Korea and Megan is being sent to live with the little monsters, who are older now and quite different than she remembered them.  Living in a house with seven boys will give Megan, who has never even been kissed, the perfect opportunity to learn everything there is to know about boys. And she'll send all her notes to her best friend, Tracy, in...  Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys  Observation #1: Being an army brat sucks. Except that this is definitely a better alternative to moving to Korea.  Observation #2: Forget evil, laughing, little monsters. These guys have been touched by the Abercrombie gods. They are a blur of toned, suntanned perfection.  Observation #3: I need a lock on my door. STAT.  Observation #4: Three words: six-pack abs.  Observation #5: Do not even get me started on the state of the bathroom. I'm thinking of calling in a hazmat team. Seriously.  Observation #6: These boys know how to make enemies. Big time.  Megan Meade will have to juggle a new school, a new family, a new crush -- on the boy next door, as in next bedroom door -- and a new life. Will she survive the McGowan boys?

Megan Meade's Guide to the Mcgowan Boys

Kate Brian

Quid Pro Quo is a high-stakes, fast-moving legal thriller about real people, and funny people at that. Cyril MacIntyre's mother is a twenty-eight-year-old ex-street kid who drags her son to all her law school classes, then proceeds to get herself kidnapped. That aside, Cyril's life isn't too different from that of other thirteen-year-olds. He has all the usual adolescent issues to deal with: parent problems, self-esteem problems, skin, hair and girl problems. He just has legal problems too. And he's got to solve them if he wants to save his mother's life.

Quid Pro Quo

Unknown, Author

A killing virus has swept the earth, sparing only children through the age of twelve. There is chaos everywhere, even in formely prosperous mid-America. Gangs and fierce armies of children begin to form almost immediately. It would be the same for the children on Grand Avenue but for Lisa, a ten-year-old girl who becomes their leader. Because of Lisa, they have food, even toys, in abundance. And now they can protect themselves from the fierce gangs that roam the neighborhoods. But for how long? Then Lisa conceives the idea of a fortress, a city in which the children could live safely and happily always, and she intends to lead them there.

The Girl Who Owned a City

Children's Books

O.T. Nelson

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Double Identity

RThe author of Escape from Memory and the Shadow Children series has penned another suspenseful novel guaranteed to keep readers riveted.S--Booklist.

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Redwall

BRIAN JACQUES

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