May We Suggest
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10th Grade Book Suggestions
Reality check by Peter Abrahams
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Freeze frame by Heidi Ayarbe
Audrey, wait! by Robin Benway
- Kathleen Joritz
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9th Grade Book Suggestions
The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie; art by Ellen Forney
Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson
Shift by Jennifer Bradbury
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
- Kathleen Joritz
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8th Grade Book Suggestions
The diary of Pelly D by L.J. Adlington
Bad girls don't die by Katie Alender
Finding miracles by Julia Alvarez
The pox party by taken from accounts by his own hand and other sundry sources ; collected by M.T. Anderson of Boston
- Kathleen Joritz
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7th Grade Book Suggestions
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
The poison apples by Lily Archer
The summoning by Kelley Armstrong
The boy who dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- Kathleen Joritz
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Murder Will Out — August 2010
These just in:
How to crash a killer bash by Penny Warner
Dream queen by Betsy Thornton
Betrayers by Bill Pronzini
Night of the living deed by E. J. Copperman
- madame librarian
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Teen Books for Chewing
City of thieves : a novel by David Benioff
Going bovine by Libba Bray
The book thief by Markus Zusak
Short, Interesting Teen Classics
The glass menagerie by Tennessee Williams; introduction by Robert Bray
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson; supplementary material written by Anna Maria Hong; series edited by Cynthia Brantley Johnson
The importance of being Earnest: a trivial comedy for serious people by Oscar Wilde; edited by Samuel Lyndon Gladden
And Don't Call Me Shirley
Looking for a lighthearted comedy movie? If you're browsing our feature film section you don't have to get very far into the 'A's to find Airplane! This absurd classic, a near shot-for-shot parody of the 1957 not-meant-to-be-a-comedy film, Zero Hour!, has the big-punch appeal of hilarious lines along with elaborately-detailed gags.Check it out today. And if you have the choice of steak or fish, spring for the lasagna.
- Brad Czerniak
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Ze Frank's Reading List
Ze Frank recently sought reading recommendations from friends reading his blog. If Ze sounds like a familiar name to you, you may remember How to Dance Properly, the show, youngmenowme, or chillout. He's a fascinating guy. What follows is the first five pages of his crowd-sourced reading list in our catalog:
The time traveler's wife : a novel by Audrey Niffenegger
Naked lunch : the restored text by William S. Burroughs ; edited by James Grauerholz and Barry Miles
Black swan green : a novel by David Mitchell
- Brad Czerniak
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World War II Documentaries
Assault on Iwo Jima [videodisc]
Bataan rescue [videodisc] by a Green Umbrella film for American experience ; written and produced by David Axelrod ; directed by Peter Jones
The Battle of the Bulge [videodisc]: the deadliest battle of World War II by produced by Thomas Lennon ; written by Thomas Lennon & Mark Zwonitzer