New Books-February 2008

 

The A's and B's of academic scholarships
By Leider, Anna J.  Dewey: 378.3
Presents a comprehensive directory of over one hundred thousand collegiate scholarships and awards given by nearly twelve hundred colleges and universities to students who are in the upper third of their class with a GPA of 3.0 or better.

AIDS & HIV : risky business
By Jussim, Daniel.  Dewey: 616.97
Presents the latest facts about the virus that causes AIDS, while also providing insight on the emotional effects of the disease.

Autobiography of my dead brother
By Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-  Dewey: -Fic-
Jesse pours his heart and soul into his sketchbook to make sense of life in his troubled Harlem neighborhood and the loss of a close friend.
Lexile: 830

Boy girl boy
By Koertge, Ronald.  Dewey: -Fic-
Three troubled high school seniors, who plan to run away together from Illinois to California after graduation, try to figure out who they are who they want to be.
Lexile: 680

A brief chapter in my impossible life
By Reinhardt, Dana.  Dewey: -Fic-
Sixteen-year-old atheist Simone Turner-Bloom's life changes in unexpected ways when her parents convince her to make contact with her biological mother, an agnostic from a Jewish family who is losing her battle with cancer.

A brief guide to Islam : history, faith and politics : the complete introduction
By Grieve, Paul.  Dewey: 297
An introduction to Islam that examines the beliefs, history, and politics of the world's Muslim countries and addresses issues related to Islam and its role in world history, politics, and conflict.

Cell : a novel
By King, Stephen, 1947-  Dewey: 813
Maine artist Clayton Riddell, elated after closing the deal for his first comic book, comes down to Earth quickly when a brain-zapping energy burst--The Pulse--strikes, reducing cell phone users to zombie-like creatures, and leaving Clayton desperate to find a way home from Boston to see if his wife and son have survived.

A certain slant of light
By Whitcomb, Laura.  Dewey: -Fic-
After benignly haunting a series of people for 130 years, Helen meets a teenage boy who can see her and together they unlock the mysteries of their pasts.
Lexile: 780

Code Talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
By Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-  Dewey: -Fic-
After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.
Lexile: 910

Cutting and self-mutilation : when teens injure themselves
By Winkler, Kathleen.  Dewey: 616.85
Describes the forms of self-mutilation, presents depressed teenagers' explanations of why they cut or otherwise injure themselves, and explains how to get help for oneself or a friend.

Divorce and teens : when a family splits apart
By Price, Elizabeth.  Dewey: 306.89
Contains practical advice for teens who must cope with the divorce of their parents, offers ways to deal with the stress, and provides comfort and understanding from teens who have experienced divorce situations.

Don't know much about mythology : everything you need to know about the greatest stories in human history but never learned
By Davis, Kenneth C.  Dewey: 201
Contains an introduction to world mythology, presented in a question and answer format, and including time lines that cover the development of human culture.

Enhanced occupational outlook handbook
By Farr, J. Michael.  Dewey: 331.702
Describes nearly 270 occupations, providing information on the skills, training, education requirements, working conditions, salaries, and future growth of each field.

Enrique's journey
By Nazario, Sonia.  Dewey: 305.23
Addresses the issues of family and illegal immigration through the story of a young boy's dangerous journey from Honduras to the U.S. in search of his mother, who left him and his sibling behind make a better life for her family.

Girls dinner club
By Elliot, Jessie.  Dewey: -Fic-
Junie, Celia, and Danielle, three ethnically diverse high schoolers in Brooklyn, form a friendship while cooking dinners together and helping one another sort through their romantic entanglements.

Imagining ourselves : global voices from a new generation of women
Dewey: 305.242
A collection of essays in which women aged twenty to forty around the world discuss the things they feel define their generation of women.

JLA : the tenth circle
By Byrne, John.  Dewey: 741.5
While investigating a series of child disappearances, the JLA themselves begin to disappear. Soon, Superman is brainwashed and finds himself in the hands of an ancient cult that worships an ancient vampiric evil.

Last dance : behind the scenes at the Final Four
By Feinstein, John.  Dewey: 796.323
A collection of stories from coaches, players, referees, and sportscasters that discusses the history of the NCAA basketball tournament, key people, and the effect of the Final Four on its participants.

Looking for Alaska
By Green, John.  Dewey: -Fic-
Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at CulverCreekPreparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.
Lexile: 930

Lost bullet
By Rose, Malcolm.  Dewey: -Fic-
Recently qualified as a forensic investigator, sixteen-year-old Luke Harding is assigned to the slums of London, where he and his robotic sidekick Malc investigate a doctor's murder.
Lexile: 770

Luck of the Bodkins
By Wodehouse, P. G..  Dewey: 823

Mars. Volume 13
By Soryo, Fuyumi.  Dewey: 741.5
As Rei begins to remember more and more from his childhood, he discovers the truth about his mother's mental illness and the secret behind her death.

Mars. Volume 14
By Soryo, Fuyumi.  Dewey: 741.5
Rei has given up his racing career for an office job in the hopes of making his father proud, but Kira knows he is not happy and begs Rei's father to let him live his dream.

A prisoner in the garden
Dewey: 968.06
A collection of photographs, letters, and notes chronicling the twenty-seven years Nelson Mandela spent in prison on RobbenIsland.

The scholarship book : the complete guide to private-sector scholarships, fellowships, grants, and loans for the undergraduate
By Cassidy, Daniel J., 1956-  Dewey: 378.3
Presents contact information for and details on more than four thousand private-sector scholarship, grant, and loan sources, covering award amounts, deadlines, eligibility, and application processes, and includes a CD-ROM containing the text of the book, direct links to thousands of private-sector sources, and a search function.

Scholarships
By Schlachter, Gail A.  Dewey: 378.3
Presents a list of college scholarships worth at least one thousand dollars and provides information on eligibility, managing the search process, creating applications, and avoiding scams.

Soldier's heart : being the story of the enlistment and due service of the boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers : a novel of the Civil War
By Paulsen, Gary.  Dewey: -Fic-
Eager to enlist, fifteen-year-old Charley has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental anguish of Civil War combat.
Lexile: 1000

Strong at the heart : how it feels to heal from sexual abuse
Dewey: 362.76
Presents a collection of nine narratives from teen and adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse who share their experiences and how they have overcome the trauma that changed their lives.

Teens with single parents : why me?
By Shultz, Margaret A.  Dewey: 306.85
Examines the effects of living in a single-parent family, discussing such topics as emotional aspects and economic factors.

Under the wolf, under the dog
By Rapp, Adam.  Dewey: -Fic-
Sixteen-year-old Steve struggles to make sense of his mother's terminal breast cancer and his brother's suicide.
Lexile: 850