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Jaws of Terror (Thorne Twins Adventure Books #10)
by Dayle CourtneySixteen years ago, Sieve Kelsey left his marina by boat, heading out to sea off the California coast, for a secret appointment. He never returned. Now his son Tom has grown up. Tom makes friends with Eric Thorne, who is vacationing in California for the summer. Together Tom and Eric try to find out what happened to Tom's father. The closer they come to finding an answer, the more dangerous their course becomes. They have to discover the secret that Steve Kelsey took with him, a secret that has other people besides themselves trying to find out, even after all these years. The ultimate answer lies somewhere off the Pacific coast, in a sunken ship, in waters filled with sharks. Catch up on the many books in the Thorne Twins Adventure series from Bookshare including:# 1 Flight to Terror, #2 Escape From Eden, #3 The Knife With Eyes, #4 The Ivy Plot, #5 Operation Doomsday, #6 Omen of the Flying Light, #7 Three-Ring Inferno, #8 Mysterious Strangers, #9 The Foxworth Hunt, #12--Tower of Flames, #13 The Trail of Bigfoot, #14 Shadow of Fear, #17 The Great UFO Chase, #18 The Olympic Plot and #20 The House That Ate People
Jay's Gay Agenda
by Jason JuneFrom debut novelist Jason June comes a moving and hilarious sex-positive teen rom-com about the complexities of first loves, first hookups, and first heartbreaks—and how to stay true to yourself while embracing what you never saw coming, that’s perfect for fans of Sandhya Menon and Becky Albertalli. There’s one thing Jay Collier knows for sure—he’s a statistical anomaly as the only out gay kid in his small rural Washington town. While all his friends can’t stop talking about their heterosexual hookups and relationships, Jay can only dream of his own firsts, compiling a romance to-do list of all the things he hopes to one day experience—his Gay Agenda. Then, against all odds, Jay’s family moves to Seattle and he starts his senior year at a new high school with a thriving LGBTQIA+ community. For the first time ever, Jay feels like he’s found where he truly belongs. But as Jay begins crossing items off his list, he’ll soon be torn between his heart and his hormones, his old friends and his new ones . . . because after all, life and love don’t always go according to plan.
Jay's Journal
by Beatrice SparksJournal of a teen who becomes involved in witchcraft and the occult.
Jayd's Legacy (Drama High #3)
by L. DivineLife is never simple at South Bay High--not even when the news is good. Jayd and Jeremy are a couple at last, and Jeremy spoils Jayd like no other guy ever has, but some friends and teachers alike would be happy to see their relationship end.
Jazz Baby, First Edition
by Carole Boston WeatherfordA group of toddlers move and play, hum and sleep to a jazz beat.
Jazz Day: The Making Of A Famous Photograph
by Roxane Orgill Francis VallejoWhen Esquire magazine planned an issue to salute the American jazz scene in 1958, graphic designer Art Kane pitched a crazy idea: how about gathering a group of beloved jazz musicians and photographing them? He didn’t own a good camera, didn’t know if any musicians would show up, and insisted on setting up the shoot in front of a Harlem brownstone. Could he pull it off? In a captivating collection of poems, Roxane Orgill steps into the frame of Harlem 1958, bringing to life the musicians’ mischief and quirks, their memorable style, and the vivacious atmosphere of a Harlem block full of kids on a hot summer’s day. Francis Vallejo’s vibrant, detailed, and wonderfully expressive paintings do loving justice to the larger-than-life quality of jazz musicians of the era. Includes bios of several of the fifty-seven musicians, an author’s note, sources, a bibliography, and a foldout of Art Kane’s famous photograph.
Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots
by Margarita Engle Rudy GutierrezFrom the Young People’s Poet Laureate Margarita Engle comes a searing novel in verse about the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943. <P><P>Thousands of young Navy sailors are pouring into Los Angeles on their way to the front lines of World War II. They are teenagers, scared, longing to feel alive before they have to face the horrors of battle. Hot jazz music spiced with cool salsa rhythms calls them to dance with the local Mexican American girls, who jitterbug all night before working all day in the canneries. Proud to do their part for the war effort, these Jazz Owl girls are happy to dance with the sailors—until the blazing summer night when racial violence leads to murder. Suddenly the young white sailors are attacking these girls’ brothers and boyfriends. The cool, loose zoot suits they wear are supposedly the reason for the violence—when in reality these boys are viciously beaten and arrested simply because of the color of their skin. <P><P> In soaring images and powerful poems, this is the breathtaking story of what became known as the Zoot Suit Riots as only Margarita Engle could tell it.
Jeanne, Up and Down
by Jane Claypool MinerJeanne feels like food is her only friend. Jeanne’s mother is promoted to a new job in distant San Francisco. Jeanne’s best friend moves away, and her usually wonderful stepmother is turning into a real nag. And Jeanne has fallen in love with David, who never even notices her. No wonder food comes first with Jeanne. More than anything Jeanne wants to play Juliet to David’s Romeo in her high school’s production of Romeo and Juliet. Everyone agrees she has the most talent--but does she have the willpower to lose enough weight in time for the auditions? After all, the Juliet Jeanne has in mind is at least 50 pounds thinner.... Ages 11-13 RL 6
Jek/Hyde
by Amy RossLulu and Jek are science nerds and have been best friends since they were young…or at least they used to be. Lately Jek has been pulling away from Lulu, just as she’s coming to terms with how she really feels about him.Just as she’s ready to see if there could be something more between them.But Lulu’s thoughts are derailed by a mysterious new guy who’s showing up at local parties. Hyde is the definition of a bad boy, and everybody knows it…but no one can seem to resist his charms. And even though Lulu’s heart belongs to Jek, she can’t deny Hyde’s attraction, either.She also knows that there’s something not quite right about Hyde. That the rumors of his backwoods parties make them sound a little more dangerous than what any of her friends are accustomed to. And she doesn’t like the fact that Hyde seems to be cozying up to Jek, and that they seem to be intertwined in ways that have Lulu worrying for Jek’s safety.If Hyde has a dark secret, Lulu is determined to find out what it is, and to help Jek…before it’s too late for both of them.
Jemmy
by Jon HasslerSince her Chippewa mother is dead, seventeen-year-old Jemmy's alcoholic father has insisted that she quit school to care for her younger siblings. But on her way home on her last day of school, she gets caught in a fierce snowstorm, and is rescued by Otis and Ann Chapman, who have moved to rural Minnesota from the city. Otis is a well-known painter, and he sees in Jemmy the model he needs to complete a mural of the Maiden of Eagle Rock. Jemmy soon finds that the Chapmans have rescued her in more ways than one...and that there's a whole world outside of her family's dreary existence, a world she can conquer, if only she has the courage to fight....
Jennie Lee, Patriot
by Anne EmeryThis is antebellum Charleston, ante-Revolutionary bellum that is, and it is surprising how closely the situation and the scaffold of the story parallel those of the Civil War. Jennie Lee Lawrence is a plantation owner's daughter when the war reaches Charleston in 1780. The war destroys families and friendships and when the city is occupied, Jennie makes a daring midnight ride to warn her sweetheart who is a Patriot spy. He is also the son of her overseer, an alliance which would not have been possible before the war. On the other hand Jennie's sister marries a Loyalist boy who would previously have been acceptable to the family but now is not. With minor exceptions, the historical progress of the war is rather nebulous; Jennie Lee endures very little; but her story does present a conception of the strain on human relations which such a war brings.
Jennyfer, Una mujer libre
by Eva LyUna mujer libre es una historia de romance contemporáneo, describe a una mujer que vive de sus sueños, es una mujer que le apasiona la pintura, que va a vivir de su arte, es también una mujer que sufre por su divorcio, su matrimonio fallido y su infertilidad. Al principio de la historia se piensa que es una mujer frágil y a lo largo de la historia es mucho más fuerte de lo que ella cree. Sigue su camino. Sigue sus instintos.
Jennyfer, uma mulher livre
by Eva Ly"Jennyfer não conseguia dormir tão facilmente quanto Adam. Escutava sua respiração e, sob a luz do luar, observava seu rosto. Quando estava dormindo, ele perdia aquela máscara dura que usava sobre o seu sorriso amoroso dos primeiros anos, e assim ela reencontrava o homem que amava. Assim, no silêncio da noite, sempre o achava bonito e sedutor. Engoliu as lágrimas e se moveu para a beirada da cama, enfiando o rosto no travesseiro para se sentir menos solitária." Conheça a história de Jennyfer, uma mulher livre: uma mulher que aprende a voar.
Jennyfer, una donna libera
by Eva Ly"Jennyfer, invece, non riusci a prendere sonno così facilmente come Adam. Ascoltò il suo respiro e, alla fioca luce della luna, osservò il suo profilo. Quando dormiva perdeva la sua maschera aggressiva che aveva sostituito l'amorevole sorriso dei primi anni, ritrovava l'uomo che aveva amato. Nel silenzio della notte lo trovava sempre così bello e seducente. Trattenne le lacrime e scivolò il più vicino possibile al bordo del letto, affondando il volto nel cuscino per sentirsi meno sola". Entrate nel mondo di Jennyfer, una donna libera, una donna che spicca il volo.
Jennyfer: A free woman
by Eva LyJennyer, she could not give herself up as easily as Adam to sleep. She listen to her breath and in the lunar twilight she watched her profile. When he slept, he was losing that aggressive mask that had replaced his loving smile from the first years, and she was finding the man she had loved. Then in the silence of the night, she always found him as handsome and seductive. She swallowed her years and slid as close to the edge of the bed as possible plunging her face into the pillow to feel less lonely. Enter the world of Jennyfer, a free woman: The flight of a woman.
Jerry: The Adventures of an Army Dog
by S. P. MeekWhen Jerry tries to join the Army, he is not welcome. But after several unsuccessful tries to lose him, he is accepted. When he saves Corporal Murphy from a rattlesnake, his place in the 89th Ordnance Company is secure. He becomes a Corporal. In each of these stories, Jerry proves himself a soldier and a hero. And together, he and Corporal Murphy take the Army by storm.
Jess & Layla's Astronomical Assignment
by Lucy CourtenayJess and Layla travel back in time to understand Astronomy.
Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity
by Kristin Elizabeth ClarkThe last time Jess saw her father, she was a boy. Now she’s a high school graduate, soon to be on her way to art school. But first she has some unfinished business with her dad. So she’s driving halfway across the country to his wedding. He happens to be marrying her mom’s ex-best friend. It’s not like Jess wasn’t invited; she was. She just never told anyone she was coming. Surprise! Luckily, Jess isn’t making this trip alone. Her best friend, Christophe—nicknamed Chunk—is joining her. Along the way, Jess and Chunk learn a few things about themselves—and each other—which call their feelings about their relationship into question.
Jesse 2.0
by Annabelle JayWhat if you aren’t the only you? Shy and studious Maddy Stone faces just that question. Months ago he lost his boyfriend, Jesse, to suicide, and now he’s volunteering at a psychiatric hospital. When he intervenes to save a man there, he’s shocked to find a face he recognizes. It’s Jesse, who explains that he’s been cloned… by Maddy’s father. And when the reproduction technology duplicated him, he was ordered to avoid Maddy at all costs. Breaking that rule puts them both in danger. Maddy, his girlfriend, Georgia, and Jesse—who Maddy calls Jesse 2.0—are on the run. But as the secrets continue to come to light, Maddy is faced with a decision—continue with his life or be the Maddy he was before technology intervened.
Jessica Rules the Dark Side
by Beth FantaskeyThe highly anticipated sequel to Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark SideIt’s one thing to find out you’re a vampire princess. It’s a whole other thing to actually rule. Newly married Jessica Packwood is having a hard enough time feeling regal with her husband, Lucius, at her side. But when evidence in the murder of a powerful elder points to Lucius, sending him into solitary confinement, Jessica is suddenly on her own. Determined to clear her husband’s name, Jessica launches into a full-scale investigation, but hallucinations and nightmares of betrayal keep getting in her way. Jessica knows that with no blood to drink, Lucius’s time is running out. Can she figure out who the real killer is—and whom she can trust—before it’s too late? Exclusive e-book content includes twenty-one additional chapters that tell all the details of the beautiful and romantic wedding of Jessica and Lucius that takes place in the time between Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side and Jessica Rules the Dark Side.
Jessica's Bad Idea (Sweet Valley Twins #31)
by Jamie Suzanne Francine PascalEveryone has always made fun of Sandra Ferris. She's gawky and shy, and people whisper about her everywhere she goes. But the Wakefield twins step in and change Sandra's life by giving her a new look -- hair, clothes, make-up, the works! Suddenly, the ugly duckling turns into a beautiful swan, and that means trouble for Jessica. Now Sandra is getting all the attention. And even worse, Jessica discovers that Sandra is running against her for Sweet Valley's sixth-grade Citizen of the Year ... and it looks as if she just might win. Jessica has to find some way to tame the moster she has created -- and her time is running short.
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
by Beth FantaskeyThe undead can really screw up your senior year . . . Marrying a vampire definitely doesn’t fit into Jessica Packwood’s senior year “get-a-life” plan. But then a bizarre (and incredibly hot) new exchange student named Lucius Vladescu shows up, claiming that Jessica is a Romanian vampire princess by birth—and he’s her long-lost fiancé. Armed with newfound confidence and a copy of Growing Up Undead: A Teen Vampire’s Guide to Dating, Health, and Emotions, Jessica makes a dramatic transition from average American teenager to glam European vampire princess. But when a devious cheerleader sets her sights on Lucius, Jess finds herself fighting to win back her wayward prince, stop a global vampire war—and save Lucius’s soul from eternal destruction
Jessie Hearts NYC
by Keris StaintonJessie's just arrived in New York, hoping to forget about her awful ex.New Yorker Finn is in love with his best friend's girlfriend.They might be perfect together, but in a city of eight million people, will they find each other?
Jet Set
by Carrie Karasyov Jill KargmanGossip Girl meets Cinderella in this boarding school story from bestselling authors Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman, star of the Bravo series Odd Mom Out.Lucy Peterson is on scholarship at a Swiss boarding school, but she doesn't quite fit in at a place where caviar is served at every meal and royals lurk around every corner. She's just an average American teen and Ivy-League-bound hopeful who wants to kick some academic and tennis butt.But before she knows it, Lucy finds herself going out of her way to impress a real life prince and somehow she's earned the popular clique's irrevocable scorn. What has she gotten herself into?
Jews and Jewishness in British Children's Literature (Children's Literature and Culture)
by Madelyn TravisIn a period of ongoing debate about faith, identity, migration and culture, this timely study explores the often politicised nature of constructions of one of Britain’s longest standing minority communities. Representations in children’s literature influenced by the impact of the Enlightenment, the Empire, the Holocaust and 9/11 reveal an ongoing concern with establishing, maintaining or problematising the boundaries between Jews and Gentiles. Chapters on gender, refugees, multiculturalism and historical fiction argue that literature for young people demonstrates that the position of Jews in Britain has been ambivalent, and that this ambivalence has persisted to a surprising degree in view of the dramatic socio-cultural changes that have taken place over two centuries. Wide-ranging in scope and interdisciplinary in approach, Jews and Jewishness in British Children’s Literature discusses over one hundred texts ranging from picture books to young adult fiction and realism to fantasy. Madelyn Travis examines rare eighteenth- and nineteenth-century material plus works by authors including Maria Edgeworth, E. Nesbit, Rudyard Kipling, Richmal Crompton, Lynne Reid Banks, Michael Rosen and others. The study also draws on Travis’s previously unpublished interviews with authors including Adele Geras, Eva Ibbotson, Ann Jungman and Judith Kerr.