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I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth The Trip.
by John DonovanOne of the most celebrated and discussed teen-age novels of recent years, I'll GET THERE. IT BETTER BE WORTH THE TRIP reveals the soul of a boy on the brink of manhood. After the death of his guardian, teen-ager Davy Ross moves to the New York City apartment of his mother, whose bitterness has driven her to alcoholism. With Davy comes his dachshund buddy, Fred-his only friend. At school, however, he meets Douglas Altschuler, who shares with Davy the terror and loneliness of a broken home. Drawn closer and closer by their need for love and companionship, their relationship culminates in an unforeseen moment of open sexuality. The painful aftermath drives Davy from childhood toward the newworld of maturity.
In This House of Brede
by Rumer GoddenFrom the Book Jacket: Philippa Talbot is a successful London career woman turned forty when she feels the call of the religious life. I thought I was very well as I was," she told the Brede Sacristan later, "a human, balanced person with a reasonable record; with the luck of having money, friends, love. Only suddenly it wasn't enough." She is one of the most attractive and sympathetic characters in Rumer Godden's long and well-loved fictional roster. This, then, is a story of the life in an enclosed house of nuns and of the relevance of this contemplative existence to our changing world-a challenging theme. The novel unfolds chiefly through Philippa, from the day of her entrance, through one crisis of mind and heart to another, until she faces an ultimate and almost unbearable sacrifice. Woven with her personal story is a much larger one-the story of the House, its history, and the present inmates who have vowed to live and die within its walls. The nuns are English Benedictines whose House is centuries old in tradition, a stronghold of faith and prayer, yet they are up-to-date, alive, aware of the world-and matter of fact. In Rumer Godden's hands, they are fully realized individuals whom we come to know and care about, adding rich dimensions to the novel as they live out their vocations.
Free Spirit
by David RookFrom the Book jacket: He was extraordinary. He was the Fox who gloried in the hunt, the Fox who couldn't be caught! Tag knew more tricks than a dozen foxes put together. He could give them a hunt that made every heart beat wild. And for good reason. He had been reared in Asher's kennels, raised with Asher's own foxhounds. Tag's antics made the Belstone Hunt a legend. His bond with the dog named Merlin made that runt of the litter into leader of the pack. Until suddenly sport turned to tragedy. Asher swore revenge. The game was over. His hounds were hot on the trail, teeth bared for the kill.
No Flying in the House
by Betty BrockA funny and fantastical novel about a young girl who makes a life-changing discovery about who she really is. Perfect for fans of The Tail of Emily Windsnap—or anyone who has wondered if they might have some magic in them. <P><P> Most little girls have parents to take care of them, but not Annabel Tippens. She has Gloria, a tiny white dog who talks and wears a gold collar. Annabel never thought it was strange that she had Gloria instead of real parents. Until one day a wicked, wicked cat named Belinda comes to tell her the truth—she's not just a little girl, she's half-fairy! <P><P> And she can do lots of things that other kids can't do, such as kiss her own elbow and fly around the house. But being a fairy isn't all fun and games, and soon Annabel must make a choice. If she chooses to be a fairy, she'll have to say good-bye to Gloria forever. But how can she decide between her newly found magic and her dearest friend?
The Partridge Family (The Partridge Family #1)
by Michael AvalloneCan America's top rock group prevail against the evil machinations of a fat but deadly enemy agent- without blowing their cool? If any group can do it, the Partridge family can! They're a high-voltage six-pack of talent and energy--five groovy kids plus one beautiful, mini-skirted Mom--and they've settled down in the Top Ten for., a long, long stay. Even the coolest clan in rock gets put up-tight when a sinister spymaster hunts them down. He's after an international secret they don't even know they're carrying, and he'll stop at nothing. But little does he know what lies ahead when he tangles with that all-American super-singing weapon, THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY
The Diamond Hunters
by Wilbur SmithThe Van Der Byl Diamond Company, willed by its founder to his son Benedict, daughter Tracey and estranged foster-child Johnny Lance, turns out to be a bequest not of love, but of hatred. For it is couched in such terms as to offer Benedict an instrument of destruction of his bitterest rival. 'Destroy Johnny' was the old man's implacable message to his son, and, obsessively jealous of his foster-brother, Benedict sets out in ruthless pursuit of this goal. In a desperate bid to support Johnny, Tracey acquires for him the concession in the diamond-rich seabed round the coral islands of Thunderbolt and Suicide off the savage South West African coast, and Johnny throws all his resources into the construction of a vessel that will recover the stones from the ocean floor and repair his fortune at last. But Benedict, already involved in illegal diamond-dealing as a sideline, seizes this chance to attack his rival and, with a network of accomplices and some ingenious electronic tampering, plots to syphon off the diamonds. Johnny will not only be ruined by his liabilities, he will also be a laughing stock. However, Benedict's obsessive jealousy is his undoing. He cannot resist stripping his rival of his beautiful but bitchy wife Ruby as well, and when he then discards her, she takes her revenge, precipitating a climax of murder and destruction that consumes Benedict at last. Narrated with Wilbur Smith's irresistible driving thrust, this is a tale of brotherly hatred, redeemed only by the deepening love between Johnny and Tracey. It is set in London, Cape Town, on the thunderous seas around the ocean diamond fields and ends in a final confrontation between Johnny and Benedict in the blistering hyena-infested desert.
McBroom's Ghost
by Sid FleischmanChildren can read this easy book by themselves. It is also a rich resource for multigenerational sharing. It abounds with gentle humor as Pa exagerates over and over telling about the cold spring when he and his many children tried to track down a ghost who sounded like a rooster one minute and Pa, himself, the next. They get a new dog, grow a crop of tomatoes in one day and outsmart some thieving hogs and a mean neighbor. Learn about talking machines, garden sass and prickly pears. Read about when it got so cold the snowman went south for the winter. Many of the pictures have been described. This is a Weekly Reader Children's Book Club selection.
Mother India's Children: Meeting Today's Generation in India
by Edward RiceYoga, books of meditation and the music of India are becoming increasingly popular in the United States, particularly among young people. To discover how young people who have lived within this other culture think, Edward Rice, the author and photographer of this book, spent time in India talking with teenagers. In these "interviews" -cool, casual raps by a gifted observer -the author asked all kinds of questions, and came up with an intense and personal portrait of a country; revealed with an immediacy and intimacy that will surprise most American readers, on either side of the generation gap. TRADITIONAL INDIA A young Muslim girl, almost too shy to speak; a Brahmin wife, married at 14; a teenage guru fast becoming an expert on the 4,000 year old prayers and chants taught by the Vedas. BIG CITY INDIA Upper class teenage rebels, office workers, students, young Sikhs and Parsis: castes and classes juggled together in crowded cities. CHANGING INDIA A Muslim girl who defies tradition by entering a beauty contest-and wins; an elephant boy from the jungles; students in villages and towns trying to find a balance between India's past and India's present. People talking, people walking, people caught by the special magic in a photograph; a time and culture at once summed up and left mysterious: Mother India's Children.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
by Robert C. O'Brien Zena BernsteinMrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma. And Mrs. Frisby in turn renders them a great service.<P><P> Newbery Medal Winner<P> Winner of Pacific Northwest Library Association’s Young Reader’s Choice Award
O the Red Rose Tree
by Patricia BeattyHere is the story of a warm and lively friendship that grows among four young teen-age girls and a life-battered old lady. When thirteen-year-old Amanda Barnett and her three cohorts meet Mrs. Hankinson, they discover that she is an accomplished quilt maker. Her dream is to make the beautiful quilt named O the Red Rose Tree, but to do so she needs seven shades of red in materials that will not bleed. The four resourceful girls resolve to find the scarce cloth, and their search leads them into one hilarious escapade after another. Whether they are scheming to get their hands on the local doctor's red flannel chest protector or a glamorous opera singer's red petticoat, their energy and determination never flag. Patricia Beatty has created a vivid picture of a small town in the mid-1890's on the west coast of Washington. The novel, rollicking and touching in turn, gains added depth from its underlying theme that frequently the young and the old have much in common. The book cover is described.
Pedigree Unknown
by Dorothy LyonsJill Howell's expert horsemanship and her good looks and vivacity have made her one of the most popular members of the Hotspur Hunt Club. Now her engagement to the most eligible bachelor in the club--handsome, aristocratic Hadley S. Winslow III--is the envy of her friends. Caught up in the fairy-tale excitement of the wedding preparations, Jill has little reason to argue with Hadley's insistence on "proper breeding" for people and animals alike until he reacts unsympathetically when her own background is painfully called into question. Impetuously she breaks the engagement. Trying to forget her unhappiness, Jill devotes her time and energy to rehabilitating a broken-down gelding she has rescued from its cruel owner, finding in the gray horse she calls Granite a striking parallel to her own situation. Just as she does not know her true parents, so is the horse's pedigree unknown. Under Jill's care and with the welcome help of her attractive new friend, Dirk Martin, Granite is soon able to hold his own against the finest thoroughbred hunters. In an absorbing, action-packed novel of a girl's love of horses and her struggle against self-doubt, Dorothy Lyons again demonstrates the skill that has made her a favorite author of horse stories. Her readers will applaud the satisfying conclusion in which Granite proves to Jill that a fancy pedigree is not essential to a true winner.
Slay-Ride
by Dick Francis[from the back cover:]British investigator David Cleveland hadn't come to Oslo dressed for the Norwegian weather. But he didn't know what cold really was until someone tried to drown him in a fjord. It could have been an accident that the speedboat cut David's dinghy into ribbons. Just as it could have been a coincidence that champion jockey Robert Sherman had disappeared from Norway right before the National, a race he was certain to win." Hired by the Norwegian Racing Association and out of compassion for Sherman's grieving, pregnant wife, David hires a good-natured, rubber-burning driver with a laid back giant of a dog and counts on help from his friend, Erne, a local race track security officer for help. Still investigating in a foreign country isn't easy, especially when at every turn David is at the wrong end of knives, and guns, and is even the target of a bomb.
To Walk the Sky Path
by Phyllis Reynolds NaylorTen-year-old Billie, a Seminole Indian, is caught between the cultures when his family moves away from the Florida Everglades and nearer the white man's civilization. -- Card catalog description Billie Tommie, a ten-year-old Seminole Indian, lives with his family in a chickee on a mangrove island in the Florida Everglades. Billie is the first in his family to attend school. Now he walks in two worlds--the traditonal world of his ancestors and the modern world of teachers, tourists, and schoolmates. Billie's grandfather, Abraham, tells him the legends, stories, and rituals that are important to the Seminole people. Abraham says that an honest man who leads a good life will walk the path to the city in the sky when he dies. But Billie wants to learn more about the white man's ways. Caught between two cultures, which path will Billie take? Ages 9-12
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Exploding Plumbing and Other Mysteries
by Donald J. SobolNo one gets away with a crime in Idaville--not with supersleuth Encyclopedia Brown on the job. Match wits with the amazing boy detective in E. B. No. 11. See if you can solve the Case of the Counterfeit Bill... or the Skunk Ape... or the Salami Sandwich. Answers in back of book for checking.
Sacrifice Unto Me
by Don WestThis is a recounting of the Santa Cruz killings in the early 1970's by Ed Kemper and Herbert Mullin.
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Dead Eagles
by Donald J. SobolWhy is every crook and bully in Idaville brought to justice? Who is the secret brains behind the town's police force? Ten-year-old Encyclopedia Brown! He's back and no mystery baffles him. Once again the boy detective is challenged by an array of crooked characters who attempt to puzzle him--and you--as they leave behind them clues to the solution of their crimes. Match wits with Encyclopedia. You, too, can find the clues.
The Girl Who Owned a City
by O. T. NelsonA killing virus has swept the earth, sparing only children through the age of twelve. There is chaos everywhere, even in formerly 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 Co-ed Killer
by Margaret CheneyThis is the story of Edmund Kemper, III who killed eight people after being released from a mental institution where he was sent for killing his grandparents when he was fourteen years old.
Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All (Encyclopedia Brown #12)
by Donald J. SobolWhy is every crook and bully in Idaville brought to justice? Who is the secret brains behind the town's police force? Ten-year-old Encyclopedia Brown! He's back and no "' mystery baffles him. Once again the boy detective is challenged by an array of crooked characters who attempt to puzzle him-and you-as they leave behind them clues to the solution of their crimes.
Frozen Fire: A Tale of Courage
by James A. HoustonDetermined to find his father who has been lost in a storm, a young boy and his Eskimo friend brave wind storms, starvation, wild animals and wild men during their search in the Canadian Arctic. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
The Right-Hand Man
by K. M. PeytonNed Rowlands--twenty, red-haired and impudent--is the fastest stagecoach driver on the Harwich road. His reckless driving--as full of dash as he is--attracts the attention of young Lord Ironminster who had been, before an accident which cost him an arm, the best dragsman in England. Ironminster is determined to win a racing wager against his cousins James and Rupert Saville and so greatly needs Ned's help. Ned enters a strange partnership which involves his emotions as well as his talents; for he soon realizes that far more is at stake than a mere wager: Ironminster is a sick man and must marry and produce an heir if his estate is not to pass to James Saville. As Ironminster's right-hand man, Ned is to play an important part in helping his master to outwit his cousins - a more dangerous role than that of the driver of a four-in-hand. Mrs Peyton has brought the world 1818-19 vividly to life. In describing the elegance and glamour of the Georgian period, she never loses sight of its brutality, its social injustices and its squalor. Her story is packed with action, colour and period detail and is as readable as the earlier books which won her her well- deserved reputation as 'an outstandingly interesting and original writer of novels for teenage readers.'
Son of Sam: The .44-caliber Killer
by George Carpozi Jr.The story of the man who killed many people in New York in the 1970's.
Brian-Foot-in-the-Mouth
by Mary W. SullivanAfter Brian's mother dies, it seems there's nobody he can confide in or who can give him guidance . His blabbering mouth gets him in trouble time after time. He gets fired from his job at the gas station, he irritates his father, he nearly loses his job teaching guitar and he thinks he has upset the girl he cares for and the new boss who actually thinks Brian is a good worker. The only place he thinks he belongs is with his guitar. His father and three older brothers are absorbed in athletics. They aren't impressed with Brian's musical talent or sympathetic to his problems. To his surprise, Brian finds he has some things in common with his brother Greg who gives him good advice and helps him see that everyone has worries, disappointments and flaws. Brian begins to realize he isn't doomed to fail because of his big mouth, and that he can get along with people as well as with his guitar.
Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library
by Eth CliffordMary Rose and Jo-Beth are sisters who hardly ever agree on anything, but they both feel as if this night will never end. First their car runs out of gas in an unfamiliar city and their father goes in search of a gas station. Then Jo-Beth makes Mary Rose go with her to find a bathroom and they stumble across a curious old library. And then, worst of all, they get locked in! But their troubles are just beginning. Is Jo-Beth right about the library being haunted by banshees? Or is there a logical explanation, as Mary Rose claims?
Night Journeys
by Avi[From The Back Cover.] "Peter can help Robert and Elizabeth. Or he can help himself. It's his choice. The year is 1768. In eight years, the American Revolution will begin. Newly orphaned, Peter York has been adopted by a deeply religious Quaker farmer. Peter chafes under his new guardian's strict and unyielding views and vows to break away. He sees his chance when two runaway indentured servants are reported to be fleeing through his community. If he catches one, there will be a reward-and freedom. But capturing the runaways leads to consequences-and choices-Peter cannot foresee." In this historic thriller, as Peter copes with a raging river, pain, exhaustion and fear, his views of right and wrong and of his new family change. Read the rest of the story of Peter, Elizabeth and Robert in, the exciting sequel, Encounter At Easton, which is also available from Bookshare.