The White Bicycle
Beverley Brenna
Fiction B7506
The White Bicycle follows the story of Taylor Jane Simon, a fictional
teen with Asperger's syndrome who travels to the south of France for
summer work. Striking images of the French countryside frame a journey
toward independence in which Taylor draws on memories of her past to
make sense of the present. An impossible mother, a confusing job, the
worry of potentially acquiring two new siblings, and a meeting with a
surprising new mentor are among the themes woven into this coming-of-age
story. Readers will find Taylor's search for identity personal as well
as universal.
HaRoun and the Sea of Stories
Salman Rushdie
Fiction R895h
Set in an exotic Eastern landscape peopled by magicians and
fantastic talking animals, Salman Rushdie's classic children's novel Haroun and the Sea of Stories inhabits the same imaginative space as The Lord of the Rings, The Alchemist, and The Wizard of Oz. In this captivating work of fantasy from the author of Midnight’s Children and The Enchantress of Florence,
Haroun sets out on an adventure to restore the poisoned source of the
sea of stories. On the way, he encounters many foes, all intent on
draining the sea of all its storytelling powers.
Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, #2)
Robin LaFevers
Fiction L131d
Sybella arrives at the
convent’s doorstep half mad with grief and despair. Those that serve
Death are only too happy to offer her refuge—but at a price. The convent
views Sybella, naturally skilled in the arts of both death and
seduction, as one of their most dangerous weapons.
But those assassin's
skills are little comfort when the convent returns her to a life that
nearly drove her mad. And while Sybella is a weapon of justice wrought
by the god of Death himself, He must give her a reason to live. When she
discovers an unexpected ally imprisoned in the dungeons, will a
daughter of Death find something other than vengeance to live for?
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs
Fiction R448m
A mysterious island.
An
abandoned orphanage.
And a strange collection of very curious
photographs.
It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for
Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and
photography in a thrilling reading experience.
As our story
opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying
to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the
crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob
explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the
children who once lived here - one of whom was his own grandfather -
were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may
have been quarantined on a desolate island for good reason. And somehow - impossible though it seems - they may still be alive.
Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1)
Gail Carriger
Fiction C235e
It's one thing to
learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and
throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to Finishing School.
Fourteen-year-old
Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more
interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper
manners—and the family can only hope that company never sees her
atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminick is desperate for her daughter to become
a proper lady. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's
Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality.
But Sophronia soon
realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. At
Mademoiselle Geraldine's, young ladies learn to finish...everything.
Certainly, they learn the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but
they also learn to deal out death, diversion, and espionage—in the
politest possible ways, of course. Sophronia and her friends are in for a
rousing first year's education.
Set in the same world as the
Parasol Protectorate, this YA series debut is filled with all the saucy
adventure and droll humor Gail Carriger's legions of fans have come to
adore.
Love and Other Perishable Items
Laura Buzo
Fiction B989l2012
Love is awkward, Amelia should know.
From
the moment she sets eyes on Chris, she is a goner. Lost. Sunk. Head
over heels infatuated with him. It's problematic, since Chris, 21, is a
sophisticated university student, while Amelia, is 15.
Amelia
isn't stupid. She knows it's not gonna happen. So she plays it cool
around Chris—at least, as cool as she can. Working checkout together at
the local supermarket, they strike up a friendship: swapping life
stories, bantering about everything from classic books to B movies, and
cataloging the many injustices of growing up. As time goes on, Amelia's
crush doesn't seem so one-sided anymore. But if Chris likes her back,
what then? Can two people in such different places in life really be
together?
Through a year of befuddling firsts—first love, first
job, first party, and first hangover—debut author Laura Buzo shows how
the things that break your heart can still crack you up.
The Tragedy Paper
Elizabeth Laban
Fiction L111t
Tim Macbeth, a
seventeen-year-old albino and a recent transfer to the prestigious
Irving School, where the motto is “Enter here to be and find a friend.” A
friend is the last thing Tim expects or wants—he just hopes to get
through his senior year unnoticed. Yet, despite his efforts to blend
into the background, he finds himself falling for the quintessential
“It” girl, Vanessa Sheller, girlfriend of Irving’s most popular boy. To
Tim's surprise, Vanessa is into him, too, but she can kiss her social
status goodbye if anyone ever finds out. Tim and Vanessa begin a
clandestine romance, but looming over them is the Tragedy Paper,
Irving’s version of a senior year thesis, assigned by the school’s least
forgiving teacher.
Jumping between viewpoints of the love-struck
Tim and Duncan, a current senior about to uncover the truth of Tim and
Vanessa, The Tragedy Paper is a compelling tale of forbidden love and
the lengths people will go to keep their love.
