BZRK Apocalypse

BZRK Apocalypse
Michael Grant
Fiction G7675b3

Noah and Sadie have seen death,a nd it holds no terror for them.  Madness does, though.  And losing each other.  But they will not sit back, helpless witnesses to an invisible apocalypse.  The world is being destroyed from the insdie out.  It's time to take up the fight once more, in the streets and in the nano.  And they'll give everything they have to stop the Armstrong Twins.

But are the Twins the ultimate enemy?  Nobody has ever known the identity of Lear, the shadowy leader of BZRK.  Just who have they been fighting for?

As madness spreads like a plague, one thing becomes terrifyingly clear: this was Lear's game all along.

And Lear hasn't been playing fair.

(From publisher.)

Althea & Oliver

Althea & Oliver
Cristina Moracho
Fiction M791a

Althea Carter and Oliver McKinley have been best friends since they were six; she’s the fist-fighting instigator to his peacemaker, the artist whose vision balances his scientific bent. Now, as their junior year of high school comes to a close, Althea has begun to want something more than just best-friendship. Oliver, for his part, simply wants life to go back to normal, but when he wakes up one morning with no memory of the past three weeks, he can’t deny any longer that something is seriously wrong with him.

And then Althea makes the worst bad decision ever, and her relationship with Oliver is shattered. He leaves town for a clinical study in New York, resolving to repair whatever is broken in his brain, while she gets into her battered Camry and drives up the coast after him, determined to make up for what she’s done.

Their journey will take them from the rooftops, keg parties, and all-ages shows of their North Carolina hometown to the pool halls, punk houses, and hospitals of New York City before they once more stand together and face their chances. Set in the DIY, mix tape, and zine culture of the mid-1990s, Cristina Moracho’s whip-smart debut is an achingly real story about identity, illness, and love—and why bad decisions sometimes feel so good.

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Harry Potter: The Creature Vault

Harry Potter: The Creature Vault
Revenson, Jody
R. Q. 791.4372 R322h

(NOTE: This is a reference item.  You may come look at it in the library, and glory in its marvelous pages, but you cannot check it out.)

Dementors and House-elves, merpeople and Chinese Fireball Dragons—these are just a few of the magical creatures and frightening monsters populating J. K. Rowling's wizarding world. Harry Potter: The Creature Vault is a fascinating look at how this menagerie was brought to life for the blockbuster Harry Potter film series. Detailed profiles of each creature include rare concept illustrations, behind-the-scenes photography, and filmmaking secrets from the Warner Bros. archive. A removable poster picturing each of the creatures and an interactive Eeylops Owl Emporium catalog complete this must-have package.

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Lies We Tell Ourselves

Lies We Tell Ourselves
Robin Talley
Fiction T145l

In 1959 Virginia, the lives of two girls on opposite sides of the battle for civil rights will be changed forever.

Sarah Dunbar is one of the first black students to attend the previously all-white Jefferson High School. An honors student at her old school, she is put into remedial classes, spit on and tormented daily.

Linda Hairston is the daughter of one of the town's most vocal opponents of school integration. She has been taught all her life that the races should be kept "separate but equal."

Forced to work together on a school project, Sarah and Linda must confront harsh truths about race, power and how they really feel about one another.

Boldly realistic and emotionally compelling, Lies We Tell Ourselves is a brave and stunning novel about finding truth amid the lies, and finding your voice even when others are determined to silence it.

(From publisher.)