| List |
Type |
Reading Level |
Book title |
Author |
Annotation |
| A |
M |
N |
|
Guest, Judith |
Novel about a seemingly happy family who tragically lose the oldest of
their sons to a boating accident. The story is really about how a dysfunctional
family copes with loss and how a High School student copes with depression. |
| B |
FA |
M |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
|
|
Rowling, J.K. |
Book 5 in this very exciting series! |
| A |
N |
M |
|
Tan, Amy |
Chronicles the lives of four Chinese women, their forty-year friendship
and how the death of one brings her daughter into the fold and a new understanding
for each. |
| A |
N |
M |
|
Evans, Nicholas |
Annie Graves travels across a continent to the Booker ranch in Montana,
desperate to heal her injured daughter, the girls’ savage horse, and
her own wounded heart. |
| A |
M |
M |
| President’s Daughter, The |
|
|
Higgins, Jack |
Twenty years after his affair, Jake Cazalet discovers he has a daughter.
When his only child is kidnapped by a terrorist group, he must count on
a British operative and an FBI agent to find her. |
| A |
M |
M |
|
Parker, Robert |
A Boston detective befriends a troubled teenage boy. After a bitter divorce,
Spencer is hired to find out who kidnapped the boy. |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Fowles, John |
In this chilling archetypal tale of good and evil, a beautiful, idealistic
young woman studying art in London is kidnapped by a startlingly ordinary
young man who wants only to keep her--like the butterflies he has collected
before her. James Wilby is superb as the collector, by turns angry, indignant,
whining, and threatening, and the terrified, but defiant, prisoner waging
war against her captor while in secret journals struggling to come to terms
with her past and present. A fascinating and frightening psychological
study of captor and captive. |
| A |
NF |
M |
|
Preston, Richard |
The dramatic and chilling story of an Ebola virus outbreak in a surburban
Washington, D.C. laboratory, with descriptions of frightening historical
epidemics of rare and lethal viruses. More hair-raising than anything Hollywood
could think of, because it's all true. |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Keneally, Thomas |
So begins one of the most remarkable narratives of the Holocaust. Based
on the true story of Oskar Schindler, “Schindler’s List” masterfully
recreates the daring exploits of the German-Catholic industrialist who
used his enormous fortune to build a factory camp that saved more than
a thousand Jews. |
| A |
NF |
D |
| Full House: Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin |
|
|
Gould, Stephen |
Professor Gould suggests that new species are just as likely to be more
simple as more complex than their parents. |
| A |
N |
M |
|
DeMaurier, D. |
Rebecca is a novel of mystery and passion, a dark psychological tale
of secrets and betrayal, dead loves and an estate called Manderley that
is as much a presence as the humans who inhabit it: "when the leaves
rustle, they sound very much like the stealthy movement of a woman in evening
dress, and when they shiver suddenly and fall, and scatter away along the
ground, they might be the pitter, patter of a woman's hurrying footsteps,
and the mark in the gravel the imprint of a high-heeled satin....” |
| A |
SF |
D |
|
LeGuin, Ursula K. |
Unwilling to accept that his anarchist world must be separated from the
rest of the civilized universe, Shevek, a brilliant physicist, risks his
life by traveling to the utopian mother planet of Urras. |
| A |
N |
M |
|
Szpilman, Wladyslaw |
This is a story written immediately after the end of World War II by
a Holocaust victim in Poland. It describes life during the German occupation
of Warsaw with grim and horrible details. The depths of human emotions
are intimately explored in this well-written, gripping novel. |
| B |
P |
M |
|
Fuller, Charles |
Set on an army base in Louisiana during World War II, the play deals
with the open and covert conflicts between whites and blacks that limit
the possibility of personal growth and social progress. The work concerns
an investigation into murder of a black sergeant of an all-black company.
By interviewing witnesses, the investigator discovers that the sergeant
had been a tyrannical, sadistic man who hated everyone, black and white. |
| A |
SF |
M |
|
Abbott, E.A. |
A Victorian classic which is a savage satire on class-conscious and sexist
society, while at the same time introduces the reader to the concept of
higher mathematical and physical dimensions. |
| A |
NF |
E |
|
Fried, Scott |
Scott talking with teens about AIDS, love, and staying alive. It tells
the story of how Scott acquired HIV and sends a message of self-esteem
and self-respect to teens.
(Available through Amazon.com, not in book stores) |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Shreve, Anita |
The story of a pair of newlyweds who, setting out to build a life together
in a derelict beach house on the Atlantic coast soon discover how threatening
the world outside their front door can be. |
| A |
N |
M |
|
Diamont, Anita |
This sweeping piece of fiction offers an insider’s look at the daily
life of a biblical sorority of mothers and wives and their one and only
daughter, Dinah. Told in the voice of Jacob’s daughter Dinah, we are
privy to the fascinating feminine characters who bled within the red tent. |
| B |
M |
NF |
| Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman |
|
|
Feynman, Richard |
Richard Feynman, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics, thrived on outrageous
adventures. Here he recounts in his inimitable voice trading ideas on atomic
physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek;
cracking the uncrackable safes that were guarding the most deeply held
nuclear secrets; accompanying a ballet on his bongo drums... and much else
of an eyebrow-raising nature. In short, here is Feynman’s life in
all its eccentric glory --- a combustible mixture of high intelligence,
unlimited curiosity, and a raging chutzpah. |
| A |
N |
M |
| Ragged Dick and Mark the Matchboy |
|
|
Alger, Horatio |
A story of the realization of the American Dream. |
| A |
NF |
E |
|
Adams, Dougas |
Douglas Adams travels around the wrold in search of endangered animals
including the White Rhino and the Komodo Dragon. |
| B |
NF |
E |
| Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time. The |
|
|
Adams, Douglas |
This is Douglas Adams unfinished novel which includes a collection of
letters, ideas for films, books and other discussions on various subjects.
Included are a letter to the editor of a U.K. boy’s magazine (written
in 1965, when Adams was 12) and a reminiscence about his lifelong love
for the Beatles, written when he was in his 40’s. |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Bohjalian, Chris A. |
The story of 10-year-old Alfred, an African American foster child who
is taken in by Terry and Laura Sheldon, a white couple whose twin daughters
have drowned. Another child is about to come on the scene: Terry has an
affair, and the young woman becomes pregnant. |
| A |
NF |
M/D |
|
Anonymous |
The torture and hell of adolescence has rarely been captured as clearly
as it is in this classic diary by an anonymous, addicted teen. Lonely,
awkward, and under extreme pressure from her “perfect” parents, “Anonymous” swings
madly between optimism and despair. When one of her new friends spikes
her drink with LSD, this diarist begins a frightening journey into darkness.
The drugs take the edge off her loneliness and self-hate, but they also
turn her life into a nightmare of exalting highs and excruciating lows. |
| B |
NF |
D |
| Random Family: Love, drugs, trouble, and coming of age in the Bronx. |
|
|
LeBlanc, Adrian Nicole |
Politicians rail about welfare queens, crack babies and deadbeat dads,
but what do they know about the real struggle it takes to survive being
poor? Journalist LeBlanc spent some 10 years researching and interviewing
one extended family-mother Lourdes, daughter Jessica, daughter-in-law Coco
and all their boyfriends, children and in-laws from the Bronx to Troy,
N.Y. , in and out of public housing, emergency rooms, prisons and courtooms. |
| A |
HR |
M |
|
Stevenson, Robert Louis |
A kind and well-respected doctor can turn himself into a murderous madman
by taking a secret drug he has created. |
| A |
NF |
M |
|
Flynn, S. |
A riveting inside look at the tragic sequence of events that led to the
death of six Worcester fire fighters in the December 3, 1999 Worcester
Cold Storage Warehouse fire. |
| A |
N |
M |
|
Hunt, Irene |
The story of a young girl’s maturing and coming of age. |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Burdick, Eugene |
A classic novel of the cold war of the early sixties and the limits we
face. U.S. nuclear bomber head for Moscow because of an error in our fail-safe
A story of the world on the edge of nuclear war. |
| B |
NF |
M |
|
Pelzer, David |
An unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases
in California history. It is a true story of Dave Pelzer who was brutally
beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother. The outside
world knew nothing of his struggle. This compelling story will awaken you
to the truth about child abuse and the ability that we all have to make
a difference. |
| A |
NF |
E |
| On The Course With Tiger Woods |
|
|
Christoper, Matt |
Even before Tiger Woods stunned the world with his amazing victory at
Augusta, he was impressing the golfing community with his perfect swing
and pleasing crowds with his mile-wide smile and enthusiasm for the game.
In this book, readers learn the details of Tiger’s life and career. |
| A |
N |
M |
|
Picoult, Jodi |
The story of two teenagers who have been in love with each other since
childhood. They agree to a suicide pact, but only one survives. Is it a
plan gone wrong or murder? |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Picoult, Jodi |
The story of a young, popular teacher who is accused of an inappropriate
relationship with a student. After serving time in jail, he starts his
life a new ... only to have it happen again! Does he make bad decisions
or is he falsely accused? |
| A |
N |
N |
|
Guest, Judith |
Novel about a seemingly happy family who tragically lose the oldest of
their sons to a boating accident. The story is really about how a dysfunctional
family copes with loss and how a High School student copes with depression. |
| B |
NF |
M |
|
Curran, Dave |
Read about the author’s solo canoe adventure into the Maine wilderness.
An insightful and compelling read for all those who love nature, adventure
stories or who dream about making a similar back country trip. |
| A |
M |
M |
|
Hillerman, Tony |
Joe Leapham of the Navajo Tribal Police has to find a boy who has disappeared
after his best friend has been murdered and his task becomes complicated
as he learns more about Zuui Tribal customs. |
| B |
NF |
M |
| Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self |
|
|
Shandler, Sara |
Are you wondering how to handle the daily pressures of school, relationships,
family life, sex, drugs, eating disorders or depression? This is a collection
of real stories about Twenty-First Century challenges written by teenage
girls. |
B
|
N |
M |
|
Lamb, Wally |
A detailed, neatly catalogued account of twin brothers, one of whom is
a paranoid schizophrenic. Every familial travesty and personal failure
that they endure is vividly presented. |
| B |
NF |
N |
| Art as a Way: A Return to Spiritual Roots |
|
|
Franck, Frederick |
This book describes how Art is not merely a product, but a process by
which one lives. Art is a part of one’s spiritual journey as well
as one’s creative journey. This book is an attempt for one man to
describe who is an artist and what art is. |
| B |
NF |
E |
|
Petrocelli, Bobby |
This is a victorious story of rediscovering faith and love. The story
revolves around Bobby’s life after a drunk driver crashed his pickup
through Petrocelli’s bedroom wall and killed his wife. |
| A |
N |
M |
|
Quinn, Daniel |
The narrator of this extraordinary tale is a man in search for truth.
He answers an ad in a local newspaper from a teacher looking for serious
pupils, only to find himself alone in an abandoned office with a full-grown
gorilla who is nibbling delicately on a slender branch. “You are the
teacher?” he asks incredulously. “I am the teacher,” the
gorilla replies. |
| A |
N |
M |
|
Mezrich, Ben |
A young doctor-scientist, Jeremy Ross, will have to diffuse an insidious
plot to genetically rewire the human race. |
| B |
NF |
M |
|
Williams, Greg |
On April 29, 1992, Baywatch star GregAlan Williams walked into the intersection
of Florence and Normandie avenues (the heart of South Central Los Angeles)
and into the midst of the worst riot in modern American history. Summoning
courage born from the examples of his own personal heroes, Williams rescued
Takao Hirata from an angry mob armed with bottles and rods. Through an
endless shower of projectiles, he managed to drag the nearly lifeless man
to safety. |
| A |
NF |
M |
|
Suskind, Ron |
Cedric Jennings leaves behind his life in the inner-city of Washington
D.C. and attempts to secceed both academically and socially at Brown University. |
| A |
N |
M |
|
Brooks, Geraldine |
Through the eyes of a housemaid, Anna, in 1666, the book follows the
story of the plague in England. Faith frays as death reaches into all households
and villagers turrn from prayer to murderous withch-hunting. Anna faces
the deaths of family, the disintegration of her community and the lure
of illicit love. |
| A |
FA |
D |
|
Jordan, Robert |
Book 1 in the Wheel of Time series. The Dragon Reborn is forecast for
the turbulent times ahead. Several friends from a small village set out
on an unbelievable journey into the world of dangerous and fascinating
adventures. |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Brown, Dan |
“A mind bending code hidden in the works of Leonardi da Vinci. A
desperate race through the cathedrals and castles of Europe. An astonishing
truth concealed for centuries...unveiled at last.” Enjoy this best
seller! |
| B |
NF |
M |
| Season of Blood - A Rwandan Journey |
|
|
Keane, Fergal |
When President Habyarimanna’s jet was shot down in April 1994, Rwanda
erupted into a hundred day killing spree that left almost one million dead.
Fergal Keane traveled through the country as the genocide was occurring
and his eyewitness accounts revealed the truth about the genocide. |
| A |
M |
M |
|
Gibson, William |
Cayce Pollard is an expensive, spookily intuitive market-research consultant.
In London on a job, she is offered a secret assignment to investigate some
intriguing snippets of video that have been appearing on the Internet. |
| B |
SF |
M |
|
Niffenegger, Audrey |
Clare and Henry have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was
thirty-six. They were married when Clare was twenty-three and Henry was
thirty-one. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people
diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock
resets and he finds himself misplaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional
gravity from his life, past and future. |
| B |
NF |
D |
| A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius |
|
|
Eggers, Dave |
Eggers bases this work on the true story of losing both of his parents
and raising his younger brother. The story is told with Eggers’ combination
of biting wit and sympathy of the human condition. |
| A |
N |
E |
| The Five People You Meet in Heaven |
|
|
Albom, Mitch |
Follows the final minute of a man’s life, his death, and his experience
of heaven, including five people who help him understand and find the meaning
in his life. |
| A |
P |
M |
|
Auburn, David |
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this play explores the complexity of familial
and romantic relationships. Catherine must confront the death of her brilliant
but unstable father, the arrival of of her estranged sister, and the romantic
advances of a former student of her father’s. This play is character-driven
and contains many interesting ideas on the balance between genius and insanity. |
| B |
NF |
M |
| All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and
Yoko Ono |
|
|
Sheff, David |
Compiled for the true Beatles/John Lennon fans, this book is a fascinating
look at the complex nature of John Lennon’s personal life, politics,
and music. These interviews were conducted while Lennon was recording his
comeback album, Double Fantasy, and were completed shortly before his assassination.
A great read! |
| A |
N |
M |
|
Unsworth, Barry |
In order for the Greeks to sail to the Trojan War a maiden must be sacrificed.
Written in language of the 21st century, this retelling of the classic
tale of Iphigeneia is an absolute page turner. |
| B |
SP |
M |
| Ted Williams: The Biography of An American Hero |
|
|
Montville, Leigh |
A hero in the truest sense of the word. The greatest hitter who ever
lived and a fighter pilot in two wars. He was the greatest Boston Red Sox
player. |
| B |
M |
E |
| The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time |
|
|
Haddon, Mark |
The story of an autistic boy who seeks to solve a mystery when the neighbor’s
dog is found impaled on a garden fork and he is accused of the crime. |
| A |
NF |
M |
| Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books |
|
|
Nafisi, Azar |
This book transcends categorization as a memoir, literary criticism,
or social history, though it is superb as all three. Literature professor
Nafisi returned to her native Iran after a long education abroad, remained
there for 18 years, and left in 1997 for the United States, where she now
teaches. |
| B |
NF |
M |
| A Short History of Nearly Everything |
|
|
Bryson, Bill |
This is a book about life, the universe and everything, from the Big
Bang to the ascendancy of Homo sapiens. This volume summarizes both great
and curious moments in the history of science, relying on experts in the
fields and current research. |
| A |
F |
M |
|
Brown, Dan |
A Harvard symbolist, Robert Langdon, is summoned to a Swiss research
facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered
physicist. |
| B |
F |
E |
|
Tsukiyama, Gail |
In 1926 China, a group of women forge a sisterhood amidst the reeling
machines in a vast silk factory. A strike begins and the women use their
strength of ambition, dreams and friendship to achieve freedom from this
slavery. |
| A |
N |
M |
| In the Time of the Butterflies |
|
|
Alvarez, Julie |
The story of how members of a repressed society try to overthrow a dictatorial
government in the Dominican Republic in the early 1960. Based loosely on
a true story, it illustrates the harshness of living conditions, the fear
and the unrelenting determination of its characters, as well as the consequences
for wanting freedom. |
| B |
PT |
M |
|
Walcott, Derek |
Walcott’s controversial contemporary epic poem gives homage to Homer
while telling the intricate story of jealousy, love, rage, history, and
homecoming. |
| A |
NF |
M |
| Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New
England |
|
|
Cronon, William |
Describes changes in the New England landscape since the arrival of the
Europeans. |
| B |
NF |
M |
| Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World |
|
|
Kurlansky, Mark |
Spans 1,000 years of history and introduces the people whose lives have
interwoven with this fish. Accounts of the impact cod has had on economies
and livelihoods. |
| B |
NF |
M |
Bringing Down the House:
The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions |
|
|
Mezrich, Ben |
M.I.T. students find a mathematical way to cheat Las Vegas out of millions. |
| A |
N |
M |
|
Sparks, Nicholas |
The story of the lives of two people who meet again after 14 years in
rural North Carolina. |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Sparks, Nicholas |
The sequel to The Notebook Wilson, the son-in-law of Noah, struggles
to save his marriage before it’s too late. |
| A |
N |
M |
| Girl With a Pearl Earring |
|
|
Chevalier, Tracy |
The story of a 16 year old girl named Griet, who is hired to be the maid
in the 17th century Vermeer household. As she becomes increasingly involved
with Vermeer and the family, domestic tensions in the household increase. |
| A |
N |
M |
|
Potok, Chaim |
In 1940’s Brooklyn, New York, an accident throws Reuven Malther
and Danny Saunders together. Despite their differences the young men form
a deep, if unlikely, friendship. Together they negotiate adolescence, family
conflicts, faith, loss, love, and the journey to adulthood. |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Markandaya, Kamala |
This is the very moving story of a peasant woman in a primitive village
in India whose whole life was a gallant and persistent battle to care for
those she loved. |
| A |
N |
M |
|
Grisham, John |
The story of former football players who come back home because their
high school coach is dying. |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Zahn, Timothy |
A fictional novel with the Star Wars characters. |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Sparks, Nicholas |
A young woman’s husband left her with two unexpected gifts before
he died - a puppy named Singer and the promise he would always be watching
over her. |
| A |
NF |
M |
|
Salzman, Mark |
The author volunteered to teach Creative Writing at Central Juvenile
Hall, a Los Angeles County detention facility for “high-risK” juvenile
offenders. Most of these under 18 youths had been charged with murder. |
| B |
NF |
M |
|
Grandin, Temple |
Temple Grandin, a high functioning autistic, presents her life and work
as an animal scientist and explains what it’s life to think in pictures. |
| B |
M |
E |
|
Cornwell, Patricia |
A serial killer is loose in Richmond, specializing in attractive young
couples whose bodies are invariably found in the woods months later- minus
their shoes and socks. Dr. Kay Scarpetta races against time and draws on
her own personal resources to track down a murderer skilled at eliminating
every clue. |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Radcliffe, Robert |
It is 1943 and sleepy Suffolk village Bedenham is jerked into the 20th
century and the harsh reality of war by the arrival of an American bomber
base and it’s 3000 inhabitants. Follow the lives of American Lt. John
Hooper, 14 year old evacuee, Billy Street, and inhabitants of Bedenham. |
| B |
NF |
D |
| The Universe in a Nutshell |
|
|
Hawking, Stephen |
A tour through the theories of space, time, matter and energy that form
the cutting edge of modern physics, lavishly illustrated. The author, a
theoretical physicist, is an intellectual icon of our generation. |
| A |
N |
M |
| How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents |
|
|
Alvarez, Julia |
The four Garcia sisters and their parents face difficulty when they are
forced to leave the Dominican Republic and live in the Bronx. |
| A |
NF |
D |
|
Rickett, Lynn
Prince, Clive |
This is a remarkable achievement of historical detective work that explains
the mysterious background of Dan Brown’s The DaVinci Code. This book
tells the story of a secret history preserved through the centuries but
encoded in works of arts. |
| B |
NF |
E |
| I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story |
|
|
Bragg, Rick |
The Pulitzer Prize winning author Rick Bragg tells Jessica Lynch’s
story of what happened in the ambush; what really happened in the hospital;
what really happened (from her perspective) on the night of her rescue
in Iraq. |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Austen, Jane |
Jane Austen’s last novel, 11 chapters of which were written before
her death while the remainder is finished much later by an English novelist. |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Golden, Arthur |
The life of a geisha is told from her humble beginning as an orphaned
fishing village girl in 1929 to her reminiscent old age as the distinguished
mistress of the powerful patron of her dreams. |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Quindlen, Anna |
A story of love, redemption, and personal change. This story begins with
an estate caretaker finding a baby in a box at the estate of Lydia Blessing.
The box had been left one late night by a teenage couple. At the center
of the novel are secrets of the past and how they affect the lives of people
in the present. |
| A |
N |
M |
|
Picoult, Jodi |
This contemporary ghost story brings to light a shameful chapter in American
history, exposing prejudice in rural Vermont. |
| B |
FA |
M |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire* |
|
|
Rowling, J.K. |
Book four of the Harry Potter series. Harry and his friends face a series
of new challenges at Hogwarts which culminate in a deadly ending. |
| A |
NF |
M |
| The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the
Making of The Oxford English Dictionary |
|
|
Winchester, Simon |
The compilation of The Oxford English Dictionary, 70 years in the making,
was an intellectually heroic feat with a twist: one of its’ most valuable
contributors was a criminally insane American physician, locked up in an
English asylum for murder. |
| B |
PT |
M |
|
Untermeyer, Louis |
The best loved poems from one of America’s greatest poets, Robert
Frost. A selection of Frost’s poems with an introduction & commentary
by Louis Untermeyer. |
| A |
N |
M |
|
Paton, Alan |
This is an impassioned novel about South Africa under white man’s
law. It is a deeply moving story of a Zulu pastor and his son, set against
the background of a land and a people riven by racial injustice. remarkable
for it’s lyricism, unforgettable for character and incident, it is
a classic work of love and hope, courage and endurance, born of the dignity
of man. |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Austen, Jane |
First published in 1811, this novel is a portrait of the decorum surrounding
courtship and the importance of marriage to a woman’s livelihood.
It is the story that contrasts two sister’ personalities. One exemplifies
common sense and diplomatic behavior, the other, sensibility and romantic
passions. |
| A |
NF |
D |
| A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present* |
|
|
Zinn, Howard |
A history of the United States from Columbus to present as told from
the perspective of the common people (lower and middle classes). |
| A |
P |
D |
| Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Electra |
|
|
Sophocles |
The 2004-2005 Academic Decathalon literature selection. The book includes
three classic plays by Sophocles. |
| B |
SF |
E |
|
Card, Orson Scott |
The story of a child who is enlisted to save the world from the “buggers”.
The survival of the species depends on this little genius. |
| A |
NF |
E |
|
Katz, John |
This is a true story of how dogs can teach us patience and understanding.
After adopting an emotionally-scarred Border Collie, Katy, learns about
animals and himself in this tale of friendship between humans and their
best firends. |
| B |
NF |
E |
| There’s a Porcupine in My Outhouse |
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Tougias, Michael J. |
A want-to-be “mountain man” buys a cabin in Northern Vermont
and begins to understand his relationship to himself, nature and the universe. |
| A |
NF |
M |
|
Bradley, James |
This book recounts the stories of the men who raised the flag over Iwo
Jima. Some graphic battle descriptions. |
| B |
SF |
M |
|
Crichton, Michael |
Nano & biotechnologies, artificial life, swarm together in emergent
behavior. Who will prevail - artificial intelligence or the human race? |
| A |
M |
M |
|
Patterson, James |
The Women’s Club solves the bride and groom murders. |
| B |
M |
M |
|
Patterson, James |
The Women’s Club solves the random murders by a killer whose motive
are unspeakable. |
| A |
NF |
E |
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Wolfe, Rich with Sonnenberg, Rhonda |
A book written by Red Sox fans for Red Sox fans. Relive the history of
the Red Sox through the eyes of the fans. |
| B |
NF |
M |
| What’s So Great About America |
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D’Souza, Dinesh |
So declare that America is the “Great Satan” and blame us for
every ill in the world. They Say we have become a decadent society and
this will lead to our demise. D’Sousa challenges America’s critics
and proves them wrong. |
| B |
NF |
M |
|
Greenlaw, Linda |
Linda Greenlaw is a working swordfish boat captain who recounts her month
long swordfishing trip over 1,000 nautical miles out to sea. |
| B |
NF |
E |
|
Cahill, Tim |
This is a travel adventure book. Very funny! |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Wallant, Edward Lewis |
A moving story of a Holocaust survivor whose family did not survive.
He is now a pawnbroker in Harlem who is emotionally dead and indifferent
to the world. One of the best novels written about a Holocaust survivor. |
| A |
NF |
M |
|
Klein, Gerda Weissman |
Holocaust memoir of a young girl enslaved by the Nazis and her ultimate
liberation by an American soldier who will become her husband. A true love
story even during difficult times. |
| A |
NF |
M |
| The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens |
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Gardner, David and Tom |
The Motley Fool has made investing fun and easy for millions of people.
Now, it custom designs its wit and wisdom for today’s money-savvy
teens. |
| A |
N |
M |
|
Faulkner, William |
Faulkner’s narrative style shares the inner psychological thoughts
of the Bundren family as they undertake a macabre pilgrimage. They family
takes the body of their deceased matriarch to the town where she wishes
to be buried. |
| B |
M |
M |
|
Hammett, Dashiell |
A classic detective novel. It includes colorful characters such as a
shopworn private eye, a grifter, and others whose lives revolve around
a treasure that is worthy of murder. |
| A |
NF |
M |
|
Thompson, Hunter S. |
The author’s harrowing and critically acclaimed first book chronicles
his year riding with the Hell’s Angels and other motorcycle gangs.
Hell’s Angels, originally published in 1967, captures a singular moment
in American history when such counter culture movements were horrifying
the country. |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Kerouac, Jack |
Chronicles the author’s years traveling North America with his friend,
Neal Cassady, “a sideburned hero of the snowy West”.
As “Sal Paradise” and “Dean Moriarty”, the two roam
the country in a quest for self-knowledge and experience. |
| B |
NF |
M |
|
Bryson, Bill |
In this very funny narrative, Bill Bryson describes his adventures as
he attempts to hike the entire length of the Appalachian Trail. |
| A |
N |
M |
|
Steinbeck, John |
Have you ever wondered how to throw the perfect surprise party? Read
this and observe others grapple with the same problem. |
| B |
SF |
M |
|
Barron, Diana |
The citizens of sleepy little Hester, New York are plunged into unimaginable
terror when their town is transformed into snowy old-rowth forests,lush,
steamy jungles, and grassy, golden savannas by a powerful, supernatural
force determined to live. . . again. |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Kawabata, Yasunari |
An exploration of relationships between man and his dead father’s
mistresses which lead to brutal realizations of the past and present. |
| B |
N |
M |
|
Blackwood, Gary |
This story takes place in 1602 in England. A 15 year old orphan boy,
who has become an apprentice actor, goes on the road with Shakespeare’s
troupe and finds out about his parents along the way. |
| A |
M |
N |
|
Strasser, Todd |
The powerful forces of group pressure that pervaded many historic movements
such as Nazism are recreated in the classroom when history teacher Burt
Ross introduces a “new” system to his students. And before long “The
Wave,” with it’s rules of “strength through discipline,
community and action,” sweeps from the classroom through the entire
school. And as most of the students join the movement, Laurie Saunders
and David Collins recognize they must stop it before it’s too late. |
| A |
N |
M |
|
Steinbeck, John |
This story is a symbolic recreation of the biblical story of Cain and
Abel woven into a history of California’s Salinas Valley. Set in Salinas
Valley’s rich farmland, this often brutal novel follows the intertwined
destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations
hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry
of Cain and Abel. |
| A |
N |
M |
|
Baldwin, James |
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, this book is an
intensely personal and provocative document. It consists of two "letters," written
on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that
exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of
racism. Described by The New York Times Book Review as "sermon, ultimatum,
confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle...all presented in searing,
brilliant prose," The Fire Next Time stands as a classic of our literature.
|
| B |
NF |
D |
Nature via Nurture:
Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human |
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|
Ridley, Matt |
Following his highly praised and bestselling book Genome: The Autobiography
of a Species in 23 Chapters, Matt Ridley has written a brilliant and profound
book about the roots of human behavior. Nature via Nurture explores the
complex and endlessly intriguing question of what makes us who we are. |
| A |
NF |
D |
|
Ridley, Matt |
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 12 Chapters delves deep within
your body looking for dirt dug up by the Human Genome Project. Each chapter
pries one gene out of its chromosome and focuses on its role in our development
in adult life, but also goes further, exploring the implications of genetic
research and our quickly changing social attitudes toward this information.
Genome shies away from the “tedious biochemical middle managers” that
only a nerd could love and instead goes for the A-material: genes associated
with cancer,intelligence and more. |
