rnYoung adult readers have special needs and concerns, and librarians have become increasingly interested in selecting books suitable for them. This reference provides information about 290 books f…
With Brianna Blake, the most popular girl in middle school, leading the race for student council president, accidental candidate Callie Singer doesn't think she has a chance to win until a humiliat…
The launch of the largest, most spectacular beauty parlour in Paris is destined to turn young Leonie into a household figure: the face that is Caresse. But beneath the glamour and spectacle, a very…
Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also lo…
Tells the events of the Boston Tea Party, one of the acts by American Patriots that led to the American Revolution. Written in graphic-novel format.
Presents a humorous look at how human greed, stupidity, and lust will shape the future, offering predictions on business, society, government, human potential, and technology.
Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster afraid of her own bike, a Ben Affleck–impersonating Off-Broadway performer and playwright, and, …
Mississippi author Eudora Welty, the first living writer to be published in the Library of America series, mentored many of today's greatest fiction writers and is a fascinating woman, having lived…
When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory: a victory with profound implications for NA…
A new novel from the internationally bestselling author of ‘The Joy Luck Club'. In fin de siècle Shanghai, Violet Minturn grows up at Hidden Jade Path, the city's most exclusive courtesan house.…