7th & 8th Grade

Paul Fisher plays soccer despite the thick glasses he wears because of a mysterious eye injury. When his family moves to Tangerine, Florida, strange things start to happen, but nothing is stranger than the secrets Paul finds out about his older brother, his new friends, and his own dangerous past. Named as one of ALAUs Top-Ten Books for Young Adults.

Cabot ("The Princess Diaries") presents another teen-pleasing novel and another likable heroine in this story set in Washington, D.C. about feisty, red-haired Samantha, a self-described "urban rebel" who has dyed all of her clothes black, and is a 15-year-old middle child.

One of the most talked-about novels is now available in a mass-market edition. Twelve-year-old Artemis is a millionaire, a genius--and above all, a criminal mastermind. But Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit.

With perceptiveness and compassion, Draper portrays an African-American teenager who feels driven to consider suicide in the wake of a devastating tragedy.

After the death of her mother, Nhamo is left a virtual slave in her small African village. Upon learning that before her 12th birthday she must marry a cruel man with three other wives, Nhamo desperately decides to run away.

Sandy Alger is born into wealth and lives an idyllic life in almost total seclusion with his family for twenty years. But when his wicked uncles make a move to steal the family fortune, Sandy is forced to come to terms with a threatening world. Jean Ferris goes far beyond her standard YA novels in this dramatic and fanciful adventure.

This winner of the 1999 Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award tells the storyof a young African-American girl who is tormented by her peers because of herdarker skin.

Now available in a rack-sized edition for older readers--Gaiman's "New York Times" bestselling novel that takes readers over the threshold of imagination. A "Publishers Weekly" Best Book and winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novella.

This retelling of a beloved fairy tale finds 15-year-old Ella discovering that accepting the Prince's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette.

Now in paperback--the latest entry of the "New York Times" bestselling series featuring teen spy Alex Rider. Alex learns that his father was an assassin for Scorpia, the most powerful terrorist organization going. Now Scorpia wants Alex on its side.

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Told in the alternating voices of four characters dealing with grief in different ways, Horvaths new novel is a rich and complicated story about loss and the possibility--and impossibility--of beginning again.

Heaven is an apt name for the Ohio town where 14-year-old Marley has grown up, and for her life there--until the fateful day she discovers the people she calls Momma and Pops are not really her parents, and she is forced to question all her assumptions about who she is. Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for Fiction. Young Adult.

Now in mass-market paperback--"[the] elegantly sensual retelling of "Beauty and the Beast," told from the Beast's point of view."--"School Library Journal," starred review.

Now that she's finished her freshman year of high school and survived her first breakup, Alice is pretty sure she's finally got a handle on life. But when she heads off to be a camp counselor for three weeks, Alice is shocked to come home to find that everything has changed.

Winner - 2006 Newbery Award
While wishing for something good to happen to her, Debbie's story criss crosses with those of her friends in this remarkable new book by the author of acclaimed, award-winning "All Alone in the Universe."

Published in 40 countries, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy--"The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife," and "The Amber Spyglass"--has graced the "New York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Book Sense," and "Publishers Weekly" bestseller lists. In 1996," The Golden Compass" changed the face of fantasy publishing, and 2006 marks its 10 Year Anniversary--and an opportunity to celebrate with a deluxe hardcover. Pullman created new material just for this edition (archival documents, scientific notes and "found" letters of Lord Asriel) which has been illustrated and handlettered by renowned British artist Ian Beck and will be included in the back matter. The deluxe edition also features Pullman's own chapter opening spot art. A quality collectible--with the enticement of never-before-seen new material--for Pullman fan

Winner - 2002 Pura Belpré Award - Narrative
When tragedy shatters her privileged life in Mexico, Esperanza and Mama flee to California and settle in a farm labor camp. There, Esperanza must confront the challenges of hard labor and find acceptance among her people.

The #1 "New York Times" bestseller--and basis for the 2004 film from Touchstone Pictures starring Lindsay Lohan--is now reissued with a striking new cover.

Sophie's mother doesn't know about the boy who's pressing Sophie to go further than she wants. Or about the boy she chats with online. These sharp, funny, and tragic poems tell of Sophie's sometimes painful but always passionate journey of self-discovery.

Stargirl. From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color and sound, the hallways hum with the murmur of "Stargirl, Stargirl." She captures Leo Borlock's heart with just one smile. She sparks a school-spirit revolution with just one cheer. The students of Mica High are enchanted. At first.
Then they turn on her. Stargirl is suddenly shunned for everything that makes her different, and Leo, panicked and desperate with love, urges her to become the very thing that can destroy her: normal. In this celebration of nonconformity, Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli weaves a tense, emotional tale about the perils of popularity and the thrill and inspiration of first love.

"From the Hardcover edition."

Rumor has it that Jake Semple burned down his old school. Only one place will take him now--a home school run by the Applewhites, a chaotic family of artists. Jake thinks surviving this one will be a breeze. But is he really as tough or as bad as he seems?

Now with a fresh new look. Fifteen-year-old Loch and his younger sister join their father on a scientific expedition searching for prehistoric creatures sighted in a Vermont lake, but soon discover that the expedition's leaders aren't interested in preserving the creatures.