Books on My Desk

Another batch of recommended reads have arrived from the Junior Library Guild.
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The Miracle Stealer by Neil Connelly, Call #: Y CONNELL

In small-town Pennsylvania, nineteen-year-old Andi Grant will do anything to protect her six-year-old brother Daniel from those who believe he has a God-given gift as a healer--including their own mother.

Prisoners in the Palace: How Victoria Became Queen with the Help of Her Maid, a Reporter, and a Scoundrel; a novel of intrigue and romance by Michaela MacColl, Call #: Y MACCOLL

Recently orphaned and destitute, seventeen-year-old Liza Hastings earns a position as a lady's maid to sixteen-year-old Princess Victoria at Kensington Palace in 1836, the year before Victoria becomes Queen of England.

I Will Save You by Matt De la Pena, Call #: Y PENA

Seventeen-year-old Kidd Ellison runs away to work for the summer at a beach campsite in California where his hard work and good looks lead to friendship and love but painful past memories surface in menacing ways.

Cloaked in Red by Vivian Vande Velde, Call #: Y VANDEVE

Presents eight twists on the traditional tale of Little Red Riding Hood, exploring such issues as why most characters seem dim-witted and what, exactly, is the theme.

Score!: The action and artistry of hockey’s magnificent moment by Mark Stewart & Mike Kennedy, Call #: Y 796.355 STEWART

Find out about the hardest slap shots, the most unstoppable one-timers, and the wildest attempts to put the puck in the net.From overtime game-winners to profiles of the greatest players and performances, this book is crammed with amazing facts for every hockey fan!

The Unidentified by Rae Mariz, Call #: Y MARIZ

In a futuristic alternative school set in a shopping mall where video game-playing students are observed and used by corporate sponsors for market research, Katey "Kid" Dade struggles to figure out where she fits in and whether she even wants to.

Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in Sudan by John Bul Dau & Martha Arual Akech Call #: Y 962.4043 DAU

One of thousands of children who fled strife in southern Sudan, John Bul Dau survived hunger, exhaustion, and violence. His wife, Martha, endured similar hardships. In this memorable book, the two convey the best of African values while relating searing accounts of famine and war. There’s warmth as well, in their humorous tales of adapting to American life. For its importance as a primary source, for its inclusion of the rarely told female perspective of Sudan’s lost children, for its celebration of human resilience, this is the perfect story to inform and inspire young readers.