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Andrews, Andy, 1959- The boy who changed the world Nashville, Tenn. : Tommy Nelson, 2010. Call Number: JF ANDRE-A Owned by: MAIN Summary: Beginning with Norman Borlaug and going back to those who influenced him directly or indirectly, shows how one ordinary boy came to develop "super plants" that helped save billions of people from starvation. Conduct of life Fiction. Date added: Aug 28
Appelt, Kathi, 1954- Keeper 1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2010. Call Number: JF APPEL-K Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL KING SWASEY WHEELOCK Summary: On the night of the blue moon when mermaids are said to gather on a sandbar in the Gulf of Mexico, ten-year-old Keeper sets out in a small boat, with her dog BD and a seagull named Captain, determined to find her mother, a mermaid, as Keeper has always believed, who left long ago to return to the sea. Sailing Juvenile fiction.Gulf States Juvenile fiction. Date added: Aug 17
Baker, E. D. The wide-awake princess 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury, 2010. Call Number: JF BAKER-E Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL KOBETICH MOORE MOTTET WHEELOCK Summary: Annie, younger sister of the princess who would be known as Sleeping Beauty, is immune to magic and stays awake when the rest of the castle falls into an enchanted sleep, then sets out to find a way to break the spell. Princesses Juvenile fiction. Date added: Aug 14
Basye, Dale E. Blimpo : the third circle of Heck 1st ed. New York : Random House, 2010. Call Number: JF BASYE-D Owned by: MAIN S_TACOMA SWASEY WHEELOCK Summary: Eleven-year-old Milton Fauster puts aside his own escape plans to help his sister, Marlo, who is in training to be an underworld secretary, and his best friend, Virgil, who is stuck in the circle of Heck reserved for overweight children. Future life Juvenile fiction. Date added: Aug 17
Boylan, Jennifer Finney, 1958- Falcon Quinn and the black mirror 1st ed. New York : Katherine Tegen Books, c2010. Call Number: JF BOYLA-J Owned by: MAIN MOORE WHEELOCK Summary: Thirteen-year-old Quinn believes he is fairly normal until he is spirited away from his grandmother's house to the Academy for Monsters, where he leads his new friends in rebelling against the faculty's agenda of suppressing students' true natures. Monsters Fiction. Date added: Aug 14
Clayton, Emma. The roar 1st American ed. New York : Chicken House, 2009. Call Number: JF CLAYT-E Owned by: MAIN Summary: In an overpopulated world where all signs of nature have been obliterated and a wall has been erected to keep out plague-ridden animals, twelve-year-old Mika refuses to believe that his twin sister was killed after being abducted, and continues to search for her in spite of the dangers he faces in doing so. Twins Fiction. Date added: Aug 28
Crowne, Alyssa, 1965- Green Princess saves the day New York : Scholastic Inc., c2010. Call Number: JF CROWN-A Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL KING KOBETICH MOORE MOTTET S_TACOMA SWASEY SWANCREEK WHEELOCK Summary: "Holly Greenwood loves being outdoors, the color green, and -- of course -- princesses! She plays in Peterson Park almost every day. There's a jungle gym, pretty flowers, and even a special bluebird. It's her very own green kingdom. But then the mayor decides to sell the park and put buildings there instead. Holly can't let that happen! Can this princess save the day?" -- P. [4] of cover. Girls Juvenile fiction. Date added: Aug 17
Crowne, Alyssa, 1965- Orange princess has a ball New York : Scholastic, c2010. Call Number: JF CROWN-A Owned by: FERNHILL KOBETICH S_TACOMA SWASEY SWANCREEK Summary: Kristina is determined to make herself a sparkly orange princess gown for the upcoming ball, but nothing seems to be going right, and Kristina's big day may just turn into a royal washout. Princesses Juvenile fiction. Date added: Aug 17
Crowne, Alyssa, 1965- Purple Princess wins the prize New York : Scholastic, c2010. Call Number: JF CROWN-A Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL KING KOBETICH MOORE MOTTET S_TACOMA SWASEY SWANCREEK WHEELOCK Summary: Isabel Dawson, who thinks purple is the best color in the whole world, decides to go on a quest to show her brothers that she is just as good as they are. Purple Juvenile fiction. Date added: Aug 17
De Guzman, Michael. Henrietta Hornbuckle's circus of life 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus Giroux, 2010. Call Number: JF DEGUZ-M Owned by: MAIN KING S_TACOMA Summary: Twelve-year-old Henrietta Hornbuckle and her parents perform as clowns in a tiny, ramshackle traveling circus until a family tragedy jeopardizes Henrietta's whole offbeat world. Clowns Fiction. Date added: Aug 14
Gonzalez, Christina Diaz, 1969- The red umbrella 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2010. Call Number: JF GONZA-C Owned by: MAIN WHEELOCK Summary: In 1961 after Castro has come to power in Cuba, fourteen-year-old Lucia and her seven-year-old brother are sent to the United States when her parents, who are not in favor of the new regime, fear that the children will be taken away from them as others have been. Families Juvenile fiction.Cuba History 1959-1990 Juvenile fiction. Date added: Aug 17
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Sabotaged New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2010. Call Number: JF HADDI-M Owned by: MAIN KING KOBETICH MOORE Summary: Time-travelers Jonah and Katherine are summoned to help another missing child from history, this time Virginia Dare from the Roanoke Colony, but their journey is sabotaged and goes dangerously awry, leaving them in the wrong time period. Includes author's note about the history of Roanoke Colony and Virginia Dare. Space and time Fiction.Roanoke Colony Juvenile fiction. Date added: Aug 27
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Into the gauntlet Library ed. New York : Scholastic, 2010. Call Number: JF HADDI-M Owned by: MAIN MOORE S_TACOMA SWASEY WHEELOCK Summary: Throughout the hunt for the 39 Clues, Amy and Dan Cahill have uncovered history's greatest mysteries and their family's deadliest secrets. But are they ready to face the truth about the Cahills and the key to their unmatched power? After a whirlwind race that's taken them across five continents, Amy and Dan face the most the difficult challenge yet -- a task no Cahill dared to imagine. When faced with a choice that could change the future of the world, can two kids succeed where 500 years worth of famous ancestors failed? Brothers and sisters Fiction. Date added: Aug 27
Haddon, Mark. Boom! : (or 70,000 light years) 1st American ed. Oxford ; New York : David Fickling Books, 2009. Call Number: JF HADDO-M Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL KOBETICH MOTTET WHEELOCK Summary: When Jim and Charlie overhear two of their teachers talking in a secret language and the two friends set out to solve the mystery, they do not expect the dire consequences of their actions. Science fiction.England Fiction. Date added: Aug 17
Hicks, Betty. Doubles troubles 1st ed. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2010. Call Number: JF HICKS-B Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL WHEELOCK Summary: Henry wants to win the doubles tennis trophy more than anything. He knows he's good enough, but he's not sure his partner Rocky is. The advantage goes to new readers as they follow Henry as he helps Rocky train and, at the same time, works on his history project. Can Henry serve up an ace on and off the court? Tennis Juvenile fiction. Date added: Aug 17
Holm, Jennifer L. Turtle in paradise 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2010. Call Number: JF HOLM-J Owned by: MAIN KING MOORE S_TACOMA WHEELOCK Summary: In 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman who does not like children, eleven-year-old Turtle is sent to stay with relatives she has never met in far away Key West, Florida. Cousins Fiction.Key West (Fla.) History 20th century Fiction. Date added: Aug 17
Hunter, Erin. Skyclan's destiny 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2010. Call Number: JF HUNTE-E Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL KOBETICH MOORE MOTTET S_TACOMA SWASEY WHEELOCK Summary: Leafstar struggles to maintain control of her Clan as she figures out how Skyclan can survive in the gorge. Cats Fiction. Date added: Aug 25
Hunter, Erin. Fire in the sky 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2010. Call Number: JF HUNTE-E Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL KING KOBETICH MOORE S_TACOMA SWASEY WHEELOCK Summary: Despite their misgivings about the many dangers that lie ahead, the bears venture out onto the Everlasting Ice and learn of their final destination with the help of a mystical bear spirit. Bears Fiction. Date added: Aug 14
Lasky, Kathryn. Chasing Orion 1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010. Call Number: JF LASKY-K Owned by: KING KOBETICH S_TACOMA WHEELOCK Summary: In 1952, when Georgie is eleven years old, her family moves to a new Indiana neighborhood where her teenaged neighbor has polio and is in an iron lung. Poliomyelitis Fiction.Indiana History 20th century Fiction. Date added: Aug 17
Law, Ingrid, 1970- Scumble New York : Dial Books for Young Readers ; Burlington, Mass. : Walden Media, c2010. Call Number: JF LAW-I Owned by: FERNHILL KOBETICH MOORE SWASEY WHEELOCK Summary: Mibs's cousin Ledge is disappointed to discover that his "savvy"--the magical power unique to each member of their family--is to make things fall apart, which endangers his uncle Autry's ranch and reveals the family secret to future reporter Sarah. Magic Fiction.Wyoming Fiction. Date added: Aug 27
MacLachlan, Patricia. Word after word after word 1st ed. New York : Katherine Tegen Books, c2010. Call Number: JF MACLA-P Owned by: MAIN KOBETICH S_TACOMA WHEELOCK Summary: A visiting author teaches five friends about the power of words and writing. Creative writing Juvenile fiction. Date added: Aug 14
McNamee, Eoin, 1961- The Ring of Five 1st ed. New York : Wendy Lamb Books, c2010. Call Number: JF MCNAM-E Owned by: MOORE WHEELOCK Summary: Kidnapped on his way to boarding school, Danny Caulfield, who has one blue eye and one brown eye, ends up at a mysterious academy of spies, where he is to be trained in the art of espionage in an effort to keep the Upper and Lower worlds from colliding. Fantasy. Date added: Aug 17
Newsome, Richard. The billionaire's curse 1st U.S. ed. New York : Walden Pond Press, 2010, c2009. Call Number: JF NEWSO-R Owned by: MAIN MOORE WHEELOCK Summary: When thirteen-year-old Gerald finds himself the heir to twenty billion pounds from an aunt he never met, he inherits with it a mystery surrounding his aunt's death and various artifacts in the British Museum. Inheritance and succession Juvenile fiction.London (England) Juvenile fiction. Date added: Aug 17
Noel, Alyson. Radiance. Book 1 1st ed. New York : Square Fish, 2010. Call Number: JF NOEL-A Owned by: MAIN Summary: After crossing the bridge into the afterlife, a place called Here where the time is always Now, Riley's existence continues in much the same way as when she was alive until she is given the job of Soul Catcher and, together with her teacher Bodhi, returns to earth for her first assignment, a ghost called the Radiant Boy who has been haunting an English castle for centuries and resisted all previous attempts to get him across the bridge. Future life Fiction. Date added: Aug 28
Osborne, Mary Pope. A ghost tale for Christmas time New York : Random House, 2010. Call Number: JF OSBOR-M Owned by: MAIN Summary: Jack and Annie travel back to Victorian London when Merlin asks them to use their magic to inspire Charles Dickens to write "A Christmas Carol." Time travel Fiction.London (England) History 19th century Fiction. Date added: Aug 28
Pearson, Ridley. Kingdom keepers III : Disney in Shadow New York : Disney/Hyperion Books, c2010. Call Number: JF PEARS-R Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL KOBETICH S_TACOMA Summary: With the adventures set forth in the first books now behind them, Kingdom Keepers 3: Disney In Shadow follows the five teens, Finn, Philby, Willa, Charlene, and Maybeck as they search to find Wayne, their mentor and head Imagineer who has mysteriously gone missing. Concerned Wayne has been abducted by the Overtakers, Disney villains, who along with other Disney characters, take over the parks when the turnstiles stop spinning, and want desperately to steer the parks to a far darker place. Then five of the kids pick up a major clue from a close friend, Jez, whose dreams (nightmares, really) often accurately predict the future. Holography Juvenile fiction.Walt Disney World (Fla.) Juvenile fiction. Date added: Aug 14
Prineas, Sarah. Found 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2010. Call Number: JF PRINE-S Owned by: MAIN Summary: Connwaer, the young thief-turned-wizard's apprentice, escapes from prison and follows the call of magic to the distant and mysterious Dragon Mountain on a quest to save Wellmet from Arhionvar, dread magic that can destroy the city. Magic Juvenile fiction. Date added: Aug 14
Reeve, Philip. No such thing as dragons 1st American ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2010. Call Number: JF REEVE-P Owned by: MAIN Summary: A young, mute boy who is apprenticed to a dragon-slayer suspects that the winged beasts do not exist, until he--and his master--learn the truth. Dragons Fiction. Date added: Aug 28
Spelling, Tori, 1973- Presenting-- Tallulah 1st Aladdin hardcover ed. New York : Aladdin, 2010. Call Number: JF SPELL-T Owned by: MAIN Summary: Emmeline is always being told what she cannot do because of the kind of girl people perceive her to be, but with the help of the new boy in school, she finds a way to just be herself. Friendship Fiction. Date added: Aug 28
Spinelli, Eileen. The Dancing Pancake 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. Call Number: JF SPINE-E Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL KING MOORE Summary: Eleven-year-old Belinda "Bindi" Winkler and her family find their way through tough times with the love and support of the community that grows around their newly opened restaurant, "The Dancing Pancake." Novels in verse. Date added: Aug 17
Van Eekhout, Greg. Kid vs. squid 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury, 2010. Call Number: JF VANEE-G Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL KING MOORE SWANCREEK Summary: Spending the summer after sixth grade at his great-uncle's oceanside museum, Thatcher and local girl Trudy team up to help Shoal, one of the people of Atlantis cursed by a witch whose head still survives, and who has an army of monstrous creatures helping her. Imaginary creatures Fiction. Date added: Aug 17
Ward, David, 1967- Beyond the mask New York : Amulet Books, 2010, c2003. Call Number: JF WARD-D Owned by: MAIN Summary: Having left the harsh life in Grassland and finally returned to her home and father, Pippa and her friends must then go back to the land where they were slaves and try to forge a peaceful settlement with the Spears in order to avert tragedy for their village. Slavery Fiction. Date added: Aug 28
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