Realistic Fiction

Funny, heartwarming, a must read for theater fans! A 2015 Teen Nutmeg Nominee.

Grades 9-12

Realistic Fiction

Told in alternating voices, this is a very different, yet compelling coming of age story in an uncommon setting.

Realistic Fiction

An award winning book, narrated by a Greek Chorus of men who have died from AIDS, that follows the stories of several gay teenage boys.

Realistic Fiction

Ivan, the mighty silverback gorilla, narrates the story of how his life is shaped by the lives of two very different elephants who live with him in a mall that houses a zoo. Ivan's voice, at first hesitant and limited, develops along with the story until he truly becomes the mighty silverback he was meant to be.

High School/YA

A coming-of-age story of two teens in the inner city coming to grips with their sexual orientation and trying to rise above their circumstances. A fantastic read!

YA - Science FIction

Comes out October 2015

An amazing story told in a series of emails, chat room transcripts, video footage, and more - what happens when your planet is attacked? You escape onto one of three spaceships, only to continue to be chased by your attackers! And what's worse, a deadly virus is now being spread. Follow Kady and Ezra's story and see who survives.

Grades 7 +

Connor's mother is dying of cancer. As he struggles to deal with this, a monster comes to visit him during the night, around midnight, for several nights seeking only one thing...the truth.

Grades 5-7

Realistic Fiction

Great story about hardship, friendship, relationships and truth.

Grades 9-12

Realistic Fiction

Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet . . .

"A" wakes up each day in a different body with a different life. This is the only existence A has ever known, and A has set parameters for the living of another's life if even for a day. A has found peace in this existence until A wakes in the body of Justin, meets his girlfriend, Rhiannon, and falls in love. The challenge moving forward will be to make Rhiannon fall in love with A as he inhabits the body of a girl, or an obese teen, or even a set of twins. Breaking all of the rules, A and Rhiannon explore the possibilities of love and the importance of self.

Nonfiction-Memoir

High School

A look at the amount of heart ache and pain that Hannelore went through during the Holocaust from a teen's perspective. Hannelore shows her determination, courage and will, to live and see her loved ones once again.

High School level

Realistic Fiction

If you ever wanted to know the gory details of how someone famous like King Tutu or Queen Elizabeth I died... this is absolutely for you. Full of gory and gross details.

Fantasy

Grades 9-12

Take these ingredients: 1. Paris 2. A gorgeous nineteen year old named Vincent, who is mysterious and alluring 3. A sad protagonist who comes to the City of Light to live with her grandparents after a horrible tragedy. It's a perfect recipe for an un-put-down-able read.

Grades 5-7

A

This tells the story of Fairy Tale Reform School, a place ex-villians run and others are sent to, in order to correct poor behavior. In this book the shoemakers daughter teams up with a group of classmates to defeat evil.

Futuristic take on the classic.

Holling Hoodhood is in 7th grade and has to spend Wednesday afternoons with his teacher alone. All of his classmates have some type of religious obligation. He thinks the teacher hates him and that is why she makes him do chores and then eventually read Shakespeare every week. Holling also has a very different family life - his parents love him but don't always put him first.

Follow Hansel and Gretel on a series of adventures. Each adventure will take you through some of Grimm's tales (some lesser known tales.) Some stories are dark and creepy, but there's a light touch of humor from the narrator.

Fiction

Heartbreaking and heartwarming story about two stray dog's and their journey through life. If you are an animal lover, you will love how this story is told from a dog's perspective.

A Splash of Red is a biography of African-American poet Horace Pippin, a self-taught artist from the 20th century. Pippin loved to draw as a young child and carried that love with him throughout his life. After serving in WWI, Pippin used art to rehab a war injury and depict images from the war as well as other meaningful images from his life.

Nobody Owens is an unusual boy - his family has been murdered. He is adopted by ghosts and lives in a graveyard. Follow "Bod" through the twists and turns of his unique childhood.

A graphic novel memoir of a girl growing up in Iran in the 80s - the height of the Islamic Revolution.

This realistic fiction book tells the story of a young girl and her autistic brother. This tells the story of this young girl in her quest to help her brother learn.

Great story for late elementary/early middle school students. Mystery/horror story about 3 friends who go on an adventure to lay to rest a haunted bone china doll.