Author: Singer, Beatriz, 1980- author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 615.852 SINGER
Format: Books
Summary: "It's estimated that 10 billion quartz crystals are used every year in electronic devices--from smartphones to computers, credit cards, watches, digital cameras, TVs, cars, and much more. When you think about it, it's almost impossible to imagine life without crystals. These same crystals we see in so much of our technology have been used over the course of many centuries, and by many different cultures around the world, for healing. In fact, crystal healing is alive and well today, with modern-day healers harnessing the energy of quartz crystals to help alleviate suffering"--
Author: Polchin, James, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 306.766 POLCHIN
Format: Books
Summary: A skillful hybrid of true crime and social history that examines the relationship between the media and popular culture in the portrayal of crimes against gay men in the decades before Stonewall. Stories of murder have never been just about killers and victims. Instead, crime stories take the shape of their times and reflect cultural notions and prejudices. In Indecent Advances, James Polchin recovers and recounts queer stories from the crime pages--often lurid and euphemistic--that reveal the hidden history of violence against gay men. What was left unsaid in the crime pages provides insight into the figure of the queer man as both criminal and victim, offering readers tales of vice and violence that aligned gender and sexual deviance with tragic, gruesome endings. Victims were often reported as having made "indecent advances," forcing the accused's hands in self-defense and reducing murder charges to manslaughter. Published in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising on June 28, 1969, Indecent Advances investigates how queer men navigated a society that criminalized them and displayed little compassion for the violence they endured. Polchin shows, with masterful insight, how this discrimination was ultimately transformed by activists to help shape the burgeoning gay rights movement in the years leading up to Stonewall.
Author: Glatt, John, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 362.76
Format: Books
Summary: "To their family, neighbors, and online friends, Louise and David Turpin presented a picture of domestic bliss: dressing their thirteen children in matching outfits and buying them expensive gifts. But what police discovered when they entered the Turpin family home would eclipse the most shocking child abuse cases in history. For years, David and Louise had kept their children in increasing isolation, trapping them in a sinister world of torture, fear, and near starvation. In the first major account of the case, investigative journalist John Glatt delves into the disturbing details and recounts the bravery of the thirteen siblings in the face of unimaginable horror." -- From Amazon.com summary.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y BREAKING
Format: Books
Summary: Sent to a fancy boarding school by her stepmother, a prominent attorney, Bailey keeps a journal chronicling her involvement in a "Science Club" that makes and sells crystal meth.
Author: Terry, Teri, author.
Published: 2019 2017
Call Number: Y TERRY
Format: Books
Summary: A deadly, mysterious epidemic is sweeping the country, and young kidnap victim Callie is one of the few who survived infection, only to be sacrificed by her captors at a secret lab working with antimatter; her older brother Kai is desperate to find out what happened to her--his best hope lies with Shay, the girl who last saw Callie alive, and together they will seek answers, even if it means evading soldiers and crossing the quarantine zone.
Author: He, Joan, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y HE
Format: Books
Summary: "Princess Hesina of Yan is thrust into power when her beloved father is murdered, and she's determined to find his killer--whatever the cost"-- When her father is murdered, Princess Hesina of Yan is thrust into power, suddenly the queen of an unstable kingdom. Determined to find her father's killer, Hesina engages the aid of a soothsayer. It is a treasonous act, punishable by death, because in Yan, magic was outlawed centuries ago. Using the information provided, Hesina turns to Akira, an investigator who's also a convicted criminal with secrets of his own. With the future of her kingdom at stake, can Hesina find justice for her father? Or will the cost be too high?
Author: Brandes, Nadine, 1986- author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y BRANDES
Format: Books
Summary: Anastasia "Nastya" Romanov must choose between using the ancient spell her father, the exiled tsar, trusted her to keep safe, or trust Zash, a handsome Bolshevik soldier. Anastasia 'Nastya' Romanov was given a mission: to smuggle an ancient spell into her suitcase on her way to exile in Siberia. It might be her family's only salvation. But the leader of the Bolshevik army is after them, and he's hunted Romanov before. Her only chances of survival are to either release the spell and deal with the consequences, or enlist help from Zash, the handsome soldier who doesn't act like the average Bolshevik. She thinks he might even like her... until she's on one side of a firing squad... and he's on the other. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Goldstein, Lori (Lori A.), author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y GOLDSTEI
Format: Books
Summary: Lucy Katz, Maddie Li, and Delia Meyer team up to compete in ValleyStart, a prestigious high school tech incubator competition for a dream internship in the male-dominated world of tech. Three thousand applicants. An acceptance rate of two percent. A dream internship for the winning team. ValleyStart is the most prestigious high school tech incubator competition in the country. Lucy Katz, Maddie Li, and Delia Meyer have secured their spots. And they've come to win. When the competition kicks off, the trio realize just how challenging the next five weeks will be. They could be the only all-female team to win ever. As they deal with first love, a two-faced mentor, and an ex-boyfriend turned nemesis, things get complicated. -- Adapted from jacket.
Author: Frick, Kit, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y FRICK
Format: Books
Summary: In alternate chapters, Amanda faces family pressure to marry Carter, knowing he cheats, and Rosalie pretends to date Carter to alleviate family and church pressure about being a lesbian. Amanda Kelly is deeply invested in her boyfriend, real estate heir Carter Shaw. He's kind, ambitious, the town golden boy-- and behind her back, he's also dating Rosalie. Rosalie Bell is fighting to remain true to herself and her girlfriend while concealing her orientation from her Christian fundamentalist parents. After years spent in and out of conversion 'therapy,' maintaining a fake, straight relationship is killing her from the inside. When an anonymous texter ropes Amanda and Rosalie into a bid to take Carter down, they become collateral damage, and unlikely allies. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Kann, Claire, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y KANN
Format: Books
Summary: "When Winnie is crowned Summer Queen in the small town of Misty Haven, she has to balance her new responsibilities with her friendships, a new romance, and her job at her granny's diner..." -- Winnie is all set to attend college in the fall, but first she's spending her summer days working at her granny's diner and spending her nights with Dallas, the boy she loves to hate and hates that she likes. In a small town like Misty Haven, secrets are impossible to keep. Like when Winnie allegedly snaps on Dr. Skinner, which results in everyone feeling compelled to give her weight loss advice for her own good. To raise money for the diner, Winnie enters a televised cooking competition that Granny doesn't want her to enter. Can Winnie find a way around her formidable grandmother? -- adapted from jacket and Goodreads.com info
Author: Lafferty, Mur, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y LAFFERTY
Format: Books
Summary: "Allison and Max must team up to find his missing uncle Nicholas. Using the journal his beloved uncle left behind as a guide, the duo hurtle headlong into a treacherous and unknown landscape called the Nether. There, they meet a strange girl named Freya and her woefully unheroic wolf, Bunny Biter, who agree to help them in their quest. The group must take on dangerous new foes and unravel the cryptic journal to find Nicholas and reunite this fractured family"--
Author: Morgan, Nicola, author.
Published: 2019 2018
Call Number: 158.1
Format: Books
Summary: Teaches teenagers how to approach their adolescent years with optimism and understanding, giving them the skills they need to develop long-term well-being.
Author: Norton, Preston, 1985- author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y NORTON
Format: Books
Summary: As punishment for breaking into their high school to watch the solar eclipse, Ezra, his crush Imogen, Ezra's best friend Holden, and Imogen's best friend Wynonna must perform in the school's production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, but before the first rehearsal starts, socially inept Ezra and badass Wynonna wake up in each other's bodies.
Author: McCallum, Ann, 1965- author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 355.0092
Format: Books
Summary: "The story of women serving in the United States military begins before the founding of the country. Though early laws prohibited women from becoming soldiers, they still found ways to serve, even disguising themselves as men in order to participate in active battle. Women Heroes of the US Army chronicles the critical role women have played in strengthening the US Army from the birth of the nation to today. These smart, brave, and determined women led the way for their sisters to enter, grow and prosper in the forces defending the United States. Through the profiles highlighting the achievements of these trailblazers throughout history, young women today can envision an equitable future"--
Author: Jeffries, Sabrina, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: PB JEFFRIES
Format: Books
Summary: "[The] first book in a series set in England in the early 1800s about an oft-widowed mother's grown children, who blaze through society in their quest for the truth about their fathers ... and in the process find that love just might conquer all"--
Author: Sibson, Laura, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y SIBSON
Format: Books
Summary: Skye turns to her best friend Ben when she is forced to confront her abuser after her mother rekindles her relationship with a former boyfriend. Art school is Skye's ticket out; all she has to do is survive her senior year, not get too drunk at parties, and be there for her little sister, Emma. Then her mom's ex-boyfriend slithers his way back into her family. They have no idea about the dark secrets about him -- and Skye never thought she would have to face him again. After years of hiding her past, she must protect her sister from the monster in their midst. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Chapman, Elsie, editor. Richmond, Caroline Tung, editor. Mandanna, Sangu. Rain. Chapman, Elsie. Kings and queens. Menon, Sandhya. Grand Ishq adventure.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y HUNGRY
Format: Books
Summary: From some of your favorite bestselling and critically acclaimed authors--including Sandhya Menon, Anna-Marie McLemore, and Rin Chupeco--comes a collection of interconnected short stories that explore the intersection of family, culture, and food in the lives of thirteen teens. A shy teenager attempts to express how she really feels through the confections she makes at her family's pasteleria. A tourist from Montenegro desperately seeks a magic soup dumpling that could cure his fear of death. An aspiring chef realizes that butter and soul are the key ingredients to win a cooking competition that could win him the money to save his mother's life. Welcome to Hungry Hearts Row, where the answers to most of life's hard questions are kneaded, rolled, baked. Where a typical greeting is, "Have you had anything to eat?" Where magic and food and love are sometimes one and the same. Told in interconnected short stories, Hungry Hearts explores the many meanings food can take on beyond mere nourishment. It can symbolize love and despair, family and culture, belonging and home.
Author: McNamara, Miriam, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y MCNAMARA
Format: Books
Summary: It's 1930, and Birdie Williams' life has crashed along with the stock market. Her father's bank has failed, and worse, he's disappeared along with his Jenny biplane. When Birdie sees a leaflet for a barnstorming circus with a picture of Dad's plane on it, she goes to Coney Island in search of answers. The barnstorming circus has lady pilots, daredevil stuntmen, fire-spinners, and wing walkers, and Birdie is instantly enchanted--especially with a girl pilot named June. Birdie doesn't find her father, but after stumbling across clues that suggest he's gone to Chicago, she figures she'll hitch a ride with the traveling circus doing what she does best: putting on a convincing act and insisting on being star of the show. But the overconfidence that made her belle of the ball during her enchanted youth turns out to be far too reckless without the safety net of her charmed childhood, and a couple of impulsive missteps sends her and her newfound community spinning into freefall.
Author: Goodlett, Ellen, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y GOODLETT
Format: Books
Summary: "Sisters Akeylah, Ren, and Zofi are all a step closer to their dying father's throne, but their pasts continue to haunt them as their blackmailer threatens everyone and everything they hold dear"-- Akeylah, Ren, and Zofi are all a step closer to their dying father's throne, a step closer to the crown that will allow one of them to rule over Kolonya. But the sisters' pasts continue to haunt them: each hides a secret marked with blood and betrayal, and now their blackmailer is holding nothing back. If the sisters are going to survive, they'll have to trust each other above all else and work together. Not only to save themselves, but to protect everyone and everything they hold dear. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Koz, S. M., author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y KOZ
Format: Books
Summary: Paige, who plans on becoming a pilot, is assigned to mentor Logan, the new student at Wallingford Academy, who is only there as a part of a plea bargain for criminal behavior. Paige plans to graduate from Wallingford Academy and become a pilot in the US Air Force. She's inherited her father's no-nonsense attitude and whip-smart intelligence, all of which have made her the perfect Wallingford cadet. Logan, once a star basketball player, now spends his days playing video games. When a friend borrows his car and commits a crime, Logan takes the fall and ends up at Wallingford as part of his court order. When Paige is asked to mentor Logan, it's the perfect opportunity to prove her leadership skills. But baggage from Logan's past could threaten her future. -- adapted from jacket
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