Quick view The Ruinous Sweep by Tim Wynne-Jones On the night Donovan Turner is thrown out of a car on a highway in the middle of nowhere, he can barely remember his own name, let alone the past twenty-four hours. Where is he? Where is his girlfriend, Bee? In an attempt to flag down the next passing... View Details
Quick view Death and the King's Horsemen by Wolee Soyinka Death and the King's Horseman blends European literary theater with total-theater traditions from the Yoruba tribe in Southwest Nigeria. Through poetry, chorus, politics, and storytelling, Soyinka both entertains and asks subtle questions about mass... View Details
Quick view Gilgamesh the Hero by Geraldine McCaughrean One of the oldest stories in the world is told in this book that focuses on Gilgamesh and Enkidu, best friends who work wonders together. But there is one enemy they can never overcome. View Details
Quick view The Martian Race by Gregory Benford From the Nebula Award-winning author of "Timescape" and "Foundation's Fear" comes a hard-science thriller about the race to Mars that will tie into NASA's upcoming landing on the planet. View Details
Quick view Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card The Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic--the revised, definitive edition, from the bestselling author of Xenocide. The alien Buggers threaten humanity with extinction, and Earth's ultimate savior may be one small boy. Andrew "Ender" Wiggins thinks he... View Details
Quick view The Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger Holden, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New York City and tells the story of what he did and suffered there. View Details
Quick view A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman MacLean Collection of three Western stories, featuring the title piece about the relationship between a father and his two sons, bound together by love and fly fishing. View Details
Quick view The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the... View Details
Quick view Hunter X Hunter, Volume 1 by Yoshihiro Togashi When Gon learns his father Ging--whom he thought was dead--is a famous Hunter, he aspires to follow in his footsteps and track down monsters, treasures, and words of magic. Rated for older teens. View Details
Quick view The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare Presents the story of Antonio who risks his life to borrow money from his enemy, Shylock, and is saved by Portia, an heiress posing as a lawyer. View Details
Quick view Bleach, Volume 1 by Tite Kubo Ichigo Kurosaki has always been able to see ghosts, but this ability doesn't change his life nearly as much as his close encounter with Rukia Kuchiki, a shinigami and member of the mysterious Soul Society. View Details
Quick view Death Note, Volume 1 by Takeshi Ohbata Student Light Yagamai decides to use the "Deathnote," a magic book belonging to a rogue Shinigami death god, to rid the world of evil-- if he can avoid getting caught! View Details
