Quick view Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell This unusual fictional account, in good part autobiographical, narrates without self-pity and often with humor the adventures of a penniless British writer among the down-and-out of two great cities. In the tales of both cities we learn some sobering... View Details
Quick view Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jimenez, together with his older brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra. Forced to leave their home in California, the entire family travels all night for twenty hours by bus, arriving at the U.S... View Details
Quick view Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber Prom night goes from dull to action-packed when high school senior Perry discovers his date, Gobi, is not actually the geeky Lithuanian exchange student she appears, but a gorgeous undercover assassin. View Details
Quick view Flash Burnout by L K Madigan Winner of the 2010 William C. Morris Award. Madigan captures her photo-prone protagonist with balanced wit and seriousness as he navigates crucial moments in his adolescence. In a tangle of life and death, love and loyalty, 15-year-old Blake emerges... View Details
Quick view Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer Oskar Schell is an inventor, Francophile, tambourine player, Shakespearean actor, jeweler, pacifist. He is nine years old. And he is on an urgent, secret search through the five boroughs of New York to find the lock that fits a mysterious key belonging... View Details
Quick view Life of Pi by Yann Martel Pi Patel is an unusual boy. The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates... View Details
Quick view Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer When a meteor hits the Moon, Miranda must learn to survive the unimaginable. Told in journal entries, this heart-pounding story chronicles Miranda's struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all--hope--in an increasingly desperate and... View Details
Quick view Life as We Knew It (Hard Cover) by Susan Beth Pfeffer When a meteor hits the moon, Miranda must learn to survive the unimaginable. Told in journal entries, this is the heart-pounding story of Miranda's struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all--hope--in an increasingly desperate and... View Details
Quick view My Abandonment by Peter Rock A riveting and unsettling novel about a girl and her father who live off the grid, in the shadows at the edge of civilization Athirteen-year-old girl and her father live in Forest Park, the enormous nature preserve in Portland, Oregon. View Details
Quick view Tartuffe, by Moliere by Richard Wilbur The translation into English verse of one of Moliere s most masterful and most popular plays. A continuous delight from beginning to end (Richard Eberhart). Introduction by Richard Wilbur. View Details
Quick view X: A Novel (Hardcover) by Ilyasah Shabazz Fictionalized account of the troubled youth of Malcolm Little, later known as Malcolm X. View Details
Quick view The Cydonian Pyramid (Paperback) by Pete Hautman This sequel to "The Obsidian Blade" transports readers to the terrifying and thrilling world of Lah Lia, the enigmatic girl who changed Tucker Feye's life. Here, Tucker and Lah Lia each hurtle through time, relating their stories in alternating... View Details
