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New Fiction
Call number: FIC A - FIC L
Fall 2004
Last update March 17, 2005

A | B | C | D | E-F | G | H-I | J |K | L |

This vast land a young man's journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: a novel by Stephen E. Ambrose
Call number: FIC AMBROSE
Author: Ambrose, Stephen E.
Title: This Vast Land: a Young Man's Journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: a novel
Accelerated Reader: Need test
Lexile: Not Listed yet

 

Summary: Offers the fictional diary of nineteen-year-old George Shannon, the youngest member of Lewis and Clark's Corp of Discovery, as Shannon travels west into the Northwest Passage, encountering figures including Daniel Boone and Sacajawea.
Other books by Stephen E. Ambrose: Citizen soldiers: the U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945, The Good Fight: How World War II was Won, Nothing like it in the World: the Men who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869, The Victors: Eisenhower and his Boys : the Men of World War II.
And harm it none by Isobel Bird
Call number: FIC BIRD, I.
Author: Bird, Isobel
Title: And it Harm None
Accelerated Reader: Need test
Lexile: Not Listed yet
Summary: After Kate, Annie, and Cooper discover a possible crime, they must make a choice between helping a friend and abiding by the Wiccan law against causing injury to another.

Series: Circle of three number 13

Sequel to: Written in the Stars, Followed by: The Challenge Box.
Written in the Stars by Isobel Bird
Call number: FIC BIRD, I.
Author: Bird, Isobel
Title: Written in the Stars
Accelerated Reader: Need test
Lexile: Not Listed yet
Summary: As Cooper, Kate, and Annie begin their exploration of astrology, they find it remarkably accurate, but they soon uncover foretellings that may take them off the Wiccan path.

Series: Circle of three number 12

Sequel to: The House of Winter, Followed by: And it Harm None.
High Heat by Carl Deuker
Call number: FIC DEUKER
Author: Deuker, Carl
Title: High heat
Accelerated Reader: Need Test
Lexile: 870
Summary: When sophomore Shane Hunter's father is arrested for money laundering at his Lexus dealership, the star pitcher's life of affluence and private school begins to fall apart.
Other books by Carl Deuker: Heart of a Champion, On the Devil's Court.
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Call number: FIC DONNELLY, Jennifer (Winner’s circle)
Author: Donnelly, Jennifer
Titie: A Northern Light
Accelerated Reader: Need Test
Lexile: 700
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and boyfriend, takes a job at a hotel in 1906 where the death of a guest renews her determination to live her own life.

Notes: Michael L. Printz Award. Recommended by the Librarian Mrs. Bowen. WHS Library owns two copies.

Friction: a novel by E. R. Frank
Call number: FIC FRANK, E. R.
Author: Frank, E.R.
Titie: Friction: a novel
Accelerated Reader: Need Test
Lexile: 630
Summary: When a new girl at the private school Alex attends starts rumors about Alex's favorite teacher, Alex and her eighth-grade classmates are not sure how to act around him or with each other.

Other books by E. R. Frank: America: a novel, Life is Funny: a novel.

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Call number: FIC FRAZIER
Author: Frazier, Charles
Title: Cold Mountain
Accelerated Reader: Need Test
Lexile: 1210
Summary: A confederate soldier wounded and disillusioned in the fighting at Petersburg decides to walk back to his home.
Notes: Now a major motion picture from Miramax Films.
Among the barons by Margaret Peterson Haddix
 
Call number: FIC HADDIX
Author: Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Title: Among the Barons
Accelerated Reader: Need test
Lexile: Not Listed yet

 

Summary: In a future world of false identities, government lies, and death threats, Luke feels drawn to the younger brother of the boy whose name Luke has taken.

Series: Shadow Children number 4

Sequel to: Among the Betrayed, Followed by: Among the Brave.
Among the brave by Margaret Peterson Haddix
 
Call number: FIC HADDIX
Author: Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Title: Among the Brave
Accelerated Reader: Need test
Lexile: Not Listed yet
Summary: In a society that allows families to have only two children, a group of third-borns tries to save themselves and others like them.

Series: Shadow Children number 5

Sequel to: Among the Barons.

The Canning Season by Polly Horvath
Call number: FIC HORVATH (Winner’s circle)
Author:Horvath, Polly
Title: The Canning Season
Accelerated Reader: Need Test
Lexile: 870
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Ratchet spends a summer in Maine with her eccentric great-aunts Tilly and Penpen, hearing strange stories from the past and encountering a variety of unusual and colorful characters.

Notes: National Book Award Winner. Highly recommended by the Librarian, Mrs. Bowen.

The first part last by Angela Johnson

 

Call number: FIC JOHNSON, Angela
(Winner’s circle)
Author: Johnson, Angela
Title: The first part last
Accelerated Reader: Need test
Lexile: 790

 

Summary: Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored baby daughter.

Awards: Coretta Scott King Award 2004, Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature 2004.

Jake reinvented by Gordon Korman
Call number: FIC KORMAN
Author: Korman, Gordon
Titie: Jake, Reinvented
Accelerated Reader: Need Test
Lexile: Not listed yet
Summary: Rick becomes friends with the popular new boy, Jake Garrett, football player and host of superlative parties, and in the process discovers the true nature of his schoolmates and uncovers the mystery of Jake's past.
Other books by Gordon Korman: Don't Care High, Losing Joe's Place, A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag, Son of Interflux, and Son of the Mob.
The silent boy by Lois Lowry
Call number: FIC LOWRY
Author: Lowry, Lois
Titie: The Silent Boy
Accelerated Reader: Need Test
Lexile: 870
Summary: Katy, the precocious ten-year-old daughter of the town doctor, befriends a retarded boy.
Other books by Lois Lowry: The Giver, Number the Stars, Anastasia Krupnik, Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye, Gathering Blue, Quien Cuenta las Estrellas?, El Dador and more.

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