Summary: Thirteen-year-old Wendy, grieving the death of her mother in the collapse of the World Trade Center, is taken to live with her father in California where she learns important life lessons from a variety of people before returning home to her stepfather and brother, where she feels she truly belongs.

Summary: A trio of prospectors adopt an infant unicorn girl they find drifting in an escape pod, taking care to shield her from scientists and others who would exploit the child for their own purposes, but as refugees on the planet Kezdet they encounter even more danger from a mysterious man who trades in child labor.

Series: Acorna number one

Followed by: Acorna's Quest.

Notes: Purchased by request. WHS Library owns this entire series.

Summary: "Kristin Bjornsen lived a normal life, right up until the day the Catteni ships floated into view above Denver. As human slaves were herded into the maw of a massive vessel, Kristin realized her normal life was over, and her fight for freedom was just beginning.."--back cover.

Series: Catteni number one

Followed by: Freedom's choice.

Notes: Purchased by request. WHS Library owns this entire series.

Summary: After the loss of their Hold, Aramina and her family search for a permanent home on Pern and find their journey endangered as others discover Aramina's secret, that she has the rare power of understanding the speech of dragons.

Series: Pern number nineteen

Sequel to: White Dragon ; Followed by: Renegades of Pern.

Notes: Purchased by request. WHS Library owns most of this series. Shelved in the Short Story section.

Summary: Carley, a girl whose face has been deformed by cancer surgery, meets Kyle while he is in the hospital recovering from an accident that has left him temporarily blind, and while she wants the best for her new friend, she is worried about what is going to happen to their relationship once Kyle recovers his sight.

Other books in the WHS Library by Lurlene McDaniel: All the days of her life, Angels watching over me, Baby Alicia is dying, Don't die my love, For better, for worse, forever, and many more.

Notes: Purchased by request.

Summary: Contains ten adventures of the legendary Robin Hood and his band of loyal men.

Notes: Donation made by Washington Mutual Bank

Summary: Tells the story of Marie Fermoyle, a lonely divorcee, who in the summer of 1960 falls prey to a dangerous con man while struggling to keep her family together against a variety of obstacles.

Notes: Donation and Oprah Book Club selection

Summary: As the Fens attack his home in Crystal City, fifteen-year-old Jon is sent into the Wilderness with other young Okalians to search for the Ancient City, but what he finds is something very different.

Other books in the WHS Library by Walter Dean Myers: The Great migration: an American story, 145th Street: short stories, Adventure in Granada, The dream bearer, and many more.

Note: Donation made by Washington Mutual Bank

Summary: The gods grant immortality to the mermaid Sirena when she rescues a human man from the sea and they fall in love, but his mortality creates great conflict between love and honor when he is called to defend Greece in the Trojan War.

Other books in the WHS Library by Donna Jo Napoli: Beast, Bound, Breath, Crazy Jack, The great god Pan, Spinner, Stones in Water, and Zel.

Note: Donation made by Washington Mutual Bank

Summary: After successfully evading an Urgals ambush, Eragon is adopted into the Ingeitum clan and sent to finish his training so he can further help the Varden in their struggle against the Empire.

Series: Inheritance number two

Sequel to: Eragon

Notes: Student request purchased with library fines.

Summary: South American journalist Paul Faustino begins his interview with World Cup Soccer star El Gato and learns a fantastic story of a young, lonely boy growing up in the middle of a rain forest who wandered upon a mysterious soccer field and an apparition that appeared to him daily.

Notes: Junior Library Guild selection.

Summary: Eleven-year-old Alanna, who aspires to be a knight even though she is a girl, disguises herself as a boy to become a royal page, learning many hard lessons along her path to high adventure.

Series: Song of the lioness number one

Followed by: In the Hand of the Goddess.

Summary: While studying with her teacher Frostpine in the northern land of Namorn, Daja helps the twin daughters of her host family discover their own magic and uses her powers to track a deadly arsonist.

Series: The Circle Opens number three

Sequel to: Street Magic ; Followed by: Shatterglass.

Summary: While at Gold Ridge castle to the north of Winding Circle, Daja and the three other mages-in-training who have become her friends develop their unique magical talents as they try to prevent a devastating forest fire from consuming everything in its path.

Series: Circle of magic number three

Sequel to: Tris's book ; Followed by: Briar's Book or Healing in the Vine.

Summary: When she became a knight, eighteen-year-old Kel hoped to be given a combat post, but instead she finds herself named commander of an outpost of refugees, where she must face the unnatural forces of the evil Balyce.

Series: Protector of the small number four

Sequel to: Squire.

Notes: Student request purchased with library fines.

Summary: Tris and her mage-student, a young man whose glassmaking magic has been amplified and mixed with lightning, team up to track a killer who may be nearer than they suspect.

Series: Circle opens number 4

Sequel to: Cold Fire

Notes: Student request purchased with library fines.

Summary: When she became a knight, eighteen-year-old Kel hoped to be given a combat post, but instead she finds herself named commander of an outpost of refugees, where she must face the unnatural forces of the evil Balyce.

Series: Protector of the small number four

Sequel to: Squire.

Notes: Student request purchased with library fines.

Summary: Collection of thirteen horror tales by masters of the genre.

Contents: Collect call / Christopher Pike -- Lucinda / Lael Littke -- The Guiccioli Miniature / Jay Bennett -- Blood kiss / D. E. Athkins -- A Little Taste of Death / Patricia Windson -- The Doll / Carol Ellis -- House of Horrors / J. B. Stamper -- Where the Dear Are / Caroline B. Cooney -- The Spell / R. L. Stine -- Dedicated to the One I Love / Diane Hoh -- Hacker / Sinclair Smith -- Deathflash / A. Bates -- The Boy Next Door / Ellen Emerson White.

Notes: Donation made by Washington Mutual Bank. This book is shelved in the Short Story section.

Summary: Chilling stories by Edgar Allan Poe, the master of terror.

Contents: The Cask of the Amontillado -- Hop-Frog -- MS. Found in a Bottle -- Ligeia -- The Fall of the House of Usher -- William Wilson -- The Masque of the Red Death -- The Imp of the Perverse.

Notes: Donation made by Washington Mutual Bank. This book is shelved in the Short Story section.

Summary: To escape an abusive father and an arranged marriage, fourteen-year-old Sarah, dressed as a boy, leaves her Michigan home to enlist in the Union Army, and becomes a soldier on the battlefields of Virginia as well as a Union spy working in the house of Confederate sympathizer Rose O'Neal Greenhow in Washington, D.C.

Other books in the WHS Library by Ann Rinaldi: An acquaintance with darkness, A break with charity: a story about the Salem witch trials, Broken days, Cast two shadows: the American revolution in the South, The coffin quilt: the feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys, The color of fire: a novel, The fifth of March: a story of the Boston Massacre and others.

Note: Donation made by Washington Mutual Bank

Summary: A novel that imagines what might have happened in America, particularly to one Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey, had Charles Lindbergh won the 1940 presidential election rather than Franklin Roosevelt and acted upon his anti-Semitic leanings.

Other books in the WHS Library by Philip Roth: The conversion of the Jews.

Note: Donation

Summary: Novice wizard Harry Potter, now sixteen-years-old, begins his sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the midst of the battle between good and evil which has heated up with the return of the Dark Lord Voldemort.

Series: Harry Potter number six

Sequel to: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Notes: Only two copies available. Put your copy on hold as soon as possible.

Resumen (Summary): Potter de Harry, ahora estudiante del quinto-año en la escuela de Hogwarts de la brujería y Wizardry, luchas con un profesor amenazador, un elf problemático de la casa, el pavor de exámenes finales próximos, y los sueños que frecuentan que hacen alusión hacia el suyo pasado misterioso.

Serie (Series): Harry Potter número cinco

Summary: Following orders from the United States Army, several young Japanese American men train K-9 units to hunt Asians during World War II.

Note: Junior Library Guild selection.

Summary: During a quantum-computing experiment, Ponter Buddit, a Neanderthal physicist, accidently transports himself to an alternate universe where an alien species is the dominant intelligence of the world.

Series: Neanderthal Parallax number one

Followed by: Humans

Note: Donation

Summary: The second book of The Neanderthal Parallax, a trilogy about the discovery of a parallel world in which Homo sapiens died out and the Neanderthals became the dominant intelligent species, following the story of Neanderthal physicist Ponter Boddit who crosses the barrier between the two worlds and develops a relationship with human geneticist Mary Vaughan.

Series: Neanderthal Parallax number two

Sequel to: Hominids ; Followed by: Hybrids.

Note: Donation

Summary: Fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon, the victim of a sexual assault and murder, looks on from the afterlife as her family deals with their grief, and waits for her killer to be brought to some type of justice.

Note: Donation

Summary: Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.

Series: Saga of Darren Shan number one

Followed by: The vampire's assistant

Note: The WHS Library has volumes one through nine of this series. Student request.

Summary: Kate struggles to understand what it happening when her grandpa starts showing signs of Alzheimer's disease, and she decides to try to do something to help him always remember his life and the people he loves.

Note: Purchased from WHS Book Fair

Summary: Making friends with a mentally retarded boy helps Kate learn that the two of them have a lot in common.

Note: Purchased from WHS Book Fair

Summary: When his father is framed for murder and bioterrorism, high-school junior Evan, using clues from a stolen laptop, travels from Seattle to Paris with two friends to find the real culprit.

Note: Junior Library Guild selection.

Resumen (Summary): Los huérfanos Baudelaire viven otra desagradable experiencia en un aserradero, donde su nuevo tutor los obliga a trabajar.

Serie (Series): Serie de castastróficas desdichas número cuatro

Consecuencia a (Sequel to): El ventanal ; Seguido cerca (Followed by): Una academia muy austera.

Nota (Note): Comprado con las multas de la biblioteca de la feria del libro de WHS. Purchased with Library fines from WHS Book Fair.

Summary: On the run as suspected murderers, the unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves trapped in the Caligari Carnival, where they must masquerade as freaks in order to hide from the evil Count Olaf.

Series: A Series of Unfortunate Events number 9

Sequel to: Hostile Hospital ; Followed by: Slippery Slope.

Note: The WHS Library has most of this series in English and Spanish. Purchased due to student request.

Summary: Still pursued by the evil Count Olaf, the Baudelaire orphans attempt to reach a very important VFD meeting, but first they must travel in a rattletrap submarine to the Gorgonian Grotto, a dangerous underwater cave, in search of the sugar bowl.

Series: A Series of Unfortunate Events number 11

Sequel to: The Slippery Slope.

Note: The WHS Library has most of this series in English and Spanish. Purchased due to student request.

Summary: The elusive author provides a glimpse into his mysterious and sometimes confusing life, using fanciful letters, diary entries, and other miscellaneous documents as well as photographs and illustrations.

Series: A Series of Unfortunate Events supplement

Note: The WHS Library has most of this series in English and Spanish.

Resumen ( Summary): Los tres hermanos Baudelaire quedan huérfanos al morir sus padres en un incendio. Su tutor urde un plan para apoderarse de su fortuna, pero fracasa. Los huérfanos tienen que ir a vivir con otros parientes desconocidos.

Serie (Series): Serie de castastróficas desdichas número dos.

Consecuencia a (Sequel to): Un mal principio ; Seguido cerca (Followed by): El Ventanal.

Nota (Note): Comprado con las multas de la biblioteca de la feria del libro de WHS. Purchased with Library fines from WHS Book Fair.

Resumen (Summary): Los tres hermanos Baudelaire quedan huérfanos al morir sus padres en un incendio. Su tutor urde un plan para apoderarse de su fortuna, pero fracasa. Los huérfanos tienen que ir a vivir con otros parientes desconocidos.

Serie (Series): Serie de castastróficas desdichas numero uno

Consecuencia a (Followed by): La Habitacion de Los Reptiles

Nota (Note): Comprado con las multas de la biblioteca de la feria del libro de WHS. Purchased with Library fines from WHS Book Fair. The WHS Library owns this series in English also.

Summary: In the perilous Mortmain Mountains, Klaus and Violet Baudelaire meet another well-read person, who helps them try to rescue Sunny from the villainous Count Olaf and his henchmen as they all near "the last safe place."

Series: A Series of Unfortunate Events number 10

Sequel to: Carnivorous Carnival ; Followed by: The Grim Grotto.

Note: The WHS Library has most of this series in English and Spanish.

Resumen (Summary): Los huérfanos Baudelaire van a vivir con la tía Josephine, su nueva tutora. Ella tiene miedo de todo y sólo le interesa la gramática. El conde Olaf, disfrazado de capitán Sham, engaña a la tía para apoderarse nuevamente de los huérfanos.

Serie (Series): Serie de castastróficas desdichas número tres

Consecuencia a (Sequel to): La habitación de los reptiles ; Seguido cerca (Followed by): El aserradero lúgubre.

Nota (Note): Comprado con las multas de la biblioteca de la feria del libro de WHS. Purchased with Library fines from WHS Book Fair.

Resumen (Summary): Los Baudelaire son llevados por el señor Poe a un internado. Ahí tienen que soportar cangrejos, exámenes absurdos, conciertos aburridos y carreras nocturnas.

Serie (Series): Serie de castastróficas desdichas número cinco

Consecuencia a (Sequel to): El aserradero lúgubre.

Nota (Note): Comprado con las multas de la biblioteca de la feria del libro de WHS. Purchased with Library fines from WHS Book Fair.

Summary: With his parents in India, sixteen-year-old Ben Jepson is in charge of Los Coyotes Preserve, a refuge for big cats near Los Angeles, when two powerful groups try to shut it down by intimidation, murder, and kidnapping the largest tiger in captivity.

Note: Donation made by Washington Mutual Bank