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Intermediate
Bull Rider
By: Suzanne Morgan Williams
This edition: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publication date: February 24, 2009
Ages: above 12
All it takes is eight seconds.... Cam O'Mara, grandson and younger brother of bull- riding champions, is not interested in partaking in the family sport. Cam is a skateboarder, and perfecting his tricks -- frontside flips,...
The Journal of Curious Letters
(Part of 13th Reality, The)
By: James Dashner
Illustrated by: Bryan Beus
This edition: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
Publication date: December 22, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
What if every choice you made created an alternate reality? In The Journal of Curious Letters, Atticus Higginbottom, a.k.a. Tick, is an average thirteen-year-old boy until the day he receives a strange letter informing him...
Young Adult
Just Another Hero
(Part of Jericho Trilogy, The)
By: Sharon M. Draper
This edition: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publication date: June 23, 2009
Ages: above 12
This group of friends has been through so much after a deadly hazing ritual left friendships broken, hearts aching, and November pregnant with Josh’s baby. But senior year is going well, and when the fire alarm goes off,...
