Summer is almost over but it is always a good time to read and learn something new.
Complement your new school assignments with some leisure reading from your local public library...
Graphic Novels:
Ellis, Warren, Chris Sprouse and Karl Story. Ocean. Wildstorm Productions, 2006.
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Travel 100 years into the future to save humanity!
Fies, Brian. Mom's Cancer. Abrams Image, 2006.
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Experience the effects of cancer through the eyes of a family in this award-winning graphic novel.
Fox, Gardner and John Broome. Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups. DC Comics, 2005.
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Two Green Lanterns? Two Flashes? Find out how this can be in this exciting series of comics!
Kusunoki, Kei and Kaoru Ohashi. Sengoku: Vol. 1 Nights. Tokyopop, 2006.
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One young man must fulfill his destiny and fend off a very evil reincarnation.
Morrison, Grant and Philip Bond. Vimanarama. DC Comics, 2005.
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More evil to be defeated in this sometimes humorous title!
Rucka, Greg, Jesus Saiz and Cliff Richards. The OMAC Project. DC Comics, 2005.
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Superman's lost his mind and Wonder Woman may have to offend all the other superheroes! Find out why in this exciting title!
Rurouni Kenshin: Profiles. Shonen Jump.
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Learn all about this popular manga character.
Non-Fiction:
Weston, Carol. Girltalk: All the Stuff Your Sister Never Told You. Quill, 2004.
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A no-nonsense approach to giving teens advice on love, body, self-esteem, friendship, family, education, money and much more!
Schlosser, Eric and Charles Wilson. Chew On This: Everything You Don't Want To Know About Fast Food. Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
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Try to eat healthier. This book will help. I still like to eat a certain chicken "nugget" like product now and again. Everything in moderation.
Fiction:
Calonita, Jen. Secrets of My Hollywood Life. Little, Brown and Company, 2006.
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A young television star finds out that fame and glamour are not all that and a bag of chips.
De La Cruz, Melissa. Blue Bloods. Hyperion, 2006.
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Vampires in NYC!
Han, Jenny. Shug. Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, 2006.
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Join Shug as she goes through the changes of becoming a teenager!
Harrison, Lisi. Dial L for Loser. Little, Brown and Company, 2006.
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The latest installment in "The Clique" series. Yes, another one.
Johnson, Harriet McBryde. Accidents of Nature. Henry Holt and Company, 2006.
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See life through the eyes of a seventeen year old girl with cerebral palsy.
Mayall, Beth. Mermaid Park. Penguin, 2005.
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Find out what is real and what is not in this curious title.
Myracle, Lauren. ttfn. Amulet Books, 2006.
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Angela, Maddie and Zoe are back in this sequel to ttyl. What kind of trouble will their instant messages reveal this time?!
Na, An. Wait For Me. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2006.
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Over the course of a summer Mina discovers her true identity in this title.
Rennison, Louise. Startled By His Furry Shorts: Confessions of Georgia Nicholson. HarperTempest, 2006.
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Georgia is back and desperately trying to win the attention of Massimo, we think, but will Wet Lindsay foil her plans?
Salisbury, Graham. House of the Red Fish. Wendy Lamb Books, 2006.
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The continuation of the story from Under the Blood-Red Sun.
Senate, Melissa. Theodora Twist. Delacorte Press, 2006.
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How will teens Emily and Theodora get along on a new reality show?
Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired By Original Art. Dutton Books, 2006.
Drawings by Scott Hunt
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Check out this very cool collection of stories from authors like Sarah Dessen, Ellen Wittlinger, M.T. Anderson and Neal Shusterman.
Waltman, Kevin. Learning the Game. Scholastic Press, 2005.
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Nate must figure out which is more important: the game (basketball) or his girlfriend, brother and future?!
Whelan, Gloria. Summer of the War. HarperCollins Publishers, 2006.
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Learn about a friendship that develops in the midst of WWII.
