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The golden compass

Pullman, Philip, 1946-


Originally published as: Northern lights. Wilson's Senior High School. Wilson's Junior High School. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.
Date Published:1995

A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier

Beah, Ishmael, 1980-


"Sarah Crichton Books." Ishmael Beah describes his experiences after he was driven from his home by war in Sierra Leone and picked up by the government army at the age of thirteen, serving as a soldier for three years before being removed from fighting by UNICEF and eventually moving to the United States.
Date Published:2007

Wendy

Wallace, Karen.


In early twentieth-century London, before their encounter with Peter Pan, nine-year-old Wendy and her younger brothers lead far from perfect lives with their emotionally distant parents and abusive Nanny, a situation that only worsens for Wendy when she sees her father kiss another woman and finds herself pulled into an adult world of mysteries and lies.
Date Published:2003

The Hunger Games

Collins, Suzanne.


School Library Journal starred, September 2008. Booklist starred, September 2008. Horn Book Starred, September 2008. Library Media Connection starred, November 2001. Pub Weekly, November 2008. New York Times, November 2008. Horn Book, April 2009. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2008. Kirkus Review, September 2008. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death.
Date Published:2008

School Library Journal starred, September 2008. Booklist starred, September 2008. Horn Book Starred, September 2008. Library Media Connection starred, November 2001. Pub Weekly, November 2008. New York Times, November 2008. Horn Book, April 2009. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2008. Kirkus Review, September 2008. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death.

Date Published:2008

The battle of the Labyrinth

Riordan, Rick.


Wilson's Junior High School, November 2008. School Library Journal, May 2008. Book Links (A.L.A.), July 2008. Pub Weekly, April 2008. Kirkus Starred, April 2008. Horn Book, July 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2008. Library Media Connection, November 2008. When demonic cheerleaders invade his high school, Percy Jackson hurries to Camp Half Blood, from whence he and his demigod friends set out on a quest through the Labyrinth, while the war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near.
Date Published:2008

Wilson's Junior High School, November 2008. School Library Journal, May 2008. Book Links (A.L.A.), July 2008. Pub Weekly, April 2008. Kirkus Starred, April 2008. Horn Book, July 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2008. Library Media Connection, November 2008. When demonic cheerleaders invade his high school, Percy Jackson hurries to Camp Half Blood, from whence he and his demigod friends set out on a quest through the Labyrinth, while the war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near.

Date Published:2008

Ancient Roman civilization

Scurman, Ike.


Includes glossary. Aeneas, the father of the Romans - Origins - The wolf and the twins - The city of Rome - Claudia and the Great Mother - Religion - The sacred fire of Rome - Emperor and state - The slave girls save the city - Food, feasts and entertainment - The battle of the champions - The Roman army - Freedom from tyrants - Daily life - Queen Dido tries to trap Aeneas - Trade and transport - Castor and Pollux--the heavenly twins - Art, literature and science - The fall of the Western Empire. This book is a collection of nine Roman myths that describes the history of the Roman people and of Rome and includes information about different aspects of this ancient society.
Date Published:2010

Includes glossary. Aeneas, the father of the Romans - Origins - The wolf and the twins - The city of Rome - Claudia and the Great Mother - Religion - The sacred fire of Rome - Emperor and state - The slave girls save the city - Food, feasts and entertainment - The battle of the champions - The Roman army - Freedom from tyrants - Daily life - Queen Dido tries to trap Aeneas - Trade and transport - Castor and Pollux--the heavenly twins - Art, literature and science - The fall of the Western Empire. This book is a collection of nine Roman myths that describes the history of the Roman people and of Rome and includes information about different aspects of this ancient society.

Date Published:2010

Wolf brother

Paver, Michelle.


6,000 years in the past, twelve-year-old Tarak and his guide, a wolf cub, set out on a dangerous journey to fulfill an oath the boy made to his dying father--to travel to the Mountain of the World Spirit seeking a way to destroy a demon-possessed bear that threatens all the clans.
Date Published:2004

A long walk to water : a novel : based on a true story

Park, Linda Sue.


Title proper from title frame. Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011. School Library Journal starred, November 2010. Book Links (A.L.A.), October 2010. Booklist starred, September 2010. Library Media Connection starred, January 2011. Pub Weekly, October 2010. Horn Book, January 2011. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2010. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2010. Kirkus Review, October 2010. When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.
Date Published:2010

Title proper from title frame. Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011. School Library Journal starred, November 2010. Book Links (A.L.A.), October 2010. Booklist starred, September 2010. Library Media Connection starred, January 2011. Pub Weekly, October 2010. Horn Book, January 2011. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2010. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2010. Kirkus Review, October 2010. When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.

Date Published:2010

The witch of Blackbird Pond [electronic resource]

Speare, Elizabeth George.


"A Yearling book." Wilson's Children, November 1996. Wilson's Junior High School. Library Journal. Booklist. Christian Library, October 2003. Children's Catalog (Wilson). In 1687 in Connecticut, Kit Tyler, feeling out of place in the Puritan household of her aunt, befriends an old woman considered a witch by the community and suddenly finds herself standing trial for witchcraft.
Date Published:1958

Naruto 3-in-1 : Vol. 7-9. Volume 3 /

Kishimoto, Masashi, 1974-,


Printed Manga-style: book opens from left to right. Pages are read from right to left. Translated from the Japanese. Originally published: Tokyo : Shueisha, Inc., 1999. Vol. 7. The path you should tread -- Vol. 8. Life-and-death battles -- Vol. 9. Neji vs. Hinata. As Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura continue the chunin selection exams, they must face off against three shinobi who have been sent to the village to kill Sasuke. Later, a tournament-style elimination round begins, pitting the three, their classmates, and the other exam participants against one another.
Date Published:2011

Printed Manga-style: book opens from left to right. Pages are read from right to left. Translated from the Japanese. Originally published: Tokyo : Shueisha, Inc., 1999. Vol. 7. The path you should tread -- Vol. 8. Life-and-death battles -- Vol. 9. Neji vs. Hinata. As Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura continue the chunin selection exams, they must face off against three shinobi who have been sent to the village to kill Sasuke. Later, a tournament-style elimination round begins, pitting the three, their classmates, and the other exam participants against one another.

Date Published:2011

Naruto 3-in-1 : Vol. 13-15. 5 /

Kishimoto, Masashi, 1974-


Naruto is a young shinobi with an incorrigible knack for mischief. He’s got a wild sense of humor, but Naruto is completely serious about his mission to be the world’s greatest ninja!
Date Published:2013

Naruto 3-in-1 : Vol. 10-12. 4 /

Kishimoto, Masashi, 1974-


"A compilation of the graphic novel volumes 10-12"--T.p. verso. Naruto is a young shinobi with an incorrigible knack for mischief. He’s got a wild sense of humor, but Naruto is completely serious about his mission to be the world’s greatest ninja!
Date Published:2013

Naruto 3-in-1 : Vol. 16-18. 6 /

Kishimoto, Masashi, 1974-


Translated from the Japanese. Printed in reverse sequence. Collects volumes 16, 17 and 18. Operation Destroy Konoha finally ends. But when a long-lost ninja returns to the Leaf Village with a dangerous entourage, Naruto finds his life in more danger than ever before. Meanwhile, Jiraiya attempts to train Naruto to push beyond his limits while Orochimaru uses threats to coerce a legendary kunoichi into helping him. But will her tragic past play a part in destroying Naruto's future?
Date Published:2013

Translated from the Japanese. Printed in reverse sequence. Collects volumes 16, 17 and 18. Operation Destroy Konoha finally ends. But when a long-lost ninja returns to the Leaf Village with a dangerous entourage, Naruto finds his life in more danger than ever before. Meanwhile, Jiraiya attempts to train Naruto to push beyond his limits while Orochimaru uses threats to coerce a legendary kunoichi into helping him. But will her tragic past play a part in destroying Naruto's future?

Date Published:2013

Naruto 3-in-1 : Vol. 4-6. #4,5,6 /

Kishimoto, Masashi, 1974-


Translated from the Japanese. A compilation of the graphic novel volume 4-6 --3 books in 1! Paging is from back to front to preserve the original Japanese format. Hero's bridge.--The challengers.--Sakura's decision.
Date Published:2011

Naruto 3-in-1 : Vol. 1-3. Volumes 1-2-3 /

Kishimoto, Masashi, 1974-


Translated from the Japanese. Spine title. "First published in Japan in 1999 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo"--T.p. verso. "A compilation of the graphic novel volumes 1-3"--T.p. verso. "This book reads from right to left"--Cover p. [4]. Vol. 1. Uzumaki Naruto -- Vol. 2. The worst client -- Vol. 3. Dreams. Naruto, an outcast in his own village because of a demon that is trapped inside him, is determined to succeed at the Ninja Academy in spite of the fact that nobody takes him seriously there.
Date Published:2011

Translated from the Japanese. Spine title. "First published in Japan in 1999 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo"--T.p. verso. "A compilation of the graphic novel volumes 1-3"--T.p. verso. "This book reads from right to left"--Cover p. [4]. Vol. 1. Uzumaki Naruto -- Vol. 2. The worst client -- Vol. 3. Dreams. Naruto, an outcast in his own village because of a demon that is trapped inside him, is determined to succeed at the Ninja Academy in spite of the fact that nobody takes him seriously there.

Date Published:2011

Everblaze

Messenger, Shannon,


Includes excerpts from: Neverseen. Horn Book Guide, Sophie Foster searches for her kidnappers in an effort to prevent their return, and in the process uncovers a dangerous conspiracy implicating those close to her.
Date Published:2015

Exile

Messenger, Shannon,


Horn Book Guide, School Library Journal, Sophie Foster's life is lovely now she has settled at Havenfield, where she is surrounded by friends and has fun every day using her psychic abilities to train Silveny the female alicorn--but her would-be kidnappers are still at large. New messages from the mysterious Black Swan group surface, prompting Sophie to take a dangerous risk in the quest for knowledge of her past, and secrets that could endanger everyone she knows.
Date Published:2014

Horn Book Guide, School Library Journal, Sophie Foster's life is lovely now she has settled at Havenfield, where she is surrounded by friends and has fun every day using her psychic abilities to train Silveny the female alicorn--but her would-be kidnappers are still at large. New messages from the mysterious Black Swan group surface, prompting Sophie to take a dangerous risk in the quest for knowledge of her past, and secrets that could endanger everyone she knows.

Date Published:2014

Keeper of the lost cities

Messenger, Shannon,


Horn Book Guide, Library Media Connection, School Library Journal, At age twelve, Sophie learns that the remarkable abilities that have always caused her to stand out identify her as an elf, and after being brought to Eternalia to hone her skills, discovers that she has secrets buried in her memory for which some would kill.
Date Published:2013

Flashback

Messenger, Shannon,


Sophie Foster doesn't know whom to believe, and the Neverseen prove that she is vulnerable to attack. Sophie hopes to augment her powerful abilities with battle training so she can fight back. Meanwhile, another friend faces a different battle that forces Sophie and her friends to take a big risk--and that's just the distraction her enemies need to gain the upper hand.
Date Published:2018

Lodestar

Messenger, Shannon,


Includes an excerpt from: Nightfall. Horn Book Guide, Back in the Lost Cities, the threat of war hangs thick in the air, and Sophie Foster isn't sure who she can trust. When she learns that those she loves are in danger, she sets out to uncover the truth of the mysterious symbol that could be the key to saving them before it's too late.
Date Published:2017