Go: A Kidd's Guide to Graphic Design by Chip Kidd
In this introduction to graphic design, an award-winning graphic
designer details the ways in which a designer communicates his or her
ideas to the world. The book is written and designed just for those
curious kids, not to mention their savvy parents, who want to learn the
secret of how to make things dynamic and interesting.
Proxy by Alex London
Knox was born into one of the City's wealthiest families. A Patron,
he has everything a boy could possibly want; the latest tech, the
coolest clothes, and a Proxy to take all his punishments. When Knox
breaks a vase, Syd is beaten. When Knox plays a practical joke, Syd
is forced to haul rocks. And when Knox crashes a car, killing
one of his friends, Syd is branded and sentenced to death. Syd is a
Proxy. His life is not his own. Then again, neither is Knox's. Knox
and Syd have more in common than either would guess. So when Knox and
Syd realize that the only way to beat the system is to save each other,
they flee. Yet Knox's father is no ordinary Patron, and Syd is no
ordinary Proxy. The ensuing cross-country chase will uncover a secret
society of rebels, test both boys' resolve, and shine a blinding light
onto a world of those who owe and those who pay. Some debts, it turns
out, cannot be repaid.
The Unseemly Education of Anne Merchant by Joanna Wiebe
So many secrets for such a small island. From the moment Anne Merchant
arrives at Cania Christy, a boarding school for the world's wealthiest
teens, the hushed truths of this strange, unfamiliar land begin calling
to her--sometimes as lulling drumbeats in the night, sometimes as
piercing shrieks. One by one, unanswered questions rise. No one will
tell her why a line is painted across the island or why she is forbidden
to cross it. Her every move--even her performance at the school
dance--is graded as part of a competition to become valedictorian, a
title that brings rewards no one will talk about. And Anne discovers
that the parents of her peers surrender million-dollar possessions to
enroll their kids in Cania Christy, leaving her to wonder what her lowly
funeral director father could have paid to get her in... and why. As a
beautiful senior struggles to help Anne make sense of this
cloak-and-dagger world without breaking the rules that bind him, she
must summon the courage to face the impossible truth--and change
it--before she and everyone she loves is destroyed by it.
Storm by Donna Jo Napoli
The rain starts suddenly, hard and fast. After days of
downpour, her family lost, Sebah takes shelter in a tree, eating pine cones and
the raw meat of animals that float by. With each passing day, her companion, a
boy named Aban, grows weaker. When their tree is struck by lightning, Sebah is
tempted just to die in the flames rather than succumb to a slow, watery death.
Instead, she and Aban build a raft. What they find on the stormy seas is beyond
imagining: a gigantic ark. But Sebah does not know what she’ll find on board,
and Aban is too weak to leave their raft.
The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
For the past five years, Hayley Kincaid and her father, Andy, have been
on the road, never staying long in one place as he struggles to escape
the demons that have tortured him since his return from Iraq. Now they
are back in the town where he grew up so Hayley can attend school.
Perhaps, for the first time, Hayley can have a normal life, put aside
her own painful memories, even have a relationship with Finn, the hot
guy who obviously likes her but is hiding secrets of his own. Will being
back home help Andy's PTSD, or will his terrible memories drag him to
the edge of hell, and drugs push him over?
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