Showing posts with label behavior. Show all posts
Showing posts with label behavior. Show all posts

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Thanks for the New Books! ~ November New Books Part 6

Harley Quinn vol. 1
The sensational series that gave Harley Quinn her own New 52 spotlight is collected in hardcover for the first time, from the star-studded #0 issue to issue #8! Don’t miss Harley’s big move to Coney Island as she becomes a roller derby queen – all while she carries on in her criminal career!

How Rude! The Teen Guide to Good Manners, Proper Behavior, and Not Grossing People Out by Alex Packer
How Rude! is all-encompassing how-to guide to the manners you need to know. It's a comprehensive compendium of commonsense advice on issues that matter to you. And it's a riot to read.

How to Fall by Jane Casey
When sixteen-year-old Jess Tennant's mother takes her to spend the summer in the tiny English town where she grew up, people look at Jess as if they have seen a ghost due to her resemblance to her cousin Freya, who died shortly before Jess arrived and to whom Jess feels a strange connection.

I Love I Hate I Miss My Sister by Amelie Sarn
Eighteen-year-old Sohane loves no one more than her beautiful, carefree younger sister, Djelila. And she hates no one as much. The two have always shared everything. But now, Djelila is embracing her life as a secular teen, and Sohane is becoming more religious. Every choice has a price. When Sohane starts wearing a head scarf, her school insists that she remove it or she'll be expelled. Meanwhile, Djelila is repeatedly harassed by neighborhood bullies for not following Muslim customs. Sohane can't help thinking that Djelila deserves what she gets. She never could have imagined just how far things would go. I love I hate I miss my sister. In the year following Djelila's tragic death, Sohane struggles with her feelings of loss and guilt, revealing a complex relationship between two sisters, each girl's path to self-discovery, and the consequences they face for being true to themselves. 

In Real Life by Cory Doctorow & Jen Wang
Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role playing game that she spends most of her free time on. It's a place where she can be a leader, a fighter, a hero. It's a place where she can meet people from all over the world, and make friends. But things become a lot more complicated when Anda befriends a gold farmer -- a poor Chinese kid whose avatar in the game illegally collects valuable objects and then sells them to players from developed countries with money to burn. This behavior is strictly against the rules in Coarsegold, but Anda soon comes to realize that questions of right and wrong are a lot less straightforward when a real person's real livelihood is at stake.

The Islands at the End of the World by Austin Aslan
Stranded in Honolulu when a strange cloud causes a worldwide electronics failure, sixteen-year-old Leilani and her father must make their way home to Hilo amid escalating perils, including her severe epilepsy.

Monday, April 2, 2012

NO BOOKS FOR APRIL! (part 3)

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50 Things Every Young Lady Should Know by Kay West
You've got good friends, your grades are solid, and you're always on time for soccer practice.  Everything's perfect, right?  Almost.  Poise and maturity don't just arrive at a certain age.  A young lady understands how to interact in the world around her and knows how to respond in any situation life may throw her way.  Somewhere in the shuffle of school dances, texting, and gift-giving, certain details are timeless.  Thank you notes, hostess gifts, and gracious apologies are never outdated, and today's young lady has more social outlets than ever to navigate.  This book takes you everywhere from the dinner table to the internet, from the softball field to the birthday party, and everywhere in between.

Perception by Kim Harrington
Trying to decide between her old boyfriend, who betrayed her but wants her back, and the new boy with whom there are definite sparks, Cape Cod high school junior and psychic Clare is puzzled by a secret admirer even as she tries to solve the mystery of a classmate who has suddenly disappeared.

 Invisible Sun by David MacInnis Gill
You don't want to mess with Durango.  He left his crew behind.  His father is dead.  And he's going to prove himself to Vienne, even if he dies trying.  As he races through flood and fire and across a violent and terrifying planet, there's a 97% chance he's going to die trying.
But who's counting. 

LIE by Caroline Bock
Told in several voices, a group of Long Island high school seniors conspire to protect eighteen-year-old Jimmy after he brutally assaults two Salvadoran immigrants, until they begin to see the moral implications of Jimmy's actions and the consequences of being loyal to a violent bully.

Balthazar by Claudia Gray
Vampire Balthazar More emerges from his centuries-long isolation to help Skye Tierney, a psychic girl who once attended Evernight Academy, when she catches the attention of the cruel master vampire responsible for murdering Balthazar and his family four centuries earlier.

 Starters by Lissa Price
To support herself and her younger brother in a future Beverly Hills, sixteen-year-old Callie hires her body out to seniors who want to experience being young again, and she lives a fairy-tale life until she learns that her body will commit murder, unless her mind can stop it.