Abawi, Atia. The Secret Sky: A Novel of Forbidden Love in
Afghanistan. Born of Afghan parents and inspired by the author’s time spent
in Afghanistan as a foreign correspondent, Abawi tells the story of Fatima, an
Hazara girl whose destiny is to remain barely literate and marry someone she
does not know. That all changes when after three years in an Islamic religious
school, Samiullah, her best friend since childhood but Pashtun, returns a grown
man. Their society, cultures, family,
and friends fight to keep them apart. Multicultural literature.
Lockhart, E. We Were Liars. The Sinclairs are old
money and spend their summers on their very own private island off the coast of
Massachusetts until a fire destroys their old world life. Johnny, Mirren, Gat,
and Cadence are cousins who are called the Liars. They can lie to their
relatives; they can lie to each other, but they can’t lie to themselves.
Mystery thriller.
Lubar, David. Extremities: Stories of Death, Murder, and
Revenge. The title says it all!!
Myers, Suzanne. Stone Cold Island. When seventeen year old Eliza Elliott begins
to investigate the decades old murder of Bess Linsky, everyone on the island
seems to want to hide the story. She has no clue that not only the entire
island of Stone Cove Island is involved, but both her father and her mother are
involved. She soon finds out that the island people will go to any length to
keep the secret buried.
Rowell, Rainbow. Eleanor & Park. Sixteen year olds
Eleanor & Park couldn’t possibly be right for each other, but love doesn’t
always allow us to choose. This is a heartrending
tale of love and hope for two misfits who make a lifetime connection. Language.
Rutkoski, Marie. The Winner’s Curse. Seventeen year old Kestrel, daughter of the Valorian
general, knows that she has only two choices when she turns twenty—become a
wife or a soldier. Defying custom, she is sucked into a political rebellion when
she buys an Herrani slave and falls in love with him. Although Arin is one of
the leaders of the uprising, she defies the demands of society and is
determined to do what she thinks is right. Follow Kestrel’s struggles in the
second book of the trilogy, The Winner’s Crime which is due out in March
of 2015, when she is forced into an engagement with the emperor’s son and
charged with treason. Fantasy.
Wallace, Rich and Sandra Neil Wallace. Babe Conquers the
World: The legendary Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Bullied by
competitors, snubbed by teammates, harassed by family, Mildred Elda Didrikson was
a naturally talented athlete driven to become the best. Meticulously researched,
this book tells the story of Babe Didrikson Zaharias who fought not only to
become the greatest woman athlete of the twentieth century but fought for women’s
rights. Nonfiction.
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