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The Day I Hit A Home Run
Synopsis:

From minor league teams such as the Iowa Cubs and Las Vegas 51s to the major league ball clubs including the Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees, these fun, engaging books tell the stories of young local boys who dream of stepping to the plate for their favorite baseball franchises. Filled with relatable stories away from the baseball field as well, these coming-of-age tales show the importance of never giving up hope and always believing in dreams.

 

 

Michael “Fuji” Powers always dreamed of  joining the Cincinnati Reds on the field at Great American Ball Park, and now he stands at the plate ready to live his fantasy of hitting a home run. Filled with fun and engaging stories, this relatable coming-of-age story will show children the importance of believing in their dreams and never giving up hope.

Publication Date: 09/01/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Hidden
T. Gentry, Dotti Enderle
Synopsis:

Twelve-year-old Fiona finds an unopened love letter containing mysterious symbols when she and her parents clean out her recently deceased grandmother�s house. She soon realizes the symbols contain clues to a long-hidden treasure. Solving the mystery requires Fiona to learn more about astronomy and mythology as she discovers evidence of two murders and a kidnapping, encounters a ghost, and eventually finds treasure.

Publication Date: 08/29/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fiction
The Lycan Journal
Chad Long
Synopsis: In The Lycan Journal, Gordo Gates, a thirteen-year-old boy, makes a startling discovery, concerning the history of werewolves, and a hidden treasure of silver, which needs to be exposed no matter what the personal consequences are to the fretful narrator of the story.
Publication Date: 08/29/07
Age Level: 8 - 12
Genre: Adventure
Busted
Phil Bildner
Synopsis: Regardless of social standing or clique in high school, if you break the rules you're bound to get snagged in a collection of stories about high school students who venture beyond the rules of the school and find themselves facing the consequences for their actions.
Publication Date: 08/28/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fiction
In the Serpent's Coils
Tiffany Trent
Synopsis: Fairies can be downright dangerous!

In the Serpent's Coils marks the debut of Hallowmere, a dark, edgy historical fantasy series that teens won't be able to put down!

Ever since her parents died in the Civil War, Corrine's dreams have been filled with fairies warning her of impending peril. When she's sent to live at Falston Manor, she thinks she's escaped the danger stalking her. Instead the dreams grow stronger, just as girls begin disappearing from school.
Publication Date: 08/28/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
A Field Guide to High School
Synopsis: Andie has just finished eighth grade and will be starting high school in the fall. The good news: Her super-popular valedictorian big sister, Claire, is graduating and won't be there to put Andie in the shadows. The bad news: Her super-popular valedictorian big sister, Claire, is graduating and won't be there to help her. But Claire hasn't forgotten Andie.

For her little sister, Claire has put together a guide that covers everything a freshman needs to know but didn't even think to ask. Andie reads every word and even shares it with her best friend, Bess.

But sometimes they wonder if Harvard-bound Claire got everything right! In this hilarious and honest look at one girl's heroic attempt to conquer high school, readers will get all the benefit of Claire's wisdom about making those four years more than bearable—and absolutely memorable. Fortunately, high school happens only once in a lifetime.
Publication Date: 08/28/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Historical Fiction
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
David Levithan, Rachel Cohn
Synopsis: The quintessential Girl-Likes-Boy-Who-Likes-Boys, from the New York Times bestselling authors of NICK & NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLIST!

Naomi and Ely are best friends. Naomi loves and is in love with Ely, and Ely loves Naomi, but prefers to be in love with boys. So they create their "No Kiss List" of people neither of them is allowed to kiss. And this works fine…until Bruce.

Bruce is Naomi's boyfriend, so there's no reason to put him on the List. But when Ely kisses Bruce, the result is a rift of universal proportions. Can these best friends come back together again? Or will this be the end of Naomi and Ely: the institution?

Told in alternating voices using an array of emoticons and symbols by co-authors Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, co-author of WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON with John Green (THE FAULT IN OUR STARS), NAOMI AND ELY’S NO KISS LIST is the ultimate offbeat love—and in love—story.
Publication Date: 08/28/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
The Sweet,Terrible,GloriousYear I Truly,Completely Lost It
Synopsis: IN MY FAMILY, when anyone rides the wave of their emotions, we say they're chucking a birkett. When the emotion drives out all common sense, we say they're chucking a big one. The telltale signs are: flaming cheeks, shortness of breath, bulging eyes, and a prolonged illogical outburst.

Gemma Stone is convinced that it's always unseemly to chuck a birkett and that it's actually insane to chuck one in front of a complete stranger. But that was before she fell for a boy who barely knows she exists, before she auditioned for the school play, before she met the family of freaks her sister Debbie is marrying into, before the unpredictable Raven De Head took an interest in her, and before she realized that at the right time and for the right reason, a birkett could be a beautiful thing.
Publication Date: 08/28/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Romance
Edward's Eyes
Patricia MacLachlan
Synopsis: Jake is a part of an extraordinary family.

He has a life filled with art, music, and long summer nights on the Cape. He has hours and days and months of baseball. But, more than anything in this world, Jake knows he has Edward. From the moment he was born, Jake knew Edward was destined for something. Edward could make anyone laugh and everyone think. During one special year, he became the only one in the neighborhood who could throw a perfect knuckleball. It was a pitch you could not hit. That same year, Jake learned there are also some things you cannot hold.

Patricia MacLachlan, one of the most beloved children's book authors writing today, has painted a deeply stirring, delicately lyrical portrait of a child, a son, a family, and a brother. Through Edward's eyes, we see what gifts all of these things truly are to those around them, and how those gifts live on and grow.
Publication Date: 08/28/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Sports
I Conquer Britain
Dyan Sheldon
Synopsis: A bohemian Brooklyn teen crosses the pond to visit an uptight English family in the hilarious companion to SOPHIE PITT-TURNBULL DISCOVERS AMERICA.

The exchange of daughters that began in SOPHIE-PITT TURNBULL DISCOVERS AMERICA continues! Excited (not to say desperate) as Cherokee Salamanca is to get out of Brooklyn, she starts having doubts about her summer in London even before she leaves Heathrow Airport. To start with, the Pitt- Turnbulls speak a language only vaguely like the one Cherokee knows as English. And then Putney reminds her of New Jersey — an oddly polite Jersey where people eat pizza with a fork. But Cherokee is a girl who likes a challenge, and there’s no way she’s going to let the British defeat her. The question is: will she conquer the British?
Publication Date: 08/28/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fiction
The Shadow World (The Eidolon Chronicles)
Adam Stower, Jane Johnson
Synopsis: With Ben's mother, Queen Isadora, leading the charge, the battle against Dodman begins as the Arnold children fight to stop Mr. Dodd's plot to steal the magical creatures from Eidolon and ruin their beloved Secret Country in the process.
Publication Date: 08/21/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Adventure
Jumper: Griffin's Story
Synopsis: Griffin has a secret. It's a secret that he's sworn to his parents to keep, and never tell. Griffin is a Jumper: a person who can teleport to any place he has ever been.  The first time was when he was five, and his parents crossed an ocean to protect the secret. The most important time was when he was nine. That was the day that the men came to his house and murdered his parents. Griffin knows that the men were looking for him, and he must never let them find him. Griffin grows up with only two goals: to survive, and to kill the people who want him dead. And a Jumper bent on revenge is not going to let anything stand in his way. Jumper, based on Steven Gould's earlier novel of the same name, will be a  major motion picture scheduled for release by 20th Century Fox starring Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell and Samuel L. Jackson, and directed by Doug Limon.  Jumper: Griffin's Story features the character played by Jamie Bell in the film. 
Publication Date: 08/21/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fiction
Lily Dale: Awakening
Wendy Corsi Staub
Synopsis:

Calla thought that her boyfriend breaking up with her in a text message was the worst thing that could ever happen to her. But just two weeks later, her mother died in a freak accident, and life as she knew it was completely over. With her father heading to California for a new job, they decide that Calla should spend a few weeks with the grandmother she barely knows while he gets them set up.
To Calla's shock, her mother's hometown of Lily Dale is a town full of psychics―including her grandmother. Suddenly, the fact that her mother never talked about her past takes on more mysterious overtones. The longer she stays in town, the stranger things become, as Calla starts to experience unusual and unsettling events that lead her to wonder whether she has inherited her grandmother's unique gift. Is it this gift that is making her suspect that her mother's death was more than an accident, or is it just an overactive imagination? Staying in Lily Dale is the only way to uncover the truth. But will Calla be able to deal with what she learns about her mother's past and her own future?

Publication Date: 08/21/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fantasy
The Chicken Dance
Jacques Couvillon
Synopsis:

On his birthday, Don Schmidt spends the day waiting patiently for his big surprise―a cake, presents, maybe a Chinese clown . . . . But instead, his batty parents get into their monthly argument. This time it's because his mother has to feed the chickens. It ends with her shouting the same thing as always about their Louisiana chicken farm: "I hate it here!"
What follows is Don's journey from obscurity to fame and back again, when he becomes the youngest kid to ever win the Horse Island Dairy Festival chicken-judging contest. Gradually, his mom notices that something strange is going on―everyone knows her son!―but once she realizes that Don has become the town celebrity, she sees that there may be benefits to living on a chicken farm. What she doesn't seem to see are the benefits of having a son like Don.
For Don, the contest is the beginning of a big, big adventure. It involves trips to New Orleans and Baton Rouge, fair weather friends, a missing sister, and one big secret. Readers will cheer for Don, who goes out of his way to see the good in everything.

Publication Date: 08/21/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Real Princesses
Valerie Wilding
Synopsis: Can any girl become a princess?
 
Are all princesses rich?
 
Where do they get their dresses and jewelry?
 
Do all princesses become queen one day?
 
Discover the answers to these questions and many more while reading about the privileged lives of princesses. You'll get the scoop with real-life examples of what princesses' lives are like, how they dress, what special events they attend, where they go to school, and whether there are any downsides to being royal. 
 
Packed with stunning photographs, chic illustrations, and fascinating facts about princesses from the past and present--such as Caroline of Monaco, Diana of Wales, Beatrice of York, Francina Ndimande of the Ndebele in Africa, and Sayako of Japan--this is a true gem for every girl who wants the real story behind the fairy tale.
Publication Date: 08/21/07
Age Level: 8 - 12
Genre: Educational
Mistik Lake
Martha Brooks
Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Odella is haunted by family secrets. Why doesn't her great-aunt Gloria visit anymore? Why does her mother, Sally, drink so much? Sally's tragic car accident on a frozen lake when she was sixteen seems to have cast a spell over her life that no one can break. Odella tries to hold her family together, but when her mother runs off, the family is left reeling. Then Odella meets Jimmy Tomasson, whose dreams of prophetic flying fish seem to have led him to her. In the heat and tenderness of their deepening feelings and in his belief in her, Odella begins to find the strength to unravel the web of secrets that has ensnared them all.
 
This stunning novel, written in spare, elegant prose and told from multiple points of view, explores the lives of three generations of women in one family, revealing what happens when you don't have the courage to follow your own heart, and what can happen when you do.
Publication Date: 08/21/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fiction

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