It is 1914 Armenia, and the Donabedian family are Christian Armenians living under the control of Muslim Turks. The rulers of the Ottoman Empire are very hostile towards the Armenians, and there are rumors of a bloody upheaval. Idealistic Papa is loyal to his country, so he and Mama decide to stay. Their son Shahen longs to live with his uncle in New York, but his twin Sosi cannot imagine leaving her loving home.
Growing up, Liz Prince wasn't a girly girl, dressing in pink tutus or playing pretty princess like the other girls in her neighborhood. And she wasn't one of the guys, either. She was somewhere in between. But with the forces of middle school, high school, parents, friendship, and romance pulling her this way and that, "the middle" wasn't exactly an easy place to be. TomBoy follows award-winning author and artist Liz Prince through her early years and explores -with humor, honesty, and polgnancy- what it means "to be a girl."
All eleven-year-old Lexie wants is to leave Portland, Oregon and travel to San Francisco, California. Her strict grandparents, whom Lexie is living with, want her to grow up to be a proper lady. Lexie just wants to be with her Mama, in San Francisco. However, Mama’s new husband doesn’t think Lexie should stay with parents who work all night and sleep all day. Lexie’s class at school is raising money to send a doll to the children of Japan to try and keep peace and prevent a war.
This book is the second book in the Hunt Trilogy, picking up immediately after the first book ends. Gene, Sissy, and the boys have just escaped from the bloodthirsty vampire-like people.
Breakthrough is a book that is about football. Efram James is going to play football for his new school for the first time in his life, in troy Ohio after moving from Arizona. He has a game coming up soon, against the Carroll Comets. He and his best friend Flick, have found out the comets's offensive plays, and tell his teammates which defensive play to run. Can Efram and Flick help the team win the game?
Timestorm is about people called jumpers who have a special power to jump back in time. Jackson is a jumper who goes back in time and meddles with his past so he can be with his crush, Holly. After being ambushed by a mysterious figure, Jackson wakes up on Misfit Island and finds many others with mysterious backgrounds. Jackson and the others must escape Mistfit Island before Eyewall, the evil organization run by Thomas and others, destroy the planet. Once off Misfit Island, Jackson must fight through armies and his emotions if he wants to save his friends and humanity.
When summer comes everybody seems to be doing something cool, except for Tom (he thinks it is cool, nobody else does). He is friends with Mr.Duke who owns a grocery store. Next to the store is a vacant lot. Mr.Duke is allowing Tom to do an archaeological dig in the lot.
Tandem is a story about a boy named Zeke, who is 14 and loves to ride his BMX bike. His mother is dating a guy that he does NOT like. His dad gets out of prison after 7 years and decides that a bike trip is a good way for them to get to know each other. His dad was a "druggie' and Zeke is not sure if he wants to spend time with him, but he does because he's rather do that than have to be around his mother's boyfriend. The problem is, they have to ride a tandem bike through the mountains. A tandem bike has two seat, and both riders have to work together to ride the bike.
This novel is about a boy who is coming of age in northern England. The book starts with a young Dominic Hall walking on a stone wall with his friend, Holly Stroud. He is then victimized by local bully, Vincent McAlinden. As the book progresses the story dynamic among all three characters changes drastically as Dominic decides that Holly is pitying him and begins to find a strange friendship with Vincent. The twisted friendship between Dominic and Vincent worries Dominic's mother, and after her death Dominic realizes that Holly is a much safer choice for friendship.
Young Jim Hay dreams of joining the Great War. To fight for his country would be the greatest honor, to prove himself as a man in such a noble fight is his desire. War and fighting seem more noble and pure in his hometown rather than horrendous. After the deaths of his father and mother, nothing stops Jim from joining the war and experiencing the horrors of trench warfare.
