AHS+Summer+2010

Still pursuing a cure for her mother's enchantment, Clary uses all her powers and ingenuity to get into Idris, the forbidden country of the secretive Shadowhunters, and to its capital, the City of Glass, where with the help of a newfound friend, Sebastian, she uncovers important truths about her family's past that will not only help save her mother but all those that she holds most dear.
 * ADVENTURE **
 * City of Glass – Cassandra Clare **

** BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY **

The author reflects on his experiences growing up in Brooklyn during the 1940s and being the oldest son of two deaf parents.
 * Hands of My Father ; a Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love – Myron Uhlberg **

The author reflects on his childhood growing up in 1960s Cuba, discussing how his family was treated for applying for an exit visa to the United States, his fears of being drafted into the Army, the conditions of his poor neighborhood, and more.
 * Leaving Glorytown : One Boy’s Struggle under Castro – Eduardo Calcines **

** FAMILY MATTERS **

New to town, Beatrice meets Jonah, aka Ghost Boy, a quiet loner who hasn't made a new friend since third grade. Something about him, though, gets to Bea, and soon they form an unexpected friendship. It's not romance, exactly - but it's definitely love. Still, Bea can't quite dispel Jonah's gloom and doom - and as she finds out his family history, she understands why. Can Bea help Jonah?
 * How To Say Goodbye in Robot – Natalie Standiford **

Marcelo Sandoval, a seventeen-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance and injustice, when he goes to work for his father in the mailroom of a corporate law firm.
 * Marcelo in the Real World – Francisco X. Stork **

Jennifer Harris, years after being the tormented outsider on the playground, has reinvented herself into Jenna Vaughn, a popular girl with what seems to be the perfect life, but when a childhood friend re-enters her life, she is forced to confront the most traumatic event of her past and question who she really is.
 * Sweethearts – Sara Zarr **


 * HISTORICAL FICTION/MULTICULTURAL FICTION **

Arielle, November, Jericho, and their friends have been through so much: the hazing ritual that left Joshua dead and hearts aching; November finding out that she was pregnant with Josh's baby. But senior year is going well, and when the fire alarm goes off in English class, everyone assumes that crazy Jack is trying to get out of another quiz. But the alarm was pulled for a very different reason.
 * Just Another Hero – Sharon Draper **

As her senior year in high school approaches, Mina yearns to find her own path in life but working at the family business, taking care of her little sister, and dealing with her mother's impossible expectations are as stifling as the southern California heat, until she falls in love with a man who offers a way out.
 * Wait For Me – An Na **


 * What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell **

In 1947, with her stepfather back from the war and family life returning to normal, teenage Evie, smitten by the handsome ex-GI who seems to have a secret hold on Joe, finds herself caught in a complicated web of lies who devastating outcome changes her life and that of her family forever.

** HUMOR **

Seventeen-year-old Hannah does everything she can to avoid being noticed due to the scandalous occupations of her parents, but she might have to make an effort to change that after she develops a crush on two guys at her part-time job.
 * Something Maybe – Elizabeth Scott **

Lauren seems to have the perfect life with good friends, decent grades, and a great-looking boyfriend; but when she meets Evan Kirkland, Lauren realizes she needs to make a choice in her life before one is made for her.
 * Bloom – Elizabeth Scott **


 * Love is a Many Trousered Thing – Louise Rennison **
 * I ** n a series of diary entries, British teenager Georgia Nicolson describes her continuing romantic woes as she is pushed toward a decision about the three boys in her life.


 * MYSTERY/THRILLER**

In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have "The Power" and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not.
 * Gone – Michael Grant **

When three teenaged boys suspect that their English teacher is responsible for their friend's disappearance, they must navigate a maze of assorted clues, fraying friendships, violence, and Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" before learning the truth.
 * Gentlemen – Michael Northrop **

Ever since she was eight years old, high school student Janie Hannagan has been uncontrollably drawn into other people's dreams, but it is not until she befriends an elderly nursing home patient and becomes involved with an enigmatic fellow-student that she discovers her true power.
 * Wake – Lisa McMann **

** LIVING TODAY **

A violent attack on seventeen-year-old Tashera Odom by high school girls in Washington, D.C., has dangerous repercussions for the rest of the family, including her secretive mother Sheila, and her brother Khalil, who is willing to rejoin his gang in order to get revenge.
 * Retaliation - Yasmin Shiraz **

Five teenage girls in Pennsylvania, Shauntice, Angel, LaKeeta, Bridgette, and Hope, find their lives changed when they confront many teen issues.
 * Choices -** **Katrina L. Burchett**

** NON-FICTION ** "Los Angeles Times" columnist Steve Lopez shares the story of his relationship with Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless violinist who captured his attention playing a two-stringed instrument on Skid Row, discussing his attempts to help Ayers--once a promising student at Juilliard--reclaim the life he was forced to give up following a mental breakdown.
 * The Soloist – Steve Lopez **

Presents a memoir of Augusten Burroughs' relationship with his father, which consisted of abuse, aloofness and betrayal.
 * A Wolf at the table by Augusten Burroughs **

Journalist David Sheff tells the story of his son Nic's happy early childhood, the transformation wrought by Nic's addiction to methamphetamine, and his own obsession with Nic's well-being.
 * Beautiful Boy – David Sheff **

Stories that profile the education of twelve great Americans in history including Benjamin Franklin and Abigail Adams, Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy, and Elvis Presley. ** SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR ** When her estranged grandmother dies and leaves her mother the family home on Selkie Island, seventeen-year-old Miranda meets her mother on the Georgia island, where she discovers mysterious family secrets and another side to her logical, science-loving self.
 * How Lincoln Learned to Read – Daniel Wolff **
 * Sea Change – Aimee Friedman **

In all the years she has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house, Grace has been particularly drawn to an unusual yellow-eyed wolf who, in his turn, has been watching her with increasing intensity.
 * Shiver – Maggie Stiefvater **

Conditions worsen for the remaining young residents of a small California coastal town isolated by supernatural events when their food supplies dwindle and the Darkness underground awakens.
 * Hunger – Michael Grant **

** SPORTS ** Danny, who is tall and skinny but has a talent for pitching a fastball, cannot seem to fit in at school in San Diego, where his Mexican and white heritage causes people to judge him before he even speaks.
 * Mexican Whiteboy – Matt de la Pena **

Five months after losing his mother, seventeen-year-old Gas runs away from an abusive father and gets a job working at a racetrack, surrounded by illegal Mexican immigrants he and his father blame for her death.
 * Homestretch by Paul Volponi **

D.J. Schwenk finds her life taking an unexpected turn just as she was thinking things were finally calming down, and as she tries to make important decisions about her future, she discovers romance and adventure in the unlikeliest places.
 * Front and Center – Catherine Gilbert Murdock **

** GRAPHIC NOVEL **

A graphic novel that chronicles the life of American author and illustrator David Small, detailing his sickly childhood and teenage years, relationship with his parents, his cancer, and more.
 * Stitches – David Small **

Shares six secrets of career success through a manga story about Johnny Bunko, a young man stuck in a dead-end job thanks to the advice and expectations of his parents, teachers, and counselors--who is able to break out of his rut with help from the beautiful Diana, an unlikely career advisor.
 * The Adventures of Johnny Bunko – Daniel H. Pink **

A group of friends who are all named Jane get together and try to make their small town beautiful by engaging in subversive art, and the main Jane wrestles with her affection for two different boys on Valentine's Day while she runs out of money for continuing her artwork.
 * Janes in Love – Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg **