FEATURED BOOK ARCHIVE

Fiction  | Nonfiction

Featured fiction

NOVEMBER 2008

Luxe
by Anna Godbersen
FIC GOD

In 1899 Manhattan, the drowning of beautiful Elizabeth Holland, daughter of New York society's ruling family, brings to the surface the scandalous behavior of several teenagers of varying social class.

OCTOBER 2007

Saint Iggy
by K.L. Going
FIC GOI

Iggy Corso, who lives in city public housing, is caught physically and spiritually between good and bad when he is kicked out of high school, goes searching for his missing mother, and causes his friend to get involved with the same dangerous drug dealer who deals to his parents.

FEBRUARY 2007

Be more chill
by Ned Vizzini
FIC VIZ

Badly in need of self-confidence and a change of image, high school nerd Jeremy Heere swallows a pill-sized super computer that is supposed to help him get whatever he wants.

OCTOBER 2006

Looking for Alaska
by John Green
FIC GRE

Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash. Winner of the 2005 Printz Award.

Featured nonfiction

Featured nonfiction

NOVEMBER 2008

Never shower in a thunderstorm
by Anahad O'Connor
613 OCO

For more than two years, The New York Times science and health columnist Anahad O'Connor tracked down the facts, fictions, and occasional fuzziness of old wives' tales, conventional-wisdom cures, and other medical mysteries. In this lively and fun book, he opens up his case files to disclose the experts' answers on everything, from which of your bad habits you can indulge (yo-yo dieting does not mess up your metabolism and sitting too close to the television does not hurt your eyes) to what foods actually pack the punch advertised (you can lay off the beet juice). A compendium of answers to the curious and nagging questions of how to keep healthy, Never Shower in a Thunderstorm provides guidance and amusement to anyone who has ever wondered if the mosquitoes really are attacking her more than everyone else. (Yes, they are.)

OCTOBER 2007

Escape! The story of the great Houdini
by Sid Fleischman
B HOU

A biography of the magician, ghost chaser, aviator, and king of escape artists, whose amazing feats are remembered long after his death in 1926.

FEBRUARY 2007

Life in the Negro baseball leagues
by John F. Wukovits
796.357 WUK

While Major League baseball enjoyed a widespread following in the first half of the 20th century, another brand of the game existed in the shadows. Forced by segregation to develop their own leagues, African American athletes played an equally exciting game. Life for these ball players could be arduous, yet they endured hardships because of one thing — a love for the sport.

OCTOBER 2006

President Kennedy has been shot
by the Newseum
364.15 NEW

Experience the moment-to-moment account of the four days that changed America. Includes an audio CD with the actual live broadcasts and rarely heard recordings from the Dallas Police, the White House and Air Force One.