Thursday, March 15, 2012

The Rule of Won by Stefan Petrucha


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Caleb Dunne, the quintessential slacker, is pressured by his girlfriend to join a high school club based on The Rule of Won, which promises to fulfill members' every "crave," but when nonbelievers start being ostracized and even hurt, Caleb must act. c2008
Subjects:
Success. -- Fiction.
Supernatural -- Fiction.
Clubs -- Fiction.
Social groups. -- Fiction.
High school -- Fiction.
Books and reading -- Fiction.




THE POWER OF SIX by Pittacus Lore


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SEQUEL to I AM NUMBER FOUR

In a Spanish convent, seventeen-year-old Marina longs to join forces with her fellow Loriens to prepare for battle with the Mogadorians who destroyed their home planet, while in the United States, John, Six, and Sam elude authorities who think John is a terrorist. c2011
Subjects: Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction.
Convents -- Fiction.
Fugitives from justice -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Science fiction

I AM NUMBER FOUR by Pittacus Lore

In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a fifteen-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien. 2011 Subjects:
Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction.
High schools -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Love -- Fiction.
Moving, Household -- Fiction. Ohio -- Fiction.


Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Forks over knives : the plant-based way to health edited by Gene Stone ; foreword by T. Colin Campbell and Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr.


Check out the life-altering movie trailer here.
Introduces a whole-foods, plant based diet, including information on how to adopt and maintain this way of eating, details about the benefits of these foods, success stories, and 125 recipes. c2011
Subjects: Vegetables in human nutrition.
Fruit in human nutrition.
Vegetarian cooking.
Nutritionally induced diseases.




The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures by Brian Selznick.


Book Jacket
Check out the 2011 movie trailer here. 
When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
Copyright c2007.

Subjects:
Méliès, Georges, 1861-1938.
Railroad stations -- France -- Paris.
Robots -- Fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
Paris (France) -- History -- 1870-1940.
France -- History -- Third Republic, 1870-1940 -- Juvenile fiction.
Paris (France) -- History -- 1870-1940 -- Fiction.



It gets better: coming out, overcoming bullying, and creating a life worth living Edited by Dan Savage and Terry Miller


A collection of testimonials written to teenagers from celebrities, political leaders, and other individuals on the happiness they found in life after they suffered through bullying and torment in their youths because of their sexual orientation. Copyright 2011
Subjects:
Gay teenagers.
Coming out (Sexual orientation)
Bullying.
Quality of life.
Happiness.



Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer


Book Jacket
Check out the movie trailer 2011.
Follows nine-year-old Oskar Schell as he encounters a number of interesting characters in his search for information about his father who died in the World Trade Tower and tries to find the lock that fits the mysterious key his father had. Copyright 2005.
Subjects:
Fathers -- Death -- Fiction.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.