Janie was four years old when she nearly drowned due to her mothers neglect. Through an unhappy foster home experience, and years of feeling that she is unwanted, she keeps alive her dream of someday being a famous singer.
Book of the Day: Born Blue by Han Nolan
Janie was four years old when she nearly drowned due to her mothers neglect. Through an unhappy foster home experience, and years of feeling that she is unwanted, she keeps alive her dream of someday being a famous singer.
Book of the Day: Please Don't Kill the Freshmen by Zoe Trope
A memoir of the then-fifteen-year-old author's high school experience to that point, in which diary entries reflect her struggles, angst, and rebellion.Book of the Day: Happy Kid by Gail Gauthier
After his mother bribes him into reading a self-help book on how to form satisfying relationships and enjoy a happy life, cynical eighth-grader Kyle finds there may be more to the book than he realized.
Agnes Parker-- Keeping Cool in Middle School by Kathleen O'Dell
Agnes Parker tries to maintain her old persona and keep a low profile in middle school, but her best friend Prejean's problems, persistent harassment from the eighth-grade boys, and a friendship with an interesting boy in her art class make it difficult.Book of the Day: Garage Band by Gipi
A group of friends who get to use a garage owned by one of the boys’ dads to practice until something goes wrong.Book of the Day: Field Guide to High School by Marissa Walsh
Andie and her best friend Bess read through a manual Andie's Yale-bound sister wrote for her, which is filled with tips and tricks for excelling at Plumstead Country Day high school where Andie is about to be a freshman.
Book of the Day: Alison Rules by Catherine Clark
Alison tries to deal with the pain of her mother's death by sticking to rules until charming Patrick moves to town, and then she learns that no matter what, life still happens to you.
Book of the Day: The Penalty by Mal Peet
Paul Faustino, known as the best soccer journalist in the business, reluctantly investigates the disappearance of eighteen-year-old Ricardo, a soccer prodigy known as "El Brujito," while in alternate chapters a slave in old San Juan becomes a powerful voodoo priest.Book of the Day: Bindi Babes by Narinder Dhami
Three Indian-British sisters team up to marry off their traditional, nosy aunt and get her out of the house.Book of the Day: Shug by Jenny Han
A twelve-year-old girl learns about friendship, first loves, and self-worth in a small town in the South.
Book of the Day: Kimchi and Calamari
Adopted from Korea by Italian parents, fourteen-year-old Joseph Calderaro begins to make important self-discoveries about race and family after his social studies teacher assigns an essay on cultural heritage and tracing the past.
Death Collector by Justin Richards
In Victorian London, Albert Wilkes returns home for tea four days after his funeral. While his shocked and terrified wife rushes to prepare it, Wilkes takes the family dog for a walk and is abducted. His kidnapping is witnessed by young pickpocket Eddie, who becomes embroiled, along with an assistant at the British Museum and a clergyman's daughter, in a deadly plot involving the fragments of a diary, a secret department at the British Museum, and a dinosaurlike creature roaming the streets.
Book of the Day: Only You, Sierra by Sierra Jensen
The Europe mission trip brought Sierra Jensen the best gift possible: two new friends, Katie and Christy. But now Sierra is headed home, and she can't help but wonder if her friendships will last. And what about her new home? Her family moved while she was gone, and that means facing a new high school. And the biggest question of all: Will she ever find love?
Book of the Day: Jinx by Meg Cabot
Sixteen-year-old Jean "Jinx" Honeychurch, the descendant of a witch, must leave Iowa to live with relatives in Manhattan after the first spell she casts goes awry, but she will have to improve her skills to stop her cousin from practicing black magic that endangers them and the boy they both like.Book of the Day: The Silenced by James DeVita
Consigned to a prison-like Youth Training Facility because of her parents' political activities, Marena organizes a resistance movement to combat the restrictive policies of the ruling Zero Tolerance party.Book of the Day: Guyaholic by Carolyn Mackler
V, the queen of the meaningless hookup, has been with Sam for a pretty long time, but when she panics after graduation and messes everything up, it takes a solo driving trip from New York to visit her irresponsible mother in Texas before she learns enough about herself to know what she really wants.Book of the Day: Spells & Sleeping Bags by Sarah Mlynowski
Rachel and her younger sister, both witches, spend the summer at Camp Wood Lake, where Rachel tries to have a normal camp experience while surreptitiously honing her newly discovered talents.
Book of the Day: The Wizard Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
Everyone has a secret to keep: Jason Haley, a fellow student who has been warned to stay away from Seph; the enchanter Linda Downey, who knew his parents; the rogue wizard Leander Hastings; and the warriors Jack Swift and Ellen Stephenson. This wizard war is one that Seph may not have the strength to survive.
Book of the Day: Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman
A love-struck mermaid named Aquamarine supplies adventure and insights to two twelve-year-old girls, life-long friends who are spending their last summer together before one of them moves away.POOL PARTY!
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Book of the Day: Hitler's Canary by Sandi Toksvig
Ten-year-old Bamse and his Jewish friend Anton participate in the Danish Resistance during World War II.Teen Read Week Schedule is HERE!
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Book of the Day: Run, Boy, Run by Uri Orlev
Based on the true story of a nine-year-old boy who escapes the Warsaw Ghetto and must survive throughout the war in the Nazi-occupied Polish countryside.
Book of the Day: Poor Little Witch Girl by Marie Desplechin
Eleven-year-old Verbena thinks her hereditary witchcraft is a curse that will keep her from having a normal life and marriage one day, but her mother and grandmother, who help tell the story, are eager to start her training.Book of the Day: Sun, Moon, Stars and Rain by Jan Cheripko
Still grieving over his father's death, nineteen-year-old college dropout Danny Murtaugh turns to a drunk, an eccentric landowner, and a young waitress for answers about his past and direction for his future.Book of the Day: Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
Chronicles thirteen months in the life of 13-year-old Jason Taylor --- each chapter mirrors each of the thirteen months during the time in which the novel takes place.
Book of the Day: M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman
These tales may chill or amuse, but they always embrace the unexpected.
Book of the Day: Blue is for Nightmares by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Sixteen-year-old hereditary witch Stacey Brown has nightmares of her roommate being murdered and hopes that her magic will be enough to protect Drea--unlike the last person whose death Stacey dreamed.Book of the Day: Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania.Bethel Park Anime
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She REALLY knows her stuff! Check this site often for anime updates! Are you interested in starting an anime club here in Bethel? Please email me: kalchthaleri@einetwork.net and let me know!
Book of the Day: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all.
Book of the Day: Spells & sleeping bags by Sarah Mlynowski.
Rachel and her younger sister, both witches, spend the summer at Camp Wood Lake, where Rachel tries to have a normal camp experience while surreptitiously honing her newly discovered talents.
Book of the Day: The Candy Darlings by Christine Walde
A girl, grieving for her dead mother and emotionally detached from her father, becomes fast friends with a mysterious classmate who constantly eats sweets as the two of them battle the vicious popular girls at school and listen to the stories of an elderly patient at the hospital where they volunteer.
Book of the Day: Way Down Deep by Ruth White
In the West Virginia town of Way Down Deep in the 1950s, a foundling called Ruby June is happily living with Miss Arbutus at the local boarding house when suddenly, after the arrival of a family of outsiders, the mystery of Ruby's past begins to unravel.