EBOOKS ON OVERDRIVE Snohomish School District The Poet
EBOOKS ON OVERDRIVE Snohomish School District
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. But Xiomara has plenty to say which she pours into her leather notebook. When she is invited to join the school’s slam poetry club, she’s not sure how her Mami would respond to her joining this club, let alone express her personal feelings through her poetry. She can’t stop thinking about performing her poems, but will Xiomara let her voice sing through her own words or will she remain silent and afraid to be her own person. Genre’: Realistic Fiction
Hunter by Mercedes Lackey They came after the Diseray. Some were terrors ripped from our collective imaginations, remnants of every mythology across the world. And some were like nothing anyone had ever dreamed up, even in their worst nightmares. Monsters. Long ago, the barriers between our world and the Otherworld were ripped open, and it's taken centuries to bring back civilization in the wake of the catastrophe. Now, the luckiest citizens live in enclosed communities, behind walls that keep them safe from the hideous monsters fighting to break through. To Joyeaux Charmand, who has been a Hunter in her tight-knit mountain community since she was a child, every citizen without magic deserves her protection from dangerous Othersiders. Then she is called to the capital, Apex City. Joy soon realizes citizens don’t realize the danger as more and more monsters are getting through the barriers, and the close calls are becoming too frequent to ignore. When an act of sabotage against Joy kills her mentor, Joy uncovers a terrifying conspiracy in the city. There is something much worse than the usual monsters infiltrating Apex. And it may be too late to stop them. Genre’: Fantasy
Sawkill by Claire Legrand Who are the Sawkill Girls? Marion: The newbie. Awkward and plain, steady and dependable. Weighed down by tragedy and a hunger for love. Zoey: The pariah. Luckless and lonely. Aching with grief and dreaming of vanished girls. Val: The queen bee. Gorgeous and privileged, ruthless and regal. Their stories come together as a monster for decades has been kidnapping girls on the island…until now. Genre’: Horror
Monster by Walter Dean Myers Steve Harmon, a teenage boy is in a juvenile detention center and is waiting to go to trial as an accomplice to murder. Steve decides to write a screen play about his life. This book is written as a screenplay of Steve's own imagination, and peppered with journal entries, the book shows how one single decision can change our whole lives. Genre’: Realistic Fiction
Sea Witch by Sarah Henning Ever since her best friend Anna died, Evie has been an outcast in her small fishing town. Then a girl with an uncanny resemblance to Anna appears on the shore, and the two girls catch the eyes of two charming princes. Suddenly Evie feels like she might finally have a chance at her own happily ever after. But magic isn't kind, and her new friend harbors secrets of her own. She can't stay in Havnestad--or on two legs--without Evie's help. And when Evie reaches deep into the power of her magic to save her friend's humanity--and her prince's heart--she discovers, too late, what she's bargained away. Genre’: Fantasy
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet above the ocean, ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city. It is the life Matt's always wanted; convinced he's lighter than air, he imagines himself as buoyant as the hydrium gas that powers his ship. One night he meets a dying balloonist who speaks of beautiful creatures drifting through the skies. It is only after Matt meets the balloonist's granddaughter that he realizes that the man's ravings may, in fact, have been true, and that the creatures are completely real and utterly mysterious. Genre’: Science Fiction
Evernight by Claudia Gray Bianca wants to escape. She's been uprooted from her small hometown and enrolled at Evernight Academy, an eerie Gothic boarding school where the students are somehow too perfect: smart, sleek, and almost predatory. Bianca knows she doesn't fit in. Then she meets Lucas. He's not the "Evernight type" either, and he likes it that way. Lucas ignores the rules, stands up to the snobs, and warns Bianca to be careful. But the connection between Bianca and Lucas can't be denied. Bianca will risk anything to be with Lucas, but dark secrets are fated to tear them apart. . . and to make Bianca question everything she's ever believed. Genre’: Supernatural Fiction
Nobody by Jennifer Lynn Barnes There are people in this world who are Nobody. No one sees them. No one notices them. They live their lives under the radar, forgotten as soon as you turn away. That's why they make the perfect assassins. The Institute finds these people when they're young and takes them away for training. But an untrained Nobody is a threat to their organization. And threats must be eliminated. Claire has been invisible her whole life, missed by the Institute's monitoring. But now they've ID’ed her and have sent Nix to kill her. Yet the moment Nix lays eyes on her, he can't make the hit. It's as if Claire and Nix are the only people in the world for each other. And they are because no one else can really see them. Genre’: Science Fiction
Love Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed 17 year-old Maya Aziz is torn between worlds. There's the good Indian daughter: attending a college close to their suburban Chicago home and being paired off with an older Muslim boy her mom deems "suitable. " And then there is the world of her dreams: going to film school and living in New York City; and pursuing a boy she's known from afar since grade school. But in the aftermath of a horrific crime perpetrated hundreds of miles away, her life is turned upside down. The community she's known since birth becomes unrecognizable; neighbors and classmates are consumed with fear, bigotry, and hatred. Ultimately, Maya must find the strength within to determine where she truly belongs. Genre’: Realistic Fiction
Ransom by Lois Duncan Valley Gardens is the last stop on the bus route after school. The neighborhood is known for its wealthy families, perhaps the richest in town. Marianne, Bruce, Glenn, Dexter, and Jesse live in Valley Gardens, and have no trouble guiding the new bus driver to the last stop of the day; but the strange substitute driver keeps driving. Soon the five teenagers are hostages deep in the mountains. Their kidnappers demand stacks of money from their families, even though most of the students aren't as well off as the abductors assume. Without hope of raising the ransom money, the five teens must find a way out or face terrifying consequences. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Lois Duncan including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection. Genre’: Suspense
Swagger by Carl Deuker Levi was simple, like a child. It was the best thing about him, and it was the worst, too. When high school senior Jonas moves to Seattle, he is glad to meet Levi, a nice, soft-spoken guy and fellow basketball player. Suspense builds like a slow drumbeat as readers start to smell a rat in Ryan Hartwell, a charismatic basketball coach and sexual predator. When Levi reluctantly tells Jonas that Hartwell abused him, Jonas has to decide whether he should risk his future career to report the coach. Genre’: Sports
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers 17 year-old Richie Perry, a Harlem teenager who volunteers for the Army when unable to afford college and is sent to fight in the Vietnam War. Perry and his platoon (Peewee, Lobel, Johnson, and Brunner) come face-to-face with the Vietcong, the harsh realities of war, and some dark truths about themselves. A thoughtful young man with a gift for writing and love of basketball, Perry learns to navigate among fellow soldiers under tremendous stress and struggles with his own fear as he sees things he'll never forget: the filling of body bags, the deaths of civilians and soldier friends, the effects of claymore mines, the fires of Napalm, and jungle diseases like Nam Rot. Genre’: Realistic Fiction
My Name is Victoria by Lucy Worsley Miss V. Conroy is good at keeping secrets. But when her father sends her to Kensington Palace to become the companion to Princess Victoria, Miss V soon finds that she can no longer remain in the shadows. Her father is Sir John Conroy, confidant and financial advisor to Victoria's mother, and he has devised a strict set of rules for the young princess. Sir John says it's for the princess's safety, but Victoria herself is convinced that it's to keep her lonely and unhappy. Torn between loyalty to her father and her growing friendship with the willful and passionate princess, Miss V has a decision to make: continue in silence or speak out. Genre’: Historical Fiction
Scythe by Neal Shusterman A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life; and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe; a role that neither wants. These teens must master the "art" of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own. Genre’: Science Fiction
Panic by Lauren Oliver Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a poor town of twelve thousand people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do. Heather never thought she would compete in panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors. She'd never thought of herself as fearless, the kind of person who would fight to stand out. But when she finds something, and someone, to fight for, she will discover that she is braver than she ever thought. Dodge has never been afraid of panic. His secret will fuel him, and get him all the way through the game; he's sure of it. But what he doesn't know is that he's not the only one with a secret. Everyone has something to play for. For Heather and Dodge, the game will bring new alliances, unexpected revelations, and the possibility of first love for each of them; and the knowledge that sometimes the very things we fear are those we need the most. Genre’: Realistic Fiction
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Sixty potent seconds; the time it takes a kid to decide whether or not he's going to murder the guy who killed his brother. Revenge. That's where Will is now heading, with that gun shoved in the back waistband of his jeans, his brother's gun. He gets on the elevator, seventh floor, stoked. He knows who he's after. Or does he? As the elevator stops on the sixth floor, on comes Buck is dead. The door to the next floor opens. A dead teenage girl gets on. And so it goes, the whole long way down, as the elevator stops on each floor, and at each stop someone connected to his brother gets on to give Will a piece to a bigger story than the one he thinks he knows. A story that might never know an end. . . if Will gets off that elevator. Genre’: Realistic Fiction
I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez Julia refuses to conform to her Mexican family's expectations of her, wanting to become a writer instead of following her older sister Olga on the path of community college, part-time job, and taking care of their parents. Then, Olga dies mysteriously, and her best friend Angie hints to Julia that there may have been more to Olga than everyone thought. Julia and her best friend, Lorena, investigate, and in the meantime Julia has to figure out how to fall in love with Connor, a white boy whom she is sure could never understand her family. Genre’: Realistic Fiction
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Ketterdam, a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price; and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy, Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone. . A convict with a thirst for revenge. A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager. A runaway with a privileged past. A spy known as the Wraith. A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums. A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes. Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction; if they don't kill each other first. Genre’: Fantasy
And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard When high school senior Paul Wagoner walks into his school library with a stolen gun, he threatens his girlfriend Emily Beam, then takes his own life. In the wake of the tragedy, an angry and guilt-ridden Emily is shipped off to boarding school in Amherst, Massachusetts, where she encounters a ghostly presence who shares her name. The spirit of Emily Dickinson and two quirky girls offer helping hands, but it is up to Emily to heal her own damaged self. This inventive story, told in verse and in prose, paints the aftermath of tragedy as a landscape where there is good behind the bad, hope inside the despair, and springtime under the snow. Genre’: Romance
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