16 April 2009

Summer Sisters by Judy Blume

Victoria Leonard and Caitlin Somers, two girls from very different backgrounds, form a friendship that blooms over the summers spent in Caitlin's privileged world, until heartbreak and betrayal tear them apart.

Call number: F BLU (LA IMC)

Blume, Judy. Summer Sisters. New York: Delacorte Press, 1998.

07 April 2009

Tangerine by Edward Bloor

Paul lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik and fights for the right to play soccer, despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.

Call number: F BLO (LA IMC)

Bloor, Edward. Tangerine. San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt Brace, 1997.

03 April 2009

Baseball in April by Gary Soto

A collection of eleven short stories focusing on the everyday adventures of Hispanic young people growing up in Fresno, California.

Call number: S SOT (LA IMC)

Soto, Gary. Baseball in April. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990.

02 April 2009

Joy in Mudville: the big book of baseball humor Schaap, Dick and Mort Gerberg

A comic lineup of stories, essays, cartoons, and more, from Lardner and Runyon to Philip Roth, Charles Addams to Charles Schulz, plus dozens of other funny fans.

Call number: 817 JOY (LA IMC)

Schaap, Dick and Mort Gerberg. Joy in Mudville: the big book of baseball humor. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

01 April 2009

Farm Team by Will Weaver

With his father in jail and his mother working full-time, Billy Baggs finds himself in charge of running the family farm in northern Minnesota and having to give up the thing he loves most.

Call number: RC WEA (Media Office, Room 146)

Weaver, Will. Farm Team. New York: Harper Collins, 1995.

23 March 2009

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar

While navigating his first year of high school and awaiting the birth of a baby brother, Scott loses old friends and gains some unlikely new ones as he hones his skills as a writer.

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Call number: AB F LUB (Media Office, Room 146)

Lubar, David. Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie. Chagrin Falls, Ohio: Findaway World, 2006.

11 March 2009

Everything's Eventual by Stephen King

Presents fourteen short horror stories by Stephen King, including several prize-winning selections as well as "Riding the Bullet," originally published as an e-book.

Call number: F KIN (LA IMC)

King, Stephen. Everything's Eventual. New York: Pocket Books, 2003.