Most Circulated Titles

Rodrick rules

Kinney, Jeff.


Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries to keep his older brother Rodrick from telling everyone about Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer.
Date Published:2008

Goosebumps.

Tipton, Denton J.


"Originally published as Goosebumps: horrors of the witch house issues #1-3"--T.p. verso. "All the kids in Beaver Creek, Oregon, know that the old Whaley House is probably haunted, so when young tech entrepreneur Veruca Curry moves in, the kids fear that there's more to her than meets the eye. The adults in town think that Veruca is just the sort of hip, young new blood that Beaver Creek needs. But when Rosie, the nerdy loner, Carlos, the preppy boy, and Becca, the star athlete, find out the terrible truth--Veruca is a witch--it's up to them to protect Beaver Creek and put a stop to her sinister plans once and for all"--Back cover.
Date Published:2019

"Originally published as Goosebumps: horrors of the witch house issues #1-3"--T.p. verso. "All the kids in Beaver Creek, Oregon, know that the old Whaley House is probably haunted, so when young tech entrepreneur Veruca Curry moves in, the kids fear that there's more to her than meets the eye. The adults in town think that Veruca is just the sort of hip, young new blood that Beaver Creek needs. But when Rosie, the nerdy loner, Carlos, the preppy boy, and Becca, the star athlete, find out the terrible truth--Veruca is a witch--it's up to them to protect Beaver Creek and put a stop to her sinister plans once and for all"--Back cover.

Date Published:2019

The book thief

Zusak, Markus.


Originally published in 2005. Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, March 2006. Five Owls, April 2007. Horn Book Starred, October 2006. Library Media Connection starred, March 2006. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, May 2006. Pub Weekly, January 2006. Kirkus Starred, January 2006. New York Times, May 2006. Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
Date Published:2016

Originally published in 2005. Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, March 2006. Five Owls, April 2007. Horn Book Starred, October 2006. Library Media Connection starred, March 2006. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, May 2006. Pub Weekly, January 2006. Kirkus Starred, January 2006. New York Times, May 2006. Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

Date Published:2016

The ghost of Graylock

Poblocki, Dan.


School Library Journal, October 2012. Library Media Connection, January 2013. Staying with their aunts over the summer, Neil Cady, his sister Bree, and their new friends Wesley and Eric, set out to explore Greylock Hall, an abandoned psychiatric hospital which is supposed to be haunted by the ghost of Nurse Janet.
Date Published:2012

The fire

Patterson, James, 1947-


Booklist, December 2011. Horn Book, November 2012. Whisty Allgood and her brother Whit must come up with a better plan after her efforts to use her fight and fire to defeat The One Who is the One--the evil leader who killed their family and banned everything they hold dear in the world--only adds to his power.
Date Published:2011

Alice in Zombieland

Showalter, Gena.


Publisher's Weekly, October 2012. Horn Book, April 2013. Choice, April 2013. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2013. Kirkus Review, September 2012. Alice Bell must learn to fight the undead to avenge her family and learn to trust Cole Holland, who has secrets of his own.
Date Published:2012

Boy X

Smith, Dan, 1970-


"First published in the United Kingdom in 2016 by Chicken House"--T.p. verso. School Library Journal, November 2016. Library Media Connection starred, August 2017. Booklist, December 2016. Horn Book, October 2017. Kirkus Review, November 2016. When twelve-year-old Ash McCarthy wakes up after his father's funeral, he finds that he has been kidnapped to an island off the coast of Costa Rica, caught in the middle of a secret and deadly project named Kronos in which his mother is somehow involved, and he must find a way to save them both--and the only person he is sure he can trust is a Spanish girl his own age named Isabel.
Date Published:2017

"First published in the United Kingdom in 2016 by Chicken House"--T.p. verso. School Library Journal, November 2016. Library Media Connection starred, August 2017. Booklist, December 2016. Horn Book, October 2017. Kirkus Review, November 2016. When twelve-year-old Ash McCarthy wakes up after his father's funeral, he finds that he has been kidnapped to an island off the coast of Costa Rica, caught in the middle of a secret and deadly project named Kronos in which his mother is somehow involved, and he must find a way to save them both--and the only person he is sure he can trust is a Spanish girl his own age named Isabel.

Date Published:2017

The Kingdom keepers

Pearson, Ridley


Publisher's Weekly, October 2005. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2006. Thirteen-year-old Finn Whitman and four other young teens have been transformed into holograms to be guides for visitors to Disney World, but now they must do battle with the evil witch, Maleficent, and her Overtakers to save Walt Disney World.
Date Published:2005

I'd tell you I love you, but then I'd have to kill you

Carter, Ally.


Publisher's Weekly, May 2006. Horn Book, October 2006. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), June 2006. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2006. Kliatt, May 2006. As a sophomore at a secret spy school and the daughter of a former CIA operative, Cammie is sheltered from "normal teenage life" until she meets a local boy while on a class surveillance mission.
Date Published:2006

The Battle of Gettysburg : spilled blood on sacred ground /

Abnett, Dan


School Library Journal, May 2007. Presents a brief depiction of the Civil War battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in July, 1863; and describes major Union and Confederate generals as well as details of the fight.
Date Published:2007

The lightning thief : the graphic novel /

Riordan, Rick.


Booklist, December 2010. Horn Book, May 2011. Library Media Connection, May 2011. Publishers Weekly, October 2010. School Library Journal, March 2011. Wilson's Children, September 2011. Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011. You've read the book. You've seen the movie. Now submerge yourself in the thrilling, stunning, and action-packed graphic novel.
Date Published:2010

Blackbringer

Taylor, Laini.


Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publisher's Weekly, School Library Journal, Voice of Youth Advocate, Magpie Windwitch, faerie, devil hunter, and granddaughter of the West Wind, must defeat an ancient evil creature, the Blackbringer, who has escaped from his bottle and threatens to unmake all of creation.
Date Published:2009

LeBron James

Osier, Dan.


Provides a brief overview of the life and career of professional basketball player LeBron James.
Date Published:2011

This world we live in

Pfeffer, Susan Beth, 1948-


Wilson's Junior High School, October 2010. School Library Journal, April 2010. Pub Weekly, March 2010. Booklist, March 2010. Horn Book, October 2010. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2010. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2010. Kirkus Review, March 2010. Miranda Evans, her two brothers, and their mother struggle for survival a year after the moon's collision with a meteor altered the climate forever, and while things become more difficult with the arrival of six more people, including her father and stepmother, a new disaster threatens to derail the new lives they have been trying to build.
Date Published:2010

Wilson's Junior High School, October 2010. School Library Journal, April 2010. Pub Weekly, March 2010. Booklist, March 2010. Horn Book, October 2010. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2010. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2010. Kirkus Review, March 2010. Miranda Evans, her two brothers, and their mother struggle for survival a year after the moon's collision with a meteor altered the climate forever, and while things become more difficult with the arrival of six more people, including her father and stepmother, a new disaster threatens to derail the new lives they have been trying to build.

Date Published:2010

Shadow and bone

Bardugo, Leigh.


Wilson's Senior High School, November 2012. School Library Journal starred, June 2012. Publishers Weekly, April 2012. Booklist, May 2012. New York Times, June 2012. Horn Book, November 2012. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), July 2012. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2012. Kirkus Review, April 2012. Library Media Connection, August 2012. Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.
Date Published:2012

Wilson's Senior High School, November 2012. School Library Journal starred, June 2012. Publishers Weekly, April 2012. Booklist, May 2012. New York Times, June 2012. Horn Book, November 2012. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), July 2012. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2012. Kirkus Review, April 2012. Library Media Connection, August 2012. Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.

Date Published:2012

The wishing spell

Colfer, Chris, 1990-


Fold-out map. Booklist, May 2012. New York Times, July 2012. Publisher's Weekly, April 2012. Written by "Glee" actor Colfer, "The Land of Stories" tells tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.
Date Published:2013

Fold-out map. Booklist, May 2012. New York Times, July 2012. Publisher's Weekly, April 2012. Written by "Glee" actor Colfer, "The Land of Stories" tells tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.

Date Published:2013

UnWholly

Shusterman, Neal


Sequel to: Unwind. School Library Journal, September 2012. Booklist, July 2012. Horn Book, April 2013. Choice, April 2013. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2012. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2012. Kirkus Review, July 2012. Library Media Connection, March 2013. Thanks to Connor, Risa, and Lev the morality of unwinding has been brought into question, and Cam, a teenager made entirely out of the parts of other unwinds, struggles with a search for identity and meaning.
Date Published:2012

Sequel to: Unwind. School Library Journal, September 2012. Booklist, July 2012. Horn Book, April 2013. Choice, April 2013. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2012. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2012. Kirkus Review, July 2012. Library Media Connection, March 2013. Thanks to Connor, Risa, and Lev the morality of unwinding has been brought into question, and Cam, a teenager made entirely out of the parts of other unwinds, struggles with a search for identity and meaning.

Date Published:2012

UnSouled

Shusterman, Neal


School Library Journal, December 2013. Booklist, November 2013. Horn Book, October 2014. After the destruction of the Graveyard, Connor and Lev are on the run, seeking a woman who may be the key to bringing down unwinding forever while Cam, the rewound boy, tries to prove his love for Risa by bringing Proactive Citizenry to its knees.
Date Published:2013

The worst class trip ever

Barry, Dave.


Map on endpapers. School Library Journal, May 2015. Pub Weekly, March 2015. Booklist, March 2015. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2015. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2015. Kirkus Review, March 2015. Library Media Connection, December 2015. "When the eighth grade civics class of Miami's Culver Middle School goes on a trip to Washington, D.C., Wyatt Palmer finds himself in deep trouble before the plane even lands because his best friend, Matt, has decided the men sitting behind them are terrorists and it is up to the boys to stop them"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2015

Map on endpapers. School Library Journal, May 2015. Pub Weekly, March 2015. Booklist, March 2015. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2015. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2015. Kirkus Review, March 2015. Library Media Connection, December 2015. "When the eighth grade civics class of Miami's Culver Middle School goes on a trip to Washington, D.C., Wyatt Palmer finds himself in deep trouble before the plane even lands because his best friend, Matt, has decided the men sitting behind them are terrorists and it is up to the boys to stop them"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2015

Undertow

Buckley, Michael, 1969-


Booklist, March 2015. Kirkus Review, March 2015. Publisher's Weekly, March 2015. School Library Journal starred, February 2015. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2015. A sixteen-year-old girl is caught in an epic clash of civilizations when a society of undersea warriors marches out of the ocean into modern-day Coney Island. Sixteen-year-old Lyric Walker's life is forever changed when she witnesses the arrival of 30,000 Alpha, a five-nation race of ocean-dwelling warriors, on her beach in Coney Island. The world's initial wonder and awe over the Alpha quickly turns ugly and paranoid and violent, and Lyric's small town transforms into a military zone with humans on one side and Alpha on the other. When Lyric is recruited to help the crown prince, a boy named Fathom, assimilate, she begins to fall for him. But their love is a dangerous one, and there are forces on both sides working to keep them apart. Only, what if the Alpha are not actually the enemy? What if they are in fact humanity's best chance for survival? Because the real enemy is coming. And it's more terrifying than anything the world has ever seen. Action, suspense, and romance whirlpool dangerously in this cinematic saga!
Date Published:2015

Booklist, March 2015. Kirkus Review, March 2015. Publisher's Weekly, March 2015. School Library Journal starred, February 2015. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2015. A sixteen-year-old girl is caught in an epic clash of civilizations when a society of undersea warriors marches out of the ocean into modern-day Coney Island. Sixteen-year-old Lyric Walker's life is forever changed when she witnesses the arrival of 30,000 Alpha, a five-nation race of ocean-dwelling warriors, on her beach in Coney Island. The world's initial wonder and awe over the Alpha quickly turns ugly and paranoid and violent, and Lyric's small town transforms into a military zone with humans on one side and Alpha on the other. When Lyric is recruited to help the crown prince, a boy named Fathom, assimilate, she begins to fall for him. But their love is a dangerous one, and there are forces on both sides working to keep them apart. Only, what if the Alpha are not actually the enemy? What if they are in fact humanity's best chance for survival? Because the real enemy is coming. And it's more terrifying than anything the world has ever seen. Action, suspense, and romance whirlpool dangerously in this cinematic saga!

Date Published:2015