Beth Kephart
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighteen-year-old Kenzie of Philadelphia, pregnant by Yale-bound Kevin, is bitter when her mother sends her to Spain to deliver and give her baby away, but discovers a makeshift family with the rancher who takes her in, his cook, and the young man they have raised together.
2) Going over
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the early 1980s Ada and Stefan are young, would-be lovers living on opposite sides of the Berlin Wall--Ada lives with her mother and grandmother and paints graffiti on the Wall, and Stefan lives with his grandmother in the East and dreams of escaping to the West.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
If eleven-year-old Sara and her brother Hawk can complete a task involving the reclusive author renting out the silo on their farm for the summer, they will receive reward money that will pay for Sara's life-saving surgery.
Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xiii, 254 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A memoir-writing guide offers writing lessons and examples for those interested in putting their memories down on paper, explains the difference between remembering and imagining, and describes the language of truth.
6) Undercover
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
278 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
High school sophomore Elisa is used to observing while going unnoticed except when classmates ask her to write love notes for them, but a teacher's recognition of her talent, a "client's" desire for her friendship, a love of ice skating, and her parent's marital problems draw her out of herself.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Mira lives in a small island beach town off the coast of New Jersey year-round, and when a devastating superstorm strikes she will face the storm's wrath and the destruction it leaves behind alone.
Author
Publisher
Cameron Kids
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"A poetic story about the life and work of William Morris, maker of beautiful, useful things, sure to engage young dreamers and artists alike. William Morris is best known for his colorful wallpapers and textiles, inspired by the English forests and wild foliage where he grew up. But did you know this icon of the Arts and Crafts Movement was also a poet, a painter, a preservationist, an activist, an environmentalist, and a maker of many other beautiful...
10) Wild blues
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Lizzie relates, through a victim statement, her harrowing journey through the Adirondacks seeking her disabled friend, Matias, who was kidnapped by escaped convicts.
Author
Publisher
Temple University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xvii, 317 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Highly personal and idiosyncratically historical, this book is a memoirist's guide to more than fifty paper objects, including report cards, maps, menus, spreadsheets, broadsides, library cards, prescriptions, tickets, books, dictionaries, file folder, and legal tender--and an invitation to readers whose stories might be a single box or shelf away"--
12) Cloud hopper
Author
Publisher
Penelope Editions
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
335 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Sophie and her best friends Wyatt and K set out to help when a silent, mysterious girl in a homemade hot air balloon lands in rural Gilbertine.
Author
Publisher
Cameron Kids
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"A poetic picture-book biography about artist N.C. Wyeth's daughter, Henriette, a talented painter in her own right"--Amazon.com
"A picture-book biography of painter Henriette Wyeth, depicting a day in her childhood, learning how to paint and be inspired from her father, painter N.C. Wyeth"--
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Graduation from high school?
A senior thesis?
A betrayal by someone you love?
A loss of innocence?
The death of a parent?
Losing the family you always wished you had?
Facing a harsh reality?
What's the line that separates childhood from the "real world"? And what happens when it's nothing you imagined it would be?
Do you want to be a published author?
The editors at HarperCollins invite you
...15) Behind the song
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
363 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
An anthology of stories and personal essays exploring how music inspires creativity and can change one's life, written by award-winning young adult authors and contemporary musicians.