This document provides summaries of 20 books available in the new 7B library collection at the school. The books cover a wide range of genres including dystopian fiction, mysteries, adventures, and historical fiction. They involve themes of survival after natural disasters, cyborg identity, rivalries competing for prizes, wishes with limitations, environmental activism, summer jobs, and magical mirrors. The ages of the main characters range from 10 to 16 years old. Settings include ruined cities, futuristic societies, summer camps, and historical time periods.

1. New 7B Library Books
Winter 2012
Images and plot summaries courtesy of Follett’s Titlewave.

2. After the eruption of the
Yellowstone supervolcano
destroys his city and its
surroundings, fifteen-year-
old Alex must journey from
Cedar Falls, Iowa, to Illinois
to find his parents and
sister, trying to survive in a
transformed landscape and
a new society in which all
the old rules of living have
vanished.

3. Cinder, a gifted mechanic
and a cyborg with a
mysterious past, is blamed
by her stepmother for her
stepsister's illness while a
deadly plague decimates the
population of New Beijing,
but when Cinder's life gets
intertwined with Prince
Kai's, she finds herself at the
center of an intergalactic
struggle.

4. In a dark future, when
North America has split
into two warring
nations, fifteen-year-
olds Day, a famous
criminal, and prodigy
June, the brilliant
soldier hired to capture
him, discover that they
have a common
enemy.

5. Sequel to Birthmarked.
Sixteen-year-old midwife
Gaia Stone is in the
wasteland with nothing
but her baby sister, a
handful of supplies, and a
rumor to guide her when
she is captured by the
people of Sylum, a
dystopian society where
she must follow a strict
social code or never see her
sister again.

6. Emma gets her first
computer and an
America Online CD-
ROM in 1996, and when
her best friend Josh
visits and they log on,
they discover
themselves on
Facebook fifteen years
in the future.

7. Benjamin Franklin
returns from the dead,
moves into Victor
Goodwin's downstairs
apartment, and faces
peril from vampires in
Philadelphia, a pair of
bike shop owners, and a
shadowy figure known
as "the Emperor."

8. Middle-schooler Nate
Wright must compete
with a new rival, the
"perfect" Artur, for the
grand prize of a
customized skateboard
in their scout troop
contest.

9. Devastated when her
parents separate, twelve-
year-old Rebecca must
move with her mother
from Baltimore to Gran's
house in Atlanta, where
Rebecca discovers an old
breadbox with the power
to grant any wish--so long
as the wished-for thing fits
in the breadbox.

10. When fashionistaSicilee,
arty Maya, and antisocial
Waneeda risk their
reputations by joining
Clifton Springs High
School's Environmental
Club to be near gorgeous
new student Cody
Lightfoot, each finds a
new way of looking at
the world.

11. Marley is not given a
choice when her newly
separated parents decide
she will spend the summer
with her dad and make her
take a job she did not ask
for, but things start to look
better for Marley after she
meets a cute boy who
loves dogs as much as she
does.

12. Fifteen-year-old Lizzie
Cohen recalls what it
was like growing up
with her imaginative
but disturbed older
sister Tess, and how
she is striving to
reclaim her own life
since Tess died.

13. Hazel and Jack are best
friends until an accident
with a magical mirror
and a run-in with a
villainous queen find
Hazel on her own,
entering an enchanted
wood in the hopes of
saving Jack's life.

14. Through a letter to her
English teacher, fourteen-
year-old Lizzy Mortimer of
Crabapple, California,
relates her discovery that
she and her eccentric
grandmother are kin to
Morgan le Faye, charged
with saving the last
descendant of King Arthur
from an untimely death
that would endanger the
world.

15. Sequel to: Beautiful Darkness.
Swarms of locusts, record-
breaking heat, and
devastating storms ravage
Gatlin as Ethan and Lena
struggle to understand and
control the impact of Lena's
claiming, which is even
causing her family members'
abilities to dangerously
misfire.

16. At a rustic summer camp,
sixteen-year-old Tori, a
senator's daughter, learns
that she is descended from
medieval dragon slayers,
that dragons still exist, and
that she is expected to
hone her special abilities to
join her fellow campers in
battling the beasts and the
man who controls them.

17. When their parents' seedy
old motel burns down on
the same night they are
visited by a strange man
covered in skeleton tattoos,
Cyrus, Antigone, and their
brother Daniel are
introduced to an ancient
secret society, and discover
that they have an
important role in keeping it
alive.

18. Mona is miserable. Her
family consists of Sister
Figg Newton; Truman, the
human pretzel; Aunt Gracie
Jo, the dog catcher; and
her son, Fido the Second.
The only person Mona likes
is her Uncle Florence, the
book dealer, until she
learns that things are
seldom what they seem.

19. Book #1
When two boys stay
with an eccentric
relative at his mansion
in rural Vermont, they
discover an old-
fashioned board game
that draws them into a
mysterious adventure.

20. Book #2
Friends Brian and Gregory
have survived the Game of
Sunken Places, but are once
again drawn back to cousin
Prudence's house in Vermont,
where they discover that
something has gone very
wrong with time, people have
disappeared, and danger is
lurking everywhere.

21. Book #3
Brian and Gregory are
transported to New
Norumbega, a
kingdom inside an
alien body, where they
face a rebellion, a
murder mystery, and a
rivalry over a girl.

22. Phoebe's stepfather,
headmaster of a school for
the descendents of Greek
gods, enrolls Phoebe in
Goddess Boot Camp to help
her gain control of her newly
discovered powers, but
Phoebe's romantic life and
impulsive decisions may ruin
any chance she has at passing
the test of the gods.

23. Book #1
Thirteen-year-old Dan
Cahill and his older sister,
Amy, thought the search
for the thirty-nine clues
leading to the source of
their family's power was
over, but when Cahills are
kidnapped by the Vespers,
Amy and Dan find
themselves with only a few
day to fulfill a bizarre
ransom request before
their friends start dying.

24. Book #2
Thirteen-year-old Dan
Cahill and his older
sister Amy race against
time to find an ancient
map that has not been
seen for half a century
and use it to redeem
their family members
who have been
kidnapped by a sinister
organization called the
Vespers.

25. In all the years she has
watched the wolves in
the woods behind her
house, Grace has been
particularly drawn to
an unusual yellow-eyed
wolf who, in his turn,
has been watching her
with increasing
intensity.

26. Sequel to Shiver
Grace and Sam
struggle to keep their
relationship together,
while Grace lies to her
parents and keeps a
secret from them and
Sam copes with his
werewolf past.

27. Hal, Stig, and the other
outcasts do not have the
size and strength of the
Skandians, but when they
face off against the Wolves
and the Sharks in an
ultimate race for survival,
they hope that their
courage and cunning are
enough to help them win in
a game that everyone
seems to think is a matter
of life and death.

28. Collects the lost stories
of the Rangers who
risked their lives to
defend the kingdom,
including the tales of
the young warrior
Horace, the
courageous princess
Evanlyn, the diplomat
Alyss, and Will and his
mentor, Halt.

29. Book #1
Emma is shocked to
learn she has a twin
sister, Sutton, but on
the day the girls are
supposed to meet,
Sutton is killed, and
Emma risks everything
to slip into her twin's
life and try to bring the
killer to justice.

30. Book #2
Emma Paxton, who
has taken over her
missing twin's life in
the hopes of finding
her killer, discovers
that her lies may wind
up costing her her own
life.

31. Leo, the son of the
maintenance man of the
Whippet Hotel, opens a
series of cryptic boxes
which reveals hidden
floors, strange puzzles,
and unexpected alliances
and lead him on an
adventure to save the
building and his future.

32. Fifteen-year-old Kat
Bishop and her fellow
talented teenagers work
together to find and steal
the Cleopatra Emerald
from an unscrupulous
dealer and return it to its
rightful owner, while her
uncle Eddie's former love
tries to get the gem for
herself.

33. When eleven-year-old Mo's
mother dies in an accident
and Mo's devastated father
deals with the loss by
moving the family to a new
town and starting a new
life as the owner of a sports
bar, Mo must leave her
much loved neighborhood
on Fox Street to live in an
apartment above the
"cursed" Corkey's Tavern.

34. A lyrical story-in-verse
that details the
experiences of an
African boy who was
kidnapped and sold
into slavery.

35. A budding musician
named Saint, who earns
money playing clarinet
for the New Orleans
tourists, refuses to
leave the city after the
hurricane until he can
find his best friend
Shadow.

36. Three city siblings, now
living on a farm during
the Great Depression,
must survive on their
own when their father
takes a construction
job miles away.

37. A fictionalized look at
the last twenty years of
Thomas Jefferson's life
at Monticello through
the eyes of three of his
slaves, two of whom
were his sons by his
slave, Sally Hemings.

38. In the Stalinist era of the
Soviet Union, ten-year-old
Sasha idolizes his father, a
devoted Communist, but
when police take his father
away and leave Sasha
homeless, he is forced to
examine his own
perceptions, values, and
beliefs.

39. On July 4th, 1777,
fourteen-year-old Jake
Mallory and his friends are
celebrating their new
nation's independence, but
over the next four years
Jake finds himself in
increasingly adventurous
circumstances as he battles
British forces, barely
survives captivity on a
prison ship, and finally
returns home to
Connecticut.

40. During World War II,
eleven-year-old Felicity is
sent from London to
Bottlebay, Maine, to live
with her grandmother,
aunt, uncle, and a reclusive
boy who helps her decode
mysterious letters that
contain the truth about her
missing parents.

41. In 1887, the social-climbing
Cranstons voyage from
New York to London,
where they hope to find a
husband for their awkward
older daughter, secretly
accompanied by Helena
and her mouse siblings, for
whom the journey is both
terrifying and wondrous as
they meet an array of titled
humans despite their best
efforts at remaining
hidden.

42. Sixth-grader Tommy and
his friends describe their
interactions with a paper
finger puppet of Yoda,
worn by their weird
classmate Dwight, as they
try to figure out whether or
not the puppet can really
predict the future. Includes
instructions for making
Origami Yoda.

43. A collection of spooky short
stories for children,
describing a teenager whose
greed outweighs his respect
for the dead, a kid whose
after-school job could cost
more than it pays, and a
snowboarder who decides to
show off on a haunted
mountain.

44. Sequel to Independence
Hall.
Q and Angela attempt to
learn the truth about the
supposed death of
Angela's real mother,
who used to be a Secret
Service agent, while
trying to figure out who
they can trust.

45. Princess Wisdom, who yearns
for a life of adventure, Tips, a
soldier keeping his true life
secret from his family,
Fortitude, an orphaned maid
who longs for Tips and Magic
the cat form an uneasy
alliance as they try to save the
kingdom from certain
destruction. Told through
diaries, memoirs,
encyclopedia entries, letters,
biographies, and a stage play.

46. Sequel
Twelve-year-old best
friends Julie and Lydia
are reunited after six
months apart, but the
news that their friend
Sukie's mother has died
after a long illness causes
them to reevaluate their
goals and focus on being
supportive of the friends
they already have.

47. When a mummy
disappears from the
local history museum
while Cass and her
friends Max-Ernest and
Yo-Yoji are there, they
try to solve the case in
order to clear their
names and, they hope,
discover the Secret they
have been seeking.

48. When Gavin takes his
metal detector to a new
playground to hunt for
lost objects, he instead
discovers a group of
mysterious children who
only appear after dark,
and who tease him and
try to persuade him to
play with them until late
into the night.

49. Taj is horrified when he
starts growing wings
and fears he is turning
into a horrible beast, so
he turns to his cousin
for help, only to learn
his cousin is hiding the
same secret.

50. David is excited that
his family has been
chosen to participate in
a reality television
taping for the program
"Trading Moms," until
he learns whose mom
is being swapped with
his--his biggest enemy,
Rose Thornton.

51. In the Library of Doom,
the librarian's job is to
protect the books from
falling into the wrong
hands and being used for
evil purposes, but when
one of his own books
begins draining the others
of ink, he must stop it
before the entire library is
destroyed.

52. An illustrated history of
the witch hunts that took
place in colonial-era
Salem, Massachusetts,
featuring primary source
accounts, and describing
the victims, accused
witches, corrupt officials,
and impact of the events
on society.

53. An illustrated retelling
of the myth of Achilles,
depicting the hero's life
from his birth to his
participation in the
Trojan War, despite his
mother's warning that
it will cost him his life.

54. Anya, embarrassed by
her family and lacking
confidence in her body
and her social skills,
finally finds a friend after
falling down a well, but
quickly learns there are
drawbacks to having a
ghost for a friend.

55. Vanessa Shingle drags her
best friend Stork on a
nighttime mission to learn
more about an attractive
janitor named Jean-Paul
McClellan, but after she
witnesses something
unexpected and her little
New Mexico town becomes
overrun by vampires,
Vanessa wonders whether
Jean-Paul is one of them.

56. When Maria meets the
new boy at her high
school, Tom Stone, the
two feel a connection,
but Maria finds it hard
to get to know Tom,
the son of Persephone
Falls, Alaska's new
funeral director.

57. Presents both old and
new tales about trolls,
discussing the
depiction of trolls as
troublesome,
bloodthirsty, vicious,
and slow, and looking
at contemporary
examples of trolls in
popular culture.

58. Photographs and text
recount Caitlin O'Connell's
experiences observing
African elephants in their
natural habitat, describing
the discoveries she made
about elephant
communication.

59. An introduction to the
tools and techniques
professionals use to
investigate crime
scenes, describing the
roles of crime scene
investigators to find
and record criminal
evidence.

60. Traces the cases in
recent history that have
been solved using the
latest forensic science of
the time, such as the
first case to use
fingerprint evidence,
hair matching, and DNA
profiling. 'Includes real
case files and case
studies.

61. An exploration of the
life of Michael Phelps
that discusses his
childhood, struggles
with attention-
deficit/hyperactivity
disorder, training,
motivation, Olympic
performance, and
other related topics.

62. Provides a chronological
account of September 11,
2001, and the terrorist
attacks on the World
Trade Center in New York
and the Pentagon in
Washington, D.C., and
the hijacking of a plane
that crashed in
Pennsylvania.

63. Uses real-life examples
and five basic moral
principles to encourage
teens to make the right
choices in various
situations related to
friends, family, school,
and relationships.

64. Blends humor and facts in a
look at events in America
and the world, providing
information about the
electoral system in the
U.S., the world economy,
the role of religion in
conflict, America's place in
the world, and other
topics, and including
advice on how to get
involved.

65. Explores the lasting legacy of the
"Titanic" tragedy, discussing
how the sinking of the ship led to
new regulations and the
formation of an ice patrol that
later became the U.S. Coast
Guard, earned the "New York
Times" a lasting reputation for
news, caused a Senate inquiry,
destroyed the lives of several
survivors, and fascinated people
around the world for a century.

66. Retells the events
surrounding the sinking
of the RMS "Titanic,"
describing the ship's
construction and
launch, and featuring
authentic photographs
and illustrations from
the period.

67. Introduces teens to
Greek mythology, with
interactive activities,
retellings of classic
myths, an overview of
the gods and goddesses,
and questions to help
them realize how the
myths apply to modern
life.

68. Presents illustrated
retellings of classic
Greek myths, sharing
the stories of Zeus,
Aphrodite, Apollo,
Athena, Helen of Troy,
Perseus, and Medusa.