Most Circulated Titles

Dear Martin

Stone, Nic.


School Library Journal, September 2017. Booklist starred, August 2017. Publisher's Weekly, July 2017. Horn Book, November 2017. Kirkus Review, August 2017. "Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2017

Blood is thicker

Langan, Paul.


Hakeem Randall, already upset by his father's illness, and his family's move to Detroit, finds his anger reaching a boiling point when he is forced to share a bedroom with his moody and secretive cousin Savon, a childhood friend who soon becomes an enemy.
Date Published:2004

Tyrell

Booth, Coe.


Reprint. Originally published: 2006. Fifteen-year-old Tyrell, who is living in a Bronx homeless shelter with his spaced-out mother and his younger brother, tries to avoid temptation so he does not end up in jail like his father.
Date Published:2007

Split

Avasthi, Swati.


Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. A teenaged boy who is thrown out of his house by his abusive father goes to live with his older brother, who ran away from home years ago to escape the abuse.
Date Published:2010

The hate u give

Thomas, Angie.


School Library Journal starred, January 2017. Booklist starred, December 2016. Pub Weekly, November 2016. Kirkus Starred, December 2016. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2017. Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does-or does not-say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.
Date Published:2017

School Library Journal starred, January 2017. Booklist starred, December 2016. Pub Weekly, November 2016. Kirkus Starred, December 2016. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2017. Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does-or does not-say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.

Date Published:2017

One of us is lying

McManus, Karen M.


Booklist, May 2017. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2017. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2017. Kirkus Review, March 2017. "When the creator of a high school gossip app mysteriously dies in front of four high-profile students all four become suspects. It's up to them to solve the case"--
Date Published:2017

Secrets in the shadows

Schraff, Anne E.


When new student, Korie Archer, comes to his school, Roylin Bailey is attracted to her, but after several puzzling events, he regrets that he stole Mr. Miller's money to buy her an expensive necklace.
Date Published:2002

Someone to love me

Schraff, Anne E.


Cindy Gibson has a crush on Bobby Wallace because he is friendly, mature, and good-looking. But when he begins to act in a strange manner, Cindy is frightened and doesn't share Bobby's problems with anyone until it's almost too late, and they both get into big trouble.
Date Published:2002

Summer of secrets

Langan, Paul.


Lonely without her grandmother and ex-boyfriend, sad about the troubles in her parents' marriage, and struggling with anxiety after nearly being raped, Darcy Willis learns that one of her friends is hiding a difficult secret.
Date Published:2004

Gym candy

Deuker, Carl.


Groomed by his father to be a star player, football is the only thing that has ever really mattered to Mick Johnson, who works hard for a spot on the varsity team his freshman year, then tries to hold onto his edge by using steroids, despite the consequences to his health and social life.
Date Published:2007

Bronxwood

Booth, Coe.


Sequel to Tyrell. Tyrell's life is spinning out of control after his father is released from prison, his little brother is placed in foster care, and the drug dealers he's living with are pressuring him to start dealing.
Date Published:2011

Mankind : the story of all of us /


Title from container. Special features disc 1: Domesticating the dog ; Building the pyramids ; Fire ; The ice age ; Birth of farming ; The earliest humans. Special features disc 2: Rise of the Incas ; Taming the horse ; The plague ; Genghis Kahn. From the producers of America: The Story of Us comes the epic tale of the rise of civilization. Mankind: The Story of All of Us, a 12-hour series, spans the first flourishing of life in Mesopotamia through the discovery of America, capturing the danger, action, struggle, heroism, and adrenaline using groundbreaking techniques.
Date Published:2012

Title from container. Special features disc 1: Domesticating the dog ; Building the pyramids ; Fire ; The ice age ; Birth of farming ; The earliest humans. Special features disc 2: Rise of the Incas ; Taming the horse ; The plague ; Genghis Kahn. From the producers of America: The Story of Us comes the epic tale of the rise of civilization. Mankind: The Story of All of Us, a 12-hour series, spans the first flourishing of life in Mesopotamia through the discovery of America, capturing the danger, action, struggle, heroism, and adrenaline using groundbreaking techniques.

Date Published:2012

Boy21

Quick, Matthew, 1973-


Finley, an unnaturally quiet boy who is the only white player on his high school's varsity basketball team, lives in a dismal Pennsylvania town that is ruled by the Irish mob, and when his coach asks him to mentor a troubled African American student who has transferred there from an elite private school in California, he finds that they have a lot in common in spite of their apparent differences.
Date Published:2012

The fight

Divine, L.


When sixteen-year-old Jayd Jackson returns to South Bay High, she discovers that her former best friend is out to get her and her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend wants to fight, which forces Jayd to turn to Mama and her bag of tricks for help.
Date Published:2006

A silent voice.

åOima, Yoshitoki.


Translation of: Koe no katachi. "A Kodansha Comics Trade Paperback Original"--Colophon. Reads from right to left. "T, ages 13+"--Back cover. "Shoya is a bully. When Shoko, a girl who can't hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes his favorite target, and Shoya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children's cruelty goes too far. Shoko is forced to leave the school, and Shoya end up shouldering all the blame. Six years later, the two meet again. Can Shoya make up his past mistakes, or is it too late?--Back cover.
Date Published:2015

Translation of: Koe no katachi. "A Kodansha Comics Trade Paperback Original"--Colophon. Reads from right to left. "T, ages 13+"--Back cover. "Shoya is a bully. When Shoko, a girl who can't hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes his favorite target, and Shoya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children's cruelty goes too far. Shoko is forced to leave the school, and Shoya end up shouldering all the blame. Six years later, the two meet again. Can Shoya make up his past mistakes, or is it too late?--Back cover.

Date Published:2015

My hero academia.

Horikoshi, Kohei, 1986-,


Translation of: Boku no hero academia. Originally published: Tokyo : Shueisha, Inc., 2014. Printed Manga-style; book opens from left to right. Pages are read from right to left. Getting into the Hero Academy because he was given the powers of All Might is one thing, but learning to control those powers is quite another for Midoriya, who for most of his life was "quirkless," without any superhero abilities at all. Now he must compete against his fellow classmates just to keep from expulsion.
Date Published:2015

Translation of: Boku no hero academia. Originally published: Tokyo : Shueisha, Inc., 2014. Printed Manga-style; book opens from left to right. Pages are read from right to left. Getting into the Hero Academy because he was given the powers of All Might is one thing, but learning to control those powers is quite another for Midoriya, who for most of his life was "quirkless," without any superhero abilities at all. Now he must compete against his fellow classmates just to keep from expulsion.

Date Published:2015

Boruto :Naruto next generations.

Kishimoto, Masashi, 1974-,


Reads from right to left. "First published in Japan in 2016 by SHUEISHA Inc., Tokyo,"--verso. "Naruto was a young shinobi with an incorrigible knack for mischief. He achieved his dream to become the greatest ninja in his village, and now his face sits atop the Hokage monument. But this is not his story... A new generation of ninja are ready to take the stage, led by Naruto's own son, Boruto! Years have passed since Naruto and Sasuke teamed up to defeat Kaguya, the progenitor of chakra and the greatest threat the ninja world has ever faced. Times are now peaceful and the new generation of shinobi has not experienced the same hardships as its parents. Perhaps that is why Boruto would rather play video games than train. However, one passion does burn deep in this ninja boy's heart, and that is the desire to defeat his father!" -- Amazon.com.
Date Published:2017

Reads from right to left. "First published in Japan in 2016 by SHUEISHA Inc., Tokyo,"--verso. "Naruto was a young shinobi with an incorrigible knack for mischief. He achieved his dream to become the greatest ninja in his village, and now his face sits atop the Hokage monument. But this is not his story... A new generation of ninja are ready to take the stage, led by Naruto's own son, Boruto! Years have passed since Naruto and Sasuke teamed up to defeat Kaguya, the progenitor of chakra and the greatest threat the ninja world has ever faced. Times are now peaceful and the new generation of shinobi has not experienced the same hardships as its parents. Perhaps that is why Boruto would rather play video games than train. However, one passion does burn deep in this ninja boy's heart, and that is the desire to defeat his father!" -- Amazon.com.

Date Published:2017

Monday's not coming

Jackson, Tiffany D.


School Library Journal starred, April 2018. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, June 2018. Pub Weekly, April 2018. Booklist, March 2018. Horn Book, July 2018. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2018. , January 2019. Claudia's friend Monday goes missing and she is the only one who seems to care.
Date Published:2018

Hey, kiddo

Krosoczka, Jarrett,


"In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery--Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents--two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through with raising children until Jarrett came along"--
Date Published:2018

"In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery--Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents--two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through with raising children until Jarrett came along"--

Date Published:2018

Bleach. : a compilation of graphic novel volumes 31-33 /

Kubo, Tite,


First published in Japan in 2001 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo. This book reads from right to left. "Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts--he was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollow--a malevolent lost soul--Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits themselves find peace. Orihime has been kidnapped by the turncoat Soul Reaper Aizen and his terrifying Arrancar, and it's up to Ichigo, Chad and Uryu to rescue her. But the Arrancar world, Hueco Mundo, has many surprises in store for the heroes...not the least of which is how much it will change them!"--
Date Published:2015

First published in Japan in 2001 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo. This book reads from right to left. "Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts--he was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollow--a malevolent lost soul--Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits themselves find peace. Orihime has been kidnapped by the turncoat Soul Reaper Aizen and his terrifying Arrancar, and it's up to Ichigo, Chad and Uryu to rescue her. But the Arrancar world, Hueco Mundo, has many surprises in store for the heroes...not the least of which is how much it will change them!"--

Date Published:2015