Publisher: Tor
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/11/2010
ISBN-13: 9780765322166
ISBN-10: 0765322161

Science Fiction. In the world of massively-multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), not everyone plays for fun. Children in poor countries "farm" virtual gold under threat of violence, and their cruel bosses sell the gold to gamers who'll pay to skip to higher levels of game play...but a revolution is brewing. Big Sister Nor, a young gamer in Singapore, is recruiting the best players from all around the globe to do something really, really big--but they'll have to defy corrupt authorities and powerful corporations to pull it off. Both exciting and thought-provoking, For the Win is sure to thrill fans of author Cory Doctorow's previous novel for teens, Little Brother.

Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/01/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061870910
ISBN-10: 0061870919

Fiction. On a train headed to summer camp, Ry finally gets around to opening a letter marked "Urgent" from the camp director...and finds out that camp has been cancelled. When the train stops, Ry gets off and tries to call his grandfather, since his parents are on a Caribbean vacation...and the train leaves without him, stranding him in Montana in the middle of nowhere. This, dear reader, is only the beginning of a long, winding, and highly entertaining journey filled with near-misses and misadventures galore (including those of the family dog, which appear in comic-strip form). Believability takes a back seat to wry humor, colorful characters, and the lessons of the road in this meandering, good-humored tale.

Publisher: HarperTeen
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/04/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061668067
ISBN-10: 0061668060

Paranormal Romance. In this bewitching sequel to Wings, Laurel Sewell--still getting used to the idea that she is a faerie (and the fact that faeries are highly evolved plants)--is summoned to the Academy at Avalon for training. While at the Academy, Laurel spends time with Tamani, the electrifying faerie sentry who longs for her...and misses David, her loyal, earthly boyfriend. But when she returns home, Laurel finds trolls on the prowl again, and they're after more than just her. Danger, romantic tension, and unusual faerie mythology make for a delicious brew in Spells.

Publisher: Square Fish
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/22/2008
ISBN-13: 9780312376055
ISBN-10: 0312376057

Fiction. Kit only auditioned for the high school play because his best friend, Carma, dared him--but he's been cast as the male lead. (While this may be his first onstage role, Kit has been playing the part of a straight guy for years now, so he's got some acting chops.) Before long, leading lady and insufferable queen bee Lindsay has set her sights on Kit...with no idea that he only has eyes for Pablo Roy, "last year's first gay Harvest King" and Kit's "true and secret love." Intense emotions, stream-of-consciousness writing, and thought-provoking issues--the controversial play is banned by the school board--make this brief story one that you're sure to remember.

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Publisher: Hyperion
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/01/2007
ISBN-13: 9780786838158
ISBN-10: 0786838159

Fiction. Sadye (a.k.a. Sarah) and Demi (a.k.a. Douglas) have shed their ordinary names and are departing their ordinary town of Brenton, Ohio--they're on their way to an eight-week summer theater institute at the Wildewood Academy of Performing Arts, and flamboyant Demi is sure that they're going to be its stars. They're saying goodbye to mean cheerleaders and dowdy math teachers and hello to gold lamé, hissy fits, and jazz hands--that's right, we're talking musical theater. Thespians and fans of Broadway musicals will give this witty and surprising novel a standing ovation!

Publisher: Feiwel and Friends
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/07/2009
ISBN-13: 9780312380960
ISBN-10: 0312380968

Fantasy. Beatrice Shakespeare Smith, a.k.a. Bertie, a.k.a. the Queen of Improvisation, has lived in the enchanted Theatre Illuminata for every one of her 17 years. But irrepressible Bertie's frequent pranks have worn the management's patience thin, and now she must prove her worth to the theater--or be cast out of it forever. With a fantastically described magical world (characters from all of the world's major plays dwell in the theater, held there by an enchanted book); a twisting, turning plot; and plenty of insider jokes and references to please thespians, stagehands, and other drama buffs, Eyes Like Stars will prompt many curtain calls and leave readers clamoring for its sequel, Perchance to Dream.

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Publisher: Zest Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/16/2009
ISBN-13: 9780981973319
ISBN-10: 0981973310

Nonfiction. If you've ever caught your mom or dad laughing at a joke that you didn't get on a TV show like The Simpsons or The Daily Show, chances are that you missed a reference to a famous movie. Chances are even better that said movie is profiled in this book, which catalogs some of the most-quoted, most memorable movies of the 20th century and tells you what's so great (or terrible) about them that they've become part of popular culture. This entertaining "cheat sheet" to recent film history recaps 50 indelible movies (many of them R-rated, FYI), hits their high points, and lists a number of classic quotations from each, such as "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries." (Nope. We're not telling what movie that's from.)

Publisher: Simon Pulse
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/06/2007
ISBN-13: 9781416933915
ISBN-10: 1416933913

Fiction. "It was a drag queen's worst nightmare," says Bryan Stark, the closeted, "snarkastic" reporter of all the juicy happenings onstage and off during oh-so-exclusive Orion Academy's production of The Wizard of Oz. Bowing to pressure from some well-to-do parents, the musical's director casts four Dorothys, two Glindas, and two Scarecrows. Then strange things start happening to the Dorothys, and Bryan suspects foul play. This 1st of four books (so far) in the Drama! series is a fun, fast-paced read that should appeal to theater buffs and Gossip Girl fans alike.

Publisher: Walker & Company
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/22/2008
ISBN-13: 9780802797407
ISBN-10: 0802797407

Fiction. The fate of the floundering Wallingford Theater rests with high-school senior Mimi Wallingford, but it's medical school that interests Mimi, not her leading role in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Despite her lack of interest in the family's theatrical dynasty, Mimi bows to pressure from her mother to continue acting. Then Mimi and her leading man, the extremely annoying teen idol Troy Summers, are magically transported to 1594 Verona...where Mimi bonds with the real Juliet and becomes determined to give her a happy ending. Filled with twists and turns, humor, and excitement, Saving Juliet is a rousing and adventurous read.