Alamosa Public Library

The Getaway by Lamar Giles; The Cousins by Karen M McManus; Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson: “We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.”-- Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino :From award-winning author Alex Gino comes a groundbreaking novel for children about how important the past can be those trying to create a different future.-- We Are Okay Nina LaCour: You go through life thinking there’s so much...

We Are Not Free; From New York Times best-selling and acclaimed author Traci Chee comes We Are Not Free, the collective account of a tight-knit group of young Nisei, second-generation Japanese American citizens, whose lives are irrevocably changed by the mass U.S. incarcerations of World War II. The Wrath and the the Dawn; Retelling of "1001 Arabian Nights" Fire Keeper's Daughter: as the deceptions - and deaths - keep growing, Daunis must learn...

Chaos Walking; Dubbed by Publishers Weekly “one of the most important works of young adult science fiction in recent years,” the Chaos Walking trilogy includes three highly acclaimed novels, in paperback 1)The Knife of Never Letting Go 2)The Ask and the Answer 3) Monsters of Men Grace Year; "This book is harrowing and absolutely riveting, an insidious journey from reason to madness that manages to completely refresh the concept of the patriarchal...

Bone Spindle: Sleeping Beauty meets Indiana Jones in this thrilling fairy-tale retelling for fans of Sorcery of Thorns and The Cruel Prince. Cinder: Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl.... Little Thieves: A scrappy maid must outsmart both palace nobles and Low...

After her mother's death, Julie goes to live with Aunt Cordelia, a spinster schoolteacher, where she experiences many emotions and changes as she grows from seven to eighteen.

Georgie Burgess, a victim of child abuse, is sent to live in a home for boys, where he learns to replace suspicion with trust and friendship.

Overview: The first ten lies they tell you in high school. "Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated...

In The Bonemender, Gabrielle took her talent for healing into battle where her father died in her arms; she fell in love with a man who turned out to be an Elf, with a lifespan many times that of a Human, and she learned that she was not whom she had believed herself to be. Now, the war is over, but the threat from across the mountains has only withdrawn for the time-being, and danger lurks closer to home. Both Gabrielle and her brother Tristan must...

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