Author: e200510071

Where the Heart Is Billie Letts (FIC LET)
REALISTIC
"Novalee Nation, seventeen, seven months pregnant, thirty-seven pounds overweight-and superstitious about sevens--shifted uncomfortably in the seat of the old Plymouth and ran her hands down the curve of her belly."
When Dad Killed Mom Julius Lester (FIC LES ) MYSTERY
"My mother is dead."
33 Snowfish Adam Rapp (FIC RAP )
REALISTIC
"On top of everything else, Boobie's got the
clap."
The Catcher in the Rye Salinger (FIC SAL)
REALISTIC
“If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth”
The Color Purple Alice Walker (FIC WAL)
REALISTIC
“You better not tell nobody but God”
Predator’s Gold Philip Reeve (FIC REE )
SCI-FI
“Freya awoke early and lay for a while in the dark, feeling her city shiver and sway beneath her as its powerful engines sent it skimming across the ice. Sleepily, she waited for her servants to come and help her out of bed. It took her a few moments to remember that they were all dead.”

A Million Little Pieces James Frey (FIC FRE) REAL I wake to the drone of an airplane engine and the feeling of something warm dripping down my chin. I lift my hand to feel my face. My front four teeth are gone, I have a hole in my cheek, my nose is broken and my eyes are swollen nearly shut. I open them and I look around and I’m in the back of a plane and there’s no one near me.”
Rundown Michael Cadnum (FIC CAD) REAL “One month before my sister’s wedding, I did a terrible thing.”
So Yesterday Scott Westerfeld (FIC WES ) MYSTERY “We are all around you. You don’t think about us much because we are invisible. Well, not exactly invisible. A lot of us have hair dyed in four colors, or wear five-inch platform sneakers, or carry enough metal in our skin that it’s a hassle getting on an airplane.”
Godless Pete Hautman (FIC HAU) REALISTIC “Getting punched in the face is a singular experience. I highly recommend it to anyone who is a little too cocky, obnoxious, or insensitive.”
Inside Out Terry Trueman (FIC TRU ) REALISTIC “All I want is a maple bar, but I don’t think these kids with the guns care about what I want.”
The Half Life of Planets Frankling and Halpin (FIC FRA) REALISTIC “I am not a slut. Evidence exists that is contrary to this statement, but....”
Going Bovine by Bray (FIC BRA) ADVENTURE “The best day of my life happened when I was five and almost died at Disney Word.”

And the Books That Contain Them.

Cuba 15 Nancy Osa (FIC OSA ) “What can be fun about having to stand up in front of everyone you know, in a ruffly dress the color of Pepto-Bismol, and proclaim your womanhood?”
Shattering Glass Gail Giles (FIC GIL ) “Simon Glass was easy to hate. I never knew exactly why, there was too much to pick from. I guess, really, we each hated him for a different reason, but we didn’t realize it until the day we killed him.”
Eight Seconds Jean Ferris (FIC FER)
"With 'Honky Tonk Nighttime Man' blaring from the radio, Bobby gunned the truck down the dark, empty highway, grinning in spite of the blood on his shirt."
Feed M.T. Anderson (FIC AND )
“We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck.”

PRHS Media Center

Hope Was Here Joan Bauer (FIC BAU )
REALISTIC
“ Somehow I knew my time had come when Bambi Barnes tore her order book into little pieces, hurled it in the air like confetti, and got fired from the Rainbow Diner in Pensacola right in the middle of lunchtime rush.”
Stolen Car by Patrick Jones (FIC JON )
ADV
“I’m fifteen years old and I’m driving a stolen car.”
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Dyan Sheldon (FIC SHE) HUMOR
“It is a sad and shocking fact of my young life that my parents named me Mary Elizabeth Cep by mistake.”
Or Give Me Death: Patrick Henry’s Family by Ann Rinaldi (FIC RIN ) HISTORICAL
“I was the first one in the family to know when Mama started to go insane.”
What Happened to Lani Garver Carol Plum-Ucci (FIC PLU) REALISTIC “I never bought into our island’s superstitions about Indian summers being cursed. Not until last year, at any rate.”
Life in the Fat Lane Cherie Bennett (FIC BEN ) REALISTIC
"Which would you rather be, fat or dead?"
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares (FIC BRA) REALISTIC
“Once upon a time there was a pair of pants.”
Jade Green Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (FIC NAY )
MYSTERY
“When the carriage turned onto Stone Street, it was as though the house were watching. There were two gables with a window in each, curtains slightly parted like cats' eyes, not quite closed, spying.”
The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold (FIC SEB)
MYSTERY
“My name is Aalmon, like the fish, first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973.”
The Shadow Club Neal Shusterrman (FIC SHU) REALISTIC
“I suppose you want to know all about us, don’t you? All the nasty, horrible details about the vicious things we did. How we planned the accidents, how we plotted against everyone who got in our way. That’s what you want to hear, isn’t it?”
The Earth, My Butt and Other Round Things
By Carolyn Mackler (FIC MAC) HUMOR
“Froggy Welsh the 4th is trying to get up my shirt.”
Speak Laurie Halse Anderson (FIC AND ) REALISTIC
“It's the first morning of high school. I have seven new notebooks, a skirt I hate, and a stomachache.”
David V. God Mary Pearson (FIC PEA )
FANTASY
“Oh, Man!" David had thought he might be dying as he looked past his chest and saw his intestines splayed before him.”
We All Fall Down Robert Cormier (FIC COR ) REALISTIC
"They entered the house at 9:02 p.m. on the evening of April Fool's Day."
Dreamland Sarah Dessen (FIC DES)
REALISTIC
“My sister Cass ran away on the morning of my sixteenth birthday. She left my present, wrapped and sitting outside my bedroom door, and stuck a note for my parents under the coffeemaker. None of us heard her leave.”
Silent to the Bone E.L. Konigsburg (FIC KON ) REALISTIC
“It is easy to pinpoint the minute when my friend Branwell began his silence. It was Wednesday, November 25, 2:43 P.M., Eastern Standard Time. It was there-or, I guess you could say not there-on the tape of the 911 call.”
Media Center Information
Hours: Monday—Friday: 6:45– 2:10 PM
End Zone: Mon– Thursday: 2:10– 4:30 PM
Printing Info: $0.10 a page for B&W… $1.00 a page for color
Checking Out Books
Books are checked out for 3 weeks and can be renewed. Overdue book fees are $0.10 a school day.
Students may have 3 books checked out at once.
Students may not check out books until overdue books are returned and fines over $10.00 are paid off.
Books are shelved by genre.