Dickinson, John

When Phaedra, a willful daughter of a baron, decides to marry for love, she sets off an unforseeable chain of events and a battle between good and evil.

Horror tales by great YA authors including Joan Aiken, Vivian Vande Velde, M.T. Anderson, Neil Gaiman.

Jinks, Catherine

Follows the adventures of Pagan, squire to Lord Roland, through the years 1188 to 1189, as he accompanies his master, now determined to be a monk, to the French monastery of St. Martin and uncovers a dangerous blackmail plot.

Koertge, Ron

Margaux, known as a "tough chick" at her Los Angeles high school, makes a connection with Danny, who, like her, struggles with the emotional impact of family violence and abuse.

Lawrence, Michael

Sixteen-year-old Alaric discovers how to travel to an alternate reality, where his mother is alive and his place in the family is held by a girl named Naia.

Leavitt, Martine

Abandoned by his mentally ill mother, thirteen-year-old Heck tries to survive on his own as his mind bounces between the superhero character he imagines himself to be and the harsh reality of his life.

Lee, Tanith

When Art remembers her mother and their exciting life, she leaves Angels Academy for Young Maidens, seeks out the pirates who were her family before her mother's death, and leads them back to adventure on the high seas.

LeGuin, Ursula K.

When a young man blinds himself rather than use his gift of "unmaking"--a violent talent shared by members of his family--he upsets the precarious balance of power among rival, feuding families, each of which has a strange and deadly talent of its own.

Poe, Edgar Allan

Presents four classic tales of the macabre enhanced by appropriately ghoulish illustrations.

Wolf, Allan

The letters and thoughts of Thomas Jefferson, members of the Corps of Discovery, their guide Sacagawea, and Captain Lewis's Newfoundland dog, all tell of the historic exploratory expedition to seek a water route to the Pacific Ocean.

Bausum, Ann

Photographs and text cover the history of how women won the right to vote in the U.S.A.

Nelson, Marilyn

A crown of sonnets, each linked to the next, all about the life and death of Emmett Till.

Nye, Naomi Shihab

This latest collection of original poems explores the world of growing up and coming of age.

Greenberg, Jan

This book tells the story of Andy Warhol's life; it also examines how Warhol made his art and the impression he made on American art and culture.