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Number the Stars (Laurel Leaf Books) (Used - 6.99€)
by LOIS LOWRY
Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It's now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are "relocated," Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to save Ellen's life.From the Paperback edition.
On The Run #1 : Chasing The Falconers (Used - 5.99€)
by Gordon Korman,
Aidan and Meg Falconer are their parents' only hope. The Falconers are facing life in prison -- unless Aidan and Meg can follow a trail of clues to prove their innocence. The problem? Right now they're trapped in a juvenile detention center. Until they escape one night -- and find themselves on the run, both from the authorities and from a sinister attacker t who has his own reason to stop them. The Falconers must use their wits to make it across the country ... with plenty of tests along the way. Gordon Korman takes readers into FUGITIVE territory -- with thrilling results.
Out of the dust (Used - 6.99€)
by Karen Hesse
In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.
Sandry's book (Used - 6.99€)
by by Tamora Pierce
Four young misfits find themselves living in a strictly disciplined temple community where they become friends while also learning to do crafts and to use their powers, especially magic.
Shabanu : Daughter of the Wind (Used - 6.99€)
by SUZANNE FISHER STAPLES
"This first novel is, on several counts, one of the most exciting YA booksto appear recently. Staples is so steeped in her story and its Pakistanisetting that the use of a first-person voice for a desert child ringsauthentic--the voice is clear, consistent, and convincing. Shabanu and hersister are to marry brothers as soon as they all come of age. But she willeventually lose her betrothed and be promised to a wealthy landowner to settlea feud. The richness and tragedy of a whole culture are reflected in the fateof this girl's family. Through an involving plot Staples has given readersinsight into lives totally different from their own, but into emotionsresoundingly familiar."--(starred) Bulletin, Center for Children's Books.
Skeleton Key (Used - 6.99€)
by Anthony Horowitz,
Working as a secret agent for Britain?s most exclusive agency, Alex Rider has seen it all. He?s been shot at by international terrorists, stood face-to-face with pure evil, and saved the world?twice. But fifteen-year-old Alex is about to face something more dangerous than he can imagine: A man who?s lost everything he cared for?his country, his son?a man who has a nuclear weapon, and will stop at nothing to get his world back. Unless Alex can stop him first...
Slam! (Used - 6.99€)
by Walter Dean Myers
Sixteen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently.
Somewhere in the Darkness (Used - 6.99€)
by Walter Dean Myers
Jimmy's doing all right. He's fourteen, lives in Harlem with Mama Jean, and is managing to hold his own in a tough and brutal world. One day Jimmy's world changes when, in a dark hallway of his apartment building, a tall, thin man appears. The man is his father, Crab, who left nine years ago.Crab wants to be part of Jimmy's life again, but Jimmy's not so sure what he wants.
Stargirl (Used - 5.99€)
by JERRY SPINELLI
Stargirl. From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color and sound, the hallways hum with the murmur of ?Stargirl, Stargirl.? She captures Leo Borlock?s heart with just one smile. She sparks a school-spirit revolution with just one cheer. The students of Mica High are enchanted. At first. Then they turn on her. Stargirl is suddenly shunned for everything that makes her different, and Leo, panicked and desperate with love, urges her to become the very thing that can destroy her: normal. In this celebration of nonconformity, Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli weaves a tense, emotional tale about the perils of popularity and the thrill and inspiration of first love.
Stormbreaker (Used - 6.99€)
by Anthony Horowitz,
They told him his uncle died in a car accident. Fourteen-year-old Alex knows that?s a lie, and the bullet holes in his uncle?s windshield confirm his suspicions. But nothing prepares him for the news that the uncle he always thought he knew was really a spy for MI6?Britain?s top secret intelligence agency. Recruited to find his uncle?s killers and complete his final mission, Alex suddenly finds himself caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse.
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