Showing posts with label 2007. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2007. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

The tree-sitter : a novel

The tree-sitter : a novel 
by Suzanne Matson 
Language: English 
New York ; London : W.W. Norton, 2007. 
pages cm. 
ISBN: 9780393329445 ; 0393329445 
Summary: A passionate and tensely pitched tale of first love and idealism set in the Oregon forests. Julie Prince is a top college student, destined for conventional success. But then she falls in love with Neil, a radical graduate student, and abandons her privileged East Coast life to tree-sit in the forests of Oregon. At first it is a romantic field trip; soon, though, Julie finds herself increasingly moved by the magnificence of the endangered forest and, like Neil, invested in its protection. Eventually pulled into a militant act of sabotage, Julie is forced to reassess her deepest held loyalties and beliefs. 
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393329445/

Sunday, February 28, 2016

Tomorrow

Tomorrow 
by Graham Swift 
Language: English 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. 
255 pages ; 20 cm. 
ISBN: 0307266907 ; 9780307266903 
Summary: On a midsummer's night, Paula lies awake, her husband of twenty-five years asleep beside her and her teenage children in nearby rooms, anticipating the coming of the next day, when a revelation will redefine all their lives. 
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Tomorrow-Vintage-International-Graham-Swift/dp/0307386430

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Sperm donor offspring : identity and other experiences

Sperm donor offspring : identity and other experiences
Lynn W Spencer.
[Charleston, SC] : Booksurge, ©2007.
150 p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 1419672614; 9781419672613

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Go Figure By Jo Edwards

Go Figure
by Jo Edwards
Language: English
New York : Simon Pulse ©2007.
x, 271 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 1416924922; 9781416924920
Reading level: Young Adult
Protagonist: 17
Summary: Ever since she was identified as a "fat girl" at cheerleading camp in fifth grade, Ryan's been on a mission to shed more than a few pounds. Lately she's also on the hunt for a new relationship. Now that her ex-boyfriend is a rock star - currently posing on the cover of Rolling Stone - Ryan seriously needs to move on.
Reviews: Publishers Weekly, Voice of Youth Advocates

http://www.joedwardsbooks.com/

Perfect girl

Perfect girl
by Mary Hogan
Language: English
New York : HarperTempest, ©2007.
196 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0060841087; 9780060841089
Reading level: Young Adult
Protagonist: 14
Summary: Ninth-grader Ruthie Bayer realizes that she is in love with her best friend Perry, the boy next door, but when competition appears, Ruthie calls on her glamorous aunt for advice.
Reviews: School Library Journal, Horn Book, Kliatt, Kirkus Review

http://www.maryhogan.com/

The other half of me

The other half of me 
by Emily Franklin 
Language: English 
New York : Delacorte Press, ©2007. 
247 p. ; 22 cm. 
ISBN: 038573445X; 9780385734455
Reading level: Young Adult
Protagonist: 17
Summary: Feeling out of place in her athletic family, artistic sixteen-year-old Jenny Fitzgerald, whose biological father was a sperm donor, finds her half sister through the Sibling Donor Registry and contacts her, hoping that this will finally make her feel complete.
Reviews: Voice of Youth Advocates, School Library Journal, Booklist, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Horn Book, Kliatt

http://www.emilyfranklin.com/

Goddess games

Goddess games 
by Niki Burnham 
Language: English 
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2007. 
282 p. ; 19 cm.
ISBN: 141692700X; 9781416927006
Reading level: Young Adult
Summary: Three high school girls from very different social backgrounds deal with their problems and learn how to get along together while working at a mountain resort for the summer.
Reviews: School Library Journal, Horn Book

http://www.nikiburnham.com/