Posts Tagged ‘Putnam’

Surf Mules by Greg Neri

June 11, 2009

surf-mulesSummary: When a tragic accident and sudden financial woes cause recent high school graduate Logan to question plans for his future, he agrees to make a road trip with his best friend and surfing buddy, Z-boy, transporting marijuana from southern California to Orlando, Florida.

Putnam

Flygirl by Sherri L Smith

April 3, 2009

flygirl__sl160_Summary:  During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl “passes” for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.

275 pages, Putnam

Torched by April Henry

April 2, 2009

torched__sl160_Summary:  In order to save her parents from going to jail for possession of marijuana, sixteen-year-old Ellie must help the FBI uncover the intentions of a radical environmental group by going undercover.

212 pages, Putnam

Just One Wish by Janette Rallison

March 21, 2009

just-one-wish__sl160_Summary:  Seventeen-year-old Annika tries to cheer up her little brother Jeremy before his surgery to remove a cancerous tumor by bringing home his favorite television actor, Steve Raleigh, the star of “Teen Robin Hood.”

264 pages, Putnam

Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman

August 15, 2008

Summary: In India, in 1941, when her father becomes brain-damaged in a non-violent protest march, fifteen-year-old Vidya and her family are forced to move in with her father’s extended family and become accustomed to a totally different way of life. 247 p., G. Putnam and Sons.

Peeled by Joan Bauer

April 25, 2008

Summary: In an upstate New York farming community, high school reporter Hildy Biddle investigates a series of strange occurrences at a house rumored to be haunted. 256 p., G. P. Putnam’s Sons.

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