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What is more important than our community's youth and education? And what is it that you can do to support this education? The answer is easier than you would think: BUY THEM A BOOK!
The PHS library is in dire need of updating and we need our community's help!
How to help? Choose from the following options...
1)(MY PREFERENCE!) Pick out a specific book from the following list and send cash
or check to cover its cost. The library will then order that exact
book for its collection!
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Please make checks payable to: PHS Library
Send to: PHS Librarian, 5911 Maxwell Dr., Paradise, CA 95969
Note: don't forget to state the specific title you are donating dollars for!
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2) Make a monetary donation in any amount you choose that will go
directly to adding quality and current titles to the library's
collection.
NOTE: Book donations must be from the approved list below; if you have a title you would like to donate that is not on the list, please contact the librarian, email Ms. Safarik, first.
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We believe that it is truly important that the students see the
interest the community takes in their education, and so it would be our
honor to place a bookplate in the front of the book that you donate, stating your name (or your student's name).
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| Books The Library Would Love To Have On It's Shelves | Top of Page |
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Highlighted books have already been donated! Thank you!
Fiction
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Darklight : a novel
By Livingston, Lesley. Dewey: -Fic-
After
a dangerous encounter in Central Park, actress Kelley Winslow, who has
only recently learned that she is a Faerie, journeys to the Otherworld
and begins to untangle the strands of a magical conspiracy with
far-reaching consequences.
____#06542Z1 2010 IL:YA $14.44
Demon chick
By Kaye, Marilyn. Dewey: -Fic-
Sixteen-year-old
Jessica discovers that her mother, a charismatic presidential
candidate, sold Jessica's soul to the devil in exchange for political
power.
____#08883DX 2009 IL:YA $15.29
Devoured
By Marrone, Amanda. Dewey: -Fic-
Rising high
school senior Megan has been haunted by her twin for ten years, but now
Remy is trying to warn her about terrible danger surrounding Megan's
summer job at an amusement park called the Land of Enchantment.
____#03793R2 2009 IL:YA $13.66
Dirty little secrets
By Omololu, Cynthia Jaynes. Dewey: -Fic-
When
her unstable mother dies unexpectedly, sixteen-year-old Lucy must take
control and find a way to keep the long-held secret of her mother's
compulsive hoarding from being revealed to friends, neighbors, and
especially the media.
____#08925Z1 2010 IL:YA $14.44
DupliKate : a novel(DONATED! Thank you to the Witt/Spiess Family!)
By Cheva, Cherry. Dewey: -Fic-
When
she wakes up one morning to find her double in her room,
seventeen-year-old Kate, already overburdened with college
applications, finals, and extracurricular activities, decides to put
her to work.
____#00673Z6 2009 IL:YA $14.44
Fade to Blue : a novel
By Beaudoin, Sean. Dewey: -Fic-
Eighteen-year-old
Goth Sophie Blue, sensing that something is awry in her small town,
begins to piece together the connections between her missing father, a
scientific researcher at a local laboratory, and her high school's
football star, Kenny.
____#01577Z4 2009 IL:YA $14.44
Fever Crumb
By Reeve, Philip. Dewey: -Fic-
Foundling Fever
Crumb has been raised as an engineer although females in the future
London, England, are not believed capable of rational thought, but at
age fourteen she leaves her sheltered world and begins to learn
startling truths about her past while facing danger in the present.
____#08795T6 2009 IL:YA $15.29
Give up the ghost
By Crewe, Megan. Dewey: -Fic-
Sixteen-year-old
Cass's only friends are her dead sister and the school ghosts who feed
her gossip that she uses to make students face up to their bad
behavior, but when a popular boy asks for her help, she begins to reach
out to the living again.
____#08859D4 2009 IL:YA $15.29
Hate list
By Brown, Jennifer, 1972- Dewey: -Fic-
Sixteen-year-old
Valerie, whose boyfriend Nick committed a school shooting at the end of
their junior year, struggles to cope with integrating herself back into
high school life, unsure herself whether she was a hero or a villain.
____#00477WX 2009 IL:YA $14.44
How to say goodbye in Robot
By Standiford, Natalie. Dewey: -Fic-
After
moving to Baltimore and enrolling in a private school, high school
senior Beatrice befriends a quiet loner with a troubled family history.
____#00887T3 2009 IL:YA $15.29
Last night I sang to the monster : a novel
By Saenz, Benjamin Alire. Dewey: -Fic-
Eighteen-year-old
Zach does not remember how he came to be in a treatment center for
alcoholics, but through therapy and caring friends, his amnesia fades
and he learns to face his past while working toward a better future.
____#02425Y9 2009 IL:YA $14.40
The last summer of the Death Warriors
By Stork, Francisco
X. Dewey: -Fic-
Seventeen-year-old Pancho is bent on avenging the
senseless death of his sister, but after he meets D.Q, who is dying of
cancer, and Marisol, one of D.Q.'s caregivers, both boys find their
lives changed by their interactions.
____#08793T1 2010 IL:YA $15.29
The lost conspiracy
By Hardinge, Frances. Dewey: -Fic-
When
a lie is exposed and their tribe turns against them, Hathin must find a
way to save her sister Arilou--once considered the tribe's oracle--and
herself.
____#00735W6 2009 IL:5-8 RL:6.7 $17.89
Never slow dance with a zombie
By Van Lowe, Ehrich. Dewey:
-Fic-
High school juniors Margot and Sybil are terrified to find that
classmates have been turned into zombies, but decide to use this
situation to their advantage, and accomplish all the goals they set for
themselves after middle school graduation.
____#00924U7 2009 IL:YA $8.99
Once a witch (DONATED! Thank you to the Witt/Spiess Family!)
By MacCullough, Carolyn. Dewey: -Fic-
Born
into a family of witches, seventeen-year-old Tamsin is raised believing
that she alone lacks a magical "Talent," but when her beautiful and
powerful sister is taken by an age-old rival of the family in an
attempt to change the balance of power, Tamsin discovers her true
destiny.
____#00767Z4 2009 IL:YA $13.60
Pretty dead
By Block, Francesca Lia. Dewey: -Fic-
Beautiful vampire Charlotte finds herself slowly changing back into a human after the mysterious death of her best friend.
____#00656Z5 2009 IL:YA $14.44
Purple Heart
By McCormick, Patricia. Dewey: -Fic-
While recuperating in a Baghdad hospital from a traumatic brain injury
sustained during the Iraq War, eighteen-year-old soldier Matt Duffy
struggles to recall what happened to him and how it relates to his
ten-year-old friend, Ali.
____#03806S0 2009 IL:YA $14.44
Resurrection
By Holder, Nancy. Dewey: -Fic-
A threat more
powerful and frightening than anything they have faced before looms
over the Cahors witches as both the Devereux and Cahors family lines
face extinction, and Cahors family secrets are revealed.
____#01081R4 2009 IL:YA $13.66
Shiver (DONATED!)
By Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981- Dewey: -Fic-
In all
the years she has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house,
Grace has been particularly drawn to an unusual yellow-eyed wolf who,
in his turn, has been watching her with increasing intensity.
____#00889T8 2009 IL:YA $15.29
Solace of the road
By Dowd, Siobhan. Dewey: -Fic-
While
running away from a London foster home just before her fifteenth
birthday, Holly has ample time to consider her years of residential
care and her early life with her Irish mother, whom she is now trying
to reach.
____#04665VX 2009 IL:YA $22.66
A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
By Woods, Brenda (Brenda
A.) Dewey: -Fic-
Nine Los Angeles high school students use a
creative writing class assignment to shed light on their own lives.
____#05303W3 2010 IL:YA $14.44
Wish you were dead
By Strasser, Todd. Dewey: -Fic-
Madison,
a senior at a suburban New York high school, tries to uncover who is
responsible for the disappearance of her friends, popular students
mentioned in the posts of an anonymous blogger, while she, herself, is
being stalked online and in-person.
____#00072V3 2009 IL:YA $14.44
Wondrous strange : a novel
By Livingston, Lesley. Dewey:
-Fic-
Seventeen-year-old actress Kelley Winslow, an understudy for a
production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," meets Sonny Flannery, who
guards the Samhain Gate that connects the mortal realm with the
Otherworld and is determined to protect Kelley as she learns about her
own magical fate.
____#19175Z8 2009 IL:YA $14.44
Z. Rex (DONATED! Thank you to the Witt/Spiess Family!)
By Cole, Stephen, 1971- Dewey: -Fic-
From Santa
Fe, New Mexico, to Edinburgh, Scotland, thirteen-year-old Adam Adlar
must elude police while being hunted by a dinosaur come-to-life from a
virtual reality game invented by his father, who has gone missing.
____#00934Y6 2009 IL:5-8 RL:5.7 $14.44
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Civil unrest in the 1960s : riots and their aftermath
By Mara,
Wil. Dewey: 303.6
Chronicles the history of civil unrest in the
1960s, looking at the causes and expression of anger over racism, the
Vietnam War, equal rights, and other issues, and discussing the effects
of those protests.
____#04782R3 2010 IL:YA $31.94
Drawing manga : animals, chibis, and other adorable creatures
By
Amberlyn, J. C. Dewey: 741.5
Provides tips and instructions for
drawing manga animals, chibis, and other creatures, and includes
demonstrations on using computer programs such as Corel Painter and
Photoshop.
____#01665X2 2009 IL:AD $18.69
The firefly letters --a suffragette's journey to Cuba
By
Engle, Margarita. Dewey: 813.54
____#29344A1 2010 IL:YA $15.29
Gender danger : survivors of rape, human trafficking, and honor killings
By Simons, Rae, 1957- Dewey: 362.88
Details
real-life survival stories from individuals who have survived gender
crimes, which includes rape, domestic violence, human trafficking,
honor killings, and more; and also discusses the struggles of
transgender people.
____#27908Y5 2009 IL:YA $24.95
Hiroshima : birth of the nuclear age
By Burgan,
Michael. Dewey: 940.54
Provides comprehensive information on the
Manhattan Project, the bombing of Hiroshima, and its legacy.
____#04756R3 2010 IL:YA $31.94
My name is Jason, mine too --our story, our way
By Reynolds, Jason. Dewey: 811
Jason
Reynolds and Jason Griffin, a collaborative team of artist and poet,
chronicle their experiences upon moving to New York to pursue their art.
____#21890B3 2009 IL:YA $17.26
Racial profiling
By Orr, Tamra. Dewey: 363.2
An
exploration of racial profiling that discusses its history, where and
why it occurs, proponents and opponents of the practice, legislation,
and other related topics.
____#02184U0 2010 IL:5-8 RL:8.9 $22.95
The right to die
By Sharp, Anne Wallace. Dewey: 344.7304
Examines
the controversial issue of assisted suicide, and discusses death and
the process of dying, euthanasia, refusal of medical treatment, and
more; and includes discussion questions and contact information for
relevant organizations.
____#21209U4 2009 IL:5-8 RL:8.9 $25.96
Skin health information for teens : health tips about dermatological
concerns and skin cancer risks including facts about acne, warts,
allergies, and other conditions and lifestyle choices, such as tanning,
tattooing, and piercing, that affect the skin, nails, scalp, and hair
Dewey:
646.7
A comprehensive guide for teenagers on skin care and health
that provides tips and concerns about dermatological care and cancer
risks, discussing birthmarks, scars, cosmetics, tattoos, acne, diseases,
and related topics.
____#01639W4 2009 IL:YA $74.52
The teen vogue handbook : an insider's guide to careers in fashion.
Dewey:
746.9
Offers information and advice on careers in the fashion
industry from "Teen Vogue," detailing the career paths of established
professionals in the industry, and covering resumes, agencies,
education, and other related topics.
____#00521V1 2009 IL:YA $21.20
A teen's guide to creating web pages and blogs
By Selfridge, Benjamin. Dewey: 006.7
Step-by-step
instructions help teens create personal web pages and blogs, with tips
on how to design and update a unique, creative web site while
protecting themselves and their identities from online hackers and
predators.
____#24763Y2 2009 IL:YA $16.96
Than Shwe's Burma
By Zahler, Diane. Dewey: 959.1
Profiles
the history of Burma under the leadership of dictator Than Shwe, and
describes his military career, rise to power, and political policies;
as well as the human rights abuses suffered by the Burmese people, and
other related topics.
____#03914U4 2010 IL:YA $28.95
Time you let me in : 25 poets under 25
Dewey: 811
A
collection of poems selected by Naomi Shihab Nye from twenty-five poets,
each under twenty-five years of age.
____#39545D8 2010 IL:YA $17.89
The town that food saved : how one community found vitality in local
food
By Hewitt, Ben, 1971- Dewey: 338.1
Tells the story of
how the people in the small town of Harwick, Vermont, developed a local
food system and helped to save the economy of the region.
____#02841W8 2009 IL:AD $24.99
Waste : uncovering the global food scandal
By Stuart,
Tristram. Dewey: 363.8
Traces the problem of world hunger along the
length of the food chain, arguing that consumers in North America and
Europe discard half their food while crops in developing countries rot
because there is no way to process and/or get them to market, and
offering a plan of rectify the problem by reducing, redistributing, and
recycling.
____#03349YX 2009 IL:AD $23.76
We shall all be free : survivors of racism (DONATED! Thank you to the Witt/Spiess Family!)
By Sanna, Ellyn, 1957- Dewey: 305.8
Explores
how racism impacts people of all races, discussing why and how racism
exists in the modern world, common assumptions people make about
other's based on race or ethnicity, and the ways people have overcome
racism throughout history.
____#23405Y8 2009 IL:YA $24.95
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