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TITLE: Catherine's War
AUTHOR: Julia Billet WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Bil - GRAPHIC SUMMARY: A survival story based on true events follows the experiences of a young Jewish photographer who is forced to go into hiding and make a perilous journey to the free zone when Germany seizes France during World War II. |
TITLE: Jane Anonymous
AUTHOR: Laurie Faria Stolarz CALL NUMBER: F Sto - THRILLER SUMMARY: In chapters alternating between "then" and "now," seventeen-year-old Jane Anonymous chronicles the events leading up to her abduction and seven-month captivity and her painful return to family and friends. |
TITLE: Educated
AUTHOR: Tara Westover CALL NUMBER: 921 Wes SUMMARY: Traces the author's experiences as a child born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, describing her participation in her family's paranoid stockpiling activities and her resolve to educate herself well enough to earn an acceptance into a prestigious university and the unfamiliar world beyond. |
TITLE: The Starlight Claim
AUTHOR: Tim Wynne-Jones CALL NUMBER: F Wyn - THRILLER SUMMARY: After losing his best friend in a boating accident, Nate decides to go on a journey by himself to his family's remote cabin, but when he finds the cabin occupied by escaped inmates, he must depend on his skills to survive. |
TITLE: The Great Alone
AUTHOR: Kristin Hannah CALL NUMBER: F Han - HISTORICAL SUMMARY: When her father impulsively moves the family to mid-1970s Alaska to live off the land, young Leni and her mother are forced to confront the dangers of their lack of preparedness in the wake of a dangerous winter season. |
TITLE: A Map for Wrecked Girls
AUTHOR: Jessica Taylor CALL NUMBER: F Tay - NOVELS SUMMARY: Stranded on a deserted island with a boy they barely know, sisters Emma and Henri have to find a way to survive together, even after a betrayal back home ruined their relationship. |
TITLE: Nemesis
AUTHOR: Brendan Reichs CALL NUMBER: F Rei - SCIENCE FICTION SUMMARY: As the Anvil, an enormous asteroid, threatens to end all life on Earth, sixteen-year-old Min begins to uncover a lifetime of lies, a sinister conspiracy involving all students in her sophomore class in Fire Lake, Idaho. |
TITLE: Refugee
AUTHOR: Alan Gratz CALL NUMBER: F Gra - NOVEL SUMMARY: Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together. |