Most Circulated Titles

Scythe

Shusterman, Neal.


In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomes a scythe must kill the one who doesn't.
Date Published:2016

Halo, evolutions : essential tales of the Halo universe.


"A Tom Doherty Associates book." The universe will be explored like never before in this collection of all-new, world-expanding stories.
Date Published:2009

Death note

åOba, Tsugumi.


Translated from the Japanese. "First published in Japan in 2003 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo"--Colophon. "A compilation of the graphic novel volumes 1 and 2"--Colophon. Book reads from right to left. "Parental advisory. Death Note is rated T+ for Older Teen and is recommended for ages 16 and up. It contains scenes of violence"--Colophon. Light Yagumi discovers a Death Note dropped by a Shinigami death god and vows to use this power to rid the world of evil, but when criminals start dropping dead, the great detective L. and Light's own father are sent to discover who is responsible. L. redoubles his efforts to find the Death Note Killer after Light crosses the line and kills some of the agents who are chasing him.
Date Published:2003

Translated from the Japanese. "First published in Japan in 2003 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo"--Colophon. "A compilation of the graphic novel volumes 1 and 2"--Colophon. Book reads from right to left. "Parental advisory. Death Note is rated T+ for Older Teen and is recommended for ages 16 and up. It contains scenes of violence"--Colophon. Light Yagumi discovers a Death Note dropped by a Shinigami death god and vows to use this power to rid the world of evil, but when criminals start dropping dead, the great detective L. and Light's own father are sent to discover who is responsible. L. redoubles his efforts to find the Death Note Killer after Light crosses the line and kills some of the agents who are chasing him.

Date Published:2003

The night she disappeared

Henry, April.


Booklist, May 2012. Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, February 2012. Library Media Connection, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA), April 2012. Gabie and Drew set out to prove that their missing co-worker Kayla is not dead, and to find her before she is, while the police search for her body and the man who abducted her. Gabie drives a Mini Cooper. She also works part-time as a delivery girl at Pete's Pizza. One night, Kayla--another delivery girl--goes missing. To her horror, Gabie learns that the supposed kidnapper had asked if the girl in the Mini Cooper was working. Gabie can't move beyond the fact that Kayla's fate was really meant for her. She becomes obsessed with finding Kayla and teams up with Drew, who also works at Pete's. Together they set out to prove that Kayla isn't dead--and hopefully to find her before she is.
Date Published:2012

Booklist, May 2012. Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, February 2012. Library Media Connection, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA), April 2012. Gabie and Drew set out to prove that their missing co-worker Kayla is not dead, and to find her before she is, while the police search for her body and the man who abducted her. Gabie drives a Mini Cooper. She also works part-time as a delivery girl at Pete's Pizza. One night, Kayla--another delivery girl--goes missing. To her horror, Gabie learns that the supposed kidnapper had asked if the girl in the Mini Cooper was working. Gabie can't move beyond the fact that Kayla's fate was really meant for her. She becomes obsessed with finding Kayla and teams up with Drew, who also works at Pete's. Together they set out to prove that Kayla isn't dead--and hopefully to find her before she is.

Date Published:2012

One of us is lying

McManus, Karen M.


Junior Library Guild. Yale hopeful Bronwyn has never publicly broken a rule. Sports star Cooper only knows what he's doing in the baseball diamond. Bad boy Nate is one misstep away from a life of crime. Prom queen Addy is holding together the cracks in her perfect life. And outsider Simon, creator of the notorious gossip app at Bayview High, won't ever talk about any of them again. He dies 24 hours before he could post their deepest secrets online. Investigators conclude it's no accident. All of them are suspects. Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you'll go to protect them.
Date Published:2017

Junior Library Guild. Yale hopeful Bronwyn has never publicly broken a rule. Sports star Cooper only knows what he's doing in the baseball diamond. Bad boy Nate is one misstep away from a life of crime. Prom queen Addy is holding together the cracks in her perfect life. And outsider Simon, creator of the notorious gossip app at Bayview High, won't ever talk about any of them again. He dies 24 hours before he could post their deepest secrets online. Investigators conclude it's no accident. All of them are suspects. Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you'll go to protect them.

Date Published:2017

Black butler

Toboso, Yana, 1984-


Book reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format. "OT Older Teen"--Cover page [4]. Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011. Ciel Phantomhive, a young boy whose parents were taken from him by a fire, is forced to take over as head of his father's company, and his faithful butler, Sebastian, helps him with many problems in a way that makes one wonder if Sebastian is human at all.
Date Published:2010

A tale dark & Grimm

Gidwitz, Adam.


Publisher's Weekly, School Library Journal, Follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering such wicked creatures as witches, along with kindly strangers and other helpful folk. Based in part on the Grimms' fairy tales Faithful Johannes, Hansel and Gretel, The seven ravens, Brother and sister, The robber bridegroom, and The devil and his three golden hairs.
Date Published:2011

Publisher's Weekly, School Library Journal, Follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering such wicked creatures as witches, along with kindly strangers and other helpful folk. Based in part on the Grimms' fairy tales Faithful Johannes, Hansel and Gretel, The seven ravens, Brother and sister, The robber bridegroom, and The devil and his three golden hairs.

Date Published:2011

Attack on Titan

Isayama, Hajime, 1986-


Printed "manga-style." Book opens left-to-right; pages are read right-to-left. "First published in Japan in 2010 by Kodansha, Ltd., Tokyo as Shingeki no kyojin, volume 2"--Colophon. When the Colossal Titan breaches humanity's defenses, Mikasa tries her best to push the Titans back. Once a new Titan appears and begins killing its own kind, however, the situation takes an unexpected and dangerous turn.
Date Published:2012

Printed "manga-style." Book opens left-to-right; pages are read right-to-left. "First published in Japan in 2010 by Kodansha, Ltd., Tokyo as Shingeki no kyojin, volume 2"--Colophon. When the Colossal Titan breaches humanity's defenses, Mikasa tries her best to push the Titans back. Once a new Titan appears and begins killing its own kind, however, the situation takes an unexpected and dangerous turn.

Date Published:2012

Dragon ball full color Freeza arc.

Toriyama, Akira, 1955-,


Printed Manga-style; book opens from left to right. Pages are read from right to left. Translated from the Japanese. "First published in Japan in 2013 by Shueisha Incorporated, Tokyo"--Copyright page. Freeza has tremendous power now after his transformation. The Dragon Balls have been gathered, and the Dragon Lord summoned. Now only one wish remains. But first, Freeza and Goku must face off in a final confrontation.
Date Published:2013

Printed Manga-style; book opens from left to right. Pages are read from right to left. Translated from the Japanese. "First published in Japan in 2013 by Shueisha Incorporated, Tokyo"--Copyright page. Freeza has tremendous power now after his transformation. The Dragon Balls have been gathered, and the Dragon Lord summoned. Now only one wish remains. But first, Freeza and Goku must face off in a final confrontation.

Date Published:2013

The hunger games

Collins, Suzanne.


Booklist starred, September 2008. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2008. Horn Book Starred, September 2008. Horn Book, April 2009. Library Media Connection starred, November 2001. New York Times, November 2008. Pub Weekly, November 2008. School Library Journal starred, September 2008. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Wilson's Senior High School, June 2010. The acclaimed author of the "New York Times"-bestselling Underland Chronicles series delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in a stunning novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to the present.
Date Published:2008

Booklist starred, September 2008. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2008. Horn Book Starred, September 2008. Horn Book, April 2009. Library Media Connection starred, November 2001. New York Times, November 2008. Pub Weekly, November 2008. School Library Journal starred, September 2008. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Wilson's Senior High School, June 2010. The acclaimed author of the "New York Times"-bestselling Underland Chronicles series delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in a stunning novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to the present.

Date Published:2008

The fault in our stars

Green, John.


Some copies may have 9 pages of "Turtles all the way down" at the back of the book. Wilson's Senior High School, November 2012. School Library Journal starred, February 2012. Booklist starred, January 2012. Horn Book starred, March 2012. Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years. Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, she is forced her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life. Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.
Date Published:2012

Some copies may have 9 pages of "Turtles all the way down" at the back of the book. Wilson's Senior High School, November 2012. School Library Journal starred, February 2012. Booklist starred, January 2012. Horn Book starred, March 2012. Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years. Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, she is forced her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life. Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

Date Published:2012

Not if I save you first

Carter, Ally.


Maddie thought she and Logan would be friends forever but when your dad is a Secret Service agent and your best friend is the president's son, sometimes life has other plans. Before she knows it, Maddie's dad is dragging her to a cabin in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness. No phone, no Internet and not a single word from Logan. Maddie tells herself it's okay...her life is full...until Logan shows up six years later. Maddie wants to kill him. But before that can happen, an assailant appears out of nowhere, knocking her off a cliff and dragging Logan to some unknown fate. Maddie knows she could go back and get help but the weather is turning and the terrain will only get more treacherous, the animals more deadly. Maddie still really wants to kill Logan...but she has to save him first.
Date Published:2018

Maddie thought she and Logan would be friends forever but when your dad is a Secret Service agent and your best friend is the president's son, sometimes life has other plans. Before she knows it, Maddie's dad is dragging her to a cabin in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness. No phone, no Internet and not a single word from Logan. Maddie tells herself it's okay...her life is full...until Logan shows up six years later. Maddie wants to kill him. But before that can happen, an assailant appears out of nowhere, knocking her off a cliff and dragging Logan to some unknown fate. Maddie knows she could go back and get help but the weather is turning and the terrain will only get more treacherous, the animals more deadly. Maddie still really wants to kill Logan...but she has to save him first.

Date Published:2018

The lonely dead

Henry, April.


For Adele, the dead aren’t really dead. She can see them and even talk to them. But she’s spent years denying her gift. When she encounters her ex-best friend Tori in a shallow grave in the woods and realizes that Tori is actually dead -- that gift turns into a curse. Without an alibi, Adele becomes the prime suspect in Tori’s murder. She must work with Tori’s ghost to find the real killer. But what if the killer finds Adele first?
Date Published:2019

For Adele, the dead aren’t really dead. She can see them and even talk to them. But she’s spent years denying her gift. When she encounters her ex-best friend Tori in a shallow grave in the woods and realizes that Tori is actually dead -- that gift turns into a curse. Without an alibi, Adele becomes the prime suspect in Tori’s murder. She must work with Tori’s ghost to find the real killer. But what if the killer finds Adele first?

Date Published:2019

The 5th Wave

Yancey, Richard.


Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave. On a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them...the beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see and who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death and to give up or to get up.
Date Published:2013

Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave. On a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them...the beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see and who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death and to give up or to get up.

Date Published:2013

Bleach. : Strawberry and the Soul Reapers /

Kubo, Tite.


"First published in Japan in 2001 by Shueisha, Incorporated, Tokyo"--Page facing title page. Printed Manga-style: book opens from left to right. Pages are read from right to left. Translated from the Japanese. As seen on [adult swim]. Hot-tempered 15-year-old Ichigo Kurosaki has the unsettling ability to see spirits who are unable to rest in peace. His sixth sense leads him to Rukia, a Soul Reaper who destroys Hollows (soul-devouring monsters) and ensures the deceased find repose with the Soul Society. When she's injured in battle, Rukia transfers her sword and much of her power to Ichigo, whose spiritual energy makes him a formidable substitute Soul Reaper. But the orange-haired teenager isn't sure he wants the job: too many risks and moral dilemmas.
Date Published:2016

"First published in Japan in 2001 by Shueisha, Incorporated, Tokyo"--Page facing title page. Printed Manga-style: book opens from left to right. Pages are read from right to left. Translated from the Japanese. As seen on [adult swim]. Hot-tempered 15-year-old Ichigo Kurosaki has the unsettling ability to see spirits who are unable to rest in peace. His sixth sense leads him to Rukia, a Soul Reaper who destroys Hollows (soul-devouring monsters) and ensures the deceased find repose with the Soul Society. When she's injured in battle, Rukia transfers her sword and much of her power to Ichigo, whose spiritual energy makes him a formidable substitute Soul Reaper. But the orange-haired teenager isn't sure he wants the job: too many risks and moral dilemmas.

Date Published:2016

Himouto! Umaru-chan.

Sankakuhead.


In public, Umaru Doma appears to be the perfect high school student: hard-working, refined, and totally responsible. But the minute she gets home to her older brother Taihei--and dons her famous hamster hoodie--she devolves into the ultimate bratty little sister! She's happy to roll around all day in an otaku cloud of games and junk food while her exhausted older brother takes care of everything in the house.
Date Published:2012

In public, Umaru Doma appears to be the perfect high school student: hard-working, refined, and totally responsible. But the minute she gets home to her older brother Taihei--and dons her famous hamster hoodie--she devolves into the ultimate bratty little sister! She's happy to roll around all day in an otaku cloud of games and junk food while her exhausted older brother takes care of everything in the house.

Date Published:2012

Happyface

Emond, Stephen.


Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Library Media Connection, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Voice of Youth Advocate (VOYA), After going through traumatic times, a troubled, socially awkward teenager moves to a new school where he tries to reinvent himself.
Date Published:2010

The boy in the black suit

Reynolds, Jason,


Junior Library Guild. Soon after his mother's death, seventeen-year-old Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and just when he thinks he can’t handle one more piece of terrible news, he meets a girl who’s dealt with a lot more. Lovey just might be able to clue him in on how to rise up when life keeps knocking him down as he begins to accept his Mom's death and his responsibilities as a man.
Date Published:2015

Junior Library Guild. Soon after his mother's death, seventeen-year-old Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and just when he thinks he can’t handle one more piece of terrible news, he meets a girl who’s dealt with a lot more. Lovey just might be able to clue him in on how to rise up when life keeps knocking him down as he begins to accept his Mom's death and his responsibilities as a man.

Date Published:2015

Psychology


Introduction -- Psychology : from the early days to today -- A detailed look at the thought process -- Memory : encoding, storing, and retrieving past experiences -- Personality: how we think, feel, and behave -- Leaders in the world of psychology -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. Introduces readers to the study of psychology and related sciences.
Date Published:2016

The cruel prince

Black, Holly,


Junior Library Guild. School Library Journal starred, October 2017. Booklist starred, October 2017. Publishers Weekly, October 2017. Booklist, October 2017. New York Times, March 2018. Horn Book, January 2018. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), January 2018. Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA), February 2018. Kirkus Review, October 2017. Jude, seventeen and mortal, gets tangled in palace intrigues while trying to win a place in the treacherous High Court of Faerie, where she and her sisters have lived for a decade. Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong in Faerie, despite her mortality.
Date Published:2018

Junior Library Guild. School Library Journal starred, October 2017. Booklist starred, October 2017. Publishers Weekly, October 2017. Booklist, October 2017. New York Times, March 2018. Horn Book, January 2018. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), January 2018. Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA), February 2018. Kirkus Review, October 2017. Jude, seventeen and mortal, gets tangled in palace intrigues while trying to win a place in the treacherous High Court of Faerie, where she and her sisters have lived for a decade. Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong in Faerie, despite her mortality.

Date Published:2018