Grades 9-12
Best friends Winter and Sloane are determined to ditch their geeky past and become part of the popular crowd. But when Sloane gets a taste of the good life, she deserts Winter and goes off on her own. Now Winter is out to seek revenge on Sloane for leaving her in the dust. She does just that by starting a blog and anonymously posting all of Sloane’s dirty little secrets. The blog becomes more popular than Winter ever thought it would be, and she has to decide whether or not the consequences are worth it.
When Rebecca Skloot first learned about Henrietta Lacks, she was determined to research all she could about her life and the science advances that her cells made possible. Henrietta Lacks was a poor southern tobacco farmer in the 1950s whose cervical cancer cells were taken and studied without her knowledge. Known as HeLa, the cells took a vital part in discovering the Polio vaccine, unknown information about cancer, cloning, and in vitro fertilization. HeLa is known to today’s scientists worldwide, and continues to grow. However, Henrietta Lacks’ children and grandchildren have seen no profits from this and feel violated. A combination of research and interviews with Henrietta’s family members, 
Ages 1-4
Rafe Khatchadorian is back in the ninth book in the Middle School series. He has recently won the school art competition, and is thrilled to be headed Down Under. Australia isn’t what he’d imagined it would be, however. He isn’t used to the scorching temperatures, his host siblings’ welcome skills leave a lot to be desired, and he finds himself constantly trying to escape poisonous critters at every corner. Rafe begins to wonder why he was ever excited about the trip in the first place.
Grades K-2
Michelle’s Bookish Life 