Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce

Book 3 of the Immortal's series

When Daine is sent to Carthak as part of a Tortallan peace delegation, she finds herself in the middle of a sticky political situation. She doesn't like the Carthaki practice of keeping slaves, but it's not her place to say anything-she's only there to heal the emperor's birds. Her worries only expand once she learns that her own power has grown in a dark and mysterious ways.

As the peace talks stall, Daine puzzles over Carthak's two-faced Emperor Ozorne. How can he be so caring with his birds and so cruel to his people? Daine is sure he's planning something-a terrible, power-hungry scheme. And she knows that she must fight this powerful Emperor Mage; the life of her beloved teacher is at risk.

Wolf Speaker by Tamora Pierce

Book 2 of the Immortal's series

When Daine is summoned to help a pack of wolves-dear friends from her old village- she and Numair travel to Dunlath Valley to answer the call. But when they arrive, Daine is shocked to learn that it's not only animals whose lives are threatened; people are in danger too.

Dunlath's rulers have discovered black opals in their valley. They're dead set on mining the opals and using the magic contained in the stones to overthrow King Jonathon. Even if it means irreversibly damaging eh land- and killing their workers.

Daine must master he wild magic in order to save both her animal friends and her human ones.

Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce

Book 1 of The Immortals series

Thirteen-year-old Daine has always had a special connection with animals, but only when she's forced to leave home does she realize it's more than a knack - it's magic. With this wild magic, not only can Daine speak to animals, but she can also make them obey her. Daine takes a job handling horses for the Queen's Riders, where she meets the master mage Numair and becomes his student.

Under Numair's guidance, Daine explores the scope of her magic. But she encounters other beings too, who are not so gentle. These terrifying creatures, called Immortals, have been imprisoned in the Divine Realms for the past four hundred years - but now someone ha broken the barrier. And it's up to Daine and her friends to defend their world from an Immortal attack.

The Adventures of Sherlock Homes by A. Conan Doyle

Three people in trouble come to 221B Baker Street in London to seek advice and help from Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. After listening to their stories-some off, some mysterious, some even absurd-Holmes and Watson set out to find the answers. In these ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, the great detective uses his ingenious methods to foil the greatest cases of poisoning in history...and to unmask an eccentric man as one of the most hideous criminals the world has ever known. Join Holes and Watson as the great detective uses his special powers of observation to make sense out of puzzling stories, as he examines the scene of crimes, as he comes up with startling solutions!

Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden.

Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But then he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television.

When Mildred attempts suicide and Clarisse suddenly disappears, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known. He starts hiding books in his home, and when his pilfering is discovered, the fireman has to run for his life.

The Fault in Our Stars By John Green

     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, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

      The Fault in Our Stars brilliantly explores the funny, thrilling, and tragic business if being alive and in love.

The Boxcar Children #69 The Movie Star Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner

   Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and they have become friends with a famous movie star!

 
While Tate Radison was filming his last movie, a lot of odd things happened. No one knows who was responsible for the canister of film disappearing or for the other problems. Now Tate wants to keep his presence in Greenfield a secret to avoid any more mishap. But soon a note arrives in his mailbox, and the troubles start again. Why would someone want to ruin Tate's career?

It's another mystery for the boxcar children!

Model United Nations Discussion

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Star Wars Tales From The Mos Eisley Cantina Edited By Kevin J. Anderson

Sixteen stories from the most infamous cantina in the universe. By some of today's leading writers of science fiction.

Ina a far corner of the universe , on the small desert planet of Tatooine, there is a dark, nic-i-tain-filled cantina where you can down your favorite intoxicant while listening to the best jazz riffs in the universe. But beware your fellow denizens of this pangalactic watering hole, for they are cutthroats and cutpurses, assassins and troopers, humans and aliens,gangsters and thieves.                                                                                                                                  

Dark Goddess by Sarwat Chadda

  Still reeling from the death of her best friend, Kay, Billi is thrust into action when the Templars are called to investigate werewolf activity.  And these werewolves are like nothing Billi has ever seen.
  They call themselves the Polenitsy-Man-Killers.  These ancient warrior women of Eastern Europe were supposedly wiped out centuries ago.  But now they've come out of hiding and are on the hunt for a Spring Child-an oracle powerful enough to start a Fimbulwinter that will wipe out humankind for good.
  To reclaim the Spring Child and save the world, Billi needs to earn the trust of Ivan Romanov, a young Russian soldier who is suspicious of people in general, and of Billi in particular.
  Folklore and myth become darkly real in this stunning adventure, a story of the world running out of time.  And of Billi SanGreal, the only one who can save it.

I Was Here by Gayle Forman

When her best friend, Meg, drinks a bottle of industrial-strength cleaner alone in a motel room, Cody is understandablt shocked and devestated.  She and Meg shared everything-so how was there no warning?  But when Cody travels to Meg's college town to pack up the belongings left behind, she discovers that there's a lot Meg never told her.  About her roomates, the sort of people Cody never would have met in her dead-end town in Washington.  About Ben McCallister, the boy with a guitar and a sneer, and some secretes of his own.  And about an encrypted computer file that Cody can't open-until she does, and suddenly everything Cody thought she knew about her best friend's death gets thrown into question.

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

A small piece of parchment with an age-old code leads Professor Hardwigg, his nephew Harry, and their Icelandic guide Hands on a never-to-be-forgotten journey down to the center of the earth. Following the trail of a man who had been dead for centuries-but who claimed to have reached the center of the earth and returned- they encounter rock tunnels, underground seas, wild weather, prehistoric animals, giant cavemen, and a might volcano...all combining to try to prevent them from completing their JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH.