Books with title Yesterday

The thing with me? I love sad boys. The need to fix them is a driving force in my life. I’ve always been this way and don’t want to change, even if I could. My best friend thinks I have a whole white knight complex, but I don’t believe her. I honestly just like seeing people happy and will do whatever it takes to get them there, no matter the times it’s blown up in my face. When I see a boy sitting along the street, his turmoil all but screaming to me, how can I resist him? He’s in pain and I am immediately hooked. The problem? He might not need my help, but he’s the start of a million things in my life crumbling apart. Everywhere I look, the wheels on this crazy train are falling off and I’m not sure how to help anyone. I thought I had a handle on things, but the more I try to fix the people around me, the more things spiral beyond my control.

We are all around you.You don’t think about us much, because we are invisible. Well, not exactly invisible. A lot of us have hair dyed in four colors, or wear five-inch platform sneakers, or carry enough metal in our skin that it’s a hassle getting on an airplane. Quite visible, actually, come to think of it.But we don’t wear signs saying what we are. After all, if you knew what we were up to, we couldn’t work our magic. We have to observe carefully, and push and prompt you in ways you don’t notice. Like good teachers, we let you think you’ve discovered the truth on your own.And you need us. Someone has to guide you, to mold you, to make sure that today turns into yesterday on schedule. Because frankly, without us to monitor the situation, who knows what would get crammed down your throats? It’s not like you can just start making your own decisions, after all.Ever wonder who was the first kid to keep a wallet on a big chunky chain, or wear way-too-big-pants on purpose? What about the mythical first guy who wore his baseball cap backwards? These are the Innovators, the people at the peak of the cool pyramid. Seventeen-year-old Hunter Braque is a Trend setter, on the second level of the pyramid. His job: find the newest, coolest thing for the retail market. His MO: observe, don’t get involved. But from the moment he meets Innovator Jen James, he can’t help getting involved in a big way.Part love story, part mystery, part stinging satire, Scott Westerfeld’s spellbinding new novel will make you question everything you’ve ever believed about how to be cool.

When fifteen-year-old Esther Rhinehold, star witness against the man who murdered her parents, is enrolled in a small public school in upstate New York, she's given only one objective---avoid attracting attention. Who could predict that the reigning queen of the tenth grade would take an instant disliking to her? Esther finds herself the victim of a campaign to prove she isn’t who she claims to be. Vanna keeps digging and Esther is suddenly in danger of having her closely guarded secret uncovered---a secret that has already claimed the lives of her parents and forced her into hiding. As her true identity comes to light, it unleashes forces that threaten to destroy not only Esther, but her grandparents, who entered the program to protect her, and the boy she’s fallen in love with. In POLLY YESTERDAY, Mean Girls meets Kindergarten Cop in a Young Adult thriller about an adolescent girl trying to rebuild her life after witnessing her parent’s murder by the Mob.

When thirteen-year-old geek-girl Charley Morton decides to build what she believes is Leonardo da Vinci’s design for a time machine for the middle school science fair, she has two thoughts in mind: to win first prize and to travel back in time to meet her idol, Leonardo. Her goal: to find out how the Renaissance artist, engineer, scientist, musician, anatomist, and inventor managed to do it all.

Tyler Huntington had always thought of Savvy as his best friend, someone who would always be there for him- until she wasn't. Now, years later, he wonders if it's too late. But Savvy's life has taken a bizarre turn with the unexpected arrival of a wild-looking teenager who claims to be her half-sister. As Savvy tries to unravel the mystery of the girl's past, Tyler's sudden appearance seems like an answer to a prayer. Emotionally drained and physically exhausted, Savvy needs a friend. At the same time, she's wary of putting her heart at risk. Is revisiting the past the only way for Savvy to find her future?

Heather, Merlin, and Morgan LeFay are back!When Heather McKenna is kidnapped by the sorceress Morgan LeFay, it is up to Heather’s friend Welly and the wizard Merlin (yes, that Merlin) to rescue her. Set five hundred years in the future following a nuclear devastation, the technological world has ground to a halt but magic is beginning to take hold again, and the powerful icons of myth are starting to fight over control of the world. From the Russian witch Baba Yaga, to the Native American trickster god, Raven, the most ancient magical forces are beginning to awaken, and they have very different ideas about the future of the earth.This riveting sequel to Tomorrow’s Magic continues Merlin and Arthur’s quest to reunite the world.