Books with title The New Neighborhood

A powerful story of love, identity, and the price of fitting in or speaking out.“The story may be set in the past, but it couldn’t be a more timely reminder that true courage comes not from fitting in, but from purposefully standing out . . . and that to find out who you really are, you have to first figure out what you’re not.” —Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of A Spark of Light and Small Great Things After her father’s death, Ruth Robb and her family transplant themselves in the summer of 1958 from New York City to Atlanta—the land of debutantes, sweet tea, and the Ku Klux Klan. In her new hometown, Ruth quickly figures out she can be Jewish or she can be popular, but she can’t be both. Eager to fit in with the blond girls in the “pastel posse,” Ruth decides to hide her religion. Before she knows it, she is falling for the handsome and charming Davis and sipping Cokes with him and his friends at the all-white, all-Christian Club. Does it matter that Ruth’s mother makes her attend services at the local synagogue every week? Not as long as nobody outside her family knows the truth. At temple Ruth meets Max, who is serious and intense about the fight for social justice, and now she is caught between two worlds, two religions, and two boys. But when a violent hate crime brings the different parts of Ruth’s life into sharp conflict, she will have to choose between all she’s come to love about her new life and standing up for what she believes.

From the amazing imagination of bestselling author Holly Black, a mysterious and wonderful teen graphic novel masterpiece.Rue Silver's mother has disappeared . . . and her father has been arrested, suspected of killing her. But it's not as straightforward as that. Because Rue is a faerie, like her mother was. And her father didn't kill her mother -- instead, he broke a promise to Rue's faerie king grandfather, which caused Rue's mother to be flung back to the faerie world. Now Rue must go to save her -- and must also defeat a dark faerie that threatens our very mortal world.

From the Nobel Laureate comes a politically charged detective novel weaving through the underbelly of Peruvian privilege. In the 1990s, during the turbulent and deeply corrupt years of Alberto Fujimori's presidency, two wealthy couples of Lima's high society become embroiled in a disturbing vortex of erotic adventures and politically driven blackmail. One day Enrique, a high-profile businessman, receives a visit from Rolando Garro, the editor of a notorious magazine that specializes in salacious exposes. Garro presents Enrique with lewd pictures from an old business trip and demands that he invest in the magazine. Enrique refuses, and the next day the pictures are on the front page. Meanwhile, Enrique's wife is in the midst of a passionate and secret affair with the wife of Enrique's lawyer and best friend. When Garro shows up murdered, the two couples are thrown into a whirlwind of navigating Peru's unspoken laws and customs, while the staff of the magazine embark on their greatest expose yet. Ironic and sensual, provocative and redemptive, the novel swirls into the kind of restless realism that has become Mario Vargas Llosa's signature style. A twisting, unpredictable tale, The Neighborhood is at once a scathing indictment of Fujimori's regime and a crime thriller that evokes the vulgarity of freedom in a corrupt system.

James is a lonely boy and a computer wiz. He was abandoned by his parents when he was three years old, and he intends to find out why. While looking for answers about them and trying not to lose Sofi—the girl he desperately fell in love with—he falls into a struggle of life and death. He manages to follow the tracks of his biological parents by attending the University where they studied. There he unearths a buried code sent to sleep a long time ago. Helped by his friend Michael, he accidentally creates a computer virus by hacking the university’s computer network. The virus, once unleashed, allows aliens the access to humans’ technology, which in turn allows them to take control of the most important institutions in the world.James and Michael, the only ones able to prevent the aliens from carrying out their mission, suddenly find themselves in a deadly situation...

10-year-old Liz Olson published The Neighborhood News from 1965 to 1966. Her newspaper captured the humor, meaning, and brilliance of everyday life in Sarasota, Florida. Today she lives in Los Angeles, CA.*“…here in Sarasota there is a little girl not yet in her ’teens who publishes a two-page “newspaper” called The Neighborhood News.… Residents of the area look forward to each Sunday to see what the youngsters have found to write about during the week.”— THE HERALD-TRIBUNE, 1965“The Neighborhood News is refreshing and shows the result of the natural, uncluttered, inexperienced writings of youngsters.”— THE HERALD-TRIBUNE, 1966“The staff [are] children… Reporter Liz Olson and Cub Reporter Bobby Olson. A neighbor, Jane Hyde, is editor. They gather and write the actual news items for their weekly and are aided in the handling of the little hand-printing press by friendly adults.”— THE HERALD-TRIBUNE, 1966

Nina's a girl who takes charge. She uses her brain and her muscles to complete rescue missions. She doesn't mind getting dirty and climbing trees. It's all part of the life of the everyday girl superhero. Young readers are encouraged to recognize that the traits of being smart, strong, and speedy exist within themselves. Young girls will find "Nina the Neighborhood Ninja" to be a positive affirmation that they too can be superheroes.