The Pain, My Mother, Sir Tiffy, Cyber Boy & Me

The Pain, My Mother, Sir Tiffy, Cyber Boy & Me
Author: Michael Gerard Bauer
Publisher: Scholastic Australia
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2016-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1760271802

It really all started with The Pain. He officially came into my life exactly nine weeks and one day before our Year Ten Graduation Dance. And despite my very best efforts to wipe the day from my mind, I can still remember it clearly. It was a Friday. The thirteenth day of the month. Notice anything there? Maggie Butt is facing not only a stranger taking over her mother’s life but her own as well, and she is not going to let that happen. But then there’s the one-eyed snaggle-toothed cat, senior subject choices, the dream date and Cyber Boy, the geek in the library to contend with as well. It’s going to be an interesting year.

Literally

Literally
Author: Lucy Keating
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2017-04-11
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0062380060

From the author of Dreamology comes a young adult love story that blurs the line between reality and fiction… Annabelle’s life has always been Perfect with a capital P. Then bestselling young adult author Lucy Keating announces that she’s writing a new novel—and Annabelle is the heroine. It turns out that Annabelle is a character that Lucy Keating created. And Lucy has a plan for her. But Annabelle doesn’t want to live a life where everything she does is already plotted out. Will she find a way to write her own story—or will Lucy Keating have the last word? The real Lucy Keating’s delightful contemporary romance is the perfect follow-up for readers who loved her debut novel, which School Library Journal called “a sweet, quirky romance with appealing characters.”

Don't Call Me Ishmael

Don't Call Me Ishmael
Author: Michael Bauer
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1848776861

By the time ninth grade begins, Ishmael Leseur knows it won't be long before Barry Bagsley, the class bully, says, "Ishmael? What kind of wussy-crap name is that?" Ishmael's perfected the art of making himself virtually invisible. But all that changes when James Scobie joins the class. Unlike Ishmael, James has no sense of fear - he claims it was removed during an operation. Now nothing will stop James and Ishmael from taking on bullies, bugs and Moby Dick, in the toughest, weirdest, most embarrassingly awful - and the best - year of their lives.

Swarm

Swarm
Author: Scott Westerfeld
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2016-09-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481443399

As they celebrate the opening of their underground nightclub, the Zeroes, six teenagers with unique abilities, learn about the sinister power of Swarm, who uses a crowd's rage to kill--and who loves killing Zeroes.

The Running Man

The Running Man
Author: Michael Gerard Bauer
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2008-06-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0061455083

There had always been the Running Man—always that phantom form somewhere in the distance, always shuffling relentlessly closer . . . For a long time, fourteen-year-old Joseph has wondered about old Tom Leyton, his reclusive next-door neighbor. Gossip and rumors suggest that something terrible happened to Tom in the past. Then Joseph is asked to draw Tom for a school art project, and that means Joseph has the opportunity to uncover the truth about this man who passes his days tending silkworms and keeping dark secrets. As Joseph learns more and more about Tom's world, he is forced to confront his own fears. Is there some connection between Joseph's dreams and his feelings about his father, who seems to have abandoned the family? And why does he continue to have nightmares about the Running Man—the disheveled figure who wanders aimlessly through town?

The Lines We Cross

The Lines We Cross
Author: Randa Abdel-Fattah
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2017-05-09
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1338118676

A remarkable story about the power of tolerance from one of the most important voices in contemporary Muslim literature, critically acclaimed author Randa Abdel-Fattah. Michael likes to hang out with his friends and play with the latest graphic design software. His parents drag him to rallies held by their anti-immigrant group, which rails against the tide of refugees flooding the country. And it all makes sense to Michael.Until Mina, a beautiful girl from the other side of the protest lines, shows up at his school, and turns out to be funny, smart -- and a Muslim refugee from Afghanistan. Suddenly, his parents' politics seem much more complicated.Mina has had a long and dangerous journey fleeing her besieged home in Afghanistan, and now faces a frigid reception at her new prep school, where she is on scholarship. As tensions rise, lines are drawn. Michael has to decide where he stands. Mina has to protect herself and her family. Both have to choose what they want their world to look like.

Just a Dog

Just a Dog
Author: Michael Gerard Bauer
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2014-08-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545732506

Sometimes a dog isn't just a dog--sometimes he's the glue the holds a whole family together. Mr. Mosely is a special dog. Not just because he's so big (he's part Great Dane.) Not just because he's all white (with one black spot under his eye and a heart shaped splotch on his chest.) Not just because he's clumsy, or because of tricks (he only knows one, and it's not very good.) He's special because he seems to know exactly what everyone in Corey's family needs, even when they don't know themselves. This is the story of Mr. Mosely, from his puppyhood to the last time he curls up on the back porch. It's the story of how sometimes a dog isn't "just a dog". Sometimes he's the glue the holds a whole family together.

Eric Vale, Epic Fail

Eric Vale, Epic Fail
Author: Michael Gerard Bauer
Publisher: Scholastic Canada
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2015-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1443139254

Ever had a stupid nickname? A rotten run of bad luck? A best friend who just looks on the bright side, even when the bright side looks black? Well Eric Vale's got all three. Once I used to be just plain old boring Eric Vale. And that was totally fine by me. I didn't want a nickname. But then one day, I got one anyway. And it ended up being way worse than Choo-Choo or Snotty or King Pong or even Booger Brain. Yep, no doubt about it. My nickname was an epic fail! We all have moments in life we would like to forget. But as much as he'd like to erase it from the history books, Eric Vale isn't likely to forget the day his name became an Epic Fail. Neither, it seems, is the fifth grade class at Moreton Hill Primary School. This is the story of one of those awkward and seemingly unforgettable events that define our childhood -- and one boy's dogged determination to turn an Epic Fail into a Mega-Awesome Epic Win.

Dinosaur Knights

Dinosaur Knights
Author: Michael Gerard Bauer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2009
Genre: Dinosaurs
ISBN: 9781862917958

The opening in the forest before them was an eerie jumble of shapes and shadows . . . Roland and Oswald scanned the shadows of the clearing, constantly finding imaginary monsters in the bulky bushes and aching tree limbs. Then they saw a real one. Somewhere in the future a scientist is conducting the experiment of his life - stretching time to bring a living dinosaur to the present. But the giant prehistoric beast is stranded in the Middle Ages. There, a boy desperate to be a knight and his unwilling brother must face their fear and do battle.

Ishmael and the Hoops of Steel

Ishmael and the Hoops of Steel
Author: Michael Bauer
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1848778104

Ishmael is finally a senior and things are beginning to look up. His nemesis, Barry Bagsley, has decided to leave him alone at last and with help from his 'Reverse Cool' mates, Scobie and Razza, Ishmael is in with a chance of winning the school cup. Has he broken free of the dreaded Ishmael Leseur's Syndrome at last? Could life at St. Daniel's actually be described as 'normal'? Absolutely not.