The Apothecary

Mailie Meloy

FIC MEL

Fourteen-year-old Janie Scott, newly arrived in London from Los Angeles in 1952, becomes friends with a mysterious apoth

try to steal his book of secrets. (TitleWave)ecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows, and is drawn into a dangerous adventure with Benjamin when his father is kidnapped and Russian spies

Cool Stuff Exploded

Chris Woodford

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It’s difficult to think of a book title more appealing to geek

adults and kids than Cool Stuff Exploded. You may be a bit disappointed to discover that no dynamite or C-4 or such is involved, but if so any disappointment will evaporate once you see the inside of the book. Instead of being about pyrotechnics, it’s full of pictures of all kinds of mechanical and digital devices, gadgets, and machines with their parts pulled apart from one-another. (Matt Blum in Wired.) Donated to the MS Library by the family of Amanda Rosch.

Crossed

FIC CONAlly Condie

In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision of who to

share it with, Cassia journeys to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky - taken by the Society to his certain death - only to find that he has escaped, leaving a series of clues in his wake. (Publisher)

Liesl & Po

Lauren Oliver

FIC OLI

A mix-up involving the greatest

magic in the world has tremendous consequences for Liesl, an orphan who has been locked in an attic, Will, an alchemist's runaway apprentice, and Po, a ghost, as they are pursued by friend and foe while making an important journey.

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Middle School: the Worst Years of My Life

James Patterson

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When Rafe Kane enters middle school, he teams up with his best friend, "Leothe Silent," to create a game to make school more fun by trying to break every rule in the school's code of conduct.n, to fihhhhhnd

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