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The mystery of hollow places / Rebecca Podos.
Podos, Rebecca,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Pod Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780062373342 (hardcover) :
Pub. Info: New York : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016.
Target Audience: 14 & up. 9 & up.
All Imogene knows of her mother is the bedtime story her father told her as a child. It's the story of how her parents met: he, a forensic pathologist; she, a mysterious woman who came to identify a body. A woman who left Imogene and her father when Imogene was a baby, a woman who was always possess of a powerful loneliness. Now Imogene is seventeen, and when her father disappears, she is convinced he's looking for her mother. And she decides it's up to her to find him and, perhaps, the answer to the question she's carried with her for her entire life.
Podos, Rebecca,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Pod Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780062373342 (hardcover) :
Pub. Info: New York : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016.
Target Audience: 14 & up. 9 & up.
All Imogene knows of her mother is the bedtime story her father told her as a child. It's the story of how her parents met: he, a forensic pathologist; she, a mysterious woman who came to identify a body. A woman who left Imogene and her father when Imogene was a baby, a woman who was always possess of a powerful loneliness. Now Imogene is seventeen, and when her father disappears, she is convinced he's looking for her mother. And she decides it's up to her to find him and, perhaps, the answer to the question she's carried with her for her entire life.
Buried : a Goth girl mystery / Linda Joy Singleton.
Singleton, Linda Joy.
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Sin Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780738719580
Pub. Info: Woodbury, Minn. : Flux, c2012.
Target Audience: 4.7. 8-12.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader UG 4.7 9.0 152042
Goth girl Thorn and her family move to Nevada where Thorn meets a mysterious masked young man and follows psychic vibrations from a locket to a shocking, long-buried secret.
Singleton, Linda Joy.
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Sin Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780738719580
Pub. Info: Woodbury, Minn. : Flux, c2012.
Target Audience: 4.7. 8-12.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader UG 4.7 9.0 152042
Goth girl Thorn and her family move to Nevada where Thorn meets a mysterious masked young man and follows psychic vibrations from a locket to a shocking, long-buried secret.
The bones of Birka : unraveling the mystery of a female Viking warrior / C. M. Surrisi.
Surrisi, C M.,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 936.85 Sur Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781641607063 :
Pub. Info: copyright 2023
Target Audience: Ages 15-17. Grades 10-12.
Includes chronology.
Includes glossary.
How many female Viking warriors does it take to make a fact? When archaeologist Dr. Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson discovers that the bones contained in the most significant Viking warrior grave ever opened are in fact female, she and her team upend centuries of historically accepted conclusions and ignite a furious debate around the reality of female Viking warriors and the role of gender in both ancient and modern times. In The Bones of Birka, author C. M. Surrisi introduces young readers to the events that led up to this discovery and the impact it has had on scientists' and historians' views of gender roles in ancient societies and today. This is the inside account of the Birka warrior grave Bj 581 archaeological endeavor, including all of the dreams, setbacks, frustrations, excitement, politics, and personalities that went into this history-changing discovery. The finding has raised crucial questions about research bias, academic dialogue, and gender identity.
Surrisi, C M.,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 936.85 Sur Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781641607063 :
Pub. Info: copyright 2023
Target Audience: Ages 15-17. Grades 10-12.
Includes chronology.
Includes glossary.
How many female Viking warriors does it take to make a fact? When archaeologist Dr. Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson discovers that the bones contained in the most significant Viking warrior grave ever opened are in fact female, she and her team upend centuries of historically accepted conclusions and ignite a furious debate around the reality of female Viking warriors and the role of gender in both ancient and modern times. In The Bones of Birka, author C. M. Surrisi introduces young readers to the events that led up to this discovery and the impact it has had on scientists' and historians' views of gender roles in ancient societies and today. This is the inside account of the Birka warrior grave Bj 581 archaeological endeavor, including all of the dreams, setbacks, frustrations, excitement, politics, and personalities that went into this history-changing discovery. The finding has raised crucial questions about research bias, academic dialogue, and gender identity.
Hana's suitcase : the quest to solve a Holocaust mystery / Karen Levine.
Levine, Karen,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Bra Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781101933503
Pub. Info: New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, 2012.
""A Japanese woman is determined to uncover the identity and destiny of the owner of a suitcase sent by a Holocaust museum. Her investigation takes her around the world before she finally solves the mystery, while using the journey to teach her students about the tragedy of the Holocaust""--Title page verso.
Levine, Karen,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: B Bra Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781101933503
Pub. Info: New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, 2012.
""A Japanese woman is determined to uncover the identity and destiny of the owner of a suitcase sent by a Holocaust museum. Her investigation takes her around the world before she finally solves the mystery, while using the journey to teach her students about the tragedy of the Holocaust""--Title page verso.
Last shot : a Final Four mystery / John Feinstein.
Feinstein, John.
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Fei Collection: TX
ISBN: 0605328684
Pub. Info: copyright2005
Target Audience: 760 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.8 9.0 85215 IN.
After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.
Feinstein, John.
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Fei Collection: TX
ISBN: 0605328684
Pub. Info: copyright2005
Target Audience: 760 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.8 9.0 85215 IN.
After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.
Red madness : how a medical mystery changed what we eat / Gail Jarrow.
Jarrow, Gail,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 616.393 Jar Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781590787328 :
Pub. Info: Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2014].
Target Audience: 14 & up. 9 & up. 990L Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG+ 7.6 5.0 166188 EN. Reading Counts 6-8 8.4 9 Q63454
In 1914, pellagra, a disease once unheard of in America, was marking thousands with its distinct butterfly-shaped rash. Epidemiologist Joseph Goldberger was tasked with finding a cure.
Jarrow, Gail,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 616.393 Jar Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781590787328 :
Pub. Info: Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2014].
Target Audience: 14 & up. 9 & up. 990L Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG+ 7.6 5.0 166188 EN. Reading Counts 6-8 8.4 9 Q63454
In 1914, pellagra, a disease once unheard of in America, was marking thousands with its distinct butterfly-shaped rash. Epidemiologist Joseph Goldberger was tasked with finding a cure.
Tales of mystery and terror / Edgar Allan Poe.
Poe, Edgar Allan,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 808.83 Poe Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780605381230
Pub. Info: New York : Puffin Books, 2017.
Target Audience: 1310 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader AR MG 11.6 13.0 52299 IN.
Anthology of thirteen stories of the supernatural from the master of the macabre.
Poe, Edgar Allan,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 808.83 Poe Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780605381230
Pub. Info: New York : Puffin Books, 2017.
Target Audience: 1310 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader AR MG 11.6 13.0 52299 IN.
Anthology of thirteen stories of the supernatural from the master of the macabre.
Rush for the gold : mystery at the Olympics / John Feinstein.
Feinstein, John.
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Fei Collection: TX
ISBN: 0605607133
Pub. Info: New York : Yearling, 2013, c2012.
Target Audience: 820 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 5.5 11.0 151436 IN.
"A sports mystery"--P. [1] of cover.
"Yearling mystery"--P. [4] of cover.
Two teenaged, aspiring journalists who are dating solve a mystery at the 2012 Olympic Games, while one simultaneously competes for a gold medal in swimming.
Feinstein, John.
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Fei Collection: TX
ISBN: 0605607133
Pub. Info: New York : Yearling, 2013, c2012.
Target Audience: 820 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 5.5 11.0 151436 IN.
"A sports mystery"--P. [1] of cover.
"Yearling mystery"--P. [4] of cover.
Two teenaged, aspiring journalists who are dating solve a mystery at the 2012 Olympic Games, while one simultaneously competes for a gold medal in swimming.
The rivalry : mystery at the Army-Navy game / John Feinstein.
Feinstein, John.
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Fei Collection: TX
ISBN: 0605474559
Pub. Info: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2010.
Target Audience: 800 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.4 9.0 139491 IN.
"A Borzoi Book"--T.p. verso.
Eighth-grade sportswriters Stevie and Susan Carol team up to solve a mystery at the famous Army-Navy football game.
Feinstein, John.
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Fei Collection: TX
ISBN: 0605474559
Pub. Info: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2010.
Target Audience: 800 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.4 9.0 139491 IN.
"A Borzoi Book"--T.p. verso.
Eighth-grade sportswriters Stevie and Susan Carol team up to solve a mystery at the famous Army-Navy football game.
Change-up : mystery at the World Series / John Feinstein.
Feinstein, John.
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Fei Collection: TX
ISBN: 0605261172
Pub. Info: New York : Yearling, 2009.
Target Audience: 770 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.0 10.0 131623 IN.
"A Yearling book."
While covering baseball's World Series between the Washington Nationals and the Boston Red Sox, teenage sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol investigate a rookie pitcher whose evasive answers during an interview reveal more than a few contradictions in his life story.
Feinstein, John.
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Fei Collection: TX
ISBN: 0605261172
Pub. Info: New York : Yearling, 2009.
Target Audience: 770 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.0 10.0 131623 IN.
"A Yearling book."
While covering baseball's World Series between the Washington Nationals and the Boston Red Sox, teenage sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol investigate a rookie pitcher whose evasive answers during an interview reveal more than a few contradictions in his life story.