Most Circulated Titles

The day of the triffids

Wyndham, John, 1903-1969.


"Includes a Modern Library reading group guide"--Cover p. [4]. After a meteorite shower blinds the majority of England's citizens, Bill Mason, whose sight was saved, leaves the city with a young woman, hoping to find a way to survive in the post-apocalyptic world.
Date Published:1951

Nineteen eighty-four

Orwell, George, 1903-1950.


Wilson's Senior High School, October 2007. Wilson's Junior High School, September 2001. Wilson's Fiction, April 2001. The cautionary tale of a man caught in a political nightmare in which the power of a totalitarian state is pitted against the personal freedom of the individual.
Date Published:1992

Where the crawdads sing

Owens, Delia.


Publishers Weekly, June 2018. Booklist, July 2018. New York Times, August 2018. Kirkus Review, June 2018. Publishers Weekly. Booklist. New York Times. "Kya Clark is the 'Marsh Girl' of Barkley Cove on the North Carolina coast. Abandoned at age ten, she has survived on her own in the marsh that she calls home. A born naturalist, she took life lessons from the land, learning from the false signals of fireflies the real way of this world. Drawn to two young men from town who were intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opened herself to a new and startling world--until the unthinkable happens. When Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya"--OCLC.
Date Published:2018

Publishers Weekly, June 2018. Booklist, July 2018. New York Times, August 2018. Kirkus Review, June 2018. Publishers Weekly. Booklist. New York Times. "Kya Clark is the 'Marsh Girl' of Barkley Cove on the North Carolina coast. Abandoned at age ten, she has survived on her own in the marsh that she calls home. A born naturalist, she took life lessons from the land, learning from the false signals of fireflies the real way of this world. Drawn to two young men from town who were intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opened herself to a new and startling world--until the unthinkable happens. When Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya"--OCLC.

Date Published:2018

The Billboard illustrated encyclopedia of jazz & blues


Library Journal, November 2005. Booklist, January 2006. Choice, March 2006. Kirkus Review, November 2005. Reference and Research Book News, August 2006. Presents an illustrated, decade-by-decade chronicle of the history of jazz and blues music from the early 1900s into the twenty-first century, discussing the themes and styles characteristic of each era, and features profiles of singers, bands, and other key figures. Includes a glossary and resources for further reading.
Date Published:2005

Library Journal, November 2005. Booklist, January 2006. Choice, March 2006. Kirkus Review, November 2005. Reference and Research Book News, August 2006. Presents an illustrated, decade-by-decade chronicle of the history of jazz and blues music from the early 1900s into the twenty-first century, discussing the themes and styles characteristic of each era, and features profiles of singers, bands, and other key figures. Includes a glossary and resources for further reading.

Date Published:2005

The Big Empty

Stephens, J. B.


School Library Journal, December 2004. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2004. Kirkus Review, October 2004. Kliatt, January 2005. After half of the world's population is killed by a plague, seven teenagers seek a better life in a nightmarish future by deciphering coded messages and trying to avoid the Slashers.
Date Published:2004

Animal farm

Orwell, George, 1903-1950.


Wilson's Senior High School, October 2007. Wilson's Fiction, March 2006. A political satire in which the animals take over running the farm but find their utopian state turning into a dictatorship.
Date Published:1945

Cracker! : the best dog in Vietnam

Kadohata, Cynthia.


Wilson's Children, October 2007. Wilson's Junior High School, August 2007. School Library Journal, February 2007. Booklist starred, February 2007. Library Media Connection starred, April 2007. Horn Book Starred, October 2007. Publisher's Weekly, January 2007. Horn Book, March 2007. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2007. Kirkus Review, December 2006. A young soldier in Vietnam bonds with his bomb-sniffing dog.
Date Published:2007

Wilson's Children, October 2007. Wilson's Junior High School, August 2007. School Library Journal, February 2007. Booklist starred, February 2007. Library Media Connection starred, April 2007. Horn Book Starred, October 2007. Publisher's Weekly, January 2007. Horn Book, March 2007. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2007. Kirkus Review, December 2006. A young soldier in Vietnam bonds with his bomb-sniffing dog.

Date Published:2007

Feed

Anderson, M. T.


Wilson's Senior High School, October 2003. School Library Journal, September 2002. Horn Book Starred, September 2002. Library Media Connection starred, January 2003. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, November 2002. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), May 2004. Pub Weekly, July 2002. Kirkus Starred, September 2002. New York Times, November 2002. Horn Book, April 2003. Wilson's Senior High School. School Library Journal. Horn Book Starred. In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.
Date Published:2002

Wilson's Senior High School, October 2003. School Library Journal, September 2002. Horn Book Starred, September 2002. Library Media Connection starred, January 2003. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, November 2002. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), May 2004. Pub Weekly, July 2002. Kirkus Starred, September 2002. New York Times, November 2002. Horn Book, April 2003. Wilson's Senior High School. School Library Journal. Horn Book Starred. In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.

Date Published:2002

Animal farm : a fairy story

Orwell, George, 1903-1950.


Wilson's Senior High School. Wilson's Junior High School. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). Wilson's Senior High School, November 1997. Wilson's Junior High School, September 1995. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). A political satire in which animals take over running a farm but find their utopian state turning into a dictatorship.
Date Published:1996

The boy in the striped pajamas

Boyne, John, 1971-


Student Starred Book. School Library Journal starred. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist. School Library Journal starred, September 2006. Publisher's Weekly, July 2006. Booklist, July 2006. Horn Book, September 2006. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2006. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2006. Kliatt Starred, September 2006. Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
Date Published:2006

Student Starred Book. School Library Journal starred. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist. School Library Journal starred, September 2006. Publisher's Weekly, July 2006. Booklist, July 2006. Horn Book, September 2006. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2006. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2006. Kliatt Starred, September 2006. Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.

Date Published:2006

The house of the scorpion

Farmer, Nancy, 1941-


In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
Date Published:2003

Farm team : a Billy Baggs novel

Weaver, Will.


Wilson's Junior High School, September 1996. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 1996. School Library Journal, July 1995. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 1996. Child Study Children's Book Committee, January 1996. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), April 1998. Publisher's Weekly. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 1995. Book Report, January 1996. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 1995. Wilson's Junior High School. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). School Library Journal. With his father in jail and his mother working full-time, fourteen-year-old Billy Baggs finds himself in charge of running the family farm in northern Minnesota and having to give up the thing he loves most--baseball.
Date Published:1995

Wilson's Junior High School, September 1996. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 1996. School Library Journal, July 1995. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 1996. Child Study Children's Book Committee, January 1996. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), April 1998. Publisher's Weekly. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 1995. Book Report, January 1996. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 1995. Wilson's Junior High School. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). School Library Journal. With his father in jail and his mother working full-time, fourteen-year-old Billy Baggs finds himself in charge of running the family farm in northern Minnesota and having to give up the thing he loves most--baseball.

Date Published:1995

Malcolm X : by any means necessary : a biography

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-


Wilson's Senior High School. Wilson's Junior High School. Elem. School Library Collection. Wilson's Senior High School, November 2002. Wilson's Junior High School, September 2001. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Journal. Book Links (A.L.A.), August 2000. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), May 2004. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist. Horn Book. Chronicles the life of controversial militant leader Malcolm X.
Date Published:1993

Wilson's Senior High School. Wilson's Junior High School. Elem. School Library Collection. Wilson's Senior High School, November 2002. Wilson's Junior High School, September 2001. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Journal. Book Links (A.L.A.), August 2000. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), May 2004. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist. Horn Book. Chronicles the life of controversial militant leader Malcolm X.

Date Published:1993

Gathering blue

Lowry, Lois.


"Readers circle"--Cover. Includes reader's guide. Wilson's Children, June 2001. Wilson's Junior High School, September 2001. School Library Journal starred, August 2000. Book Links (A.L.A.), June 2003. Booklist starred, June 2000. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), April 2001. Publisher's Weekly, September 2000. Kirkus Starred, June 2000. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2000. Book Report, January 2001. Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal starred. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005. Wilson's Children, October 2006. Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.
Date Published:2000

"Readers circle"--Cover. Includes reader's guide. Wilson's Children, June 2001. Wilson's Junior High School, September 2001. School Library Journal starred, August 2000. Book Links (A.L.A.), June 2003. Booklist starred, June 2000. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), April 2001. Publisher's Weekly, September 2000. Kirkus Starred, June 2000. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2000. Book Report, January 2001. Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal starred. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005. Wilson's Children, October 2006. Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.

Date Published:2000

Cell : a novel

King, Stephen, 1947-


Wilson's Fiction, March 2007. Booklist starred, January 2006. Publisher's Weekly, January 2006. Kirkus Starred, February 2006. Maine artist Clayton Riddell, elated after closing the deal for his first comic book, comes down to Earth quickly when a brain-zapping energy burst--The Pulse--strikes, reducing cell phone users to zombie-like creatures, and leaving Clayton desperate to find a way home from Boston to see if his wife and son have survived.
Date Published:2006

Wilson's Fiction, March 2007. Booklist starred, January 2006. Publisher's Weekly, January 2006. Kirkus Starred, February 2006. Maine artist Clayton Riddell, elated after closing the deal for his first comic book, comes down to Earth quickly when a brain-zapping energy burst--The Pulse--strikes, reducing cell phone users to zombie-like creatures, and leaving Clayton desperate to find a way home from Boston to see if his wife and son have survived.

Date Published:2006

The contender

Lipsyte, Robert.


Wilson's Senior High School, October 2007. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005. Book Links (A.L.A.), July 2006. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), April 1998. Booklist. Horn Book. After a successful start in a boxing career, a Harlem high school dropout decides that competing in the ring isn't enough of life and resolves to aim for different goals.
Date Published:1967

Death note. Vol. 2, Confluence /

Ohba, Tsugumi.


Translated from the Japanese. "This book reads from right to left"--Cover p. [4]. Light Yagami, having vowed to use the Death Note to rid the world of evil, attracts the attention of authorities who are curious to know why criminals are suddenly dropping dead, but Light crosses the line when he decides to kill the agents who are chasing him, and soon finds himself pursued by his father, the legendary detective L, and the determined fiancee of one of the agents he has eliminated.
Date Published:2005

Translated from the Japanese. "This book reads from right to left"--Cover p. [4]. Light Yagami, having vowed to use the Death Note to rid the world of evil, attracts the attention of authorities who are curious to know why criminals are suddenly dropping dead, but Light crosses the line when he decides to kill the agents who are chasing him, and soon finds himself pursued by his father, the legendary detective L, and the determined fiancee of one of the agents he has eliminated.

Date Published:2005

Fullmetal alchemist. 1 /

Arakawa, Hiromu, 1973-


Translated from the Japanese. "This book reads from right to left"--Cover p. [4]. Library Journal, January 2006. Publisher's Weekly, May 2005. Edward and Alphonse Elric, physically altered by their dabblings in alchemy, become agents of the government whose demands put them in touch with a world of evil alchemists, all in search of the Philosopher's Stone.
Date Published:2005

God went to beauty school

Rylant, Cynthia.


School Library Journal, June 2003. Five Owls, October 2004. Book Links (A.L.A.), May 2004. Horn Book Starred, July 2003. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, July 2003. Horn Book, October 2003. Kirkus Review, June 2003. Library Media Connection, February 2004. Kliatt, September 2006. A novel in poems that reveal God's discovery of the wonders and pains in the world he has created.
Date Published:2003

Great expectations

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.


Pip, an orphan in Victorian England, is plucked from a life of poverty and informed he is to be raised and educated as a gentleman. Includes a map of early nineteenth-century Kent, and notes on Dickens's working methods.
Date Published:2003