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1) Hero-type
Author
Language
English
Description
Feeling awkward and ugly is one of several reasons sixteen-year-old Kevin is uncomfortable with the publicity about his act of accidental heroism, but when a reporter photographs him apparently being unpatriotic, he speaks out and encourages people to think about what the symbols of freedom really mean.
Author
Language
English
Description
When a federal judge and his secretary fail to appear for a scheduled trial and panicked clerks call for an FBI investigation, a harrowing murder case ensues and culminates in the imprisonment of a lawyer who imparts the story of who killed the judge and why. Given the importance of what they do, and the controversies that often surround them, and the violent people they sometimes confront, it is remarkable that in the history of this country only...
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 22
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Language
English
Description
Along with the usual concerns of senior year in high school, Alice faces some very difficult situations, including vandalism by a group of Neo-Nazis and a friend's confession that a teacher has been taking advantage of her.
4) Just flirt
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A secret blog brings lies, lawsuits, and love to a self-proclaimed "Superflirt," a judgmental outcast, and a boyfriend-stealing bully at a struggling Maryland campground.
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 18
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Alice fills the summer before her junior year of high school with a job at the mall, hanging out with her friends, and wishing she had a bigger family.
Author
Series
Dark secrets volume 5
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Responding to a letter from her uncle, Anna returns to Wisteria only to find that his body has been found in the trunk of a burned-out car. Her aunt seems psychotic, and, although Anna's first impulse is to leave at once, she becomes drawn into the mystery, along with her neighbor Zack.
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 21
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
During the summer between her junior and senior years of high school, Maryland teenager Alice McKinley volunteers at a local soup kitchen, tries to do "something wild" without getting arrested, and wonders if her trip to Chicago to visit boyfriend Patrick will result in a sleepover.
