Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong

Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong
Author: Prudence Shen
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2013-05-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 159643659X

The unlikely friendship between basketball team captain Charlie and robotics club president Nate is challenged when Nate declares war on the cheerleaders over funding that will either pay for new uniforms or a robotics competition.

Brain Camp

Brain Camp
Author: Susan Kim
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2010-08-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1596433663

Lucas and Jenna are chosen to attend a camp that promises to turn delinquents into high achieving students, but when they arrive, they realize that the camp is not what it seems.

Big Nate

Big Nate
Author: Lincoln Peirce
Publisher:
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2012
Genre: JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN: 9781451724721

Nate has a master plan. But will Mrs. Godfrey catch him in the act?

Comics Will Break Your Heart

Comics Will Break Your Heart
Author: Faith Erin Hicks
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2019-02-12
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1626723656

A sweet, funny contemporary teen romance for the inner geek in all of us from graphic novelist Faith Erin Hicks. Miriam's family should be rich. After all, her grandfather was the co-creator of smash-hit comics series The TomorrowMen. But he sold his rights to the series to his co-creator in the 1960s for practically nothing, and now that's what Miriam has: practically nothing. And practically nothing to look forward to either-how can she afford college when her family can barely keep a roof above their heads? As if she didn't have enough to worry about, Miriam's life gets much more complicated when a cute boy shows up in town . . . and turns out to be the grandson of the man who defrauded Miriam's grandfather, and heir to the TomorrowMen fortune. In her endearing debut novel, cartoonist Faith Erin Hicks pens a sensitive and funny Romeo and Juliet tale about modern romance, geek royalty, and what it takes to heal the long-festering scars of the past (Spoiler Alert: love).

The Leak

The Leak
Author: Kate Reed Petty
Publisher: First Second
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2021-03-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250830257

In this compelling middle-grade graphic novel The Leak, Ruth, a young journalist, is determined to uncover a secret that threatens her town. Ruth Keller is brash and precocious; she argues with her dentist, her parents, and her teachers. So, when she discovers a strange black slime in the man-made lake of her suburban neighborhood, she decides to investigate. Fortified by the encouragement of those around her, Ruth seeks the truth at all costs, even if it means taking on the rich local country club owner, who she believes is responsible for the pollution. Between the teasing of former friends, and a sudden viral spotlight, Ruth discovers how difficult it is for a journalist to take a stand for what's right in the face of critique and controversy. From writer Kate Reed Petty and illustrator Andrea Bell, comes a story about corruption, pollution, and freedom of the press, and the young journalist at the center of it all.

Friends with Boys

Friends with Boys
Author: Faith Erin Hicks
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2012-02-28
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1596435569

After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and three older brothers, Maggie enrolls in public high school, where interacting with her peers is complicated by the melancholy ghost that has followed her throughout her entire life.

Awkward

Awkward
Author: SVETLANA CHMAKOVA
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2015-07-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0316381349

Cardinal rule #1 for surviving school: Don't get noticed by the mean kids. Cardinal rule #2 for surviving school: Seek out groups with similar interests and join them. On her first day at her new school, Penelope--Peppi--Torres reminds herself of these basics. But when she trips into a quiet boy in the hall, Jaime Thompson, she's already broken the first rule, and the mean kids start calling her the "nerder girlfriend." How does she handle this crisis? By shoving poor Jaime and running away! Falling back on rule two and surrounding herself with new friends in the art club, Peppi still can't help feeling ashamed about the way she treated Jaime. Things are already awkward enough between the two, but to make matters worse, he's a member of her own club's archrivals--the science club! And when the two clubs go to war, Peppi realizes that sometimes you have to break the rules to survive middle school!

Zombies Calling

Zombies Calling
Author: Faith Erin Hicks
Publisher:
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2012-10-23
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781593620790

Joss, overwhelmed by exams and debt, finds her life further complicated after being attacked by a group of brain-hungery zombies and must use the knowledge she has gained from watching too many zombie movies to get out of her dorm alive.

Westworld

Westworld
Author: Michael Chrichton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2017-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9784871872591

This is the original screenplay of Westworld as it was just two days before actual shooting began. Before this, there had been many cuts, changes, additions and deletions over a period of months. Much can be learned about actual film making from reading this book. It is to be suggested to read the Forward by Former Story Editor Saul David and the introduction by Michael Chrichton at least twice, once before downloading and seeing the original film and then afterwards. Now it is said Westworld was ahead of its time in depicting the dangers of computers and automated systems. Now we can realize that when the ro I am not sure that the author Michael Chrichton even realized what he had done here. He says that his goal was merely to provide "entertainment." We now understand that the robots in the movie are breaking down because of a virus or a bug in the system. The guests are paying and coming to Westworld to experience life as it was in the days of Pompeii before it was destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, or the Medieval World of the 13th Century or the Wild West of the 1880s. Now we know the robots start breaking down or malfunctioning that they are being hit with a programming bug or by a computer virus. In this and many other respects this movie used new technology and did things that had never been been done before. The Medieval Queen who is a robot convinces the knight to fight a battle to the death with the Black Knight. She tells the knight he will win the battle because the Black Knight cannot see well from his left eye. It is a trap. The left eye has been repaired by the Technicians. So, the knight thinking he is sure to win is killed in real life by the Black Knight.