National Geographic Primary Readers pair magnificent National Geographic photographs with engaging text by skilled authors to help your child learn to read. Developed by education experts, this series of books for beginner readers is spread across four levels: Early Reader, Becoming Fluent, Becoming Independent and Independent Reader. 
From the majestic emperor penguin to the fancy rockhopper penguin, young readers will learn all about these fascinating animals. Told in simple yet lively text, Hello, Penguin! will enchant children who are just beginning their reading journey. 
Level 1: Early Reader books contain simple sentences and are just right for children who can decode with ease and are beginning to read fluently. They are ideal for readers of Yellow and Blue book bands for guided reading. For another National Geographic Level 1 Reader, try Climb, Koala! (9780008422226).

Hello, Penguin!: Level 1 (National Geographic Readers)

Children's Books

Williams, Kathryn

National Geographic, Kids

Animals

Collins

The Storyteller

With the mystery of Maureen Johnson and Brittany Cavallaro and the historical intrigue of Romanov, this genre-bending YA will pull readers into one girl’s journey of discovering the impossible tale of a long-lost aunt—and through her, the importance of being true to yourself. 
It’s not every day you discover you might be related to Anastasia…or that the tragic princess actually survived her assassination attempt and has been living as the woman you know as Aunt Anna. 
For Jess Morgan, who is growing tired of living her life to please everyone else, discovering her late aunt’s diaries shows her she’s not the only one struggling to hide who she really is. But was her aunt truly a Romanov princess? Or is this some elaborate hoax? 
With the help of a supremely dorky but undeniably cute local college student named Evan, Jess digs into the century-old mystery. 
But soon Jess realizes there’s another, bigger truth waiting to be revealed: Jess Morgan. Because if she’s learned anything from Aunt Anna, it’s that only you can write your own story.\nFrom School Library Journal\nGr 9 Up-Jess Morgan takes lying to herself to a whole new level, twisting herself into knots to fit in and please others. To those around her, she is a cheerful, upbeat, fun-loving high school girl with a boyfriend. In reality, she is incredibly introverted, easily overstimulated, and burned out by day-to-day life. She prefers reading or writing alone in her room to most social interactions. While helping her mom clean out a great-aunt's attic, she stumbles across diaries in a foreign language. With the help of a local college student studying Russian, she secretly translates the diaries and uncovers an incredible mystery as to the possible identity of Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov. As Jess unravels the lost woman's words, will she find a way to tell her own true story? Told in alternating chapters between present-day Jess and the mystery writer from the early 20th century, this is a book that will sit with readers, making them question what exactly is a person's truth. The author's note at the end gives further detail about the Romanovs. Characters are cued as middle-class and white. VERDICT This excellent, engaging mystery is a first purchase for school and public libraries.-Kristen Rademacherα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Teen & Young Adult

Historical Fiction

HarperTeen

Sixteen-year-old Sophie Nicolaides was practically raised in the kitchen of her family's Italian-Greek restaurant, Taverna Ristorante. When her best friend, Alex, tries to persuade her to audition for a new reality show, Teen Test Kitchen, Sophie is reluctant. But the prize includes a full scholarship to one of America's finest culinary schools and a summer in Napa, California, not to mention fame.
Once on set, Sophie immediately finds herself in the thick of the drama―including a secret burn book, cutthroat celebrity judges, and a very cute French chef. Sophie must figure out a way to survive all the heat and still stay true to herself. A terrific YA offering―fresh, fun, and sprinkled with romance.

Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Some roommates become best friends, others end up battling it out on TV talk showseither way, there's no getting around getting along with a roommate. Roomies is a hip and sassy guide to sharing a home, ideal for dorm dwellers and urban professionals alike. Its packed with practical advice on such vital topics as sharing a bathroom, writing the perfect nag note, and intra-house hookups (convenient but discouraged). Throughout, the reader may choose from mature, passive-aggressive, or hostile solutions to household dilemmas. Quirky illustrations, subversive chore wheels, twisted personality quizzes, and notes on legendary roomies such as Bert and Ernie and the Golden Girls round out the mix,making Roomies one book that everyone can agree on.

Roomies: Sharing Your Home with Friends, Strangers, and Total Freaks

Parenting & Relationships

Chronicle Books+

The stop: The underground railroad in Flint, Michigan

History

Americas

Museum of Afrikan American History-Flint

Sixteen-year-old Sophie Nicolaides was practically raised in the kitchen of her family's Italian-Greek restaurant, Taverna Ristorante. When her best friend, Alex, tries to persuade her to audition for a new reality show, Teen Test Kitchen, Sophie is reluctant. But the prize includes a full scholarship to one of America's finest culinary schools and a summer in Napa, California, not to mention fame.
Once on set, Sophie immediately finds herself in the thick of the drama―including a secret burn book, cutthroat celebrity judges, and a very cute French chef. Sophie must figure out a way to survive all the heat and still stay true to herself. Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous by Kathryn Williams is a terrific YA offering―fresh, fun, and sprinkled with romance.

Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous: A Novel (Christy Ottaviano Books)

Square Fish

Annie McRae has her whole senior year planned out. Early acceptance to Brown University, a field hockey scholarship to pay the bills, and days spent with her best friend Jamie and her boyfriend Jake. It is going to be perfect. Then her parents ruin it all by moving--to Alabama. Now, Annie finds herself in an unfamiliar world where she isn't even sure she speaks the same language. To top it off, she discovers that if she ever wants to escape back to her comfortable Yankee life, she will have to become a debutante. As in white-dress-wearing, perfect-manners-practicing, curtsying girly-girl. Fighting every step of the way, Annie spends the year learning to be a lady. Along the way, she discovers that friends can come from the most unlikely of places and that change is not always a bad thing...

The Debutante

Literature & Fiction

Hyperion Book CH

Annie McRae has her whole senior year planned out. Early acceptance to Brown University, a field hockey scholarship to pay the bills, and days spent with her best friend Jamie and her boyfriend Jake. It is going to be perfect. Then her parents ruin it all by moving--to Alabama. Now, Annie finds herself in an unfamiliar world where she isn't even sure she speaks the same language. To top it off, she discovers that if she ever wants to escape back to her comfortable Yankee life, she will have to become a debutante. As in white-dress-wearing, perfect-manners-practicing, curtsying girly-girl. Fighting every step of the way, Annie spends the year learning to be a lady. Along the way, she discovers that friends can come from the most unlikely of places and that change is not always a bad thing...

The Lost Summer

"I died one summer, or I almost did. Part of me did. I don't say that to be dramatic, only because it's true." For the past nine years, Helena Waite has been returning to summer camp at Southpoint. Every year the camp and its familiar routines, landmarks, and people have welcomed her back like a long-lost family member. But this year she is returning not as a camper, but as a counselor, while her best friend, Katie Bell remains behind. All too quickly, Helena discovers that the innocent world of campfires, singalongs, and field days have been pushed aside for late night pranks on the boys' camp, skinny dipping in the lake, and stolen kisses in the hayloft. As she struggles to define herself in this new world, Helena begins to lose sight of what made camp special and the friendships that have sustained her for so many years. And when Ransome, her longtime crush, becomes a romantic reality, life gets even more confusing. Told with honesty and heart, Kathryn Williams' second novel tackles the timeless theme of growing up, set at a camp where innocence is created and lost.

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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Hello, Penguin!: Level 1 (National Geographic Readers)

The Storyteller

The Storyteller

Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous

Roomies: Sharing Your Home with Friends, Strangers, and Total Freaks

The stop: The underground railroad in Flint, Michigan

Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous: A Novel (Christy Ottaviano Books)

The Debutante

The Debutante

The Lost Summer