This story is told in the first person by a 16 year old girl who is in a horrible car wreck caused by someone throwing a beer bottle through her windshield.

She loved her hair. It was so blond it was almost white. It was super long and straight and she brushed it 100 strokes every night, even when she was sick.

Dmitry was able to take the terrible haircut and turn it into a gorgeous pixie cut that framed her face and make her look elfin.

Samuel needed dialysis every day. He spent a lot of his time on MiracleMakers, his online gaming community, because they understood him.

Vivian could not breathe. She had cystic fibrosis and her lungs were failing and her heart was failing, too. She needed a transplant and she needed it quickly.

The story begins Halloween week.

Leif is a football player who is pushed relentlessly by his father. His leg is shattered during a game and his parents cannot accept he won't play again.

Misty is very poor. Her parents are immigrants who could not afford to pay her medical bills. She was yellow and in a great deal of pain when her brother called for an ambulance.

The main part of the story beings six months after the initial 50 pages.

He searches the internet for clues to who died so he could live.

Vivian is an artist with an unusual means of delivering paint to the canvas. She uses a straw to blow paint through. It served a dual purpose: it helped strengthen her weak lungs and helped her creative artist side.

Misty would have lived at the library if she could have. She was miserable at home. It was dirty, smelly, and her family was loud and aggressive. Her grandmother was just mean.

Her feelings are always described by colors of an artist's pallet. For example: "Vivian's body filled with bright violet (Pantone 19-3438)

Her face was puffy and round, her dirty-blond hair was thicker and fuller and it curled and frizzed with the least humidity. She needed to trim her eyebrows every day and her face was very prone to breakouts. The anti-rejection meds played havoc with her body.

The menu for winners in his family included lots of protein, complex carbs that had a minimum amount of fiber necessary, and lots of vegetables. Dinners were not fun.

"There are records all around, son. We only have to know them to break them." He only defied his parents twice, but that number was probably going to increase.

She was going to die. Her oldest friend on the hospital floor had been 28 when he got new lungs. He died 18 months later. She was going to die and she did not want to spend the time she had left at school.

His room was filled with posters. She took out a set of paints and set to work changing them. The added nose rings, closed eyes, and drew on mustaches. They gave them Zorro masks, bandanas, leis and hats.

His injury was bought and paid for by a rival quarterback's family. Someone was now in jail for the attack.

The main characters have found each other online and part of the text is their correspondence on-line

Sam talked to Leif, Leif talked to Vivian and got her to pay for a flight for Sam. They all hope to reach Misty before it was too late.

Her liver was being rejected. She was faint and very sick. She fell down the library stairs before Sam could get to her and was taken to the hospital.

After Misty died they all went to Jessica's home. They met her brother, Carlton, and showed him their scars and answered his questions. He was totally interested and not weirded out at all.

They decided to report every All Souls Day back at the cemetery. They planned to tell Jessica about all the mores in their lives...the more breaths, the more birthdays, the more running, lazy afternoons...in fact...the more everything!

She was able to tell about everyone's life because of the connection she had with them. She did not know how or when the connection began because it was suddenly there. She was living more by dying. She was now the continuation of lives.

Misty's brother and Jessica's brother became best friends. Families became part of each other's lives. Their connections were going to last a lifetime.

This story is told in the first person by a freshman on the school's chess team. It is realistic fiction

They needed three father/son teams to compete at the Palace Royale Hotel in New York City. There was $10,000 for 1st place. His father had been a grandmaster.

He had been sixteen and two months old when it happened. Bobby Fisher had been fifteen and a half.

If you are not very good or if you are pretty new, you are called a Patzer. That means you barely know the moves and are a pushover to beat.

Brad and Eric were seniors and never lost at anything. Eric was senior class president and Brad was captain of the swimming team. He also dated Britney, the cutest girl in the freshman class.

It really is war. Two armies facing each other on a battlefield, fighting to the death. It is annihilation, pure and simple. When you capture a piece, you are killing it.

The turnament started in 21 hours. His dad decided it was a good time to start teaching him how to really play.

He always got sick before a tournament but this was bad. He was much older now and the pressure was on. he was not sleeping or taking his medicine.

George Liszt was not a nice man. He'd lost to Morris when they were kids and he did not want to lose to him as an adult. George tried to get inside Morris's head and inside his son's head. He intended to do whatever he had to do to win.

The EMT's left and they decided to have a karaoke party in their suite and order in Japanese food.

This author is an acclaimed screenwriter and was a competitive chess tournament player. He gave up the game at age 19 and returned to it 30 years later when his two children began to play in school tournaments.

She liked how Daniel had fun with Liu. He did not try to control her, he just had fun. She saw that her relationship with Brad was all wrong and broke up with him. That was when Brad got a crazy look in his eyes and hurt Britney.

The last chapter in this title was CODA.

Each chapter begins with the month, day and year. The book covers 21 days.

The main characters in this book run cross country.

Even thought they live in Florida, their next door neighbors are ghostly white. Rumor is they are vamires and now Jake's mom volunteered him to take care of their yard for several months.

They really want to beat Palmetto Ridge, aka Palmetto Bugs, because they run dirty. They trip kids or push them into the bushes when they are in the woods and no once can see what they are doing.

One of the terrorists had an account at Sam's dad's bank.

Is it possible Sam's dad helped Atta get a ton of cash from a wire transfer? The FBE was checking into it.

You cannot change the mind of a bigot. Throwing punches does not solve anything.

This book is told in the first person by an 8th grade boy. Jake would be about 30 years old today.

His grandfather had been an ambassador for the US in the Sudan. He had been kidnapped and killed.

Jake's class planned a Night of Peace at school. They have speakers from many nationalities coming and they will play a basketball game. The Freedom Fighters against the Peace Players.

Mr. Wilkey was at Pearl Harbor. He seemed to know a great deal about Jake. He figured out that Bobby was going to do something dangerous and followed the boys.

The title of this books comes from a line in the song, "dust in the Wind."

This book is told in the first person by a 4th grade girl who is trying to understand and fit in with her classmates.

The only illustrations in this book are origami animals

This book tackles three different problems--bullying, coping with a disability, and understanding wolves.

The problems all began with a kiss during recess.

Her best friend was not acting like her best friend anymore. Becky told her she was acting like they were not friends at school so she could find out what everyone was saying about Lucy.

During their research they found out that wolves pick out, and make one particular wolf miserable. It is the scapegoat and either has to take the abuse or fight and possibly be killed. It can also leave the pack.

Sam is bullied because he is smaller. He is also bullied because is is really good at flips and cartwheels and the boys decided to teach him a lesson.

Lucy was being picked on at school. Her grandmother's answer was to sign her up for a martial arts class.

At the wolf sanctuary they saw a female wolf who had adopted two little orphaned cubs as her own. Wolves take care of their own.

Sasha had been abused and trusted no one. They were all very nervous about introducing Ralph to her. It could go either way.

When Lucy stood up to yell at her class for laughing, her skirt split in two places.

This book is told in the third person. It is set in various cities around the world and is classified as adventure fiction, even though there is a hint of magic.

Night at the Opera, Evans Gambit, Fried Liver, Grunfeld Defense, were all terms used in this book.

These two books have main characters whose names are homonyms

Moonstones are really just pieces of rock, feldspar, to be exact.

The group home was in New York and was awful. Polestar was run by Pete Campos and Mandy Sue Miller, who were skimming money off the place.

Her favorite movie was "Crime of the Century: The Grimstone Heist". The crime happened in Mandy Sue's hometown and she was fascinated with the theft.

The Crack in the Sky, a priceless turquoise stone, was rumored to have been responsible for the death and financial ruin of each of its owners.

The book, "The Secrets of Merlin", explained the anticurse. It was supposed to reverse the prophecy that stated the twins would die before their 13th birthday.

Mike Shannon was a burly gentleman with capped teeth. He was a television host of a crime show. He was also the police officer who was blamed for grabbing one of the jewels in the original heist.

Hammish, the 'gem advisor", was really the fence used by Alfie. He finally told March and the others about the original curse which was: Before the passage of thirteen years, the two birthed together will die together

Oscar Ford was living in the apartment their father had meant for them. It was stocked with their favorite things. Oscar had been their father's partner in the Grimstone Heist. He was also the person who killed their father.

What book included this list? 1. Particle Zoo, 2. Room Service 3. Vacuum Packed

Both children had dreams of falling so they intended to keep their feet on the ground. Instead, they ended up at the cliff, so close to the falls they could hear the water going over.

When Alfie was dying, he was trying to say "Follow the falls to 'Dano'. Dano was a place, a restaurant owned by a close friend of Alfie. The friend had been holding on to something for Alfie for ten years. It required two matching halves of a playing card to retrieve the package. The twins had the cards.

These are all quotes from the book...words of wisdom from their father. Something always goes wrong. Save emotion for life. No feelings on a job. Revenge

This story is told in the first person by a twelve year old girl who is high functioning autistic. Her mother moved out when she was little and she only has her dad and her uncle.

According to the main character in this book the difference between breaking a rule and making a mistake is that making a mistake is accidental.

This story takes place in Hatford, New York.

This dog was a yellow Labrador retriever and was found just before Thanksgiving. His new owner got to name the dog and chose a name that was a homonym. What is the dog's name?

When stressed she would suddenly blurt out prime numbers. Two, three, five, seven, eleven, thirteen...name this person using her first and last name.

The right thing to do is locate the dog's original owners, no matter how much it hurts Rose.

The storm of the century was headed their way.

This story takes place from October until summer in Hatford, New York

She has a plan for how to locate a lost dog. It includes a map, lists of all the dog shelters and all the local towns.

At the end of the story Rose finds out her mother did not leave her. She died of an aneurysm in her heart. For years she thought her mother left because of Rose's problems.

He never raised a fist at her before because he did not want to be the kind of father he grew up with. The day he almost hit Rose, he took her to his brother's house in the middle of the night and left her there. What did Rose call her uncle?

This book is told in the third person. It has a strong female lead and is fantasy. The main character had no fear of heights and she never lost her balance.

This book has alternating chapters for two different protagonists. If the chapter is about Kyra there is a floral design at the beginning of the chapter. If the chapter is about Tristam of Brancel, a palace knight, there is a shield at the beginning of the chapter.

The main character in this story has a hard time deciding who she supports. Should she support the Guild? The palace? The Demon Riders?

The Drunken Dog was run by Bella who had a big heart and loved Kyra and Flick. Kyra also had a big heart and she paid for a room for the gutter rats, Idalee and her little sister, Lettie.

The author of this book has a PhD in neuroscience from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She blogs on the intersection of writing and brain science and lives in LA. This was her first novel.

Everyone threatened her. James threatened to kill Flick and the gutter rats if she did not help him. Tristam and the palace promised to withhold the last of the cure for the poison unless she helped them. Give the character's first and last name.

James stabbed her in the stomach because she refused to kill the Minister of Defense. He then gave her to the Demon Riders.

Pashla was a healer. She was gentle with Kyra. She was also a Demon Cat.

Brona had been looking for a reason to challenge Pashla. He accused Pashla of not looking to the clan's welfare when she wanted to keep Kyra until she was healed. He challenged Pashla to a fight to the death. They fought until Brona was dead.

Kyra suddenly realized what James was going to do with the blueflower extract. He laced the clothing he gave the Demon riders with the poison. It would slowly weaken them and eventually, it would kill them.

She had to fight James even if it meant dying. During the fight suddenly her anger was enough to cause her to change shape. She truly was Makvani. She defeated James.

In the end Kyra was sent from the Mikvani. She returned to the palace where her death sentence was recended and she promised to work for the palace for five years...on her own terms.

Tristam was demoted to a Red Shield for one year. At the end of that time he would be revaluated and could possibly be reinstated as a knight.

Malikel, though stern, did not show signs of hostility toward Kyra. Willem, on the other hand, barely even looked at her, as if she were not even deserving of a straight glance. He was the one she would have to be careful of.

This book has an introduction written by an author who published a book back in 1951, Betty Cornell.

This author's mom had the idea for her book. At first she thought it was ridiculous but then decided to embark on a grand experiment. It lasted her entire 8th grade year. Name the author

Each chapter begins with an illustration and a couple of sentences from Betty Cornell's book...and they are always in blue ink.

Did you know that distracting hairstyles promote gang violence? So does distracting hair color, facial hair and bandannas. The day after the assistant principal makes that announcement, the school has its "Crazy Hair Day."

She is pretty sure her neighbor buried a body in his front yard because he is always watering the same patch of green lawn. She suspects a drug dealer lives next door because there are way too many late night visitors in expensive cars.

She took the 21 chapters from Betty Cornell's book and created one chapter for each month of the school year. She combined a couple of chapters into one chapter for her book.

Mr. Lawrence was special. He was her mentor and her friend. The last time Maya saw him, he was very ill with cancer. As she left, she heard him tell his wife, "She's going to be a famous author someday."

By the end of April she felt like she was making a big difference in the smallest of ways. She opened doors. She changed what was socially acceptable, just a little bit.

Her school had more lock-downs than they did fire drill because they were so close to the Mexican border and there were drug gangs fighting all the time.

She changed from a bold and confident first grader into an anxious fearful introvert when her little sister died. Ariana was only 99 days old but it changed her big sister, Maya's, life.

These are all groups at school: Social Outcasts, Choir Geeks, Library Nerds, Computer Geeks, Rich Gang Members,.

This book is told in the third person and its genre is mystery. It is set in the woods were Henry and his friend Randy, both 16 years old, are supposed to be turned into MEN!

Chapter Eight and a half interrupts the story to take the reader back to Rad Rad Roger and his questions.

Could Monica slip into the office, find Max's stash of guns and ammo and use it to help them out?

Three shots. Was Max really dead? What were they going to do?

Ethan lost his left eyebrow, his mustache and goatee, too. He bellowed in pain. Monica meantime, threw the bag out the window and ran into the woods.

When the gunshots rang out Mr. Grand told Chad to check it out. Instead, Chad ran away. That left Ethan injured and Mr. Grand holding a gun on both Henry and Erik.

When more shots rang out both Erik and Henry pretended to get shot and they fell to the ground. At the same time Randy threw a rock and hit Mr. Grand in the face. Next, Henry and Erik attacked Mr. Grand. Mr. Grand fell to the ground knocked out.

So, they set out to show the bad guys that they could kill the strongest of them, but they could not kill the weakest. They hoped it worked.

Mr. Grand, Die Die Die, Vincent "Foamer" Dansky, Glenn "Hatchet-Man" Thielbar and Quentin "Shredder" Hansen were all characters in this book.

What really happened and what was in the movie was not accurate. However, it did make for an action-packed adventure.

Guns, bows and arrows, grenades, pecking birds, knives and a bear. These were all hazards faced in the woods.