High School Battle of the Books 2017-2018

When Nemesis learns Sidonia, heir to the galactic Senate, was taken to the Imperial Court as hostage, the only way to protect Sidonia is to become her and take her place. Caught in a dangerous masquerade, Nemesis must find a way to save herself, Sidonia, and the entire Empire.

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter is trying to balance her suburban prep school life with the poor, black neighborhood where she lives when she witnesses her childhood best friend Khalil get shot and killed by a police officer. As tensions mount and her city erupts in protests, the only person who knows the truth of that night is Starr, and what she does or doesn't say can change everyone's lives forever.

The author shares the story of her survival during the Gatumba massacre--despite losing her mother and sister--and how after moving to America she found healing through art and activism.

"Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. One of his fellow passengers must be the murderer. Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again--p. 4 cover.

As World War II draws to a close, four teens meet aboard the "Wilhelm Gustloff" a cruise ship that will give them passage out of Prussia before the Russians overtake the retreating German troops. The cruise ship, built to hold 1,500 passengers, is laden with over 10,000 desperate people. The four band together and try to survive when a Russian torpedo slams into the ship.

Presents a biography of Perry Wallace, the first African American to play college basketball in the all-white Southeastern Conference at Vanderbilt University, chronicling his success as a student and athlete, his involvement with civil rights activism, and his experiences with racism.

When Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel meet at a Stanford University summer program, Dimple is avoiding her parents' obsession with "marriage prospects" but Rishi hopes to woo her into accepting arranged marriage with him.