September’s Featured Titles

September 3, 2008

All-AmericanĀ Girl by Meg Cabot
Sophomore Samantha Madison stops a presidential assassination attempt, is appointed teen ambassador to the United Nations, and catches the eye of the very cute First Son.

Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan
Troubled by family problems, Henry finds his life taking a whole new dimension when he and his friend, old Mr. Fogarty, become involved with Prince Pyrgus Malvae who has been sent from the faerie world in order to escape the treacherous Faeries of the Night.

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
A novel set against the three decades of Afghanistan’s history shaped by Soviet occupation, civil war, and the Taliban, which tells the stories of two women, Mariam and Laila, who grow close despite their nineteen-year age difference and initial rivalry as they suffer at the hand of a common enemy: their abusive husband.

ESPN Ultimate Highlight Reel
Tells the stories of some of the sports world’s most extraordinary plays, controversial calls, last-second miracles, and unusual fans, collected over the course of twenty-five years and reported on ESPN’s “SportsCenter.”