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|  | Sarah by J. T. Le Roy
A boy and his mother, Sarah, work for a fairly benign pimp named Glad until the boy takes his mother's name and runs away. He meets a man who brutalizes him--encounters that are described in detail. J. T. Leroy, the young author, has based this haunting and disturbing novel on his own experiences. AUTHOR: J. T. Le Roy
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Hit Time by Yolanda Joe, Garland
Chicago bluesman Jimmy Flamingo lands in jail after sleazy record producer Fab Weaver is murdered. Jimmy's friend, African-American journalist Georgia Barnett, decides to prove his innocence. AUTHOR: Yolanda Joe, Garland
PUBLISHER: Pocket Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Place My Words Are Looking For by Paul B. Janeczko
Thirty-nine poets share their thoughts on writing and creating. Each contributes a poem (or poems) followed by a comment on their creative process and influences. Contributors include Lillian Morrison, Jack Prelutsky, Myra Cohn Livingston, Karla Kuskin, Russell Hoban, Paul Fleischman, and Cynthia Rylant. Illustrated with b&w photographs. AUTHOR: Paul B. Janeczko
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | What Was She Thinking? by Zoe Heller
Barbara Covett, a middle-aged teacher at a private school, befriends the new teacher, Sheba Hart, whose exotic looks and naively open manner and way of dressing are a contrast to her own drabber style. When Sheba begins an affair with a 15-year-old student, Barbara chronicles it in a narrative that reveals not only Sheba`s sad story but the cosmic differences between these two women. AUTHOR: Zoe Heller
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Nell's Quilt by Susan Terris
In this story set in turn-of-the-century Massachusetts, 18-year-old Nell takes drastic and dangerous methods to avoid being forced to marry a man she does not love. AUTHOR: Susan Terris
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Won't Know Till I Get There by Walter Dean Myers
Fourteen-year-old Stephen Gerard Perry and his friends are forced to do community service after they are caught spray-painting graffiti on a subway car. Through their work at a nursing home in their neighborhood, the boys come to a greater appreciation of the world and the people around them. AUTHOR: Walter Dean Myers
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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