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|  | Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? by Mel Glenn
A collection of poems that spell out the reactions of students, friends, co-workers, and one cold-blooded killer to the death of high school English teacher Robert Chippendale. By following the story told in the 95 free verse poems, readers can try to guess the identity of Mr. Chippendale's killer while also learning about the lives and thoughts of the students and teachers at the high school. AUTHOR: Mel Glenn
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction 
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 | Pharoah by Karen Essex
Description not available.Journeying to Rome where her infant son can be officially recognized as Caesar's rightful heir, Kleopatra forms an intimate bond with Caesar's second-in-command, Antony, who wages war against Caesar's murderous nephew, Octavian, who would usurp the throne. By the author of Kleopatra. 30,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Karen Essex
PUBLISHER: Warner Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Star Wars: Boba Fett - Enemy of the Empire
Description not available.Set in the period before Episode IV, a novel of Darth Vader and Boba Fett sees the galaxy's greatest bounty hunter employed by the ruthless Sith Lord to recover a precious box containing the secret to a powerful weapon, but when Vader plots to kill his own agent, Boba Fett will demonstrate his true warrior abilities. Original.
CATEGORY: Science Fiction & Fantasy
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 | Tigers Tigers Burning Bright by Mel Glenn
This collection of free-verse poetry tells the story of a high school basketball team from the perspective of players, coaches, family members, friends, and fans. AUTHOR: Mel Glenn
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Poetry for the Earth by Alan Scholefield, Sara Dunn
The poetic concern for nature has been, in the words of Anna Akhmatova, wild in our breast for centuries. Now, Poetry for the Earth collects an astonishing diversity of poetic response to the environment, from eras and places as diverse as classical Greece, Elizabethan England, seventeenth-century Japan, contemporary Africa,and modern America. In moods that range from urgent to contemplative, euphoric to indignant, here are poems by: Paula Gunn Allen, Geoffrey Chaucer, Emily Dickinson, Alice Walker and many others.From haiku and tribal riddles to blank verse, these poems speak anew to a relationship in crisis, propelling us all toward appreciation and reflection of the planet that gives us life. AUTHOR: Alan Scholefield, Sara Dunn
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Ralph Waldo Emerson by Jim Killavey, Kenneth S. Lynn, Ralph Waldo Emerson
These essays and other writings show Emerson as a protester against conformity, a lover of nature, an activist for the rights of women, an abolitionist, and sensitive poet. AUTHOR: Jim Killavey, Kenneth S. Lynn, Ralph Waldo Emerson
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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