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2) Ninth house
Author
Series
Alex Stern volume 1
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
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Description
Galaxy "Alex" Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she's thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Language
English
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Description
College-bound Sam Witwicky learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers. He will have to accept his destiny and join Optimus Prime and Bumblebee in their epic battle against the Decepticons. The Decepticon forces, who have returned stronger than ever, have come to Earth on a mission to take Sam prisoner and destroy the world.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Greer Kadetsky is a shy college freshman when she meets the woman she hopes will change her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant at sixty-three, has been a central pillar of the women's movement for decades, a figure who inspires others to influence the world. Upon hearing Faith speak for the first time, Greer- madly in love with her boyfriend, Cory, but still full of longing for an ambition that she can't quite place- feels her inner...
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Language
English
Description
A completely revised and updated values-based guide to navigating the first year of college that speaks to college students in their own language and offers practical tools that readers need to keep from drinking, sleeping, or skipping their way out of college.
In the four years since its initial publication, The Freshman Survival Guide has helped thousands of first year students make a successful transition to college life. However, much has changed...
6) Fangirl
Author
Language
English
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Description
Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life--and she's really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, immersed themselves in the series when they were kids; it's what got them through their mother leaving. Her sister has grown away from fandom, but Cath can't let go. Now that they're going to college, Wren has told her she doesn't want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely...
Author
Series
I hate everyone but you volume 1
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
This debut from two emerging YA talents is told through a series of texts and emails sent between two best friends as they head off to their first semesters of college on opposite sides of the country. But as each changes and grows into her new life, will their friendship survive the distance?
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Edition
Remastered ed.
Language
English
Description
For college freshman Dobie Gillis, the only subject worth studying is girls. He falls for a pretty classmate & matching wits with oddball professors & irate parents, they soon have the whole campus jitterbugging.
Publisher
Lifetime
Language
English
Description
A college freshman suspects there is something sinister about the prestigious sorority to which she decided to pledge. She comes to find out that there is a mystery surrounding the disappearance of a pledge from the previous year. Too many questions and strange happenings add quite a twist to this tale.
10) Loveless
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Georgia has parents who are still in love, two sets of grandparents that are still together, and a brother who married his girlfriend, but at eighteen she has never even kissed someone (not even her lesbian best friend, Felipa) or particularly even wanted to; at the prom afterparty she is surrounded by couples making out, and she really does not know what is wrong--but in college she comes to understand herself as asexual/aromantic, and to capture...
11) Drumline
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Edition
Full screen ed.
Language
English
Description
A precocious freshman drummer struggles to both succeed and fit in as a member of the marching band at a historically black university.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The first practical guide of its kind that helps students transition smoothly from high school to college. The transition from high school--and home--to college can be stressful. Students and parents often arrive on campus unprepared for what college is really like. Academic standards and expectations are different from high school; families aren't present to serve as 'scaffolding' for students; and first-years have to do what they call 'adulting.'...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Diego de la Vega is a modern-day young man starting his first year of college. A descendant of past Zorros, he feels compelled to pick up the mantle of his ancestors when the city of his birth grows increasingly corrupt. Being a modern Zorro means no longer riding a horse. Instead, Zorro fights crime on a very cool purple motorcycle called the Tornado-Z, with crime-fighting tools that include a Z-Pod, Z-Phone, and other surprises.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
When college-bound Sam Witwicky learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers, he must accept his destiny and join Optimus Prime and Bumblebee in their epic battle against the Decepticons, who have returned stronger than ever with a plan to destroy the world.
15) Fangirl
Author
Series
Fangirl volume 3
Publisher
Alfaguara
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
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Description
Cath struggles to survive on her own in her first year of college while avoiding a surly roommate, bonding with a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words, and worrying about her fragile father.
"Los meses son diferentes en la universidad, especialmente el primer añ0. Suceden demasiadas cosas. Cada mes del primer año equivale a seis meses normales: son como meses de perros."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Prufrock Press, Inc
Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Description
"Unlike other college guides, College 101: A Girl's Guide to Freshman Year is written from the honest, humorous, and relatable first-person perspective of a young woman who recently experienced her freshman year, while also offering the advice of experts and unique experiences of other college-aged women. This refreshing guide shows girls what to really expect from their first year of college, including pro tips and common pitfalls to avoid. From...
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