Chang, Pang-Mei. Bound Feet & Western Dress.

Chang, Pang-Mei. Bound Feet & Western Dress.
Tells the story of the author's great-aunt Chang Yu-i, a woman who challenged Chinese tradition by refusing to have her feet bound, marrying and divorcing preeminent poet Hsu Chih-mo, and running the Shanghai Women's Savings Bank during the 1930s.

Collins, Max Allan. Road to Perdition.

Collins, Max Allan. Road to Perdition.
A graphic novel about an adolescent boy in 1930s Chicago whose curiosity about his father's work--enforcement for the Irish crime syndicate--leads to tragedy and a quest for revenge and redemption.

Cooper, Susan. Dark is Rising.

Cooper, Susan. Dark is Rising.
On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark.

Coy, John. Crackback.

Coy, John. Crackback.
Miles barely recalls when football was fun after being sidelined by a new coach, constantly criticized by his father, and pressured by his best friend to take performance-enhancing drugs.

Crichton, Michael. Andromeda Strain.

Crichton, Michael. Andromeda Strain.
For five days, scientists struggle to identify and control a deadly new virus threatening the United States.

Crutcher, Chris. Whale Talk.

Crutcher, Chris. Whale Talk.
Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students

Deuker, Carl. Runner.

Deuker, Carl. Runner.
When a new job falls his way, Chance jumps at the opportunity, becoming a runner who picks up strange packages on a daily route and delivers them to a shady man at the marina.