Edge of Your Seat Fiction
(Suspense, Action & Survival Stories)
YA FIC ABA
Abani, Chris
Song For Night
Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West
African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a
brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part
of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut, a move to keep these children from
screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. The book is written in
a ghostly voice, with each chapter headed by a line of the unique sign language these children
invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.
YA FIC ABR
Abrahams, Peter
Bullet Point
Wyatt never really thought much about his dad—a hardened criminal, a lifer in a prison
somewhere on the other side of the state. But then the economy had to go and tank, and the
community had to go and cut the baseball program from Wyatt's high school. And then the coach
had to go and show Wyatt a photograph of his dad at sixteen, looking very much like Wyatt
himself. Through a series of unfortunate—or perhaps they were fortunate—events, Wyatt meets a
crazy-hot girl named Greer with a criminal dad of her own. A criminal dad who is, in fact, in jail
with Wyatt's own criminal dad. Greer arranges a meeting, and Wyatt's dad is nothing like the guy
he's imagined—he's suave, and smart, and funny, and cool, and—Wyatt's pretty sure—innocent.
So Wyatt decides to help him out. A decision that may possibly be the worst he's ever made in
his life.
YA MYS ADA
Adam, Paul
Max Cassidy: Escape from Shadow Island
Max Cassidy can escape from anything
Only fourteen years old, Max is the world's foremost escape artist. Chained, handcuffed, locked
in an airtight water tank, there's nothing he can't get himself out of. He learned the art from his
father—a man who just two years ago was murdered, and Max's mother went to jail for the crime.
Now a mysterious man has shown up backstage after one of Max's shows, telling Max that not
only is his mother innocent, but his father is still alive. He can provide only one clue: a slip of
paper with eight digits written on it. It is this clue that will lead Max from his home in London to the
exotic and deadly Central American country of Santo Domingo and the impenetrable fortress on
the sinister Isla de Sombra. Max Cassidy can escape from anything–but given the chance to
finally know the truth about what has torn his family apart, escape from Shadow Island is the last
thing on his mind.
YA FIC ADO
Adoff, Jaime
Names Will Never Hurt Me
In this gripping story, four very different teenagers reveal their deepest feelings and fears during a
day in which the hurts and struggles of high school escalate dangerously. There's Kurt, the
"freek" who listens to loud music, trying to escape the kids who bully him; Tisha, the girl who feels
"out of place" because she's biracial; Ryan, the football star who rules the hallways but hides a
terrible secret; and Floater, who wields power over students by acting as the principal's eyes and
ears. As tensions rise and emotions reach the breaking point, will Kurt, Tisha, Ryan, and Floater
be able to reach out to one another in time to prevent a tragedy?
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YA FIC ALE
Alender, Katie
Bad Girls Don’t Die
Alexis thought she led a typically dysfunctional high school existence. Dysfunctional like her
parents' marriage; her doll-crazy twelve-year-old sister, Kasey; and even her own anti-social, anticheerleader attitude. When a family fight results in some tearful sisterly bonding, Alexis realizes
that her life is creeping from dysfunction into danger. Kasey is acting stranger than ever: her blue
eyes go green sometimes; she uses old-fashioned language; and she even loses track of chunks
of time, claiming to know nothing about her strange behavior. Their old house is changing, too.
Doors open and close by themselves; water boils on the unlit stove; and an unplugged air
conditioner turns the house cold enough to see their breath in. Alexis wants to think that it's all in
her head, but soon, what she liked to think of as silly parlor tricks are becoming life-threatening—
to her, her family, and to her budding relationship with the class president. Alexis knows she's
the only person who can stop Kasey — but what if that green-eyed girl isn't even Kasey
anymore?
YA FIC ALE
Alender, Katie From Bad to Cursed (Bad Girls Don't Die v 2)
Alexis is the last girl you'd expect to sell her soul. She already has everything she needs—an
adorable boyfriend, the perfect best friend, and a little sister who’s finally recovering after being
possessed by an evil spirit. Alexis is thrilled when her sister joins a club: new friends are just
what Kasey needs. It’s strange, though, to see how fast the girls in the Sunshine Club go from
dorky and antisocial to gorgeous and popular. Then Alexis learns that the girls have pledged an
oath to a seemingly benevolent spirit named Aralt. Worried that Kasey’s in over her head again,
Alexis and her best friend, Megan, decide to investigate by joining the club themselves. Soon,
Alexis trades in her pink hair and punky clothes for a mainstream look, and finds herself reveling
in her newfound elegance and success. The club’s connection with Aralt seems harmless, and
before long, Alexis can hardly remember why she joined in the first place.Surely it wasn’t to
destroy Aralt. . . . Why would she hurt someone who has given her so much, and asked for so
little in return?
YA FIC ALE
Alender, Katie
As Dead As It Gets (Bad Girls Don't Die v 3)
Alexis battles a more powerful ghost than she's ever faced before... and one whose fate is tied to
hers in ways she couldn't possibly imagine
SR Section & YA FIC ALL
Allende, Isabel
City of the Beasts
When fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his individualistic grandmother on an
expedition to find a humanoid Beast in the Amazon, he experiences ancient wonders and a
supernatural world as he tries to avert disaster for the Indians.
Tween & YA FIC AND
Anderson, John David
Sidekicked
Andrew Bean might be a part of H.E.R.O., a secret organization for the training of superhero
sidekicks, but that doesn’t mean that life is all leaping tall buildings in single bounds. First, there’s
Drew’s power: Possessed of super senses – his hearing, sight, taste, touch, and smell are the
most powerful on the planet – he’s literally the most sensitive kid in school. There’s his superhero
mentor, a former legend who now spends more time straddling barstools than he does fighting
crime. And then there’s his best friend, Jenna – their friendship would be complicated enough if
she weren’t able to throw a Volkswagen the length of a city block. Add in trying to keep his
sidekick life a secret from everyone, including his parents, and the truth is clear: Middle school is
a drag even with superpowers. But this was all before a supervillain long thought dead returned
to Justicia, superheroes began disappearing at an alarming rate, and Drew’s two identities
threatened to crash head-on into each other. Drew has always found it pretty easy to separate
right from wrong, good from evil. It’s what a superhero does. But what happens when that line
starts to break down?
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YA FIC & YA MYS AND
Anderson, Laurie Halse
Speak
Since the beginning of the school year, high school freshman Melinda has found that it's been
getting harder and harder for her to speak out loud: "My throat is always sore, my lips raw....
Every time I try to talk to my parents or a teacher, I sputter or freeze.... It's like I have some kind
of spastic laryngitis." What could have caused Melinda to suddenly fall mute? Could it be due to
the fact that no one at school is speaking to her because she called the cops and got everyone
busted at the seniors' big end-of-summer party? Or maybe it's because her parents' only form of
communication is Post-It notes written on their way out the door to their nine-to-whenever jobs?
Tween & YA SF AND
Anderson, M.T.
The Game of Sunken Places
Thirteen-year-old Gregory Buchanan receives a letter from his Uncle Max and tells his friend
Brian, Uncle Max "lives in kind of a different world from the rest of us." Gregory and Brian
discover just how different that world is when they accept Maximiliam Grendle's invitation to visit.
The two boys discover a game board in the nursery and are swept into competition. But who is
their competitor? There are no apparent rules to this Game, either. The mysterious and
frightening Jack Stimple gives pointers, but refuses to reveal the rules. The Game takes the boys
to fantastic places in the woods around Grendle Manor: Clock Corner, the Petroglyph Wall,
Fundridge's Folly. They encounter an axe-wielding troll named Kalgrash, an ogre called Snarth,
and a tiny man, Wee Sniggleping. As the boys advance in the Game, additional locations on the
game board appear and they discover the mythical people for whom they compete.
Tween & YA SF AND
Anderson, M.T.
Suburb Beyond the Stars
Something very strange is happening in Vermont. It's not The Game of Sunken Places - Brian
and Gregory have been through that before, and there's not supposed to be another Game until
they say there's a Game. But still . . . when they go to visit a relative in the Vermont woods, they
find many things are . . . off. Like, people aren't where they're supposed to be. And houses are
everywhere. In fact, the houses seem to be taking over.
If anyone in the universe can make high adventure out of supernatural urban sprawl . . . well, it's
M. T. Anderson. And in The Suburb Beyond the Stars he brings both humor and intelligence to a
thrill ride that's part quest, part mystery, part fantasy, and part Abbott and Costello.
Tween & YA SF AND
Anderson, M.T.
The Empire of Gut and Bone
The land of New Norumbega is an unusual one--an empire of gut and bone, a kingdom of blood
and mucus. At its dark, dry heart is a ruling class that doesn't care about much besides itself . . .
and a ruler who is (literally) a one-eyed stump of flesh. Brian and Gregory have come to New
Norumbega for a reason--to get the Norumbegans to help them thwart an alien attack back home
on earth. But instead, the two boys find themselves caught up in both a robot rebellion and a
murder mystery after one of the Norumbegan leaders is sent to sleep . . . permanently. In New
Norumbega, it's very hard to know who to trust. There are assassins around every corner, and
secrets pave every conversation. Brian and Gregory will be lucky to make it out alive, never sure
if they are meant to catch the murderer . . . or be the killer's next victim.
YA SF AND
Anderson, R.J.
Ultraviolet
Anderson blends paranormal, science fiction, and scientific elements in an intriguing story about a
teenager who is convinced that she’s crazy—and a murderer—though reality is even more
unpredictable. Sixteen-year-old Alison Jeffries awakens in the psych ward of a hospital, and is
soon transferred to a treatment center for “youth in crisis.” The police, meanwhile, believe Alison
knows something about the disappearance of her classmate, Tori. She does. Alison had watched
Tori disintegrate before her eyes, and she believes that her barely understood “powers” are to
blame. With the help of Sebastian Faraday, a mysterious neuropsychologist, Alison starts to get
answers: she is a synesthete—her senses of smell, taste, sight, and hearing intertwined in
surprising ways—as well as a tetrachromat, able to perceive ultraviolet light
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YA SF AND
Anderson, R.J. Quicksilver
Back in her hometown, Tori Beaugrand had everything a teenaged girl could want—popularity,
money, beauty. But she also had a secret. A secret that could change her life in an instant, or
destroy it. Now she’s left everything from her old life behind, including her real name and Alison,
the one friend who truly understood her. She can’t escape who and what she is. But if she wants
to have anything like a normal life, she has to blend in and hide her unusual... talents.
Plans change when the enigmatic Sebastian Faraday reappears and gives Tori some bad news:
she hasn’t escaped her past. In fact, she’s attracted new interest in the form of an obsessed excop turned investigator for a genetics lab. She has one last shot at getting her enemies off her
trail and winning the security and independence she’s always longed for. But saving herself will
take every ounce of Tori’s incredible electronics and engineering skills—and even then, she may
need to sacrifice more than she could possibly imagine if she wants to be free.
YA FIC ANH
Anhalt, Ariela
Freefall
Luke was not eager to accompany his best friend, Hayden, and the cocky new kid, Russell, up to
the cliff that night. The plan was to watch Russell jump off the cliff into the lake—his initiation to
the Briar Academy fencing team. But instead, after an angry confrontation with Hayden, Russell
falls to his death. Now Hayden is in jail and the pressure is on Luke to report what he saw. But
what did he see? An accident—or a murder? Luke has always followed Hayden's lead, but this is
one decision he'll be forced to make on his own. And to do it, he must face the truth about his
friendship with Hayden and his own painful past.
YA FIC ARM
Armstrong, Kelly
The Gathering
Maya lives in a small medical-research town on Vancouver Island. How small? You can't find it on
the map. It has less than two-hundred people, and her school has only sixty-eight students — for
every grade from kindergarten to twelve. Now, strange things are happening in this
claustrophobic town, and Maya's determined to get to the bottom of them. First, the captain of the
swim team drowns mysteriously in the middle of a calm lake. A year later, mountain lions start
appearing around Maya's home, and they won't go away. Her best friend, Daniel, starts getting
negative vibes from certain people and things. It doesn't help that the new bad boy in town, Rafe,
has a dangerous secret — and he's interested in one special part of Maya's anatomy: Her pawprint birthmark.
YA MYS ARN
Arnold, Tedd
Rat Life
The dead body found in the Chemanga River has nothing to do with Todd. He’s been busy
making beds at the family motel and writing alien stories to entertain his friends. Sure, a murder is
big news, but what would really interest him? A paying job and a story line free of UFOs and poop
jokes. And then he meets Rat. Just a little older than Todd, Rat’s already been to Vietnam and
back. He’s got a tattoo and a messed-up family life. And when he offers Todd a gig at the drive-in
theater, Todd takes it. After all, it pays actual money. But hanging out with Rat leads to a host of
strange experiences and perplexing questions. More and more, that corpse from the river is on
Todd’s mind, and no matter how he shifts the pieces around, Rat is always part of the puzzle.
YA FIC ASH
Ashby, Amanda
Fairy Bad Day
While most students at Burtonwood Academy get to kill demons and goblins, fifteen-year-old
Emma gets to rid the world of little annoying fairies with glittery wings and a hipster fashion sense.
She was destined to be a dragon slayer, but cute and charming Curtis stole her spot. Then she
sees a giant killer fairy - and it's invisible to everyone but her! If Emma has any chance of
stopping this evil fairy, she's going to need help. Unfortunately, the only person who can help is
Curtis. And now, not only has he stolen her dragon-slayer spot, but maybe her heart as well! Why
does she think it's going to be a fairy bad day?
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YA FIC AYA Ayarbe, Heidi Wanted
Sanctuary. A one-word text message: That's all Michal "Mike" Garcia needs to gather a crowd.
Mike is a seventeen-year-old bookie, and Sanctuary is where she takes bets for anyone at
Carson City High with enough cash. Her only rule: Never participate, never place a bet for herself.
Then Josh Ellison moves to town. He pushes Mike to live her life, to feel a rush of something—
play the game, he urges, stop being a spectator. So Mike breaks her one rule. She places a bet,
feels the rush. And loses. In an act of desperation, she and Josh—who has a sordid past of his
own—concoct a plan: The pair will steal from Carson City's elite to pay back Mike's debt. Then
they'll give the rest of their haul to those who need it most. How can burglary be wrong if they are
making things right?
YA MYS BAR
Barnes, Jennifer Lynn
Golden
When Lissy James moves from California to Oklahoma, she finds herself in the middle of a
teenage nightmare: a social scene to rival a Hollywood movie. And as if understanding the
hierarchy of the Goldens vs. the Nons isn't hard enough, Lissy's ever-growing Aura Vision is
getting harder and harder to hide. If she's not careful, she's going to become a Non faster than
you can say "freak." But it's becoming clear that Emory High has a few secrets of its own. Around
the halls, the term "special powers" goes way beyond one's ability to attract the opposite sex, and
there may be something more evil than the A-crowd lurking in the classrooms. Lissy can see a lot
more than the average girl, but she's about to learn the hard way that things aren't always as they
appear and you can't always judge a girl by her lip gloss.
YA FIC BAR
Barnes, Jennifer Lynn
Nobody
There are people in this world who are Nobody. No one sees them. No one notices them. They
live their lives under the radar, forgotten as soon as you turn away.
That's why they make the perfect assassins.
The Institute finds these people when they're young and takes them away for training. But an
untrained Nobody is a threat to their organization. And threats must be eliminated. Sixteen-yearold Claire has been invisible her whole life, missed by the Institute's monitoring. But now they've
ID'ed her and send seventeen-year-old Nix to remove her. Yet the moment he lays eyes on her,
he can't make the hit. It's as if Claire and Nix are the only people in the world for each other. And
they are—because no one else can really see them.
YA MYS BAR Barnes, Jennifer Lynn The Naturals
Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she
can tell you who you are and what you want. But it’s not a skill that she’s ever taken seriously.
That is, until the FBI come knocking: they’ve begun a classified program that uses exceptional
teenagers to crack infamous cold cases, and they need Cassie. What Cassie doesn’t realize is
that there’s more at risk than a few unsolved homicides—especially when she’s sent to live with a
group of teens whose gifts are as unusual as her own. Sarcastic, privileged Michael has a knack
for reading emotions, which he uses to get inside Cassie’s head—and under her skin. Brooding
Dean shares Cassie’s gift for profiling, but keeps her at arm’s length. Soon, it becomes clear that
no one in the Naturals program is what they seem. And when a new killer strikes, danger looms
closer than Cassie could ever have imagined. Caught in a lethal game of cat and mouse with a
killer, the Naturals are going to have to use all of their gifts just to survive.
YA SF BAR
Barry, Max
Jennifer Government
In a satiric near future, privatization has taken over all aspects of public life-including schools,
police, and government-and the world is divided among economic blocs. Surnames reflect the
company people work for, and, increasingly, the alliance of corporations to which the company
belongs. When hapless Hack Nike, a lowly Merchandise Distribution Officer, runs into the wrong
people-John Nike and (yes) John Nike, Vice Presidents-at the watercooler, he is inveigled into a
highly illegal, unethical merchandising act. When he goes to the police for help, they sell him a
contract (which he can't afford) to take the job off his hands, and then subcontract the work to the
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NRA, which botches it, putting Field Agent Jennifer Government on the case. Jennifer is a single
mother with a savvy daughter, Kate Mattel (children take the name of their school), who is a bit of
a heroine herself. A hard-boiled detective with a soft heart and a ready wisecrack, Jennifer has an
enigmatic tattoo, a mysterious past, and a mission to bring down wrongdoers-especially at Nike.
The story takes her on a madcap chase across the United States Economic Bloc from Melbourne
to London, culminating in a bizarre world war with a surprising outcome.
YA SF BEA
Beaudoin, Sean
Fade to Blue
On Sophie Blue's 17th birthday, a nurse at her father's lab gave her a mysterious injection and
her father disappeared, leaving behind a swirl of rumors about what really happened to Sophie,
who has gone Goth. A year later, she has strange dreams that involve being smashed by a
Popsicle truck, hears a constant hum ("gotothelabgotothelabgotothelab"), and copes with her
comics-obsessed and increasingly obese younger brother O. S., as well as her out-to-lunch mom.
Kenny Fade, basketball star and school heartthrob, also hears and sees bizarre things and, like
Sophie, fears for his sanity. And his mother is a nurse!
YA FIC BEA
Beale, Fleur
I Am Not Esther
Imagine being fourteen years old and suddenly being given a new name, a new appearance, a
new family, and a new faith. All reminders of a former life are removed, leaving a completely new
identity. This premise is the base of Beale's chilling novel, which was originally published in New
Zealand. Kirby Greenland has lived a free and easy life in Auckland with her somewhat flaky
widowed mother. When, out of the blue, her mother announces that she has to leave the country,
Kirby goes to stay with relatives she did not know existed-members of a fundamentalist Christian
cult known as the Children of the Faith. Kirby is renamed Esther Pilgrim, and she is forced to live
by the strict Rule governing the members of this religious community. All details of her life, from
her hairstyle and clothing to her choice of husband, are now governed by the Elders of Faith. Her
freedom as an individual, something she previously took for granted, is instantly erased, and
Kirby is left with little more than her struggle to resist.
YA FIC BED Bedford, Martyn Flip
One December night, 14-year-old Alex goes to bed. He wakes up to find himself in the wrong
bedroom, in an unfamiliar house, in a different part of the country, and it's the middle of June. Six
months have disappeared overnight. The family at the breakfast table are total strangers. And
when he looks in the mirror, another boy's face stares back at him. A boy named Flip. Unless
Alex finds out what's happened and how to get back to his own life, he may be trapped forever
inside a body that belongs to someone else.
YA FIC BELL
Bell, Julia
Dirty Work
Hope Tasker, an upper-class girl from Britain, is sick of her petty friends and distracted parents.
She just wants to be free, to have fun, to live a little. So when she meets a mysterious foreigner
named Natasha, something tells her that this could be her way out of her mundane life. Except
Natasha is really Oksana, an impoverished girl from Russia, who was tricked into being sold into
sexual slavery as a way to support her family. Oksana, far from being Hope’s way out, is instead
a trap that lures Hope into an international prostitution ring. The two girls soon realize that if they
are ever going to escape, they must learn to find enough common ground to work together—and
to trust each other.
YA FIC BEN
Benedis-Grab, Daphne The Girl in the Wall
Gabriel's birthday weekend looks to be the event of the season, with a private concert by rock
star Hudson Winters on the grounds of her family's east coast estate, and all of Ariel's elite prep
school friends in attendance. The only person who's dreading the party is Sera, Ariel's former
best friend, whose father is forcing her to go. Sera has been the school pariah since she betrayed
Ariel, and she now avoids Ariel and their former friends. Thrown together, Ariel and Sera can
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agree on one thing: this could be one very long night. They have no idea just how right they are.
Only moments after the concert begins and the lights go down, thugs open fire on parents and
schoolmates alike, in a plot against Ariel's father that quickly spins out of control. As the entire
party is taken hostage, the girls are forced apart. Ariel escapes into the hidden tunnels in the
family mansion, where she and Sera played as children. Only Sera, who forges an unlikely
alliance with Hudson Winters, knows where her friend could be. As the industrial terrorist plot
unravels and the death toll climbs, Ariel and Sera must recall the sisterhood that once sustained
them as they try to save themselves and each other on the longest night of their lives.
YA FIC BEN
Benoit, Charles
You
This wasn't the way it was supposed to go.
You're just a typical fifteen-year-old sophomore, an average guy named Kyle Chase. This can't
be happening to you. But then, how do you explain all the blood? How do you explain how you
got here in the first place?
There had to have been signs, had to have been some clues it was coming. Did you miss them,
or ignore them? Maybe if you can figure out where it all went wrong, you can still make it right. Or
is it already too late? Think fast, Kyle. Time's running out. How did this happen?
You is the riveting story of fifteen-year-old Kyle and the small choices he does and doesn't make
that lead to his own destruction.
Tween & YA FIC BEN
Benway, Robin Also Known As
Being a 16-year-old safecracker and active-duty daughter of international spies has its moments,
good and bad. Pros: Seeing the world one crime-solving adventure at a time. Having parents with
super cool jobs. Cons: Never staying in one place long enough to have friends or a boyfriend. But
for Maggie Silver, the biggest perk of all has been avoiding high school and the accompanying
cliques, bad lunches, and frustratingly simple locker combinations. Then Maggie and her parents
are sent to New York for her first solo assignment, and all of that changes. She'll need to attend a
private school, avoid the temptation to hack the school's security system, and befriend one
aggravatingly cute Jesse Oliver to gain the essential information she needs to crack the case . . .
all while trying not to blow her cover.
YA FIC BEN
Benway, Robin
Going Rogue (Also Known As v 2)
Being permanently based in a local New York City high school as an undercover operative has its
moments, good and bad, for 16-year-old safecracker Maggie Silver.
Pros: More quality time with her former mark-turned-boyfriend Jesse Oliver and insanely cool
best friend, Roux. Getting to spend quality time with her semi-retired and international spy
honorary uncle, Angelo.
Cons: High school and the accompanying cliques, bad lunches, and frustratingly simple locker
combinations. But when Maggie's parents are falsely accused of stealing priceless gold coins,
Maggie uses her safecracking skills to try and clear their names. Too bad it only serves to put her
and everyone she loves in danger. Maggie and her "new team" flee to Paris where they must
come up with a plan to defeat their former allies.
YA FIC BER
Berry, Julie
All the Truth That’s In Me
Four years ago, Judith and her best friend disappeared from their small town of Roswell Station.
Two years ago, only Judith returned, permanently mutilated, reviled and ignored by those who
were once her friends and family. Unable to speak, Judith lives like a ghost in her own home,
silently pouring out her thoughts to the boy who’s owned her heart as long as she can
remember—even if he doesn’t know it—her childhood friend, Lucas. But when Roswell Station is
attacked, long-buried secrets come to light, and Judith is forced to choose: continue to live in
silence, or recover her voice, even if it means changing her world, and the lives around her,
forever.
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YA SF BIC
Bick, Ilsa
Ashes
It could happen tomorrow . . .An electromagnetic pulse flashes across the sky, destroying every
electronic device, wiping out every computerized system, and killing billions. Alex hiked into the
woods to say good-bye to her dead parents and her personal demons. Now desperate to find out
what happened after the pulse crushes her to the ground, Alex meets up with Tom—a young
soldier—and Ellie, a girl whose grandfather was killed by the EMP. For this improvised family
and the others who are spared, it’s now a question of who can be trusted and who is no longer
human.
YA FIC BIC
The Sin-Eater’s Confession
Bick, Ilsa
People in Merit, Wisconsin, always said Jimmy was . . . you know. But people said all sorts of
stupid stuff. Nobody really knew anything. Nobody really knew Jimmy. I guess you could say I
knew Jimmy as well as anyone (which was not very well). I knew what scared him. And I knew he
had dreams—even if I didn't understand them. Even if he nearly ruined my life to pursue them.
Jimmy's dead now, and I definitely know that better than anyone. I know about blood and bone
and how bodies decompose. I know about shadows and stones and hatchets. I know what a last
cry for help sounds like. I know what blood looks like on my own hands. What I don't know is if I
can trust my own eyes. I don't know who threw the stone. Who swung the hatchet? Who are the
shadows? What do the living owe the dead?
YA FIC BIL Bilen, Tracy
What She Left Behind
Sara and her mom have a plan to finally escape Sara’s abusive father. But when her mom
doesn’t show up as expected, Sara’s terrified. Her father says that she’s on a business trip, but
Sara knows he’s lying. Her mom is missing—and her dad had something to do with it. With each
day that passes, Sara’s more on edge. Her friends know that something’s wrong, but she won’t
endanger anyone else with her secret. And with her dad growing increasingly violent, Sara must
figure out what happened to her mom before it’s too late…for them both.
YA FIC BIN
Bingham, Kelly
Shark Girl
On a sunny day in June, at the beach with her mom and brother, fifteen-year-old Jane Arrowood
went for a swim. And then everything — absolutely everything — changed. Now she’s counting
down the days until she returns to school with her fake arm, where she knows kids will whisper,
"That’s her — that’s Shark Girl," as she passes. In the meantime there are only questions: Why
did this happen? Why her? What about her art? What about her life?
YA FIC BLA Black, Holly Coldest Girl in Coldtown
Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters
and humans mingle in a decadently bloody mix of predator and prey. The only problem is, once
you pass through Coldtown’s gates, you can never leave. One morning, after a perfectly ordinary
party, Tana wakes up surrounded by corpses. The only other survivors of this massacre are her
exasperatingly endearing ex-boyfriend, infected and on the edge, and a mysterious boy burdened
with a terrible secret. Shaken and determined, Tana enters a race against the clock to save the
three of them the only way she knows how: by going straight to the wicked, opulent heart of
Coldtown itself.
Tween & YA SF BLO
Bloor, Edward
Crusader
Roberta Ritter has been waiting for a knight in shining armor for most of her humdrum life. She's
a doormat, a nobody whose mother died a few years back, a smart girl who wastes her
afternoons working in a failing arcade in a failing shopping mall. And then a Crusader
arrives....Only this Crusader is a virtual reality war game, one that does a booming business at
the arcade, despite - or perhaps because of - the controversy over its racism and violence.
Roberta's boring life explodes. Onetime friends become bitter enemies, strangers reveal
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themselves as allies, and Roberta discovers the truth about her mother's death. In uncovering
what's real and not just virtually real, Roberta learns to stand up for herself - and, maybe, to
become her own crusader.
YA FIC BLU
Blundell, Judy
What I Saw & How I Lied
When Evie's father returned home from World War II, the family fell back into its normal life pretty
quickly. But Joe Spooner brought more back with him than just good war stories. When moviestar handsome Peter Coleridge, a young ex-GI who served in Joe's company in postwar Austria,
shows up, Evie is suddenly caught in a complicated web of lies that she only slowly
recognizes. She finds herself falling for Peter, ignoring the secrets that surround him . . . until a
tragedy occurs that shatters her family and breaks her life in two. As she begins to realize that
almost everything she believed to be a truth was really a lie, Evie must get to the heart of the
deceptions and choose between her loyalty to her parents and her feelings for the man she
loves. Someone will have to be betrayed. The question is . . . who?
YA FIC BLU
Blundell, Judy
Strings Attached
When Kit Corrigan arrives in New York City, she doesn't have much. She's fled from her family in
Providence, Rhode Island, and she's broken off her tempestuous relationship with a boy named
Billy, who's enlisted in the army. The city doesn't exactly welcome her with open arms. She gets
a bit part as a chorus girl in a Broadway show, but she knows that's not going to last very long.
She needs help--and then it comes, from an unexpected source. Nate Benedict is Billy's father.
He's also a lawyer involved in the mob. He makes Kit a deal--he'll give her an apartment and
introduce her to a new crowd. All she has to do is keep him informed about Billy . . . and maybe
do him a favor every now and then.
YA FIC BOC
Bock, Caroline
Lie
Everybody knows, nobody’s talking. . . .Seventeen-year-old Skylar Thompson is being
questioned by the police. Her boyfriend, Jimmy, stands accused of brutally assaulting two young
El Salvadoran immigrants from a neighboring town, and she’s the prime witness. Skylar is
keeping quiet about what she’s seen, but how long can she keep it up?
But Jimmy was her savior. . . .When her mother died, he was the only person who made her
feel safe, protected from the world. But when she begins to appreciate the enormity of what has
happened, especially when Carlos Cortez, one of the victims, steps up to demand justice, she
starts to have second thoughts about protecting Jimmy. Jimmy’s accomplice, Sean, is facing his
own moral quandary. He’s out on bail and has been offered a plea in exchange for testifying
against Jimmy.
The truth must be told. . . .Sean must decide whether or not to turn on his friend in order to save
himself. But most important, both he and Skylar need to figure out why they would follow
someone like Jimmy in the first place.
SR Section & YA FIC BOD
Bodeen, S. A.
The Compound
Eli and his family have lived in the Compound for six years.
The world they knew is gone.
Eli’s father built the Compound to keep them safe. Now, they can’t get out.
He won’t let them.
YA FIC BOD
Bodeen, S.A.
The Raft
Robie is an experienced traveler. She’s taken the flight from Honolulu to the Midway Atoll, a
group of Pacific islands where her parents live, many times. When she has to get to Midway in a
hurry after a visit with her aunt in Hawaii, she gets on the next cargo flight at the last minute. She
knows the pilot, but on this flight, there’s a new co-pilot named Max. All systems are go until a
storm hits during the flight. The only passenger, Robie doesn’t panic until the engine suddenly
cuts out and Max shouts at her to put on a life jacket. They are over miles of Pacific Ocean. She
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sees Max struggle with a raft. And then . . . she’s in the water. Fighting for her life. Max pulls her
onto the raft, and that’s when the real terror begins. They have no water. Their only food is a bag
of Skittles. There are sharks. There is an island. But there’s no sign of help on the way.
YA FIC BOD
Bodeen, S.A. The Fallout
After barely escaping from the compound where Eli’s dad kept his family for six years, they’re
learning to acclimate to “normal” life—whatever that is for them. It seems like the entire world
wants to know what happened to this high profile family. Slowly they begin to make their way
back into the world, but Eli can’t escape the creeping feeling that they’re being watched
everywhere they go. But by who? Eli’s anxiety is heightened as unnerving information continually
surfaces about Eli’s dad’s company. Not to mention the sketchy new friend his twin brother Eddy
has. Nothing seems to be “normal” anymore. New people are entering their lives—but who can
Eli and his family trust?
YA FIC BON Bondoux, Anne-Laure
The Killer’s Tears
On the afternoon when Angel Allegria arrives at the Poloverdos' farmhouse, he kills the farmer
and his wife. But he spares their child, Paolo--a young boy who will claim this as the day on which
he was born. Together the killer and the boy begin a new life on this remote and rugged stretch of
land in Chile. Then Luis Secunda, a well-to-do and educated fellow from the city descends upon
them. Paolo is caught in the paternal rivalry between the two men. But life resumes its course . . .
until circumstances force the three to leave the farm. In doing so, Angel and Luis confront their
pasts as well as their inevitable destinies--destinies that profoundly shape Paolo's own future.
YA FIC BOW
Bowler, Tim
Apocalypse
Kit and his parents are shipwrecked on a bleak and peculiar island, where compasses and
watches don't work and eerie cries rise from the sea. The island is inhabited by a hostile group of
religious fundamentalists, and Kit witnesses them clubbing to death a strange man—a man who
looks just like himself as an adult. Kit spots a young woman who seems like an outcast, and goes
off to look for her in hopes that she will provide help. When he returns, his mother and father are
gone, and Kit and the girl must figure out a way to evade the murderous inhabitants and find his
parents.
YA FIC BOW
Bowler, Tim
Blade: Playing Dead
From the beginning of this novel, fear and suspense are palpable as 14-year-old Blade is chased
and savagely beaten by a gang of ruthless teenage girls. He is a gritty, British street kid
constantly on the run for his life, but readers don't find out why until the end. He has amazingly
keen instincts and startling skill with a switchblade, and he knows how to seem invisible, to go
unnoticed and stay alive. Blade watches silently from the shadows to learn whether homeowners
are in or not, and then uses unoccupied houses as snugs, safe havens where he sleeps, eats,
and reads. Books are Blade's one solace, and his love of books softens the character of this
streetwise thief. This is a solid choice for reluctant readers who are willing to accept the British
slang, which is easy enough to interpret in context. "Quite a few nebs here too but they're all
muffins" translates to, there's lots of people out in the neighborhood, but they're harmless.
Bowler's use of short, clipped sentences creates a breathless tone that keeps readers on edge
and turning pages at breakneck speed as Blade eludes murderers, drug users, and thugs.
YA FIC BOW
Bowler, Tim
Out of the Shadows (Blade v 2)
Bleeding and dizzy, Blade wakes up to find himself in the hospital. But how did he get there? With
enemies coming at him from all sides, it's hard to know who attacked him. But he knows that
whoever it was will be back to finish him off. And quick. So he's gotta go. He's gotta break outta
there. Not only to save his own life, but there's kindly old Mary and little Jaz to think about. Who's
looking out for them? On the run, with grinks hot on his tail and gravely injured, Blade will have to
gather all his strength just to survive. And with nowhere to hide, he needs to run. Because this
time, if he plays dead, that's exactly how he'll end up.
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YA FIC BRA
Bray, Libba
Beauty Queens
Teen beauty queens. A "Lost"-like island. Mysteries and dangers. No access to emall. And the
spirit of fierce, feral competition that lives underground in girls, a savage brutality that can only be
revealed by a journey into the heart of non-exfoliated darkness. Oh, the horror, the horror! Only
funnier. With evening gowns. And a body count.
Tween & YA SF BRE
Brennan, Herbie
The Shadow Project
Danny Lipman is a young thief who stumbles into a clandestine operation that he does not
immediately understand. The staff of the Shadow Project allows him to escape after deciding that
he shows natural talent for their work but not before bugging his jacket. Danny soon learns that
the project is a joint MI6/CIA venture that makes use of teen operatives to conduct remote
viewing, a paranormal activity that allows agents to gather intelligence without risking themselves.
Or so they believed. Opal, the director's daughter and a skilled operative in her own right, is
somehow detained while on a mission and Danny is brought in to attempt a rescue. He is enticed
to work for them, in part by their promise to provide the best possible care for his Nan, who has
just had a stroke. From that point, nothing proceeds as Danny or anyone involved in the Shadow
Project imagined.
Tween & YA FIC BRE Brennan, Herbie The Secret Prophecy
Imagine your father has been found dead. Strange men armed with guns show up at his funeral.
And those same men have begun to follow you. Now you're on the run. When Edward Michael
"Em" Goverton uncovers the key to a five-hundred-year-old deadly prediction by the prophet
Nostradamus, personal tragedy morphs into international crisis. Soon Em finds himself enmeshed
in a sinister web of shocking events where nothing is quite as it seems. Aided by Victor, a
mysterious stranger, and Charlotte, a family friend, Em follows a trail of cryptic clues that leads
the trio into a conspiracy of world-shattering proportions. But the ominous forces behind the plot
are not about to sit back and let their plans be ruined. Soon their net begins to close in on Em,
and it's a race against the clock for the trio to finish what Em's father started—and prevent a
catastrophe that threatens the lives of an entire generation.
Tween & YA SF BRE
Brennan, Herbie The Doomsday Box
When the CIA created a program to research time travel in the 1940s, they never imagined it
could lead to a global pandemic decades later. But after an undercover agent, code name Cobra,
exploits the time-travel operation to send the black plague into the twenty-first century, the
supernatural teen spies of the Shadow Project are recruited to go back in time to Cold War-era
Russia and prevent this devastating chain of events from occurring.
There's just one problem: How do four teenagers deter a seasoned CIA agent from his life-ordeath mission? Michael, Danny, Opal, and Fuchsia, a new agent with mysterious abilities, will
have to use their powers of astral projection—and persuasion—to convince Cobra that what's at
stake could hit closer to home than he can imagine. That is, if they can even manage to survive in
Moscow in the early 1960s, where the KGB wants them dead. . . .
YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Private (Private series v 1)
Reed Brennan has won a scholarship to Easton Academy. She has dreamed of this moment
when she can escape her gray, suburban life and her alcoholic, prescription drug dependent
mother. When her kind, good-hearted father drives their dented Subaru onto the manicured
campus, Reed has a moment of misgiving. But seeing this as her only hope, she puts on a brave
face and says good-bye. This is the story of a young girl's attempt to escape her painful world
and find her place in a privileged one. As Reed tries to break into the inner circle of the most elite
group on campus, she finds she must choose between the new love in her life and the hope of
becoming one of the Billings Girls.
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YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Invitation Only (Private series v 2)
Reed Brennan is a blue-collar girl looking to upgrade to a new life, starting with her scholarship to
Easton, an exclusive boarding school. She is invited to join the "Billings Girls," a clique with
money, connections, and power-if she can pass her initiation. She is being blackmailed by a
classmate for dirt on the Girls, even while her hazing involves waiting on them hand and foot.
Meanwhile, the police are investigating the disappearance of her former boyfriend, Thomas.
Finally there is The Legacy, a party that she feels she must attend because he might be there.
Competition for an invitation is fierce, because the only way in is as the date of someone whose
family has had children at the school for generations.
YA FIC BRI Brian, Kate Untouchable (Private series v 3)
Cheating, partying, blackmail, and now...murder?
Can the Billings Girls remain untouchable?
Reed's boyfriend, Thomas Pearson — the popular, easygoing, irresistibly handsome and
charismatic boy she fell in love with — is dead. No one knows how it happened, and everyone is
after the truth. Or are they? Life at Easton Academy begins to feel very different. Taylor is acting
like the poster child for Prozac, Kiran is spiking her cornflakes, Noelle is being kind of...nice, and
Arianna keeps floating along as if nothing has happened. Thanksgiving break arrives and Reed
and Josh find themselves alone on campus. They are forced to confront the feelings they've been
hiding. Those feelings combined with an empty campus result in the hottest hookup Reed could
possibly imagine. But when Reed breaks the news about Josh to the Billings Girls, there's no fun
game of tell-all. Instead, Josh begins to look like suspect No. 1 in the murder of Thomas Pearson.
The perfect life Reed has constructed as a Billings Girl begins to crumble. And as everyone
becomes more convinced of Josh's guilt, Reed's private suspicions lead her somewhere she
doesn't want to go.
YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Confessions (Private series v 4)
Reed's new boyfriend, Josh, has been arrested for her ex-boyfriend's murder, but Reed is
convinced that he is innocent and that the killer is still out there. Desperate to uncover the truth,
Reed does some digging---but what she unearths is more dangerous than even she knew.
YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Inner Circle (Private series v 5)
Reed Brennan arrived at Easton Academy expecting to find an idyllic private school experience -challenging classes, adorably preppy boys, and a chance to create a new life for herself. Instead,
she discovered lies, deception, blackmail, and...murder. But, thankfully, the killers were caught
and the nightmare is finally over. Now, with a new school year ahead of her, Reed steps back on
Easton's ivy-covered campus ready to start over. So when the headmaster announces that
billings is forbidden from holding their traditional, secretive initiation, Reed is relieved. She
champions the new rules and the six new girls the administration has picked to live in Billings Hall:
Constance, Missy, Lorna, Kiki, Astrid, and newcomer Sabine. But Reed's fellow Billings resident
and new nemesis, Cheyenne Martin, believes the changes are a mockery of Billings history.
Despite the new rules, Cheyenne vows to keep the old ways alive, no matter what -- or who -stands in her way...
YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Legacy (Private series v 6)
After Cheyenne Martin's death, everyone at Easton Academy is struggling to recover from yet
another tragedy—especially the girls of Billings Hall. With Cheyenne gone, they need to elect a
new leader. And who better than Reed Brennan, the ultimate Billings Girls? As the new Billings
president, Reed suddenly has access to power she never imagined. Gossip is reported to her
immediately, she has first dibs on everything from dining tables to dorm rooms, and Billings's
most powerful alumnae are at her beck and call. So when Easton's students discover they're the
only prep school on the East Coast not invited to this year's all-inclusive Legacy party, everyone
turns to Reed to get them back on the list. She revels in her newfound status, but knows better
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than anyone that the Bilings leaders have a tainted legacy: Ariana was institutionalized, Noelle
was expelled, and Cheyenne just died. History has a way of repeating itself at Easton, and now
that Reed has everything she's ever wanted, she has everything to lose.
YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Ambition (Private series v 7)
The higher you climb, the farther you have to fall....
Reed Brennan knew being elected president of exclusive Billings Hall would change her life.
What she didn't count on was being dumped by her boyfriend, Josh Hollis, or being held
responsible for a fire that destroyed Easton Academy's oldest building.
And now the administration wants to shut Billings down. Forever. As president, it's up to Reed to
save Billings Hall. What better way to win over the head-master than to host a glam fund-raising
event in New York City? Everyone needs a date, and the newly single Reed is the most eligible
girl on campus. All of Easton's hottest boys are angling to take her out, and for once, Reed's
biggest problem is which one to choose. Reed has never felt so popular or powerful -- until the
police start asking questions about Cheyenne Martin's death. Excited party buzz quickly turns to
whispered rumors and dark moods, and one thing becomes clear: There is someone who wants
to see Billings, and Reed, go down. And they will do anything to make it happen.
YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Revelation (Private series v 8)
Two months after Cheyenne Martin was found dead in her Billings House dorm room, exclusive
Easton Academy is rocked by another stunning revelation: Cheyenne was murdered. No one
knows who the killer is, but everyone agrees that Reed Brennan, who took over Cheyenne's role
as Billings's president, gained the most from her death. Once the most powerful girl on campus,
Reed is now powerless to stop her classmates' accusing whispers. Rumors begin to swirl that
she killed Cheyenne. And just like that, Reed is kicked out of Billings. She's lost everything — her
friends, her home, her boyfriend — and Reed knows the only way to get it all back is to figure out
who really murdered Cheyenne. And she has to do it fast because the killer is still out there. The
more Reed investigates, the more she uncovers. And as any Billings Girl knows...secrets can be
deadly.
YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Paradise Lost (Private series v 9)
With the solving of Cheyenne's murder, Reed is due for a break. Still grieving for her departed
friend and recovering from her own physical and emotional injuries, she leaves with Noelle on a
winter break getaway for much-deserved rest and recreation. Joined by Kiran Hayes and Taylor
Bell, she hopes to spend a few weeks of relative peace; but considering the girls' previous
histories, can that be really possible?
YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Suspicion (Private series v 10)
In this tenth book of Kate Brian's New York Times bestselling Private series, Reed's dream
vacation turns into her worst nightmare.
YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Scandal (Private series v 11)
Kate Brian's Private series gets even better when Reed returns from her horrific vacation.
YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Vanished (Private series v 12)
Against all odds, Reed Brennan re-established Billings as an underground literary society. She
and the new initiates created a glamorous secret headquarters and were ready to show Easton
Academy that even though Billings House is gone, the Billings Girls are stronger than ever. But
before Reed had a chance to revel in her success, something horrible happened: Noelle
disappeared. Now Reed has no idea who wants to hurt Noelle or why, but it's up to Reed to save
her. As the clues build up, the clock ticks down, and Reed fears that unless she finds Noelle
soon, she'll lose her friend forever....
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Brian, Kate Ominous (Private series v 13)
After the shocking revelations made in the Private prequel, The Book of Spells, Noelle and Reed
know they are descendants of the original Billings Girls and their legacy includes a mysterious
coven of witches. But it's nothing compared to what happens next. One by one, Billings Girls go
missing from campus. The entire community bands together to find the lost girls, hoping they are
still alive. Reed can't believe tragedy has struck Easton again, and she begins to wonder if the
Billings Girls are cursed. But when the first body shows up containing a message just for her, she
fears her friends are worse than cursed: they're doomed.
YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Vengeance (Private v 13)
After the shocking revelation that Reed and Noelle are descended from witches, and the
harrowing ordeal at Reed’s birthday party that followed, the Billings Girls are faced with their final
test: getting out of Easton alive.
YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Last Christmas (Private series: prequel)
Ariana Osgood has everything an Easton Academy girl could want: straight A's, the perfect
boyfriend, and a coveted spot in exclusive Billings House. But on the first night of Christmas
vacation, a blizzard traps her on campus with irresistible bad-boy Thomas Pearson. Alone.
Instead of snuggling with her boyfriend next to a cozy fire in Vermont, she's huddling for warmth
with Thomas in Ketlar House. As the snow transforms Easton into a winter wonderland, Ariana
finds herself falling for Thomas. But someone is watching their clandestine romance unfold,
someone intent on turning their holiday weekend into a nightmare...
YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Book of Spells ( Private Prequel)
The year is 1915 when sixteen-year-old Eliza Williams arrives at the Billings School for Girls in
Easton, Connecticut. Her parents expect her to learn the qualites of a graceful, dutiful wife. But
Eliza and her housemates have a dangerous secret: They're witches. After finding a dusty,
leather bound spell book, the Billings Girls form a secret coven. Bonded in sisterhood, they cast
spells--cursing their headmistress with laryngitis, brewing potions to bolster their courage before
dances, and conjuring beautiful dresses out of old rags. The girls taste freedom and power for the
first time, but what starts out as innocent fun turns sinister when one of the spells has an
unexpected-and deadly-consequence. Magic could bring Eliza everything she's ever wanted...but
it could also destroy everything she holds dear
YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Privilege (Privilege v 1)
Ariana Osgood, one of the most infamous characters from Kate Brian's Private series, spins off
into her own dark world of privilege.
YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Beautiful Disaster (Privilege v 2)
Ariana Osgood has spent the past two years at the Trumball Correctional Facility for the
criminally insane, charged with the murder of Thomas Pearson. Ariana is determined to get a
second chance at the glamorous life she left behind---and she's willing to do anything to get her
way.
YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Perfect Mistake (Privilege v 3)
Ariana Osgood has everything she's ever wanted. A place at elite Atherton-Pryce boarding
school. Fabulous friends. A new crush. And most importantly, a new identity. Now that she's
officially become Briana Leigh Covington, Ariana's troubled past is dead and buried. Or is it?
When the one person who knows her secret arrives on campus, Ariana decides it's time to say
good-bye to her ex-best friend — forever.
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YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Sweet Deceit (Privilege v 4)
Ariana Osgood has been tapped for Stone and Grave, Atherton-Price Hall’s most exclusive secret
society. But so has her arch-nemesis, Kaitlynn. They go head-to-head during Hell Week, but
Ariana has worked too hard for her luxe life to give it up without a fight. When the competition
turns deadly, only one girl will walk away from it alive…
YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Pure Sin (Privilege v 5)
The fifth book in the "Privilege" series, a spinoff from the "Private" series by the same author,
continues to follow Ariana Osgood into her tangled web of lies that becomes increasingly
complicated. Ariana has been attending the prestigious Atherton-Pryce Hall in Washington D.C.
as high school junior Briana Lee Covington, whose identity she stole in a previous book after
murdering her. In this book, Ariana has finally gotten everything she has been working towards,
including a gorgeous and popular boyfriend, acceptance into a prestigious and powerful secret
society, and incredible wealth after the death of Briana's grandmother. But Ariana barely begins
to relax and enjoy her life before she discovers she needs to keep a close eye on her best friend,
Lexa, who is having trouble dealing with the murder of a friend that she and Ariana committed in
the previous book.
YA FIC BRI
Brian, Kate
Shadowlands
Rory Miller had one chance to fight back and she took it. Rory survived and the serial killer who
attacked her escaped. Now that the infamous Steven Nell is on the loose, Rory must enter the
witness protection with her father and sister, Darcy, leaving their friends and family without so
much as a goodbye. Starting over in a new town with only each other is unimaginable for Rory
and Darcy. They were inseparable as children, but now they can barely stand each other. As the
sisters settle in to Juniper Landing, a picturesque vacation island, it seems like their new home
may be just the fresh start they need. They fall in with a group of beautiful, carefree teens and
spend their days surfing, partying on the beach, and hiking into endless sunsets. But just as
they're starting to feel safe again, one of their new friends goes missing. Is it a coincidence? Or is
the nightmare beginning all over again?
YA FIC BRI
Briggs, Andy
Rise of the Heroes (Hero.com series v 1)
Toby, Pete, Lorna, and Emily are just average kids—until they stumble upon a Web site called
Hero.com and download powers that turn them into superheroes. At first, flying, teleporting, and
shooting lasers from their eyes seems like nothing but fun. But when the supervillain Doc
Tempest kidnaps Toby and Lorna’s mom, things take a darker turn.
Now the heroes must band together and use their new skills—from super-strength to invisibility—
to rescue their mom, fight evil, and try to save the world from destruction.
Of course, little do they know that Villain.net is out there too, recruiting teens for the other side. . .
YA FIC BRI
Briggs, Andy
Virus Attack (Hero.com v 2)
The villain Basilisk is back, and his nefarious plan to infiltrate Hero.com and take it offline has
worked—leaving Toby, Pete, Lorna, and Emily as the only Downloaders left on the planet! It’s up
to the four friends to stop Basilisk before his computer virus completely destroys the Hero
Foundation . . . but with glitchy, short-circuiting powers and some contention among their ranks,
it’ll be no simple task to outwit, outpace, and outplot the evil mastermind. Virus Attack is an
action-packed adventure, full of even more creative and exciting powers and intricately linked to
the anti-series, Villian.net.
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YA FIC BRI
Briggs, Andy
Council of Evil (Villian.net v 1)
A week ago, Jake Hunter was just an ordinary kid, leading his bully pack, picking on nerds at
school for lunch money, and trying to avoid detention. Then he clicked on a mysterious Web site,
Villain.net, that let him download powers like radioactivity and laser vision. Now he’s a
superpowered global fugitive wanted for theft, kidnapping, blackmail . . . and the pending
destruction of the planet. Not bad for a fourteen-year-old.
But, as Jake soon discovers, there’s no rest for the wicked—especially when your family’s in
danger, your villainous mentor might be plotting against you, and most of the world’s good guys
are hot on your trail. Of course, little does he know that Hero.com is out there too, recruiting teens
for the other side. . . .
YA FIC BRI
Briggs, Andy
Dark Hunter (Villian.net v 2)
When a mysterious benefactor springs him from Diablo Island penitentiary, Jake Hunter is back
on the run, trying to locate the man who wiped out his family’s memories of him and dodging the
efforts of the hero Chameleon to track him down. Unfortunately, his benefactor wants something
in return—for Jake to kidnap the president of the United States. Sure, Jake’s the most powerful
supervillain on earth, but will the ordinary schoolkid in him be up to the deadly challenge? Dark
Hunter is an action-packed adventure, full of even more dastardly villains and exciting
showdowns and intricately linked to the anti-series, Hero.com.
YA MYS BRO
Broach, Elise
Desert Crossing
For fourteen-year-old Lucy Martinez, the moment when everything changes comes one night
during a long car trip with her older brother and his friend Kit. They are on their way to visit Lucy's
father for spring break, but never make it. While driving across northern New Mexico through a
blinding rainstorm, their car hits something—an animal, they think. But when they backtrack, they
find a dead body on the side of the road. With amazing insight and compelling prose, Elise
Broach charts a suspenseful journey full of danger, loss, and painful self-discovery. What will
happen to the lives of three teenagers who can suddenly no longer pretend innocence?
YA SF BRO
Brooks, Kevin
Iboy
What can he do with his new powers -- and what are they doing to him?
Before the attack, Tom Harvey was just an average teen. But a head-on collision with high
technology has turned him into an actualized App. Fragments of a shattered iPhone are
embedded in his brain. And they're having an extraordinary effect on his every thought. Because
now Tom knows, sees, and can do more than any normal boy ever could. But with his new
powers comes a choice: To avenge Lucy, the girl he loves, will he hunt down the vicious
gangsters who hurt her? Will he take the law into his own electric hands and exterminate them
from the South London housing projects where, by fear and violence, they rule? Not even his
mental search engine can predict the shocking outcome of iBoy's actions.
YA MYS BRO
Brooks, Kevin
Candy
When Joe meets Candy, it seems like a regular boy-meets-girl scenario. They chat over coffee,
she gives him her number, and he writes her a song. But then Joe is drawn into Candy's world --a world of drugs, violence, and desperation. As the dark truth about Candy's life emerges, Joe
finds himself facing real danger at every twist and turn. Soon Joe's conflicting emotions begin to
mirror Candy's, and he understands that falling in love just might be worth the struggle. This
intoxicating tale of heartache, danger, and hope will enthrall teen readers.
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Brooks, Kevin
Being
It was just supposed to be a routine exam. But when the doctors snake the fiber-optic tube down
Robert Smith's throat, what they discover doesn't make medical sense. Plastic casings. Silver
filaments. Moving metal parts. In his naked, anesthetized state on the operating table, Robert
hears the surgeons' shocked comments: "What the hell is that?" "It's me," Robert thinks, "and I've
got to get out of here." Armed with a stolen automatic and the videotape of his strange organs, he
manages to escape, and to embark on an orphan's violent odyssey to find out exactly who-exactly what--he is.
YA FIC BRO
Brooks, Kevin
Lucas
Caitlin lives on an island, and it is across the windswept causeway that Lucas enters her life one
unforgettable summer day. He's the perfect embodiment of freedom, honesty, and directness -and Caitlin feels deeply drawn to him. But what does he see in her? Caught between girlhood
innocence and adult independence, Caitlin doesn't understand the petty vices and darker forces
that seem to assault her family and the world in which she lives. Then there's the awful day that
Lucas is accused of and hunted down for a crime he didn't commit. That's when Caitlin knows
she has to make a choice. That's when she realizes she has to break old allegiances in order to
do what she knows is right in her heart.
YA MYS BRO
Brooks, Kevin
Kissing the Rain
The teasing. The shoving. The name-calling. It's what overweight Moo Nelson calls "the rain." It's
what he has to deal with every day of his life. There's no umbrella big enough to keep the other
kids' cruelty from pouring down on him. But everything is different on the bridge. Moo's bridge.
High above the traffic, it's the only place Moo can watch the world go by and be in peace. Until
the night Moo witnesses a car chase. And a murder. Suddenly, everyone -- gangsters, policemen,
and even the school bullies -- want something from Moo. They want the truth -- or some version
of it. Now Moo must decide between truth and lies, loyalty and loneliness, justice and retribution.
And he must do it soon...
YA MYS BRO
Brooks, Kevin
Black Rabbit Summer
Thoughtful Pete, tough Pauly, twins Eric and Nicole, strange Raymond: As kids they were tight;
now they've grown up--and apart. They agree to get together one last time, but, twisted by
personal histories and fueled by pharmaceuticals, old jealousies surface. The party's soon over,
and the group splinters off into the night. Into the noise and heat and chaos of the carnival. Days
later, a girl goes missing. The prime suspect in her disappearance? One of their own, one of the
old gang. Pete doesn't know what to believe: Could one of his childhood friends really be a coldblooded killer?
YA MYS BRO
Brooks, Kevin
The Road of the Dead
For two teenage brothers, life comes to a terrifying stop when their older sister is kidnapped,
raped, and slaughtered. Three days later, 17-year-old Cole and 14-year-old Ruben leave their
London home to retrieve her body and begin their lonely search for her killer.
YA FIC BRO
Brouwer, Sigmund
Hurricane Power
Peering through the latticed brickwork of The New Orleans police headquarters parking garage,
New York Times journalist Joseph B. Treaster is watching the devastating power of a hurricane
up close. Packing winds of 118 miles per hour, Hurricane Katrina is attacking New Orleans,
uprooting trees, tearing down power lines, and flattening homes.. Treaster details the evolution of
the storm as it unfolds in the sky above the Caribbean Sea and is anxiously tracked by the
National Weather Bureau in Florida before it strikes. This is a complete behind-the-scenes
account of one of nature's most terrifying and fascinating disasters.
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YA FIC BRO
Brouwer, Sigmund
Hitmen Triumph
Nolan and Nate are twins with talent as hockey players. They are both part of the Calgary Hitmen
hockey team, and they have an almost ESP-like connection with one another on the ice. However,
Nolan, who is hearing impaired, has grown distant from Nate. Nolan is confused by what he
believes are criminal actions on the part of his brother. He shadows Nate and is drawn into a
dangerous web of anger, shame, and violence.
YA FIC BRO
Brouwer, Sigmund
Scarlet Thunder
Seventeen-year-old Trent is helping his uncle film a television documentary about Scarlet
Thunder, a stock car racing team, when he begins to suspect that someone is sabotaging the
shoot.
YA FIC BRU
Bruchac, Joseph
The Dark Pond
After he feels a mysterious pull drawing him toward a dark, shadowy pond in the woods, Armie
looks to old Native American tales for guidance about the dangerous monster lurking in the water.
YA FIC BRU Bruchac, Joseph Wolf Mark
Luke King knows a lot of things. Like four different ways to disarm an enemy before the attacker
can take a breath. Like every detail of every book he’s ever read. And Luke knows enough—just
enough—about what his father does as a black ops infiltrator to know which questions not to ask.
Luke hopes that this time, he’ll finally have a normal life. He’ll be able to ask out the girl he likes.
He’ll hang out with his friends. He’ll be invisible—just as he wants. But when his dad goes
missing, Luke realizes that life will always be different for him. Suddenly he must avoid his
father’s kidnappers, while at the same time evading the attention of a mysterious clique of
Russian hipsters, who seem much too interested in Luke’s own personal secret. Faced with
multiple challenges and his emerging paranormal identity, Luke must decide who to trust as he
creates his own destiny.
YA SF BUN
Bunce, Elizabeth
Starcrossed
In a glamorous castle full of Llyvraneth's elite, Celyn Contrare serves as a lady-in-waiting to shy
young Merista Nemair. Her days are spent dressing in velvet, attending Lady Merista, navigating
court gossip, and charming noblemen over lavish feasts. And at night, she picks locks, steals
jewels, forges documents, and collects secrets. Because Celyn isn't really a lady-in-waiting; she's
not even really Celyn Contrare. She's Digger, a sneak-thief on the run from the king's Inquisition,
desperate to escape its cruel instruments and hatred of magic. If she's discovered, it will mean
her certain death. But life as a lady-in-waiting isn't safe either. . . . The devious Lord Daul knows
her secret, and he's blackmailing her to serve as his personal spy in the castle. What she
discovers -- about Daul, about the Nemair, even about her own Lady Merista -- could signal civil
war in Llyvraneth. And for a thief trained never to get involved, taking sides could be the most
dangerous job yet.
YA FIC BUN
Bunting, Eve
The Presence: A Ghost Story
While visiting her grandmother in California, seventeen-year-old Catherine comes in contact with
a mysterious stranger who says he can help her contact a friend who died in a car crash for which
Catherine feels responsible.
YA FIC BUR
Burgess, Melvin
The Hit
Take it. Live it. F*** it. A new drug is out. Everyone is talking about it. The Hit. Take it, and you
have one amazing week to live. It's the ultimate high. At the ultimate price. Adam is tempted. Life
is rubbish, his girlfriend's over him, his brother's gone. So what's he got to lose? Everything, as it
turns out. It's up to his girlfriend, Lizzie, to show him...
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YA FIC CAB
Cabot, Meg Avalon High
Cabot (the Princess Diaries) brings the Arthurian legend to modern times in this clever novel.
Ellie's parents are medieval studies professors on sabbatical in Annapolis, where Avalon High's
senior class president tells her he feels a strange connection to her. Will seems like a golden boy,
but Ellie soon hears strange rumors: Will's father had his best friend killed and married the man's
wife, leaving Will with a troubled stepbrother. Plus, Ellie discovers Will's girlfriend cheating on him
with his best friend. Readers will enjoy making the connections to the real Arthurian legend,
puzzling out-as Ellie does-that girlfriend Jennifer is sort of like Guinevere, and Will's best friend,
Lance, Lancelot. It will likely come as no surprise to readers when Ellie learns that Will's first
name is really Arthur. But could it be true, as one teacher (and the Order of the Bear to which he
belongs) believes, that Will is King Arthur reborn, destined to "lead the modern-day world out of
the Dark Ages and into a new age of enlightenment"-unless his brother kills him? Ellie cannot
deny the similarities in their stories, but she refuses to believe she is Elaine of Astolat (aka the
Lady of Shalott), who killed herself over Lancelot. If that's the case, she thinks, why is she
crushing on Will?
YA FIC CAM
Cameron, Sharon The Dark Unwinding
When Katharine Tulman's inheritance is called into question by the rumor that her eccentric uncle
is squandering away the family fortune, she is sent to his estate to have him committed to an
asylum. But instead of a lunatic, Katharine discovers a genius inventor with his own set of rules,
who employs a village of nine hundred people rescued from the workhouses of London.
Katharine is now torn between protecting her own inheritance and preserving the peculiar
community she grows to care for deeply. And her choices are made even more complicated by a
handsome apprentice, a secretive student, and fears for her own sanity. As the mysteries of the
estate begin to unravel, it is clear that not only is her uncle's world at stake, but also the state of
England as Katharine knows it. With twists and turns at every corner, this heart-racing adventure
will captivate readers with its intrigue, thrills, and romance.
YA FIC CAR
Carbone, Elisa
Jump
Jump. That is what P.K. has done. A totally wild, crazy jump from a restrictive life with her family
into a life of total adventure—rock-climbing out west with a guy she barely knows. At first,
everything's amazing. Not only are they climbing in awesomely beautiful national parks like
Yosemite but they seem awesomely made for one another. P.K. is in heaven. And then the cops
show up . . . with an arrest warrant. And P.K. has to decide who to believe: this amazing guy
whom she trusts with her life—or the cops, who want her to believe that he may take her life.
YA FIC CAR
Carman, Patrick Thirteen Days to Midnight
15-year-old Jacob Fielding has both a secret power and a guilty secret. He is literally
indestructible—nothing can hurt him—but gaining this newfound ability cost the life of his kindly
but mysterious foster father. When Jacob discovers that he can share his invulnerability with
others, he, his friend Milo, and the school's new girl, Oh, test its limits (in cringe-inducing scenes
involving a lighter, a 12-foot fall onto a lamp, and a batting cage) and begin using it to save lives.
But they learn that playing God—even with the intent to help—has consequences, and as Oh
becomes increasingly obsessed with borrowing Jacob's indestructibility, he realizes the power
has a dark will of its own, with “unrelenting claws digging into my bones like a cancer.”
YA FIC CAR
Carroll, Michael
The Awakening (Quantum Prophecy v 1)
It has been ten years since the great battle that wiped out all the superhumans. Whether they all
died that day or simply lost their powers and blended back into society, only one thing is certain:
They are gone. Or are they? Thirteen-year-olds Danny and Colin have recently begun changing.
How can they explain Danny’s newfound ability to move at the speed of light, or Colin’s surprising
strength? They can’t, but their parents—the lost generation of superhumans—can. They have
been watching and waiting for these changes. So have others—and not everyone is happy about
the boys’ new powers. Some will do anything to stop them.
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Tween & YA FIC CAR
Prophecy v 2)
Carroll, Michael
The Gathering (Quantum
It has been 10 years since all the adult superhumans have been stripped of their powers, but their
children have inherited superpowers too, and it's their turn to fight the supervillains. Danny is still
reeling from the loss of his arm and his superpowers and the reality that for years, a misguided
shape-shifting superhuman impersonated his father. Colin is imbued with acute hearing, sight,
and the ability to withstand extreme temperatures. His cousin, Renata, has the ability to change
form. After their identities are leaked to the press, they are forced to hide out in a secret location
where new superhumans are trained. Unbeknownst to them, their old enemy Dioxin, long thought
dead, has joined forces with a powerful cult leader bent on destroying them all. He's using
Dioxin's desire for revenge to help him discredit, kill, and divide them. They suspect there's a
traitor in their midst but it isn't until their safe house is attacked that they discover who it is.
Tween & YA FIC CAR
Prophecy v 3)
Carroll, Michael
The Reckoning (Quantum
Not long ago the world thought its superhumans dead after a great battle wiped out heroes and
villains alike. Now, new heroes—and new villains— have miraculously emerged in the form of
teenagers. The new heroes find themselves on the cusp of WWIII, caused by their very
existence. One hero is torn between right and wrong as he falls under the spell of a former ally
turned villain, while another must come to terms with his dark role in the battle, as predicted by
Quantum's prophecy years ago. If the planet is to survive, our new heroes will need to prove
stronger than even they can imagine.
Tween & YA FIC CAR
Prophecy v 4)
Carroll, Michael
Super Human (Quantum
Four thousand years ago the world's first super human walked the earth. Possessing the strength
of one hundred men, skin impervious to attack, and the ability to read minds, this immortal being
used his power to conquer and enslave nations. Now plans are in motion that will transport this
super human to the present, where he'll usher in a new age of tyranny unlike anything the world
has ever seen. Determined to stand against them, using powers they've only just begun to master,
is a ragtag group of young heroes. For them this first test may be their greatest . . . and last.
Tween & YA FIC CAR
Prophecy v 5)
Carroll, Michael
The Ascension (Quantum
They thought him dead. After a battle of that magnitude, how could Krodin have possibly survived?
But you can't underestimate a time-traveling supervillain. Young heroes Roz, Abbey, Paragon,
and Lance find this out the hard way when, in the blink of an eye, the world changes. At first it's
not all that noticeable. But something's not quite right. Maybe it's the smell of ozone in the air or
the people acting strangely, like drones. Or maybe it's the images of Krodin everywhere that
confirms it: This is not their America
YA FIC CAR
Carroll, Michael
Stronger (Quantum Prophecy v 6)
All Gethin Rao wants is to be like every other boy his age. But normal twelve-year-olds aren't blue.
And they certainly aren't thirteen feet tall. That's what happens when his superpowers kick in. And
from that moment on, his life is never the same. Treated as a villain--a monster--Gethin spends
the rest of his life on the run or as a prisoner in a secret military facility. When he finally escapes,
he falls in with a group of superpowered teens and becomes the one thing he never thought he'd
be: a hero. But as the years pass by and he takes the name Brawn, Gethin learns that being a
good guy is a lot more difficult than he thought.
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YA FIC CAR
Carter, Alden
Walkaway
Andy is tired. Tired of the way everyone has treated him his entire life, especially his alcoholic
father. And things only get worse when he goes to stay in the Lodge, their family's cabin in the
middle of the Wisconsin woods. This time he just can't take it anymore, and he decides to walk
away—into the depths of the wilderness, and of his own mind. Soon the hallucinations set in, and
things really start to get out of control. Will Andy ever be able to find the way out?
YA FIC CAR Carter, Ally
You (Gallagher Girls v 1)
I’d Tell You I Love You but Then I’d Have to Kill
The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women is a fairly typical all-girls school - that is, it
would be if every school taught advanced martial arts in PE and the latest in chemical warfare in
science, and students received extra credit for breaking CIA codes in computer class. The
Gallagher Academy might claim to be a school for geniuses, but it's really a school for spies.
Cammie Morgan is a second-generation Gallagher Girl, and by her sophomore year she's already
fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man in seven different ways (one of which
involves a piece of uncooked spaghetti). But the one thing the Gallagher Academy hasn't
prepared her for is what to do when she falls for a boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl. Sure,
she can tap his phone, hack into his computer, and track him through town without his ever being
the wiser - but can she have a relationship with a regular boy who can never know the truth about
her? Cammie may be an elite spy-in-training, but in her sophomore year, she's beginning her
most dangerous mission - falling in love.
YA FIC CAR
Girls v 2)
Carter, Ally
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher
After staking out, obtaining, and then being forced to give up her first boyfriend, Josh, all Cammie
Morgan wants is a peaceful semester. But that's easier said than done when you're a CIA legacy
and go to the premier school in the world...for spies. Cammie may have a genius IQ , but there
are still a lot of things she doesn't know. Like, will her ex-boyfriend even remember she exists?
And how much trouble is she really in after what happened last semester? And most of all, why is
her mother acting so strangely? Despite Cammie's best intentions to be a normal student, danger
seems to follow her. She and her best friends learn that their school is going to play host to some
mysterious guests--code name: "Blackthorne. Then she's blamed for a security breach that
leaves the school's top-secret status at risk. Soon Cammie and her friends are crawling through
walls and surveilling the school to learn the truth about Blackthorne and clear Cammie's name.
Even though they have confidence in their spy skills, this time the targets are tougher (and hotter),
and the stakes for Cammie's heart--and her beloved school--are higher than ever.
YA FIC CAR
Girls v 3)
Carter, Ally
Don’t Judge a Girl By Her Cover (Gallagher
When Cammie "The Chameleon" Morgan visits her roommate Macey in Boston, she thinks she's
in for an exciting end to her summer break. After all, she's there to watch Macey's father accept
the nomination for vice president of the United States. But when you go to the world's best school
(for spies), "exciting" and "deadly" are never far apart. Cammie and Macey soon find themselves
trapped in a kidnappers' plot, with only their espionage skills to save them. As her junior year
begins, Cammie can't shake the memory of what happened in Boston, and even the Gallagher
Academy for Exceptional Young Women doesn't feel like the safe haven it once did. Shocking
secrets and old flames seem to lurk around every one of the mansion's corners as Cammie and
her friends struggle to answer the questions, Who is after Macey? And how can the Gallagher
Girls keep her safe?
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YA FIC CAR
Carter, Ally
Only the Good Spy Young (Gallagher Girls v 4)
When Cammie Morgan enrolled at the Gallagher Academy, she knew she was preparing for the
dangerous life of a spy. What she didn’t know was that the serious, real-life danger would start
during her junior year of high school. But that’s exactly what happened two months ago when
Cammie faced off against an ancient terrorist organization dead set on kidnapping her. Now the
danger follows her everywhere, and even Cammie “The Chameleon” can’t hide. When a terrifying
encounter in London reveals that one of her most-trusted allies is actually a rogue double-agent,
Cammie no longer knows if she can trust her classmates, her teachers—or even her own heart.
YA FIC CAR
Carter, Ally
Out of Sight, Out of Time (Gallagher Girls v 5)
The last thing Cammie Morgan remembers is leaving the Gallagher Academy to protect her
friends and family from the Circle of Cavan—an ancient terrorist organization that has been
hunting her for over a year. But when Cammie wakes up in an alpine convent and discovers that
months have passed, she must face the fact that her memory is now a black hole. The only
traces left of Cammie’s summer vacation are the bruises on her body and the dirt under her nails,
and all she wants is to go home. Once she returns to school, however, Cammie realizes that
even the Gallagher Academy now holds more questions than answers. Cammie, her friends, and
mysterious spy-guy Zach must face their most difficult challenge yet as they travel to the other
side of the world, hoping to piece together the clues that Cammie left behind. It’s a race against
time. The Circle is hot on their trail and willing stop at nothing to prevent Cammie from
remembering what she did last summer.
YA FIC CAR
Carter, Ally
United We Spy (Gallagher Girls v 6)
Cammie Morgan has lost her father and her memory, but in the heart-pounding conclusion to the
best-selling Gallagher Girls series, she finds her greatest mission yet. Cammie and her friends
finally know why the terrorist organization called the Circle of Cavan has been hunting her. Now
the spy girls and Zach must track down the Circle’s elite members to stop them before they
implement a master plan that will change Cammie—and her country—forever.
YA FIC CER Cerrito, Angela
The End of the Line
Thirteen-year-old Robbie is locked in a room with nothing but a desk, a chair, a piece of paper,
and a pencil. He's starving, but all they'll give him is water. He is sure he's in a nuthouse or a
prison. Actually, he's at Great Oaks School, aka the End of the Line. Kept in solitary confinement,
Robbie must earn points for food, a bed, even bathroom privileges. He must learn to listen
carefully, to follow the rules, and to accept and admit the truth: he is a murderer. Robbie's firstperson account of his struggles at the school—at times horrifying, at times hilarious—alternates
with flashbacks to the events that led to his incarceration. Ultimately he must confront the
question: which is worse—that he wanted to kill his friend Ryan or that he killed him by accident?
YA FIC CHA
Tell)
Chandler, Elizabeth
Dark Secrets 1 (Legacy of Lies & Don't
Two girls haunted by the past...and destined to relive it
In Legacy of Lies, Megan has to stay with the uptight grandmother she wants nothing to do with.
She's determined to get through the visit without any drama, but when she falls into a twisted love
triangle with potentially fatal consequences, Megan may be caught up in her family's legacy in
more ways than she realizes.
In Don't Tell, Lauren knows that by returning to the town where her mother drowned seven years
ago, she'll be reliving one of her most haunting memories. When she arrives, she is propelled into
a series of mysterious events that mimic the days leading up to her mother's death. Maybe her
mother's drowning wasn't an accident after all...and maybe Lauren is next.
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YA FIC CHA Chandler, Elizabeth
Deep End of Fear)
Dark Secrets 2 (No Time to Die & The
Secrets taken to the grave don’t always stay buried.
In No Time to Die, Jenny is devastated by the recent death of her sister, Liza. Looking for a sense
of closure, she secretly signs up for the drama camp where Liza died. Jenny knows that someone
here holds the key to what really happened to Liza that night, but if she doesn’t find out the truth
soon, she may become the next victim.
In The Deep End of Fear, Kate has tried to bury the horrible memories associated with the
Westbrook estate. After her best friend Ashley drowned on the estate, Kate vowed never to
return. But now, twelve years later, she is drawn back towards the house and that fatal icy pond.
There, Kate still feels Ashley’s presence and the past seems to be pulling her back towards
Ashley’s life-threatening dares.
Tween & YA FIC CHI Child, Lauren Ruby Redfort: Look Into My Eyes
Everyone knows that Clarice Bean is exceptionordinarily keen on the Ruby Redfort books. Now in
her own starring role, Ruby, a genius code-cracker and daring detective, along with her sidekick
butler, Hitch, work for a secret crime-busting organization called Spectrum. Ruby gets into lots of
scrapes with evil villains, but she’s always ice-cool in a crisis. Just take a classic screwball
comedy, add heaps of breathtaking action, and multiply it by Lauren Child’s writing genius, and
what have you got? Only the most exciting new middle-grade series since, like, ever.
YA SF CHO Choyce, Lesley
Deconstructing Dylan
The year is 2014. Dylan Gibson is 16 and knows there is something unusual about him, but he
doesn't know what - aside from his fascination for things like insects, opera, old Japanese sci-fi
movies, playing the didgeridoo, and the Loch Ness monster. After being dumped by his girlfriend,
Caroline, who thinks he's too strange, Dylan meets Robyn, who's something of an outcast herself.
Dylan's father works for a big drug company, and his mom, a former geneticist, dropped out of
research after a mysterious event. When Dylan discovers a mysterious photograph of himself at a
younger age, he starts to suspect that there may be more to his identity crisis than he realized.
With Robyn's help, he begins to investigate the mystery that is his own life.
YA FIC CIT
Citra, Becky
After the Fire
Melissa is a survivor—of the kitchen fire that left her hands scarred, of her mother's alcoholism
and recovery, and the humiliation she feels as the daughter of a custodian. Her plan for attending
art camp ends when her mother decides to spend the summer in an isolated cabin at the lake. It
is tough for Melissa to trust her mother who has plans for completing her GED while Melissa
watches her little brother, Cody. Her mother's outgoing personality has always attracted attention
and makes Melissa even more reserved. When an unusual girl named Alice befriends her, she
decides the summer might not be so bad after all. But she remains suspicious.
Tween & YA FIC CLA
Clarke, Judith
Starry Nights
Jess was happy when her family lived by the bay, but something is wrong with their new house.
Since her family moved, her sister Vida has become wild and furious and believes in all kinds of
strange magic. The children begin to suspect there's a ghost in the house. Jess's brother Clem
says that he can see her. Too preoccupied and jumpy, he hasn't even unpacked. Their mother is
lying sick in her bedroom upstairs and refuses to talk or come out, which is getting on Jess's
nerves. The ghost is definitely starting to appear to Jess — a fast blur in the corner of her eye, the
swish of invisible legs keeping step with her own, the skin-crawling feeling that someone is
watching. Who is this ghost and with whom does she want to communicate?
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YA FIC CLA Clayton, Colleen What Happens Next
Before the ski trip, Cassidy "Sid" Murphy was a cheerleader (on the bottom of the pyramid, but
still...) and a straight-A student, with two of the best friends a girl could ask for. When Sid finds
herself on a ski lift with hunky local college guy, Dax Windsor, she's thrilled. "Come to a party with
me," he tells her, but Dax isn't what he seems. He takes everything from Sid-including a lock of
her perfect red curls-and she can't remember any of it. After the ski trip, Sid is an insomniac and
an obsessive late-night runner, unable to relate to her old friends. Caught in a downward spiral,
Sid drops her college prep classes and takes up residence in the A/V room with only Corey "The
Living Stoner" Livingston for company. But as she gets to know Corey—slacker, baker, total
dreamboat—Sid finds someone who truly makes her happy. Now, if only she could shake the
nightmares, everything would be perfect...
Tween FIC CLE
Clements, Andrew
Things Hoped For
Gwen, age 17, has come to live with her grandfather in Manhattan so she can prepare for violin
auditions at the top music schools there. Then her grandfather mysteriously disappears, leaving
her a message not to tell anyone he's gone, and she meets Robert, a teenager who is also in
town for music auditions. Out shopping one day, they see the shadow of a man without being
able to see the man himself, and Robert tells her it's an invisible man; he himself has had
experience being invisible (related in Things Not Seen), he finally explains. Meanwhile, Gwen's
great-uncle, desperate for money, is trying to contact her grandfather, to get him to sell the house,
and the unscrupulous invisible man sees an opportunity to profit.
YA MYS COB
Coben, Harlan
Shelter (Mickey Bolitar v 1)
Mickey Bolitar's year can't get much worse. After witnessing his father's death and sending his
mom to rehab, he's forced to live with his estranged uncle Myron and switch high schools.
A new school comes with new friends and new enemies, and lucky for Mickey, it also comes with
a great new girlfriend, Ashley. For a while, it seems like Mickey's train-wreck of a life is finally
improving - until Ashley vanishes without a trace. Unwilling to let another person walk out of his
life, Mickey follows Ashley's trail into a seedy underworld that reveals that this seemingly sweet,
shy girl isn't who she claimed to be. And neither was Mickey's father. Soon, Mickey learns about
a conspiracy so shocking that it makes high school drama seem like a luxury - and leaves him
questioning everything about the life he thought he knew.
YA FIC COB
Coburn, Jake
Prep
One-time tag-artist, Nick tries to come to terms with the death of a friend, to protect the brother of
his would-be girlfriend, to escape the violence of wealthy New York City prep school hoods, and
to figure out who he really is.
YA SF COB Coburn, Ann
Glint
Ellie and her little brother Danny spend their lonely days making up stories about a young girl in a
world of dragons and shape-shifters, a girl as brave and cunning as they would like to be. Five
years later Danny disappears. The police have no clues. They fear he is dead, but Ellie knows
better. She also knows that she is the only one who can find him. At the same time, in the world
Danny and Ellie imagined, a young girl named Argent sets off on a quest of her own to reclaim a
stolen dragon hatchling. As each girl makes her way closer to her goal, the boundaries between
the worlds of fantasy and reality begin to blur until it's unclear where one world ends and the
other begins.
YA FIC COL
Cole, Stephen
Thieves Like Us
Jonah Wish, a brilliant computer hacker, is the newest addition to an elite group of teen outlaws
all hired by the same mysterious benefactor, Nathaniel Coldhardt. Each of them offers a unique
talent: Patch is a one-eyed locksmith; Motti can dismantle any electrical system; Con’s charm is
truly mesmerizing; and Tye can detect a lie with more precision than a polygraph. Under
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Coldhart’s watchful eye, this motley crew races from a high-tech underground conference centre
to exotic locations where they hunt for priceless ancient artefacts that may bring riches . . . or the
secret to eternal life.
YA FIC COL
Cole, Stephen
Thieves Till We Die
Nathaniel Coldhardt, criminal mastermind and leader of an elite group of teen thieves,
desperately wants to get his hands on the lost sword of Cortes – which was used by the
Spaniards to conquer and destroy the Aztec people. But not long after Coldhardt’s motley crew
returns from this new challenge empty-handed, one of them, Tye, is kidnapped from under their
very noses. Jonah, Motti, Con, and Patch are desperate to find her, and they soon discover clues
about a shadowy organization called the Sixth Sun that could hold the key to both Tye’s
whereabouts and the location of the sword. From secret headquarters in Europe to ancient
jungles of Central America, Coldhardt’s gang must make the most of their remarkable talents to
decipher the connection between their friend and the Sixth Sun, before it’s too late.
YA FIC COL
Collomore, Anna
The Ruining
Annie Phillips is thrilled to leave her past behind and begin a shiny new life on Belvedere Island,
as a nanny for the picture-perfect Cohen family. In no time at all, she falls in love with the
Cohens, especially with Libby, the beautiful young matriarch of the family. Life is better than she
ever imagined. She even finds romance with the boy next door. All too soon cracks appear in
Annie's seemingly perfect world. She's blamed for mistakes she doesn't remember making. Her
bedroom door comes unhinged, and she feels like she's always being watched. Libby, who once
felt like a big sister, is suddenly cold and unforgiving. As she struggles to keep up with the
demands of her new life, Annie's fear gives way to frightening hallucinations. Is she tumbling into
madness, or is something sinister at play?
YA FIC COO
Cook, Kristi
Haven
Violet doesn’t understand why she feels drawn to the Winterhaven School, she just knows it’s the
right place for her. When she discovers the school’s secret, it all makes sense: everyone at
Winterhaven has psychic gifts. For the first time in her life Violet doesn’t have to hide her visions.
She’s always seen them as a curse, but now she can hone her ability and try to control it. But
she’s thrown completely off balance when she meets the most alluring—and most mysterious—
boy in school. She’s never connected with anyone the way she does with Aidan, and the intensity
takes them both by surprise. But as their relationship deepens, she begins to have visions of
Aidan’s death—and sees that she’s the one who’s fated to kill him. Violet’s never been able to
prevent her visions from coming true. But this time she’ll do whatever it takes... even if it means
sacrificing herself for the boy she loves.
YA MYS COO
Cooney, Caroline
Hush Little Baby
When Kit's ex-stepmother thrusts a baby into her arms and speeds away, Kit's world is turned
upside-down. Now she must save herself and the baby from the crazy, desperate people who
want it.
YA FIC COO
Cooney, Caroline B.
They Never Came Back
In a busy school cafeteria, a teenage girl is confronted by a classmate who questions her identity.
He explains to the students who have crowded around that the girl bears an uncanny
resemblance to his cousin, who was taken away by social services five years ago. Her parents
abandoned her, fleeing the country after being accused of embezzling millions of dollars. The
students are intrigued, but the girl shrugs off the attention as a case of mistaken identity. As the
days pass, however, the boy refuses to relent and even brings his parents in to back him up. But
they are not the only adults involved. An FBI agent who has been working the case these past
five years believes that whoever this girl is, she can serve as bait to help the FBI capture the
fugitives.
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YA FIC COO
Cooney, Caroline B. Flight #116 is Down
A 747 crashes on the grounds of her family’s estate, and 16-year-old Heidi, alone and terrified,
pulls herself together to help rescue the survivors.
YA MYS COO
Cooney, Caroline B.
The Face on the Milk Carton
A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads Janie on a search for her real identity.
YA MYS COO
Cooney, Caroline B.
Whatever Happened to Janie?
The members of two families have their lives disrupted when a teenage girl who had been
kidnapped twelve years earlier discovers that the people who raised her are not her biological
parents. Sequel to The Face on the Milk Carton.
YA MYS COO
Cooney, Caroline B.
The Voice on the Radio
Fifteen-year-old Janie feels devastated when she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her
and her family through his college radio program.
YA MYS COO
Cooney, Caroline B.
What Janie Found
While still adjusting to the reality of having two families, her birth family and the family into which
she was kidnapped as a small child, seventeen-year-old Janie makes a shocking discovery about
her long-gone kidnapper.
YA FIC COO
Cooney, Caroline B.
If the Witness Lied
Jack Fountain knows that what’s happened to his family sounds like the most horrible soap opera
anyone could ever write. But it happened—to Jack; his parents; his sisters, Smithy and Madison.
And to his baby brother, Tris. What made it worse was that the media wanted to know every
detail. Now it’s almost Tris’s third birthday, and everything’s starting again. Aunt Cheryl, who’s
living with the Fountain children now that their parents are gone, has decided that they will heal
only if they work through their pain—on camera. The very identities they’ve created for
themselves are called into question. In less than twenty-four hours their fate will change yet again,
but this time they vow to not be exploited and to discover the truth.
YA FIC COR
Cormier, Robert
After the First Death
Ben tries, unsuccessfully, to balance his father’s betrayal and his own failure after a busload of
children is hijacked by a group of ruthless terrorists.
YA MYS COR
Cormier, Robert
I Am the Cheese
A victim of amnesia, and under the influence of drugs administered by mysterious and
unidentified questioners, teenager Adam searches through haunting memories that must not be
recalled or revealed if he is to survive.
YA FIC COR
Cormier, Robert The Chocolate War
“Sweets” abound at Trinity High while a schoolmaster feasts on his students’ fear - a bitter story
of one student’s resistance and the high price he pays.
YA FIC COR
Cormier, Robert
Beyond the Chocolate War
Dark deeds continue at Trinity High School, climaxing in a public demonstration of one student's
homemade guillotine. Sequel to The Chocolate War.
YA MYS COR
Cormier, Robert
We All Fall Down
As The Avenger searches for the teenage boys who trashed a house in his neighborhood, Buddy,
one of the trashers, increases his drinking in order to cope with his parents' separation and his
obsession with the daughter of the owner of the vandalized house.
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YA SF COR
Cormier, Robert
Fade
Paul Moreaux, the thirteen-year-old son of French Canadian immigrants, inherits the ability to
become invisible, but this power soon leads to death and destruction.
YA MYS COR
Cormier, Robert
The Rag and Bone Shop
Trent, an ace interrogator from Vermont, works to procure a confession from an introverted
twelve-year-old accused of murdering his seven-year-old friend in Monument, Massachusetts.
YA FIC COR
Corrigan, Eireann
Accomplice
Their plan: A fake abduction
The results: Unpredictable
Finn and Chloe’s advisor says that colleges have enough kids with good grades and perfect
attendance, so Chloe decides they’ll have to attract attention another way. She and Finn will
stage Chloe's disappearance, and then, when CNN is on their doorstep and the nation is riveted,
Finn will find and save her. It seems like the perfect plan—until things start to go wrong. Very
wrong. It was supposed to be a victimless crime. Finn was supposed to be the good
accomplice,and Chloe was supposed to be the hidden object of attention. But when things
intensify, their plan isn't so innocent anymore.
Tween & YA FIC CRA
Craig, Joe
Jimmy Coates Assassin?
Here's the good news: Jimmy Coates isn't an ordinary kid. He just found out that he can outrun,
outjump, and out-fight almost anybody, even adults. Here's the bad news: Somebody is after him.
Now Jimmy is on the run, chased by not one but many men in black suits. Jimmy doesn't have
time to wonder why they want him, or what the mysterious green stripe on their cars- and
helicopters- represents. If he doesn't kept moving, they'll catch him. Jimmy Coates is going to
need every last bit of his superpowers to save himself in this action-packed thriller from British
author Joe Craig.
YA MYS CRE
Cree, Ronald
Desert Blood, 10 pm/9c
When Gus González is adopted by TV star Nicholas Hernandez, he's swept into a glamorous
world of fast cars, expensive toys, and hot celebrities. With Nick playing the real-life role of his
new dad, Gus has got it made. But life in the limelight is hard -- the tabloids harass Nick and Gus,
questioning their relationship, and the two start to receive threats. When Gus narrowly escapes
an attacker and people start disappearing, the race is on to figure out who has it in for Nick and
Gus. And why.
SR Section & Tween & YA FIC CRE
Creech, Sharon
The Wanderer
Thirteen-year-old Sophie is determined to join her three uncles and two cousins on a transatlantic
journey aboard the 45-foot sailboat, The Wanderer. Sophie's grandfather, Bompie, awaits the
family in England. During their journey, Sophie engages her travel companions with stories from
Bompie's childhood. Sophie's anecdotes about Bompie ring true but they have the family puzzled.
Sophie has never even met her grandfather - she is an orphan and has only been in the family for
a few years. But there is no time to ponder such mysteries - the wave of Sophie's worst
nightmare batters the sailboat and for some time the family's very survival is in doubt.
YA FIC CRO
Cross, Gillian
Where I Belong
Master storyteller Gillian Cross s exciting new novel, set in London and Somalia, grapples with
issues of identity, trust, and family. In the hot desert of Somalia, Mahmoud is kidnapped and held
for a ten thousand-dollar ransom. His older sister, Khadija, is in London, thousands of miles away;
and yet Mahmoud's life is in her hands. Someone has discovered her identity, that she is
Qarsoon the Hidden One the face of famous fashion designer Sandy Dexter s newest collection.
Who can Khadija trust to help her? She now must appear as planned on the Fashion Week
runway. Only then can she possibly earn the money to save Mahmoud's life. Also involved is Abdi,
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a fourteen-year-old boy coming to terms with the mysterious disappearance of his father, and
Freya, the totally unfashionable daughter of Sandy Dexter, trying to find her place in her mother's
world of haute couture.
YA SF DAS
Dashner, James
The Maze Runner
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory
is blank. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids
who welcome him to the Glade—a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls. Just like
Thomas, the Gladers don’t know why or how they got to the Glade. All they know is that every
morning the stone doors to the maze that surrounds them have opened. Every night they’ve
closed tight. And every 30 days a new boy has been delivered in the lift. Thomas was expected.
But the next day, a girl is sent up—the first girl to ever arrive in the Glade. And more surprising
yet is the message she delivers. Thomas might be more important than he could ever guess. If
only he could unlock the dark secrets buried within his mind.
YA SF DAS
Dashner, James
The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner v 2)
The Scorch Trials picks up where The Maze Runner left off. The Gladers have escaped the Maze,
but now they face an even more treacherous challenge on the open roads of a devastated planet.
And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them.
Can Thomas survive in such a violent world?
YA SF DAS Dashner, James The Death Cure (Maze Runner v 3)
Thomas knows that Wicked can't be trusted, but they say the time for lies is over, that they've
collected all they can from the Trials and now must rely on the Gladers, with full memories
restored, to help them with their ultimate mission. It's up to the Gladers to complete the blueprint
for the cure to the Flare with a final voluntary test. What Wicked doesn't know is that something's
happened that no Trial or Variable could have foreseen. Thomas has remembered far more than
they think. And he knows that he can't believe a word of what Wicked says. The time for lies is
over. But the truth is more dangerous than Thomas could ever imagine. Will anyone survive the
Death Cure?
YA SF DAS
Dashner, James The Eye of Minds
Michael is a gamer. And like most gamers, he almost spends more time on the VirtNet than in the
actual world. The VirtNet offers total mind and body immersion, and it’s addictive. Thanks to
technology, anyone with enough money can experience fantasy worlds, risk their life without the
chance of death, or just hang around with Virt-friends. And the more hacking skills you have, the
more fun. Why bother following the rules when most of them are dumb, anyway?
But some rules were made for a reason. Some technology is too dangerous to fool with. And
recent reports claim that one gamer is going beyond what any gamer has done before: he’s
holding players hostage inside the VirtNet. The effects are horrific—the hostages have all been
declared brain-dead. Yet the gamer’s motives are a mystery. The government knows that to
catch a hacker, you need a hacker. And they’ve been watching Michael. They want him on their
team. But the risk is enormous. If he accepts their challenge, Michael will need to go off the
VirtNet grid. There are back alleys and corners in the system human eyes have never seen and
predators he can’t even fathom—and there’s the possibility that the line between game and reality
will be blurred forever.
YA FIC DAV
David, Keren
When I Was Joe
After Ty witnesses a murder and helps the police identify the culprits, he's forced to live in a
witness protection program with his mother. Over the coming months Ty becomes Joe, takes on
a new look, and starts at a new school. But danger is never far away.
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YA FIC DAV
David, Keren
Almost True
Ruthless killers are hunting Ty so the police move him and his mum to a quiet seaside town. But
a horrific attack and a bullet meant for Ty prove that he’s not safe. On the road again, Ty’s in
hiding with complete strangers . . . who seem to know a lot about him. Meanwhile he’s desperate
to see his girlfriend Claire, and terrified that she may betray him. Ty can’t trust his own judgement
and he’s making dangerous decisions that could deliver him straight to the gangsters.
A thrilling sequel to When I Was Joe, shot through with drama and suspense.
YA FIC DAV
Davies, Anna
Identity Theft
Hayley is going to have the best year ever. After years of careful planning, she's ready to serve
as student council president AND editor-in-chief of the newspaper. Ivy League, here she comes!
However, just before student council elections, someone creates a fake facebook profile for
Hayley and starts posting inappropriate photos and incriminating updates. It must be the work of
a highly skilled Photoshopper, but the attention to detail is scary. The embarrassing photos of
"Hayley" in her bathing suit reveal a birthmark on her back--a birth mark Hayley has never shown
in public. . . .The situation escalates until Hayley's mother reveals some shocking information.
Hayley isn't an only child: She has a twin sister who was adopted by a different family. And that's
not all. Soon, Hayley discovers that her long-lost sister isn't just playing a prank--she's plotting to
take over Hayley's life . . . by any means necessary.
YA FIC DAV
Davies, Stephen
Outlaw
Jake and his sister, Kas, whose father is the British ambassador to Burkina Faso, are abducted,
bundled into a van, and driven into the unknown. In smartphone contact with his father, Jake
learns that the kidnapper with the spider web tattoo is the remorseless outlaw Yakuuba Sor, who
is connected to an international terrorist organization. But is he the real Yakuuba Sor? And is Sor
really a dangerous criminal? In this fast-paced tale laced with trickery and murder, Jake and Kas
discover that with the corrupt local government and British Intelligence arrayed against them,
survival in the African desert may be the least of their problems.
YA FIC DE De La Cruz, Melissa
Angels on Sunset Boulevard
Johnny Silver is the world's soon-to-be biggest rock star, but on the eve of his debut concert in
Los Angeles, he mysteriously disappears, causing global pandemonium. His friend Taj tries to
discover the truth about his disappearance, which leads her to TAP.com and its shadowy founder,
Sutton Werner, who throws the wildest parties in Bel-Air. TAP started out innocently enough, as a
website that dishes the dirt on the kids of Sunset Boulevard and beyond. But it has become
something more. Membership is a privilege with responsibilities and consequences. At Sutton's
parties, anything goes, especially in the legendary backroom rituals nicknamed The Angels
Practice. Rumors abound of a special drink handed out at the parties that tap into otherworldly
sensations. One night Taj meets Nick, a Westside preppie who doesn't buy into the TAP mayhem,
especially since his kid sister never came home from attending one of its blow-out bashes. Slowly
the two of them are drawn to TAP and to each other. But Taj just might know more than she's
letting on.... Are you ready for the darker side of Tinsel-town's brightest lights?
YA FIC DEA
Dean, Carolee
Take Me There
Dylan has a bad-boy past and a criminal record. He knows that rich, beautiful Jess is way too
good for him—but she has always been the one person who sees through his tough exterior and
straight to his heart, and he has been hopelessly in love with her from the first time they met. He
would change his life for a chance with her.
But trouble follows Dylan wherever he goes, and a deadly mistake soon forces him to hit the road
and leave his dreams behind. He’s on the run and in search of answers—answers to questions
he wishes he’d never asked.
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YA FIC DEL
Delany, Shannon
13 to Life
Jessica knows what it is like to lead a false life. Wrestling with the emotions surrounding the
death of her mother, she is also keeping her best friend, Sarah, from learning the truth about her
role in this tragic accident. Complicating matters, Jessica is drawn to the mysterious and goodlooking new boy at school. Pietr Rusakova is unlike anyone she has ever met and seems to
possess the ability to see right through her. But he is also troubled by a family secret that has
major ramifications for his life. As the teens' relationship intensifies, they are forced to face certain
truths and come to grips with events that will change their futures.
YA FIC DEL
Delany, Shannon
Secrets & Shadows (13 to Life v 2)
Nothing’s simple when you run with werewolves. Jess Gillmansen thinks she’s seen it all but her
eyes are about to be opened to even more danger and a reality far more paranormal than she’s
suspected. With Jess’s realization that the Rusakovas’ mother is still alive and imprisoned, the
group’s choices become harder and trust more important. Lines are drawn and relationships
change as the broken Rusakova family struggles to reunite long enough to free their mother and
people who Jess always just took to be normal people show themselves to be much, much more.
YA FIC DER
Derting, Kimberly
The Body Finder
Violet Ambrose is grappling with two major issues: Jay Heaton and her morbid secret ability.
While the sixteen-year-old is confused by her new feelings for her best friend since childhood,
she is more disturbed by her "power" to sense dead bodies or at least those that have been
murdered. Since she was a little girl, she has felt the echoes the dead leave behind in the world .
. . and the imprints that attach to their killers. Violet has never considered her strange talent to be
a gift; it mostly just led her to find dead birds her cat left for her. But now that a serial killer is
terrorizing her small town, and the echoes of the local girls he's claimed haunt her daily, Violet
realizes she might be the only person who can stop him. Despite his fierce protectiveness over
her, Jay reluctantly agrees to help Violet find the murderer and Violet is unnerved by her hope
that Jay's intentions are much more than friendly. But even as she's falling intensely in love,
Violet is getting closer and closer to discovering a killer . . . and becoming his prey herself.
SR Section & YA FIC DEU Deuker, Carl
Runner
Chance lives on a sailboat in Seattle's harbor, but it isn't exactly a "floating mansion." It's as
beaten-up and beaten-down as his alcoholic father, who can't seem to hold a job. Chance's
mother left long ago, and he worries each month about whether his father will manage to pay the
bills. So when a man from the marina approaches Chance and offers him money to pick up and
deliver mysterious packages on his daily run, Chance doesn't ask many questions, though he's
pretty sure drugs are involved. At school, he's a "ghost-walker," just waiting to graduate and enlist
in the army to get away, but a new friend named Melissa gets through to him. Her curiosity about
his runs, however, nearly gets her in danger, and when Chance discovers that it's not just drugs
he's helping to smuggle matters come to a head, with tragic consequences.
YA FIC DEV Devlin, Ivy
Low Red Moon
The only thing Avery Hood can remember about the night her parents died is that she saw
silver—deadly silver, moving inhumanly fast. As much as she wants to remember who killed them,
she can't, and there's nothing left to do but try to piece her life back together. Then Avery meets
the new boy in school—Ben, mysterious and beautiful, with whom she feels a connection like
nothing she's ever experienced. When Ben reveals he's a werewolf, Avery still trusts him—at first.
Then she sees that sometimes his eyes flash inhuman silver. And she learns that she's not the
only one who can't remember the night her parents died.
YA FIC DIC
Dickinson, Peter
AK
When a military coup occurs in the constantly war-torn African country of Nagala, teenage Paul is
forced to flee into the open countryside to avoid enemy soldiers who seek his life.
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YA SF DIX
Dixon, Heather
Entwined
Azalea is trapped. Just when she should feel that everything is before her . . . beautiful gowns,
dashing suitors, balls filled with dancing . . . it's taken away. All of it.
The Keeper understands. He's trapped, too, held for centuries within the walls of the palace. And
so he extends an invitation.
Every night, Azalea and her eleven sisters may step through the enchanted passage in their room
to dance in his silver forest.
But there is a cost.
The Keeper likes to keep things.
Azalea may not realize how tangled she is in his web until it is too late.
FIC, SR Section & YA MYS DON
Donnelly, Jennifer
A Northern Light
Mattie Gokey has a word for everything. She collects words, stores them up as a way of fending
off the hard truths of her life, the truths that she can't write down in stories. The fresh pain of her
mother's death. The burden of raising her sisters while her father struggles over his brokeback
farm. The mad welter of feelings Mattie has for handsome but dull Royal Loomis, who says he
wants to marry her. And the secret dreams that keep her going -- visions of finishing high school,
going to college in New York City, becoming a writer. Yet when the drowned body of a young
woman turns up at the hotel where Mattie works, all her words are useless. But in the dead
woman's letters, Mattie again finds her voice, and a determination to live her own life.
FIC DRE
Drew, Alan
Gardens of Water
In a small town outside Istanbul, Sinan Basioglu, a devout Muslim, and his wife, Nilüfer, are
preparing for their nine-year-old son’s coming-of-age ceremony. Their headstrong fifteen-year-old
daughter, İrem, resents the attention her brother, Ismail, receives from their parents. For her,
there was no such festive observance–only the wrapping of her head in a dark scarf and strict
rules that keep her hidden away from boys and her friends. But even before the night of the
celebration, İrem has started to change, to the dismay of her Kurdish father. What Sinan doesn’t
know is that much of her transformation is due to her secret relationship with their neighbor,
Dylan, the seventeen-year-old American son of expatriate teachers.
İrem sees Dylan as the gateway to a new life, one that will free her from the confines of
conservative Islam. Yet the young man’s presence and Sinan’s growing awareness of their
relationship affirms Sinan’s wish to move his family to the safety of his old village, a place where
his children would be sheltered from the cosmopolitan temptations of Istanbul, and where, as the
civil war in the south wanes, he hopes to raise his children in the Kurdish tradition.
But when a massive earthquake hits in the middle of the night, the Basioglu family is faced with
greater challenges. Losing everything, they are forced to forage for themselves, living as refugees
in their owncountry. And their survival becomes dependent on their American neighbors, to whom
they are unnervingly indebted. As love develops between İrem and Dylan, Sinan makes a series
of increasingly dangerous decisions that push him toward a betrayal that will change everyone’s
lives forever.
YA FIC DUF
Duff, Hilary Devoted
Seventeen-year-old Clea lost her soul mate, Sage, when her friend Ben ratted him out to the
secret society that had been hunting him. Now alone and estranged from Ben, Clea knows that
Sage is still alive but has no clue how to find him, that is, until a family contacts her using their
psychic powers, which they developed because their bodies are ravaged from living thousands of
years as immortals. Trying to divide friend from foe, Clea must trust Ben, as well as some of
those who are trying to kill Sage, if she is going to be able to follow the clues the youngest
immortal, Amelia, is leaving for her. As her commitment to Sage is tested, Clea struggles to
decide if their bond is strong enough for her to rescue him and prevent the creation of evil
immortals.
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YA MYS DUN
Don’t Look Behind You
Duncan, Lois
Seventeen-year-old April finds her comfortable life changed forever when death threats to her
father, a witness in a federal case, force her family to go into hiding under assumed names and
flee the pursuit of a hired killer.
YA MYS DUN
Duncan, Lois
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Four teen-agers who have desperately tried to conceal their responsibility for a hit-and-run
accident are pursued by a mystery figure seeking revenge.
YA MYS DUN
Duncan, Lois
They Never Came Home
Joan’s boyfriend and her brother are missing and assumed dead. Until the voice on the other end
of the phone hints at something more terrible.
YA MYS DUN
Duncan, Lois
Killing Mr. Griffin
They only meant to scare him. Mr. Griffin is the strictest teacher at Del Norte High, with a
penchant for endless projects and humiliating his students. Even straight-A student Susan can't
believe how mean he is to the charismatic Mark Kinney. So when her crush asks Susan to help a
group of students teach a lesson of their own, she goes along. After all, it's a harmless prank,
right? But things don't go according to plan. When one "accident" leads to another, people begin
to die. Susan and her friends must face the awful truth: one of them is a killer.
YA SF DUN
Duncan, Lois
Locked in Time
Nore arrives at her stepmother's Louisiana plantation to find her new family odd and an aura of
evil and mystery about the place. It doesn't occur to Nore to take the dream-warning seriously.
Her new stepmother and stepbrother seem nice. But why does Nore feel so uneasy around them?
Maybe she should have listened . . .
YA MYS DUN
Duncan, Lois
Ransom
The lives of five captives hang in the balance while their families gather the ransom.
Two brothers, their family frantic to find their sons. A loner whose uncle doesn’t even know he’s
missing. An Army brat whose family will never be able to raise enough money. And a cheerleader
who can’t count on her stepdad, but knows her father will come through.
Tween & YA SF DUN Dunkle, Clare The Sky Inside
Every year a new generation of genetically-engineered children is shipped out to meet their
parents. Every spring the residents of his town take down the snow they've stuck to their windows
and put up flowers. Every morning his family gathers around their television and votes, like
everyone else, for whatever matter of national importance the president has on the table. Today,
it is the color of his drapes. It's business as usual under the protective dome of suburb HM1.
And it's all about to come crashing down. Because a stranger has come to take away all the little
children, including Martin's sister, Cassie, and no one wants to talk about where she has gone.
The way Martin sees it, he has a choice. He can remain in the dubious safety of HM1, with
danger that no one wants to talk about lurking just beneath the surface, or he can actually break
out of the suburb, into the mysterious land outside, rumored to be nothing but blowing sand for
miles upon miles.
YA FIC EAR Early, Alan
Lies Chronicles)
Arthur Quinn and the World Serpent (Father of
Something wicked has awoken under the streets of Dublin ... When his dad is offered a job
working on the new Metro tunnel, Arthur has to move to Dublin with him. While exploring a hidden
underground river, Arthur and his new friends Will and Ash find a mysterious glowing pendant.
The pendant depicts a giant snake strangling the trunk of a tree. The friends soon figure out that
the pendant is a warning, a sign that something evil is waiting underneath the city. Something
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that's been imprisoned for a thousand years, something left by the Vikings, something that can and will - destroy first the city, then the world. What did the Vikings bury under the city of Dublin
and why did they leave it there? Who is the dark man that spies on Arthur and what is his evil
plan? In the end, only Arthur and his friends can save the world from the dreaded World Serpent.
YA FIC EHR
Ehrenhaft, Daniel
Drawing a Blank
I don't know how this happened. One day I'm snug in my loner existence at Carnegie Mansion
School, and the next I'm tramping through the Scottish wilderness looking for my dad. Who's
been kidnapped. Because of a feud that started in medieval times. Or something. Suffice it to say,
I never paid too much attention because I thought the whole thing was some twisted figment of
my dad's imagination. Now my only company is a wannabe cop who just might be my superhero
dream girl. And if I don't deliver some piece of mysterious "proof" to the kidnappers, my dad is
toast. I've got my fair share of issues with my dad, but I don't really want to see him burned to a
crisp. Anyway, you in? This is not the first time I've been wrong about something.
YA MYS ELL
Ellis, Ann Dee
This is What I Did
Imagine if you had witnessed something horrific. Imagine if it had happened to your friend. And
imagine if you hadn't done anything to help. That's what it's like to be Logan, an utterly frank,
slightly awkward, and extremely loveable outcast enmeshed in a mysterious psychological drama.
This story allows readers to piece together the sequence of events that has changed his life and
changed his perspective on what it means to be a good friend and what it means to be a good
person.
YA FIC ELL Ellis, Deborah
No Safe Place
Orphaned and plagued with the grief of losing everyone he loves, 15-year-old Abdul has made a
long, fraught journey from his war-torn home in Baghdad, only to end up in The Jungle — a
squalid, makeshift migrant community in Calais. Desperate to escape, he takes a spot in a small,
overloaded England-bound boat that’s full of other illegal migrants — and a secret stash of heroin.
A sudden skirmish leaves the boat stalled in the middle of the Channel, the pilot dead, and four
young people remaining — Abdul; Rosalia, a Romani girl who has escaped from the white slave
trade; Cheslav, gone AWOL from a Russian military school; and Jonah, the boat pilot’s ten-yearold nephew. As they attempt to complete the frantic and hazardous Channel crossing their
individual stories are revealed and their futures become increasingly uncertain.
YA FIC EVA Evans, Michael Robert
68 Knots
This edgy novel about a diverse group of teens who commandeer a sailboat and support
themselves by pirating during one summer full of adventure and discovery, is also a subtle yet
powerful novel of awakening, of coming to grips individually with the issues they face as they are
on the cusp of adulthood.
YA SF EVA Evans, Richard Paul Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25
(Michael Vey v. 1)
My name is Michael Vey, and the story I’m about to tell you is strange. Very strange. It’s my story.
To everyone at Meridian High School, Michael Vey is an ordinary fourteen-year-old. In fact, the
only thing that seems to set him apart is the fact that he has Tourette’s syndrome. But Michael is
anything but ordinary. Michael has special powers. Electric powers. Michael thinks he's unique
until he discovers that a cheerleader named Taylor also has special powers. With the help of
Michael’s friend, Ostin, the three of them set out to discover how Michael and Taylor ended up
this way, but their investigation brings them to the attention of a powerful group who wants to
control the electric children – and through them the world. Michael will have to rely on his wits,
powers, and friends if he’s to survive.
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YA SF EVA Evans, Richard Paul
(Michael Vey v. 3)
Michael Vey: Battle of the Ampere
Michael, Taylor, Ostin and the rest of the Electroclan have destroyed the largest of the Elgen
Starxource plants, but now they’re on the run. The Elgen have teamed up with the Peruvian army
to capture them, and only Michael remains free. With his friends due to stand trial for terrorism—a
charge that may carry the death penalty—Michael will need all his wits and his abilities if he’s to
save them. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Dr. Hatch and his loyal Electric Children
have seized control of the E.S. Ampere—the super yacht the Elgen use as their headquarters.
With the seven ships of the Elgen fleet now under his control, Hatch heads back to Peru to gather
his army and begin his quest for global domination. Michael must free his friends then find a way
to stop Hatch, but Hatch knows Michael and the Electroclan are coming. And he’s ready for them.
Can the Electroclan win the battle of the Ampere? Or has Michael’s luck finally run out?
YA FIC FAG
Fagan, Jenni
The Panopticon
Pa`nop´ti`con ( noun). A circular prison with cells so constructed that the prisoners can be
observed at all times. [Greek panoptos 'seen by all'] Anais Hendricks, fifteen, is in the back of a
police car, headed for the Panopticon, a home for chronic young offenders. She can't remember
the events that led her here, but across town a policewoman lies in a coma and there is blood on
Anais's school uniform. Smart, funny and fierce, Anais is a counter-culture outlaw, a bohemian
philosopher in sailor shorts and a pillbox hat. She is also a child who has been let down, or worse,
by just about every adult she has ever met. The residents of the Panopticon form intense bonds,
heightened by their place on the periphery, and Anais finds herself part of an ad hoc family there.
Much more suspicious are the social workers, especially Helen, who is about to leave her job for
an elephant sanctuary in India but is determined to force Anais to confront the circumstances of
her birth before she goes. Looking up at the watchtower that looms over the residents, Anais
knows her fate: she is part of an experiment, she always was, it's a given, a liberty - a fact. And
the experiment is closing in.
YA FIC FAM
Fama, Elizabeth
Overboard
Escaping from a sinking ferry in the waters off Sumatra, fourteen-year-old Emily fights for survival
for herself and a young Indonesian boy, who draws courage from his quiet but firm Islamic faith.
YA FIC FAN
Fantaskey, Beth
Jekel Loves Hyde
Jill Jekel has always obeyed her parents’ rules—especially the one about never opening the
mysterious, old box in her father’s office. But when her dad is murdered, and her college savings
disappear, she’s tempted to peek inside, as the contents might be the key to a lucrative chemistry
scholarship. To improve her odds, Jill enlists the help of gorgeous, brooding Tristen Hyde, who
has his own dark secrets locked away. As the team of Jekel and Hyde, they recreate experiments
based on the classic novel, hoping not only to win a prize, but to save Tristen’s sanity. Maybe his
life. But Jill’s accidental taste of a formula unleashes her darkest nature and compels her to risk
everything—even Tristen’s love—just for the thrill of being . . . bad.
Tween & YA SF FAR
Farmer, Nancy
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm
In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic
mine, while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them.
YA FIC FEL Felin, M. Sindy
Touching Snow
The best way to avoid being picked on by high school bullies is to kill someone."
Karina has plenty to worry about on the last day of seventh grade: finding three Ds and a C on
her report card again, getting laughed at by everyone again, being sent to the principal -- again.
She'd like this to change, but with her and her sisters dodging their stepfather's fists every day
after school, she doesn't have time to do much self-reflecting. Finally her stepfather is taken away
on child abuse charges, and Karina thinks things might turn into something resembling normal.
The problem is, he's not gone for good. And as Karina becomes closer with a girl at the
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community center where her stepfather is not showing up for his parenting classes, she starts to
realize a couple things. First, for all the problems her family had tried to escape by immigrating
from Haiti, they brought most of them along to upstate New York. And second, if anything is going
to change for this family, it is going to be up to Karina and her sisters to make it happen.
YA FIC FER
Ferraiolo, Jack
Sidekicks
Batman has Robin, Wonder Woman has Wonder Girl, and Phantom Justice has Bright Boy, a.k.a.
Scott Hutchinson, an ordinary school kid by day and a superfast, superstrong sidekick by night,
fighting loyally next to his hero. But after an embarrassing incident involving his too-tight
spandex costume, plus some signs that Phantom Justice may not be the good guy he pretends to
be, Scott begins to question his role. With the help of a fellow sidekick, once his nemesis, Scott
must decide if growing up means being loyal or stepping boldly to the center of things.
YA FIC FIS
Fisher, Catherine
Corbenic
It starts when Cal gets off the train at the wrong stop in the middle of the night, in the middle of
nowhere. He's stranded. Following a muddy path leads him to a castle that appears to be
deserted. But inside is Corbenic, a magnificent hotel filled with rich people preparing for a
banquet—and Cal is their guest of honor. During the meal, he experiences a disturbing vision, but
when he is asked to talk about what he has seen, he denies it. What if he's becoming crazy, like
his mother? When Cal wakes the next morning, the elegant castle turns out to be nothing more
than an abandoned ruin. But something inside him has changed—he now knows he needs to
right the wrongs in his life. It will be a difficult journey, and if Cal achieves his goal, it will not be
without cost. The first step—he must return to Corbenic.
YA FIC FIS
Fisher, Catherine
Darkwater
What would you sell your soul for? Sixteen-year-old Sarah Trevelyan would give anything to
regain the power and wealth her family has lost, so she makes a bargain with Azrael, Lord of
Darkwater Hall. He gives her one hundred years and the means to accomplish her objective--in
exchange for her soul. Fast-forward a hundred years to Tom, a fifteen-year-old boy who dreams
of attending Darkwater Hall School but doesn't believe he has the talent. Until he meets a
professor named Azrael, who offers him a bargain. Will Sarah be able to stop Tom from making
the same mistake she did a century ago?
J & YA SF FLA
Apprentice v. 1)
Flanagan, John
The Ruins of Gorlan (Ranger’s
They have always scared him in the past—the Rangers, with their dark cloaksand shadowy ways.
The villagers believe the Rangers practice magic that makes them invisible to ordinary people.
And now 15-year-old Will, always small for his age, has been chosen as a Ranger's apprentice.
What he doesn't yet realize is that the Rangers are the protectors of the kingdom. Highly trained
in the skills of battle and surveillance, they fight the battles before the battles reach the people.
And as Will is about to learn, there is a large battle brewing. The exiled Morgarath, Lord of the
Mountains of Rain and Night, is gathering his forces for an attack on the kingdom. This time, he
will not be denied. . . .
Tween & YA SF FLA Flanagan, John The Burning Bridge (Ranger’s
Apprentice v. 2)
Bracing for a final clash with the evil warlord Morgarath, the Rangers rally the kingdom’s allies,
and Will is chosen, along with his friend Horace, as special envoys to nearby Celtica. But the
simple mission soon takes an unsettling turn – the Celticans have disappeared, their town
abandoned. The scheming hand of Morgarath, it seems, has been far from idle. He has found a
way to bring his legions over the once impassible eastern mountains and is planning to ambush
the king’s army in a rout. Now with help many miles away, Will and Horace are the only ones
standing in the way of the dark lord’s plans.They have shown great skill and courage in their
training, but how will they fare in the face of true evil?
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Tween & YA SF FLA
Apprentice v. 3)
Flanagan, John
The Icebound Land: (Ranger’s
Kidnapped after the fierce battle with Lord Morgarath, Will and Evanlyn are bound for Skandia as
captives aboard a fearsome wolfship. Halt has sworn to rescue Will, and he will do anything to
keep his promise—even defy his King.
Expelled from the Rangers he has served so loyally, Halt is joined by Will’s friend Horace as he
travels toward Skandia. On their way, they are challenged constantly by freelance knights—but
Horace knows a thing or two about combat. Soon he begins to attract the attention of knights and
warlords for miles around with his uncanny skill. Even so, will they be in time to rescue Will from a
horrific life of slavery?
Tween & YA SF FLA
Apprentice v. 4)
Flanagan, John
The Battle for Skandia (Ranger’s
Still far from their homeland after escaping slavery in the icebound land of Skandia, Will and
Evanlyn's plans to return to Araluen are spoiled when Evanlyn is taken captive by a Temujai
warrior. Though still weakened by the warmweed's toxic effects, Will employs his Ranger training
to locate his friend, but an enemy scouting party has him fatally outnumbered. Will is certain
death is close at hand, until Halt and Horace make a daring, last-minute rescue. The reunion is
cut short, however, when Halt makes a horrifying discovery: Skandia's borders have been
breached by the entire Temujai army. And Araluen is next in their sights. If two kingdoms are to
be saved, an unlikely union must be made. Will it hold long enough to vanquish a ruthless new
enemy? Or will past tensions spell doom for all?
Tween & YA SF FLA
Apprentice v. 5)
Flanagan, John
Sorcerer of the North (Ranger’s
Time has passed since the apprentice and his master, Will and Halt, led the Araluens to victory
against invaders, and Will is now a full-fledged Ranger with his own fief to look after. The fief
seems sleepy- boring, even-until the king is poisoned. Joined by his friend Alyss, Will is thrown
headfirst into an extraordinary adventure propelled by fears of sorcery, and must determine who
is trustworthy to the king and who is trying to take his throne.
Will and Alyss must battle growing hysteria, traitors, and most of all, time. The king is fading, but
when Alyss is taken hostage, Will is forced to make a desperate choice between loyalty to his
mission and loyalty to his friend.
YA SF FLA Flanagan, John Siege of Macindaw (Ranger’s Apprentice v. 6)
After years as a Ranger's apprentice, Will is now the protector of his first fief. Not long into his
service, everything that can go wrong does: Keren, a renegade knight, has taken over Castle
Macindaw, a strategic gateway to the North—poisoning the royal family in the process—and is
holding Will's friend Alyss captive. The situation grows direr when Will uncovers Keren's secret
alliance with the Scotti, who have plans to plunder Araluen. Time is of the essence, and Will must
recruit a motley crew to rescue Alyss and reclaim Castle Macindaw—before the Scotti can make
it their own.
Tween & YA SF FLA
Apprentice v. 7)
Flanagan, John
Erak’s Ransom (Ranger’s
Book 7, the latest adventure in the Ranger’s Apprentice series, chronologically takes place after
Book 4. Soon to conclude his apprenticeship and become a ranger, young Will joins Halt, Gilan,
Horace, Evanlyn, and Svengal on a perilous mission to free their friend Erak, who has been
captured by the Arridians and held for ransom. The vaguely Middle Eastern desert setting
provides new challenges, new allies, and new foes for the Araluens and their Skandian friends.
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Tween & YA SF FLA
Apprentice v. 8)
Kings of Clonmel (Ranger’s
Flanagan, John
Mankind puts its faith in many things—gods, kings, money—anything for protection from the
world's many dangers. When a cult springs up in neighboring Clonmel, promising to quell the
recent attacks by lawless marauders, people flock from all over to offer gold in exchange for
protection. But this particular group, with which Halt is all too familiar, has a less than charitable
agenda. Secrets will be unveiled and battles fought to the death as Will and Horace help Halt in
ridding the land of a dangerous enemy.
Tween & YA SF FLA
9)
Flanagan, John
Halt's Peril (Ranger's Apprentice v.
The renegade outlaw group known as the Outsiders may have been chased from Clonmel, but
not before killing Halt’s only brother. Now Rangers Halt and Will, along with the young warrior
Horace, are in pursuit. The Outsiders have done an effective job of dividing the kingdom into
factions and are looking to overtake Araluen. It will take every bit of skill and cunning for the
Rangers to survive. Some may not be so lucky.
Tween & YA SF FLA
Flanagan, John
Lost Stories (Rangers Apprentice )
Inspired by questions and letters his loyal readers have sent over the years, John Flanagan offers
a gift in response: a collection of "lost" tales that fill in the gaps between Ranger's Apprentice
novels. For the first time, readers can learn the truth behind how Will came to be orphaned and
what his real relationship to Halt is, or watch Alyss in action as the young Araluen diplomat
disguises herself and becomes the perfect spy.
Tween & YA MYS FLE
Fleischman, Sid
Disappearing Act
An unseen man they call the Toad is stalking twelve-year-old Kevin and his older sister, Holly.
They flee town in Holly's beat-up old car, driving west until they reach the Pacific Ocean. They
change their names and attempt to hide in plain sight as street performers in Venice, California.
But have they really eluded the Toad?
YA MYS FLI
Flinn, Alex
Nothing to Lose
Michael Daye has been living under an assumed name and traveling with a carnival for the past
year, but he returns with the carnival to Miami just as his mother is about to stand trial for
murdering her abusive older husband, supposedly right after Michael left. Sickened at media
depictions of his mother as a scheming, ruthless golddigger, Michael decides to help her, but
when he asks a lawyer to prepare him to testify, he slowly reveals pieces of a chilling secret.
YA FIC FLI
Flinn, Alex
Breaking Point
Paul is new to Gate, a school whose rich students make life miserable for anyone not like them.
And Paul is definitely not like them. Then, one day something incredible happens. Charlie Good,
a star student and athlete, invites Paul to join his elite inner circle. All Charlie wants is a few
things in return-- small things that Paul does willingly. And then, one day, Charlie wants
something big--really big. Now Paul has to decide how far he'll go to be one of the gang.
YA FIC FRA
Fradkin, Barbara
Fall Guy
Handyman Cedric O'Toole likes his simple life. He lives by himself on a hardscrabble farm,
collecting sheds full of junk and dreaming of his next invention. Then one day a slick city lawyer
drives down his lane and his nightmare begins. Lori-Anne Wilkins, the wife of a wealthy local
businessman, has fallen to her death from a deck Cedric built, and the furious widower has
slapped him with a lawsuit. When Cedric goes to check out the accident site, he discovers that
someone has tampered with the railing around the deck. It appears he's been set up to take the
blame. But who might want Mrs. Wilkins dead? Then, when someone runs him off the road, he
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realizes that his life is in danger too. To clear his name and save his life, Cedric has to use his
inventive mind to trap the real killer.
YA FIC FRA
Frank, E.R.
Friction
Simon is the coolest teacher anywhere. Forest Alternative is lucky to have him. When Stacy
arrives -- a new kid with secrets, gleaming hair, and a tongue ring -- she sizes up Simon and
agrees, adding: "He is a total babe." True. What Stacy says later about Alex and Simon after the
class overnight camp out is not true, but looks as if it could be. Alex herself begins to wonder
what's real, what's not. But she can't confide in her parents. They'd freak. And, after all, she does
love Simon. Listening to Stacy though, everyone else is totally suckered -- most painfully Alex's
best buddy and sort-of boyfriend, Tim. "Why were you hugging him?" Tim wants to know, and it's
hard to explain. Simon did not do what Stacy claims! Did he? Could he?
YA FIC FRI
Friesen, Jonathan
Rush
Equal parts romance and heart-pounding action, this novel will leave you absolutely breathless.
Join teen Jake King, an adrenaline junkie turned hotshot firefighter, as he struggles with the one
risk he cannot take: losing his best friend and secret love, the beautiful Salome Lee. But to Jake,
firefighting is like breathing pure adrenaline. And if he doesn't stop soon, they could all get
burned. .
YA FIC FRO Froley, Margaux Escape Theory
Sixteen-year-old Devon Mackintosh has always felt like an outsider at Keaton, the prestigious
California boarding school perched above the Pacific. As long as she’s not fitting in, Devon
figures she might as well pad her application to Stanford’s psych program. So junior year, she
decides to become a peer counselor, a de facto therapist for students in crisis. At first, it seems
like it will be an easy fly-on-the-wall gig, but her expectations are turned upside down when Jason
Hutchins (a.k.a. “Hutch”), one of the Keaton’s most popular students, commits suicide. Devon
dives into her new role providing support for Hutch’s friends, but she’s haunted by her own
attachment to him. The two shared an extraordinary night during their first week freshman year; it
was the only time at Keaton when she felt like someone else really understood her. As the
secrets and confessions pile up in her sessions, Devon comes to a startling conclusion: Hutch
couldn't have taken his own life. Bound by her oath of confidentiality—and tortured by her
unrequited love—Devon embarks on a solitary mission to get to the bottom of Hutch's death, and
the stakes are higher than she ever could have imagined.
YA FIC FUK
Fukuda, Andrew
The Hunt
Don’t Sweat. Don’t Laugh. Don’t draw attention to yourself. And most of all, whatever you do,
do not fall in love with one of them. Gene is different from everyone else around him. He can’t
run with lightning speed, sunlight doesn’t hurt him and he doesn’t have an unquenchable lust for
blood. Gene is a human, and he knows the rules. Keep the truth a secret. It’s the only way to
stay alive in a world of night—a world where humans are considered a delicacy and hunted for
their blood. When he’s chosen for a once in a lifetime opportunity to hunt the last remaining
humans, Gene’s carefully constructed life begins to crumble around him. He’s thrust into the path
of a girl who makes him feel things he never thought possible—and into a ruthless pack of
hunters whose suspicions about his true nature are growing. Now that Gene has finally found
something worth fighting for, his need to survive is stronger than ever—but is it worth the cost of
his humanity?
YA FIC GAE
Gaetz, Dayle Campbell
Crossbow
Fourteen-year-old Matt has only one goal in life: to become a hermit. He has no use for school,
but he loves the solitude of the forest. When he hikes up to the cabin he built for himself, he
discovers a mysterious stranger named Forrest has moved in. At first Matt doesn’t connect
Forrest’s appearance with the rash of local robberies. Forrest seems to be the perfect hermit, and
he teaches Matt the skills he needs to achieve his goal, including how to hunt with a crossbow.
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But when Forrest tries to kill an endangered Roosevelt elk, Matt questions the ethics of his new
friend. When Matt discovers a stolen rifle in his cabin, he finds himself trapped in a dangerous
situation.
YA FIC GAG Gagnon, Michelle
Don’t Turn Around
Sixteen-year-old Noa has been a victim of the system ever since her parents died. Now living off
the grid and trusting no one, she uses her computer-hacking skills to stay safely anonymous and
alone. But when she wakes up on a table in an empty warehouse with an IV in her arm and no
memory of how she got there, Noa starts to wish she had someone on her side. Enter Peter
Gregory. A rich kid and the leader of a hacker alliance, Peter needs people with Noa's talents on
his team. Especially after a shady corporation called AMRF threatens his life in no uncertain
terms. But what Noa and Peter don't realize is that Noa holds the key to a terrible secret, and
there are those who'd stop at nothing to silence her for good.
YA FIC GAG
Gagnon, Michelle Don’t Look Now (Don’t Turn Around v. 2)
Noa Torsen is on the run. Having outsmarted the sinister corporation Pike & Dolan, Noa and her
friend Zeke now move stealthily across the country, protecting runaways before they become test
subjects for P&D's horrific experiments. Noa knows all too well what that feels like: Whatever they
did to her has left her exhausted and scared. Back in Boston, Peter anxiously follows Noa's
movements from his computer, using his hacker skills to feed her the information she needs to
stay alive. But he's desperate to do something more, especially when he learns what P&D has
done to his ex-girlfriend Amanda. Then, in an explosive confrontation, Noa and her team are
trapped in the one place they thought was safe. It will take everything Noa and Peter have to
bring down the corporation before it gets them first. And with no one to trust and enemies hiding
at every turn, they may be the only people alive who can.
Tween & YA FIC GAI
Gaiman, Neil
Coraline
Coraline's often wondered what's behind the locked door in the drawing room. It reveals only a
brick wall when she finally opens it, but when she tries again later, a passageway mysteriously
appears. Coraline is surprised to find a flat decorated exactly like her own, but strangely different.
And when she finds her "other" parents in this alternate world, they are much more interesting
despite their creepy black button eyes. When they make it clear, however, that they want to make
her theirs forever, Coraline begins a nightmarish game to rescue her real parents and three
children imprisoned in a mirror. With only a bored-through stone and an aloof cat to help, Coraline
confronts this harrowing task of escaping these monstrous creatures.
FIC & YA MYS GAL Galloway, Gregory As Simple as Snow
Anna-who prefers to be called Anastasia-is a slightly spooky and complicated high school girl.
She spends much of her time writing obituaries for every living person in town. She is unlike
anyone the narrator has ever known, and they make an unlikely, though happy, pair. Then a
week before Valentine's Day, Anna disappears, leaving behind only a dress placed neatly near a
hole in the frozen river, and a string of unanswered questions. Desperate to find her, the narrator
begins to reconstruct the past five months. And soon the fragments of curious events, intimate
conversations, secrets, and peculiar letters coalesce into haunting and surprising revelations that
may implicate friends, relatives, and even Anna herself.
YA FIC GEO
George, Elizabeth
The Edge of Nowhere
Whidbey Island may be only a ferry ride from Seattle, but it's a world apart. When Becca King
arrives there, she doesn't suspect the island will become her home for the next four years. Put at
risk by her ability to hear "whispers"--the thoughts of others--Becca is on the run from her
stepfather, whose criminal activities she has discovered. Stranded and alone, Becca is soon
befriended by Derric, a Ugandon orphan adopted by a local family; Seth, a kindhearted musician
and high school dropout; Debbie, a recovering alcoholic who takes her in; and Diana, with whom
Becca shares a mysterious psychic connection.
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YA MYS GIB
Giberga, Jane Sughrue
Friends to Die For
Crissy and her friends are strictly A List. They live in a fabulous Manhattan apartments, attend the
best schools, and live fast, beautiful lives. Until the night that a wild party spins out of control. One
of them ends up dead, the killer is on the loose--and Crissy has a terrible secret to keep. Fleet
pacing, dead-on dialogue, and twists and turns galore make this a must-read for mystery fans.
YA FIC GIB
Gibsen, Cole
Katana
Rileigh Martin wants to believe that adrenaline gave her the strength to fend off three muggers in
the mall parking lot. But adrenaline doesn’t explain the voice in her head giving her battle tips and
warnings. While worrying that she’s going crazy (always a reputation ruiner), Rileigh gets a visit
from Kim, a handsome martial arts instructor, who tells Rileigh she’s harboring the spirit of a fivehundred-year-old samurai warrior. Relentlessly attacked by ninjas, Rileigh has no choice but to
master the katana—a deadly Japanese sword that’s also the key to her past. As the spirit grows
stronger and her feelings for Kim intensify, Rileigh is torn between continuing as the girl she’s
always been and embracing the warrior inside her.
YA FIC GIB
Huntress, v. 1)
Gibson, Marley
The Awakening (Ghost
In this first book in the Ghost Huntress series, a move from downtown Chicago to small-town
Radisson, Ga., brings about a psychic awakening for 16-year old Kendall, as spirits that roam her
house and town recognize her ability to see them and clamor for her attention. Initially seeking
rational explanations for these unsettling experiences, Kendall gradually accepts her psychic
powers as a divine gift, believing God has called her to free trapped spirits. Honing her skills
under the guidance of Loreen, who runs a New Age store in town, Kendall assembles an eclectic
ghost-hunting team: Celia, the brainy techno-wizard; preppy photographer Taylor; and punk
Becca, sound analyst. Obstacles arise when Kendall's loving, fundamentalist mother, who
equates paranormal activity with devil worship, worries about Kendall's mental and spiritual health;
later, Kendall's budding romance with Taylor's sexy brother threatens the girls' unity.
YA FIC GIB
Gibson, Marley
The Guidance (Ghost Huntress v. 2)
Kendall and her ghost hunting team is the talk of Radisson, Georgia, but one person isn’t so
pleased. Courtney Langdon doesn’t appreciate Kendall’s new popularity or her relationship with
Jason, Courtney’s ex. So Courtney begins dabbling in the paranormal world. At first it’s all a
game to draw attention away from Kendall. But Courtney doesn’t know what she’s getting into—
or what wants in her. This is one game that’s about to turn deadly serious.
YA FIC GIB
Gibson, Marley The Reason (Ghost Huntress v. 3)
It's not everyday you have a premonition of your own demise. But two months after Kendall had a
vision of her own death, all is well in her world. Maybe some cosmic wires got crossed. Then
Kendall gets a request by the mayor of Radisson to investigate the mayoral manor. Emily and
Loreen warn her against it: This spirit is dangerous. But not even they can see just how
dangerous. But during the aftermath of her run-in with the spirit Kendall learns a life-shattering
secret. Now Kendall has an even bigger problem. Somehow, she's got to pull her life together if
she wants to cleanse the mayor's mansion and bring peace to the home-and herself.
YA FIC GIB
Gibson, Marley
The Counseling (Ghost Huntress v. 4)
Kendall has just discovered who Emily really is, lost her boyfriend, and nearly died doing the thing
she loves most—ghost hunting. It's time to take a break and try to reconcile all the changes she's
going through. So Kendall heads to the Sierra Mountains, where there's a camp especially for
young people with gifts such as hers. It's a time for reflection and self-discovery. But when she
gets to California, she once again finds restless spirits—and the boy in her last vision. It may be
the end of one chapter of her life and the beginning of a new one.
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YA MYS GIL
Giles, Gail
Playing in Traffic
An intelligent, mature, but repressed high-school senior puts himself into increasing danger
through his romance with a disturbed girl in this realistic and hard-hitting story. Matt deliberately
fades into the background socially, looking forward only to college when Skye, a girl in the Goth
culture complete with sex, drugs, and rock and roll, chooses him for herself. With family problems
of his own, enticed by the lure of excitement and especially of sex, Matt finds Skye impossible to
resist, although he eventually realizes that she's only using him in her attempt to commit a terrible
crime.
YA FIC GIL
Giles, Gail
Right Behind You
After setting his seven-year-old neighbor in Alaska on fire, Kip McFarland spends four years in a
facility for violent juvenile offenders. When he is released at the age of 14, he, his father, and his
new stepmother move to Indiana, with new names. For a while, Wade enjoys a normal life.
Eventually, however, despite the warnings of his therapist, he sabotages his happiness in a
drunken fit of rage. After he reveals his identity, the town turns on him and his family. Now, a
coastal Texas town is their final shot at starting over. The cozy community appears to be a
perfect haven, but Wade feels compelled to reveal his past to Sam, the beautiful and mysterious
neighbor who is winning his heart-and has a story of her own. Will she still accept him once she
finds out he is a murderer?
YA FIC GIL
Giles, Gail
Shattering Glass
Rob is very popular, and Rob is used to getting his own way. When he decides to make Simon
Glass, class geek, popular, it surprises everyone. Especially Simon. What Rob doesn’t count on
is the iron will beneath Simon’s pushover exterior.
YA MYS GIL Gilman, David Ice Claw
High in the freezing French Pyrenees, Max Gordon’s race to win an X-treme sports challenge has
become a race to survive. He witnesses the last moments of a mysterious Basque monk, who
screams a cryptic clue before plummeting to his death. The clue? A prophecy that foretells a
cataclysmic ecological event that will kill millions of people across Europe. Max is desperate to
find a solution, but instead he’s accused of causing the monk’s death, and the hunt is on to find
him. How can Max prove his innocence when nobody will trust him . . . and he can trust no one?
YA MYS GIL
Gilman, David
Blood Sun (Danger Zone v. 3)
Deep in the London underground, a train shudders across an unseen body. Days later, on the
bleakness of Dartmoor, Max Gordon learns of a fellow student's death in the capital. Danny
Maguire was carrying an envelope with Max's name on it—containing the secret of Max's
mother's death. The clues take Max into the endangered rainforest of Central America where,
hunted down by a ruthless killer, he must also escape the jaws of deadly crocodiles and flesheating piranhas. The truth Max is desperately trying to uncover lies deep within the dangerous
forest's heart . . . if only he can stay alive to reach it.
YA FIC GOD
Godbersen, Anna
Bright Young Things
The year is 1929. New York is ruled by the Bright Young Things: flappers and socialites seeking
thrills and chasing dreams in the anything-goes era of the Roaring Twenties. Letty Larkspur and
Cordelia Grey escaped their small Midwestern town for New York's glittering metropolis. All Letty
wants is to see her name in lights, but she quickly discovers Manhattan is filled with pretty girls
who will do anything to be a star. . . .Cordelia is searching for the father she's never known, a
man as infamous for his wild parties as he is for his shadowy schemes. Overnight, she enters a
world more thrilling and glamorous than she ever could have imagined and more dangerous. It's
a life anyone would kill for . . . and someone will. The only person Cordelia can trust is Astrid
Donal, a flapper who seems to have it all: money, looks, and the love of Cordelia's brother,
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Charlie. But Astrid's perfect veneer hides a score of family secrets. Across the vast lawns of
Long Island, in the illicit speakeasies of Manhattan, and on the blindingly lit stages of Broadway,
the three girls' fortunes will rise and fall together and apart. From the New York Times-bestselling
author of The Luxe comes an epic new series set in the dizzying last summer of the Jazz Age.
YA FIC GOO
Goodman, Carol
Blythewood
At seventeen, Avaline Hall has already buried her mother, survived a horrific factory fire, and
escaped from an insane asylum. Now she’s on her way to Blythewood Academy, the elite
boarding school in New York’s mist-shrouded Hudson Valley that her mother attended—and was
expelled from. Though she’s afraid her high society classmates won’t accept a factory girl in their
midst, Ava is desperate to unravel her family’s murky past, discover the identity of the father she’s
never known, and perhaps finally understand her mother’s abrupt suicide. She’s also on the hunt
for the identity of the mysterious boy who rescued her from the fire. And she suspects the
answers she seeks lie at Blythewood. But nothing could have prepared her for the dark secret of
what Blythewood is, and what its students are being trained to do. Haunted by dreams of a
winged boy and pursued by visions of a sinister man who breathes smoke, Ava isn’t sure if she’s
losing her mind or getting closer to the truth. And the more rigorously Ava digs into the past, the
more dangerous her present becomes.
Tween & YA SF GOR
(Tunnels v. 1)
Gordon, Roderick & Brian Williams
Tunnels
14-year-old Will Burrows has little in common with his strange, dysfunctional family. In fact, the
only bond he shares with his eccentric father is a passion for archaeological excavation. So when
his dad mysteriously vanishes, Will is compelled to dig up the truth behind his disappearance. He
unearths the unbelievable: a subterranean society that time forgot. "The Colony" has existed
unchanged for a century, but it's no benign time capsule of a bygone era. Because the Colony is
ruled by a merciless overclass, the Styx. Will must free his father--is he also about to ignite a
revolution?
Tween & YA SF GOR
(Tunnels v. 2)
Gordon, Roderick& Brian Williams
Deeper
In TUNNELS, boy archaeologist Will Burrows went in search of his missing father—and
discovered a sinister subterranean world. Now, wandering the dark, hot bowels beneath the
Colony with his best friend, Chester, and his brother, Cal, Will stumbles across the Styx's
dastardly plan to enslave all Topsoilers by poisoning them with a lethal toxin. Slowly he begins to
piece together the plot. But how can Will save all those above from annihilation when his own life
is at risk down below—and when his killer sister is still at large?
Tween & YA SF GOR
(Tunnels v. 3)
Gordon, Roderick & Brian Williams
Freefall
DEEPER sent Will and Chester into FREEFALL-- tumbling through the subterranean Pore with
the evil Rebecca twins in hot pursuit, both toting phials of the lethal Dominion virus. When, where,
will they ever land?! Just when the drop seems infinite, the boys hit bottom, and find themselves
in a realm of near-zero gravity atop a giant spongy fungus stuffed with artifacts from some lost
golden age. But they are not alone. And above ground, black-clad Styx are sprouting like poison
mushrooms, dead-set on spreading their plague!
Tween & YA SF GOR
(Tunnels v. 4)
Gordon, Roderick& Brian Williams
Closer
Closer to victory...or closer to death? An army of darkness is on the march: Who won't escape
with their life? The fourth book in the New York Times Bestselling TUNNELS series! At long last
reunited with his dad, Will now spends his days exploring the "land of the second sun," decoding
the cryptic glyphs carved into its three mysterious temples--or eyeing the wild animals with
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renegade girl Elliott. Chester, meanwhile, has finally returned Topsoil, where his homecoming is
rapidly becoming a horror show. But an army of darkness is on the march. And the ruthless
Rebeccas have once more cheated death. With a corps of cold-blooded Limiters at their
command, they're determined to hunt Will to the bitter innards of the earth. This time, who WON'T
escape with their life?
YA SF GOU
Gould, Steven
Reflex
Davy has always been alone. He believes that he's the only person in the world who can teleport.
But what if he isn't? A mysterious group of people has taken Davy captive. They don't want to hire
him, and they don't have any hope of appealing to him to help them. What they want is to own
him. They want to use his abilities for their own purposes, whether Davy agrees to it or not. And
so they set about brainwashing him and conditioning him. They have even found a way to keep a
teleport captive. But there's one thing that they don't know. No one knows it, not even Davy. And
it might save his life....
Tween & YA FIC GRA
Grabenstein, Chris
The Crossroads
ZACK, HIS DAD, and new stepmother have just moved back to his father’s hometown, not
knowing that their new house has a dark history. Fifty years ago, a crazed killer caused an
accident at the nearby crossroads that took 40 innocent lives. He died when his car hit a tree in a
fiery crash, and his malevolent spirit has inhabited the tree ever since. During a huge storm,
lightning hits the tree, releasing the spirit, who decides his evil spree isn’t over . . . and Zack is
directly in his sights.
Tween & YA FIC GRA
Grabenstein, Chris
Hanging Hill
After narrowly escaping a malevolent spirit in The Crossroads, Zack and Judy are hoping to relax
during the rehearsals for a show based on Judy’s bestselling children’s books. Little do they know
that the director is planning to raise a horde of evil specters from the dead, and to accomplish this,
he needs a human sacrifice . . . and Zack fits the bill perfectly.
SF & YA SF GRA
Grant, Mira
Feed (Newsflesh Trilogy v. 1)
The year was 2014. We had cured cancer. We had beat the common cold. But in doing so we
created something new, something terrible that no one could stop. The infection spread, virus
blocks taking over bodies and minds with one, unstoppable command: FEED.
NOW, twenty years after the Rising, Georgia and Shaun Mason are on the trail of the biggest
story of their lives-the dark conspiracy behind the infected. The truth will out, even if it kills them.
SF & YA SF GRA
Grant, Mira
Deadline (Newsflesh Trilogy v. 2)
Shaun Mason is a man without a mission. Not even running the news organization he built with
his sister has the same urgency as it used to. Playing with dead things just doesn't seem as fun
when you've lost as much as he has. But when a CDC researcher fakes her own death and
appears on his doorstep with a ravenous pack of zombies in tow, Shaun has a newfound interest
in life. Because she brings news-he may have put down the monster who attacked them, but the
conspiracy is far from dead. Now, Shaun hits the road to find what truth can be found at the end
of a shotgun.
SF & YA SF GRA
Grant, Mira Blackout (Newsflesh Trilogy v. 3)
Rise up while you can. -Georgia Mason
The year was 2014. The year we cured cancer. The year we cured the common cold. And the
year the dead started to walk. The year of the Rising.
The year was 2039. The world didn't end when the zombies came, it just got worse. Georgia and
Shaun Mason set out on the biggest story of their generation. The uncovered the biggest
conspiracy since the Rising and realized that to tell the truth, sacrifices have to be made.
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Now, the year is 2041, and the investigation that began with the election of President Ryman is
much bigger than anyone had assumed. With too much left to do and not much time left to do it
in, the surviving staff of After the End Times must face mad scientists, zombie bears, rogue
government agencies-and if there's one thing they know is true in post-zombie America, it's this:
Things can always get worse.
YA FIC GRA
Grant, Vicki
Pigboy
Fourteen-year-old Dan Hogg, aka Pigboy, must prepare for a school field trip to a working farm—
with hogs. To say that Dan is not looking forward to an entire day of hog jokes at his expense
would be an understatement. With buckteeth, coke bottle glasses, and a genuine interest in
school, Dan sticks out like a sore thumb among his classmates. Shortly after arriving at the farm,
Dan realizes something is weird about Mr. van Wart, the farm's owner. Realizing an escaped
convict is posing as Mr. van Wart, and this convict has dark plans for everyone, Dan takes
matters into his own hands.
YA FIC GRA
Gray, Keith Ostrich Boys
Ross is dead, and Blake, Sim, and Kenny are furious. To make it right, they steal Ross's ashes
and set out from their home on the English coast for the tiny village of Ross in southern Scotland,
a place their friend had always wanted to go. What follows is an unforgettable journey with illegal
train rides, bungee jumping, girls, and high-speed police chases--all with Ross's ashes along for
the ride. As events spin wildly out of control, the three friends must take their heads out of the
sand long enough to answer the question: What really happened to Ross?
YA FIC GRE
Green, Jacqueline Truth or Dare
It all started on a whim: The game was a way for Tenley Reed to reclaim her popularity, a chance
for perfect Caitlin "Angel" Thomas to prove she's more than her Harvard application. Loner
Sydney Morgan wasn't even there; she was hiding behind her camera, as usual. But when all
three start receiving mysterious dares long after the party has ended, they're forced to play along
— or risk exposing their darkest secrets. How far will Tenley, Caitlin, and Sydney go to keep the
truth from surfacing? And who's behind this twisted game?
YA FIC GRE
Green, Tim
Football Hero
Ty Lewis can't believe it when Coach V recruits him for the football team. This is Ty's big chance
to prove how fast he is on the field, get a fresh start in a new school, and be like his older brother,
Thane "Tiger" Lewis, who's about to graduate from college—and is being courted by the NFL.
But Ty's guardian, Uncle Gus, won't let him play. Uncle Gus needs Ty to scrub floors and toilets
for his cleaning business while he cooks up gambling schemes with the local mob boss, a man
called "Lucy." When Lucy hears just how famous Ty's older brother is, he becomes suddenly
friendly. Are the questions Lucy is asking Ty really about fantasy football . . . or is the Mafia using
Ty to get valuable insider info from his superstar brother? Desperately worried, Ty must come up
with a plan to save Thane's football career—and, ultimately, his life.
YA FIC GRE
Greenland, Shannon
Model Spy (The Specialists)
Teen genius Kelly James is in a lot of hot water. A whiz with computers, she agreed to help her
college rA, David, uncover some top-secret information. After all, she doesn't have many friends
and David has always been nice to her. it doesn't hurt that he's supercute and irresistible, too. All
she has to do is hack into the government's main computer system. but a few hours later, her
whole life changes. she is caught and taken in for questioning, only this isn't your run-of-the-mill
arrest. rather than serve a juvenile detention sentence, she accepts the option to change her
name and enlist in a secret government spy agency that trains teen agents to go undercover. As
if that wasn't overwhelming enough, she discovers that David works for this agency as well! And
before she even begins to understand what is going on, she's sent on her first mission as an
undercover model. And who better to partner with than David himself!
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YA FIC GRE
Specialists)
Greenland, Shannon
Down to the Wire (The
GiGi is back, this time teaming up with electronics specialist Frankie, aka Wirenut, for their next
mission. Wirenut has an uncanny knack for breaking into the highest-level security systems that
stump even the experts. Which is precisely why he was recruited by the Specialists. So when
wealthy entrepreneur Octavias Zorba hires the Specialists to recover a stolen neurotoxin, the
head of the Specialists is sure that Wirenut is perfect for the job. But there's a catch. The
computer-coded hints that will lead to the neurotoxin are hidden in a few precious artifacts. And
when these hints are found, there is limited time to get them decoded or they will disappear
forever. But as GiGi and Wirenut begin their mission, they suddenly find themselves on a fastpaced hunt for the criminal, with time quickly running out . .
YA FIC GRE
Specialists)
Greenland, Shannon
The Winning Element (The
With two successful missions behind her, GiGi is feeling confident and comfortable with the
Specialists. Unfortunately, things are about to change. TL has informed her that a notorious
chemical smuggler was personally responsible for the death of both her mother and father. The
government has been trying to track him down for years, to no avail. Enter the Specialists, and
this time, GiGi's in charge of the mission. Only there's a catch-the success of the mission
depends on many things, including Beaker's chemical expertise. And Beaker is the last person
GiGi wants to deal with. When the mission deems it necessary to go to Florida, Beaker is ready.
But when her cover has to be a cheerleader at the national cheerleading competition, Goth-girl
Beaker is not too pleased. With personality conflicts, mission challenges, and the demanding
schedule of the cheerleading competition, it's difficult for Beaker and GiGi to focus on the task at
hand. Can they put all things aside and find the smuggler, or will their window of opportunity be
shut forever?
YA FIC GRE
Greenland, Shannon
Native Tongue (The Specialists)
Lovable GiGi is pairing up with expert linguist Darren, aka Parrot, on a mission to South America.
When a centuries-old vase is found in a cave full of hieroglyphics, it is discovered that this vase
was important to at least fifteen different North American and South American Indian tribes. And
now all fifteen nations want it back. They are meeting in Rutina, South America, to "decide" who
gets the vase. Enter the Specialists, and Parrot who will go as the official translator. And when no
one can decode the ancient cave writings, not even the elders of each nation, GiGi comes to the
rescue. Of course there's a hitch. One of the tribal chiefs attending the meeting in Rutina is
connected to Parrot's past—in a very bad way. The question is, will Parrot be able to face his
past and complete the mission, or will the vase—and the fate of the Native American nation—fall
into the wrong hands?
YA FIC GRI
Griffin, Paul
The Orange Houses
Meet Tamika Sykes—Mik to her friends (if she had any). She's hearing impaired and way too
smart for her West Bronx high school. She copes by reading lips and selling homework answers,
and looks forward to the time each day when she can be alone in her room drawing. She's a
tough girl who never gets close to anyone, until she meets Fatima, a teenage refugee who sells
newspapers on Mik's block. Both Mik and Fatima unite in their efforts to befriend Jimmi, a
homeless vet who is shunned by the rest of the community. The events that follow when these
three outcasts converge will break open their close-knit community and change the lives of those
living in the Orange Houses in explosive and unexpected ways.
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YA FIC GRI
Griffin, Paul
Burning Blue
How far would you go for love, beauty, and jealousy? When Nicole Castro, the most beautiful girl
in her wealthy New Jersey high school, is splashed with acid on the left side of her perfect face,
the whole world takes notice. But quiet loner Jay Nazarro does more than that—he decides to
find out who did it. Jay understands how it feels to be treated like a freak, and he also has a
secret: He's a brilliant hacker. But the deeper he digs, the more danger he's in—and the more he
falls for Nicole. Too bad everyone is turning into a suspect, including Nicole herself.
Tween & YA SF HAD
Time
Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Running Out of
When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually
a 1995 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to
escape the village and save the lives of the dying children.
Tween & YA SF HAD
Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Among the Hidden
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke
has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third"
convinces him that the government is wrong.
Tween FIC HAD
Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Among the Imposters
In a future where the law limits a family to only two children, third-born Luke has been in hiding for
the entire twelve years of his life, until he enters boarding school under an assumed name and is
forced to face his fears.
Tween & YA SF HAD Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Among the Betrayed
Thirteen-year-old Nina is imprisoned by the Population Police, who give her the option of helping
them identify illegal "third-born" children, or facing death.
Tween & YA SF HAD
Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Among the Barons
In a future world of false identities, government lies, and death threats, Luke feels drawn to the
younger brother of the boy whose name Luke has taken.
YA SF HAD
Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Escape From Memory
While playing around with hypnotism at a party, Kira remembers fleeing a war-torn country with
her mother, speaking a language she can't identify. A few days later her mother disappears, and
a woman who calls herself Kira's aunt Memory takes Kira to Crythe, a country that doesn't
officially exist, in order to rescue her -- or so she says. Kira soon learns that Aunt Memory is not
what she seems, and Kira and her mother are both in terrible danger. There are memories locked
in Kira's mind that could get her and her mother killed. But those memories are the only things
that might save them...
YA FIC HAH
Hahn, Mary Downing
The Old Willis Place
Diana and her little brother Georgie have been living in the woods behind the old Willis place, a
decaying Victorian mansion, for what already seems like forever. They aren't allowed to leave the
property or show themselves to anyone. But when a new caretaker comes to live there with his
young daughter, Lissa, Diana is tempted to break the mysterious rules they live by and reveal
herself so she can finally have a friend. Somehow, Diana must get Lissa's help if she and
Georgie ever hope to release themselves from the secret that has bound them to the old Willis
place for so long.
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YA FIC HAH
Hahn, Mary Downing
Mister Death’s Blue-Eyed Girls
The brutal murder of two teenage girls on the last day of Nora's junior year throws her into turmoil.
Her certainties—friendships, religion, her resolve to find a boyfriend—are shaken or cast off
altogether. Most people share the comforting conviction that Buddy Novak is responsible for the
killings. Nora agrees at first, then comes to believe him innocent—the lone dissenting voice. Told
from several different perspectives, including the murderer's, this is a suspenseful page-turner
with a powerful human drama at its core.
YA FIC HAL
Hale, Marian
Dark Water Rising
It is summer of 1900 and seventeen-year-old Seth's carpenter father has decided to move the
family to Galveston, Texas, to take advantage of the building boom. He is also determined that
Seth attend the nearby medical school, when what Seth really wants is to be a carpenter like his
father. Upon reaching Galveston, Seth realizes it may not have been such a bad move when he
meets an attractive young lady named Ella Rose and is able to get a summer job building houses.
Seth's life seems to be settling in as he searches for a way to tell his father he has no intention of
becoming a doctor. But everything changes on a single day, when on September 8th, the island
city is struck by the worst hurricane in its recorded history. Seth and his coworkers struggle to
return to their families and ensure the safety of their loved ones. After a terrifying night spent in a
house that is knocked off its foundation by the storm, Seth and the other members of the
community must face the devastation left behind by the catastrophe. A mix of fact and fiction, this
is a stunning novel.
YA FIC HAL Halpern, Julie
Don’t Stop Now
On the first day of Lillian’s summer-before-college, she gets a message on her cell from her sortof friend, Penny. Not only has Penny faked her own kidnapping, but Lil is the only one who
figures it out. She knows that Penny’s home life has been rough, and that her boyfriend may be
abusive. Soon, Penny’s family, the local police, and even the FBI are grilling Lil, and she decides
to head out to Oregon, where Penny has mentioned an acquaintance. And who better to road-trip
across the country with than Lil’s BFF, Josh. But here’s the thing: Lil loves Josh. And Josh
doesn’t want to “ruin” their amazing friendship. Josh has a car and his dad’s credit card. Lil has
her cellphone and a hunch about where Penny is hiding. There’s something else she needs to
find: Are she and Josh meant to be together?
YA FIC HAU
Hautman, Pete
Invisible
You could say that my railroad, the Madham Line, is almost the most important thing in my life.
Next to Andy Morrow, my best friend....I guess you could say that I'm not only disturbed, I'm
obsessed. Lots of people think Doug Hanson is a freak -- he gets beat up after school and the girl
of his dreams calls him a worm. Doug's only refuge is building elaborate model trains in his
basement and hanging out with his best friend, Andy Morrow. Andy is nothing like Doug: He's a
popular football star who could date any girl in school. Despite their differences, Doug and Andy
talk about everything -- except what happened at the Tuttle place a few years back. As Doug
retreats deeper and deeper into his own world, long-buried secrets come to light -- and the more
he tries to keep them invisible, the looser his grip on reality becomes. In this fierce, disturbing
novel, Pete Hautman spins a poignant tale about inner demons, and how far one boy will go to
control them.
YA FIC HAU Hautman, Pete Blank Confession
Shayne Blank is the new kid in town--but that doesn't stop him from getting into a lot of trouble
very quickly. The other kids don't understand him. He's not afraid of anything. He seems too
smart. And his background doesn't add up. But when he walks into the police department to
confess to a murder, it quickly becomes apparent that nothing is as it seems. There's more to
Shayne--and his story--than meets the eye. As the details begin to fill in, the only thing that
becomes clear is that nothing about Shayne's story is clear at all.
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YA SF HEA
Heath, Jack
The Lab
In a near-future world run by an evil corporation, the only justice comes from an organization
called the Deck. Each agent in the deck belongs to a suit -- the Hearts and Diamonds are the
operatives, the Clubs do the training, and the Spades monitor internal affairs. The hero is a 16-yrold, Six of Hearts. (The highest ranking in each group is the King, and so forth, with the whole
shebang led by the two Jokers). Six of Hearts is the best operative they have -- all the more
impressive (and convenient for us) because he never kills anyone.
YA FIC HEA Heath, Jack
Money Run
Take two child geniuses (thieves in their spare time), one obsessed assassin, and the richest
man in the world to create a compelling, completely unpredictable young adult thriller. Fifteenyear-olds Ashley and Benjamin have concocted a daring master plan: to steal billionaire
Hammond Buckland's most precious belonging, hidden in the depths of his conspicuous
corporate building. But Hammond Buckland has a most elaborate plan of his own - and none of
them have counted on Peachey, the hit man with a determination to finish the job - at any cost!
LP & YA FIC HEN
Henderson, Dee
Danger in the Shadows
Sara's terrified. She's falling in love. And if that's not bad enough, it's with former pro football
player Adam Black, a man everyone knows. That fact could cost Sara her life. Sara has been
invisible, hidden away in a witness protection program from the man who kidnapped her and her
sister twenty-five years ago, who caused her sister's death, and who so traumatized Sara that
she blocked out the memory of his face. But Sara knows that he's still doing everything possible
to find her-and finish her off before her memory returns. Her only safety is in staying invisible, but
Adam won't listen, or give up on what they can have together. Soon they're both caught in a chain
of events that brings Sara face to face with terror-and with the sure knowledge that only God can
save her and set her free from the Danger in the Shadows.
YA FIC HEN
Henderson, J.A.
Bunker 10
On Christmas Eve 2007, Pinewood Military Installation was completely destroyed by an
unexplained explosion. Everyone was killed, including the seven children living there. This book
chronicles the last day of these genius children as they struggle to fix an experiment gone terribly
wrong. The fast-paced plot grabs the reader on page one and never lets go .
YA FIC HEN
Henderson, Jason
Triumph of Death (Alex Van Helsing)
There is a famous painting in Madrid that holds the key to an apocalypse only Alex Van Helsing
can stop. Within months of discovering he's next in a long line of vampire hunters, Alex Van
Helsing has already defeated two powerful vampire leaders. Not bad for a fourteen-year-old. But
when a newly risen vampire queen threatens the fate of the world, Alex faces his deadliest
challenge yet. Teaming up with a motorcycle-riding witch, Alex jets between Switzerland, the UK,
and Spain in a frantic race to prevent the queen from unleashing a curse that will plunge the
world into darkness. With the clock ticking, Alex barely has time to breathe, let alone see his
friends, and he's beginning to wonder if being a vampire hunter is worth all its sacrifices. In this
thrilling finale to the action-packed series described as "James Bond meets Dracula," everything - Alex's future and, ultimately, that of the world -- hangs in the balance.
YA MYS HEN
Henderson, Lauren
Kisses & Lies
After discovering that someone saw what looked like Dan’s emergency EpiPen in A-lister Plum’s
designer handbag, Scarlett and her tough American sidekick, Taylor, sneak into a posh London
nightclub, where Plum has a private table. Scarlett is stunned to discover a piece of evidence that
might implicate another girl in Plum’s exclusive circle, Lucy Raleigh. Which means Scarlett must
cast a wider net in order to catch the right suspect. Back at school, groundskeeper Jase is
hoping to take Scarlett’s mind off her troubles with some heart-stopping kisses. Scarlett can’t help
but feel guilty for indulging in romantic rendezvous when she should be hunting down Dan’s killer.
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However, once Scarlett finds out how Lucy is connected to Dan, she knows she must drop
everything and travel to the McAndrew estate in Scotland to hunt for more clues. But when she
arrives, Scarlett becomes the target of a dangerous hunt herself.
YA MYS HEN
Henderson, Lauren Kiss Me Kill Me
When 16-year-old Scarlett Wakefield transfers from St. Tabby’s to Wakefield Hall Collegiate, she
is relieved that no one knows her dark, haunting secret. A few months ago, Scarlett was invited to
an elite party with a guest list full of the hottest names in British society, including Dan McAndrew.
Before the party, Scarlett had only imagined what it would be like to have her first kiss with Dan,
but on the penthouse terrace, Dan leaned in close and she no longer had to wonder. Their kiss
was beautiful and perfect and magical, and then . . . Dan McAndrew took his last breath as she
held him in her arms. No one knows how or why Dan died, and everyone at St. Tabby’s believes
Scarlett had something to do with it. But now that she’s safely hidden away at Wakefield Hall,
Scarlett would rather forget that it ever happened. Only she can’t. Especially when she receives
an anonymous note that will set her on the path to clearing her name and finding out what really
happened to the first and last boy she kissed.
YA FIC HEN
Heneghan, James
Torn Away
Forcibly deported to Canada because of his terrorist activities in Northern Ireland, thirteen-yearold Declan must choose between his revolutionary past and a new life with his Canadian relatives.
YA FIC HEN
Henry, April
Girl, Stolen
Sixteen year-old Cheyenne Wilder is sleeping in the back of a car while her mom fills her
prescription at the pharmacy. Before Cheyenne realizes what's happening, their car is being
stolen—with her inside! Griffin hadn’t meant to kidnap Cheyenne, all he needed to do was steal a
car for the others. But once Griffin's dad finds out that Cheyenne’s father is the president of a
powerful corporation, everything changes—now there’s a reason to keep her. What Griffin doesn’t
know is that Cheyenne is not only sick with pneumonia, she is blind. How will Cheyenne survive
this nightmare, and if she does, at what price?
YA FIC HEN
Henry, April
The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die
“Take her out back and finish her off.” She doesn’t know who she is. She doesn’t know where
she is, or why. All she knows when she comes to in a ransacked cabin is that there are two men
arguing over whether or not to kill her. And that she must run.
YA FIC HER
Herlong, M H
The Great Wide Sea
Ben, Dylan, and Gerry are still mourning their mother's death when their dad decides to buy a
boat and take them on a year-long sailing trip. Tensions flare between Ben and his father, but
they gradually learn to live together in close quarters. But one morning, the boys wake up to
discover their father has disappeared—and they are lost. What happened to him? Where are they?
And what will they do when a treacherous storm looms on the horizon?
YA MYS HER
Herren, Greg
Sleeping Angel
Eric Matthews survives a near-fatal accident only to find his whole life has changed. Eric
Matthews wakes up in the hospital with no memory of how he wound up there—and soon learns
that it’s vital that he remember. Apparently, he was in a car accident, and the body of classmate
Sean Brody was found in his car, shot to death. But nothing makes sense to Eric. He and Sean
weren’t friends. In fact, they disliked each other--Sean was gay and Eric is...well, he's not sure of
much right now! Except he is certain he didn’t shoot Sean, even though he can’t remember
anything about the day of the accident. To make matters worse, he starts having psychic flashes
about the people around him: his doctor, a nurse, his mother, and other visitors. As Eric’s
memories slowly start to come back to him, he becomes more and more certain that not only is
he innocent, but that the real murderer is out there…and wants to shut him up permanently.
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YA SF HES Hesse, Karen Safekeeping
Radley’s parents had warned her that all hell would break loose if the American People's Party
took power. And now, with the president assassinated and the government cracking down on
citizens, the news is filled with images of vigilante groups, frenzied looting, and police raids. It
seems as if all hell has broken loose. Coming back from volunteering abroad, Radley just wants
to get home to Vermont, and the comfort and safety of her parents. Travel restrictions and delays
are worse than ever, and by the time Radley’s plane lands in New Hampshire, she’s been
traveling for over twenty-four hours. Exhausted, she heads outside to find her parents—who
always come, day or night, no matter when or where she lands—aren’t there. Her cell phone is
dead, her credit cards are worthless, and she doesn’t have the proper travel papers to cross state
lines. Out of money and options, Radley starts walking. . . .
YA FIC HIG
series v. 1)
Higgins, Jack with Justin Richards
Sure Fire (Rich & Jade
For fifteen-year-old twins Rich and Jade, their lives have just been turned upside down. When
their mother is tragically killed in a car crash, their long-lost father John Chance appears to collect
them at the funeral. He's a bachelor who lives on his own, and it's clear that Rich and Jade aren't
welcome. But when Chance suddenly disappears, Rich and Jade uncover the truth: He's a spy.
And now, whoever kidnapped their father is after them, too.
YA FIC HIG
series v. 2)
Higgins, Jack with Justin Richards
Sharp Shot (Rich & Jade
Rich and Jade Chance are once again on the run— but this time, trouble finds them while their
father is away on his own mission. After a breathless chase through an amusement park, Jade is
taken hostage by a man from Chance's past who is plotting a dastardly political coup in the
Middle East with nuclear weapons as a threat. Worse still, the President of the United States is on
his way to the region for a summit meeting. It will take all of the Chance family's wits and skills to
find the bomb and defuse the threat—and time is running out.
YA FIC HIG
series v. 3)
Higgins, Jack with Justin Richards
Death Run (Rich & Jade
Twins Rich and Jade Chance are on vacation with their father, master spy John Chance—or so
they think. The British government actually sent their father to keep tabs on a Swiss banker who
is trying to escape from the Tiger, a ruthless criminal. But the banker is captured and taken to a
remote Scottish castle—along with Rich! Now it's up to Jade and her father to rescue them. Will
they be able to stop the Tiger before Rich's time runs out?
Tween & YA FIC HIG
Higgins, F.E.
Black Book of Secrets
A boy arrives at a remote village in the dead of night. His name is Ludlow Fitch—and he is
running from a most terrible past. What he is about to learn is that in this village is the life he has
dreamed of—a safe place to live and a job, as the assistant to the mysterious pawnbroker who
trades people's deepest, darkest secrets for cash. Ludlow's job is to neatly transcribe the
confessions in an ancient, leather-bound tome: The Black Book of Secrets. Ludlow yearns to trust
his mentor, who refuses to disclose any information on his past experiences or future intentions.
What the pawnbroker does not know is, in a town brimming with secrets, the most troubling may
be held by his new apprentice.
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Tween FIC HIG
Higgins, F.E.
The Bone Magician
Higgins returns to the world of her first novel, The Black Book of Secrets (Feiwel and
Friends/MacMillan, 2007/VOYA February 2008), in this "paraquel" to Ludlow Fitch's story. Pin
Carpue is a young lad working for a local mortician as a corpse watcher - someone has to make
sure the bodies are really dead. While working, Pin sees the Bone Magician and his young
assistant raise a corpse from the dead. What kind of magic is this? Pin befriends Juno, the
herbalist expert who helps the Bone Magician, and the two of them meet various mysterious
Dickensian characters. Deodonatus Snood, a writer for the local newspaper, believes The Silver
Apple Killer is Pin's father, who ran away after murdering his own brother-in-law. But Pin believes
that his father is innocent and is not a serial killer.
Tween & YA FIC HIG
Higgins, F.E.
Eyeball Collector
When his butterfly-collector father is swindled to within an inch of his life, a vengeful Hector
leaves the city of Urbs Umida in pursuit of a fiendish villain with a glass eye. The trail leads to
Withypitts Hall, a forbidding Gothic mansion as warped as its inhabitants and their secret
schemes. Soon Hector finds himself embroiled in mysterious deeds more poisonous than his
worst imaginings, but every twist and turn brings him closer to his revenge...
YA SF HIG
Higson, Charlie
The Enemy
A sickness has afflicted everyone over the age of 16; anyone who is a “grown-up” has become a
decomposing, brainless creature that survives by feeding on children. The children and teens
have barricaded themselves in fortified buildings, fighting off attacks from the grown-ups who
travel in packs, like hungry dogs. Before long, the young survivors are promised a safe haven in
Buckingham Palace and make their way to it, crossing London on a perilous journey that will test
them in harrowing ways. But their fight to stay alive is far from over—the threat from within is as
real as the one on the outside.
YA SF HIG
Higson, Charlie
The Dead (Enemy series v. 2)
The disease only affects people sixteen or older. It starts with the symptoms of a cold. Then the
skin begins to itch, and spots appear--spots that soon turn into pus-filled boils. But the worst part
is the headache, the inner voices that tell you that you need to eat them . . . the young ones.
When the Disaster strikes, the world turns upside down for Ed, Jack, Bam and the other students
at Rowhurst School. The parents and older siblings they left back at home are dead--or worse.
Once the teachers go on the attack, the kids know it's time to escape and make their way to the
city. It's got to be better in London . . . or will it be worse?
YA SF HIG
Higson, Charlie
The Fear (Enemy series v. 3)
The sickness struck everyone sixteen and over. Mothers and fathers, older brothers, sisters, and
best friends. No one escaped its touch. And now children across London are being hunted by
ferocious grown-ups who are hungry, bloodthirsty, and not giving up. DogNut and the rest of his
crew, in search of the friends they lost during the fire, set off on a deadly mission from the Tower
of London to Buckingham Palace and beyond, as the sickos lie in wait. But who are their friends
and who is the enemy in this changed world?
Tween & YA FIC HIG
Higson, Charlie
Silverfin (James Bond v. 1)
Since 2005, readers have traveled the world with a young man whose inquisitive mind,
determination, and thirst for adventure would set him on a course for greatness. Now, see Young
Bond in action for the very first time. There’s something slithering in the dark waters around a
Scottish castle. Something that must be kept secret. Something deadly. One man with a thirst for
power will use it, whatever the cost. One boy stands in the way. His name is Bond. James Bond.
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Higson, Charlie
Blood Fever (James Bond v. 2)
Following his adventures in the Scottish Highlands, young James Bond is back at Eton. Summer
vacation is on the horizon and James is looking forward to the school trip to the beautiful Italian
island of Sardinia, and the opportunity to spend some time with his reclusive cousin Victor. But
all is not as it appears. James soon discovers that the seemingly peaceful island harbors some
strange secrets. Before long, Victor’s house has been ransacked and important pieces of artwork
have been stolen. James learns that the Millennaria—a ruthless Roman society long thought to
be extinguished—is still active. He suspects the impetuous millionaire Count Ugo Carnifex may
be behind it. But one of his teachers has been acting strangely as well….
As a young girl’s life hangs in the balance, it’s up to James to uncover an intricate conspiracy that
will take him head to head with enemies more ruthless than he could have ever imagined.
YA FIC HIG
Higson, Charlie
Double or Die (James Bond v. 3)
Kidnapping. Explosions. Murder. This is no ordinary weekend. But then, James Bond is no
ordinary boy...
In a north London cemetery, a professor is kidnapped at gunpoint. Then, a suspicious letter
crammed with cryptic clues arrives at Eton. To decipher the deadly mystery, James Bond must
take a series of dangerous gambles. Once the code is cracked, he has just forty-eight hours to
save the professor from the dark forces that threaten to destroy them both. And if they can't
escape, it's not only their future under threat. It's the rest of the world's...
Tween & YA FIC HIG
Higson, Charlie
Hurricane Gold (James Bond v. 4)
James Bond is vacationing in Mexico at the home of ex–flying ace Jack Stone when a hurricane
hits. As the storm rages, a gang of thieves targets the contents of Stone’s safe. Stone’s children
are kidnapped, and James embarks on a perilous rescue mission that leads him to Lágrimas
Negras, a haven for deadly criminals. James will have to use all of his cunning to outwit their
leader, El Huracán. But the only way off the island is through a treacherous maze, La Avenida de
la Muerte. On this terrifying trail of greed and betrayal, only danger is guaranteed . . . survival is
not.
Tween & YA FIC HIG Higson, Charlie
5)
By Royal Command (James Bond v.
James Bond’s every move is being watched. He alone holds the clue to a sinister plot that will
bring bloodshed and carnage to his school…and his country. Forced to flee from Eton to Austria,
James must leave behind everything he knows, with only a beautiful - and dangerous - girl by his
side. Soon he is trapped in a deadly war of secrets and lies, as a nightmare reunion with a bitter
enemy throws him once more into the path of death. With nowhere to run and no one to trust,
James will have to uncover the truth behind an evil plot before all is lost.
YA FIC HIL
Hill, Will
Department Nineteen
Jamie Carpenter's life will never be the same. His father is dead, his mother is missing, and he
was just rescued by an enormous man named Frankenstein. Jamie is brought to Department 19,
where he is pulled into a secret organization responsible for policing the supernatural, founded
more than a century ago by Abraham Van Helsing and the other survivors of Dracula. Aided by
Frankenstein's monster, a beautiful vampire girl with her own agenda, and the members of the
agency, Jamie must attempt to save his mother from a terrifyingly powerful vampire.
SR Section & Tween FIC HOB
Hobbs, Will
Far North
Stranded in the Canadian wilderness, two boys endure a brutal subarctic winter of bear, wolf, and
moose attacks while they repeatedly struggle to escape.
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YA FIC HOF
Hoffman, Alice
Incantation
Estrella deMadrigal thought she knew herself: daughter, granddaughter, sister, dearest friend,
beloved. She is Star in the Night Sky, Truth in the Darkness. But truth is rare and precious in this
cruel and unforgiving century in Spain, when Jews who refused conversion to Christianity risked
everything - love, life, family, faith. Then: A startling discovery shakes Estrella's world to the core.
And yet, it is something small and sweet that sets it aflame. A kiss. A kiss from someone she is
forbidden to love. As a new girl emerges from the cocoon of secrets in which she has been
shrouded, passion burns and friendship crumbles - and betrayal unleashes a monstrous evil from
the very deepest part of the earth. Estrella crosses over to a place she never thought she could
be; she is someone she never could have imagined. Remember the story she is about to tell you.
YA FIC HOL
Holder, Nancy
Pretty Little Devils
Hazel Stone wants nothing more than to be a part of the hottest clique in school, the Pretty Little
Devils, but she's stuck at a lunch table full of high school C-listers. Hazel has resigned herself to
life as a nobody—when suddenly everything changes. The PLDs invite Hazel to one of the
group's famous parties, held at the site of one of their babysitting jobs. Before Hazel knows it,
she's in with the in crowd—and she couldn't be more thrilled! But nothing turns out the way she
expects. Especially when one her classmates becomes jealous of her newfound status—deadly
jealous.
YA FIC HOL
Holder, Nancy
Possessions
The It Girl meets The Exorcist in this chilling, haunted boarding school tale
New-girl Lindsay discovers all is not right at the prestigious Marlwood Academy for Girls.
Ethereal, popular Mandy and her clique are plotting something dangerous. Lindsay overhears
them performing strange rituals, and sees their eyes turn black. It doesn't help that the school
itself is totally eerie, with ancient, dilapidated buildings tucked into the Northern California woods,
a thick white fog swirling through campus. There are hidden passageways, odd reflections in the
windows at night, and scariest of all is the vast lake rumored to have captured the ghost of a girl
who drowned many years ago. What Lindsay doesn't yet realize is that Mandy and her cohorts
are becoming possessed by spirits who have haunted the school for two hundred years. Spirits
who want someone dead...
And that someone is Lindsay.
YA FIC HOO
Hooper, Mary
Newes From the Dead
Anne Green can't move a muscle, can't open her eyes, can't scream. She lies paralyzed in
absolute darkness, terrified by her final memory—being hanged. Is she in purgatory? Hell? Was
she buried alive? An innocent woman caught up in a nightmare, Anne Green is trapped with her
racing thoughts, her burning need to revisit the events—and the man—that led her to the scaffold.
Meanwhile, a shy young medical student attends his first dissection and notices something
strange as the doctors prepare their tools . . . Did her eyelids just flutter? Could this corpse be
alive?
YA FIC HOP
Hopkins, Ellen
Identical
Kaeleigh and Raeanne are identical down to the dimple. As daughters of a district-court judge
father and a politician mother, they are an all-American family—on the surface. Behind the facade
each sister has her own dark secret, and that's where their differences begin. For Kaeleigh, she's
the misplaced focus of Daddy's love, intended for a mother whose presence on the campaign trail
means absence at home. All that Raeanne sees is Daddy playing a game of favorites—and she
is losing. If she has to lose, she will do it on her own terms, so she chooses drugs, alcohol, and
sex. Secrets like the ones the twins are harboring are not meant to be kept—from each other or
anyone else. Pretty soon it's obvious that neither sister can handle it alone, and one sister must
step up to save the other, but the question is—who?
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(Gatekeepers v. 1)
Raven’s Gate
Horowitz, Anthony
Matt is being punished for a crime he saw, but didn't commit. Instead of being locked up, he is
being sent to the middle of nowhere to live with a new foster mom, as part of a government
scheme called The Leaf Project. But Matt's new home provides anything but peace and quiet. His
new guardian is involved in very sinister things . . . and the whole town seems to be on her side.
Everybody who tries to help Matt winds up disappearing . . . or dead. The truth is much bigger
than Matt or the town--but Matt is the only person who can stop the ultimate evil from being
unleashed.
Tween & YA FIC HOR
Horowitz, Anthony
Evil Star (Gatekeepers v. 2)
Matt thought his troubles were over when he closed Raven's Gate . . . but in fact they were just
beginning. His fate -- and the fate of the world -- is tied to four other kids across the globe. The
second is a street kid in Peru. He and Matt have never met; they don't even speak the same
language. But destiny is going to throw them together as the evil threat of the Old Ones grows . . .
and another Gate suddenly comes into play.
Tween & YA FIC HOR
v. 3)
Horowitz, Anthony
Nightrise (Gatekeepers
Only the Gatekeepers—five brave teenagers—can prevent the return of the evil Old Ones who
seek to destroy humanity. Fourteen-year-old Native American twins Jamie and Scott are
Gatekeepers, though at first they don't know it; all they know is that they have psychic powers
and can read and even control minds. A sinister international corporation called Nightrise,
controlled by the Old Ones, learns of the twins' telepathy act on a Reno, Nevada stage and tries
to kidnap them, but Jamie manages to escape with the help of a woman who is seeking her own
kidnapped son. In order to rescue his twin, Jamie must gain entry to the juvenile correctional
facility in the desert where Scott is being held. But there is even more at stake, Jamie learns, as
in a dream world he meets the other Gatekeepers and prepares to do battle with them against the
Old Ones.
Tween & YA FIC HOR
Horowitz, Anthony
Necropolis (Gatekeepers v. 4)
As the fourth novel in the spellbinding Gatekeepers series begins, the world is under the greatest
threat it's ever known. The evil corporation Nightrise has amassed an immense amount of power
. . . and the devastating force of the Old Ones is about to be unleashed around the globe. To stop
this from happening, Matt and three of the Gatekeepers head to Hong Kong--not just the modern
city of skyscrapers and wealth, but the secretive underworld beneath. In Hong Kong they will
meet the final Gatekeeper, a girl named Scarlet, whose fate is inextricably joined to their own....
Tween & YA SF HOR
Horowitz, Anthony
Oblivion (Gatekeepers v. 5)
Matt. Pedro. Scott. Jamie. Scar. Five Gatekeepers have finally found one another. And only the
five of them can fight the evil force that is on the rise, threatening the destruction of the world.
Tween & YA FIC HOR Horowitz, Anthony Stormbreaker (Alex Rider
series v. 1)
After his guardian uncle is mysteriously murdered, fourteen-year-old Alex is recruited by Britain’s
MI-6 Intelligence Agency to complete his mission and find his uncle’s killer.
Tween & YA FIC HOR
series v. 2)
Horowitz, Anthony
Point Blank (Alex Rider
Fourteen-year-old Alex continues his work as a spy for the British MI-6, investigating an exclusive
school for boys in the French Alps.
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Tween & YA FIC HOR
series v. 3)
Horowitz, Anthony
Skeleton Key (Alex Rider
Reluctant teenage-spy Alex Rider, on a routine mission at the Wimbledon tennis championships,
gets caught up in Chinese gangs, illegal nuclear weapons, and the suspect plans of his Russian
host, General Sarov.
Tween & YA FIC HOR
series v. 4)
Horowitz, Anthony
Eagle Strike (Alex Rider
After a chance encounter with assassin Yassen Gregorovich in the South of France, teenage spy
Alex Rider investigates international pop star and philanthropist Damian Cray whose new video
game venture hides sinister motives involving Air Force One, nuclear missiles, and the
international drug trade.
Tween & YA FIC HOR
5)
Horowitz, Anthony
Scorpia (Alex Rider series v.
Alex Rider, the spitting image of his father in so many ways, is about to find out just how closely
he is his father's son. When Alex learns that his father was an assassin for Scorpia, the most
powerful terrorist organization going, his world shatters. Now Scorpia wants Alex on their side,
and Alex wages a war of conscience he no longer has the will to win. Until, that is, he learns of
Scorpia's latest plot: an operation known only as "Invisible Sword" that will result in the death of
thousands of people. Unless he can stop it first . . . .
Tween & YA FIC HOR
v. 6)
Horowitz, Anthony
Ark Angel (Alex Rider series
Alex Rider is giving it up. Being a teenage secret agent is just too dangerous. He wants his old
life back. As he lies in the hospital bed recovering from a gunshot wound, he contemplates the
end of his career with MI6, the British secret service. But then he saves the life of Paul Drevin,
son of multibillionaire Nikolei Drevin, and once again he is pulled into service. This time his
mission involves eco-terrorists, rockets to space, maniacal killers, and a less-than-idyllic tropical
island. Is it all in a day's work, or will this truly be Alex Rider's last mission?
Tween & YA FIC HOR
v. 7)
Horowitz, Anthony
Snakehead (Alex Rider series
What goes up must come down, and when we last saw Alex Rider, he was as up as can be—in
outer space. When he crash lands off the coast of Australia, the Australian Secret Service recruits
him to infiltrate one of the ruthless gangs operating across South East Asia. Known as
snakeheads, the gangs smuggle drugs, weapons, and worst of all, people. Alex accepts the
assignment, in part for the chance to work with his godfather and learn more about his parents.
What he uncovers, however, is a secret that will make this his darkest and most dangerous
mission yet . . . and that his old nemesis, Scorpia, is anything but out of his life.
Tween & YA FIC HOR
Rider series v. 8)
Horowitz, Anthony
Crocodile Tears (Alex
Alex Rider is only 14, but that hasn't stopped MI6, the British espionage organization, from
recruiting him for dangerous missions. Here, Alex is enlisted in a seemingly quick and easy
mission of downloading computer data while on a school trip to a lab immersed in the genetic
engineering of plants. While there, he discovers a sinister plot involving a criminal turned
preacher and philanthropist. As in the earlier installments, the book is chock-full of excitement
and suspense from the first page to the last. It starts with a bomb at a nuclear plant in India, and
along the way there is a charity black-tie card game, poison needles, car crashes, bullets, and
exploding gel pens.
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YA FIC HOR Horowitz, Anthony
Assassin (Alex Rider v. 10)
Russian Roulette: The Story of an
Alex Rider’s life changed forever with the silent pull of a trigger. When Ian Rider died at the hands
of the assassin Yassen Gregorovich, Alex, ready or not, was thrust into the world of international
espionage—the world’s only teenage spy. Alex vowed revenge against Yassen and the two have
battled ever since. Yet, years ago, it was none other than Alex’s own father who trained and
mentored Yassen, turning him into the killer he would eventually become. What makes us choose
evil? Why did one boy choose to kill while another chose to risk his life to save others? In some
ways, Alex Rider and Yassen Gregorovich are mirror images of each other. Yet the paths they
traveled turned them into mortal enemies. This is Yassen’s story. A journey down a darkened
path.
LP, FIC & YA FIC HUR
Hurwitz, Gregg
Trust No One
Over the past two decades, Nick Horrigan has built a quiet, safe life for himself, living as much
under the radar as possible. But all of that shatters when, in the middle of the night, a SWAT
team bursts into his apartment, grabs him and drags him to a waiting helicopter. A terrorist—
someone Nick has never heard of—has seized control of a nuclear reactor, threatening to blow it
up. And the only person he’ll talk to is Nick, promising to tell Nick the truth behind the events that
shattered his life twenty years ago. At seventeen years old, Nick Horrigan made a deadly
mistake—one that cost his stepfather his life, endangered his mother, and sent him into hiding for
years. Now, what Nick discovers in that nuclear plant leaves him with only two choices—to start
running again, or to fight and finally uncover the secrets that have held him hostage all these
years. As Nick peels back layer after layer of lies and deception, buffeted between the buried
horrors of the past and the deadly intrigues of the present, he finds his own life—and the lives of
nearly everyone he loves—at risk. And the only thing guiding him through this deadly labyrinth
are his stepfather’s dying words: TRUST NO ONE.
Tween & YA FIC JAC
Jacobson, Jennifer Richard Small as an Elephant
Ever since Jack can remember, his mom has been unpredictable, sometimes loving and fun,
other times caught in a whirlwind of energy and "spinning" wildly until it’s over. But Jack never
thought his mom would take off during the night and leave him at a campground in Acadia
National Park, with no way to reach her and barely enough money for food. Any other kid would
report his mom gone, but Jack knows by now that he needs to figure things out for himself starting with how to get from the backwoods of Maine to his home in Boston before DSS catches
on. With nothing but a small toy elephant to keep him company, Jack begins the long journey
south, a journey that will test his wits and his loyalties - and his trust that he may be part of a
larger herd after all.
YA MYS JAF
Jaffe, Michele
Rosebush
Instead of celebrating Memorial Day weekend on the Jersey Shore, Jane is in the hospital, trying
to determine how she woke up, paralyzed, in a rosebush. Her friends convince her she was the
victim of a hit-and-run accident. But Jane begins to suspect that someone is out to kill her. Now,
she must use the clues left behind by each person who visits her in the hospital - friend, stranger,
enemy - to piece together what really happened, before it's too late. The truth will change her life
forever. That is, if it doesn't kill her.
YA FIC JEN
Jenkins, AM
Night Road
For a heme (vampire) like Cole, life is a tightrope existence in which sunlight is his deadly enemy
and one mistake could trap him underground, staring at the inside of a coffin lid, for eternity. After
a century of wandering he may still look like a teenager, but he's known in the heme community
for being observant, meticulous, and controlled—a master of life on the road. When Cole is asked
to take a newly created heme out for training, however, his usual caution may not be enough. If
Gordon, the rookie who really is in his teens, can't cut ties with his old life and accept his new
limitations, Cole will have to discreetly dispose of the kid—the same way a mad dog would be put
down for the safety of society.
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Tween & YA FIC JIN
Jinks, Catherine
Evil Genius
Cadel Piggott has a genius IQ and a fascination with systems of all kinds. At seven, he was
illegally hacking into computers. Now he’s fourteen and studying for his World Domination
degree, taking classes like embezzlement, misinformation, forgery, and infiltration at the institute
founded by criminal mastermind Dr. Phineas Darkkon. Although Cadel may be advanced beyond
his years, at heart he’s a lonely kid. When he falls for the mysterious and brilliant Kay-Lee, he
begins to question the moral implications of his studies for the first time. But is it too late to stop
Dr. Darkkon from carrying out his evil plot? An engrossing thriller with darkness and humor,
freaks and geeks, Evil Genius explores the fine line between good and evil in a strange world of
manipulations and subterfuge where nothing is as it seems.
YA FIC JIN
Jinks, Catherine
The Genius Squad (Evil Genius series v. 2)
After the Axis Institute is blown up, fifteen-year-old Cadell Piggot is unhappily stuck in foster care
with constant police surveillance to protect him from the evil Prosper English, until he gets an
offer to join a mysterious group called Genius Squad.
YA FIC JIN
Jinks, Catherine
The Genius Wars (Evil Genius series v. 3)
Boy-genius Cadel Piggot has a new name (Cadel Greenaius), a new family, and a new life. No
more illegal hacking, no more false identities, and most of all, no more Prosper English. But when
his best friend Sonja is attacked, it's up to him to figure out who was behind it. Before he knows it,
Cadel is crossing oceans and continents, barrelling back into the depths of the criminal activity he
thought he'd left behind, and coming face to face with Prosper English once again. Can Cadel
track down Prosper before it's too late? And what rules will he have to break in the process?
YA FIC KAG
Kagawa, Julie The Immortal Rules
Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a vampire city. By day, she and
her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten. Some days, all that drives
Allie is her hatred of them. The vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie
herself is attacked—and given the ultimate choice. Die…or become one of the monsters. Faced
with her own mortality, Allie becomes what she despises most. To survive, she must learn the
rules of being immortal, including the most important: go long enough without human blood, and
you will go mad. Then Allie is forced to flee into the unknown, outside her city walls. There she
joins a ragged band of humans who are seeking a legend—a possible cure to the disease that
killed off most of humankind and created the rabids, the mindless creatures who threaten humans
and vampires alike. But it isn't easy to pass for human. Especially not around Zeke, who might
see past the monster inside her. And Allie soon must decide what—and who—is worth dying for.
YA FIC KAH
Kahaney, Amelia The Broken Hearted
A teenage girl is transformed into a reluctant superhero and must balance her old life with the
dark secret of who she has become. Prima ballerina Anthem Fleet is closely guarded by her
parents in their penthouse apartment. But when she meets the handsome Gavin at a party on the
wrong side of town, she is immediately drawn into his dangerous world. Then, in a tragic accident,
Anthem falls to her death. She awakes in an underground lab, with a bionic heart ticking in her
chest. As she navigates her new life, she uncovers the sinister truth behind those she trusted the
most, and the chilling secret of her family lineage…and her duty to uphold it.
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YA SF KAR
Karr, Julia
XVI
Nina Oberon's life is pretty normal: she hangs out with her best friend, Sandy, and their crew,
goes to school, plays with her little sister, Dee. But Nina is 15. And like all girls she'll receive a
Governing Council-ordered tattoo on her 16th birthday. XVI. Those three letters will be branded
on her wrist, announcing to all the world-even the most predatory of men-that she is ready for sex.
Considered easy prey by some, portrayed by the Media as sluts who ask for attacks, becoming a
"sex-teen" is Nina's worst fear. That is, until right before her birthday, when Nina's mom is brutally
attacked. With her dying breaths, she reveals to Nina a shocking truth about her past-one that
destroys everything Nina thought she knew. Now, alone but for her sister, Nina must try to
discover who she really is, all the while staying one step ahead of her mother's killer.
YA FIC KAS Kasischke, Laura
Feathered
Afterward, Terri will tell everyone that, from the beginning, she knew something terrible was going
to happen on spring break. Something bad was going to happen. She knew. It was supposed to
be the perfect vacation: hot guys, impeccable tans, and no parents. But for two high school
seniors, an innocent car ride will drive them into the heart of their worst nightmare.
YA FIC KAS
Kass, Pnina Moed
Real Time
A tense and heartbreaking day unfolds in contemporary Israel as readers view a suicide bombing
through a complex kaleidoscope of perspectives. Sixteen-year-old Thomas travels from Berlin to
volunteer on a kibbutz and to research his grandfather, a Nazi officer. Baruch, the kibbutz's
gardener, is a Holocaust survivor. Vera's been living on the Kibbutz for three years, since she left
her native Odessa and the shock of a boyfriend who killed himself. Sameh, a 16-year-old
Palestinian, works illegally for a Jewish boss and has no tolerable prospects. His friend Omar
thinks he knows the answer: martyrdom. The taut, immediate story plays out in chronological
order, each bit labeled with exact time and place.
YA FIC KEA
Keaton, Kelly
Darkness Becomes Her
Ari can’t help feeling lost and alone. With teal eyes and freakish silver hair that can’t be changed
or destroyed, Ari has always stood out. And after growing up in foster care, she longs for some
understanding of where she came from and who she is. Her search for answers uncovers just
one message from her long dead mother: Run. Ari can sense that someone, or something, is
getting closer than they should. But it’s impossible to protect herself when she doesn’t know what
she’s running from or why she is being pursued. She knows only one thing: she must return to
her birthplace of New 2, the lush rebuilt city of New Orleans. Upon arriving, she discovers that
New 2 is very...different. Here, Ari is seemingly normal. But every creature she encounters, no
matter how deadly or horrifying, is afraid of her. Ari won’t stop until she knows why. But some
truths are too haunting, too terrifying, to ever be revealed.
YA FIC KEM Kemmerer, Brigid Spark
Sometimes he can even control it. And sometimes he can't. Gabriel has always had his brothers
to rely on, especially his twin, Nick. But when an arsonist starts wreaking havoc on their town, all
the signs point to Gabriel. Only he's not doing it. And no one seems to believe him. Except a shy
sophomore named Layne, a brainiac who dresses in turtlenecks and jeans and keeps him totally
off balance. Layne understands family problems, and she understands secrets. She has a few of
her own. Gabriel can't let her guess about his brothers, about his abilities, about the danger
that's right at his heels. But there are some risks he can't help taking. The fuse is lit. . .
YA FIC KEN Kennen, Ally
Beast
Stephen hasn't had it easy. He's now in foster care because his mom is crazy and his dad is an
ex-con vagabond. He's always in trouble or on his way to trouble. But none of these problems
compare to the problem of The Beast -- a fierce crocodile that Stephen's been taking care of for
years. The Beast is Stephen's biggest secret -- and also his biggest challenge. And that's when
it's in a cage. When the Beast escapes, the stakes get even higher.
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YA SF KIN
Kincy, Karen
Other
Feathers unfurl from my skin. My plummet curves into a swoop, and I tuck my talons beneath my
body. From girl to great horned owl in about a second. Pretty good, huh?
Gwen Williams is like any other modern teenager with one exception: she's a shapeshifter. Never
having known her Pooka-spirit father, Gwen must struggle with the wild, wonderful magic inside
of her alone—and in secret. While society may tolerate vampires, centaurs, and "Others" like
Gwen, there are plenty of folks in Klikamuks, Washington, who don't care for her kind. Now
there's a new werewolf pack in town, and Others are getting killed, including Gwen's dryad friend.
The police are doing zilch. In the midst of terrible loss and danger, Gwen meets a cute Japanese
fox spirit who's refreshingly comfortable with his Otherness. Can Gwen find the courage to
embrace her true self and find the killer—before she becomes the next victim?
YA FIC KIN
King, A.S. Please Ignore Vera Dietz
Vera's spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn. And over the years
she's kept a lot of his secrets. Even after he betrayed her. Even after he ruined everything.
So when Charlie dies in dark circumstances, Vera knows a lot more than anyone—the kids at
school, his family, even the police. But will she emerge to clear his name? Does she even want
to?
YA FIC KIN
King, Stephen
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
On a six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, nine-year-old
Trisha McFarland quickly tires of the constant bickering between her older brother, Pete, and her
recently divorced mother. But when she wanders off by herself, and then tries to catch up by
attempting a shortcut, she becomes lost in a wilderness maze full of peril and terror.
As night falls, Trisha has only her ingenuity as a defense against the elements, and only her
courage and faith to withstand her mounting fears. For solace she tunes her Walkman to
broadcast of Boston Red Sox baseball games and follows the gritty performances of her hero,
relief pitcher Tom Gordon. And when her radio's reception begins to fade, Trisha imagines that
Tom Gordon is with her--protecting her from an all-to-real enemy who has left a trail of
slaughtered animals and mangled trees in the dense, dark woods...
YA FIC KIN
King, Wesley The Vindico
X-Men meets The Breakfast Club in this darkly humorous adventure. The Vindico are a group of
supervillains who have been fighting the League of Heroes for as long as anyone can remember.
Realizing they're not as young as they used to be, they devise a plan to kidnap a group of
teenagers to take over for them when they retire—after all, how hard can it be to teach a bunch of
angsty teens to be evil? Held captive in a remote mansion, five teens train with their mentors and
receive superpowers beyond their wildest dreams. Struggling to uncover the motives of the
Vindico, the teens have to trust each other to plot their escape. But they quickly learn that the
differences between good and evil are not as black and white as they seem, and they are left
wondering whose side they should be fighting on after all . . .
YA FIC KLA
Klass, David
You Don't Know Me
Fourteen-year-old John creates alternative realities in his mind as he tries to deal with his
mother's abusive boyfriend, his crush on a beautiful, but shallow, classmate and other problems
at school.
YA SF KLA
Klass, David
Firestorm
His mother is not his mother. His father is not his father. But if Jack hadn't broken the high school
rushing record that night, he never would have known and nothing would have changed. He'd just
be going out for pizza, playing football, trying yet again to score with his girlfriend, P.J. But he did
break the record. He appeared on the news. And now they've found him. Jack plunges into a
space-time-bending game of survival with no way out. The rules are shrouded in secrets. But one
thing he learns fast: Trust no one. After centuries of abuse, the earth is dying, and it's up to Jack
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to reverse the decline before the Turning Point, when nothing will ever be the same again. Beaten
into shape by a ninja babe and a huge telepathic man's best friend, Jack hurtles across the ocean
to save the future from the present and to solve the mystery of his purpose. Exactly who, or what,
is Firestorm, and what does it have to do with Jack? And what comes next when everything you
have ever known turns out to be wrong?
YA FIC KLA
Klause, Annette
Freaks: Alive, On the Inside!
Though Abel Dandy was born to circus performers and grew up in a troupe of odd and
inexplicable people, he has never felt limited by his normalcy--until now. Realizing he'll never be
more amazing than the talented oddities around him, Abel can only dream of living a life richer
than his own. But in his dreams a mysterious woman beckons him, calling him passionately by a
name he doesn't know and speaking in a language he's never heard, but fully understands.
Compelled by these visions and yearning to be more than ordinary, Abel embarks on a journey
more frightening and wondrous than he ever imagined....
YA MYS KLA
Klavan, Andrew
Homelanders
He went to bed an ordinary high-school student. He woke up strapped to a chair, covered in
blood and bruises. He hurts all over. And a strange voice outside the door just ordered his death.
The last thing he can remember, he was working on homework, practicing karate, day-dreaming
of becoming an air force pilot, writing a pretty girl’s number on his hand. Now the police want to
arrest him for the death of his best friend. And a team of ruthless killers is rapidly closing in for
more drastic measures. He’s desperate to survive. And to discover what happened. The truth of
the matter is more incredible—and more deadly—than he could ever imagine.
YA FIC KOG
Kogler, Jennifer Anne
Ruby Tuesday
Plenty of girls have trouble relating to their parents. Few have to turn to a dictionary for help.
Ruby Tuesday Sweet keeps a battered Webster's by her side - but when her dad tunes in to eight
baseball games at a time on his wall of TVs, his talk of parlays and chalks and spreads keeps
Ruby mystified. Then the Dodgers win the World Series, Ruby Tuesday's dad wins a bet, and his
bookie is murdered. Ruby finds herself on the run to Las Vegas with her long-lost rock-and-roll
mom in a race against the thugs who want Mr. Sweet's winning ticket.
YA FIC KOG
Kogler, Jennifer Anne
Siren’s Cry
Not just an Otherworldly...an Unusual.
Fern is not like other girls. She has strange and vivid visions and has the ability to teleport—
anywhere, anytime. Fern is an Otherworldly, a special kind of vampire that lives in the human
world. What's more, Fern is one of the Unusual Eleven, a group of Otherworldlies all born on the
same day with extraordinary powers, prophesied to change the fate of Otherworldlies and
humans alike. On a school trip to Washington, DC, Fern has a dramatic vision that reveals
another Unusual in grave danger. Now it's up to Fern to put together the pieces of where he is
and why he's been taken. Can Fern solve the puzzle and free the boy in time to defeat the
darkness that threatens? In this gripping and fast-paced tale, the world of vampires has never
been more compelling.
Tween & YA MYS KON
Konigsburg, E.L.
Silent to the Bone
When he is wrongly accused of gravely injuring his baby half-sister, thirteen-year-old Branwell
loses his power of speech and only his friend Connor is able to reach him and uncover the truth
about what really happened.
YA FIC KOR
Korman, Gordon
Jake Reinvented
Rick becomes friends with the popular new boy, Jake Garrett, football player and host of
superlative parties, and in the process discovers the true nature of his schoolmates and uncovers
the mystery of Jake's past.
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Tween & YA FIC KOR
Korman, Gordon
Zoobreak
When Griffin Bing's class goes to a floating zoo, they don't expect to see animals being treated so
badly. They don't expect to find Cleo, Dog Whisperer Savannah's pet monkey who's been
missing for weeks. And they really don't expect to have to hide the animals once they've rescued
them! Hilarity ensues as Griffin's team once more pulls off a heist...trying to break the animals
back into a (better) zoo!
YA FIC KRA
Kraus, Daniel
Scowler
Imagine your father is a monster. Would that mean there are monsters inside you, too?
Nineteen-year-old Ry Burke, his mother, and little sister eke out a living on their dying family farm.
Ry wishes for anything to distract him from the grim memories of his father’s physical and
emotional abuse. Then a meteorite falls from the sky, bringing with it not only a fragment from
another world but also the arrival of a ruthless man intent on destroying the entire family. Soon Ry
is forced to defend himself by resurrecting a trio of imaginary childhood protectors: kindly Mr.
Furrington, wise Jesus, and the bloodthirsty Scowler.
YA FIC KUE
Kuehn, Stephanie
Charm & Strange
No one really knows who Andrew Winston Winters is. Least of all himself. He is part Win, a lonely
teenager exiled to a remote boarding school in the wake of a family tragedy. The guy who shuts
the whole world out, no matter the cost, because his darkest fear is of himself ...of the wolfish
predator within. But he's also part Drew, the angry boy with violent impulses that control him. The
boy who, one fateful summer, was part of something so terrible it came close to destroying him. A
deftly woven, elegant, unnerving psychological thriller about a boy at war with himself. Charm and
Strange is a masterful exploration of one of the greatest taboos.
YA SF LAC
Grail v. 1)
Lackey, Mercedes & Rosemary Edghill
Legacies (Shadow
Who—or what—is stalking the students at Oakhurst Academy?
In the wake of the accident that killed her family, Spirit White is spirited away to Oakhurst
Academy, a combination school and orphanage in the middle of Montana. There she learns she
is a legacy—not only to the school, which her parents also attended, but to magic.
All the students at Oakhurst have magical powers, and although Spirit’s hasn’t manifested itself
yet, the administrators insist she has one. Spirit isn’t sure she cares. Devastated by the loss of
her family, she finds comfort with a group of friends: Burke Hallows, Lachlann Spears, Muirin
Shae, and Adelaide Lake.
But something strange is going on at Oakhurst. Students start disappearing under mysterious
circumstances, and the school seems to be trying to cover it up. Spirit and her friends must find
out what’s happening—before one of them becomes the next victim…
YA FIC LAI Laidlaw, S.J. An Infidel in Paradise
Set in Pakistan, this is the story of a teen girl living with her mother and siblings in a diplomatic
compound. As if getting used to another new country and set of customs and friends isn't enough,
she must cope with an increasingly tense political situation that becomes dangerous with
alarming speed. Her life and those of her sister and brother depend on her resourcefulness and
the unexpected help of an enigmatic Muslim classmate.
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YA FIC LAI Laird, Elizabeth A Little Piece of Ground
Twelve-year-old Karim Aboudi and his family are trapped in their Ramallah home by a strict
curfew. In response to a Palestinian suicide bombing, the Israeli military subjects the West Bank
town to a virtual siege. Meanwhile, Karim, trapped at home with his teenage brother and fearful
parents, longs to play football with his friends. When the curfew ends, he and his friend discover
an unused patch of ground that's the perfect site for a football pitch. Nearby, an old car hidden
intact under bulldozed building makes a brilliant den. But in this city there's constant danger, even
for schoolboys. And when Israeli soldiers find Karim outside during the next curfew, it seems
impossible that he will survive.
YA FIC LAK
Lake, Nick
Blood Ninja
Taro wants to be a samurai, but as this story opens, ninjas attack his house and decapitate his
father, and he is run through with a ninja sword. All is not lost—he is saved by a good ninja who
had to bite him and turn him vampire. Yes, that's right; all the ninjas are vampires. This addition to
the dead and undead outpouring is cleverly set in the 16th century at the height of the warring
daimyos of the Tokugawa period in Japan. The author makes a good argument for the logic of
ninjas being vampires—they only come out at night, they move with stealthlike speed, and they
seem to be invincible. In this case, they are vital in determining who will be eventual Shogun as
well. Taro and his friend Haro are taken on an adventure with the good ninja, Shusaku, where
they learn of and must thwart a plot to have Taro killed because of his true identity.
YA FIC LAK
Lake, Nick
In Darkness
This is the story of "Shorty"-a 15-year-old boy trapped in a collapsed hospital during the
earthquake in Haiti. Surrounded by the bodies of the dead, increasingly weak from lack of food
and water, Shorty begins to hallucinate. As he waits in darkness for a rescue that may never
come, a mystical bridge seems to emerge between him and Haitian leader Toussaint
L'Ouverture, uniting the two in their darkest suffering-and their hope. A modern teen and a black
slave, separated by hundreds of years. Yet in some strange way, the boy in the ruins of Port au
Prince and the man who led the struggle for Haiti's independence might well be one and the
same . . .
YA FIC LAK
Lake, Nick
Hostage Three
The last thing Amy planned to do this summer was sail around the world trapped on a yacht with
her father and her stepmother. Really, all she wanted was to fast-forward to October when she’ll
turn eighteen and take control of her own life. Aboard the Daisy May, Amy spends time
sunbathing, dolphin watching and forgetting the past as everything floats by . . . until one day in
the Gulf of Aden another boat appears. A boat with guns and pirates – the kind that kill.
Immediately, the pirates seize the boat and its human cargo. Hostage One is Amy’s father – the
most valuable. Hostage Two: her stepmother. And Hostage Three is Amy, who can’t believe
what’s happening. As the ransom brokering plays out, Amy finds herself becoming less afraid,
and even stranger still, drawn to one of her captors, a teenage boy who wants desperately to be
more than who he has become. Suddenly it becomes brutally clear that the price of life and its
value are two very different things . . .
YA MYS LAR Larlalestier, Justine
Liar
Micah will freely admit that she’s a compulsive liar, but that may be the one honest thing she’ll
ever tell you. Over the years she’s duped her classmates, her teachers, and even her parents,
and she’s always managed to stay one step ahead of her lies. That is, until her boyfriend dies
under brutal circumstances and her dishonesty begins to catch up with her. But is it possible to
tell the truth when lying comes as naturally as breathing? Taking readers deep into the psyche of
a young woman who will say just about anything to convince them—and herself—that she’s
finally come clean, Liar is a bone-chilling thriller that will have readers see-sawing between truths
and lies right up to the end. Honestly.
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YA SF LAW
Lawrence, Michael
A Crack in the Line (Withern Rise v. 1)
Alaric and Naia, both 16, have nearly identical lives in parallel worlds. Their parents, their house,
and their circumstances are the same, with one major difference. Alaric's mother was killed in a
train wreck, while Naia's mother survived. This story of alternate realities raises questions about
how one's life might be changed forever by a certain turn of events. Alaric's home is dreary, dirty,
and joyless and he misses his mother terribly. Naia lives in a world of light and privilege, with a
clean, nicely furnished house and two loving parents. Through an association with a tree in the
garden of their mutual home, the two teenagers travel back and forth from one world to the other.
Working together, they try to make sense of what has happened to them and why.
YA SF LAW
Lawrence, Michael
Small Eternities (Withern Rise v. 2)
A Crack in the Line (HarperCollins, 2004), the first book in this trilogy, introduced Alaric and Naia
Underwood, 16-year-olds who share the same surname, birthday, and residence as well as
similar physical characteristics, yet live in separate, distinct, parallel realities. They were unaware
of one another's existence until they passed through a portal and began living the other's life. This
second title finds the teens still caught in the wrong realities, but they now are repeatedly
transported to yet another reality in the mid-1940s, when their family home is inhabited by the
Underwoods of two generations past. In this reality, they witness their grandfather and his siblings
as children, and Alaric is presented with the opportunity to prevent his great-uncle's untimely
death. The "small eternities" are closed segments of time in history that continue on forever,
unchanging. Throughout the book, Alaric, Naia, and the mysterious vagrant Aldous make
numerous forays into an assortment of small eternities, each time witnessing an alternative reality.
YA SF LAW Lawrence, Michael
Underwood See (Withern Rise v. 3)
There is a magical element to the house known as Withern Rise. A large tree in the yard serves
as a portal to transport members of the Underwood family to parallel realities that all revolve
around the homestead but in greatly different circumstances. Readers were first introduced to this
intriguing world of parallel realities in A Crack in the Line (Greenwillow, 2004/VOYA October
2004), in which two Underwood teens, Alaric and Naia, find that they can trade places and inhabit
the other teen's life. Their worlds are very similar and yet quite different-Naia's mother survived a
train accident that killed Alaric's mother. At the end of that book, Naia was forced to stay in
Alaric's bleak world. The story continued in Small Eternities (2005/VOYA December 2005), which
included other Withern Rises and other family tragedies. By the time this third book in the series
begins, there are so many versions of Withern Rise and Underwood families that the author
codes each reality with a number. It is still very difficult to follow, probably impossible if the reader
has not developed a determined interest in the series. Characters from one Withern Rise reality
interact with similarly named characters from other realities as the author plays with concepts of
time and space.
YA FIC LAY
Laybourne, Emmy Monument 14
Fourteen kids. One superstore. A million things that go wrong. In Emmy Laybourne’s actionpacked debut novel, six high school kids (some popular, some not), two eighth graders (one a
tech genius), and six little kids trapped together in a chain superstore build a refuge for
themselves inside. While outside, a series of escalating disasters, beginning with a monster
hailstorm and ending with a chemical weapons spill, seems to be tearing the world—as they know
it—apart.
YA FIC LAY Laybourne, Emmy
Monument 14: Sky on Fire
Trapped in a superstore by a series of escalating disasters, including a monster hailstorm and
terrifying chemical weapons spill, brothers Dean and Alex learned how to survive and worked
together with twelve other kids to build a refuge from the chaos. But then strangers appeared,
destroying their fragile peace, and bringing both fresh disaster and a glimmer of hope. Knowing
that the chemical weapons saturating the air outside will turn him into a bloodthirsty rage monster,
Dean decides to stay in the safety of the store with Astrid and some of the younger kids. But their
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sanctuary has already been breached once. . . .Meanwhile, Alex, determined to find their parents,
heads out into the darkness and devastation with Niko and some others in a recently repaired
school bus. If they can get to Denver International Airport, they might be evacuated to safety. But
the outside world is even worse than they expected. . . .
YA MYS LEO Leonard, Niall
Crusher
The day Finn Maguire discovers his dad bludgeoned to death in a pool of blood, his dreary life is
turned upside down. Prime suspect in his father’s murder, Finn must race against time to clear his
name and find out who hated his dad enough to kill him. Scouring the sordid, brutal London
underworld for answers, exposing dark family secrets, and facing danger at every turn, Finn is
about to learn that it’s the people you trust who can hit you the hardest. . .
YA MYS LER
Lerangis, Peter
The Yearbook
Someone at Winchester High thought it would be fun to make up creepy poems about certain
seniors and get them printed in the yearbook. Everyone figures it's a joke . . . until the selected
seniors start turning up dead.
YA SF LO Lo, Malinda Adaptation
Reese can't remember anything from the time between the accident and the day she woke up
almost a month later. She only knows one thing: She's different now. Across North America,
flocks of birds hurl themselves into airplanes, causing at least a dozen to crash. Thousands of
people die. Fearing terrorism, the United States government grounds all flights, and millions of
travelers are stranded. Among them are Reese and her debate team partner and longtime crush
David, who are in Arizona when the disaster occurs. On their drive home to San Francisco, along
a stretch of empty highway in the middle of the Nevada night, a bird flies into their headlights. The
car flips over. When they wake up in a military hospital, the doctor won't tell them what happened,
where they are-or how they've been miraculously healed. Things become even stranger when
Reese returns home. San Francisco feels like a different place with police enforcing curfew,
hazmat teams collecting dead birds, and a strange presence that seems to be following her.
When Reese unexpectedly collides with the beautiful Amber Gray, her search for the truth is
forced in an entirely new direction-and threatens to expose a vast global conspiracy that the
government has worked for decades to keep secret.
YA FIC LOC Lockwood, Cara
Wuthering High
Welcome to Bard Academy, where a group of supposedly troubled teens are about to get scared
straight. When Miranda, a slightly spoiled but spirited fifteen-year-old from Chicago, smashes up
her father's car and goes to town with her stepmother's credit cards, she's shipped off to Bard
Academy, a boarding school where she's supposed to learn to behave. Gothic and boring and
strict, it's everything you'd expect of a reform school. But all is not what it seems at Bard....
For starters, Miranda's having horrific nightmares and the nearby woods are eerily impossible to
navigate. The students' lives also start to mirror the classics they're reading -- tragic novels like
Dracula, Wuthering Heights, and Jane Eyre. So Miranda begins to suspect that Bard is haunted -by famous writers who took their own lives -- and she senses that not all of them are happy.
Complicating things even more is the fact that Ryan Kent -- a cute, smart, funny basketball player
who went to Miranda's old high school -- landed himself in Bard, too. And the attention he's
showing Miranda is making some of the other girls white as ghosts. Something ghoulish is
definitely brewing at Bard, and Miranda seems to be at the center of ominous events, but whether
it's typical high school b.s. or otherworldly danger remains to be seen.
YA FIC LOC
Lockwood, Cara
The Scarlet Letterman
Miranda Tate and her closest friends have been let in on a powerful secret: their teachers are
famous dead writers. After a heroic first semester, Miranda's got Bard Academy's ghost faculty in
her debt, a new boyfriend in hot basketball player Ryan Kent, and she's just turned in a paper
about The Scarlet Letter that she's sure is A material. But when the Bard Queen Bee, Parker
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Rodham, claims she's attacked in the woods, Ryan is all too happy to play bodyguard. Then
teachers start disappearing and the campus is abuzz with news of the Hooded Sweatshirt Stalker
-- not to mention sightings of a monster in the woods. But it's Miranda who feels like a moving
target when she is accused not only of plagiarism but of suspicious involvement in the attacks!
Meanwhile, rumors are flying about what it really means that Miranda's wearing Ryan's varsity
letterman jacket. And she just can't shake her nagging feelings for Heathcliff, who entrusted her
with the locket that keeps him in the "real" world even though every one else thinks he's back
where he belongs, in the pages of Wuthering Heights. Is he the campus stalker? Does she like
him more than she likes Ryan? And how is that possible if he's only a character from a book?
YA FIC LOC
Lockwood, Cara Moby Clique
Her summer reading assignment is Moby-Dick, but Miranda's vacation hasn't exactly been
smooth sailing. Between working at her stepmother's hideous all-pink boutique, and having
broken up with her basketball champ boyfriend Ryan, not to mention snoozing her way through
one of literature's heaviest tomes, she's almost looking forward to returning to Bard Academy.
That was before her kid sister Lindsay smashed up their dad's Land Rover and got shipped off to
Bard herself. Is the punishment Lindsay's -- or Miranda's?
YA FIC LOR
Lorentz, Dayna
No Easy Way Out
It's Day 7 in the quarantined mall. The riot is over and the senator trapped inside is determined to
end the chaos. Even with new rules, assigned jobs, and heightened security, she still needs to
get the teen population under control. So she enlists Marco's help--allowing him to keep his
stolen universal card key in exchange for spying on the very football players who are protecting
him. But someone is working against the new systems, targeting the teens, and putting the entire
mall in even more danger. Lexi, Marco, Ryan, and Shaybelieve their new alliances are sound.
They are wrong. Who can be trusted? And who will be left to trust? The virus was just the
beginning.
YA SF LU
Lu, Marie
Legend
What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at
war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts,
fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military
circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. But his
motives may not be as malicious as they seem. From very different worlds, June and Day have
no reason to cross paths - until the day June's brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the
prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family's
survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias's death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two
uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country
will go to keep its secrets.
YA FIC LOR
Lorentz, Dayna
No Safety in Numbers
A biological bomb has just been discovered in the air ducts of a busy suburban mall. At first
nobody knows if it's even life threatening, but then the entire complex is quarantined, people start
getting sick, supplies start running low, and there's no way out. Among the hundreds of trapped
shoppers are four teens. These four different narrators, each with their own stories, must cope in
unique, surprising styles, changing in ways they wouldn't have predicted, trying to find solace,
safety, and escape at a time when the adults are behaving badly.
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Tween & YA FIC LUP
Lupica, Mike
Hero
Fourteen-year-old Billy Harriman can feel the changes. The sharpening of his senses. The
incredible strength. The speed, as though he can textmessage himself across miles. The
confidence and the strange need to patrol Central Park at night. His dad had been a hero, a
savior to America and a confidante of the president. Then he died, and the changes began in
Billy. What Billy never knew was that his father was no ordinary man—he was a superhero,
battling the world's evil. This is a battle that has been waged for generations and that knows no
boundaries. And now it's Billy's turn to take on the fight. It's Billy's turn to become a hero.
YA MYS LYG
Lyga, Barry
I Hunt Killers
What if the world's worst serial killer...was your dad? Jasper (Jazz) Dent is a likable teenager. A
charmer, one might say. But he's also the son of the world's most infamous serial killer, and for
Dear Old Dad, Take Your Son to Work Day was year-round. Jazz has witnessed crime scenes
the way cops wish they could—from the criminal's point of view. And now bodies are piling up in
Lobo's Nod. In an effort to clear his name, Jazz joins the police in a hunt for a new serial killer.
But Jazz has a secret—could he be more like his father than anyone knows?
YA MYS LYG
Lyga, Barry
Game
When a desperate New York City detective comes knocking on Jazz's door asking for help with a
new case, Jazz can't say no. The Hat-Dog Killer has the Big Apple--and its police force running
scared with no leads. So Jazz and his girlfriend Connie hop on a plane to the big city and get
swept up in a killer's murderous game. Meanwhile, Jazz's dad Billy is watching...and waiting.
YA FIC LYN
Lynch, Chris Kill Switch
All Daniel wants to do is spend one last summer with his grandfather before he moves away for
college and his grandfather’s dementia pulls them apart. But when his dear old Da starts to let
things slip about the job he used to hold—people he’s killed, countries he’s overthrown—old work
“friends” show up to make sure he stays quiet. Was his grandfather really involved in a world of
assassinations and coups, or are the stories just delusions of a crumbling mind? On the run from
the police (and possibly something worse) before he has time to find out, Daniel may have to
sacrifice everything to protect his grandfather from those who would do him harm.
YA FIC MAC
MacCullough, Carolyn
Falling Through Darkness
Seventeen-year-old Ginny unexpectedly gets help from her father's new tenant while struggling to
cope with her guilt and confusion over the death of her daredevil boyfriend.
YA FIC MAC
Macphail, Catherine
Missing
Shortly after her runaway brother is declared dead, thirteen-year-old Maxine begins receiving
phone calls from someone claiming to be her brother.
J & YA FIC MAC
MacPhail, Catherine
Dark Waters
Col McCann becomes a local hero when he saves a boy from drowning but, when his older
brother is suspected of a serious crime, Col must decide if he should be loyal to his family or tell
the truth about what he saw while under the water.
YA FIC MAN
Mangum, Erynn
Sketchy Behavior
Drawing Conclusions or Drafting Disaster? Other than harboring a somewhat obsessive
fondness for Crispix and completely swearing-off boys after a bad date (don't ask), sixteen-yearold Kate Carter is about as ordinary as they come, except for her two notable talents: art and
sarcasm. After an introduction to forensic sketching in her elective art class, Kate discovers a
third and most unexpected gift: criminal profiling. Her photo-quality sketch helps the police catch
a wanted murderer and earns her celebrity status in South Woodhaven Falls. But when that
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murderer appears to be using his friends to exact revenge, Kate goes from local hero to possible
target. Will she manage to survive? Will life ever be normal again? And will local news anchor
Ted Deffle ever stop sending her flowers?
YA MYS MAR
Marks, Graham
Zoo
Cam Stewart is the perfect seventeen-year-old-smart, good looking, a personable athlete-who
wakes up as the victim of a kidnapping. His captors are strangers, their motive unknown, but
Cam's instincts scream, "Escape!" Once free, he realizes that he is in Washington state,
hundreds of miles from his home in San Diego, and not only must he find a way to get back, he
also must determine who the good guys and bad guys really are. That line becomes even more
blurred when a call to his father results in what looks like a setup, and Cam barely avoids being
recaptured. With the help of Jax and especially Tee, who give him a lift and ultimately a place to
crash while he figures things out, Cam discovers information about his family and about himself
that makes the past a lie and the future unclear.
YA FIC MAR
Martin, T. Michael The End Games
Seventeen-year-old Michael and his baby brother, five-year-old Patrick, have managed to stay
alive by following the Instructions of a mysterious Games Master. They spend their nights fighting
the Bellows, grotesque, flesh-eating creatures. But the brothers may not survive much longer.
The Bellows are evolving. And the others in The Game don’t always follow the rules .
YA MYS MAT
Matas, Carol
Past Crimes
After the murder of her husband, 19-year-old Ros and her one-year-old son relocate to live with
her parents. Palm Springs — full of sunlight, small and safe — should be the perfect place to
bring up a child. But things aren't always as they appear. When the father of one of Ros's friends
is shot in front of her house — an incident that also lands Ros in the hospital — it marks the
beginning of a terrible string of events. Someone is out to get her, and they seem determined not
to stop until her friends and family are also drawn in. As she struggles to uncover the identity of
her mysterious enemy, Ros finds herself looking for answers in the most unusual places.
YA FIC MCB
McBride, Kristine
One Moment
This was supposed to be the best summer of Maggie’s life. Now it’s the one she’d do anything to
forget. Maggie remembers hanging out at the gorge with her closest friends after a blowout party.
She remembers climbing the trail with her perfect boyfriend, Joey. She remembers that last kiss,
soft, lingering, and meant to reassure her. So why can’t she remember what happened in the
moment before they were supposed to dive? Why was she left cowering at the top of the cliff,
while Joey floated in the water below–dead? As Maggie’s memories return in snatches, nothing
seems to make sense. Why was Joey acting so strangely at the party? Where did he go after
taking her home? And if Joey was keeping these secrets, what else was he hiding?
Tween & YA FIC MCC
Defying Pepper Roux
McCaughrean, Geraldine
The Death
A charming tale about Pepper Roux, whose jealous and cruel Aunt Mireille foretells, at his birth,
his death at age 14. A devout Catholic, she insists that he learn Last Rites rather than nursery
rhymes. When his 14th birthday arrives, Pepper runs away to sea in an attempt to stay a step
ahead of death. He steps into many different lives, largely because, as the author repeatedly
points out, people see what they expect to see. Pepper becomes the captain of a coffin ship, has
a brief career as a journalist who will only write good news, and joins the Foreign Legion (until he
realizes that he'll have to kill people). Each role is an adventure that leaves chaos in its wake and
good-hearted Pepper one step ahead of getting caught.
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YA FIC MCC McCaughrean, Geraldine
White Darkness
Sym is not your average teenage girl. She is obsessed with the Antarctic and the brave, romantic
figure of Captain Oates from Scott's doomed expedition to the South Pole. In fact, Oates is the
secret confidant to whom she spills all her hopes and fears. But Sym's uncle Victor is even more
obsessed--and when he takes her on a dream trip into the bleak Antarctic wilderness, it turns into
a nightmarish struggle for survival that will challenge everything she knows and loves.
YA FIC MCC
McClintock, Norah
She Said/She Saw
Tegan was in the backseat when her two best friends were gunned down in front of her. Was it an
argument over drugs? An ongoing feud? Or something more random? Tegan says she didn't see
who did it. Or know why. Nobody will believe her. Not the police; not her friends; not the families
of the victims; and not even Kelly, her own sister. Is she afraid that the killer will come back? Or
does she know more than she is saying? Shunned at school and feeling alone, Tegan must sort
through her memories and try to decide what is real and what is imagined. And in the end she
must decide whether she has the strength to stand up and do the right thing.
YA FIC MCD
McDonald, Joyce
Swallowing Stones
Dual perspectives reveal the aftermath of seventeen-year-old Michael MacKenzie's birthday
celebration during which he discharges an antique Winchester rifle and unknowingly kills the
father of high school classmate Jenna Ward.
YA FIC MCD
McDonnell, Margot
Torn to Pieces
Seventeen-year-old Anne always thought her mother was kind of quirky. In fact, her mom’s taste
in 70s-esque furniture and mysterious frequent business trips were just the tip of the quirky
iceberg. When her mom doesn’t come home on time from one of her long jaunts, Anne isn’t too
surprised. But when a day late turns into a few days late, Anne knows something is very wrong.
She tries the hotel number that her mother left her, but it has been disconnected. Then a strange
man keeps leaving messages on their answering machine, looking for a woman who doesn’t
even live there. However, when Anne discovers a lengthy letter from her mother explaining why
she has disappeared, the fabric of Anne’s relatively normal life is torn to pieces. Despite her
shock, Anne must pull herself together and protect herself—from people who want to find and
hurt her mother, and the strange new boy who may change everything.
YA FIC MCD
McDowell, Rebecca
This is Not a Drill
When high school seniors Emery and Jake are taken hostage in the classroom where they tutor,
they must work together to calm both the terrified children and the gunman threatening them—a
task made even more difficult by their recent break-up. Brian Stutts, a soldier suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder after serving in Iraq, uses deadly force when he's denied access to his
son because of a custody battle. The children's fate is in the hands of the two teens, each
recovering from great loss, who now must reestablish trust in a relationship damaged by betrayal.
Told through Emery and Jake's alternating viewpoints, this gripping novel features characters
teens will identify with and explores the often-hidden damages of war.
YA FIC MCM
McMann, Lisa
Dead to You
Ethan was abducted from his front yard when he was just seven years old. Now, at sixteen, he
has returned to his family. It’s a miracle…at first. Then the tensions start to build. His
reintroduction to his old life isn’t going smoothly, and his family is tearing apart all over again. If
only Ethan could remember something, anything, about his life before, he’d be able to put the
pieces back together. But there’s something that’s keeping his memory blocked. Something
unspeakable...
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YA MYS MCN
McNab, Andy & Robert Rigby Traitor
Danny Watts' grandfather, Fergus, was a Deniable Operator in the SAS before he was betrayed,
imprisoned, and falsely denounced as a traitor. Now Fergus has escaped, but the real traitor is
determined to silence Fergus and Danny for good. Together Danny and Fergus are forced to go
on the run in an against-the-odds battle for survival. As they try to clear Fergus' name, Danny
learns all the military field craft, trade skills, and covert operations techniques that are second
nature to his grandfather. When Fergus is recaptured, Danny must put those skills to the test and
rescue Fergus before it's too late.
YA MYS MCN
McNab, Andy & Rigby, Robert
Payback
In this sequel to Traitor (Putnam, 2005), Danny and his ex-SAS grandfather, Fergus Watts,
survive an attempt on their lives while hiding out in Spain. They stop running and return to the UK
with the hope of clearing their names and resuming a normal life, and are recruited to help
uncover a corrupt MI5 agent who, at the same time, is trying to have them killed. Danny enlists
the help of his friend Elena so that he and Fergus can accomplish the impossible: breaking into
the heavily secured British Ministry of Defense in order to get official proof of Fergus's
background and save their lives. The police are on high alert because of a series of suicide
bombings carried out by teenagers, and MI5 tries to frame Danny as a terrorist.
YA MYS MCN
McNab, Andy & Robert Rigby
Meltdown
The final installment of the Watts family adventures is the most action-packed yet!
Once again, Danny Watts and his grandfather Fergus are on the run. But when Dudley, a top MI5
agent, tracks them down for help with a new mission, they finally have the chance to clear their
names once and for all. Danny and Fergus must find the makers of a dangerous new drug called
Meltdown and destroy it before it can enter the mainstream, or even worse, fall into the hands of
a radical terrorist group. But in order to do this, they must infiltrate the drug production network
and once again get behind enemy lines, even fighting alongside their nemesis, Special Agent
Deveraux. After all that they have been through, will Danny and Fergus finally be able to stop
running?
YA MYS MCN
McNamee, Graham
Acceleration
It's a hot, hot summer, and in the depths of the Toronto Transit Authority's Lost and Found, 17year-old Duncan is cataloging lost things and sifting through accumulated junk. And between
Jacob, the cranky old man who runs the place, and the endless dusty boxes overflowing with stuff
no one will ever claim, Duncan's just about had enough. Then he finds a little leather book. It's a
diary filled with the dark and dirty secrets of a twisted mind, a serial killer stalking his prey in the
subway. And Duncan can't make himself stop reading. What would you do with a book like that?
How far would you go to catch a madman?
And what if time was running out. . . .
YA MYS MCN McNamee, Graham Beyond
Jane is not your typical teen. She and her best friend, Lexi, call themselves the Creep Sisters.
Only Lexi knows why Jane is different from anyone else: Her own shadow seems to pull her into
near-fatal accidents. Jane is determined to find out why these terrifying things happen, and to
overcome her shadow enemy. Her sleuthing with Lexi connects her own horrors to the mystery of
a serial killer, whose secrets lie concealed in the forests of the Pacific Northwest.
YA FIC MCN
McNeal, Laura & Tom
Crooked
Two ninth graders, Clara and Amos, suddenly find their lives turned upside down by their families,
by each other, and by the two meanest brothers in town.
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YA FIC MEC Mechling, Lauren
Dream Girl
CLAIRE VOYANTE HAS been having strange visions ever since she can remember. But the
similarity between her name and her talents is purely coincidental. The name is French, and
unlike the psychics on TV, she can’t solve crimes or talk to the dead. Whenever Claire follows her
hunches, she comes up empty—or ends up in pretty awkward situations.
But that all changes on Claire’s 15th birthday, when her grandmother, Kiki—former socialite,
fashion icon, and permanent fixture at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel—gives her something a little
more extraordinary than one of her old cocktail dresses: a strange black-and-white onyx cameo
on a gold chain. It’s not long before Claire’s world becomes a whole lot clearer. And a whole lot
more dangerous.
YA FIC MEL
Meldrum, Christina
Madapple
This novel is a fascinating look at belief and the interplay between the rational and the religious.
Fifteen-year-old Aslaug has been isolated from family and friends; her only companion has been
her mother and after weeks of waning health, her mother dies. Aslaug attempts to bury her in the
back yard, which draws the attention of a grumpy old neighbor and the police. Her mother had
been self-medicating with plants and herbs, and some of the plants have toxic qualities. They are
toxic enough to draw attention, and Aslaug is accused of having poisoned her mother. The novel
moves back and forth between Aslaug's trial for murder and the story of her life and experiences.
Her life is surreal, a life of innocence disconnected from the realities of our culture. The courtroom
is represented by the stark questions and answers of the witnesses and the lawyers, the twisting
of words and the interpretations of those who have no understanding of the isolated upbringing of
Aslaug. The story of Aslaug's life is one entrenched in charismatic religious belief and incestuous
relationships, a full circle replicating her mother's supposed "virgin" pregnancy and her own birth.
The juxtaposition of innocence and incest is an eerie, disturbing and thought-provoking
exploration of religious belief and pagan superstitions, calling into question what is reality and
what might be madness.
Tween & YA SF MEL
Meloy, Maile The Apothecary
It's 1952 and the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to London. Here, fourteen-yearold Janie meets a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows - a fascinating boy
who's not afraid to stand up to authority and dreams of becoming a spy. When Benjamin's father
is kidnapped, Janie and Benjamin must uncover the secrets of the apothecary's sacred book, the
Pharmacopoeia, in order to find him, all while keeping it out of the hands of their enemies Russian spies in possession of nuclear weapons. Discovering and testing potions they never
believed could exist, Janie and Benjamin embark on a dangerous race to save the apothecary
and prevent impending disaster.
YA FIC MIC
Michaelis, Antonia
Storyteller
Anna and Abel couldn’t be more different. They are both seventeen and in their last year of
school, but while Anna lives in a nice old town house and comes from a well-to-do family, Abel,
the school drug dealer, lives in a big, prison-like tower block at the edge of town. Anna is afraid of
him until she realizes that he is caring for his six-year-old sister on his own. Fascinated, Anna
follows the two and listens as Abel tells little Micha the story of a tiny queen assailed by dark
forces. It’s a beautiful fairy tale that Anna comes to see has a basis in reality. Abel is in real
danger of losing Micha to their abusive father and to his own inability to make ends meet. Anna
gradually falls in love with Abel, but when his “enemies” begin to turn up dead, she fears she has
fallen for a murderer. Has she?
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YA MYS MIC
Michaels, Rune
Genesis Alpha
Josh worships his older brother, Max. They look alike, they talk alike, and they both have the
same interests, including their favorite massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Genesis
Alpha. But Josh and Max have an even deeper connection. Because Josh was born for a reason.
It was Josh's stem cells, harvested when Josh was newly born, that saved his dying older
brother's life. Now that same beloved older brother is arrested, accused of the brutal murder of a
teenage girl. Josh is bewildered. Is Max really a monster, or is all of this a terrible mistake? And if
the worst is true and Max is guilty, does that mean Josh is guilty too? After all, Max wouldn't exist
without him. But this is only the beginning. Before long, Josh will come to a number of searing
revelations -- revelations that have dire implications not only for Max's future, but for Josh's as
well.
Tween & YA FIC MIK
Mikaelsen, Ben
Touching Spirit Bear
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate
in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a
remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.
YA MYS MIK
Miklowitz, Gloria
The Enemy Has a Face
Netta and her family have relocated temporarily from Israel to Los Angeles, and when her
seventeen-year-old brother mysteriously disappears, she becomes convinced that he has been
abducted by Palestinian terrorists.
YA FIC MIL
Miller, Kirsten
How To Lead a Life of Crime
A Meth Dealer. A Prostitute. A Serial Killer. Anywhere else, they’d be vermin. At the Mandel
Academy, they’re called prodigies. The most exclusive school in New York City has been training
young criminals for over a century. Only the most ruthless students are allowed to graduate. The
rest disappear. Flick, a teenage pickpocket, has risen to the top of his class. But then Mandel
recruits a fierce new competitor who also happens to be Flick’s old flame. They’ve been told only
one of them will make it out of the Mandel Academy. Will they find a way to save each other—or
will the school destroy them both?
YA FIC MIL
Miller, Mary Beth
Aimee
How well do you think you’d cope if your best friend made sure you were the only witness to her
suicide, you weren’t allowed contact with any of the rest of your tight–knit group of friends, and
everyone believed that you must have helped Aimee kill herself or perhaps, even murdered her?
YA FIC MIL
Miller, Mary Beth
On the Head of a Pin
A gun accidentally goes off and leaves homecoming queen Helen Mitchell dead. Here, the author
explores the impact of the trauma on two young men peripherally involved in the incident. Josh, a
devout Catholic who witnesses the shooting, is pressured by his friends to cover up traces of their
involvement. Already wracked with guilt over another accident that left his sister in a coma, Josh
searches for redemption. Meanwhile, Michael, the victim's boyfriend, who literally slept through
the shooting, has fled from an abusive home and resettled in another city. He doesn't find out that
Helen is dead until two weeks later when her body is discovered in a shallow grave. With the help
of two supportive adults, Michael avoids becoming a murder suspect and works to uncover the
truth about what happened the night Helen was killed.
YA MYS MIL Miller, Kirsten
Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City
Ananka Fishbein, a seventh grader at an expensive New York City school, likens her life to
"flavorless mush." But when she wakes up one Saturday morning and finds that the small park
across the street has become a sinkhole, her decision to explore it transforms her existence. She
meets the mysterious Kiki Strike, and subsequently the group of girls (each with a particular talent)
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who call themselves the Irregulars, and they embark on an adventure that involves exploring the
Shadow City, a series of tunnels under Manhattan. The identity of Kiki, along with the motives of
the mysterious individuals the Irregulars suspect are planning to attack the city, are the mysteries
at the heart of the story.
YA MYS MIL
Miller, Kirsten
The Empress’s Tomb (Kiki Strike v.2)
Ananka is in danger of being sent to a remote boarding school; Kiki’s life (as always) is in danger,
Betty seems to have found love in all the wrong places, and Oona….well, Oona’s the one in the
most serious trouble of all. From Chinatown to Fifth Avenue, whether they are rescuing
kidnapped children or resuscitating an ancient Empress at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the
Irregulars have a knack for finding trouble, and putting it out of its misery.
YA FIC MIR
Miranda, Megan
Fracture
Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake
by her best friend Decker Phillips. By then her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped
working. She was dead. And yet she somehow defied medical precedent to come back seemingly
fine-despite the scans that showed significant brain damage. Everyone wants Delaney to be all
right, but she knows she's far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can't control or
explain, Delaney finds herself drawn to the dying. Is her altered brain now predicting death, or
causing it? Then Delaney meets Troy Varga, who recently emerged from a coma with similar
abilities. At first she's reassured to find someone who understands the strangeness of her new
existence, but Delaney soon discovers that Troy's motives aren't quite what she thought. Is their
gift a miracle, a freak of nature-or something much more frightening?
YA FIC MIR Miranda, Megan
Hysteria
Mallory killed her boyfriend, Brian. She can't remember the details of that night but everyone
knows it was self-defense, so she isn't charged. But Mallory still feels Brian's presence in her life.
Is it all in her head? Or is it something more? In desperate need of a fresh start, Mallory is sent to
Monroe, a fancy prep school where no one knows her . . . or anything about her past. But the
feeling follows her, as do her secrets. Then, one of her new classmates turns up dead. As
suspicion falls on Mallory, she must find a way to remember the details of both deadly nights so
she can prove her innocence-to herself and others.
YA FIC MIT
Mitchard, Jacquelyn
All We Know of Heaven
Bridget Flannery and Maureen O'Malley have been BFFs since forever. Then a brief moment of
inattention on an icy road leaves one girl dead and the other in a coma, battered beyond
recognition. Family and friends mourn one friend's loss and pray for the other's recovery. Then
the doctors discover they have made a terrible mistake. The girl who lived is the one who
everyone thought had died. Based on a true case of mistaken identity, All We Know of Heaven is
a universal story that no one can read unmoved: a drama of ordinary people caught up in an
unimaginable tragedy and of the healing power of hope and love.
YA FIC MIT
Mitchard, Jacquelyn
The Midnight Twins
Meredith and Mallory Brynn are mirror twins born on either side of midnight one snowy New
Year's Eve. They have always been inseparable. But after they are nearly killed in a mysterious
fire on their thirteenth birthday, the bond that has always joined them unravels. They begin to
have visions and dreams that reveal the deep secrets kept by the people around them. Meredith
and Mallory realize they have each been given a gift: Mallory can see deep into the past;
Meredith can see the future. But when they discover that one boy is not what they imagined, their
lives will be changed forever. If they can survive . . .
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YA MYS MOL
Moloney, James
Black Taxi
Rosie Sinclair is an average Australian small-town girl whose family happens to be involved in a
few illegal activities. When her grandfather is sent to prison for six months after a jewelry store
robbery, Rosie is the only family member reliable enough to take charge of his precious black
Mercedes and cell phone. Rosie quickly learns that responsibility accompanies privileges. Her
new cell phone constantly rings with the requests of local senior citizens (aka "the wrinkles") for
rides around town. More upsetting, however, are the threatening phone calls from someone
ordering her to return a missing ring. Rosie knows that the ring is nowhere in the car, but the
caller threatens to hurt her grandfather if she does not find it soon. Rosie quickly enlists the help
of her best friend, Glenda, an exotic dancer, and Christian, the local bad boy. They work together
to discover who has the ring and get it back before something terrible happens.
YA FIC MON
Monaghan, Annabel
A Girl Named Digit
Farrah "Digit" Higgins may be going to MIT in the fall, but this L.A. high school genius has left her
geek self behind in another school district so she can blend in with the popular crowd at Santa
Monica High and actually enjoy her senior year. But when Farrah, the daughter of a UCLA math
professor, unknowingly cracks a terrorist group's number sequence, her laid-back senior year
gets a lot more interesting. Soon she is personally investigating the case, on the run from
terrorists, and faking her own kidnapping-- all while trying to convince a young, hot FBI agent to
take her seriously. So much for blending in . . .
YA FIC MOR Morel, Alex
Survive
Jane is on a plane on her way home to Montclair, New Jersey, from a mental hospital. She is
about to kill herself. Just before she can swallow a lethal dose of pills, the plane hits turbulence
and everything goes black. Jane wakes up amidst piles of wreckage and charred bodies on a
snowy mountaintop. There is only one other survivor: a boy named Paul, who inspires Jane to
want to fight for her life for the first time. Jane and Paul scale icy slopes and huddle together for
warmth at night, forging an intense emotional bond. But the wilderness is a vast and lethal force,
and only one of them will survive.
YA FIC MOR
Morgan, Page
The Beautiful and the Cursed
Beautiful sisters, impossible romance, dark intrigue, and paranormal mystery will draw readers
into this compelling world.
Tween & YA FIC MOR
Morpurgo, Michael
Kensuke’s Kingdom
When Michael's father loses his job, he buys a boat and convinces Michael and his mother to sail
around the world. It's an ideal trip - even Michael's sheepdog can come along. It starts out as the
perfect family adventure - until Michael is swept overboard. He's washed up on an island, where
he struggles to survive. Then he discovers that he's not alone. His fellow-castaway, Kensuke, is
wary of him. But when Michael's life is threatened, Kensuke slowly lets the boy into his world. The
two develop a close understanding in this remote place, but the question of rescue continues to
divide them.
YA FIC MOS
Moshiri, Farnoosh
The Bathhouse
The story begins with the arrest of a seventeen-year-old girl in the early days of the
fundamentalist revolution in Iran. Imprisoned because of her brother's involvement with leftist
politics, she is placed in a makeshift jail, a former bathhouse, in which other women are held
captive. With a gripping narrative, Moshiri gives voice to these prisoners, exploring their torment
and struggle, but also their courage and humanity, in the face of tyrants.
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YA MYS MUC
Muchamore, Robert
The Recruit (Cherub v. 1)
James Onion, a twelve-year-old orphaned troublemaker, finds himself being recruited by a British
Intelligence organization called "Cherub" in this promising yet muddled first book in the "Cherub"
series. Cherub employs children between the ages of 10 and 17 to be spies for the British
Government under the rouse that adults never suspect children are spying on them. James is
arbitrarily selected to be one of the recruits (he is good at math) and the story follows him through
the recruitment process, basic training and, ultimately, his first mission.
YA MYS MUC
Muchamore, Robert
The Dealer (Cherub v. 2)
CHERUB agents are all seventeen and under. They wear skate tees and hemp, and look like
regular kids. But they're not. They are trained professionals who are sent out on missions to spy
on terrorists and international drug dealers. CHERUB agents hack into computers, bug entire
houses, and download crucial documents. It is a highly dangerous job. For their safety, these
agents DO NOT EXIST. James is on his most daring mission yet: to smack down the world's
most powerful drug lord. It means hitting the streets, where the dealers work. It's a vicious
business. But James is going to take it down...from the top.
YA MYS MUC
Muchamore, Robert
Maximum Security (Cherub v. 3)
CHERUB agents are all seventeen and under. They wear skate tees and hemp, and look like
regular kids. But they're not. They are trained professionals who are sent out on missions to spy
on terrorists and international drug dealers. CHERUB agents hack into computers, bug entire
houses, and download crucial documents. It is a highly dangerous job. For their safety, these
agents DO NOT EXIST. Two hundred eighty child criminals live in the sunbaked desert prison
Arizona Max. One of them is the son of a weapons dealer who has been selling U.S. missiles to
terrorists. If CHERUB can get the kid, they can get the parent. Over the years, CHERUB has put
plenty of criminals behind bars. Now, for the first time ever, they've got to break one out....
YA MYS MUC Muchamore, Robert
The Killing (Cherub v. 4)
CHERUB agents are all seventeen and under. They wear skate tees and hemp, and look like
regular kids. But they're not. They are trained professionals who are sent out on missions to spy
on terrorists and international drug dealers. CHERUB agents hack into computers, bug entire
houses, and download crucial documents. It is a highly dangerous job. For their safety, these
agents DO NOT EXIST. Leona is a small-time crook with big money. When the cops call in
CHERUB, James's mission looks entirely routine: make nice with Leon's kids, dig up some leads,
and infiltrate his home. But when James suddenly unravels a much larger plot, the mission
becomes anything but ordinary. Unfortunately, the only person who might know the truth is a
reclusive eighteen-year-old boy -- who happens to have died more than a year ago.
YA MYS MUC Muchamore, Robert
Divine Madness (Cherub v. 5)
CHERUB agents are all seventeen and under. They wear skate tees and hemp, and look like
regular kids. But they're not. They are trained professionals who are sent out on missions to spy
on terrorists and international drug dealers. CHERUB agents hack into computers, bug entire
houses, and download crucial documents. It is a highly dangerous job. For their safety, these
agents DO NOT EXIST. When CHERUB uncovers a link between eco-terrorist group Help Earth
and a wealthy religious cult known as The Survivors, James is sent to their isolated outback
headquarters on an infiltration mission. It's a thousand kilometers to the closest town, and James
is under massive pressure from the cult's brainwashing techniques. This time he's not just fighting
terrorists.... He's got to battle for his own mind.
YA SF MUL Mullin, Mike Ashfall
Many visitors to Yellowstone National Park don't realize that the boiling hot springs and spraying
geysers are caused by an underlying supervolcano. It has erupted three times in the last 2.1
million years, and it will erupt again, changing the Earth forever. Fifteen-year-old Alex is home
alone when the supervolcano erupts. His town collapses into a nightmare of darkness, ash, and
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violence, forcing him to flee. He begins a harrowing trek in search of his parents and sister, who
were visiting relatives 140 miles away. Along the way, Alex struggles through a landscape
transformed by more than a foot of ash. The disaster brings out the best and worst in people
desperate for food, clean water, and shelter. When an escaped convict injures Alex, he searches
for a sheltered place where he can wait--to heal or to die. Instead, he finds Darla. Together, they
fight to achieve a nearly impossible goal: surviving the supervolcano.
YA SF MUL
Mullin, Mike
Ashen Winter
It’s been over six months since the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. Alex and Darla
have been staying with Alex’s relatives, trying to cope with the new reality of the primitive world
so vividly portrayed in Ashfall, the first book in this series. It’s also been six months of waiting for
Alex’s parents to return from Iowa. Alex and Darla decide they can wait no longer and must
retrace their journey into Iowa to find and bring back Alex’s parents to the tenuous safety of
Illinois. But the landscape they cross is even more perilous than before, with life-and-death
battles for food and power between the remaining communities. When the unthinkable happens,
Alex must find new reserves of strength and determination to survive.
YA FIC MUS
Mussi, Sarah
The Door of No Return
Zac Baxter's grandfather has always told him that he's the descendant of African kings, whose
treasure was stolen when his ancestors were sold into slavery. Of course, Zac brushes this off as
a tall tale — until his grandfather is murdered and their apartment is completely ransacked.
Clearly somebody is after something. Heeding his grandfather's dying words, Zac is off to Ghana
to track down his family's history. But what did his grandfather mean when he said that Zac had
the map to the treasure? Following every clue he can find, Zac begins to suspect that the
treasure is real, and hidden in one of Ghana's old slave forts. Too bad the killers always seem to
be one step ahead of him. With no one he can trust and with everything to lose, Zac races
against time as he tries to uncover the truth about the past — and a fortune in gold.
YA MYS MYR
Myracle, Lauren
Bliss
When Bliss’s hippie parents leave the commune and dump her at the home of her aloof
grandmother in a tony Atlanta neighborhood, it’s like being set down on an alien planet. The only
guide naive Bliss has to her new environment is what she’s seen on The Andy Griffith Show. But
Mayberry is poor preparation for Crestview Academy, an elite school where the tensions of the
present and the dark secrets of the past threaten to simmer into violence. Openhearted Bliss
desperately wants new friends, making her the perfect prey of a troubled girl whose obsession
with a long-ago death puts Bliss, and anyone she’s kind to, in mortal danger.
YA FIC NAD
Nadin, Joanna
Wonderland
Sixteen-year-old Jude has to get out of tiny Churchtown. She has to escape her outcast status at
the Royal Duchy School and her pathetic dad, who hasn’t gotten past her mum’s death. The only
bright light is drama, her way out, if only she can get into the Lab in London. It takes a lot of nerve
to apply to such a prestigious program, and Jude’s not sure she can do it. Then Judes’s
childhood best friend, Stella, returns. Stella, sexy and bold, and ten times cooler than Jude. With
Stella by her side, Jude knows she’s capable of anything. But Stella’s influence extends well
beyond the theater. She quickly creeps into every part of Jude’s life, bringing Jude the attention
she’s always craved. So even when Stella’s behavior takes a dangerous turn, Jude can’t bring
herself to abandon her best friend. And anyway, now that Stella’s back, there’s no stopping her.
Tween & YA FIC NAP
Napoli, Donna Jo
North
Driven by a yearning he can't articulate but knows is essential to his very being, Alvin, a soft and
unsophisticated 12-year-old African-American boy living in Washington, D.C., runs away from his
caring but smothering mother and physically declining great grandmother. His goal is to follow in
the footsteps of his hero Matthew Henson, a black explorer and co-discoverer of the North Pole,
whose description of the "fierce beauty" of the frozen north has captured his imagination.
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Traveling by rail and later dog-sledge in the frigid cold, Alvin, who is dogged, resourceful, and has
the rare capacity to find friends and create allies, makes it all the way to Canada's Bylot Island,
high in the Arctic Circle. There he gains knowledge, maturity, and, ultimately, freedom of spirit,
living, working, and learning traditional ways from Idlouk, a wise old half-Inuk hermit.
YA FIC NAY
Blizzard’s Wake
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
In March of 1941, when a severe blizzard suddenly hits Bismarck, North Dakota, a girl trying to
save her stranded father and brother inadvertently helps the man who killed her mother four
years before.
YA FIC NEA
Neale, Jonathan
Himalaya
In alternating chapters, twelve-year-old Orrie and her older brother tell the story of a doomed
mountain-climbing expedition in which they, their younger brother, their divorced father, and his
girlfriend attempt to climb Island Peak in Nepal.
YA MYS NEL
Nelson, Blake
Paranoid Park
It was an accident. He didn't mean to kill the security guard with his skateboard--it was selfdefense. But there's no one to back up his story. No one even knows he was at Paranoid Park.
Should he confess, or can he get away with it? It's an ethical question no one should have to
answer.
YA MYS NEL
Nelson, R.A. Breathe My Name
Frances Robinson is in high school now. She lives a quiet, suburban life, far from her horrifying
past. When she was a child, her birthmother smothered her three sisters. Through pure luck,
Frances survived. Now her mother has just been released from prison . . . and she wants to see
Frances. A new boy at school called Nix charms Frances. Together, Nix and Frances embark on
a clandestine journey to visit Frances' mother: to confront the monster in its lair. This trip will help
Frances at last find peace-or die trying. But no matter what, Frances will discover just what it
means to finish.
YA MYS NIX
Nixon, Joan Lowery
The Other Side of Dark
Stacy wakes up in a room that's not hers, in a body she doesn't recognize, to discover she's been
in a coma for four years. Her mother is dead—murdered—and Stacy, recovering from a gunshot
wound, is the only eyewitness to her mother's murder. She can recall only a shadowy face, so far.
But the killer is not about to let her reveal his identity...
YA MYS NIX
Nixon, Joan Lowry
Don’t Scream
When two new guys come to her school, Jess thinks things are really looking up, but she doesn't
know their real identities or if she can trust them.
Tween & YA MYS NIX
Nixon, Joan Lowry
Playing For Keeps
On a Caribbean cruise, sixteen-year-old Rosie meets a teenage Cuban baseball player seeking
political asylum in the United States and tries to help him escape a charge of murder.
YA FIC NOR
Northrop, Michael Trapped
The day the blizzard started, no one knew that it was going to keep snowing for a week. That for
those in its path, it would become not just a matter of keeping warm, but of staying alive. . . .
Scotty and his friends Pete and Jason are among the last seven kids at their high school waiting
to get picked up that day, and they soon realize that no one is coming for them. Still, it doesn't
seem so bad to spend the night at school, especially when distractingly hot Krista and Julie are
sleeping just down the hall. But then the power goes out, then the heat. The pipes freeze, and the
roof shudders. As the days add up, the snow piles higher, and the empty halls grow colder and
darker, the mounting pressure forces a devastating decision. . . .
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YA FIC OAT
Oates, Joyce Carol
Sexy
"Darren Flynn has the perfect life - until that day in November." "After that day, after what
happened (did it happen?), life is different. Darren is different. Nothing is as it was - before. His
friends, his family, even the people who are supposed to be in charge are no longer who Darren
thought they were. Who can he trust, now?" This novel explores one teenager's search for
identity in a complex, deceiving world, and the answers he finds in the most unexpected places.
YA FIC OLI
Oliver, Lauren
Panic
Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a poor town of twelve thousand people in the middle
of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do. Heather never thought
she would compete in panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes
are high and the payoff is even higher. She'd never thought of herself as fearless, the kind of
person who would fight to stand out. But when she finds something, and someone, to fight for,
she will discover that she is braver than she ever thought. Dodge has never been afraid of panic.
His secret will fuel him, and get him all the way through the game; he's sure of it. But what he
doesn't know is that he's not the only one with a secret. Everyone has something to play for. For
Heather and Dodge, the game will bring new alliances, unexpected revelations, and the
possibility of first love for each of them—and the knowledge that sometimes the very things we
fear are those we need the most.
YA FIC ORO
Oron, Judie
Cry of the Giraffe
A growing number of Ethiopian Jews, known as Beta Israel, relocate to Israel for a better life. To
do so, they must travel more than 600 miles by foot across the desert, fighting thirst, scorpions,
disease, and violent soldiers. This novel is based on the true story of 13-year-old Wuditu, one of
the thousands who attempted this journey. Separated from her family after her father and sister
take ill, this courageous girl (nicknamed "Giraffe" because of her long neck and stately
composure) must fend for herself. Before she makes it to Israel, she is enslaved for two years.
Oron's novel exposes the injustice and degradation girls face around the world.
FIC & YA FIC PAL
Palahniuk, Chuck
Pygmy
If your favorite author is Jane Austen, perhaps you shouldn't cross paths quite yet with Chuck
Palahniuk. The author of Snuff, Choke, and Rant might be an acquired taste, but many readers
have taken the leap and come back, begging for more. Pygmy might be a good place for
newcomers to start: It stars a 13-year-old foreign exchange student terrorist who functions, if not
always adequately, as part of a cadre sent to the U.S. to unleash havoc on a quiet midwestern
city. In Palahniuk's hands, this bizarre mission turns into an apt excuse for exposing both the
plotters and their generally unwitting hosts.
YA SF PAT
Patterson, James
(Maximum Ride v. 1)
The Angel Experiment
After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "birdkids," who are the
result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand
their own origins and purpose.
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YA SF PAT
2)
Patterson, James
School’s Out Forever (Maximum Ride v.
Brave bird-kid Max and her flock fly south on a perilous quest to find their parents, after having
rescued Angel and recovered secret documents about their origins. But just when they think
they've finally escaped the hungry claws of evil Erasers, they're discovered by an FBI agent and
forced to face perhaps an even worse nightmare: going to school. There's no such thing as an
ordinary day when Max's "homework" includes decoding documents, deciphering when (and how)
she's supposed to save the world, and learning to face what may her greatest enemy: herself. A
clone. Max II.
YA SF PAT
Patterson, James
Sports (Maximum Ride v. 3)
Saving the World and Other Extreme
There's one last chance to save the world in MAXIMUM RIDE: SAVING THE WORLD AND
OTHER EXTREME SPORTS, the closing chapter of James Patterson's thrilling trilogy. The time
has arrived for Max and her winged "Flock" to face their ultimate enemy and discover their
original purpose: to defeat the takeover of "Re-evolution", a sinister experiment to re-engineer a
select population into a scientifically superior master race...and to terminate the rest. Max, Fang,
Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel have always worked together to defeat the forces working
against them--but can they save the world when they are torn apart, living in hiding and captivity,
halfway across the globe from one another?
YA SF PAT Patterson, James The Final Warning (Maximum Ride v. 4)
Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride and the other members of "Flock"--Fang, Iggy, Nudge,
Gasman and Angel--are just like ordinary kids--only they have wings and can fly. It seems like a
dream come true--except that they're still being hunted by new threats at every turn.
This time, the government wants to keep the Flock under observation, offering a safe haven and
schooling in return. But after their incredible adventures in books 1-3, Max and Flock have grown
to love freedom- -after all, haven't grown-ups always found a way to ruin their lives? After
escaping the control of the feds, they are surprised to find themselves allied with a group of
environmental scientists who just might be trustworthy. Besides, what enemy could find them in
one of the remotest locations on earth--on an expedition studying the effects of global warming up
close? There is one: The Uber-Director--literally, brains on a stick--an evil being who has
developed mechanical soldiers far more frightening than Erasers. Their quest? To retrieve the
Flock and sell them in a global auction for billions of dollars. Will the Uber-Director nab them
before Max, Fang and the flock succumb to the dangers of the harsh Antarctic wilderness?
YA SF PAT
Patterson, James
Max (Maximum Ride v. 5)
Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock have barely recovered from their last arctic
adventure, when they are confronted by the most frightening catastrophe yet. Millions of fish are
dying off the coast of Hawaii and someone--or something--is destroying hundreds of ships.
Unable to discover the cause, the government enlists the Flock to help them get to the bottom of
the disaster before it is too late. While Max and her team are exploring the depths of the ocean,
their every move is being carefully tracked by Mr. Chu--a criminal mastermind with his own plans
for the Flock. Can they protect themselves from Mr. Chu's army of mercenaries and save the
ocean from utter destruction?
YA SF PAT
Patterson, James
Fang (Maximum Ride v. 6)
Max and the Flock are flying high over Africa, but this time they're not alone. A sky full of cargo
planes accompanies the team as they bring much-needed aid to the continent's poverty stricken
regions. Among the volunteers is the mission's benefactor–the mysterious billionaire, Dr. Hans
Gunther-Hagen. Max is intrigued by his generosity, but there's also something about him–and his
intense scrutiny of the Flock–that makes her nervous. But Dr. Hans isn't the only puzzling thing
about their trip. The Flock also receives a cryptic message from a young girl, who tells them, "The
sky will fall." Max and the Flock are ready to return home, still unable to make sense of her
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statement. But the surprises don't end with their departure, and something unbelievably
momentous shakes up the Flock–pushing Max and Fang closer than ever. Will the team be able
to stick together through the chaos?
YA SF PAT
Patterson, James
Dangerous Days of Daniel X
The greatest superpower of all isn't to be part spider, part man, or to cast magic spells -- the
greatest power is the power to create. Daniel has that power. Daniel's secret abilities -- like
being able to manipulate objects and animals with his mind or to recreate himself in any shape he
chooses -- have helped him survive. But Daniel doesn't have a normal life. He is the protector of
the earth, the Alien Hunter, with a mission beyond what anyone could imagine. From the day that
his parents were brutally murdered in front of his very eyes, Daniel has used his unique gifts to
hunt down their assassin. Finally, with the help of The List bequeathed to him in his parents'
dying breath, he has located the killer. Now, on his own, he vows to take on his father's mission-and to have vengeance in the process.
YA SF PAT
Skies
Patterson, James & Ned Rust
Daniel X: Watch the
LIGHTS
All's quiet in the small town of Holliswood. Television sets, computers, and portable devices are
aglow in every home, classroom, and store. Yet not all is perfect. Evil is lurking, just out of sight,
behind the screen.
CAMERA
Residing in this sleepy town is a villain with more ambition than the world can withstand. Twisted
beyond reason, he is dead set on throwing Holliswood into chaos and documenting the
destruction of every person in it, including Daniel X.
EXTERMINATION
The only person who can stop this made-for-TV tyrant, Daniel must use his extraordinary power
to save the town. But this devilish director has assembled an all-star team of his own creation and
vows to stage the most spectacular finale the world has ever seen. Can Daniel X stop this
deranged outlaw--or will he find himself on the cutting room floor?
YA SF PAT
and Wizard
Patterson, James and Gabrielle Charbonnet
Witch
Fifteen-year-old Wisty and her 18-year-old brother Whit are awoken one night by troops from the
newly elected N.O. (New Order) regime. The siblings are chained, tossed into a prison, and
accused of being a witch and wizard—a charge that seems preposterous until Wisty envelops her
body in flames and is no worse for wear. With the help of Whit’s dead girlfriend (who exists in a
limbo known as the Shadowland), the teens escape to a bombed-out department store where a
teen resistance movement fights the dastardly N.O.
YA SF PAT
Patterson, James
Demons & Druids (Daniel X)
Daniel X's hunt to eliminate each and every intergalactic criminal on Earth is always relentless,
but this time, it's getting personal. Number Three on the List of Alien Outlaws takes the form of
raging, soul-possessing fire. And fire transports Daniel back to the most traumatic event of his
life-the death of his parents. In the face of his "kryptonite", Daniel struggles with his extraordinary
powers like never before, and more than ever is at stake: his best friends are in grave peril. The
only way to save them is to travel back-through a hole in time-to the demon's arrival during the
Dark Ages.
YA SF PAT Patrick, Cat
Revived
As a little girl, Daisy Appleby was killed in a school bus crash. Moments after the accident, she
was brought back to life. A secret government agency has developed a drug called Revive that
can bring people back from the dead, and Daisy Appleby, a test subject, has been Revived five
times in fifteen years. Daisy takes extraordinary risks, knowing that she can beat death, but each
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new death also means a new name, a new city, and a new life. When she meets Matt McKean,
Daisy begins to question the moral implications of Revive, and as she discovers the agency's true
goals, she realizes she's at the center of something much larger — and more sinister — than she
ever imagined.
Tween & YA FIC PAU
Paulsen, Gary
Brian’s Hunt
Brian is back, even though Gary Paulsen acknowledges that he had said there would be no more
Brian books. Brian is back in the wilderness because he just could not fit into civilization, even
though he has a new appreciation for learning and even for schooling. Now he is homeschooling
himself in the wilderness, with books but also with the natural world around him. The story is rich
with detail and demands the same patience of the reader that the natural world demands of Brian
as he goes from "looking at a northern pike under a lily pad to actually eating one." Brian finds an
injured dog and gives himself some on-the-job training in stitching up the dog's wounds. The story
becomes very grisly and quite graphic when Brian learns what caused the wounds.
Tween & YA FIC PAU
Paulsen, Gary
Brian’s Winter
Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays
what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with
only his survival pack and hatchet.
J & YA FIC PAU
Paulsen, Gary
Brian’s Return
After having survived alone in the wilderness, Brian finds that he can no longer live in the city but
must return to the place where he really belongs.
YA FIC PEN
Pena, Matt de la
The Living
Shy took the summer job to make some money. In a few months on a luxury cruise liner, he'll
rake in the tips and be able to help his mom and sister out with the bills. And how bad can it be?
Bikinis, free food, maybe even a girl or two—every cruise has different passengers, after all. But
everything changes when the Big One hits. Shy's only weeks out at sea when an earthquake
more massive than ever before recorded hits California, and his life is forever changed. The
earthquake is only the first disaster. Suddenly it's a fight to survive for those left living.
YA FIC PER
Perera, Anna
Guantanamo Boy
Originally published in the U.K., this harrowing first novel, in which a 15-year-old British boy is
apprehended as an enemy combatant while visiting family in Pakistan, focuses on the darker
practices of the war on terror. "Six months after 9/11 and the world is getting madder by the day,"
observes Khalid's father, which foreshadows the insanity to come. Perera quickly establishes
Khalid as a typical teenager who quarrels with his parents and likes to play soccer and
roughhouse with friends, heightening the tragedy of what follows. After Khalid's father disappears
in Karachi, Khalid's chance appearance at a protest and innocent computer gaming leads to his
imprisonment for two years, first in Pakistan, then at a CIA camp in Afghanistan, and finally in
Guantanamo Bay. Perera unflinchingly portrays the beating, sleep deprivation, isolation, and
waterboarding that Khalid undergoes; in one section, she skillfully employs white space to
demonstrate the confusion and madness caused by sleep deprivation. Readers will feel every
ounce of Khalid's terror, frustration, and helplessness in this disturbing look at a sad, ongoing
chapter in contemporary history.
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YA FIC PER
the Earth
Perkins, Lynn Rae
As Easy as Falling Off the Face of
When 16-year-old Ry discovers that his archeological summer camp has been canceled, he
steps off the train to call his grandfather only to see the train pull away. So begins Ry's
implausible and existential journey. To compound the situation, Ry's grandfather has suffered a
concussion and is missing, and his parents' Caribbean sailing trip has been fraught with problems.
Ry stumbles into Del, a handy, sympathetic man who decides to drive Ry home to Wisconsin,
becoming a quirky mentor. Del remains unflappable as he extends their road trip to find Ry's
parents, setting off a series of riotous misadventures.
YA FIC PFE
Pfeffer, Susan Beth
Blood Wounds
Blood can both wound and heal . . .Willa is lucky: She has a loving blended family that gets along.
Not all families are so fortunate. But when a bloody crime takes place hundreds of miles away, it
has an explosive effect on Willa’s peaceful life. The estranged father she hardly remembers has
murdered his new wife and children, and is headed east toward Willa and her mother. Under
police protection, Willa discovers that her mother has harbored secrets that are threatening to boil
over. Has everything Willa believed about herself been a lie? But as Willa sets out to untangle the
mysteries of her past, she also keeps her own secret—one that has the potential to tear apart all
she holds dear.
YA MYS PFO
Pfoutz, Sally
Missing Person
When seventeen-year-old Carrie's notoriously unstable mother disappears, only Carrie seems
interested in pursuing the truth through a world where she can trust no one but herself.
YA FIC PHI
Phillips, Suzanne
Burn
"In high school there were no second chances," Cameron learns in his very first week. The coach
at sports orientation publicly mistakes the slight, blond-haired freshman for a girl, and he's stuck
with the nickname "Cameron Diaz" and bullied mercilessly by the brutal school jocks. Socially
isolated and still trying to cope with his parents' bitter divorce, Cameron is left with a burning
anger—an anger relieved only temporarily by playing with matches, even when he inadvertently
causes a forest fire after a locker room assault and public humiliation by the jocks. His mother's
new boyfriend, a cop, suspects Cameron is guilty of starting the fire and tries to help him. But
when Cameron lashes out at a boy who had witnessed his humiliation, the tragic consequences
may mean that it's too late for help.
YA FIC PLU
Plum-Ucci, Carol
The She
Eight years ago, on a rainy night in November, Evan Barrett's parents were lost at sea as a
panicked Evan listened to their frantic Mayday calls on a ship-to-shore radio. There was no way
to save them, no way to explain the deafening shrieks behind his mother's cries for mercy. Now,
Evan has returned to his home in West Hook to search for answers to his parents'
disappearance. Were they swallowed up by The She, the angry she-devil of legend that devours
ships off the New Jersey coast? Or was it something else? Something more tangible but equally
unthinkable?
YA FIC PLU
Plum-Ucci, Carol
Fire Will Fall
ShadowStrike poisoned the water of Trinity Falls two months ago. Now the Trinity Four, the teens
most affected by the poison, have been isolated in a remote mansion under twenty-four-hour
medical care while scientists on four continents rush to discover a cure. Meanwhile, U.S.
operatives scour the world for the bioterrorists responsible for this heinous crime, as two teen
virtual spies, also infected, hunt for the criminals on the Internet. The danger remains real—for
ShadowStrike has every reason to pursue the Trinity Four, and their evil plan will unleash a new
designer virus that’s even deadlier than the first.
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YA MYS PLU
Plum-Ucci, Carol
The Body of Christopher Creed
Torey Adams, a high school junior with a seemingly perfect life, struggles with doubts and
questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the class outcast.
YA MYS PLU Plum-Ucci, Carol
What Happened to Lani Garver
Claire McKenzie is haunted by her brief relationship with Lani Garver, a newcomer to her close
island community who changed her life.
YA MYS PLU
Plum Ucci, Carol
The Night My Sister Went Missing
A tiny pistol, passed from friend to friend at a party on an abandoned pier, suddenly fires, and
Casey Carmody falls into the water below. Kurt, Casey's older brother, endures a seemingly
endless night at the police station while the coast guard searches for his sister and his friends are
questioned, one by one. Who was foolish enough to pull the trigger? Was the gunfire accidental
or deliberate? Or was the whole drama one of Casey's practical jokes? And where is Casey--or
her body--now? Dark secrets are revealed and petty jealousies rear their ugly heads as each
eyewitness comes to the questioning room with his or her own version of "the truth."
YA FIC PLU
Plum-Ucci, Carol
Streams of Babel
In a New Jersey suburb, two women die of brain aneurysms within twenty-four hours--events that
cause the government to suspect that a terrorist cell has unleashed a deadly biochemical agent.
With each glass of water they drink, the people of Trinity Falls are poisoning themselves.
A world away in Pakistan, a sixteen-year-old computer genius working as a virtual spy for the
United States sees an influx of chatter from extremists about a substance they call Red Vinegar
that will lead to many deaths in Colony One. Can he warn the victims before it's too late?
YA FIC PAP Papademetriou, Lisa Drop
DON’T WE ALL harbor the secret wish that we won’t have to work for it? That luck—be it a spin
of the wheel, a hop of the dice, the right card at the right moment—might just choose to favor us,
whether we deserve it or not? That universal desire, along with many others, is played out in the
lives of three teens who hope to beat the house, and control their futures. Come meet:
• Sanjay, who wants to be much more than the dutiful, hardworking immigrant’s son
• Kat, who wants enough cash to run as far as she can, from her past and who she’s afraid she
might become
• Jerrica, who thinks she can foresee the cards, and maybe make them be what she needs them
to be.
Each is irresistibly drawn to gambling’s alluring flirt, and to entanglements with each other, and
within themselves. Themes of obsession and other risky business fuel the pages of this fastmoving, provocative tale.
Tween & YA FIC PRA
Pratchett, Terry
Nation
Mau is the only one left after a giant wave sweeps his island village away. But when much is
taken, something is returned, and somewhere in the jungle Daphne—a girl from the other side of
the globe—is the sole survivor of a ship destroyed by the same wave. Together the two confront
the aftermath of catastrophe. Drawn by the smoke of Mau and Daphne's sheltering fire, other
refugees slowly arrive: children without parents, mothers without babies, husbands without
wives—all of them hungry and all of them frightened. As Mau and Daphne struggle to keep the
small band safe and fed, they defy ancestral spirits, challenge death himself, and uncover a longhidden secret that literally turns the world upside down. . . .
YA FIC PRA Pratchett, Terry
Dodger
A storm. Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately
from a horse-drawn carriage in a vain attempt to escape her captors. Can the lad stand by and let
her be caught again? Of course not, because he's . . . Dodger. Seventeen-year-old Dodger may
be a street urchin, but he gleans a living from London's sewers, and he knows a jewel when he
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sees one. He's not about to let anything happen to the unknown girl—not even if her fate impacts
some of the most powerful people in England. From Dodger's encounter with the mad barber
Sweeney Todd to his meetings with the great writer Charles Dickens and the calculating politician
Benjamin Disraeli, history and fantasy intertwine in a breathtaking account of adventure and
mystery.
YA FIC PRI
Price, Charlie
Desert Angel
Fourteen-year-old Angel wakes up one morning at her desert trailer home to discover her mother
has been murdered by a lowlife named Scotty, who has vanished. Angel has no water, no
weapon, but she knows that Scotty, an expert tracker and hunter, will surface soon in order to
eliminate her as a witness. She has to run, to disappear, if she is to survive and tell the world
what happened. Her flight takes her through a harsh landscape to places she never expected to
be, forcing her to trust others for the first time and strengthening her in ways she doesn’t even
anticipate . . . until it’s time to take a stand.
YA FIC PRO
Prose, Francine
After
The shootings in Pleasant Valley were fifty miles away, but at Central High a grief and crisis
counselor is hired, security is increased, and privileges are being taken away. If you break the
new rules, the punishment is severe. And the rules keep changing every day. It's for their
protection, yet fifteen-year-old Tom Bishop and his friends learn that things are far more sinister
than they seem. Students and teachers begin disappearing. And there's no way to stop it.
YA FIC PRU
Prue, Sally
The Devil’s Toenail
Stevie Saunders, 13, tries to reinvent himself after a long recovery from a bullying incident-he
was doused with gasoline and set on fire by fellow students-that left his psyche as scarred as his
face. At his new school, he is determined to align himself with a group of cool boys, those who
steal and do graffiti and who order him to set fire to the public library book return. On a family trip
to the beach, he discovers a shellfish fossil called a devil's toenail that seems to give him the
power to do the things that Daniel, the leader of his gang, require of him.
YA FIC PUL
Pullman, Philip
The Broken Bridge
Mixed-race Ginny, 16, is astonished to discover that she is illegitimate and that her father has
another child, a legitimate son, just Ginny's age, who will be coming to live with her and her dad.
Unable to get her dad to talk much about her own mother, whom she'd been told is dead, or
about these strange developments, Ginny determines to find out the facts for herself. Her search
leads her to a trendy art gallery, to the home of a sleazy con man, and finally to her estranged
grandparents' home, where an even greater shock awaits her.
YA FIC QUA
Qualey, Marsha
Just Like That
Things change so suddenly. one day Hanna has a long-term boyfriend; the next, she realizes she
doesn’t have strong feelings for him and breaks up with him. one day Hanna trusts her two best
friends completely; the next, all of that trust is toppled. And then Hanna finds herself the bearer of
a major secret: she was the last person to see two teenagers before they died in an accident on
the icy lake. she can’t tell anyone, so when Hanna finds herself drawn to Will, the elusive boy
she’s noticed around town, the kind of boy who’d increase any girl’s pulse, she doesn’t hold back.
what she learns about him will astonish her. but what she learns about herself—her friendships,
her family, her life—will affect her far more.
YA FIC RAN
Randall, Thomas
Dreams of the Dead
Sixteen-year-old Kara Foster is an outsider in Japan, but is doing her best to fit at the private
school where her father is teaching English for the year. Fortunately she’s befriended by Sakura,
a fellow outsider struggling to make sense of her sister’s unsolved murder some months ago. No
one seems to care about the beautiful girl who was so brutally murdered, and the other students
go on as if nothing has happened. Unfortunately, the calm doesn’t last for long. Kara begins to
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have nightmares, and soon other students in the school turn up dead, viciously attacked by
someone . . . or something. Is Sakura getting back at those she thinks are responsible for her
sister’s death? Or has her dead sister come back to take revenge for herself?
YA FIC RAN
Randall, Thomas
Spirits of Noh
Kara Foster is finally starting to fit in at her boarding school in Japan-after all, nothing bonds you
with your classmates like having an ancient demon put a curse on you. Hoping life can go back to
normal now that the monster has been laid to rest, Kara joins her friends Sakura and Miho in
putting on a play for the Noh drama club. It's the story of the Hannya, a snake demon who
inhabits the body of a beautiful woman. When a few members of the Noh club go missing, Kara
fears that the real Hannya has been awakened by the curse. Then Miho is abducted, and Kara
must find her before the Hannya exacts her terrible revenge. But the demon is wily and may be
hidden in the last place anyone would think to look.
YA FIC REE
Reeves, Amy Carol
Ripper
“I felt hot breath on my neck, and, horrified, I knew that he stood behind me . . .”
It’s 1888, and after her mother’s sudden death, Abbie is sent to live with her grandmother in a
posh London neighborhood. When she begins volunteering at Whitechapel Hospital, Abbie finds
she has a passion for helping the abused and sickly women there. But within days, patients
begin turning up murdered at the hands of Jack the Ripper. As more women are murdered, Abbie
realizes that she and the Ripper share a strange connection: she has visions showing the Ripper
luring his future victims to their deaths—moments before he turns his knife upon them. Her
desperation to stop the massacres leads Abbie on a perilous hunt for the killer. And her search
leads to a mysterious brotherhood whose link to the Ripper threatens not just London but all of
mankind.
YA SF REI Reichs, Kathy
Virals
Tory Brennan, niece of acclaimed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan (of
the Bones novels and hit TV show), is the leader of a ragtag band of teenage "sci-philes" who live
on a secluded island off the coast of South Carolina. When the group rescues a dog caged for
medical testing on a nearby island, they are exposed to an experimental strain of canine
parvovirus that changes their lives forever. As the friends discover their heightened senses and
animal-quick reflexes, they must combine their scientific curiosity with their newfound physical
gifts to solve a cold-case murder that has suddenly become very hot—if they can stay alive long
enough to catch the killer's scent.
Fortunately, they are now more than friends— they're a pack. They are Virals.
YA SF REI
Reichs, Kathy Seizure (Virals v. 2)
Ever since Tory Brennan and her friends rescued Cooper, a kidnapped wolf pup with a rare strain
of canine parvovirus, they've turned from regular kids into a crime-solving pack! But now the very
place that brought them together - the Loggerhead Island Research Institute - is out of funding
and will have to shut down. That is, unless the Virals can figure out a way to save it! So when
Tory learns of an old Charleston legend about a famous she-pirate, Anne Bonney, whose fortune
was never found, she can't believe her luck - buried treasure is exactly what she needs to save
the Institute on Loggerhead! Trouble is, she and her friends aren't the only ones looking for it.
And this time, the Virals' special powers may not be enough to dig them out of trouble . . .
YA SF REI
Reichs, Kathy
Code (Virals v. 3)
The Virals are put to the ultimate test when they find a geocache containing an ornate puzzle box.
Shelton decodes the cipher inside, only to find more tantalizing clues left by "The Gamemaster."
A second, greater geocache is within reach--if the Virals are up to the challenge. But the hunt
takes a dark turn when Tory locates the other box--a fake bomb, along with a sinister proposal
from The Gamemaster. Now, the real game has begun: another bomb is out there--a real one-and the clock is ticking.
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YA SF REV
Revis, Beth
Across the Universe
Amy is a cryogenically frozen passenger aboard the spaceship Godspeed. She has left her
boyfriend, friends—and planet—behind to join her parents as a member of Project Ark Ship. Amy
and her parents believe they will wake on a new planet, Centauri-Earth, three hundred years in
the future. But fifty years before Godspeed's scheduled landing, cryo chamber 42 is mysteriously
unplugged, and Amy is violently woken from her frozen slumber. Someone tried to murder her.
Now, Amy is caught inside an enclosed world where nothing makes sense. Godspeed's 2,312
passengers have forfeited all control to Eldest, a tyrannical and frightening leader. And Elder,
Eldest's rebellious teenage heir, is both fascinated with Amy and eager to discover whether he
has what it takes to lead. Amy desperately wants to trust Elder. But should she put her faith in a
boy who has never seen life outside the ship's cold metal walls? All Amy knows is that she and
Elder must race to unlock Godspeed's hidden secrets before whoever woke her tries to kill again.
YA FIC ROB
Roberts, Willo Davis
Pawns
After her mother's death and her father's suicide, fourteen-year-old Teddi finds some stability
when she moves in with Mamie, her good-hearted next door neighbor - until the arrival of a
woman claiming to be the pregnant wife of Mamie's son who recently died in a plane crash.
Tween & YA FIC ROR
Rorby, Ginny
Lost in the River of Grass
Sarah, accepted to Glades Academy on a swimming scholarship, is ridiculed by her classmates,
and her mother works in the school's cafeteria. She is visiting the Everglades for a class field trip
when she stumbles upon Andy, who was abandoned by his birth mother and has a father who is
in and out of prison. He offers to take her on an airboat ride, and she agrees to go and is enjoying
herself until the unthinkable happens: The boat sinks, and no one knows their whereabouts. The
two, and a duckling, must make their way to a levee. Poisonous snakes, alligators, and other
dangers await them. Sarah must overcome her fear, and Andy must hide his so they have a
chance at survival.
YA FIC RUB
Ruby, Lois
The Secret of Laurel Oaks
When Lila and her family visit Laurel Oaks Plantation in Louisiana, her parents and brother scoff
at the claim that the house is haunted. But secretly, Lila suspects there are ghostly presences
willing to communicate with her, and her alone. One spirit eager to tell her story is Daphne, a
slave girl at Laurel Oaks in the 1840s, who was blamed for the poisoning deaths of two girls and
their mother. Daphne’s spirit senses that Lila is the very person she’s been waiting for, the one
who can prove her innocence so her spirit can rest at long last. Shifting back and forth from Lila’s
world in the present to Daphne’s world in the past, the true story of what really happened that
fateful night finally comes to light.
YA FIC RUI
Ruiz Zafon, Cailes
Midnight Palace
Set in Calcutta in the 1930s, The Midnight Palace begins on a dark night when an English
lieutenant fights to save newborn twins Ben and Sheere from an unthinkable threat. Despite
monsoon-force rains and terrible danger lurking around every street corner, the young lieutenant
manages to get them to safety, but not without losing his own life. . . . Years later, on the eve of
Ben and Sheere's sixteenth birthday, the mysterious threat reenters their lives. This time, it may
be impossible to escape. With the help of their brave friends, the twins will have to take a stand
against the terror that watches them in the shadows of the night--and face the most frightening
creature in the history of the City of Palaces.
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Tween & YA FIC SAL
Salisbury, Graham
Night of the Howling Dogs
Dylan’s scout troup goes camping in Halape, a remote spot below the volcano on the Big Island
of Hawaii. The only thing wrong with the weekend on a beautiful, peaceful beach is Louie, a tough
older boy. Louie and Dylan just can't get along. That night an earthquake rocks the camp, and
then a wave rushes in, sweeping everyone and everything before it. Dylan and Louie must team
up on a dangerous rescue mission. The next hours are an amazing story of survival and the true
meaning of leadership.
Tween & YA FIC SCH Schlitz, Laura Amy A Drowned Maiden’s Hair
Maud Flynn is known at the orphanage for her impertinence. So when the charming Miss
Hyacinth chooses her to take home, the girl is pleased but baffled, until it becomes clear that
she’s needed to help stage elaborate séances for bereaved patrons. As Maud is drawn deeper
into the deception, playing her role as a "secret child," she is torn between her need to please
and her growing conscience —- until a shocking betrayal shows just how heartless her so-called
guardians are.
YA FIC SCH
Schmidt, Gary
First Boy
Fourteen-year-old Cooper Jewett is lonely and exhausted. Since the death of his grandfather,
Cooper has been running the Jewett dairy farm alone, with just a bit of help from a few of his rural
New Hampshire neighbors. As if going to school and managing a household and farm were not
enough, Cooper finds himself drawn into a political intrigue when a mysterious black limousine
begins following him through town and along quiet country roads. Disturbing acts of vandalism
occur on the farm, and tension mounts until Cooper is finally compelled to meet the famous
couple who just might be his biological parents, as well as their opponent, a powerful, corrupt U.S.
senator who hopes that Cooper will be his ticket to the highest office in the land.
YA FIC SCH
Schrefer, Eliot
The School for Dangerous Girls
Who knows what goes on behind the doors of The School for Dangerous Girls? The school"s
mission is clear: to take girls who've caused trouble and to reform them into model citizens. Its
methods? No freedom. No medication. No leniency. Some girls are meant to get better. And, as
Angela is about to learn, some girls are meant to fail. Because enrolling in The School for
Dangerous Girls might be the most dangerous thing of all.…
YA FIC SCH
Schmidt, Gary
Trouble
Climbing Katahdin, the highest mountain in Maine, is the goal that Henry sets himself when his
brother dies following a car accident. Along with his dog, his best friend, and—surprisingly—the
Cambodian boy whose car was involved in the fatal accident, Henry experiences a journey that is
both physically daunting and spiritually exhilarating. The writing combines breathtaking nature
imagery and hilarious comedy, as only Gary Schmidt can.
YA MYS SCH Schrefer, Eliot The Deadly Sister
Abby Goodwin is sure her sister Maya isn't a murderer. But her parents don't agree. Her friends
don't agree. And the cops definitely don't agree. Maya is a drop-out, a stoner, a girl who's
obsessed with her tutor, Jefferson Andrews...until he ends up dead. Maya runs away, and leaves
Abby following the trail of clues. Each piece of evidence points to Maya, but it also appears that
Jefferson had secrets of his own. And enemies. Like his brother, who Abby becomes involved
with...until he falls under suspicion. Is Abby getting closer to finding the true murderer? Or is
someone leading her down a twisted false path?
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YA FIC SCH
Schrefer, Eliot
Endangered
The Congo is a dangerous place, even for people who are trying to do good.
When one girl has to follow her mother to her sancuary for bonobos, she's not thrilled to be there.
It's her mother's passion, and she'd rather have nothing to do with it. But when revolution breaks
out and their sanctuary is attacked, she must rescue the bonobos and hide in the jungle.
Together, they will fight to keep safe, to eat, and to survive.
YA FIC SCH Schreiber, Joe
Au Revoir Crazy European Chick
It’s prom night—and Perry just wants to stick to his own plan and finally play a muchanticipated
gig with his band in the Big Apple. But when his mother makes him take Gobija Zaksauskas—
their quiet, geeky Lithuanian exchange student—to the prom, he never expects that his ordinary
high school guy life will soon turn on its head. Perry finds that Gobi is on a mission, and Perry has
no other choice but to go along for a reckless ride through Manhattan’s concrete grid with a
trained assassin in Dad’s red Jag. Infused with capers, car chases, heists, hits, henchmen, and
even a bear fight, this story mixes romance, comedy, and tragedy in a true teen coming-of-age
adventure—and it’s not over until it’s “au revoir.”
YA FIC SCH
Schreiber, Joe
Perry’s Killer Playlist
When Perry ends up in Venice on a European tour with his band Inchworm, he can’t resist a visit
to Harry’s Bar, where Gobi told him she’d meet him someday. The last time he saw Gobi, five
people were assassinated one crazy night in New York City. Well . . . Gobi shows up, and once
again Perry is roped into a wild, nonstop thrill ride with a body count. Double crossings,
kidnappings, CIA agents, arms dealers, boat chases in Venetian canals, and a shootout in the
middle of a Santa Claus convention ensue.
YA FIC SCO
Scott, Elizabeth
Grace
Grace was raised to be an Angel, a herald of death by suicide bomb. But she refuses to die for
the cause, and now Grace is on the run, daring to dream of freedom. In search of a border she
may never reach, she travels among malevolent soldiers on a decrepit train crawling through the
desert. Accompanied by the mysterious Kerr, Grace struggles to be invisible, but the fear of
discovery looms large as she recalls the history and events that delivered her uncertain fate.
YA FIC SCO
Scott, Elizabeth
Living Dead Girl
When Alice was ten, Ray took her away from her family, her friends—her life. She learned to give
up all power, to endure all pain. She waited for the nightmare to be over. Now Alice is fifteen and
Ray still has her, but he speaks more and more of her death. He does not know it is what she
longs for. She does not know he has something more terrifying than death in mind for her. This is
Alice's story. It is one you have never heard, and one you will never, ever forget.
YA FIC SCO Scott, Elizabeth Miracle
Megan survived the plane crash—but can she survive the aftermath? An intense, emotional novel
from the author of The Unwritten Rule and Between Here and Forever. Megan is a miracle. At
least, that’s what everyone says. Having survived a plane crash that killed everyone else on
board, Megan knows she should be grateful just to be alive. But the truth is, she doesn’t feel like
a miracle. In fact, she doesn’t feel anything at all. Then memories from the crash start coming
back. Scared and alone, Megan doesn’t know whom to turn to. Her entire community seems
unable—or maybe unwilling—to see her as anything but Miracle Megan. Everyone except for
Joe, the beautiful boy next door with a tragic past and secrets of his own. All Megan wants is for
her life to get back to normal, but the harder she tries to live up to everyone’s expectations, the
worse she feels. And this time, she may be falling too fast to be saved...
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PB, FIC & YA FIC SEB
Sebold, Alice
The Lovely Bones
When we first meet 14-year-old Susie Salmon, she is already in heaven. This was before milk
carton photos and public service announcements, she tells us; back in 1973, when Susie
mysteriously disappeared, people still believed these things didn't happen. In the sweet,
untroubled voice of a precocious teenage girl, Susie relates the awful events of her death and her
own adjustment to the strange new place she finds herself. It looks a lot like her school
playground, with the good kind of swing sets. With love, longing, and a growing understanding,
Susie watches her family as they cope with their grief, her father embarks on a search for the
killer, her sister undertakes a feat of amazing daring, her little brother builds a fort in her honor
and begin the difficult process of healing.
YA FIC SED
Sedgwick, Marcus Revolver
Sig's father always used to tell him: "Even the dead tell stories." Revolver is a testament of Sig
finding out how true his father's saying is. A story played out in the frontier of Alaska, Sig is
struggling to deal with the loss of his father while being left alone while his step mother and sister
take the dog sled six miles into town for help with the body left behind. The ground is too frozen to
bury him even if they did have the manpower to do so. While Sig is waiting, his father lying
covered on the kitchen table, there is a knock at the door. This knock changes the course of Sig's
life forever. What lies beyond the door is a man who will make a wealth of claims about Sig's
family and some stolen gold that he has come to collect.
YA FIC SEP
Sepetys, Ruta
Between Shades of Gray
Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets
crushes on boys. Until one night when Soviet officers barge into her home, tearing her family from
the comfortable life they've known. Separated from her father, forced onto a crowded and dirty
train car, Lina, her mother, and her young brother slowly make their way north, crossing the Arctic
Circle, to a work camp in the coldest reaches of Siberia. Here they are forced, under Stalin's
orders, to dig for beets and fight for their lives under the cruelest of conditions.
Lina finds solace in her art, meticulously - and at great risk - documenting events by drawing,
hoping these messages will make their way to her father's prison camp to let him know they are
still alive. It is a long and harrowing journey, spanning years and covering 6,500 miles, but it is
through incredible strength, love, and hope that Lina ultimately survives.
YA FIC SEV
Walters, Eric
Between Heaven & Earth (Seven series)
DJ is David McLean's eldest grandson, so it stands to reason that he be the one to scatter his
beloved grandfather's ashes. At least that's how DJ sees it. He's always been the best at
everything--sports, school, looking after his fatherless family--so climbing Kilimanjaro is just
another thing he'll accomplish almost effortlessly. Or so he thinks, until he arrives in Tanzania and
everything starts to go wrong. He's detained at immigration, he gets robbed, his climbing group
includes an old lady and he gets stuck with the first ever female porter. Forced to go polepole
(slowly), DJ finds out the hard way that youth, fitness level and drive have nothing to do with
success on the mountain--or in life.
YA FIC SEV
Staunton, Ted
Jump Cut (Seven series)
Spencer loves movies, but real life is boring, right? When his late grandfather's will reveals the
tasks he wants his grandsons to undertake, Spencer thinks he got screwed. He's not going to
France or Spain or Africa. He's not even getting a cool tattoo, like his younger brother. No, he's
going to Buffalo to get a kiss from an ancient movie star. Gross. And he's supposed to film it.
Grosser. But Spencer hasn't bargained on Gloria Lorraine, star of the silver screen back in the
day. Gloria has big plans--plans that involve her granddaughter AmberLea, a gun, a baker who
might be a gangster, some real gangsters and a road trip to Nowheresville, Ontario. After being
shot at, jumping into an icy lake and confronting some angry bikers, Spencer finally realizes that
real life can be as exciting (and dangerous) as reel life.
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YA FIC SEV
Scrimger, Richard Ink Me (Seven series)
Bunny (real name Bernard) doesn't understand why his late grandfather wants him to get a tattoo.
Actually, Bunny doesn't understand a lot of things, so it's good that his older brother, Spencer, is
happy to explain things to him. But this is a task Bunny is supposed to do on his own, and nobody
is more surprised than Bunny when, after he gets tattooed, he is befriended by a kid named
Jaden and adopted into Jaden's gang. The gang hangs out at a gym, where Bunny learns to fight,
but when it finally dawns on him that the gang is involved in some pretty shady and dangerous
business, Bunny is torn between his loyalty to his new friends and doing what he knows is right.
YA FIC SEV
Brouwer, Sigmund Devil’s Pass (Seven Series)
Seventeen-year-old Webb's abusive stepfather has made it impossible for him to live at home, so
Webb survives on the streets of Toronto by busking with his guitar and working as a dishwasher.
When Webb's grandfather dies, his will stipulates that his grandsons fulfill specific requests.
Webb's task takes him to the Canol Trail in Canada's Far North, where he finds out that there are
much scarier things than the cold and the occasional grizzly bear. With a Native guide, two
German tourists and his guitar for company, Webb is forced to confront terrible events in his
grandfather's past and somehow deal with the pain and confusion of his own life.
YA FIC SEV
McClintock, Norah
Close to the Heel (Seven series)
No one is more surprised than Rennie to hear that his late grandfather, whom he hardly knew,
has left a mission for him to fulfill. Rennie is to fly to Iceland and deliver a message from beyond
the grave, but when he gets there, nothing is simple or straightforward. For one thing, Brynja, the
teenage daughter of the family he's staying with, is downright hostile. Her father Einar, who is to
be Rennie's guide in Iceland, is preoccupied with looking after his elderly father-in-law, an old
friend of Rennie's grandfather. Bored and a little bit annoyed, Rennie explores the town and
becomes aware that the family is dealing with more than their grief over Brynja's mother's death
the year before. Before he realizes what is happening, his curiosity puts Rennie in grave danger,
with no one to trust and no one to save him except himself.
YA FIC SEV
Peacock, Shane Last Message (Seven series)
Adam has a good life in Buffalo: great parents, a cute girlfriend, adequate grades. He's not the
best at anything, but he's not the worst either. He secretly lusts after Vanessa, the hottest girl in
school, and when his dead grandfather's will stipulates that he go on a mission to France, Adam
figures he might just have a chance to impress Vanessa and change his life from good to great.
When he gets to France, he discovers he has not one but three near-impossible tasks before him.
He also discovers a dark and shameful episode from his grandfather's past, something Adam is
supposed to make amends for. But how can he do that when he barely speaks the language and
his tasks become more and more dangerous? Despite the odds, Adam finds a way to fulfill his
grandfather's wishes and, in the process, become worthy of bearing his name.
YA FIC SEV
Wilson, John Lost Cause (Seven series)
Steve thinks a trip to Europe is out of the question--until he hears his grandfather's will. Suddenly
he's off to Spain, armed with only a letter from his grandfather that sends him to a specific
address in Barcelona. There he meets a girl named Laia and finds a trunk containing some of his
grandfather's possessions, including a journal he kept during the time he fought with the
International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. Steve decides to trace his grandfather's footsteps
through Spain, and with Laia's help, he visits the battlefields and ruined towns that shaped his
grandfather's young life, and begins to understand the power of history and the transformative
nature of passion for a righteous cause.
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YA FIC SHA
Shaw, Susan
One of the Survivors
Anger. Sadness. Rage. Grief. Guilt. Joey Campbell experiences them all, even though he knows
what he should really feel is lucky. Lucky to have survived the fire that burned Village Park High
School to the ground. Lucky that his best friend, Maureen, also survived, when no one else in his
freshman history class managed to make it out alive. Writing in a journal provides some solace,
but Joey knows that redemption lies with the living. If only the living students and parents didn't
blame him for the fire...
YA FIC SHA
Shaw, Susan Tunnel Vision
On her way home one evening, Liza has to force her way through a group of men in a train
underpass. She doesn’t think anything of it, but when her mom is shot dead moments later, Liza’s
world turns upside down. Even worse, Liza was really the target. Only hours after her mother’s
death, Liza is nearly killed again and she and her dad are placed in the witness protection
program. Leaving everything she’s ever known behind, Liza and her dad pick up and move, never
staying in one place for long. It’s too big of a risk—and Liza’s worst fear is realized when she gets
recognized. The would-be killer is still on their trail, so all Liza and her dad can do is keep running.
Unsure whom to trust and where to go, they’re just trying to stay alive….
YA FIC SHE
Shepard, Jim
Project X
Below the sign welcoming the new eighth-grade class to school is one that promises to leave no
child unsuccessful and a handout that offers eight ways of being smart. For Edwin Hanratty, at
times as hilarious as he is miserable, this is part of what makes junior high pretty much a
relentless nightmare. And so, with Flake, his only friend, he contends with clique upon clique—the
jocks who pummel them, the girls who ignore or taunt them—as well as the dogged and
disconcerting attentions of a sixth-grader who’s even more ferociously disaffected than they are.
And while Edwin’s parents work hard to understand him, they face without fully realizing it a
demoralization so systemic that he and Flake have no recourse other than their own bitter and
smart remarks, until they gradually begin flirting with the most horrible revenge of all.
Tween & YA FIC SHU
Shusterman, Neal
Shadow Club
A high school boy and his friends decide to form a club of "second bests" and play anonymous
tricks on each other's arch rivals. When the harmless pranks become life-threatening, however,
no one in the club will admit responsibility.
YA FIC SHU
Shusterman, Neal
Bruiser
Tennyson:
Don't get me started on the Bruiser. He was voted "Most Likely to Get the Death Penalty" by the
entire school. He's the kid no one knows, no one talks to, and everyone hears disturbing rumors
about. So why is my sister, Bronte, dating him? One of these days she's going to take in the
wrong stray dog, and it's not going to end well.
Bronte:
My brother has no right to talk about Brewster that way—no right to threaten him. There's a
reason why Brewster can't have friends—why he can't care about too many people. Because
when he cares about you, things start to happen. Impossible things that can't be explained. I
know, because they're happening to me.
YA FIC SHU
Shusterman, Neal
Everlost (Skinjacker Trilogy v. 1)
When Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash they find themselves in a kind of limbo called
Everlost, superimposed on but invisible to the world of the living and populated by the spirits of
children and teenagers. The two young people make their way to the ghostly Twin Towers in New
York City, where a girl named Mary tenderly presides over a community of these "Afterlights."
Nick falls in love with Mary and is ready to settle in, but Allie is determined to somehow claw her
way back to the world of the living. She sets out to find the Haunter, who knows how to pull things
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out of the living world, and finds out how to "skinjack," entering the bodies of the living. She also
encounters the McGill, a gruesome monster who captains a ghost pirate ship, and she and Nick
discover there may be worse things than being dead.
YA FIC SHU
Shusterman, Neal
Everwild (Skinjacker Trilogy v. 2)
Everlost, the limbo land of dead children, is at war. Nick the “Chocolate Ogre” wants to help the
children of Everlost reach the light at the end of the tunnel. Mary Hightower, self-proclaimed
queen of lost children and dangerous fanatic, is determined to keep Everlost’s children trapped
within its limbo for all eternity. Traveling in the memory of the Hindenburg, Mary is spreading her
propaganda and attracting Afterlights to her cause at a frightening speed.
Meanwhile, Allie the Outcast travels home to seek out her parents, along with Mikey, who was
once the terrifying monster the McGill. Allie is tempted by the seductive thrill of skinjacking the
living, until she discovers the shocking truth about skinjackers.
YA FIC SHU
Shusterman, Neal
Everfound (Skinjacker Trilogy v. 3)
While Mary lies in a glass coffin aboard a ghost train heading west, her minions are awaiting her
re-awakening by bringing lots of new souls into Everlost to serve her. Meanwhile Jackin’ Jill has
met Jix, a fur-jacker—a skin jacker who can take over the bodies of animals, most notably jaguars.
Jix serves a Mayan god who collects Everlost coins to use in his Wurlitzer, which predicts the
future. In the concluding volume of The Skinjacker Trilogy, Neal Shusterman reveals new sides of
the characters of Everlost, who are pitted against each other in a battle that may destroy all life on
Earth.
YA FIC SIN
Singleton, Linda Joy
Don’t Die Dragonfly
After getting kicked out of school and sent to live with her grandmother, Sabine Rose is
determined to become a "normal" teenage girl. She hides her psychic powers from everyone,
even from her grandmother Nona, who also has "the gift." Having a job at the school newspaper
and friends like Penny-Love, a popular cheerleader, have helped Sabine fit in at her new school.
She has even managed to catch the eye of the adorable Josh DeMarco.
Yet, Sabine can't seem to get the bossy voice of Opal, her spirit guide, out of her head . . . or the
disturbing images of a girl with a dragonfly tattoo. Suspected of a crime she didn't commit, Sabine
must find the strength to defend herself and, later, save a friend from certain danger.
YA SF SIM Simmons, Kristen
Article 5
New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have been abandoned. The Bill of Rights has
been revoked, and replaced with the Moral Statutes. There are no more police—instead, there
are soldiers. There are no more fines for bad behavior—instead, there are arrests, trials, and
maybe worse. People who get arrested usually don't come back. Seventeen-year-old Ember
Miller is old enough to remember that things weren’t always this way. Living with her rebellious
single mother, it’s hard for her to forget that people weren’t always arrested for reading the wrong
books or staying out after dark. It’s hard to forget that life in the United States used to be different.
Ember has perfected the art of keeping a low profile. She knows how to get the things she needs,
like food stamps and hand-me-down clothes, and how to pass the random home inspections by
the military. Her life is as close to peaceful as circumstances allow. That is, until her mother is
arrested for noncompliance with Article 5 of the Moral Statutes. And one of the arresting officers
is none other than Chase Jennings…the only boy Ember has ever loved.
YA SF SIM Simmons, Kristen
Breaking Point
After faking their deaths to escape from prison in Article 5, Ember Miller and Chase Jennings
have only one goal: to lay low until the Federal Bureau of Reformation forgets they ever existed.
Near-celebrities now for the increasingly sensationalized tales of their struggles with the
government, Ember and Chase are recognized and taken in by the Resistance—an underground
organization working to systematically take down the government. At headquarters, all eyes are
on the sniper, an anonymous assassin taking out FBR soldiers one by one. Rumors are flying
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about the sniper's true identity, and Ember and Chase welcome the diversion….Until the
government posts its most-wanted list, and their number one suspect is Ember herself. Orders
are shoot to kill, and soldiers are cleared to fire on suspicion alone. Suddenly Ember can’t even
step onto the street without fear of being recognized, and “laying low” is a joke. Even members of
the Resistance are starting to look at her sideways. With Chase urging her to run, Ember must
decide: Go into hiding…or fight back?
YA SF SLE
Sleator, William
Test
Ann, a teenage girl living in the security-obsessed, elitist United States of the very near future, is
threatened on her way home from school by a mysterious man on a black motorcycle. Soon, she
and a new friend are caught up in a vast conspiracy of greed involving the megawealthy owner of
a school testing company. Students who pass his test have it made; those who don't
disappear . . . or worse. Will Ann be next?
YA SF SMI
Smith, Alexander Gordon
Furnace v. 1)
Lockdown (Escape From
Furnace Penitentiary is the world’s most secure prison for young offenders, buried a mile beneath
the earth’s surface. Alex Sawyer is the “new fish.” Convicted of a murder he didn’t commit,
sentenced to life without parole, he knows he has two choices: find a way out, or resign himself to
death in the darkness at the bottom of the world. Except in Furnace, death is the least of his
worries. The prison is a place of pure evil, where inhuman creatures in gas masks stalk the
corridors at night, where giants in black suits drag screaming inmates into the shadows, where
deformed beasts can be heard howling from the blood-drenched tunnels below.
Escape is Alex’s only option. But it’s not just about saving his own skin. The more he discovers,
the more he understands that he is going to have to do whatever it takes to expose this nightmare
hidden from the eyes of the world.
YA SF SMI Smith, Alexander Gordon
Solitary (Escape From Furnace v. 2)
Thrown into solitary confinement for his failed escape attempt from furnace prison, Alex Sawyer
struggles not to let the hellish pitch-black silence overwhelm him. Before another escape attempt
is even possible, he must first survive the nightmare that now haunts his endless nights. Because
the hole doesn’t need monsters to do its dirty work — not the usual brutes in black suits and their
silver-eyed, fleshless hounds, or wheezing freaks with filthy syringes. All it needs is Alex and his
own fears, now that he’s seen firsthand the terrible fate awaiting him and his mates in Furnace’s
secret tunnels and labs.
YA SF SMI Smith, Alexander Gordon
Furnace v. 3)
Death Sentence (Escape From
Alex’s second attempt to break out of Furnace Penitentiary failed. This time, his punishment will
be much worse than before. Because in the hidden, bloodstained laboratories beneath the prison,
he will be made into a monster. As the warden pumps something evil into his veins—a sinisterly
dark nectar—Alex becomes what he most fears . . . a superhuman minion of Furnace. How can
he escape when the darkness is inside him? How can he lead the way to freedom if he is lost to
himself?
YA SF SMI
Smith, Alexander
Fugitives (Escape From Furnace v. 4)
Forever altered by his experience in Furnace Penetentiary, Alex has done the impossible and
escaped. But the battle for freedom is only just beginning. Charged with his superhuman abilities,
Alex must uncover the last of Furnace’s secrets—the truth about the man who built the prison, the
man known as Alfred Furnace. And to do that he must stop running and finally confront his
greatest fears.
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YA SF SMI
v 5)
Smith, Alexander Gordon
Execution (Escape From Furnace
Alex Sawyer has escaped his underground nightmare to discover the whole world has become a
prison, and Alfred Furnace is its master. Monsters rule the streets, leaving nothing but murder in
their wake. Those who do not die become slaves to Furnace’s reign of cruelty. Alex is a monster
too. He is the only one who can stop Furnace but in doing so he could destroy everything. Is he
the executed or the executioner? Who will die? All Alex knows is that one way or another, it all
ends now.
YA FIC SMI
Smith, Andrew
Grasshopper Jungle
In the small town of Ealing, Iowa, Austin and his best friend, Robby, have accidentally unleashed
an unstoppable army. An army of horny, hungry, six-foot-tall praying mantises that only want to
do two things.
This is the truth. This is history.
It’s the end of the world. And nobody knows anything about it.
You know what I mean.
YA FIC SMI
Smith, Cynthia Leitich
Tantalize
Quincie Morris has never felt more alone. Her parents are dead, and her hybrid-werewolf first
love is threatening to embark on a rite of passage that will separate them forever. Then, as she
and her uncle are about to unveil their hot vampire-themed restaurant, a brutal murder leaves
them scrambling for a chef. Can Quincie transform their new hire into a culinary Dark Lord before
opening night? Can he wow the crowd in his fake fangs, cheap cape, and red contact lenses - or
is there more to this earnest face than meets the eye? As human and preternatural forces clash,
a deadly love triangle forms, and the line between predator and prey begins to blur. Who's
playing whom? And how long can Quincie play along before she loses everything?
YA FIC SMI
Smith, Roland
Jack’s Run
Kidnapped by drug czar Alonzo Asnar and held hostage in Argentina, Jack and his sister Joanne
attempt a daring escape while their parents, aided by some old friends, set out to rescue them.
Tween FIC SMI
Smith, Roland
Peak
The emotional, tension-filled story of a fourteen-year-old boy's attempt to be the youngest person
to reach the top of Mount Everest.
Tween & YA FIC SMI
Smith, Roland
Elephant Run
Fourteen-year-old Nick Freestone is sent from London in 1941 by his mother to protect him from
the German air raids. As he arrives in Burma to live with his father on the family teak plantation,
he is thrust from one theatre of war directly into another. Though Nick had been eagerly
anticipating the opportunity to reconnect with his father and learn about the management of the
family plantation, particularly the elephants used to harvest the teak, this is not to be. Now safe
from the German army, he and his father are taken prisoner by the Japanese army. Nick is kept
on as slave labor at the plantation while his father is sent to a POW camp nearby. Maya, the
beautiful sister of one the plantation elephant handlers, is imprisoned at the plantation as well.
Her beauty draws her unwanted attention and puts her in danger. As one of her captors escalates
his advances towards her; Nick’s father is becoming sicker and sicker in the POW camp. Nick
and Maya decide they must escape. With the help of a local monk and one of the plantation
elephants, Nick and Maya attempt to escape, taking Nicks father with them.
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Smith, Sherri
Orleans
First came the storms. Then came the Fever. And the Wall. After a string of devastating
hurricanes and a severe outbreak of Delta Fever, the Gulf Coast has been quarantined. Years
later, residents of the Outer States are under the assumption that life in the Delta is all but
extinct…but in reality, a new primitive society has been born. Fen de la Guerre is living with the
O-Positive blood tribe in the Delta when they are ambushed. Left with her tribe leader’s newborn,
Fen is determined to get the baby to a better life over the wall before her blood becomes tainted.
Fen meets Daniel, a scientist from the Outer States who has snuck into the Delta illegally.
Brought together by chance, kept together by danger, Fen and Daniel navigate the wasteland of
Orleans. In the end, they are each other’s last hope for survival.
YA MYS SNI Sniegoski, Tom Sleeper Code (Sleeper Code v. 1)
Teenager Tom Lovett suffers from a rare form of narcolepsy that can knock him out for days at a
time. At least, this is what his parents and doctors have always told him. But Tom’s about to make
a shocking discovery: He’s actually a sleeper assassin. His narcoleptic "fits" are cover for his
horrific missions. In fact, his entire life has been a lie. The truth is, Tom shares a body with Tyler
Garrett, a separate personality who has committed coldblooded murder without a second thought.
Now, Tom is on a mission to take down the evil agency that created him. But can he also fight the
evil within himself?
YA MYS SNI
Sniegoski, Tom
Sleeper Agenda (Sleeper Code v. 2)
Teenager Tom Lovett suffers from a rare form of narcolepsy that can knock him out for days at a
time. At least, this is what his parents and doctors have always told him. But Tom’s about to make
a shocking discovery: He’s actually a sleeper assassin. His narcoleptic "fits" are cover for his
horrific missions. In fact, his entire life has been a lie. The truth is, Tom shares a body with Tyler
Garrett, a separate personality who has committed cold-blooded murder without a second
thought. Now, Tom is on a mission to take down the evil agency that created him. But can he also
fight the evil within himself?
YA FIC SNI
Sniegoski, Thomas
Legacy
What if you found out your deadbeat father is a superhero? Would you leave your small-town life
to take up the mantle of a father you never knew? For 18-year-old Lucas, the choice is an easy
one: he’s not going to leave behind his mother and his comfortable life for a father who’s never
shown any interest in him. But his father—known officially as billionaire Clayton Hartwell, and
secretly as the vigilante superhero The Raptor—tells Lucas that as he is dying, evil is growing,
and the world needs Lucas to become the new Raptor. When Lucas’s mother is killed by
mysterious warriors, he realizes that his father is right. Once in Seraph City, Lucas is stunned by
the amount of poverty and crime. But after observing his father’s “heroic” behavior up close,
Lucas is left wondering about the line between good and evil. And eventually, he must decide
whether to take a stand against the one man who loves him in order to defend a world that
desperately needs him.
Tween & YA FIC SNO
Snow, Maya
Sisters of the Sword
Kimi dreams of being a great samurai warrior, but she and her sister, Hana, are young ladies of
feudal Japan, daughters of the Jito of the province. Her future seems clear: Girls do not become
samurai. Then, betrayal shatters the sisters' world. Their power-hungry uncle murders their
father, and their mother and little brother mysteriously disappear. Determined to seek revenge
and restore their honor, they disguise themselves as boys to train at a school for samurai. Kimi
and Hana are thrown headlong into a life of warrior codes, sharp swords, and shadowy figures—
as they work with fierce determination to avenge the brutal wrongs done to their family. In a flash,
life has swept them into a terrible adventure, more heart-pounding than Kimi and Hana ever could
have imagined . . . and once it has been set in motion, nothing will ever be the same.
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YA MYS SOR
Sorrells, Walter
Fake I.D.
Sixteen-year-old Chastity and her mother have been on the run since Chass was a baby,
assuming new identities in every town. She doesn't know why they are running, who her father is,
or even her real name. On the night of Chass's sixteenth birthday, her mother disappears. Police
find her abandoned car, blood matching her DNA, and a purse containing six ID cards. Chass
doesn't believe her mother is dead, only that she had to run again. If Chastity doesn't find her
mother in six days, she'll be put into foster care—that is, if she isn't murdered first.
YA MYS SOR
Sorrells, Walter
Club Dread
Club Dread continues the story of Chastity, who has been on the run with her mother ever since
she can remember. They have just settled in San Francisco, where Chass is starting her own
band. But then Chass witnesses the murder of pop star Josh Emmit and gets involved in the
dangerous underground club scene. If Chass can solve the murder, then she and her mom can
stay in San Francisco. But if her cover is blown, the man who has been hunting them will find
them again. And this time, they may not be lucky enough to survive.
YA MYS SOR
Sorrells, Walter
Silent Room
Oz never imagined things could get this bad. Just months after his father’s death, his mother has
married a controlling, brutal man. But nothing prepares Oz for getting framed for drug possession.
Or being abducted while his mom looks on. Suddenly Oz finds himself at Briarwood School,
which is really a prison. Cut off from the rest of the world, subjected to vicious punishments with
no hope of escape, Oz uncovers the dark truth: his stepfather is behind it all. But why? If Oz
doesn’t figure out a way to get out, and fast, he—and his mom—could end up dead.
YA MYS SOR
Sorrells, Walter
First Shot
Two years ago, David Crandall's mother was murdered—and with little evidence, no witnesses,
and no motive, the crime was left unsolved. Now a high school senior, David is unable to shake
the sense that someone knows more than they're letting on. His suspicion deepens as he
uncovers clues to a scandalous family secret involving embezzlement. But when he spies his
father burying an old rifle in a deserted lot during a rainstorm, suspicion turns to fear. Is his own
father the killer?
YA FIC SPR
Spradlin, Michael P.
Live and Let Shop (Spy Goddess v. 1)
Rachel Buchanan, 15, is Blackthorn Academy's newest student. Arrested in California for grand
theft auto, the wealthy teen is sent to this Pennsylvania boarding school to avoid a sentence in
juvenile detention. It is here that Rachel's life changes forever. Blackthorn Academy is no
ordinary boarding school, and Jonathon Kim is no ordinary headmaster. Rachel's penchant for
discovering the truth leads her unwittingly into her first mission-to save the Book of Seraphim-and
ultimately to uncover Kim's secret. A former FBI special agent, the headmaster runs a covert
operation through the school to protect the world from Simon Blankenship, another former
Special Forces agent who believes he is the mythical underworld god, Mithras, reborn and
destined to rule the world.
YA FIC SPR
Goddess v. 2)
Spradlin, Michael
To Hawaii With Love (Spy
Hawaii, here I come! So, it turns out I'm this reincarnated goddess. Whatever that means. Of
course, being a goddess apparently doesn't come with perfect hair or decent skin or even any
neat-o superpowers. Nope. Apparently the only thing I get for being a goddess is one stark-raving
mad nemesis -- in this case, the old bull god Mithras, or at least this lunatic named Simon
Blankenship, who thinks he's the present-day reincarnation of Mithras. And the only thing
standing between him and total world domination? Oh, right: me. As if! So now we have to find
these seven talismans of power before he does. On the plus side, it turns out that one of them is
in Hawaii . . . and hey, I bet we could fit some surfing in around saving the world, right? Well, a
goddess has got to do what a goddess has got to do!
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YA FIC SPR Springer, Nancy My Sister’s Stalker
Since their parents' divorce, sixteen-year-old Rig and his sister, Karma, have drifted apart. Now
she is in college; too busy to even return Rig's calls. So one day he Googles her and discovers a
web site "shrine" filled with photos of his sister. His mother thinks it's romantic, but Rig finds the
whole thing creepy; and much to his surprise, his judgmental, estranged father shares Rig's
concerns. Together, they fly out to Karma's college to investigate. The website grows increasingly
disturbing, with voyeuristic photos and angry rants. Then Rig is attacked at knifepoint. Frustrated
by the authorities' maddeningly slow response, Rig sets off on his own to try to find his sister's
stalker before it's too late.
YA MYS SPR
Springer, Nancy
Blood Trail
Jeremy and Aaron, 17, have been inseparable since second grade. Now Aaron has been brutally
murdered, his body mutilated with 73 knife wounds. In small-town Pinto River, rumors abound
and spread like wildfire. First there is total disbelief that this could happen. Then the community is
sure that a psychotic serial killer is on the loose. But Jeremy has kept one small fact from the
police: Aaron told him that he was afraid of his twin brother, Nathan.
YA FIC STE
Stevenson, Robin
Dead in the Water
In Dead in the Water, Stone has barely arrived in St. Marks, a lovely Caribbean island nation, on
a sailing vacation when something very strange happens: A beautiful young woman sails into the
harbor, entirely alone on a large yacht. The problem is, though she arrived alone, she had
departed the other side of the Atlantic in the company of her husband, a well-known writer, who is
no longer in evidence. Evidence is what fascinates Stone Barrington, and before many pages
have been turned, he is all that stands between the apparently innocent Allison Manning and the
patently evil intent of Sir Winston, whose motives are unclear.
Tween & YA SF STE
Society
Stewart, Trenton Lee
The Mysterious Benedict
Dozens of children respond to this peculiar ad in the newspaper and are then put through a series
of mind-bending tests, which readers take along with them. Only four children-two boys and two
girls-succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and
inventive children could complete. To accomplish it they will have to go undercover at the
Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules. But what
they'll find in the hidden underground tunnels of the school is more than your average school
supplies. So, if you're gifted, creative, or happen to know Morse Code, they could probably use
your help.
Tween & YA SF STE Stewart, Trenton Lee Mysterious Benedict Society
and the Perilous Journey (Mysterious Benedict Society v. 2)
The fabulous foursome readers embraced as The Mysterious Benedict Society is back with a new
mission, significantly closer to home. After reuniting for a celebratory scavenger hunt, Reynie,
Kate, Sticky, and Constance are forced to go on an unexpected search--a search to find Mr.
Benedict. It seems that while he was preparing the kids' adventure, he stepped right into a trap
orchestrated by his evil twin Mr. Curtain. With only one week to find a captured Mr. Benedict, the
gifted foursome faces their greatest challenge of all--a challenge that will reinforce the reasons
they were brought together in the first place and will require them to fight for the very namesake
that united them.
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Tween & YA SF STE Steward, Trenton Lee The Mysterious Benedict
Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma (Mysterious Benedict Society v. 3)
Reynie, Kate, Constance, and Sticky return for a third adventure. This time, the megalomaniac
Ledroptha Curtain schemes to regain his deadly Whisperer machine. As Constance develops her
powers of mental telepathy, Reynie and the others use their gifted minds to puzzle through
Curtain's master plan even as they fall prey to his kidnapping attempt. Imprisoned by wellmeaning and sinister characters alike, the Society members face choices that test their loyalty as
well as their intellect.
YA FIC STI Stiefvater, Maggie The Dream Thieves (Raven Cycle v. 2)
Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue,
and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and
his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Meanwhile, some very sinister people
are looking for some of the same pieces of the Cabeswater puzzle that Gansey is after…
YA FIC STO
Stolarz, Laurel Faria
Project 17
High atop Hathorne Hill, near Boston, sits Danvers State Hospital. Built in 1878 and closed in
1992, this abandoned mental institution is rumored to be the birthplace of the lobotomy. Locals
have long believed the place to be haunted. They tell stories about the unmarked graves in the
back, of the cold spots felt throughout the underground tunnels, and of the treasures found inside:
patients' personal items like journals, hair combs, and bars of soap, or even their old medical
records, left behind by the state for trespassers to view. On the eve of the hospital's demolition,
six teens break in to spend the night and film a movie about their adventures. For Derik, it's an
opportunity to win a filmmaking contest and save himself from a future of flipping burgers at his
parents' diner. For the others, it's a chance to be on TV, or a night with no parents. But what
starts as a playful dare quickly escalates into a frenzy of nightmarish action. Behind the crumbling
walls, down every dark passageway, and in each deserted room, they will unravel the mysteries
of those who once lived there and the spirits who still might.
YA FIC STO
Stolarz, Laurie Faria
Deadly Little Voices
High school junior Camelia thought her powers of psychometry only gave her the ability to sense
the future through touch. But now she’s started to hear voices. Mean voices. Berating her, telling
her how ugly she is, and that she’d be better off dead. It’s a troubling development that has
Camelia terrified for her mental stability, especially since her deranged aunt with a suicidal history
has just moved into the family house. More torturing, ex-boyfriend Ben, who has similar
psychometric abilities, has been spending more time with their classmate Alejandra.
With the line between right and wrong fraying, Camelia turns to pottery to get a grasp on her
emotions. She begins sculpting a beautiful figure skater, only to receive frightening premonitions
that someone’s in danger. But who is the victim? And how can Camelia help them when she is on
the brink of losing her own sanity?
YA FIC STR Strasnick, Lauren
Her and Me and You
I met Fred first.Fred: Hot. Enigmatic. Alex’s first friend in her lonely new town. Maybe her
first…everything. I met Adina the following Monday. Adina: Fred’s twin sister. Cold.
Troubled. Trouble. I kissed him. She pressed her mouth to my mouth. People warn Alex to steer
clear of the twins, but Alex is drawn to them. She wants to be part of their crazy world…no matter
the consequences.
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YA FIC STR
Strasser, Todd
The Wave
The powerful forces of group pressure that pervaded many historic movements such as Nazism
are recreated in the classroom when history teacher Burt Ross introduces a "new" system to his
students. And before long "The Wave," with its rules of "strength through discipline, community,
and action, " sweeps from the classroom through the entire school. As most of the students join
the movement, Laurie Saunders and David Collins recognize the frightening momentum of "The
Wave" and realize they must stop it before it's too late.
YA FIC STR
Strasser, Todd
Slide or Die (DriftX v. 1)
Kennin is new to Sin City, running from a tragic past and anxious to start a life outside the
gearhead crowd. But he can't resist the lure of all the hot, tricked-out cars in Las Vegas. When
Kennin accidentally proves his talent, he's pulled into a tsuiso battle against the toughest drivers
around. The competition is cutthroat, and Kennin's outsider status only makes it worse. With ugly
rivalries and vicious sabotage all around him, Kennin's ride will be gut-wrenchingly dangerous...
and totally amping.
YA FIC STR
Strasser, Todd
Battle Drift (DriftX v. 2)
Kennin's gaining popularity with the gearheads, and the word on the street is all about his sweet
driving skills. Everyone wants a piece of him, but to go legit, he's got to give up the illegal
tsuisos...and the major cash involved with them. But when his sister's creep boyfriend starts
trouble, Kennin realizes that he's got to do what's right for his family — even though it won't be
easy. Kennin's ride may be amping, but his decisions may ultimately spell disaster.
YA FIC STR
Strasser, Todd Sidewayz Glory (DriftX v. 3)
The cops cracked down on illegal races, and now the only street racing around is at the hottest
casino on the strip. The casino owner is starting his own high-stakes, high-payoff drift team —
and there's little he wouldn't do to have Sin City's best drifter. Kennin's under pressure to quit the
scene and get his life back on track. But when he's offered five grand to fix his ride — and the
promise of enough cash to take care of his problems — Kennin knows exactly what he has to do.
No matter what the catch.
YA FIC STR
Strasser, Todd
No Place
It seems like Dan has it all. He’s a baseball star who hangs with the popular crowd and dates the
hottest girl in school. Then his family loses their home. Forced to move into the town’s Tent City,
Dan feels his world shifting. His friends try to pretend that everything’s cool, but they’re not the
ones living among the homeless. As Dan struggles to adjust to his new life, he gets involved with
the people who are fighting for better conditions and services for the residents of Tent City. But
someone wants Tent City gone, and will stop at nothing until it’s destroyed…
YA FIC STR
Strasser, Todd
Boot Camp
In the middle of the night Garrett is taken from his home to Harmony Lake, a boot camp for
troubled teens. Maybe some kids deserve to be sent there, but Garrett knows he doesn't.
Subjected to brutal physical and psychological abuse, he tries to fight back, but the battle is futile.
He won't be allowed to leave until he's admitted his "mistakes" and conformed to Harmony Lake's
standards of behavior. And there's no way to fake it. Beaten, humiliated, and stripped of his pride,
Garrett's spirit is slowly ebbing away. Then he hears whispers of an escape plot. It's incredibly
risky -- if he's caught, the consequences will be unthinkable -- but it may be his only way out.
YA MYS STR
Strasser, Todd
Blood on my Hands
When Callie Carson discovers ice queen Katherine Remington-Day sprawled on the ground one
night, she bends down to help her. It’s only natural—the party’s been a bit wild, after all. And it’s
only natural for her to pull out the fake knife she discovers, irritated at one more example of
Katherine’s callous disregard of other people’s feelings. But the knife is real . . . and
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bloody. And then Callie hears the click of one cell phone, followed by another, and another. In
minutes, images of her holding the bloody knife have gone viral. Now wanted for murder, Callie
is on the run from the police. All the evidence points to her guilt, but she’s determined to prove
her innocence, which would mean . . . the real killer is still out there. Waiting.
YA FIC STR Stratton, Allan Borderline
Printz Honor–winner Stratton (Chanda's Secrets) explores the genesis of and fallout from racial
and religious discrimination in this thriller about a Muslim boy's life, which is turned on its head
when his father is accused of collaborating with Islamic terrorists in a plot to contaminate the
water supplies in New York City and Toronto. But 15-year-old Mohammed “Sami” Sabiri has more
to worry about than the resulting media circus and his father's incarceration. How can he avoid
being bullied at school? How will his mother support the family after being fired? And are the
allegations about his father true or are they the result of a scared community and a government
embracing prejudice at its worst? When Sami goes undercover to verify his father's innocence,
the story reaches a fist-clenching pinnacle before a conclusion that should defy readers'
expectations.
Tween & YA FIC STR
Stringer, Helen
The Midnight Gate
It’s been two months since Belladonna Johnson discovered she was the Spellbinder, and she’s
full of questions about her powers. When a ghost finds Belladonna and her classmate, Steve, and
gives them a mysterious map, the friends don’t know if they should be looking for or hiding from
the one person who holds the answers to Belladonna’s powers: the Queen of the Abyss. Throw
into the mix that Belladonna’s parents, who are ghosts, have disappeared and that her brand-new
and maybe even sinister foster family seems to know more than they’ll let on, and you have a
sequel made of high adventure and intrigue, seasoned with affecting characters and topped with
a dollop of wit.
YA FIC SUM
Suma, Nova Ren
Imaginary Girls
A sexy, surreal and touching exploration of the outer limits of sisterly love's power.
In upstate New York, Ruby and Chloe have reared themselves after being abandoned by their
useless drunk of a mother, and they nearly own their idyllic town. Ruby is a casually sultry beauty
whose magnetic appeal allows her to get her way in matters of fashion, finance and affection.
Ferociously protective of Chloe, who feels she's "a pencil drawing of a photocopy of a Polaroid" of
her sister, Ruby Makes Things Happen. When a fellow teen dies during a summer party at the
town's reservoir, where an entire neighboring town lies, silent and drowned, Chloe exiles herself
to Pennsylvania to live with her father. But two years later, Ruby calls her home to discover that
London, the girl who died at the party, is alive, and nobody remembers she was dead. Ruby is full
of even more odd stories and rules, and Chloe is torn between a dreadful curiosity—how are
Ruby, London and the reservoir connected?—and relief at being back in her sister's fierce, loving
orbit.
YA FIC SUM
Suma, Nova Ren
17 & Gone
Seventeen-year-old Lauren is having visions of girls who have gone missing. And all these girls
have just one thing in common—they are 17 and gone without a trace. As Lauren struggles to
shake these waking nightmares, impossible questions demand urgent answers: Why are the girls
speaking to Lauren? How can she help them? And . . . is she next? As Lauren searches for clues,
everything begins to unravel, and when a brush with death lands her in the hospital, a shocking
truth emerges, changing everything.
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YA FIC SUM
Summers, Courtney
This is Not a Test
It’s the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort
when the dead outside won’t stop pounding on the doors. One bite is all it takes to kill a person
and bring them back as a monstrous version of their former self. To Sloane Price, that doesn’t
sound so bad. Six months ago, her world collapsed and since then, she’s failed to find a reason
to keep going. Now seems like the perfect time to give up. As Sloane eagerly waits for the
barricades to fall, she’s forced to witness the apocalypse through the eyes of five people who
actually want to live. But as the days crawl by, the motivations for survival change in startling
ways and soon the group’s fate is determined less and less by what’s happening outside and
more and more by the unpredictable and violent bids for life—and death—inside. When
everything is gone, what do you hold on to?
YA FIC SUN
Sun, Amanda
Ink
On the heels of a family tragedy, Katie Greene must move halfway across the world. Stuck with
her aunt in Shizuoka, Japan, Katie feels lost. Alone. She doesn't know the language, she can
barely hold a pair of chopsticks and she can't seem to get the hang of taking her shoes off
whenever she enters a building. When Katie meets aloof but gorgeous Tomohiro, the star of the
school's kendo team, she is intrigued by him…and a little scared. His tough attitude seems meant
to keep her at a distance, and when they're near each other, strange things happen. Pens
explode. Ink drips from nowhere. And unless Katie is seeing things, drawings come to life.
Somehow Tomo is connected to the kami, powerful ancient beings who once ruled Japan—and
as feelings develop between Katie and Tomo, things begin to spiral out of control. The wrong
people are starting to ask questions, and if they discover the truth, no one will be safe.
Tween & YA FIC THO
Thomas, Rob
Green Thumb
On the best day of his life, 13-year-old Grady Jacobs is chosen to join Dr. Carter's research team
in the Brazilian rain forest. But once he arrives, Grady quickly discovers that Carter's experiments
are destroying the forest. He knows he must do something, so he joins forces with the Urah-wau
tribe of Indians to defeat Dr. Carter and stop his evil plans.
YA FIC THO Thomson, Sarah
Mercy: The Last New England Vampire
Fourteen-year-old Haley is struggling to cope with her stepmom and baby brother, with her
beloved cousin's terminal illness, and with dropping grades at school. When she digs deep into
her family history for a school project, she uncovers a disturbing New England tradition and a
ghostly past. Haley must overcome her doubts and confront a vampire in order to save herself
and her family.
YA FIC TRU
Trueman, Terry
Cruise Control
Paul McDaniel, a high school senior, is a grenade with his hand on the pin. Living in Seattle with
his mother, his sister, and his retarded brother nearly pushes him over the edge. He despises his
father for leaving the family, and he feels responsible for helping his mother with his brother. Paul
loves and defends Shawn, although he guiltily resents him at times wondering what his life would
be like without him. Sports, especially basketball, provide Paul with an outlet to release his
anxiety; still, he struggles with how his family situation will affect his future and his dreams of an
athletic scholarship to Georgetown University. His friends worry about Paul's angry demeanor,
and at times step in to keep him from inflicting pain on his provokers. However, when Paul's mom
confronts him with the reason his father "abandoned" the family, he is able to release the pent up
anger and view his situation from a more realistic and accurate perspective.
YA FIC TRU
Trueman, Terry
Inside Out
A sixteen-year-old with schizophrenia is caught up in the events surrounding an attempted
robbery by two other teens who eventually hold him hostage.
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Tullson, Diane
Lockdown
Adam, a teenager, attends what he thinks is just going to be another day of school. Along with the
other students and faculty, Adam soon realizes this is no normal day when the school is put on
lockdown because of an armed intruder. Adam and three classmates find themselves in trouble
when they cannot get into any classroom and must hide elsewhere. The terrified students soon
discover that Josh, a ridiculed classmate, is the gunman. When Adam learns this, he begins to
feel sorry for Josh and partly blames himself for not befriending him. Adam goes on a quest to
stop Josh not only from hurting or killing other students but also from killing himself.
YA FIC VAL
Valentine, Jenny
Me, The Missing & the Dead
Me: Lucas Swain—I'm nearly sixteen years old and live in London. I was fairly normal until the
night I found Violet. Then everything changed.
The Missing: Dad. He disappeared five years ago. Nobody knows what happened to him, and
nobody cares except me. It's enough to drive you crazy.
The Dead: That's Violet . . . in the urn. Speaking of crazy—I know she's trying to tell me
something, and I think it's about my father. . . .
A dead lady may not be much to go on, but my dad's out there somewhere, and it's up to me to
find out where.
YA FIC VAL
Valentine, Jenny
Broken Soup
Someone shoves a photo negative into Rowan's hands. She is distracted but, frankly, she has
larger problems to worry about. Her brother is dead. Her father has left. Her mother won't get out
of bed. She has to take care of her younger sister. And keep it all together . . . But Rowan is
curious about the mysterious boy and the negative. Who is he? Why did he give it to her? The
mystery only deepens when the photo is developed and the inconceivable appears. Everything is
about to change for Rowan. . . . Finally, something positive is in her life.
YA FIC VAL
Valentine, Jenny
Double
When the sixteen-year-old runaway Chap is mistaken for a missing boy named Cassiel, his life
changes dramatically. Chap takes on Cassiel's identity, gaining the family and friends he's always
dreamed of having. But becoming someone else isn't as easy as he hoped-and Chap isn't the
only one hiding a secret. As he teeters on the brink of discovery and begins to unravel the
mystery behind Cassiel's disappearance, Chap realizes that he's in much deeper danger than he
could have imagined. After all, you can't just steal a life and expect to get away with it.
YA FIC VAN Van Diepen, Allison
Takedown
Darren took the fall for Diamond Tony, the notorious head of the city’s drug cartel. Two years later,
Darren’s finally out of juvie and determined to get even. Working as an informant for the police,
Darren infiltrates Diamond Tony’s operation. But falling for sweet, innocent Jessica was not part
of that plan. She’s a distraction and a liability. She’s also everything Darren dreamed about while
he was locked up, and with her, he has the promise of a fresh start. When a deadly turf war
breaks out between Diamond Tony and the Bloods, Darren gets caught in the crossfire. The cops
think he’s playing both sides, and any mistake could be his last. Darren has to stay on his game if
he’s going to protect Jessica and if he’s going to stay alive.
YA FIC VAR
Varrato, Tony
Fakie
At first glance, Alex Miller seems like a typical teen - typical hair, typical clothes, typical hobbies.
Look closer, and you'll see that his life is anything but typical - for Alex, fitting in has become a
matter of life and death. The unfortunate witness to a murder, Alex can't forget the things he has
seen, and neither can the man he helped put in jail. The Witness Relocation Program has
changed the identities of Alex and his mother repeatedly, and they need to keep running to stay
one step ahead of his enemies. His latest identity as a skateboarder in Virginia Beach is no easy
ride - nosegrabs, ollies, and kickflips are all new to him. Alex has to catch on quickly to blend in but the biggest trick he'll have to master is staying alive.
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YA FIC VER Verday, Jessica
The Hollow (Hollow Trilogy v. 1)
When Abbey's best friend, Kristen, vanishes at the bridge near Sleepy Hollow Cemetery,
everyone else is all too quick to accept that Kristen is dead…and rumors fly that her death was no
accident. Abbey goes through the motions of mourning her best friend, but privately, she refuses
to believe that Kristen is really gone. Then she meets Caspian, the gorgeous and mysterious boy
who shows up out of nowhere at Kristen's funeral, and keeps reappearing in Abbey's life. Caspian
clearly has secrets of his own, but he's the only person who makes Abbey feel normal again...but
also special. Just when Abbey starts to feel that she might survive all this, she learns a secret
that makes her question everything she thought she knew about her best friend. How could
Kristen have kept silent about so much? And could this secret have led to her death? As Abbey
struggles to understand Kristen's betrayal, she uncovers a frightening truth that nearly unravels
her—one that will challenge her emerging love for Caspian, as well as her own sanity.
YA FIC VER
Verday, Jessica
The Haunted (Hollow Trilogy v. 2)
An impossible truth. An impossible love.
After a summer spent reclaiming her sanity and trying to forget the boy she fell in love with—the
boy who must not exist, cannot exist, because she knows that he is dead—Abbey returns to
Sleepy Hollow, ready to leave the ghosts of her past behind. She throws herself into her
schoolwork, her perfume-making, and her friendship with Ben, her cute and funny lab partner,
who just might be her ticket to getting over Caspian once and for all. But Abbey can never get
over Caspian, and Caspian has no choice but to return to her side, for Caspian is a Shade, and
Abbey is his destiny. They are tied not only to each other, but also to the town of Sleepy Hollow,
and to the famous legend that binds their fates—a legend whose dark truths they are only
beginning to guess....
YA FIC VER
Verday, Jessica
The Hidden (Hollow Trilogy v. 3)
Abbey knows that Caspian is her destiny. Theirs is a bond that transcends even death. But as
Abbey finally learns the full truth about the dark fate that links her to Caspian and ties them both
to the town of Sleepy Hollow, she suddenly has some very hard choices to make. Caspian may
be the love of her life, but is that love worth dying for?
YA FIC VOL
Volponi, Paul
Rooftop
After making some bad choices, Clay's parents enrolled him in a drug program and school for
troubled teens. Now preparing for the GED, an old familiar face comes back into Clay's life—his
cousin Addison. Clay has not seen Addison for years because of a family disagreement, but he
has ended up in the same program. While the severity of their offenses differ from each other
(Clay was caught smoking pot by his parents, while Addison was dealing crack), the two renew
their friendship. Shortly after they are reunited, Addison is shot by cops on a rooftop as Clay
stands nearby. While Addison was playing around and pretending his wallet was a gun (thus
leading the officers to believe he was armed), Clay is pressured into saying that Addison was
trying to show his ID. Clay immediately wishes he could take back the lie, but the situation
becomes more and more complicated than he can handle.
YA FIC VOL
Volpini, Paul Rucker Park Setup
Best friends Mackey and J.R. have waited their whole lives to win the basketball tournament at
Rucker Park, where their favorite pro ballers squared off against street legends. But the day of
their big game, J.R. is fatally stabbed—and it’s Mackey’s fault, even though he didn’t wield the
knife. Now Mackey has a score to settle, but the killer is watching his every move.
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YA FIC VRE Vrettos, Adrienne Maria
Sight
Fifteen-year-old Dylan has horrific visions of the last moments of a child's life -- a child who has
been abducted, kidnapped, or worse. Dylan gives the police valuable clues that help them to find
children's bodies, but she keeps the most personal information about these young victims to
herself. Dylan has become used to withholding her sight abilities -- even from her best friend,
Pilar -- but the weight of that secret is becoming almost more than she can bear.
Then Cate moves into Dylan's mountain town. Enthusiastic and friendly, Cate seems genuinely
interested in Dylan, who begins to reveal a bit about herself. But is Cate all that she seems to be?
It's not entirely clear...and it takes the disappearance of Pilar's little sister to finally open Dylan's
eyes. In a race against time to save a life, and desperate to focus her abilities so that she herself
can survive, Dylan is forced to see more clearly than she ever has before.
Tween & YA FIC WAL
Villainous Education
Walden, Mark
H.I.V.E. Higher Institute of
Otto Malpense may only be thirteen years old, but so far he has managed to run the orphanage
where he lives, and he has come up with a plan clever enough to trick the most powerful man in
the country. He is the perfect candidate to become the world's next supervillain. That is why he
ends up at H.I.V.E., handpicked to become a member of the incoming class. The students have
been kidnapped and brought to a secluded island inside a seemingly active volcano, where the
school has resided for decades. All the kids are elite; they are the most athletic, the most
technically advanced, and the smartest in the country. Inside the cavernous marble rooms, floodlit
hangars, and steel doors, the students are enrolled in Villainy Studies and Stealth and Evasion
101. But what Otto soon comes to realize is that this is a six-year program, and leaving is not an
option. With the help of his new friends: an athletic martial-arts expert; a world-famous, beautiful
diamond thief; and a spunky computer genius -- the only other people who seem to want to leave
-- can Otto achieve what has never been done before and break out of H.I.V.E.?
Tween & YA FIC WAL
v. 2)
Walden, Mark
The Overlord Protocol (H.I.V.E.
H.I.V.E. is not your typical school. It is the "higher institute of villainous education," and it trains
tomorrow's super villains. H.I.V.E. is where some parents send their too-smart children to keep
them from doing something illegal. The rest of the students have no idea how they ended up on
the school's rosters. Otto Malpense is one of those students. He is preternaturally smart, sees
algorithms in his head and can walk through laser beams, but all he wants to do is escape the
school. An opportunity presents itself when his best friend's father dies. Otto is allowed to travel
to Tokyo with Wing to attend the funeral services. While they are gone, their friends Laura and
Shelby uncover a plot to undermine the security system of the school and attack the boys.
Unbeknownst to Wing and Otto, the attack goes off as planned. Upon their arrival, they are
attacked by Cypher, one of the most devious masterminds on the villainous council. Wing is killed,
and Otto sets out on a mission to hunt down Cypher. But hunting down a super villain is not so
easy. Then Otto figures out that Cypher's target is actually the school. Otto is forced to team up
with Professor Pike, the head scientist/tactician to reboot the school's H.I.V.E. mind and bring
back its defenses. Will he finish the job before the school is infiltrated? Will Cypher use H.I.V.E.
as a base for evil? Can Otto find it in himself to avenge his friend's death?
Tween & YA FIC WAL Walden, Mark
Escape Velocity (H.I.V.E v. 3)
Students and staff at H.I.V.E.—the Higher Institute of Villainous Education—are horrified to
discover that Dr. Nero has been captured by the forces of H.O.P.E.—the Hostile Operative
Prosecution Executive—the world’s newest and most ruthlessly efficient security force. Otto
decides that the only way to find Nero and the truth behind the lies is to escape H.I.V.E. But he’s
also struggling with some newfound abilities: Can he really unconsciously interface with
computers without physical contact? And if he can, what exactly do his new powers mean? In his
search for answers, Otto must flee H.I.V.E., and take the risks that come with being a rogue
agent. Then he just has to break into MI6…..
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Tween & YA FIC WAL Walden, Mark Dreadnought (H.I.V.E v. 4)
It’s up to Otto to save the world from a renegade faction of the world’s most powerful villains,
known as the Disciples. And when they kidnap two of Otto’s friends, things get personal. Otto and
a few of his fellow students from H.I.V.E.—the Higher Institute of Villainous Education—head to
America in order to track down their missing friends. The search quickly leads them to one of the
U.S. military’s most top-secret locations, where it becomes clear that the Disciples are not all they
appear. In a desperate race against time Otto must work out who his real friends are and prevent
the Disciples from completing their true objective. Only Otto can save the world from domination
by a sinister new world order—but it might be that the price he has to pay is just too high.…
Tween & YA FIC WAL
Walden, Mark Rogue (H.I.V.E v. 5)
The leaders of the world's villainous forces are being picked off one by one in a series of
mysterious attacks and Dr Nero is forced to take temporary control of G.L.O.V.E. when Diabolus
Darkdoom is seriously injured. He then discovers that Otto, who has now been missing for
several months since Dreadnought, is leading the attacks. Under pressure from the remaining
members of the ruling council, Nero is left with no choice but to issue a capture or kill order for
Otto. Wing learns of the order and persuades Raven to allow him to join her on her mission to
retrieve Otto. Other members of the ruling council, suspicious of Nero's relationship with the boy,
have initiated their own missions to eliminate Otto. Wing and Raven find themselves in a deadly
race against time to track Otto down before the other G.L.O.V.E. assassins get to him. Their
pursuit takes them to a secret facility hidden deep within the Amazon rainforest, where they face
a mysterious operative even deadlier than Raven. Meanwhile back at H.I.V.E., the school's own
automated defence systems turn against the pupils and staff. And there is no one there to stop it.
YA FIC WAL Walden, Mark
Zero Hour (H.I.V.E. v. 6)
Bad news for the Higher Institute of Villainous Education, aka H.I.V.E.: Overlord is reborn and has
developed the chilling ability to move from body to body, erasing the host’s personality—and
ultimately killing them. Overlord must find Otto, the only host designed to truly contain him, and
for that he needs to know the location of H.I.V.E. He also plans to take control of a secret U.S.
Army facility that is home to the Autonomous Weapon Program, a computer-controlled system
uniquely vulnerable to Overlord’s control. In the face of these threats, Nero is forced to activate
Zero Hour, a plan designed to deal with any member of G.L.O.V.E—the Global League of
Villainous Enterprises—who is on the brink of true global domination. Nero also knows that Otto
must not be allowed to fall into Overlord’s hands, and a desperate race across the globe begins.
YA FIC WAR
Ward, Rachel
Num8ers
10102001. That's Jem's mother's number. Jem saw it whenever she looked into her mother's
eyes, but it wasn't until four years after the woman's fatal heroin overdose when Jem was 11 that
she realized that the number was the date her mother would die. And it's not just that number that
the teen sees—she knows when everyone will die by looking into their eyes. Isolating herself from
the rest of humanity seems to be the only solution until Spider, a freakishly tall, twitchy mess of a
boy, refuses to leave her alone. In spite of the fact that she knows his death date is only months
away, she can't resist his overtures of friendship. One afternoon, while ditching school, they head
for the London Eye tourist attraction. When Jem realizes that several people standing in line are
fated to die that very day, she panics and takes off. Newspapers and television pick up the story,
and Jem and Spider, targeted as the terrorists responsible for destroying the Eye, or at least
witnesses, are on the run in a stolen car.
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YA FIC WAR
Ward, Rachel
The Chaos (Num8ers v. 2)
Adam has more than inherited his mother's curse: When he looks in someone's eyes, he not only
sees the date of their death...he feels the searing, shocking pain of it. Since Jem died, Adam has
lived by the sea with his great-grandmother, Val. But when rising tides flood the coast, they return
to London. The city is an alien, exciting, frightening place. Most disturbing of all, Adam can't help
but clock how many people's numbers are in January 2027; how many are on New Year's Day.
What chaos awaits the world? Can he and Sarah stop a catastrophe? Or are they, too, counted
among the "twenty-sevens"?
YA FIC WAR
Ward, Rachel
Infinity (Num8ers v. 3)
The mind-blowing conclusion to the chilling NUMBERS trilogy: Because everyone wants to live
forever. No matter what it takes, Sarah's desperate to escape from the numbers. Always
numbers. Sarah loves Adam, but can't bear the thought that every time he looks in her eyes, he
can see her dying; can see her last day. It's 2029. Two years since the Chaos. Sarah and Adam
are struggling to survive. She knows he always envisioned them together "'til death do us part."
But will a child come between them? The child she loves. The child he saved. Little Mia was
supposed to die that New Year's Day. The numbers don't lie. But somehow she changed her
date. Mia's just a baby, oblivious to her special power. But ruthless people are hunting her down,
determined to steal her secret. Because everyone wants to live forever.
YA FIC WAR Warman, Jessica
Between
Elizabeth Valchar-pretty, popular, and perfect-wakes up the morning after her eighteenth birthday
party on her family's yacht, where she'd been celebrating with her six closest friends. A persistent
thumping noise has roused her. When she goes to investigate, what she finds will change
everything she thought she knew about her life, her friends, and everything in between. As Liz
begins to unravel the circumstances surrounding her birthday night, she will find that no one
around her, least of all Liz herself, was perfect-or innocent.
YA FIC WAS
Yesterday v. 1)
Wasserman, Robin
Awakening (Chasing
Found: One girl, age 13. Unconscious. Unharmed. Unclaimed. Unidentified. Lost: Everything. JD
may not know the truth about her past, but she knows she's in danger, and she can't shake the
dark visions haunting her dreams. She won't be safe until she figures out who she is and where
she came from. She can trust no one, not even herself--especially not herself. Because it turns
out there's one thing even more terrible than forgetting her past: remembering.
YA FIC WAS Wasserman, Robin Hacking Harvard
It's the ultimate challenge: breaking into the Ivy League.
The hack:
To get one deadbeat, fully unqualified slacker into the most prestigious school in the country.
The crew:
Eric Roth -- the good guy, the voice of reason.
Max Kim -- the player who made the bet in the first place.
Schwartz -- the kid genius already on the inside...of Harvard, that is.
Lexi -- the beauty-queen valedictorian who insists on getting in the game.
The plan:
Use only the most undetectable schemes and techno-brilliant skills. Don't break the Hacker's
Code. Don't get distracted. Don't get caught. Take down someone who deserves it.
The stakes:
A lot higher than they think.
They've got the players, the plot, and soon -- the prize.
It's go time.
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YA FIC WAT Watson, C.G. Quad
Everything led up to this moment—the point when the teasing, the cruelty, the pressure all
became too much. And someone finally snapped.
Now six students, from six different cliques, are trapped in the student store while a shooter
terrorizes their school. The shooter’s identity is teased out through the students’ flashbacks until
the reader breathlessly reaches the final page. It’s only there that he discovers the shocking
answer to the question: Who is shooting out in the quad?
YA SF WEL
Wells, Robison
Variant
Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his
dead-end life. He was wrong. Now he’s trapped in a school that’s surrounded by a razor-wire
fence. A school where video cameras monitor his every move. Where there are no adults. Where
the kids have split into groups in order to survive. Where breaking the rules equals death. But
when Benson stumbles upon the school’s real secret, he realizes that playing by the rules could
spell a fate worse than death, and that escape—his only real hope for survival—may be
impossible.
YA SF WER
Werlin, Nancy
Double Helix
Can scientists succeed in selectively altering human DNA? If so, are such procedures ethical?
Who gets to decide what is ethical? Edgar Award winner Nancy Werlin addresses these weighty
questions in a compelling novel about Eli, a young man whose mother is dying from a debilitating
genetic disease, leaving him to wonder whether he has inherited the DNA sequence that marks
the disease. When the unqualified Eli is offered a job in the transgenetic lab of a famous
molecular biologist, he begins to sense a mysterious connection between this doctor and his own
family. Where does a cleverly concealed lab elevator lead? Who is the beautiful girl who looks so
much like his mother when young? Eli's quest for answers leads him to some unsettling
information about himself, his mother, and the doctor's secret experiments in the basement of the
lab.
YA FIC WER
Werlin, Nancy
Locked Inside
Marnie is tremendously wealthy and tremendously alone. The 16-year-old daughter of a superstar
who was killed years ago in a plane crash, Marnie refuses to take part in her oppressive
boarding-school community. And she has no interest in living with her guardian, a well-meaning
but stiff man named Max. She would rather burrow away in the dark, comforting world of her
favorite Internet adventure game. Especially now that she has started chatting online with one of
the other players, an intriguing rogue who calls himself the Elf. But closing herself off from the
people around her doesn’t mean she’s safe, as Marnie soon discovers. Kidnapped and locked
inside an empty basement cell, Marnie is forced to confront painful truths about herself and her
famous mother as she desperately tries to escape her jailer. Oh, how little her cyber-adventure
game has prepared her for this real-life dungeon!
YA MYS WER
Werlin, Nancy
Black Mirror
Convinced her brother's death was murder rather than suicide, sixteen-year-old Frances begins
her own investigation into suspicious student activities at her boarding school.
YA MYS WER
Werlin, Nancy
The Killer’s Cousin
Recently acquitted of murder, 17-year-old David has moved to Massachusetts to complete his
senior year of high school. His aunt and uncle have offered him shelter - escape from the media's
questions and from the uncertain glances of his neighbors and ex-friends. His attic apartment
doesn't feel much like a shelter, though. He sees ghostly shadows at night, his aunt is strangely
cold, and his 11-year-old cousin, Lily, is downright hostile. As Lily's behavior becomes more and
more threatening, David can't help but wonder what ugly secrets lurk within the walls of her home.
However, there is one thing that David knows with certainty, the more he learns about his cousin
Lily, the harder it is to avoid thinking about his own past.
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YA SF WES
Westerfeld, Scott
The Secret Hour (Midnighters v. 1)
As the new girl in Bixby, Oklahoma, Jessica Day is more concerned with adjusting to her new
surroundings than making friends, but Dess, a Goth girl hiding behind dark glasses, strikes up a
strange conversation with her, hinting that something in Bixby might give her bad dreams. That
night, Jessica thinks she must be dreaming when she wakes up to blue diamonds glittering in the
air outside her window, only to realize that the gems are rain suspended mid-fall. The next night,
"dreaming" again, she ventures out of the house to explore a time-frozen world that seems to be
hers alone. On the other side of town, however, Dess along with Melissa and Re senses
Jessica's presence. They find her just as she is about to be attacked by a shadowy panther and
tell her this is no dream. Jessica learns that they all share a special commonality. Each one was
born at midnight and as a result experiences a 25th hour in the day when real time stops, blue
time starts, and the darklings come out. Since Jessica's arrival, though, the darklings have gotten
aggressive, and the Midnighters have to find out why. They each have special powers, but until
they discover what Jessica's talent is, and why she has become the darkling's target, their
midnight hour is in jeopardy.
YA SF WES
Westerfeld, Scott
(Midnighters v. 2)
Touching Darkness
Life is getting more complex and more dangerous for the five high school students who are
"midnighters"-born at the stroke of midnight with the ability to inhabit a secret 25th hour.
Unfortunately, some very scary creatures also inhabit it, and they're out to get the magical teens.
Jessica, who has just discovered her special powers as a flame-bringer, learns that humans are
stalking her during the 24 hours of the day when she thought she was safe. What is the
relationship between these stalkers and the darklings that try to destroy the midnighters? Is
Jessica's only "normal" friend involved? And who, or what, is causing dreams of mathematical
coordinates in Dess, the polymath? Is there a connection to the new runway being built in the
desert by the company that Jessica's mom works for? These and other questions are deftly
answered in this latest installment in the series as the five teens must grow into their special
powers to combat the growing darkling strength.
YA SF WES
Westerfeld, Scott
Blue Noon (Midnighters v. 3)
This novel continues the Midnighters series, set in Bixby, Oklahoma, where five teenagers were
born exactly at midnight and are the only ones who have the ability to see dark creatures from
another world who try to feed on humans. The monsters had been able to travel through the
barrier between the known world and theirs only at midnight, during the secret hour when time
freezes for everyone but the teens and the nasties. The situation has changed in this series entry:
The blue time comes in the middle of the day, and the teens are hard-pressed by this new
development.
YA MYS WES
Westerfeld, Scott
So Yesterday
Aptly-named Hunter spots street trends for "a certain shoe company named after a certain Greek
god." When he meets Jen, he notices her unique shoelaces, and realizes she is an Innovator, a
person who invents trends (he's a Trendsetter, someone who is "cool, so when they pick up an
innovation, it becomes cool"). Mandy, Hunter's boss, invites Hunter and Jen to do some "original
thinking," but when the two arrive at the location, they find only her cell phone-and "the coolest
shoes we'd ever seen." The pair begins their search for Mandy and the people behind the shoes,
before the "bad guys" get Hunter. They depend on other cool hunters, from tech-savvy Lexa to
high-society Hillary, to help decipher the clues, and they take risks themselves (going undercover
to a posh party, breaking into buildings).
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YA FIC WHI
White, Kiersten
Mind Games
Fia and Annie are as close as two sisters can be. They look out for each other. Protect each
other. And most importantly, they keep each other's secrets, even the most dangerous ones:
Annie is blind, but can see visions of the future; Fia was born with flawless intuition—her first
impulse is always exactly right. When the sisters are offered a place at an elite boarding school,
Fia realizes that something is wrong . . . but she doesn't grasp just how wrong. The Keane
Institute is no ordinary school, and Fia is soon used for everything from picking stocks to planting
bombs. If she tries to refuse, they threaten her with Annie's life. Now Fia's falling in love with a
boy who has dark secrets of his own. And with his help, she's ready to fight back. They stole her
past. They control her present. But she won't let them take her future.
YA FIC WHI
White, Kiersten
Perfect Lies
Annie and Fia are ready to fight back. The sisters have been manipulated and controlled by the
Keane Foundation for years, trapped in a never ending battle for survival. Now they have found
allies who can help them truly escape. After faking her own death, Annie has joined a group that
is plotting to destroy the Foundation. And Fia is working with James Keane to bring his father
down from the inside. But Annie's visions of the future can't show her who to trust in the present.
And though James is Fia's first love, Fia knows he's hiding something. The sisters can rely only
on each other—but that may not be enough to save them.
YA FIC WHY
Whyman, Matt
Goldstrike
In this follow-up to Icecore (2007), British computer hacker Carl Hobbes is a fugitive after
escaping from a high-security prison, where he was sentenced after becoming embroiled in a
plan to rob Fort Knox. A CIA-hired bounty hunter is after him and so is a female al-Qaeda
assassin. After landing a job at a tightly guarded warehouse run by a supercomputer named
Cleopatra, he figures that he can use his computer skills to manipulate Cleopatra into protecting
himself and his friend Beth, the thief.
YA FIC WIE
Wiess, Laura
Such a Pretty Girl
They promised Meredith nine years of safety, but only gave her three. Her father was supposed
to be locked up until Meredith turned eighteen. She thought she had time to grow up, get out, and
start a new life. But Meredith is only fifteen, and today her father is coming home from prison.
Today her time has run out.
YA FIC WIL Wild, K. Fight Game
When rogue gypsy boy Freedom Smith runs into trouble with the law, he strikes a deal with the
police: Instead of going to prison for a crime he didn't commit, he'll go undercover -- and
underground -- using his incredible strength and boxing skills to infiltrate a nefarious, high-tech
fight club known as The Bear Pit. His mission: to save other street children from the terrible fate
the Pit has in store for them. Freedom thinks he can trust Java, his newfound friend, with his
secret life. If only he knew that this high-spirited, upper-class girl has a secret of her own...
Tween & YA FIC WIN
Winerip, Michael
Adam Canfield of the Slash
Adam Canfield has to be the most overprogrammed middle-school student in America. So when
super-organized Jennifer coaxes him to be coeditor of their school newspaper, THE SLASH, he
wonders if he’s made a big mistake. But when a third-grader’s article leads to a big scoop, Adam
and his fellow junior journalists rise to the challenge of receiving their principal’s wrath to uncover
some scandalous secrets.
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Tween & YA FIC WIN
Back
Winerip, Michael
Adam Canfield Watch Your
As coeditor of the Slash, the Harris Elementary/Middle School paper, Adam Canfield is used to
getting the story. What he's not used to is being the story, which is just what happens after he's
mugged by some high-school students for his snow-shoveling money. But it's hard to keep a low
profile when there's still baritone and basketball practice, a new principal to figure out, a science
fair sham to uncover, a bully survey to monitor, a three-hundred-year-old tree to save, and the
next issue of the Slash to take care of. It's enough to drive a kid over the edge. Luckily, Adam's
got Jennifer, his trusty (and cute!) coeditor, to help him keep it together. But when the Slash is
threatened, will they be able to get the story and keep the paper going, all without getting
expelled?
YA FIC WIN Winerip, Michael
Adam Canfield: The Last Reporter
A "dirty" school election, suspicious state test scores — Adam Canfield and his star reporters are
chasing some red-hot leads. There’s only one glitch: the school board has shut down THE
SLASH for exposing the town’s most powerful family, and now the staff has to find a way to
publish it themselves. Enter the Ameche brothers: two goofy kid entrepreneurs with a knack for
refurbishing junk — and a talent for selling ads — but a shaky command of journalistic ethics.
What’s worse, Adam hasn’t a clue why his coeditor, Jennifer, is suddenly acting weird. . . . With
kid-friendly humor and a touch of budding romance, this new adventure revisits a winning cast of
characters — and the excitement that comes from uncovering a really great story.
YA FIC WOL
Wolf, Jennifer Shaw
Breaking Beautiful
Allie lost everything the night her boyfriend, Trip, died in a horrible car accident—including her
memory of the event. As their small town mourns his death, Allie is afraid to remember because
doing so means delving into what she’s kept hidden for so long: the horrible reality of their
abusive relationship. When the police reopen the investigation, it casts suspicion on Allie and her
best friend, Blake, especially as their budding romance raises eyebrows around town. Allie knows
she must tell the truth. Can she reach deep enough to remember that night so she can finally
break free?
YA FIC WOO
Wood, MaryRose
The Poison Diaries
In the right dose, everything is a poison. Even love . . .
Jessamine Luxton has lived all her sixteen years in an isolated cottage near Alnwick Castle, with
little company apart from the plants in her garden. Her father, Thomas, a feared and respected
apothecary, has taught her much about the incredible powers of plants: that even the most
innocent-looking weed can cure -- or kill. When Jessamine begins to fall in love with a mysterious
boy who claims to communicate with plants, she is drawn into the dangerous world of the poison
garden in a way she never could have imagined . . .
YA FIC WOO Wood, MaryRose
Nightshade (Poison Diaries v. 2)
Sixteen-year-old Jessamine Luxton is heartbroken. Her true love, Weed, the strange but
intriguing young man who came into her life so suddenly, has disappeared. How could he have
left her with no farewell, and no word since? Jessamine may not know why Weed vanished, but
she does suspect that her own father, Thomas, may have had something to do with it. Thomas,
who was so obsessed with Weed's secret knowledge of dangerous plants that he would do
anything to learn it. This suspicion—and her experiences with poisons—has changed her. She is
no longer innocent, and now she has her own intimate knowledge of the power of the plants. So
when Jessamine learns that Weed is alive, she will do whatever it takes to be reunited with him.
She is, after all, her father's daughter. .
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YA FIC WOO
Wooding, Chris
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
Jack the Ripper meets the supernatural in this Bosch-like horror tale set in an alternate Victorian
London where supernatural "wych-kin" lurk around every corner waiting to prey on humans. Hot
on the trail of a vampirelike "Cradlejack," 17-year-old wych-hunter Thaniel stumbles upon
beautiful Alaizabel Cray, who unknowingly has been possessed by an "old wych" named Thatch.
Determined to rescue Alaizabel from Thatch and the sinister cult responsible for depositing the
evil spirit in Alaizabel's body, the innately chivalrous Thaniel slashes and burns his way through a
nightmarish city crawling with enough ghastly human and supernatural villains to stock a wax
museum.
YA FIC WOO
Wooding, Chris
Malice
—"Tall Jake, take me away." Say the words six times, burn the secret ingredients, and you will be
whisked into the comic-book world of Malice—or so the rumor goes. Seth and Kady don't believe
the stories for one second. The teens who have disappeared must be runaways, and the artist
who draws the comic must use the missing persons' photos, right? Then their friend Luke
disappears, and only a few days later a character who looks remarkably like him appears in an
episode of Malice. Seth decides to go into the comic to stop Tall Jake from taking any more kids.
When he arrives, he discovers a world with violent clockwork creatures, monsters that drink time,
and other trapped teens. Meanwhile, in the real world, Kady begins searching London for the
source of the comic, and in doing so finds herself in more danger than she ever imagined.
Complete with erratic comic-book panels in which heavily slashed lines enhance the chaotic
violence of the novel, this nail-biter will keep readers glued to the story until the very last page is
turned.
YA FIC WOO
Wooding, Chris
Havoc
Getting into the sinister comic-book world of MALICE is just the beginning. Getting out of it is
much, much harder -- as it surviving while you make your attempt.
YA SF WOO
Wooding, Chris
Poison
Poison has always been a willful, contrary girl, prone to being argumentative and stubborn. So
when her sister is snatched by the mean-spirited faeries, she seeks out the Faerie Lord to get her
back. But finding him isn't easy, and the quest leads Poison into a murderous world of intrigue,
danger, and deadly storytelling. With only her wits and her friends to aid her, Poison must survive
the attentions of the Faerie Lord, rescue her sister, and thwart a plot that's beyond anything she
(or the reader) can imagine. . . .
YA MYS WOO
Woodson, Jacqueline
Hush
Toswiah Green struggles toward a new identity as Evie Thomas when her family joins the
Witness Protection Program and everything she has known before is lost to her.
YA FIC WOO
Woolston, Blythe
Black Helicopters
Ever since Mabby died while picking beans in their garden — with the pock-a-pock of a helicopter
overhead — four-year-old Valley knows what her job is: hide in the underground den with her
brother, Bo, while Da is working, because Those People will kill them like coyotes. But now, with
Da unexpectedly gone and no home to return to, a teenage Valley (now Valkyrie) and her big
brother must bring their message to the outside world — a not-so-smart place where little boys
wear their names on their backpacks and young men don’t pat down strangers before offering a
lift. Blythe Woolston infuses her white-knuckle narrative, set in a day-after-tomorrow Montana,
with a dark, trenchant humor and a keen psychological eye. Alternating past-present vignettes in
prose as tightly wound as the springs of a clock and as masterfully plotted as a game of chess,
she ratchets up the pacing right to the final, explosive end.
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YA FIC WYN
Wynne-Jones, Tim
Stephen Fair
At the age of fifteen, Stephen begins having nightmares like the ones that drove his older brother
away from home. Eventually, the dreams lead to a discovery that is shocking but ultimately
allows his family to come back together.
YA FIC WYN Wynne-Jones, Tim
The Maestro
With a brutal, despicable father who beats him and an ineffectual mother incapacitated by drugs,
Burl, 14, has learned not to expect anything good from life. After a crisis, he runs away into the
wilderness near his small Canadian town, eventually stumbling upon an isolated house that is the
secret refuge of a famous musician. Burt ingratiates himself, making himself useful while
harboring the hope of staying on. But the boy's relationship with his reluctant savior is only the
first in a series of encounters with those who want to use him, assist him, control him, or threaten
him. Wynne-Jones skillfully presents a complex character who, in order to survive, uses all his
resources: knowledge of the woods; an instinctive understanding of the manipulations of adults;
strategy; brutality, the legacy of his father; and compassion.
Tween & YA FIC YOU Young, E.L. Storm: The Infinity Code
Storm is a gadget-packed, high-adrenaline adventure-a middlegrade spy novel sure to leave
readers white-knuckled and breathless. It's also the name of the ambitious organization formed
by the story's three brainiac kids: Will, the loner, inventive genius, and creator of cutting-edge
gadgets. Andrew, the software whiz-kid, millionaire, and fashion disaster. Gaia, the brilliant and
mysterious teen chemist, fluent in French, Italian, Mandarin, and blowing stuff up. Will first scoffs
at STORM's grand plans to combat global strife. But when the group uncovers a plot to create a
deadly revolutionary weapon, the three race from England to Russia, determined not only to find
and dismantle the weapon, but to confront the psychopathic scientist behind it all.
Tween & YA FIC YOU
Young, E.L. Storm: The Ghost Machine
Get swept into the second, even more explosive STORM! Will, Andrew, and Gaia are a trio of
teen geniuses, and they're taking Venice by STORM. All over Italy, mysterious burglaries are
making headlines-news footage shows a strange, spectral form at the crime scenes. The thefts
are dubbed the work of Il Fantasma: the Ghost. Through a series of exhilarating twists, Will,
Andrew, and Gaia discover that the Ghost is part of a larger and more sinister plot than they
could have imagined, one involving a decrepit Venetian castle, a dangerous cult, microscopic
selforganizing robots, and quantum computers with a vile purpose and horrific consequences.
Armed with high-speed boats, sonar helmets, and tons of cool gear, STORM must face all
manner of obstacles- even cyborg sharks!-to find and stop the mind behind the mayhem. Little do
they know, the enemy just might be a dear old friend.
Tween & YA FIC YOU
Young, E.L.
Storm: The Black Sphere
Six of the world's leading scientists were at work on a top-secret assignment—Project FIREball.
Now fi ve of them are dead, and one is on the run. He carries with him plans for a world-changing
technology—one the CIA, MI6, and a ruthless megalomaniac will stop at nothing to obtain. Will,
Andrew, and Gaia, the teen geniuses of STORM, join the high-stakes manhunt, racing to the
Swiss Alps and into mortal danger, as they enter the heart of the Black Sphere.
YA FIC YOV Yovanoff, Brenna
Paper Valentine
The city of Ludlow is gripped by the hottest July on record. The asphalt is melting, the birds are
dying, petty crime is on the rise, and someone in Hannah Wagnor’s peaceful suburban
community is killing girls. For Hannah, the summer is a complicated one. Her best friend Lillian
died six months ago, and Hannah just wants her life to go back to normal. But how can things be
normal when Lillian’s ghost is haunting her bedroom, pushing her to investigate the mysterious
string of murders? Hannah’s just trying to understand why her friend self-destructed, and where
she fits now that Lillian isn’t there to save her a place among the social elite. And she must stop
thinking about Finny Boone, the big, enigmatic delinquent whose main hobbies seem to include
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petty larceny and surprising acts of kindness. With the entire city in a panic, Hannah soon finds
herself drawn into a world of ghost girls and horrifying secrets. She realizes that only by
confronting the Valentine Killer will she be able move on with her life—and it’s up to her to put
together the pieces before he strikes again.
YA FIC ZAD
Zadoff, Allen
Boy Nobody
Boy Nobody is the perennial new kid in school, the one few notice and nobody thinks much about.
He shows up in a new high school in a new town under a new name, makes a few friends, and
doesn't stay long. Just long enough for someone in his new friend's family to die-of "natural
causes." Mission accomplished, Boy Nobody disappears, moving on to the next target. But when
he's assigned to the mayor of New York City, things change. The daughter is unlike anyone he
has encountered before; the mayor reminds him of his father. And when memories and questions
surface, his handlers at The Program are watching. Because somewhere deep inside, Boy
Nobody is somebody: the kid he once was; the teen who wants normal things, like a real home
and parents; a young man who wants out. And who just might want those things badly enough to
sabotage The Program's mission.
YA MYS ZUS
Zusak, Markus
I Am the Messenger
Meet Ed Kennedy—underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer, and useless at romance. He lives in
a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he's hopelessly in love with his best
friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a
bank robbery. That's when the first Ace arrives. That's when Ed becomes the messenger. . . .
Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary), until only
one question remains: Who's behind Ed's mission?
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