New Books April 2014
YA SF FIS
Fisher, Catherine The Slanted Worlds (Obsidian Mirror v 2)
In book two of the critically acclaimed Obsidian Mirror series, New York Times bestselling
author Catherine Fisher, called “the first lady of British fantasy” by the London Times, once again shows
us that she is a master of world-building and surprising plot-twists. Jake, Sarah, and Oberon Venn
continue their fight for control of the Obsidian Mirror, and whoever wins will either save a life, change the
past, or rescue the future. But the Mirror has plans of its own.
YA MYS CHR Christopher, Lucy The Killing Woods
Ashlee Parker is dead, and Emily Shepherd's dad is accused of the crime. A former soldier suffering from
PTSD, he emerges from the woods carrying the girl's broken body. "Gone," he says, then retreats into
silence. What really happened that wild night? Emily knows in her bones that her father is innocent -- isn't
he? Before he's convicted, she's got to find out the truth. Does Damon Hilary, Ashlee's charismatic
boyfriend, have the answers? Or is he only playing games with her -- the kinds of games that can kill?
YA COMICS HIC Hicks, Faith Erin
Adventures of Superhero Girl
What if you can leap tall buildings and defeat alien monsters with your bare hands, but you buy your
capes at secondhand stores and have a weakness for kittens? Cartoonist Faith Erin Hicks brings
charming humor to the trials and tribulations of a young, female superhero, battling monsters both
supernatural and mundane in an all-too-ordinary world.
YA FIC ASH
Ashton, Brodi
Evertrue (Everneath Trilogy v 3)
Now that Nikki has rescued Jack, all she wants is to be with him and graduate high school. But Cole
tricked Nikki into feeding off an Everliving three times, and she's begun the process of turning into an
Everliving herself . . . which means she must feed on a Forfeit soon—or die. Terrified for Nikki's survival,
Nikki and Jack begin a desperate attempt to reverse the process through any means they can think of.
Even Cole, who they expected to fight them at every turn, has become an unlikely ally—but how long can
it last? Nikki needs to feed on Cole to survive; Cole needs Nikki to gain the throne in the Everneath; Jack
needs Nikki because she is everything to him—and together they must travel back to the Underworld to
undo Nikki's fate and make her mortal once more. But the Queen has not forgotten Nikki's treachery, and
she wants her destroyed for good. Will Nikki be forced to spend eternity in the Underworld—or can she
bring down the Everneath once and for all?
YA FIC BRE
Brewer, Heather
Third Strike (Slayer Chronicles v 3)
All secrets will be revealed as Slayer Joss McMillan tracks a murderous vampire terrorizing his hometown
of Santa Clara. During his investigation, Joss comes head to head with old enemies seeking revenge and
faces the truth about his sister Cecile’s murder. Joss must use all of his skill to protect his loved ones,
even if it means paying the ultimate price.
YA FIC DEM
Demetrios, Heather
Something Real
Seventeen-year-old Bonnie™ Baker has grown up on TV—she and her twelve siblings are the stars of
one-time hit reality show Baker’s Dozen. Since the show's cancellation, Bonnie™ has tried to live a
normal life, under the radar and out of the spotlight. But it's about to fall apart . . . because Baker’s Dozen
is going back on the air. Bonnie™'s mom and the show's producers won't let her quit and soon the life
that she has so carefully built for herself, with real friends (and maybe even a real boyfriend), is in danger
of being destroyed by the show. Bonnie™ needs to do something drastic if her life is ever going to be her
own—even if it means being more exposed than ever before.
YA FIC WUN
Wunder, Wendy
The Museum of Intangible Things
Hannah and Zoe haven’t had much in their lives, but they’ve always had each other. So when Zoe tells
Hannah she needs to get out of their down-and-out New Jersey town, they pile into Hannah’s beat-up old
Le Mans and head west, putting everything—their deadbeat parents, their disappointing love lives, their
inevitable enrollment at community college—behind them. As they chase storms and make new friends,
Zoe tells Hannah she wants more for her. She wants her to live bigger, dream grander, aim higher. And
so Zoe begins teaching Hannah all about life’s intangible things, concepts sadly missing from her
existence—things like audacity, insouciance, karma, and even happiness.
YA FIC EUL
Eulberg, Elizabeth
Better Off Friends
For Macallan and Levi, it was friends at first sight. Everyone says guys and girls can't be just friends, but
these two are. They hang out after school, share tons of inside jokes, their families are super close, and
Levi even starts dating one of Macallan's friends. They are platonic and happy that way. Eventually they
realize they're best friends -- which wouldn't be so bad if they didn't keep getting in each other's way.
Guys won't ask Macallan out because they think she's with Levi, and Levi spends too much time joking
around with Macallan, and maybe not enough time with his date. They can't help but wonder . . . are they
more than friends or are they better off without making it even more complicated?
YA FIC JAC
Trilogy v. 2)
Jacobs, John Hornor
The Shibboleth (Twelve-fingered Boy
At the end of the first book of The Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy, Jack and Shreve are incarcerado—
physically locked up. Shreve's back in the custody of the state of Arkansas, and Jack's somewhere in the
clutches of Mr. Quincrux—both problems Shreve aims to rectify. Cages might hold Shreve's body, but
the power that's been growing since his encounter with Quincrux has reached a pinnacle. Nothing can
prevent his mind from scaling the etheric heights. Freed from his body, Shreve discovers the magnitude
of the evil that's stirring in the east. The wave of insomnia that's paralyzed the nation is only the
beginning. To save Jack—and maybe all of the humanity he no longer feels part of—Shreve has no
choice but to join Quincrux and the Society of Extranaturals.
YA FIC WOO
Wooding, Chris
Silver
The final exam is survival. Paul is the new kid at Mortingham Boarding Academy, and he has a dark
secret. Caitlyn admires Paul from afar and resents that he only has eyes for Erika. Erika thinks that she
and Caitlyn are best friends, but she's wrong. Adam is a bully with a major chip on his shoulder. Mark is
outgrowing his old friends but doesn't know how to make new ones. In a few short hours, none of this will
matter. Without warning, a horrifying infection will spread across the school grounds, and a group of
students with little in common will find themselves barricaded in a classroom, fighting for their lives. Some
will live. Some will die. And then it will get even worse.
YA FIC COL
Colbert, Brandy
Pointe
Theo is better now. She’s eating again, dating guys who are almost appropriate, and well on her way to
becoming an elite ballet dancer. But when her oldest friend, Donovan, returns home after spending four
long years with his kidnapper, Theo starts reliving memories about his abduction—and his abductor.
Donovan isn’t talking about what happened, and even though Theo knows she didn’t do anything wrong,
telling the truth would put everything she’s been living for at risk. But keeping quiet might be worse.
YA FIC ROS
Ross, Elizabeth Belle Epoque
When Maude Pichon runs away from provincial Brittany to Paris, her romantic dreams vanish as quickly
as her savings. Desperate for work, she answers an unusual ad. The Durandeau Agency provides its
clients with a unique service—the beauty foil. Hire a plain friend and become instantly more attractive.
Monsieur Durandeau has made a fortune from wealthy socialites, and when the Countess Dubern needs
a companion for her headstrong daughter, Isabelle, Maude is deemed the perfect adornment of
plainness. Isabelle has no idea her new "friend" is the hired help, and Maude's very existence among
the aristocracy hinges on her keeping the truth a secret. Yet the more she learns about Isabelle, the more
her loyalty is tested. And the longer her deception continues, the more she has to lose.
YA FIC FIT
Fitzpatrick, Huntley What I Thought Was True
17-year-old Gwen Castle's Biggest Mistake Ever, Cassidy Somers, is slumming it as a yard boy on her
Nantucket-esque island this summer. He's a rich kid from across the bridge in Stony Bay, and she hails
from a family of fishermen and housecleaners to her island's summer population. Gwen dreams of getting
off the island, and a summer job working for one of the elderly residents might just be her ticket to the
good life. But what will it mean for Gwen's now life? Sparks fly and secret histories unspool as Gwen
spends a gorgeous, restless summer struggling to come to terms with what she thought was true—about
the place she lives, the people she loves, and even herself—and figure out what really is.
YA FIC STE
Stevens, Courtney Faking Normal
Alexi Littrell hasn't told anyone what happened to her over the summer. Ashamed and embarrassed, she
hides in her closet and compulsively scratches the back of her neck, trying to make the outside hurt more
than the inside does. At school, nobody sees the scratches or her pain. The only person she connects
with is the mysterious Captain Lyric, who writes song lyrics on her fourth-period desk for her to complete.
With pencil marks and music, Alexi carves out a comfortable space for herself as she and the Captain
finish each other's songs—words on a desk feel safer than words spoken aloud. But when Bodee
Lennox, the quiet and awkward boy next door, comes to live with the Littrells, Alexi discovers an unlikely
friend who understands her better than anyone. He has secrets of his own and knows all about suffering
in silence. As they lean on each other for support, Alexi gives him the strength to deal with his past, and
Bodee helps her find the courage to finally speak up.
YA FIC MAC
MacHale, D.J. Storm (Sylo Chronicles v 2)
Tucker, Tori, Kent, and Olivia have escaped from Maine's war-torn Pemberwick Island, but their arrival in
nearby Portland brings them no solace. The town is both damaged and almost deserted; and the city's
few survivors seem as hopelessly uninformed as Tucker and his friends. Radio messages about a
gathering resistance give them new hope, but also provoke disagreements in the group. Should they join
the fight or simply run for their lives?
YA FIC FEH
Fehlbaum, Beth
Big Fat Disaster
Insecure, shy, and way overweight, Colby hates the limelight as much as her pageant-pretty mom and
sisters love it. It's her life: Dad's a superstar, running for office on a family values platform. Then suddenly,
he ditches his marriage for a younger woman and gets caught stealing money from the campaign.
Everyone hates Colby for finding out and blowing the whistle on him. From a mansion, they end up in a
poor relative's trailer, where her mom's contempt swells right along with Colby's supersized jeans. Then,
a cruel video of Colby half-dressed, made by her cousin Ryan, finds its way onto the internet. Colby plans
her own death. A tragic family accident intervenes, and Colby's role in it seems to paint her as a hero, but
she's only a fraud. Finally, threatened with exposure, Colby must face facts about her selfish mother and
her own shame.
YA FIC WES
Westrick, A.B.
Brotherhood
The year is 1867, the South has been defeated, and the American Civil War is over. But the conflict goes
on. Yankees now patrol the streets of Richmond, Virginia, and its citizens, both black and white, are
struggling to redefine their roles and relationships. By day, fourteen-year-old Shadrach apprentices with a
tailor and sneaks off for reading lessons with Rachel, a freed slave, at her school for African-American
children. By night he follows his older brother Jeremiah to the meetings of a group whose stated mission
is to protect Confederate widows like their mother. But as the true murderous intentions of the group, now
known as the Ku Klux Klan, are revealed, Shad finds himself trapped between old loyalties and what he
knows is right.
YA FIC ARM
Armentrout, Jennifer
White Hot Kiss
Seventeen-year-old Layla just wants to be normal. But with a kiss that kills anything with a soul, she's
anything but normal. Half demon, half gargoyle, Layla has abilities no one else possesses. Raised among
the Wardens—a race of gargoyles tasked with hunting demons and keeping humanity safe—Layla tries to
fit in, but that means hiding her own dark side from those she loves the most. Especially Zayne, the
swoon-worthy, incredibly gorgeous and completely off-limits Warden she's crushed on since forever.
Then she meets Roth—a tattooed, sinfully hot demon who claims to know all her secrets. Layla knows
she should stay away, but she's not sure she wants to—especially when that whole no-kissing thing isn't
an issue, considering Roth has no soul. But when Layla discovers she's the reason for the violent demon
uprising, trusting Roth could not only ruin her chances with Zayne…it could brand her a traitor to her
family. Worse yet, it could become a one-way ticket to the end of the world.
YA FIC SMI
Smith-Ready, Jeri This Side of Salvation
Everyone mourns differently. When his older brother was killed, David got angry. As in, fist-meetssomeone-else’s-face furious. But his parents? They got religious. David’s still figuring out his relationship
with a higher power, but there’s one thing he knows for sure: The closer he gets to Bailey, the better,
brighter, happier, more he feels. Then his parents start cutting all their worldly ties in preparation for the
Rush, the divine moment when the faithful will be whisked off to Heaven…and they want David to do the
same. David’s torn. He likes living in the moment, and isn’t sure about giving up his best friend, varsity
baseball, and Bailey—especially Bailey—in hope of salvation. But when he comes home late from prom,
and late for the Rush, to find that his parents have vanished, David is in more trouble than he ever could
have imagined…
YA FIC URB
Urban, Linda The Center of Everything
Evelyn Bucknow's world has been quite small up till now. She and her mother live in Treeline Colonies, a
collection of cramped apartments teetering on the edge of a highway in the middle of Kansas. Her
grandmother visits every week, smelling of cigarettes and bearing gifts, including stories about God and
Wichita, where she lives with her husband, the grandfather Evelyn has never met and the father her
mother no longer speaks to. But she is getting older, and luckily she takes the reader along as she enters
a widening world of new friends, cruel enemies, fresh pain, and Travis Rowley, "thief, breaker of locks, my
own dark avenger and first true love." This world is a place of hard knocks and little self-pity, especially for
the charming and prescient Evelyn.
YA FIC BLA
Blackstone, Matt
Sorry You’re Lost
When Denny “Donuts” Murphy’s mother dies, he becomes the world’s biggest class clown. But deep
down, Donuts just wants a normal life—one where his mom is still alive and where his dad doesn’t sit in
front of the TV all day. And so Donuts tries to get back into the groove by helping his best friend with their
plan to get dates for the end-of-the-year school dance. When their scheme backfires, he learns that
laughter is not the best medicine for all of his problems. Sometimes it’s just as important to be true to
yourself.
YA FIC SHA
Shan, Darren Zom-B Mission
B Smith and the other Angels are relieved to finally receive their first mission - to safely escort a group of
human survivors from the zombie-infested streets of London to New Kirkham, a barricaded safe haven in
the country. But after battling through crowds of undead monsters, B discovers that the survivors of the
town don't necessarily represent the best of humanity. And when evil influences make their way to New
Kirkham, unearthing demons from B's past, the humans will be forced to choose between being
honorable and being safe.
YA FIC SMI
Smith, Jennifer The Geography of You & Me
Lucy lives on the twenty-fourth floor. Owen lives in the basement. It's fitting, then, that they meet in the
middle -- stuck between two floors of a New York City apartment building, on an elevator rendered
useless by a citywide blackout. After they're rescued, Lucy and Owen spend the night wandering the
darkened streets and marveling at the rare appearance of stars above Manhattan. But once the power is
back, so is reality. Lucy soon moves abroad with her parents, while Owen heads out west with his father.
The brief time they spend together leaves a mark. And as their lives take them to Edinburgh and to San
Francisco, to Prague and to Portland, Lucy and Owen stay in touch through postcards, occasional emails, and phone calls. But can they -- despite the odds -- find a way to reunite?
YA FIC SCH
Schrefer, Eliot
Threatened
Into the jungle. Into the wild. Into harm's way. When he was a boy, Luc's mother would warn him about
the "mock men" living in the trees by their home -- chimpanzees whose cries would fill the night.
Luc is older now, his mother gone. He lives in a house of mistreated orphans, barely getting by. Then a
man calling himself Prof comes to town with a mysterious mission. When Luc tries to rob him, the man
isn't mad. Instead, he offers Luc a job. Together, Luc and Prof head into the rough, dangerous jungle in
order to study the elusive chimpanzees. There, Luc finally finds a new family -- and must act when that
family comes under attack. As he did in his acclaimed novel Endangered, a finalist for the National Book
Award, Eliot Schrefer takes us somewhere fiction rarely goes, introducing us to characters we rarely get
to meet. The unforgettable result is the story of a boy fleeing his present, a man fleeing his past, and a
trio of chimpanzees who are struggling not to flee at all.
YA FIC DEL
Dellaira, Ava
Love Letters to the Dead
It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain
because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May did. Soon, Laurel has a notebook
full of letters to people like Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Amelia Earhart, Heath Ledger, and more —
though she never gives a single one of them to her teacher. She writes about starting high school,
navigating new friendships, falling in love for the first time, learning to live with her splintering family. And,
finally, about the abuse she suffered while May was supposed to be looking out for her. Only then, once
Laurel has written down the truth about what happened to herself, can she truly begin to accept what
happened to May. And only when Laurel has begun to see her sister as the person she was — lovely and
amazing and deeply flawed — can she begin to discover her own path.
YA FIC LAV
La Valley, Josanne The Vine Basket
Things aren’t looking good for fourteen-year-old Mehrigul. She yearns to be in school, but she’s needed
on the family farm. The longer she’s out of school, the more likely it is that she’ll be sent off to a Chinese
factory . . . perhaps never to return. Her only hope is an American woman who buys one of her decorative
vine baskets for a staggering sum and says she will return in three weeks for more. Mehrigul must brave
terrible storms, torn-up hands from working the fields, and her father’s scorn to get the baskets done. The
stakes are high, and time is passing.
YA FIC DEL
Delaney, Joseph
Fury of the Seventh Son (Last Apprentice)
He's the seventh son of a seventh son. He's the only one who can stop the greatest evil. Tom Ward, the
Spook's last apprentice, has everything he needs to vanquish the Fiend, once and for all: the three blades
recovered from the dark, the gifts from his witch mother, and the skills he's learned from Master Gregory.
And Alice, the one he loves most, is willing to sacrifice herself to fulfill the spell. Or is she? Racing
against time, all of Tom's old allies—and old enemies—return. They will clash in a final battle more epic
than any he has fought before. And a danger Tom never dreamed of will be revealed. Who will survive?
Are you brave enough to find out?
YA FIC GRE
Green, Sally
Half Bad
In modern-day England, witches live alongside humans: White witches, who are good; Black witches,
who are evil; and sixteen-year-old Nathan, who is both. Nathan’s father is the world’s most powerful and
cruel Black witch, and his mother is dead. He is hunted from all sides. Trapped in a cage, beaten and
handcuffed, Nathan must escape before his seventeenth birthday, at which point he will receive three
gifts from his father and come into his own as a witch—or else he will die. But how can Nathan find his
father when his every action is tracked, when there is no one safe to trust—not even family, not even the
girl he loves?
YA FIC HAN
Han, Jenny
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them…all at once? Lara Jean Song
keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren’t love letters that anyone else wrote for
her; these are ones she’s written. One for every boy she’s ever loved—five in all. When she writes, she
pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters
are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lara Jean’s love life goes
from imaginary to out of control.
YA-RM 973.7 MAR Marrin, Albert
War Against Slavery
A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown’s
John Brown is a man of many legacies, from hero, freedom fighter, and martyr, to liar, fanatic, and "the
father of American terrorism." Some have said that it was his seizure of the arsenal at Harper's Ferry that
rendered the Civil War inevitable. Deeply religious, Brown believed that God had chosen him to right the
wrong of slavery. He was willing to kill and die for something modern Americans unanimously agree was
a just cause. And yet he was a religious fanatic and a staunch believer in "righteous violence," an
unapologetic committer of domestic terrorism. Marrin brings 19th-century issues into the modern arena
with ease and grace in a book that is sure to spark discussion.
YA SF JOR
Jordan, Sophie
Uninvited
You can't change your DNA . . . even when it says you're a murderer. When Davy tests positive for
Homicidal Tendency Syndrome, aka "the kill gene," she loses everything. Once the perfect high school
senior, she is uninvited from her prep school and abandoned by her friends and boyfriend. Even her
parents are now afraid of her—although she's never hurt a fly. Davy doesn't feel any different, but genes
don't lie. One day she will kill someone. Without any say in the matter, Davy is thrown into a special class
for HTS carriers. She has no doubt the predictions are right about them, especially Sean, who already
bears the "H" tattoo as proof of his violence. Yet when the world turns on the carriers, Sean is the only
one she can trust. Maybe he's not as dangerous as he seems. Or maybe Davy is just as deadly.
YA SF MAA
Assassin’s Blade (Throne of Glass novellas)
Maas, Sarah
Celaena Sardothien is her kingdom’s most feared assassin. Though she works for the powerful and
ruthless Assassin’s Guild, Celaena yields to no one and trusts only her fellow killer for hire, Sam.
When Celaena's scheming master, Arobynn Hamel, dispatches her on missions that take her from remote
islands to hostile deserts, she finds herself acting independently of his wishes—and questioning her own
allegiance. Along the way, she makes friends and enemies alike, and discovers that she feels far more for
Sam than just friendship. But by defying Arobynn’s orders, Celaena risks unimaginable punishment, and
with Sam by her side, he is in danger, too. They will have to risk it all if they hope to escape Arobynn’s
clutches—and if they fail, they’ll lose not just a chance at freedom, but their lives . . .A prequel to Throne
of Glass, this collection of five novellas offers readers a deeper look into the history of this cunning
assassin and her enthralling—and deadly—world.
YA SF TAY Taylor, Laini
Bone Trilogy v. 3)
Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke &
In this thrilling conclusion to the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy, Karou is still not ready to forgive
Akiva for killing the only family she's ever known. When a brutal angel army trespasses into the human
world, Karou and Akiva must ally their enemy armies against the threat--and against larger dangers that
loom on the horizon. They begin to hope that it might forge a way forward for their people. And, perhaps,
for themselves--maybe even toward love. From the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond,
humans, chimaera, and seraphim will fight, strive, love, and die in an epic theater that transcends good
and evil, right and wrong, friend and enemy.
YA SF BAL
Baldacci, David
The Finisher
Vega Jane has never left the village of Wormwood. But this isn't unusual -- nobody has ever left the
village of Wormwood. At least not until Quentin Herms vanishes into the unknown. Vega knows Quentin
didn't just leave -- he was chased. And he's left behind a very dangerous trail of clues that only she can
decode. The Quag is a dark forest filled with terrifying beasts and bloodthirsty Outliers. But just as deadly
are the threats that exist within the walls of Wormwood. It is a place built on lies, where influential people
are willing to kill to keep their secrets. Vega is determined to uncover the truth -- but the closer she gets,
the more she risks her life.
YA SF FAM
Fama, Elizabeth
Plus One
Divided by day and night and on the run from authorities, star-crossed young lovers unearth a sinister
conspiracy in this compelling romantic thriller. Seventeen-year-old Soleil Le Coeur is a Smudge—a night
dweller prohibited by law from going out during the day. When she fakes an injury in order to get access
to and kidnap her newborn niece—a day dweller, or Ray—she sets in motion a fast-paced adventure that
will bring her into conflict with the powerful lawmakers who order her world, and draw her together with
the boy she was destined to fall in love with, but who is also a Ray.
YA SF HIR
Hirsch, Jeff
Darkest Path
A civil war rages between the Glorious Path--a militant religion based on the teachings of a former US
soldier--and what's left of the US government. Fifteen-year-old Callum Roe and his younger brother,
James, were captured and forced to convert six years ago. Cal has been working in the Path's dog
kennels, and is very close to becoming one of the Path's deadliest secret agents. Then Cal befriends a
stray dog named Bear and kills a commander who wants to train him to be a vicious attack dog. This
sends Cal and Bear on the run, and sets in motion a series of incredible events that will test Cal's loyalties
and end in a fierce battle that the fate of the entire country rests on.
YA SF ROS
Rossi, Veronica
Into the Still Blue (Under the Never Sky v 3)
Within the confines of a cave they're using as a makeshift refuge, they struggle to reconcile their people,
Dwellers and Outsiders, who are united only in their hatred of their desperate situation. Meanwhile, time
is running out to rescue Cinder, who was abducted by Hess and Sable for his unique abilities. Then Roar
arrives in a grief-stricken fury, endangering all with his need for revenge. Out of options, Perry and Aria
assemble an unlikely team for an impossible rescue mission. Cinder isn't just the key to unlocking the Still
Blue and their only hope for survival—he's also their friend. And in a dying world, the bonds between
people are what matter most.
YA SF CRE
Cremer, Andrea
The Inventor’s Secret
In this world, sixteen-year-old Charlotte and her fellow refugees have scraped out an existence on the
edge of Britain’s industrial empire. Though they live by the skin of their teeth, they have their health (at
least when they can find enough food and avoid the Imperial Labor Gatherers) and each other. When a
new exile with no memory of his escape or even his own name seeks shelter in their camp he brings new
dangers with him and secrets about the terrible future that awaits all those who have struggled has to live
free of the bonds of the empire’s Machineworks.
YA MYS BEL
Bell, David
Never Come Back
Elizabeth Hampton is consumed by grief when her mother dies unexpectedly. Leslie Hampton cared for
Elizabeth’s troubled brother Ronnie’s special needs, assuming Elizabeth would take him in when the time
came. But Leslie’s sudden death propels Elizabeth into a world of danger and double lives that undoes
everything she thought she knew....When police discover that Leslie was strangled, they immediately
suspect that one of Ronnie’s outbursts took a tragic turn. Elizabeth can’t believe that her brother is
capable of murder, but who else could have had a motive to kill their quiet, retired mother? More
questions arise when a stranger is named in Leslie’s will: a woman also named Elizabeth. As the family’s
secrets unravel, a man from Leslie’s past who claims to have all the answers shows up, but those
answers might put Elizabeth and those she loves the most in mortal danger.
YA MYS COS
Cosimano, Elle
Nearly Gone
Nearly Boswell knows how to keep secrets. Living in a DC trailer park, she knows better than to share
anything that would make her a target with her classmates. Like her mother's job as an exotic dancer, her
obsession with the personal ads, and especially the emotions she can taste when she brushes against
someone's skin. But when a serial killer goes on a killing spree and starts attacking students, leaving
cryptic ads in the newspaper that only Nearly can decipher, she confides in the one person she shouldn't
trust: the new guy at school—a reformed bad boy working undercover for the police, doing surveillance. .
. on her. Nearly might be the one person who can put all the clues together, and if she doesn't figure it all
out soon—she'll be next.
YA MYS GAV
Gavin, Rohan
Knightley & Son
The once highly in-demand detective Alan Knightley has just woken up after an unexplained incident kept
him asleep for four years. While he was out cold, his son, Darkus, took it upon himself to read of all his
dad's old cases, and he's learned a lot about the art of detection. It's a good thing too—because suddenly
the duo find themselves caught up in a crazy conspiracy that involves a group of villainous masterminds
(who keep appearing and then vanishing), some high-speed car chases (that will have everyone
fastening their seat belts), and a national, bestselling book with the power to make people do terrible,
terrible things. But because Alan is still suffering the effects of his coma, he tends to, well, fall asleep at
the worst possible moments, Meaning that young Darkus might just have to solve this mystery . . . by
himself.