New YA Books @ West Caldwell Public Library - May 2014

The weather's warming up......so grab a book, grab a blanket, and enjoy some fresh air reading!

Find Me by Romily Bernard

When teen hacker and foster child Wick Tate finds a dead classmate's diary on her front step, with a note reading "Find me," she sets off on a perverse game of hide-and-seek to catch the killer.

YA FIC BERNARD

The Enchanter Heir by Cinda Williams Chima

Racing against time, Jonah and Emma, who possess unique magical gifts, work to uncover the truth about Thorn Hill, a peaceful commune that the Wizard Guild claims is a hotbed of underguild terrorists.

YA FIC CHIMA

The True Adventures of Nicolo Zen by Nicholas Christopher

Nicolo Zen begins his musical career busking on the streets of 18^th century Venice with an unusual new instrument, the clarinet. Nicolo's clarinet, however, is really unusual: it has been enchanted by an enigmatic stage magician. But no amount of talent can make living on the streets safe, especially for a young, beautiful boy like Nicolo.

YA FIC CHRISTOPHER

Phoenix Island by John Dixon

When a tough sixteen-year-old boxing champ sentenced to an isolated boot camp discovers it is actually a mercenary training facility turning "throwaway children" into scientifically enhanced killers, he risks everything to save his friends and stop a madman bent on global destruction.

YA FIC DIXON

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

Betrothed to the demon who rules her country and trained all her life to kill him, seventeen-year-old Nyx Triskelion must now fulfill her destiny and move to the castle to be his wife.

YA FIC HODGE

The Sound of Letting Go by Stasia Ward Kehoe

At seventeen, Daisy feels imprisoned by her brother Steven's autism and its effects and her only escape is through her trumpet into the world of jazz, but when her parents decide to send Steven to an institution she is not ready to let him go.

YA FIC KEHOE

Little Blue Lies by Chris Lynch

Oliver, known as "O", and his suddenly ex-girlfriend Junie are known for telling little lies, but one of Junie's lies about not winning the lottery could get her into trouble with a local mob boss.

YA FIC LYNCH

The Mirk and Midnight Hour by Jane Nickerson

Seventeen-year-old Violet Dancey is spending the Civil War with a new stepmother and stepsister and her young cousin when she comes upon a wounded Yankee soldier, Thomas, who is being kept alive by mysterious voodoo practitioners.

YA FIC NICKERSON

Panic by Lauren Oliver

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.

YA FIC OLIVER

Her Dark Curiosity by Megan Shepherd

Back in London after escaping from her father's island and the secrets she left behind, Juliet Moreau strives to stop a killer while searching for a serum to cure her own worsening illness.

YA FIC  SHEPHERD

The Strange & Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye J. Walton

Born with bird wings, Ava Lavender is well aware that love has long made fools of her family. When pious Nathaniel Sorrows mistakes her bird wings for angel wings, 16-year-old Ava faces the man's growing obsession, which comes to a head with the rain and feathers that fly through the air during a nighttime summer solstice celebration.

YA FIC WALTON