New YA Books - June 2015

Looking for something to read pool-side or at the beach? Look no further! Check out one of these sizzling summer titles! 

One of the Guys by Lisa Aldin

YA FIC ALDIN

Tomboy to the core, Toni Valentine understands guys. So she’s horrified when she's sent to the Winston Academy for Girls. Then Toni realizes setting her new girl friends up with her old boy friends is big business and stars a Rent-A-Gent Service. But what happens when Toni has to decide if she wants to save the business and her old life, or let go of being one of the guys for a chance at love? 

Material Girls by Elaine Dimopoulos

YA FIC Dimopoulos

Teens Ivy Wilde and Marla Klein face major lifestyle changes as pop-star Ivy questions the rampant consumerism required to maintain her image, and fashionista Marla sees first-hand the appalling working conditions that allowed her to be a trend-setter.

Dime by E.R. Frank

YA FIC FRANK

Fourteen-year-old Dime, a foster child in Newark, New Jersey, finds love and family as a prostitute, but when her pimp rejects her for a new girl, will Dime have the strength to leave?

Conviction by Kelly Loy Gilbert

YA FIC GILBERT

Ten years ago, God gave Braden a sign, a promise that his family wouldn't fall apart the way he feared. But Braden got it wrong: his older brother, Trey, has been estranged from the family for almost as long, and his father, the only parent Braden has ever known, has been accused of murder. Braden faces an impossible choice, one that will define him for the rest of his life.

Before Tomorrowland by Jeff Jensen

YA FIC JENSEN

The year is 1939. A secret society of geniuses is about to share an incredible discovery with the world, but a secret enemy will stop at nothing to stop them. And a mother and son on vacation in New York City are handed a comic book infused with a secret code that will lead them straight into the crossfires of the conspiracy.

The Porcupine of Truth by Bill Konigsberg

YA FIC KONIGSBERG

Carson Speier is bored of Billings, Montana, and resentful that he has to help his mother take care of his deadbeat father. But then he meets Aisha, a beautiful African American girl who has run away from her own difficult family, and together they embark on a journey of discovery that may help them both come to terms with their lives.

I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest

YA FIC PRIEST

Years after writing stories about a superheroine character she created with a best friend who died in a tragic car accident, May is shocked to see stickers, patches, and graffiti images of the superheroine appearing around Seattle.

A Tale of Two Besties by Sophia Rivka Rossi

YA FIC ROSSI

In ultra-cool Los Angeles, can two freshman girls remain best friends despite a tidal wave of high school drama, or does growing up mean leaving some friends behind?

Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider

YA FIC SCHNEIDER

Two teenagers with a deadly disease meet in a weird sanatorium and fall in love on the brink of a cure.

The Cage by Megan Shepherd

YA FIC SHEPHERD

Cora wakes up in a cage on an alien planet where she meets the Kindred, her mysterious alien captors, and along with other teenager abductees must find a way to escape back to Earth.

I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives by Caitlin Alifirenka

YA 305.235 ALI

The true story of an all-American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe and the letter that changed both of their lives forever.

Paracord!: How to Make the Best Bracelets, Lanyards, Key Chains, Buckles, and More by Todd Mikkelsen

YA 746.422 MIK

Offers instructions for several craft projects using paracords, including a snake knot bracelet, a millipede quick deploy strap, and a common whipping handle wrap.

Unbored: The Essential Fun Guide to Serious Fun by Joshua Glenn and Elizabeth Foy Larsen

YA 790 GLE

This is the guide and activity book every modern kid needs. Vibrantly designed, lavishly illustrated, brilliantly walking the line between cool and constructive, it's crammed with activities that are not only fun and doable but also designed to get kids engaged with the wider world.

New YA Books - April 2015

We've just added some hot titles to our YA collection for April. No foolin'! (Hyuck, hyuck, hyuck....)

The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things by Anne Aguirre

YA FIC AGUIRRE

Sage has learned to substitute causes for relationships, and it's working just fine…until Shane Cavendish strolls into her math class. He's a little antisocial, a lot beautiful, and everything she never knew she always wanted.

Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

YA FIC ALBERTALLI

Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity--and that of his pen pal--will be revealed.

Eden West by Pete Hautman

YA FIC HAUTMAN

This story explores a boy's unraveling allegiance to an insular cult. Twelve square miles of paradise, surrounded by an eight-foot-high chain-link fence: this is Nodd, the land of the Grace. It is all seventeen-year-old Jacob knows. But when new people come into contact with Nodd, he begins to question everything he’s ever known.

The Truth Commission by Susan Juby

YA FIC JUBY

As a project for her "creative non-fiction module" class, Normandy Pale chronicles the work of the Truth Commission, through which she and her two best friends ask classmates and faculty about various open secrets.

The Prom Goer’s Interstellar Excursion by Chris McCoy

YA FIC MCCOY

Minutes after Bennett Bardo of Gordo, New Mexico, asks Sophie Gilkey, his dream girl, to prom and she says yes, she is abducted by aliens and Bennett catches a ride across the galaxy with a band of misfit musicians to find her.

Anastasia and her Sisters by Carolyn Meyer

YA FIC MEYER

A novel in diary form in which the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II describes the privileged life her family led up until the time of World War I and the tragic events that befell them.

Skandal by Lindsey Smith

YA FIC SMITH

In the sequel to SEKRET, Yulia and Valentine have escaped Russia to live in Washington DC where they are working with CIA psychics, including Yulia's increasingly erratic father.

Ms. Marvel 2: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson

YA GRAPHIC WILSON

As Ms. Marvel discovers more about her past, the Inventor continues to threaten her future. Kamala bands together with some unlikely heroes to stop the maniacal villain before he does real damage, but has she taken on more than she can handle?

Lies I Told by Michelle Zink

YA FIC ZINK

Since Grace was adopted by the Fontaines, she has been carefully taught the art of the scam and has an uncanny ability to create a personality to help her "parents.” However, their latest job has her questioning everything she has been taught and the family she has grown to love.

Bullies of Wall Street: This Is How Greedy Adults Messed Up Our Economy by Sheila Bair

YA 330.973 BAI

Can knowing how a financial crisis happened keep it from happening again? Sheila Bair, the former chairman of the FDIC, explains how the Great Recession impacted families on a personal level using language that everyone can understand.

Chocolate: Sweet Science and Dark Secrets of the World’s Favorite Treat by Kay Frydenborg

YA 338.7 FRY

A fascinating account that captures the history, science, and economic and cultural implications of the harvesting of cacao and creation of chocolate.

New YA Books - February 2015

Fairies, devils, hypnotism, space travel, and even the Rapture....you're sure to find a surprise or two in our new YA books!

Polaris by Mindee Arnett

YA FIC ARNETT

The thrilling sequel to the book Avalon. Jeth Seagrave and his crew are on the run from the ITA, an insidious group holding Jeth's mother in a remote research lab and intent on acquiring the metatech secrets Jeth's sister Cora carries inside her DNA. Jeth must make a dangerous deal to rescue his mother and start a new life outside the Confederation. 

The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black

YA FIC BLACK

In the town of Fairfold, where humans and fae exist side by side, a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives awakes after generations of sleep in a glass coffin in the woods. This event sweeps Hazel up in a new love and forces her to make a secret sacrifice to the faerie king.

Vivian Apple at the End of the World by Katie Coyle

YA FIC COYLE

Vivian Apple returns home after the alleged "Rapture" to find her devout parents gone and two mysterious holes in the roof. Vivian never believed in the Rapture, or the uber powerful Church of America. Now that she has been left behind, Vivian's quest for the truth begins.

Hellhole by Gina Damico

YA FIC DAMICO

Max Kilgore has accidentally unleashed a devil---and now the big, evil oaf is living in his basement. If Max doesn't meet the devil's demands (which include providing unlimited junk food and a hot tub), everyone and everything he holds dear could go up in smoke.

Stolen by Melissa de la Cruz

YA FIC DELACRUZ

Book 2 of the Heart of Dread series. Nat risked her life to reunite with her drakon in the defense of the Blue, but Wes, seeking his sister Eliza, is forced to rejoin the military, placing him and Nat on opposite sides of a war that could destroy what is left of the world.

Waiting for Unicorns by Beth Hautala

YA FIC HAUTALA

After her mother dies, Talia goes to the Arctic with her whale researcher father, where she meets strange, new friends and learns that stories have the power to connect us, to provide hope, and to pull us out of the darkness.

Killing Time in Crystal City by Chris Lynch

YA FIC LYNCH

Seventeen-year-old Kevin tries to reinvent himself when he runs away from home and the father he hates, but living with a mysterious uncle and befriending two homeless girls just adds more complications.

Twisted Fate by Norah Olson

YA FIC OLSON

Told from separate viewpoints, a story unfolds about how sisters Sydney and Ally's relationship changes as they get involved with their new neighbor, Graham, an artist with a video camera who has a mysterious--and dangerous--past.

The Lost by James Patterson

YA FIC PATTERSON

Part of the Witch & Wizard series. Magical teen siblings Whit and Wisty Allgood struggle against a mounting public opposition to magic and a brutal crime wave led by a powerful wizard intent on ruling the City.

Hold Tight, Don’t Let Go by Laura Rose Wagner

YA FIC WAGNER

In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Nadine goes to live with her father in Miami while her cousin Magdalie, raised as her sister, remains behind in a refugee camp. Magdalie dreams of joining Nadine, but wonders if she must accept that her life and future are in Port-au-Prince.

The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters

YA FIC WINTERS

Olivia Mead, a suffragist in 1900 Oregon, is hypnotized by the intriguing young Henri Reverie, who is paid by her father to make her more docile and womanly. Instead, she gains the ability to see people's true natures as she secretly continues fighting for women's rights.

New YA Books - January 2015

Ready to get energized and start on all those New Year's resolutions?!!!..........uh, maybe later. We've got a whole batch of new books to read!

Assassin’s Creed: Renaissance by Oliver Bowden

YA FIC BOWDEN

Betrayed by the ruling families of Italy, Ezio vows to exact his revenge and restore his family's honor by using the skills he has learned from such great minds as Da Vinci and Machiavelli to become a righteous assassin.

Monkey Wars by Richard Kurti  

YA FIC KURTI

When rhesus monkeys are brutally massacred on the streets of Kolkata by a troop of power hungry langur monkeys, a young langur soldier's life is changed forever.

There Will Be Lies by Nick Lake

YA FIC LAKE

Shelby Cooper has been overprotected by her single mother all her life but after a car accident, Shelby's mother steals her away from the hospital, revealing that Shelby's father is not dead, but rather a violent man who promised to hunt them down.

Hidden by Donna Jo Napoli

YA FIC NAPOLI

When a marauding slave ship captures her sister, Melkorka, Brigid is lost at sea but survives, disguised as a boy, and sets out to rescue Melkorka.

Isabel’s War by Lila Perl

YA FIC PERL

Twelve-year-old Isabel has no interest in the war in Europe until her family welcomes Helga, a German war refugee, into their home in the Bronx.

The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds

YA FIC REYNOLDS

Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.

The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick

YA FIC SEDGWICK

Four linked stories begin with a Paleolithic-era girl who makes the first written signs, continue with Anna, who people call a witch, then a mad twentieth-century poet who watches the ocean knowing the horrors it hides, and concluding with an astronaut on the first spaceship from Earth sent to colonize another world.

X by Ilyasah Shabazz

YA FIC SHABAZZ

This riveting and revealing novel follows Malcolm X from his childhood to his imprisonment for theft at age twenty, when he found the faith that would lead him to forge a new path and command a voice that still resonates today.

We Should Hang Out Sometimes: Embarrassingly, A TrueStory by Josh Sundquist

YA BIOG SUNDQUIST

Josh Sundquist, a Paralympic ski racer and cancer survivor, never had a steady relationship. Was he a freak? Some sort of anti-social monster? To find out, he tracked down each of the girls he had tried to date since middle school and asked them straight up: What went wrong?

FDR and the American Crisis by Albert Marrin

YA 973.91 MAR

The definitive biography of president Franklin Delano Roosevelt for young adult readers. Follow Roosevelt from his early political career through his struggle with polio to his time as President during the horrific events of World War II.

New YA Books - November 2014

Check out some of these great new reads for November! 

The Stepsister’s Tale by Tracy Barrett

YA FIC BARRETT

Jane cares for her mother and sister until her stepfather dies, leaving nothing but debts and Jane's spoiled stepsister behind, but a mysterious boy from the woods and an invitation to a royal ball are certain to change her fate.

Heap House by Edward Carey

YA FIC CAREY

Young Clod is an Iremonger. He lives at Heap House, his family's mansion at the center of the Heaps, a vast sea of lost and discarded items. Each Iremonger has an odd gift and Clod’s is perhaps the oddest of all….he can hear all of the objects of Heap House whispering!

 

Michael Vey: Hunt for the Jade Dragon by Richard Paul Evans

YA FIC EVANS

Michael, Taylor, Ostin, and the rest of the Electroclan head to Taiwan in search of nine-year-old child prodigy Lin Julung, or Jade Dragon, who the Elgen kidnapped for Hatch's army of electric children.

The Jewel by Amy Ewing

YA FIC EWING

Violet, a poor girl from the outer city, finds forbidden romance and uncovers brutal secrets when, after three years of training, she is purchased by a royal family as a surrogate mother for royal children.

Vango: Between Earth and Sky by Timothee de Fombelle

YA FIC FOMBELLE

In a world between wars, a young man on the cusp of taking priestly vows is suddenly made a fugitive. Fleeing the accusations of police who blame him for a murder, as well as more sinister forces with darker intentions, Vango attempts to trace the secrets of his shrouded past and prove his innocence before all is lost.

Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers

YA FIC LAFEVERS

Annith's worst fears are realized when she discovers that, despite her lifelong training to be an assassin, she is being groomed by the abbess as a Seeress, to be forever shut up in the convent of Saint Mortain.

Beware the Wild by Natalie C. Parker

YA FIC PARKER

A teen girl and her boyfriend must find her older brother after he wanders into their town's swamp and a mysterious girl appears in his place.

How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon

YA FIC MAGOON

When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson is shot to death, his community is thrown into an uproar because Tariq was black and the shooter, Jack Franklin, is white. Everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events agree.

Stronger Than You Know by Jolene B. Perry

YA FIC PERRY

After fifteen years of horrific abuse and neglect by her mother and her mother's boyfriends, Joy struggles to understand and accept a normal life with relatives, at school, and with a boyfriend.

I Love I Hate I Miss My Sister by Amelie Sarn

YA FIC SARN

Eighteen-year-old Sohane loves no one more than her beautiful, carefree younger sister, Djelila. And she hates no one as much. The two have always shared everything. But now, Djelila is embracing her life as a secular teen, and Sohane is becoming more religious in her Muslim faith.

UnDivided by Neal Shusterman

YA FIC SHUSTERMAN

The thrilling continuation of the UnWind Dystology series.Three teens band together to force the government to repeal horrific procedures in which unwanted teenagers are captured and are unwound into parts that can be reused for transplantation.

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

YA FIC STIEFVATER

Book 3 of the Raven Cycle. Blue Sargent has found things. She has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. The trick with found things though, is how easily they can be lost.

Slump by Kevin Waltman

YA FIC WALTMAN

Derrick "D-Bow" Bowman thought sophomore year would be easier, but his girlfriend Jasmine leaves him for putting too much focus on basketball, the jump shot he worked on all summer is not working, and his father has a heart attack, forcing Derrick to accept that basketball cannot be his only priority.

Bad Boy: A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers

YA BIOG MYERS

Bestselling author Walter Dean Myers travels back to his roots in the magical world of Harlem during the 1940s and 1950s. As a boy, Myers was quick-tempered and physically strong, always ready for a fight. He also read voraciously and aspired to be a writer. But growing up in a poor family, his hopes for a successful future diminished as he realized the class and racial struggles that surrounded him.

Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories edited Carrie Jones and Megan Kelley Hall

YA 302.3 DEA

Discover how Lauren Kate transformed the feeling of that one mean girl getting under her skin into her first novel, how Lauren Oliver learned to celebrate ambiguity in her classmates and in herself, and how R.L. Stine turned being the "funny guy" into the best defense against the bullies in his class. Today's top authors share their stories about bullying in a collection at turns moving and self-effacing, but always deeply personal.

New YA Books - October 2014

Weather outside getting nippy? Ghouls and ghosts lurking behind every corner? Curl up with a good book this month and leave the big, bad world behind!

The Witch’s Boy by Kelly Regan Barnhill

YA FIC BARNHILL

When Ned and his twin brother tumble from their raft into a raging river, only Ned survives. Villagers are convinced the wrong boy lived. But when a Bandit King comes to steal the magic from Ned's witch mother, can Ned prove them wrong and protect his community?

Exquisite Captive by Heather Demetrios

YA FIC DEMETRIOS

Jinni. Empress. Warrior. Slave. Nalia is a jinni of tremendous ancient power, but she’s bound to serve her cruel master, Malek. Can she finally escape with the help of Raif, an enigmatic leader…and her sworn enemy?

Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick

YA FIC FITZPATRICK

Britt is planning a peaceful hike in the Grand Tetons of Wyoming, but trouble arises when she is caught in a blizzard, taken hostage by fugitives, and finds evidence of murders in this suspenseful, twisted tale.

Skink: No Surrender by Carl Hiaasen

YA FIC HIASSEN

With the help of an eccentric ex-governor, a teenaged boy searches for his missing cousin in the Florida wilds.

Salt & Storm by Kendall Kulper

YA FIC KULPER

Avery Roe wants to take her rightful place as the sea witch of Prince Island. When she foresees her own murder, a harpoon boy promises to help her change her fate and keep her island safe…but salvation will require an unexpected sacrifice.

Egg & Spoon by Gregory Maguire

YA FIC MAGUIRE

Poor Russian country girl Elena Rudina and aristocratic Ekatrina meet and set in motion an escapade that includes mistaken identity, a monk locked in a tower, a prince traveling incognito, and the sassy witch Baba Yaga.

Firebug by Lish McBride

YA FIC MCBRIDE

After she is asked to kill a family friend by the woman who killed her mother, Ava, an assassin who can start fires with her mind, desperately tries to escape the Coterie, a magical mafia, while keeping the murders to a minimum.

Althea & Oliver by Cristina Moracho

YA FIC MORACHO

Althea and Oliver, who have been friends since they were six, find their worlds turned upside down when Oliver contracts Kleine-Levin syndrome, and Althea discovers she wants to be more than friends.

On a Clear Day by Walter Dean Myers

YA FIC MYERS

In 2035, Dahlia Grillo, a sixteen-year-old math whiz, joins with six other American teens traveling to England to meet with groups from around the world in hopes of stopping C8, the companies that control nearly everything for their own benefit.

Jackaby by William Ritter

YA FIC RITTER

Newly arrived in 1892 New England, Abigail Rook becomes assistant to R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with the ability to see supernatural beings. As she helps him delve into a case of serial murder, Jackaby is convinced the culprit is an inhuman creature.

Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld

YA FIC WESTERFELD

Eighteen-year-old Darcy Patel navigates the New York City publishing world after writing her first book, the story of Lizzie who slips into the "Afterworld" to survive a terrorist attack and becomes a spirit guide.

Beetle Boy by Margaret Willey

YA FIC WILLEY

When his mother walked out on the family, seven-year-old Charlie comforted his inconsolable father by sharing the silly beetle boy stories his mother told him. Years later, these stolen stories still haunt Charlie's dreams.

Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters by Laurie Ann Thompson

YA 361.2 THO

Empower yourself in today's highly connected, socially conscious world as you learn how to wield your passions, digital tools, and the principles of social entrepreneurship to affect real change in your schools, communities, and beyond.

Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines by Paul Fleischman

YA 363.78 FLE

Paul Fleischman offers teens a wake-up call and a tool kit for decoding the barrage of conflicting information about the environment that confronts them every day.

How Rude! The Teen Guide to Good Manners, Proper Behavior, and Not Grossing People Out by Alex J. Packer

YA 395.1 PAC

Explaining etiquette from A ("Applause") to Z ("Zits"), Alex J. Packer blends outrageous humor with sound advice as he guides readers and explains why manners and etiquette are important.

Poisoned Apples: Poems For You, My Pretty by Christine Heppermann

YA 811.6 HEP

From Snow White’s cottage and Rapunzel's tower to health class and the prom, these poems are a moving depiction of young women, society, and our expectations.