Lukash, F. The Safe and Sane Guide to Teenage Plastic Surgery. YA 617.95 LUK
Contents Body image -- Considering plastic surgery -- When no is the answer -- Moving forward with surgery -- Weighing the cost -- Introduction to procedures -- The ears : the frame of the face -- The face : finding the balance -- Breasts and chests : a delicate balance -- Body contouring -- Skin -- Ethnic surgery : from cultural assimilation to a culture of beauty -- Cutting edge or on thin ice : innovations in teen plastic surgery -- Happy endings and beautiful beginnings.
Stone, T. The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie. A Doll’s History and Her Impact on Us. YA 688.7 STO
"Readers learn about Mattel Toys and the background behind Barbie's concept and development, how it was a solution for girls who wanted to imagine adult roles rather than just play mother, and details about inventor Ruth Handler.
Beever, J. Pavement Chalk Artist. The three-dimensional drawings of Julian Beever. YA 709.73 BEE
More than just traditional flat drawings, the works Beever creates are uniquely three-dimensional anamorphic drawings. They are drawn in perspective and distorted so the subject can be viewed properly only from one particular viewpoint. For those who are standing in the right place, his chalk drawings invite them to step right into the scene or, in the case of the artist's well-known Swimming Pool in the High Street, dive right into the water.
I Can’t Keep My Own Secrets. Six-word memoirs by teens famous and obscure. YA 808.066 I
Everyone has a story to tell about themselves, but few can tell their story in six short words. Six hundred authors between the ages of thirteen and nineteen have done just that. They talk about their sorrows, their fears and their hopes. Some want to talk about their gaming, food, friends and family. From best friends to love, lies and war, it's all in this book. Every life is special and unique and you're going to hear a slice of life from young people in six words, no more no less!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
New Fiction
Anderson, L. Forge. YA ANDERSON
Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
Blume, J. Tiger Eyes. YA BLUME
Grief and fear strike Davey Wexler, her mother, and her young brother when Davey's father is killed during a holdup of his 7-Eleven store in Los Alamos
Card, O. Pathfinder. YA CARD
Thirteen-year-old Rigg has a secret ability to see the paths of others' pasts, but revelations after his father's death set him on a dangerous quest that brings new threats from those who would either control his destiny or kill him.
Clare, C. Clockwork Angel. Book One: The Infernal Devices. YA CLARE
When sixteen-year-old orphan Tessa Fell's older brother suddenly vanishes, her search for him leads her into Victorian-era London's dangerous supernatural underworld, and when she discovers that she herself is a Downworlder, she must learn to trust the demon-killing Shadowhunters if she ever wants to learn to control her powers and find her brother.
John, A. Five Flavors of Dumb. YA JOHN
Eighteen-year-old Piper becomes the manager for her classmates' popular rock band, called Dumb, giving her the chance to prove her capabilities to her parents and others, if only she can get the band members to get along.
Lynch, C. Hothouse. YA LYNCH
Teens D.J. and Russell, life-long friends and neighbors, had drifted apart but when their firefighter fathers are both killed, they try to help one another come to terms with the tragedy and its aftermath.
Smith, A. The Marbury Lens. YA SMITH
Sixteen-year-old Jack gets drunk and is in the wrong place at the wrong time. He is kidnapped. He escapes, narrowly. The only person he tells is his best friend, Conner. When they arrive in London as planned for summer break, a stranger hands Jack a pair of glasses. Through the lenses, he sees another world called Marbury.
There is war in Marbury. It is a desolate and murderous place where Jack is responsible for the survival of two younger boys. Conner is there, too. But he’s trying to kill them. Meanwhile, Jack is falling in love with an English girl, and afraid he’s losing his mind. Conner tells Jack it’s going to be okay. But it’s not.
Von Ziegesar, C. I will always love you. A gossip girl novel. YA VON
After graduating and moving on to college, Blair, Serena, Nate, Dan, and Vanessa are forced to come to terms with past events when they are reunited in the city during the holidays in this coming-of-age story.
Yancey, R. The Curse of the Wendigo. YA YANCEY
In 1888, twelve-year-old Will Henry chronicles his apprenticeship with Dr. Warthrop, a New England scientist who hunts and studies real-life monsters, as they discover and attempt to destroy the Wendigo, a creature that starves even as it gorges itself on human flesh.
Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
Blume, J. Tiger Eyes. YA BLUME
Grief and fear strike Davey Wexler, her mother, and her young brother when Davey's father is killed during a holdup of his 7-Eleven store in Los Alamos
Card, O. Pathfinder. YA CARD
Thirteen-year-old Rigg has a secret ability to see the paths of others' pasts, but revelations after his father's death set him on a dangerous quest that brings new threats from those who would either control his destiny or kill him.
Clare, C. Clockwork Angel. Book One: The Infernal Devices. YA CLARE
When sixteen-year-old orphan Tessa Fell's older brother suddenly vanishes, her search for him leads her into Victorian-era London's dangerous supernatural underworld, and when she discovers that she herself is a Downworlder, she must learn to trust the demon-killing Shadowhunters if she ever wants to learn to control her powers and find her brother.
John, A. Five Flavors of Dumb. YA JOHN
Eighteen-year-old Piper becomes the manager for her classmates' popular rock band, called Dumb, giving her the chance to prove her capabilities to her parents and others, if only she can get the band members to get along.
Lynch, C. Hothouse. YA LYNCH
Teens D.J. and Russell, life-long friends and neighbors, had drifted apart but when their firefighter fathers are both killed, they try to help one another come to terms with the tragedy and its aftermath.
Smith, A. The Marbury Lens. YA SMITH
Sixteen-year-old Jack gets drunk and is in the wrong place at the wrong time. He is kidnapped. He escapes, narrowly. The only person he tells is his best friend, Conner. When they arrive in London as planned for summer break, a stranger hands Jack a pair of glasses. Through the lenses, he sees another world called Marbury.
There is war in Marbury. It is a desolate and murderous place where Jack is responsible for the survival of two younger boys. Conner is there, too. But he’s trying to kill them. Meanwhile, Jack is falling in love with an English girl, and afraid he’s losing his mind. Conner tells Jack it’s going to be okay. But it’s not.
Von Ziegesar, C. I will always love you. A gossip girl novel. YA VON
After graduating and moving on to college, Blair, Serena, Nate, Dan, and Vanessa are forced to come to terms with past events when they are reunited in the city during the holidays in this coming-of-age story.
Yancey, R. The Curse of the Wendigo. YA YANCEY
In 1888, twelve-year-old Will Henry chronicles his apprenticeship with Dr. Warthrop, a New England scientist who hunts and studies real-life monsters, as they discover and attempt to destroy the Wendigo, a creature that starves even as it gorges itself on human flesh.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
New Movies on DVD
I know what you did last summer. YA DVD I
Summary: After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. But exactly one year later, the dead man returns from his watery grave, and he's looking for more than an apology.
Flipped. YA DVD FLIPPED
Summary: When second-graders Bryce and Juli first meet, Juli knows it's love. Bryce isn't so sure. Beginning that day, and for the next six years, young Bryce does everything he can to keep his outspoken wannabe girlfriend at arm's length, which isn't easy since they go to the same school and live across the street from each other. Extras included.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. YA DVD SCOTT
Summary: Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim. A bass guitarist for garage band Sex Bob-omb, the 22-year-old has just met the girl of his dreams, literally. The only catch to winning Ramona Flowers? Her seven evil exes are coming to kill him. As Scott gets closer to Ramona, he must face an increasingly vicious rogues' gallery from her past, from infamous skateboarders to vegan rock stars and fearsome identical twins. If he hopes to win his true love, he must vanquish them all.
Style Wars. YA DVD STYLE
Summary: A documentary exploration of the subculture of New York's young graffiti writers and breakdancers, showing their activities and aspirations and the social and aesthetic controversies surrounding New York graffiti. Dramatizes conflicts between graffitists and the city, as well as among the graffitists themselves.
X-Men. YA DVD X-MEN
Summary: After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. But exactly one year later, the dead man returns from his watery grave, and he's looking for more than an apology.
Flipped. YA DVD FLIPPED
Summary: When second-graders Bryce and Juli first meet, Juli knows it's love. Bryce isn't so sure. Beginning that day, and for the next six years, young Bryce does everything he can to keep his outspoken wannabe girlfriend at arm's length, which isn't easy since they go to the same school and live across the street from each other. Extras included.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. YA DVD SCOTT
Summary: Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim. A bass guitarist for garage band Sex Bob-omb, the 22-year-old has just met the girl of his dreams, literally. The only catch to winning Ramona Flowers? Her seven evil exes are coming to kill him. As Scott gets closer to Ramona, he must face an increasingly vicious rogues' gallery from her past, from infamous skateboarders to vegan rock stars and fearsome identical twins. If he hopes to win his true love, he must vanquish them all.
Style Wars. YA DVD STYLE
Summary: A documentary exploration of the subculture of New York's young graffiti writers and breakdancers, showing their activities and aspirations and the social and aesthetic controversies surrounding New York graffiti. Dramatizes conflicts between graffitists and the city, as well as among the graffitists themselves.
X-Men. YA DVD X-MEN
New TV on DVD
Avatar: The Last Airbender. The Complete Book 1 collection. YA DVD TV AVATAR
Summary: After a lapse of 100 years, the Avatar-spiritual master of the elements -has returned. And just in the nick of time. The FOur nations (Water, Earth, Fire and Air) have become unbalanced. The Fire Nation wants to rule the world, and its first conquest will be the Northern Water Tribe. It's up to a 12-year-old Airbender named Aang to find a way to stop it. Join Aang, Katara, Sokka, Momo, and Appa as they head north on the adventure of a lifetime.the Chosen One who can restore the world order. This adventure, set in a fantastical Asian-influenced world, follows the story of Aang, the Chosen One, who must forgo his selfish wandering to learn to master his latent powers over the four elements.
Avatar: The Last Airbender. The complete Book 2 collection. YA DVD TV AVATAR
Summary: Avatar Aang continues his quest to master the four elements. He journeys across the Earth Kingdom in search of an Earthbending mentor; he confronts Princess Azula, daughter of firelord Ozai and sister of Prince Zuko. She will stop at nothing to defeat the Avatar. But Aang finds allies along the way, from the swamps of the South to the Earth King's palace.
Bonus features: interview with the creators and M. Night Shyamalan; "The essence of bending" with Bryan Konietzko and Sifu Kisu; Avatar super deformed shorts; "Escape from the spirit world" animated graphic novel.
Avatar: The Last Airbender. The complete book 3 collection. YA DVD TV AVATAR
Summary: Avatar Aang has survivied the terrible battle with Azula and now faces new challenges as he and his friends enter the Fire Nation. They must find and defeat Firelord Ozai, who seeks to spread his dominion across the four nations. Without a master to help, Aang must learn a lot of bending. Special features: discs 1-4: audio commentary by creators and crew; disc 5: The women of Avatar: the last airbender ; Book 3 finale pencil test animation ; Into the Fire Nation at San Diego Comic-Con.
The Venture Bros. Season 4, Volume 1. YA DVD TV VENTURE
8 episodes plus special features, creators commentaries, deleted scenes, comic-con promo and “Lost” open!
Summary: After a lapse of 100 years, the Avatar-spiritual master of the elements -has returned. And just in the nick of time. The FOur nations (Water, Earth, Fire and Air) have become unbalanced. The Fire Nation wants to rule the world, and its first conquest will be the Northern Water Tribe. It's up to a 12-year-old Airbender named Aang to find a way to stop it. Join Aang, Katara, Sokka, Momo, and Appa as they head north on the adventure of a lifetime.the Chosen One who can restore the world order. This adventure, set in a fantastical Asian-influenced world, follows the story of Aang, the Chosen One, who must forgo his selfish wandering to learn to master his latent powers over the four elements.
Avatar: The Last Airbender. The complete Book 2 collection. YA DVD TV AVATAR
Summary: Avatar Aang continues his quest to master the four elements. He journeys across the Earth Kingdom in search of an Earthbending mentor; he confronts Princess Azula, daughter of firelord Ozai and sister of Prince Zuko. She will stop at nothing to defeat the Avatar. But Aang finds allies along the way, from the swamps of the South to the Earth King's palace.
Bonus features: interview with the creators and M. Night Shyamalan; "The essence of bending" with Bryan Konietzko and Sifu Kisu; Avatar super deformed shorts; "Escape from the spirit world" animated graphic novel.
Avatar: The Last Airbender. The complete book 3 collection. YA DVD TV AVATAR
Summary: Avatar Aang has survivied the terrible battle with Azula and now faces new challenges as he and his friends enter the Fire Nation. They must find and defeat Firelord Ozai, who seeks to spread his dominion across the four nations. Without a master to help, Aang must learn a lot of bending. Special features: discs 1-4: audio commentary by creators and crew; disc 5: The women of Avatar: the last airbender ; Book 3 finale pencil test animation ; Into the Fire Nation at San Diego Comic-Con.
The Venture Bros. Season 4, Volume 1. YA DVD TV VENTURE
8 episodes plus special features, creators commentaries, deleted scenes, comic-con promo and “Lost” open!
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
New Music
Now that's what I call music! 36. YA CD MUSIC NOW 36
Contents: Teenage dream / Katy Perry -- DJ got us fallin' in love / Usher (feat. Pitbull) -- Take it off Ke$ha -- If I had you / Adam Lambert -- Dynamite / Taio Cruz -- Just a dream / Nelly -- Deuces / Chris Brown (feat. Tyga & Kevin McCall) -- Magic / B.o.B. (feat. Rivers Cuomo) -- Memories / David Guetta (feat. Kid Cudi) -- Misery / Maroon 5 -- Animal / Neon Trees -- Secrets / OneRepublic -- King of anything / Sara Bareilles -- The only exception / Paramore -- September / Daughtry -- Stuck like glue / Sugarland. -- What's next bonus tracks: Maybe / Sick Puppies -- Stuck on nothing / Free Energy -- Tennessee me / Secret Sisters. -- Now flashback bonus track: Suspicious minds / Elvis Presley.
Glee: the music; the Christmas album. YA CD MUSIC GLEE
Contents: We need a little Christmas (2:44) -- Deck the rooftop (2:29) -- Merry Christmas darling (3:02) -- Baby, it's cold outside (2:46) -- The most wonderful day of the year (2:00) -- Last Christmas (3:38) -- God rest ye merry gentlemen (3:09) -- O Christmas tree (2:59) -- Jingle bells (2:55) -- You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch (3:18) -- Angels we have heard on high (4:23) -- O holy night (5:01).
Rihanna. Loud. YA CD MUSIC RIHANNA
Contents: S & M -- What's my name (feat. Drake) -- Cheers (Drink to that) -- Fading -- Only girl (in the world) -- California king bed -- Man down -- Raining men (feat. Nicki Mina) -- Complicated -- Skin -- Love the way you lie (part II) (feat. Eminem).
Contents: Teenage dream / Katy Perry -- DJ got us fallin' in love / Usher (feat. Pitbull) -- Take it off Ke$ha -- If I had you / Adam Lambert -- Dynamite / Taio Cruz -- Just a dream / Nelly -- Deuces / Chris Brown (feat. Tyga & Kevin McCall) -- Magic / B.o.B. (feat. Rivers Cuomo) -- Memories / David Guetta (feat. Kid Cudi) -- Misery / Maroon 5 -- Animal / Neon Trees -- Secrets / OneRepublic -- King of anything / Sara Bareilles -- The only exception / Paramore -- September / Daughtry -- Stuck like glue / Sugarland. -- What's next bonus tracks: Maybe / Sick Puppies -- Stuck on nothing / Free Energy -- Tennessee me / Secret Sisters. -- Now flashback bonus track: Suspicious minds / Elvis Presley.
Glee: the music; the Christmas album. YA CD MUSIC GLEE
Contents: We need a little Christmas (2:44) -- Deck the rooftop (2:29) -- Merry Christmas darling (3:02) -- Baby, it's cold outside (2:46) -- The most wonderful day of the year (2:00) -- Last Christmas (3:38) -- God rest ye merry gentlemen (3:09) -- O Christmas tree (2:59) -- Jingle bells (2:55) -- You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch (3:18) -- Angels we have heard on high (4:23) -- O holy night (5:01).
Rihanna. Loud. YA CD MUSIC RIHANNA
Contents: S & M -- What's my name (feat. Drake) -- Cheers (Drink to that) -- Fading -- Only girl (in the world) -- California king bed -- Man down -- Raining men (feat. Nicki Mina) -- Complicated -- Skin -- Love the way you lie (part II) (feat. Eminem).
Saturday, November 27, 2010
New Music
Hollywood Undead. Swan Songs. YA CD MUSIC HOLLYWOO
Contents:Undead -- Sell your soul -- Everywhere I go -- No other place -- No. 5 -- Young -- Black dahlia -- This love, this hate -- Bottle and a gun -- California -- City -- The diary -- Pimpin' -- Paradise lost.
Sufjan Stevens. The Age of Adz. YA CD MUSIC STEVENS
Contents:Futile devices (2:11) -- Too much (6:44) -- Age of Adz (8:00) -- I walked (5:01) -- Now that I'm older (4:56) -- Get real get right (5:10) -- Bad communication (2:24) -- Vesuvius (5:26) -- All for myself (2:55) -- I want to be well (6:27) -- Impossible soul (25:35).
Taylor Swift. Speak Now. YA CD MUSIC SWIFT
Contents:Mine -- Sparks fly -- Back to December -- Speak now -- Dear John -- Mean -- Story of us -- Never grow up -- Enchanted -- Better than revenge -- Innocent -- Haunted -- Last kiss -- Long live.
Contents:Undead -- Sell your soul -- Everywhere I go -- No other place -- No. 5 -- Young -- Black dahlia -- This love, this hate -- Bottle and a gun -- California -- City -- The diary -- Pimpin' -- Paradise lost.
Sufjan Stevens. The Age of Adz. YA CD MUSIC STEVENS
Contents:Futile devices (2:11) -- Too much (6:44) -- Age of Adz (8:00) -- I walked (5:01) -- Now that I'm older (4:56) -- Get real get right (5:10) -- Bad communication (2:24) -- Vesuvius (5:26) -- All for myself (2:55) -- I want to be well (6:27) -- Impossible soul (25:35).
Taylor Swift. Speak Now. YA CD MUSIC SWIFT
Contents:Mine -- Sparks fly -- Back to December -- Speak now -- Dear John -- Mean -- Story of us -- Never grow up -- Enchanted -- Better than revenge -- Innocent -- Haunted -- Last kiss -- Long live.
New Fiction
Cremer, Andrea. Nightshade. YA CREMER
Calla and Ren have been raised knowing it is their destiny to mate with one another and rule over their shape-shifting wolf pack, but when a human boy arrives and vies for Calla's heart, she is faced with a decision that could change her whole world.
Divine, L. Drama High: The Fight. YA DIVINE
Divine, L. Drama High: Cold As Ice. YA DIVINE
Divine, L. Drama High: Hustlin’. YA DIVINE
Divine, L. Drama High: Frenemies. YA DIVINE
Divine, L. Drama High: Jayd’s legacy. YA DIVINE
Jayd Jackson, happily in a relationship with the coolest white boy ever, deals with her ex-boyfriend, who is trying to break them up, and her best friend Nellie who is causing all sorts of drama as she runs for junior class homecoming Princess against the Athletes and Cheerleaders.
Divine, L. Drama High: Second Chance. YA DIVINE
Divine, L. Drama High: Pushin’ YA DIVINE
In the midst of chaos in practically every area of her life, Jayd tries to concentrate on the things that are important to her and that could hold the key to bringing the chaos under control for good.
Gleitzman, Morris. Once. YA GLEITZMA
After living in an Catholic orphanage for nearly four years, a naive Jewish boy runs away and embarks on a journey across Nazi-occupied Poland to find his parents.
Grimes, Nikki. Dark Sons. YA GRIMES
Alternating poems compare and contrast the conflicted feelings of Ishmael, son of the Biblical patriarch Abraham, and Sam, a teenager in New York City, as they try to come to terms with being abandoned by their fathers and with the love they feel for their younger stepbrothers.
Grimes, Nikki. A Girl Named Mister. YA GRIMES
A pregnant teenager finds support and forgiveness from God through a book of poetry presented from the Virgin Mary's perspective.
Harrison, Lisi. Alphas. YA HARRISON
Select teenaged girls are invited to join the exclusive and futuristic Alpha Academy, where they must compete feverishly to establish and maintain their status among their extremely competitive peers.
Harrison, Lisi. Belle of the Brawl: an Alphas novel. YA HARRISON
After a week of drama-filled days at the exclusive, fiercely-competitive Alpha Academy, Skye, Allie, and Charlie learn that someone has been keeping a huge secret from them.
Harvey, Alyxandra. Blood Feud. YA HARVEY
As the clans gather for the coronation of the next vampire queen, new alliances are beginning to form and the power of the clan leaders is threatened by a would-be usurper.
Hautman, Pete. Blank Confession. YA HAUTMAN
A new and enigmatic student named Shayne appears at high school one day, befriends the smallest boy in the school, and takes on a notorious drug dealer before turning himself in to the police for killing someone.
Higgins, Jack. Sharp Shot. YA HIGGINS
British twins Rich and Jade Chance are back for a third adventure with their spy father as they try to save the Middle East and the President of the United States from a terrorist government coup.
Higgins, Jack. First Strike. YA HIGGINS
British twins Rich and Jade are once again thrown into danger as they try to help their spy father, John Chance, save the President of the United States from a radical group holding the White House hostage and attempting to steal the nation's nuclear launch codes.
Hubbard, Mandy. You Wish. YA HUBBARD
Kayla McHenry's life is transformed when a wish on her sixteenth birthday comes true--along with all of her previous birthday wishes, beginning with the appearance of a pink pony.
Hurley, Tonya. Ghostgirl: Lovesick. YA HURLEY
Charlotte has been given her first assignment after graduating from Dead Ed- the alternative high school for dead teens- she is to go back and help out a student from her previous life and her first love, Damen.
King, A.S. Please Ignore Vera Dietz. YA KING
When her best friend, whom she secretly loves, betrays her and then dies under mysterious circumstances, high school senior Vera Dietz struggles with secrets that could help clear his name.
Kramer, Stacy. Karma Bites. YA KRAMER
Using the power of a magic recipe box belonging to her hippie grandmother straightens out some of the problems in twelve-year-old Franny Flanders' life, but she learns that when you tamper with karma, it can strike back in unexpected ways.
Lipsyte, Robert. Center Field. YA LIPSYTE
Mike lives for baseball and hopes to follow his idol into the major leagues one day, but he is distracted by a new player who might take his place in center field, an ankle injury, problems at home, and a growing awareness that something sinister is happening at school.
Lore, Pittacus. I am number four. YA LORE
In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a fifteen-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien.
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Princess Ben. YA MURDOCK
A girl is transformed, through instruction in life at court, determination, and magic, from sullen, pudgy, graceless Ben into Crown Princess Benevolence, a fit ruler of the kindgom of Montagne as it faces war with neighboring Drachensbett.
Noel, Alyson. Night Star. YA NOEL
Psychic teenagers Ever and Damen face down bitter rivals, jealous friends and their own worst fears--all in the hope of being together forever.
Patterson, James. Daniel X: Demons and Druids. YA PATTERSO
As Daniel X continues to hunt for intergalactic aliens, he and his friends go to England searching for Beta, an outlaw who takes the form of fire and who killed Daniel's parents when he was two years old.
Rex, Adam. Fat Vampire. A never coming of age story. YA REX
After being bitten by a vampire, not only is fifteen-year-old Doug doomed eternally to be fat, but now he must also save himself from the desperate host of a public-access-cable vampire-hunting television show that is on the verge of cancellation.
Ruby, Laura. Good Girls. YA RUBY
Sixteen-year-old high school senior Audrey is humiliated when a compromising photograph of her is sent around her school, but she discovers a toughness within her that she never knew she had.
Scott, Elizabeth. Something, Maybe. YA SCOTT
Seventeen-year-old high school student Hannah is trying to lead a normal life, despite the fact that both her parents are famous for their wild lifestyles, which means getting her secret crush to notice her.
Stroud, Jonathan. Bartimaeus: The ring of Solomon. YA STROUD
Wise-cracking djinni Bartimaeus finds himself at the court of King Solomon with an unpleasant master, a sinister servant, and King Solomon's magic ring.
Von Ziegesar, Cecily. Because I’m worth it. A gossip girl novel. YA VON
The gossip continues in this latest fast paced novel.
Zusak, Markus. I am the messenger. YA ZUSAK
Ed Kennedy is a nineteen-year-old cab driver who doesn't think much of his life. He inadvertently helps stop a bank robbery, and that is when his life starts to change. He begins to receive mysterious messages that instruct him to go to addresses where people need help. Ed becomes the messenger, but who is behind the messages?
Calla and Ren have been raised knowing it is their destiny to mate with one another and rule over their shape-shifting wolf pack, but when a human boy arrives and vies for Calla's heart, she is faced with a decision that could change her whole world.
Divine, L. Drama High: The Fight. YA DIVINE
Divine, L. Drama High: Cold As Ice. YA DIVINE
Divine, L. Drama High: Hustlin’. YA DIVINE
Divine, L. Drama High: Frenemies. YA DIVINE
Divine, L. Drama High: Jayd’s legacy. YA DIVINE
Jayd Jackson, happily in a relationship with the coolest white boy ever, deals with her ex-boyfriend, who is trying to break them up, and her best friend Nellie who is causing all sorts of drama as she runs for junior class homecoming Princess against the Athletes and Cheerleaders.
Divine, L. Drama High: Second Chance. YA DIVINE
Divine, L. Drama High: Pushin’ YA DIVINE
In the midst of chaos in practically every area of her life, Jayd tries to concentrate on the things that are important to her and that could hold the key to bringing the chaos under control for good.
Gleitzman, Morris. Once. YA GLEITZMA
After living in an Catholic orphanage for nearly four years, a naive Jewish boy runs away and embarks on a journey across Nazi-occupied Poland to find his parents.
Grimes, Nikki. Dark Sons. YA GRIMES
Alternating poems compare and contrast the conflicted feelings of Ishmael, son of the Biblical patriarch Abraham, and Sam, a teenager in New York City, as they try to come to terms with being abandoned by their fathers and with the love they feel for their younger stepbrothers.
Grimes, Nikki. A Girl Named Mister. YA GRIMES
A pregnant teenager finds support and forgiveness from God through a book of poetry presented from the Virgin Mary's perspective.
Harrison, Lisi. Alphas. YA HARRISON
Select teenaged girls are invited to join the exclusive and futuristic Alpha Academy, where they must compete feverishly to establish and maintain their status among their extremely competitive peers.
Harrison, Lisi. Belle of the Brawl: an Alphas novel. YA HARRISON
After a week of drama-filled days at the exclusive, fiercely-competitive Alpha Academy, Skye, Allie, and Charlie learn that someone has been keeping a huge secret from them.
Harvey, Alyxandra. Blood Feud. YA HARVEY
As the clans gather for the coronation of the next vampire queen, new alliances are beginning to form and the power of the clan leaders is threatened by a would-be usurper.
Hautman, Pete. Blank Confession. YA HAUTMAN
A new and enigmatic student named Shayne appears at high school one day, befriends the smallest boy in the school, and takes on a notorious drug dealer before turning himself in to the police for killing someone.
Higgins, Jack. Sharp Shot. YA HIGGINS
British twins Rich and Jade Chance are back for a third adventure with their spy father as they try to save the Middle East and the President of the United States from a terrorist government coup.
Higgins, Jack. First Strike. YA HIGGINS
British twins Rich and Jade are once again thrown into danger as they try to help their spy father, John Chance, save the President of the United States from a radical group holding the White House hostage and attempting to steal the nation's nuclear launch codes.
Hubbard, Mandy. You Wish. YA HUBBARD
Kayla McHenry's life is transformed when a wish on her sixteenth birthday comes true--along with all of her previous birthday wishes, beginning with the appearance of a pink pony.
Hurley, Tonya. Ghostgirl: Lovesick. YA HURLEY
Charlotte has been given her first assignment after graduating from Dead Ed- the alternative high school for dead teens- she is to go back and help out a student from her previous life and her first love, Damen.
King, A.S. Please Ignore Vera Dietz. YA KING
When her best friend, whom she secretly loves, betrays her and then dies under mysterious circumstances, high school senior Vera Dietz struggles with secrets that could help clear his name.
Kramer, Stacy. Karma Bites. YA KRAMER
Using the power of a magic recipe box belonging to her hippie grandmother straightens out some of the problems in twelve-year-old Franny Flanders' life, but she learns that when you tamper with karma, it can strike back in unexpected ways.
Lipsyte, Robert. Center Field. YA LIPSYTE
Mike lives for baseball and hopes to follow his idol into the major leagues one day, but he is distracted by a new player who might take his place in center field, an ankle injury, problems at home, and a growing awareness that something sinister is happening at school.
Lore, Pittacus. I am number four. YA LORE
In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a fifteen-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien.
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Princess Ben. YA MURDOCK
A girl is transformed, through instruction in life at court, determination, and magic, from sullen, pudgy, graceless Ben into Crown Princess Benevolence, a fit ruler of the kindgom of Montagne as it faces war with neighboring Drachensbett.
Noel, Alyson. Night Star. YA NOEL
Psychic teenagers Ever and Damen face down bitter rivals, jealous friends and their own worst fears--all in the hope of being together forever.
Patterson, James. Daniel X: Demons and Druids. YA PATTERSO
As Daniel X continues to hunt for intergalactic aliens, he and his friends go to England searching for Beta, an outlaw who takes the form of fire and who killed Daniel's parents when he was two years old.
Rex, Adam. Fat Vampire. A never coming of age story. YA REX
After being bitten by a vampire, not only is fifteen-year-old Doug doomed eternally to be fat, but now he must also save himself from the desperate host of a public-access-cable vampire-hunting television show that is on the verge of cancellation.
Ruby, Laura. Good Girls. YA RUBY
Sixteen-year-old high school senior Audrey is humiliated when a compromising photograph of her is sent around her school, but she discovers a toughness within her that she never knew she had.
Scott, Elizabeth. Something, Maybe. YA SCOTT
Seventeen-year-old high school student Hannah is trying to lead a normal life, despite the fact that both her parents are famous for their wild lifestyles, which means getting her secret crush to notice her.
Stroud, Jonathan. Bartimaeus: The ring of Solomon. YA STROUD
Wise-cracking djinni Bartimaeus finds himself at the court of King Solomon with an unpleasant master, a sinister servant, and King Solomon's magic ring.
Von Ziegesar, Cecily. Because I’m worth it. A gossip girl novel. YA VON
The gossip continues in this latest fast paced novel.
Zusak, Markus. I am the messenger. YA ZUSAK
Ed Kennedy is a nineteen-year-old cab driver who doesn't think much of his life. He inadvertently helps stop a bank robbery, and that is when his life starts to change. He begins to receive mysterious messages that instruct him to go to addresses where people need help. Ed becomes the messenger, but who is behind the messages?
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