New Fiction

Cabot, Meg. Runaway. YA/ CABOT
When sixteen-year-old Emerson Watts learns the truth about Nikki, the teen supermodel into whose body Emerson's brain was transplanted, she finds that there is only one person to turn to for help--especially since her loved ones seem to be furious with her.

Colasanti, Susane. Something Like Fate. YA/ COLASANT
Lani and Jason, who is her best friend's boyfriend, fall in love, causing Lani tremendous anguish and guilt.

Doctorow, Cory. For the Win. YA/ DOCTOROW
A group of young people, caught up in the world of multiplayer online gaming, become entangled with the mysterious woman called Big Sister Nor, who builds them into a movement to challenge the status quo. They devise a plan to crash the economy of every virtual world at once - a Ponzi scheme combined with a brilliant hack that ends up being the biggest, funnest game of all.

Ehrenhaft, Daniel. Friend is not a Verb. YA/ EHRENHAF
While sixteen-year-old Hen's family and friends try to make his supposed dreams of becoming a rock star come true, he deals with the reality of being in a band with an ex-girlfriend, a friendship that may become love, and his older sister's mysterious disappearance and reappearance.

Grant, Michael. Lies: A Gone Novel. YA/ GRANT
As conditions worsen in the FAYZ, where supernatural forces have trapped children under the age of fifteen and resources are running out, it becomes tempting to heed the words of a prophet who says that only death will set them free.

McGowan, Anthony. The Knife That Killed Me. YA/ McGOWAN
Paul Varderman, a secondary student in an English Catholic School, is a loner until, just as he is becoming friends with "the freaks," the school bully encourages Paul to join his gang and gives him a knife to carry as an incentive.

Pike, Aprilynne. Spells. YA/ PIKE
Summoned to study at The Academy of Avalon, sixteen-year-old Laurel learns about the town with friend Tamani, while honing her long-forgotten skills as a Fall faerie in order to protect her human family and Avalon from trolls.

Reeve, Philip. Fever Crumb. YA/ REEVE
Foundling Fever Crumb has been raised as an engineer although females in the future London, England, are not believed capable of rational thought, but at age fourteen she leaves her sheltered world and begins to learn startling truths about her past while facing danger in the present.

Schreiber, Ellen. Vampire Kisses 7: Love Bites. YA/ SCHREIBE
Goth teen Raven and her vampire boyfriend, Alexander, face new challenges when Alexander's sexy and charismatic best friend, Sebastian, arrives in Dullsville.