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Fiction

Anderson, Laure Halse. Wintergirls.
Lia is haunted by her best friend's death from anorexia, as she struggles with the same eating disorder. (YA Fic  Anderson)

Barnes, John. Tales of the Madman Underground.
In an attempt to distance himself from the rest of the students in the school's therapy group known as the Madman Underground, Karl launches his senior year with “Operation Be Fucking Normal.” (YA Fic  Barnes)

Booraem, Ellen. The Unnameables.
In a place where everything has a name and every name has a meaning, outsider Medford Runyuin struggles in vain to follow the rules of his adopted home. (YA Fic SF  Booraem)

Bradley, Alan. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.
Flavia de Luce is delighted with the discovery of a dead snipe on her doorstep and considers it a bonus when a human body is found in her cucumber patch. (Fic M  Bradley)

Bray, Libba. Going Bovine.
Cameron knew there was something wrong when he started seeing pillars of fire and angels, but he never imagined he had mad cow disease. (YA Fic  Bray)

Brennan, Sarah Rees. Demon's Lexicon.
16-year-old Nick and his older brother Alan are always on the run. Now, Alan has been marked by a demon and to save him, the boys must become the hunters. (YA Fic SF  Brennan)

Brown, Jennifer. Hate List.
In the year following the devastating shootings at her high school orchestrated by her boyfriend Nick, Valerie must come to terms with grief and guilt in order to move on with her life. (YA Fic  Brown)

Burg, Anne E. All the Broken Pieces.
12-year-old Matt struggles to cope with his memories of family left behind in war-torn Vietnam with the help of his adoptive parents, his music teacher, and his baseball coach. (YA Fic  Burg)

Cashore, Kristin. Fire.
In a world full of monsters so beautiful they lure people into their doom, how can people protect themselves from human monsters? (YA Fic SF  Cashore)

Chaltas, Talia. Because I Am Furniture.
Anke watches her siblings and mother suffer at the hands of her abusive father until she finds enough strength, through involvement in volleyball, to demonstrate her needs. (YA Fic  Chaltas)

Clement-Moore, Rosemary. HIGHWAY TO HELL.
Maggie and Lisa find their spring break road trip interrupted by a cow’s carcass which launches them into a hunt for an evil demon terrorizing a remote desert.

Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire.
After winning the Hunger Games, Katniss is preoccupied with the government’s expectations for her romantic life. She soon has more important worries—including revolts in the Districts and new Game rules. (YA Fic SF  Collins)

Cooper, Michelle. A BRIEF HISTORY OF MONTMARAY.
Not even a small island nation populated mostly by royalty can keep neutral in the events leading up to the Second World War.

Crowley, Suzanne Carlisle. THE STOLEN ONE.
In searching for her identity, Spirit finds that she is the daughter of a former queen and realizes who she truly loves, at the court of Queen Elizabeth I.

Davies, Jacqueline. Lost.
Essie, 16, sews all day for pennies at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory to help feed her fatherless family and now to forget her little sister's death. Then the fire happens. (YA Fic  Davies)

Davis, Tanita. Mare's War.
Sisters Octavia and Tali embarks on a road trip woth their grandmother over the summer. During this road trip, Octavia and Tali learn that there's more to their grandmother than what they have seen. (YA Fic  Davis)

Dessen, Sarah. Along For the Ride.
Auden’s summer becomes one of second chances, not just for her but for her family and friends as well. The more chances she takes, the more she discovers about herself. (YA Fic  Dessen)

Dowd, Siobhan. Solace of the Road.
Holly Hogan had had enough. She dons a blonde wig, hits the road, and becomes Solace, a street smart, tough teen ready to take on the world. (YA Fic  Dowd)

Efaw, Amy. AFTER.
Soccer star Devon never admitted to herself that she was pregnant. Now she’s in detention, facing charges of attempted murder after delivering a baby and dumping it in the trash.

Forman, Gayle. If I Stay.
While in a coma after her family is killed in a car accident, Mia struggles to decide whether to live or die. (YA Fic  Forman)

Frost, Helen. CROSSING STONES.
Muriel's itching for a life outside her family's Vermont farm, but bigger changes await her in 1917 as first her neighbor and then her brother enlist to fight in Europe.

Garsee, Jeannine. Say the Word.
After her estranged mother dies, Shawna Gallagher refuses to accept her dysfunctional home life and attempts to make peace with her mother’s lesbian lover. (YA Fic  Garsee)

George, Jessica Day. Princess of the Midnight Ball.
When the decade-long war ends, professional solider Galen finds work as a gardener in the king’s garden, only to help solve the puzzle involving twelve dancing princesses. (YA Fic SF  George)

Gill, David Macinnis. Soul Enchilada.
When a repo demon comes for her Cadillac, Bug Smoot finds that her deceased grandfather pledged both her soul and her car as collateral on a deal. (YA Fic M  Gill)

Goodman, Alison. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn.
16-year-old Eon is the unlikeliest candidate for Dragoneye, but she holds great power and a dangerous secret that just might make her the greatest Dragoneye for centuries. (YA Fic SF  Goodman)

Griffin, Paul. THE ORANGE HOUSES.
Despite poverty, gang violence, and lack of appropriate supports, three inner-city teens come together and try to beat the odds and succeed in life.

Halpern, Julie. Into the Wild Nerd Yonder.
Feeling used by her two best friends, high school sophomore Jessie decides to go in search of new friends. But will she be able to survive being branded a nerd? (YA Fic  Halpern)

Han, Jenny. The Summer I Turned Pretty.
At the beach house where she has spent every summer since childhood, sixteen-year-old Belly finds that this is the summer of many changes. (YA Fic  Han)

Hardinge, Frances. The Lost Conspiracy.
Hathin is unremarkable compared to her mind wandering sister, but when push comes to shove, Hathin must save herself, her sister, and her whole island. (YA Fic SF  Hardinge)

Herlong, M.H. THE GREAT WIDE SEA.
His mother is dead and his father is missing at sea. With a horrific storm brewing, can 16-year-old Ben and his younger brothers survive?

Hernandez, David. No More Us for You.
Carlos has a cheating girlfriend, a mystery man urinating on the floor at work, and a friend in a coma. Can Isabel—still grieving her dead boyfriend—help him cope? (YA Fic  Hernandez)

Jinks, Catherine. The Reformed Vampire Support Group.
Nina Harrison, now and forever a teenage vampire, leads her dysfunctional crew of bloodsuckers on a mission to halt vampire persecution and rescue a vicious werewolf. (YA Fic M  Jinks)

Johnson, Louanne. MUCHACHO.
Eddie Corazon, an angry juvenile delinquent in an alternative school, is influenced by love, a special teacher, books, and a criminal cousin as he tries to find his true self.

Katcher, Brian. Almost Perfect.
An intriguing new student gets Logan out of his post-breakup slump, but as Sage reveals her past, Logan isn’t sure he’s confident enough to handle her MTF gender identity. (YA Fic  Katcher)

Kelly, Jacqueline. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate.
In 1899, 11-year-old Calpurnia bonds over science and nature with her grandfather even as she becomes increasingly aware that she may not be able to pursue those interests as an adult. (Juv Fic  Kelly)

King, A.S. THE DUST OF 100 DOGS.
After being cursed to live the lives of 100 dogs before being reborn as a human, former pirate Emer Morrisey returns to Jamaica to reclaim treasure buried centuries before.

Knowles, Jo. Jumping Off Swings.
Ellie is pregnant after looking for love in the wrong places with one too many boys. Corrine, Caleb and Josh all deal with the emotions, consequences and difficult decisions ahead. (YA Fic  Knowles)

LaCour, Nina. HOLD STILL.
Devastated by her best friend’s suicide, Caitlin tries to rebuild her own life and relationships while finding the courage to read the journal that Ingrid left behind.

Larbalestier, Justine. Liar.
For years Micah has been a liar, and after her boyfriend's brutal murder, will anyone...will you... believe what she has to say? (YA Fic M  Larbalestier)

Levine, Kristine. The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had.
1917 Alabama, 12-year-old Dit’s life in rural Moundville becomes complicated and tragic by his friendship with Emma, the African American daughter of the new postman. (Juv Fic  Levine)

Lockhart, E. The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch--And Me, Ruby Oliver.
Ruby Oliver’s neurotic mind continues to struggle with having boys as friends while being backstabbed by her female classmates at Seattle’s Tate Prep School. (YA Fic  Lockhart)

Madigan, L.K. Flash Burnout.
Blake Hewson discovers there’s a big difference between lust and love, a tough lesson of a 15-year-old involved with a girlfriend and another girl as a friend. (YA Fic  Madigan)

Magoon, Kekla. The Rock and the River.
In 1968 Chicago, Sam struggles to decide whether to support his father's nonviolent approach to civil rights or his brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party. (YA Fic  Magoon)

McCormick, Patricia. Purple Heart.
Private Matt Duffy receives the Purple Heart, but he cannot remember the incident that left him with a traumatic brain injury and an image of an Iraqi boy's death. (YA Fic  McCormick)

McKernan, Victoria. THE DEVIL'S PAINTBOX.
Orphaned siblings Aiden and Maddy have survived Kansas, barely, setting out on the Oregon Trail just to have regular meals. But the trip is more than they expected...

McKinley, Robin and Peter Dickinson. FIRE: TALES OF ELEMENTAL SPIRITS.
Fire in different and subtle interpretations: a phoenix hatched from an egg forgotten in an old museum, a dragon that can't go into Firespace, a hellhound/dog that finds a family.

Miller-Lachmann, Lyn. GRINGOLANDIA.
After surviving years of torture as a political prisoner in Chile in the 1980s, Daniel's father rejoins his family in the United States, but his fight for justice isn’t over.

Napoli, Donna Jo. Alligator Bayou.
14-year-old Calogero emigrates to Louisiana in 1899, where his tiny Sicilian community faces discrimination and worse in a small town where they’re considered neither black nor white. (YA Fic  Napoli)

Northrop, Michael. GENTLEMEN.
After one of four rough cut high school guys disappears, his friends become suspicious of their teacher Mr. Haberman, who refers to them as gentlemen while teaching Crime and Punishment.

Oaks, J. Adams. WHY I FIGHT.
For five years, Wyatt travels the country with his drifter Uncle Spade, first as a companion, then as a money-making bare-fisted fighter, until realizing Spade doesn't exactly have Wyatt's best interests at heart.

Pearson, Mary E. The Miles Between.
October 19th never turns out well, but this year is different as Destiny takes off on a road trip with three classmates in a convertible left by a mysterious stranger. (YA Fic  Pearson)

Pena, Matt de la. WE WERE HERE.
Miguel, sentenced to a group home for a horrible crime, must overcome his self-hatred while on the run with two other criminals.

Rapp, Adam. Punkzilla.
Jamie has run away from his family, military school, and his troubled past. He sets out via bus to visit his dying brother, writing letters along the way. (YA Fic  Rapp)

Runyon, Brent. Surface Tension: A Novel in Four Summers.
Every summer Luke spends two weeks vacationing at a lake, and every year things are just slightly different. (YA Fic  Runyon)

Ryan, Carrie. The Forest of Hands and Teeth.
Mary’s village is protected by a fence keeping out the Unconsecrated-who are undead craving human flesh-until a massive breach launches the teenage girl into a fight for survival. (YA Fic SF  Ryan)

Scott, Elizabeth. Love You, Hate You, Miss You.
Seventy-five days after the car crash that killed her best friend Julia, Amy leaves rehab and begins writing a series of letters to her in a journal. (YA Fic  Scott)

Smith, Andrew. IN THE PATH OF FALLING OBJECTS.
When their mother abandons them, brothers Jonah and Simon hit the road and make one fatal mistake: they accept a ride from a pretty girl and a dangerous man.

Smith, Sherri L. Flygirl.
During WWII, Ida Mae Jones must go against her family and heritage to join the Army’s WASP program and fulfill her dream of being a pilot. (YA Fic  Smith)

Standiford, Natalie. HOW TO SAY GOODBYE IN ROBOT.
Fringe dwellers Jonas (Ghost Boy) and Beatrice (Robot Girl) use their adopted alter egos to help navigate the difficulties of fractured families and impending adulthood during their senior year.

Stead, Rebecca. When You Reach Me.
The year they are 12, Sal begins to ignore Miranda and breaks her heart. But Miranda's attention is diverted when she begins to receive urgent, anonymous notes in unexpected places. (Juv Fic SF  Stead)

Stiefvater, Maggie. Lament: The Faerie Queen’s Deception.
Shy and ordinary Deirdre finds herself caught up in an ancient struggle in the faerie world when she meets Luke, a sexy musician with a very dark past. (YA Fic SF  Stiefvater)

Stiefvater, Maggie. Shiver.
Grace has spent years watching the wolves in the woods behind her house. She has been particularly drawn to one – a yellow-eyed wolf who, in turn has been watching her intensely. (YA Fic M  Stiefvater)

Stork, Francisco X. Marcelo in the Real World.
Marcelo—a teen who exhibits Asperger-like behaviors—is forced to leave his job caring for horses to work in his father’s law firm and experience “the real world.” (YA Fic  Stork)

Stroud, Jonathan. Heroes of the Valley.
Halli lives in the shadow of his brother and the ancient heroes of his homeland, but when his family is threatened, he is unafraid to face enemies - whether human or not. (Juv Fic SF  Stroud)

Tan, Shaun. Tales from Outer Suburbia.
Giant floating poetry balls, living stick figures, strange creatures from the sea and an all-knowing water buffalo are some of the wonders found in this lushly illustrated collection of stories. (YA Fic SF  Tan)

Taylor, Laini. LIPS TOUCH: THREE TIMES.
Three novellas explore the power of a kiss, and its possible hazards or thrills, especially if the kiss pulls humans and demons together in a lusty embrace.

Thompson, Kate. CREATURE OF THE NIGHT.
Juvenile delinquent Bobby resists his mother’s plan to move to the countryside, but his anger becomes fear as he learns about local history and the creatures who rule the fields.

Valentine, Jenny. Broken Soup.
Since Rowan’s brother died, her mother’s been depressed, and she’s been caring for her sister alone. When a stranger insists that a photo negative belongs to her, Rowan’s life changes. (YA Fic  Valentine)

Vivian, Siobhan. Same Difference.
Emily commutes between a suburb where everyone tries to fit in and Philadelphia where everyone wants to be unique. Between these two "worlds" Emily tries to navigate between two sets of friends and struggle to find out who she really is. (YA Fic  Vivian)

Warman, Jessica. BREATHLESS.
When her schizophrenic brother’s behavior grows violent, Katie parents send her off to boarding school, where she quickly becomes part of the in crowd while harboring a dark secret.

Westerfeld, Scott. Leviathan.
Steampunk novel that is a strange mixture of Victorian times with mechanical inventions. Bio-society countries are at war with mechanical countries in this extremely fresh novel. (YA Fic SF  Westerfeld)

Williams, Carol Lynch. The Chosen One.
When the Prophet commands 13-year-old Kyra to marry her aging uncle, her family is shaken. Desperate to escape, Kyra knows that running away puts them all at risk. (YA Fic  Williams)

Williams-Garcia, Rita. Jumped.
When Trina unknowingly insults Dominique in the hallway, she’s in danger of being jumped after school. Leticia could warn her, but she’s reluctant to get involved. (YA Fic  Williams-Garcia)

Wyatt, Melissa. Funny How Things Change.
In this coming-of-age novel, Remy must choose between the girl of his dreams and the mountain his family has called home for generations. (YA Fic  Wyatt)

Wynne-Jones, Tim. The Uninvited.
When Mimi decides she has to get out of town, she retreats to her father’s cabin in the Canadian wilderness. Unease, mystery, and spookiness decide to follow. (YA Fic M  Wynne-Jones)

Yancey, Rick. The Monstrumologist.
Will Henry, orphan and assistant to a monstrumologist, races against time to save his town (and himself) from the anthropophagi, a pod of monstrous creatures who prey on humans. (YA Fic M  Yancey)

Yang, Gene Luen. The Eternal Smile.
Three tales in one graphic novel show the paper-thin margin that separates fantasy from reality for a warrior, a frog and a girl. (YA 741.5  Yang)

Zarr, Sara. Once Was Lost.
Samara’s faith is tested as struggles to uphold their perfect family image her father. a pastor, must portray while her mother drinks herself into rehab and a friend goes missing. (YA Fic  Zarr)

Zulkey, Claire. AN OFF YEAR.
Cecily decides to take a gap year before college and embarks on a journey of self-discovery with wry humor and professional help.

Nonfiction

Fleming, Candace. The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum.
The AMAZING and THRILLING life of the GREAT P.T. Barnum is laid bare in this STUPENDOUS biography. Come one, come all and learn about this truly AMERICAN icon. (j921 B2677f)

Gray, Theodore. The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe.
The 118 elements of the periodic table are photographed and described with humor, style and authority. (546 G794e)

Heiligman, Deborah. Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith.
This lively biography of Charles Darwin focuses on the family life of one of the world’s most famous scientists, including the impact differing religious beliefs had on the family’s relationships. (j921 D259he)

Hoose, Phillip M. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice.
As a teen, Claudette Colvin sparked the protest that led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott and desegregation of public facilities by refusing to relinquish her seat to a white woman. (j921 C725h)

Mann, Charles C. Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491.
Well before the arrival of Columbus, there were highly advanced civilizations in the Americas. More native people died from their germs than at the hands of the Europeans. (j970.1  Mann)

Murphy , Jim. Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting.
Bored and miserable after months in the trenches along Europe’s Western Front during WWI, German and Allied soldiers brought fighting to a halt to celebrate Christmas together in 1914. (j940.421  Murphy)

Partridge, Elizabeth. Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary.
In a tense, day-by-day account of the Freedom March of 1965, teen voices are crucial to the spirit and drive of the march. (j323.1  Partridge)

Small, David. Stitches: A Memoir.
In stunning graphic memoir format, Caldecott-winning artist David Small tells the story of his difficult childhood and his journey into adolescence and adulthood. (741.5999 Sm18s)

Stone, Tanya Lee. Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream.
The story of the “Mercury 13” women who paved the way for females in space and aeronautics by challenging the political and social culture behind NASA’s unwritten rule that astronauts must be male. (j629.45  Stone)

Swanson, James L. Chasing Lincoln’s Killer.
Much more than just Lincoln’s killing went on that night of the Ford Theater assassination, this book will inform and entertain you with the gory details. (j973.7092  Swanson)

Walker, Sally M. Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland.
This book offers an incredible look at how ancient bones can reveal the details about the daily lives of colonial Americans. (j975.5  Walker)

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5/17/10
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