New Young Adult Fiction Books
New arrivals added to our Young Adult Fiction Collection in the last 7 days
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Date added |
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| The symptoms of my insanity by Raf, Mindy. |
"When you're a hypochondriac, there are a million different things that could be wrong with you, but for Izzy, focusing on what could be wrong might be keeping her from dealing with what's really wrong--with her friendships, her romantic entanglements, and even her family"-- |
May 18, 2013 |
| The murmurings by West, Carly Anne. |
After her older sister dies from an apparent suicide and her body is found hanging upside down by one toe from a tree, sixteen-year-old Sophie starts to hear the same voices that drove her sister to a psychotic break. |
May 18, 2013 |
| White lines by Banash, Jennifer. |
In 1980s New York City, seventeen-year-old Caitlin tries to overcome her mother's abuse and father's abandonment by losing herself in nights of clubbing and drugs, followed by days of stumbling aimlessly through school. |
May 18, 2013 |
| Under the light - a novel by Whitcomb, Laura. |
"Helen needed a body to be with her beloved and Jenny needed to escape from hers before her spirit was broken. It was wicked, borrowing it, but love drives even the gentlest soul to desperate acts"-- |
May 19, 2013 |
| Towering by Flinn, Alex. |
"A contemporary retelling of Rapunzel told from the alternating perspectives of three teens whose fates unknowingly bind them together to destroy a greater evil"-- |
May 19, 2013 |
| Spirit and dust by Clement-Moore, Rosemary. |
Waking up in a mob boss's guest bedroom, psychic detective Daisy Goodnight is forced to use her ability to speak with ghosts in order to search throughout the country to locate her captor's daughter and discover the identity of the Black Jackal. |
May 19, 2013 |
| Thirst. No. 5, The sacred veil by Pike, Christopher, 1955- |
Alisa's memories have been lost. She and her friends are searching for a sacred artifact which is an ancient veil that may hold the key to mankind's salvation. |
May 19, 2013 |
| Taken by Bowman, Erin. |
"In the isolated town of Claysoot, every male is mysteriously "Heisted" on his eighteenth birthday, and seventeen-year-old Gray Weathersby is determined to figure out why"-- |
May 19, 2013 |
| The steam mole by Freer, Dave. |
In an alternate Australia dominated by coal power and the British empire, Clara and Tim arrive in the rebel republic of Westralia, where people are nocturnal and live underground, burrowing with machines called steam moles. |
May 19, 2013 |
| Not a chance by Mulder, Michelle, 1976- |
When thirteen-year-old Dian arrives in the Dominican Republic for the summer, she learns that her friend, fourteen-year-old Aracely, is engaged to be married. |
May 19, 2013 |
| The Lazarus machine by Crilley, Paul, 1975- |
In an alternate 1899 London, seventeen-year-old Sebastian Tweed searches for his kidnapped father, uncovering both a horrific technological secret and a political conspiracy that could destroy the British Empire. |
May 19, 2013 |
| Cuttlefish by Freer, Dave. |
In an alternate 1976 dominated by coal power and the British Empire, Clara Calland and her mother, an important scientist, embark on a treacherous journey toward freedom in Westralia aboard a smugglers' submarine, the Cuttlefish, pursued by Menshevik spies and Imperial soldiers. |
May 19, 2013 |
| The crossing by Hager, Mandy. |
On the post-apocalyptic island of Onewere, Maryam lives a cloistered life, chosen as a young child to fulfill religious duties and join the island's spiritual leader when she reaches puberty--a fate she tries to escape after learning the truth. |
May 19, 2013 |
| Back before dark - a Code of silence novel by Shoemaker, Tim. |
When Gordy is abducted in the park, his cousin Cooper will do anything to rescue him and although Hiro and Lunk fear that Cooper will get himself in trouble, too, they join the race against the clock to save their friend. Includes author's notes about friendship, discussion questions, and tips for avoiding abduction. |
May 19, 2013 |
| Arclight by McQuein, Josin L. |
The first person to cross the barrier that protects Arclight from the Fade, teenaged Marina has no memory when she is rescued but when one of the Fade infiltrates Arclight, she recognizes it and begins to unlock secrets she never knew she had. |
May 19, 2013 |
| The watcher in the shadows by Ruiz ZafoÌn, Carlos, 1964- |
"When fourteen-year-old Irene Sauvelle moves with her family to Cape House on the coast of Normandy, she's immediately taken by the beauty of the place--its expansive cliffs, coasts, and harbors. There, she meets a local boy named Ismael, and the two soon fall in love. But a dark mystery is about to unfold, involving a reclusive toymaker who lives in a gigantic mansion filled with mechanical beings and shadows of the past"-- |
May 19, 2013 |
| Ship out of luck - a companion to The Schwa was here by Shusterman, Neal. |
Brooklyn-native Antsy Bonano embarks on the largest cruise ship in the world, where mischief, adventure, and deportation await. |
May 19, 2013 |
| September girls by Madison, Bennett. |
Vacationing in a sleepy beach town for the summer, Sam is pursued by hordes of blonde girls before falling in love with the unusual DeeDee, who compels him to uncover secrets about the community's ocean-dwelling inhabitants. |
May 19, 2013 |
| Our song by Fraiberg, Jordanna. |
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May 19, 2013 |
| Shatterglass by Pierce, Tamora |
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May 19, 2013 |