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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| 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2013 |
| Our song by Fraiberg, Jordanna. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Shatterglass by Pierce, Tamora |
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May 20, 2013 |
| The reluctant assassin by Colfer, Eoin. |
In Victorian London, Albert Garrick, an assassin-for-hire, and his reluctant young apprentice, Riley, are transported via wormhole to modern London, where Riley teams up with a young FBI agent to stop Garrick from returning to his own time and using his newly acquired scientific knowledge and power to change the world forever. |
May 20, 2013 |
| The elementals by Mitchell, Saundra. |
In 1917, Kate Witherspoon, who has lived a bohemian life with her artist parents, goes to Los Angeles where she meets crippled midwestern farm boy Julian Birch, another runaway, and together they realize they have the ability to triumph over death and time. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Witch fire by Powell, Laura, 1979- |
In an alternate London, where witches are registered and allowed to practice, Lucas and Glory, young members of WICA (Witchkind Intelligence and Covert Affairs), are assigned to infiltrate the witch-terrorist organization called Endor but what Glory really wants is to solve the mystery of her missing mother. |
May 20, 2013 |