New Young Adult Fiction Books
New arrivals added to our Young Adult Fiction Collection in the last 7 days
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| Player piano by Vonnegut, Kurt. |
Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a super computer and run completely by machines. His rebellion is a wildly funny, darkly satirical look at modern society. |
Jun 18, 2013 |
| The yawning rabbit river chronicle by Kimmel, J. L. (Janine Layton) |
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Jun 18, 2013 |
| Saving Thanehaven by Jinks, Catherine. |
"Set in a computer game, a knight is swayed away from the game's rules by the promise of winning the affections of a princess and ending his life of torment"-- |
Jun 18, 2013 |
| This girl - a novel by Hoover, Colleen. |
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Jun 18, 2013 |
| A trick of the light by Metzger, Lois. |
Fifteen-year-old Mike desperately attempts to take control as his parents separate and his life falls apart. |
Jun 18, 2013 |
| Lord Loss by Shan, Darren. |
Presumably the only witness to the horrific and bloody murder of his entire family, a teenage boy must outwit not only the mental health professionals determined to cure his delusion, but also the demonic forces only he can see. |
Jun 18, 2013 |
| The secret ingredient by Lewis, Stewart. |
"After a chance meeting with a psychic, Olivia, a teen cook living in Los Angeles with her two dads and misfit brother, finds a vintage cookbook with handwritten notes inside and pieces together a story that turns a normal summer into a search for her birth mother"-- |
Jun 18, 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. |
Jun 18, 2013 |
| Wild awake by Smith, Hilary T. |
"The discovery of a startling family secret leads seventeen-year-old Kiri Byrd from a protected and naive life into a summer of mental illness, first love, and profound self-discovery"-- |
Jun 18, 2013 |
| Spirit by Kemmerer, Brigid, author. |
"Hunter Garrity just wants to be left alone. He's learned the hard way that his unusual abilities come at a price. And he can't seem to afford any allies. He's up to his neck in hostiles. His grandfather, spoiling for a fight. The Merrick brothers, who think he ratted them out. Calla, the scheming psycho who wants to use him as bait. Then there's Kate Sullivan, the new girl at school. She's not hostile. She's bold. Funny. Hot. But she's got an agenda, too"--P. [4] of cover. |
Jun 18, 2013 |
| Rules of summer - a novel by Philbin, Joanna. |
Spending the summer working as an errand girl for the Rule family in the Hamptons, seventeen-year-old Rory befriends the family's teenaged daughter and develops feelings for their older son, but she finds that societal rules can be hard to break. |
Jun 18, 2013 |
| Parched by Crowder, Melanie. |
Told from three perspectives, Sarel, who just witnessed the brutal murder of her parents, Nandi, the leader of a pack of dogs who looks out for her pups and Sarel, and Musa, an escaped prisoner with the water song inside him, struggle to survive in a land without water. |
Jun 18, 2013 |
| Reaper's legacy by Lebbon, Tim. |
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Jun 18, 2013 |
| Cat's cradle by Vonnegut, Kurt. |
From the Publisher: Cat's Cradle is Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist; a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer; and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. |
Jun 18, 2013 |
| Arthur Quinn and the Fenris wolf by Early, Alan. |
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Jun 18, 2013 |
| The ward by Frankel, Jordana. |
"Set in a futuristic Manhattan after a catastrophic flood called the Wash Out, sixteen-year-old Ren must race against a conspiracy to find freshwater springs and a cure for the deadly disease that has stricken her sister and many others in the Ward"-- |
Jun 18, 2013 |
| Transparent by Whipple, Natalie. |
"Sixteen-year-old Fiona O'Connell is the world's first invisible girl, which makes her the ideal weapon for her crime-lord father. But now, she and her mother have escaped and are hiding out in a small town where they're determined to start a normal life."-- |
Jun 18, 2013 |
| Tarnish by Longshore, Katherine. |
"King Henry VIII's interest in Anne Boleyn could give her an opportunity to make a real impact in a world with few choices for women, but when poet Thomas Wyatt reveals he's fallen for her, Anne must choose between true love and the chance to make history"-- |
Jun 18, 2013 |
| The S-word by Pitcher, Chelsea. |
Angie's quest for the truth behind her best friend's suicide drives her deeper into the dark, twisted side of Verity High. |
Jun 18, 2013 |
| Soldier dog by Angus, Sam. |
"It's 1917. In the trenches of France, miles from home, Stanley is a boy fighting a man's war. He is a dog handler, whose dog must be so loyal that he will cross no-man's-land alone under heavy fire to return to Stanley's side, carrying a message that could save countless lives. But this journey is fraught with danger, and only the bravest will survive. As the fighting escalates and Stanley experiences the true horror of war, he comes to realize that the loyalty of his dog is the only thing he c |
Jun 18, 2013 |