Saturday, March 6, 2010

New Books came up!

Raider's Ransom by Emily Diamand - in far future England, post-global-warming, a young woman sets out to rescue a kidnap victim accompanied by a mysterious talking computer crystal for a ransom.
How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford - after moving to a new city, high school senior Beatrice, tired of moving every year, befriends Jonas Tate, aka "Ghost boy" and begins to reach outside herself.
Raven Summer by David Almond (RBH) - Fourteen year old Liam follows the ravens and makes the discovery of a foundling child.
Banquet for Hungry Ghosts by Ying Chang Compestine (RBH) - Eight ghost stories are framed by the courses of a Chinese banquet, and are accompanied by recipes and cultural notes.
Sweet, Hereafter by Angela Johnson (Branches) -- Sweet goes to stay in a cabin in the woods with quiet, understanding Curtis, just as he is called back to active duty in Iraq.
Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen (Branches) -- in 1776 Pennsylvania, young Samuel sets out to rescue his parents from their kidnappers - British Soldiers and Indians who killed most of the rest of their community. With historical notes.
They Never Came Back by Caroline Cooney (Branches) -- When Cathy was 10, she was Murielle; her parents fled the country after being accused of embezzlement, and left her behind. Now 15, she's returned to her home town in hopes of learning what really happen...
Ballad: a Gathering of Faerie by Maggie Stiefvater -- musical prodigy James finds himself taken under the wing of Nuala, but when the Queen of the Fey shows an interest in him, he finds himself battling for Nuala's life - and his own soul...
Ashes by Kathryn Lasky -- in Germany, thirteen year old Gaby loves to read. With Adolf Hitler slowly rising to power, her books eventually fall under attack, and she fears she will have to leave her beloved fiction behind.
Indigo Notebook by Laura Resau -- Zeeta and her mother travel the world, a new country every year. But what Zeeta longs for is a normal home; when she meets Wendell, an American boy searching for his Ecuadoran birth parents, she agrees to help him.
Light-Bearer's Daughter by O.R. Melling -- When Dana hears a mysterious voice, it leads her to an ethereal woman who offers her an exchange; carry a message to the fairy High King, and in turn be reunited with her long-lost mother. Third in the Fairy Chronicles, this tale also stands alone.
Me, Myself, and Ike by K.L. Denman -- Kit, who was just last year a popular and successful teen, is now troubled, led astray by his friend Ike, who lures him on to commit a fatally dangerous act. Who is Ike? And what is really going on?
In the Path of Falling Objects by Andrew Smith -- this Vietnam-era tale follows the tense, violent and mesmerizing road trip of teenage brothers Jonah and Simon, on the run after being abandoned in New Mexico by their mother.
Brothers Story by Katherine Sturtevant -- Fifteen year old Kit and his "simple" brother Christy struggle to survive after tragedy strikes their family, in this historical novel of England in 1683.
Wish You Were Dead by Todd Strasser -- when one high school girl publicly wishes another dead, nobody takes it seriously, until the other girl disappears; and tnen it happens twice more. Can Madison find out what's happening before it is too late?
Exposure by Mal Peet -- when Otello, South America's great "black soccer star" signs a contract with a souther team, racism rears its ugly head, only to reach frenzied levels when he marries Desmerelda, a white beauty. With a close resemblance to Shakespeare's famed "Othello", an ugly fate awaits...
Mirrorscape by Mike Wilks -- in a world where all pleasure is restricted, Melkin Whomper is apprenticed to a painter, and soon finds a magical world inside the paintings, but also discovers that a war is being fought there, that will affect the future of his own world.


Graphic Novels:

Mouse Guard. Winter 1152 by David Peterson -- desperate shortages of food and medicine plague the Mouse cities, and the guard's finest struggle to carry out their duties, as they battle a winter that not all can survive.
Katman by Kevin Pyle -- Kit meets more than he expected when he takes pity on abandoned cats and begins feeding them. Soon he's got friends like Jess, the punk artist who creates Katman, his altar-ego.
Children of the Sea by Igarishi -- Ruka and her friends Umi and Sora are children of the sea. They eventually become involved in a quest to find out why fish are disappearing, in this gentle, mysterious tale.
Sand Chronicles vols 2-5
InuYasha vol. 43
Peach Girl vol. 1
Flash vs the Rogues
Marvel Masterpieces Presents the Uncanny X-Men vol. 1
Marvel Masterpieces Presents the Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3
Captain America. The Death of Captain America vol. 1 Death of the Dream
Captain America. The Death of Captain America vol. 2 Burden of Dreams
Captain America. The Death of Captain America vol. 3 Man Who Bought America
Captain America. Road to Reborn
Black is for Beginnings by Lauri Stolarz - when Stacey begins to have dreams about her former boyfriend and a little girl who vanished years ago, she knows it means something, but she cannot decipher what.

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