Thursday, April 28, 2011

More New Books

Graphic Novels:
Shonen Jump for June/July 2011
Superman. Last Stand of New Krypton. Vol. 1 -- Living on New Krypton, Superman and other super-powered Kryptonians, struggle to keep the society alive but face their worst nightmare as Brainiac, the alien believed to be responsible for the destruction of the original plant Krypton, attacks, and it is up to Superman, Supergirl, and Superboy to defend their planet.
Justice League Generation Lost. Vol. 1 -- 12-issue maxi series to coincide with Brightest Day. There will be one more volume. Why does almost no-one remember Maxwell Lord? Will the few superheroes who do be able to stop him in his new bid for world power? And why will nobody else believe them?
Booster Gold. Vol. 6. Past Imperfect -- The shocking events of Justice League: Generation Lost leave Booster Gold bloody and beaten. The only way for him to put right what went wrong and save the people he loves is to travel back into the past. But, what happens when Booster comes face-to-face with himself and Justice League International?

Fiction:
The Silver Sea by Julie Golding -- When pirates raid a village in ninth-century Norway, eighteen-year-old Toki is captured as a prize, while Freydis, his younger sister, is taken to a friendly village where she and her African slave, Enno, learn that their fates are linked by prophecy.
Angel in My Pocket by Ilene Cooper -- When seventh-grader Bette finds an angel coin she puts it in her pocket and forgets it, but soon the mysterious and kind Gabby moves into her building and helps her face her major losses, and then the coin connects her with three classmates who all find new ways to believe in themselves.
Red Glove by Holly Black -- Sequel to White Cat; When federal agents learn that seventeen-year-old Cassel Sharpe, a powerful transformation worker, may be of use to them, they offer him a deal to join them rather than the mobsters for whom his brothers work.
Abused Werewolf Rescue Group by Catherine Jinks -- sequel to Reformed Vampire Support Group; When Tobias wakes up in a hospital with no memory of the night before, a mysterious man tells him he has a dangerous condition, and he finds himself involved with a group of werewolves convinced he needs their help.
The Year We Were Famous by Carole Dagg -- A novel based on the true story of seventeen-year-old Clara Estby's walk across America with her mother Helga in 1896 to win a ten thousand dollar prize and save their home from foreclosure.
Jenna & Jonah's Fauxmance by Emily Franklin -- Two popular television stars who dislike each other intensely must pretend to be a couple for publicity purposes, and when the truth is discovered their relationship goes through many changes.

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