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Hope to see you there, and have a great summer!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Even More New Books!
Grahic Novels:
King of RPGs vol. 2 -- After an intense World of Warfare (WOW) bender, college kid and hardcore gamer Shesh Maccabee finds himself completely consumed by his dark character, slayer extraordinaire Moggrathka. To avoid a repeat incident -- and the potentially fatal consequences of getting whacked online -- Shesh enmeshes himself in the real world with the help of a part-time job, focusing on paying tuition instead of slaying orcs. Meanwhile his archenemy, student cop Rona, is never far behind, watching and waiting for Shesh to lapse back into character and go on a rampage. Before you know it, he does just that, wreaking havoc across the WOW servers ... and across campus.
Code Geass. Lolouch of the Rebellion vol. 3 -- Lelouch, known as Zero, was able to strike a huge blow against the Britannian Forces. But it caused many civilian casualties. Now a different Geass user, Mao, appears. Although the things Lelouch treasures most start crumbling, he must continue on. There's no turning back now ...
Batman & Robin vol. 3, Batman and Robin Must Die! -- On the eve of Bruce Wayne's return to Gotham City, the new Batman and Robin team that battled crime during his absence must deal with the deadly return of the Joker and have a climactic showdown between Batman and the Black Glove. Also, learn what happens to Dick Grayson after the "real" Batman returns.
Fiction:
Wrapped by Jennifer Bradbury --
Seventeen-year-old Agnes Wilkins is about to make her debut into 1815 London society at a lavish party, where she meets Lord Showalter, a wealthy and eligible man who collects Egyptian antiquities and who is hiding a dangerous secret.
Warlock by Michael Scott - bk 5 of Immortal Nicholas Flamel -- Fifteen-year-old Josh has chosen to side neither with his twin sister Sophie nor with the Alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel, but rather to fight alongside Dr. John Dee and the mysterious Virginia Dare, while the immortal Machiavelli and Billy the Kid follow the Elders' plans to set loose the monsters of Alcatraz on San Francisco and trigger the end of the human race.
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray -- When a plane crash strands thirteen teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to survive, to get along with one another, to combat the island's other diabolical occupants, and to learn their dance numbers in case they are rescued in time for the competition.
We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han -- The summer after her first year of college, Isobel "Belly" Conklin is faced with a choice between Jeremiah and Conrad Fisher, brothers she has always loved, when Jeremiah proposes marriage and Conrad confesses that he still loves her.
King of RPGs vol. 2 -- After an intense World of Warfare (WOW) bender, college kid and hardcore gamer Shesh Maccabee finds himself completely consumed by his dark character, slayer extraordinaire Moggrathka. To avoid a repeat incident -- and the potentially fatal consequences of getting whacked online -- Shesh enmeshes himself in the real world with the help of a part-time job, focusing on paying tuition instead of slaying orcs. Meanwhile his archenemy, student cop Rona, is never far behind, watching and waiting for Shesh to lapse back into character and go on a rampage. Before you know it, he does just that, wreaking havoc across the WOW servers ... and across campus.
Code Geass. Lolouch of the Rebellion vol. 3 -- Lelouch, known as Zero, was able to strike a huge blow against the Britannian Forces. But it caused many civilian casualties. Now a different Geass user, Mao, appears. Although the things Lelouch treasures most start crumbling, he must continue on. There's no turning back now ...
Batman & Robin vol. 3, Batman and Robin Must Die! -- On the eve of Bruce Wayne's return to Gotham City, the new Batman and Robin team that battled crime during his absence must deal with the deadly return of the Joker and have a climactic showdown between Batman and the Black Glove. Also, learn what happens to Dick Grayson after the "real" Batman returns.
Fiction:
Wrapped by Jennifer Bradbury --
Seventeen-year-old Agnes Wilkins is about to make her debut into 1815 London society at a lavish party, where she meets Lord Showalter, a wealthy and eligible man who collects Egyptian antiquities and who is hiding a dangerous secret.
Warlock by Michael Scott - bk 5 of Immortal Nicholas Flamel -- Fifteen-year-old Josh has chosen to side neither with his twin sister Sophie nor with the Alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel, but rather to fight alongside Dr. John Dee and the mysterious Virginia Dare, while the immortal Machiavelli and Billy the Kid follow the Elders' plans to set loose the monsters of Alcatraz on San Francisco and trigger the end of the human race.
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray -- When a plane crash strands thirteen teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to survive, to get along with one another, to combat the island's other diabolical occupants, and to learn their dance numbers in case they are rescued in time for the competition.
We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han -- The summer after her first year of college, Isobel "Belly" Conklin is faced with a choice between Jeremiah and Conrad Fisher, brothers she has always loved, when Jeremiah proposes marriage and Conrad confesses that he still loves her.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
More New Books
Graphic Novels:
Fruits Basket Ultimate Edition vol. 6 (inclues vols. 11 and 12) -- While at the Sohma vacation home, Tohru is caught in a whirlwind of familial strife. Can she relax and put the "fun" in dysfunctional? None of the Sohmas are going to make it easy, including an angry horse that attacks Tohru. Could this be a new member of the Zodiac?
Brightest Day vol. 2 -- Find out whether Deadman is truly destined to wield the White Lantern and who the new Aqualad is. Plus, Firestorm's dueling alter egos take a bizarre journey, while Martian Manhunter returns to Mars to learn about the strange creature that's stalking him
Fiction:
Sean Griswold's Head by Lindsay Leavitt -- After discovering that her father has multiple sclerosis, fifteen-year-old Payton begins counselling sessions at school, which lead her to become interested in a boy in her biology class, have a falling out with her best friend, develop an interest in bike riding, and eventually allow her to come to terms with life's uncertainties.
Everfound by Neal Shusterman - Skinjacker trilogy bk. 3 -- In the limbo that's Everlost, Mary, Nick, Allie, and others face the decisions that will determine whether that place and the Earth itself will continue to exist, as well as where their own futures lie.
Moonglass by Jessi Kirby -- At age seven, Anna watched her mother walk into the surf and drown, but nine years later, when she moves with her father to the beach where her parents fell in love, she joins the cross-country team, makes new friends, and faces her guilt.
Divergent by Veronica Roth -- In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.
Summer and the City by Carrie Bushnell -- Brings surprising revelations as Carrie learns to navigate her way around Big Apple, going from being a country "sparrow" to the person she always wanted to be.
Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier -- Sixteen-year-old Gwyneth discovers that she, rather than her well-prepared cousin, carries a time-travel gene, and soon she is journeying with Gideon, who shares the gift, through historical London trying to discover whom they can trust.
Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce -- After a Fenris, or werewolf, kills their grandmother and almost kills them, sisters Scarlett and Rosie March devote themselves to hunting and killing the beasts that prey on teenaged girls, learning how to lure them with red cloaks and occasionally using the help of their old friend, Silas, the woodsman's son.
Then by Morris Gleitzman -- In early 1940s Poland, ten-year-old Felix and his friend Zelda escape from a cattle car headed to the Nazi death camps and struggle to survive, first on their own and then with Genia, a farmer with her own reasons for hating Germans.
Blessed by Cynthia Leitich Smith - Tantalize #3 -- Even as teenaged Quincie Morris adjusts to her appetites as a neophyte vampire, she must clear her true love, the hybrid-werewolf Kieren, of murder charges; thwart the apocalyptic ambitions of Bradley Sanguini, the vampire-chef who "blessed" her; and keep her dead parents' restaurant up and running before she loses her own soul.
You Don't Know About Me by Brian Meehl -- Billy has spent his almost-sixteen years with four cardinal points -- Mother, Christ, Bible, and Home-school -- but when he sets off on a wild road trip to find the father he thought was dead, he learns much about himself and life.
Fruits Basket Ultimate Edition vol. 6 (inclues vols. 11 and 12) -- While at the Sohma vacation home, Tohru is caught in a whirlwind of familial strife. Can she relax and put the "fun" in dysfunctional? None of the Sohmas are going to make it easy, including an angry horse that attacks Tohru. Could this be a new member of the Zodiac?
Brightest Day vol. 2 -- Find out whether Deadman is truly destined to wield the White Lantern and who the new Aqualad is. Plus, Firestorm's dueling alter egos take a bizarre journey, while Martian Manhunter returns to Mars to learn about the strange creature that's stalking him
Fiction:
Sean Griswold's Head by Lindsay Leavitt -- After discovering that her father has multiple sclerosis, fifteen-year-old Payton begins counselling sessions at school, which lead her to become interested in a boy in her biology class, have a falling out with her best friend, develop an interest in bike riding, and eventually allow her to come to terms with life's uncertainties.
Everfound by Neal Shusterman - Skinjacker trilogy bk. 3 -- In the limbo that's Everlost, Mary, Nick, Allie, and others face the decisions that will determine whether that place and the Earth itself will continue to exist, as well as where their own futures lie.
Moonglass by Jessi Kirby -- At age seven, Anna watched her mother walk into the surf and drown, but nine years later, when she moves with her father to the beach where her parents fell in love, she joins the cross-country team, makes new friends, and faces her guilt.
Divergent by Veronica Roth -- In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.
Summer and the City by Carrie Bushnell -- Brings surprising revelations as Carrie learns to navigate her way around Big Apple, going from being a country "sparrow" to the person she always wanted to be.
Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier -- Sixteen-year-old Gwyneth discovers that she, rather than her well-prepared cousin, carries a time-travel gene, and soon she is journeying with Gideon, who shares the gift, through historical London trying to discover whom they can trust.
Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce -- After a Fenris, or werewolf, kills their grandmother and almost kills them, sisters Scarlett and Rosie March devote themselves to hunting and killing the beasts that prey on teenaged girls, learning how to lure them with red cloaks and occasionally using the help of their old friend, Silas, the woodsman's son.
Then by Morris Gleitzman -- In early 1940s Poland, ten-year-old Felix and his friend Zelda escape from a cattle car headed to the Nazi death camps and struggle to survive, first on their own and then with Genia, a farmer with her own reasons for hating Germans.
Blessed by Cynthia Leitich Smith - Tantalize #3 -- Even as teenaged Quincie Morris adjusts to her appetites as a neophyte vampire, she must clear her true love, the hybrid-werewolf Kieren, of murder charges; thwart the apocalyptic ambitions of Bradley Sanguini, the vampire-chef who "blessed" her; and keep her dead parents' restaurant up and running before she loses her own soul.
You Don't Know About Me by Brian Meehl -- Billy has spent his almost-sixteen years with four cardinal points -- Mother, Christ, Bible, and Home-school -- but when he sets off on a wild road trip to find the father he thought was dead, he learns much about himself and life.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Free chapters of a new book!
Hey, one of my favorite blogs posted a link to this author's site, where she links to her publisher's site, where they're giving away the first chapters of her new book!
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/87478
Give it a read and see what you think of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/87478
Give it a read and see what you think of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
New YA Books
Graphic Novels:
Axe Cop vol. 1 by Malachai Nicolle, drawn by Ethan Nicholle - Bad guys, beware! Evil aliens, run for your lives! Axe Cop is here, and he's going to chop your head off! We live in a strange world, and our strange problems call for strange heroes. That's why Axe Cop -- along with his partner Flute Cop and their pet T. rex Wexter -- is holding tryouts to build the greatest team of heroes ever assembled.
Tantalize: Kieran's Story by Cynthia Leitich Smith - the flipside of the story told in the novel Tantalize from Quincie's point of view. This will not be released until Aug. 23, but you can put holds on it now.
Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans by Rick Geary (nonfiction) - During the years 1918 and 1919, six people in New Orleans were killed and six more injured, in their homes, in the dead of night, by an axe-wielding intruder who got away without a trace. After more than a year, the killings stopped as suddenly as they started. No trace of the murderer was ever found. Geary presents the facts and the speculations about these attacks in the third in his series on twentieth-century murder.
Salem Brownstone: All Along the Watchtowers by John Harris Dunning - Upon his father's death, Salem inherits a mansion as well as an unfinished battle with creatures from another world, which requires him to seek the help of his guardian familiar and the colorful performers of Dr. Kinoshita's Circus of Unearthly Delights.
Kill Shakespeare vol. 1 by Conor McCreery - This dark take on the Bard pits his greatest heroes (Hamlet, Juliet, Othello, Falstaff) against his most menacing villains (Richard III, Lady Macbeth, Iago) in an epic adventure to find and kill a reclusive wizard named William Shakespeare.
Legend : the Labors of Heracles by Ryan Foley Their first mistake was to assume he would give up... Heracles has it all: a beautiful home, a loving family, and a reputation as a great soldier who would stop at nothing to defend his homeland. Then his origin brings him into the center of a vicious plot, where he is hynotized into committing the worst crime of all. Devestated by his actions, he wanders aimlessly, immersed in depression. He finally find solace in the fact that he can atone for his sings by completing ten impossible tasks. Where other men would give up and consider themselves defeated, Heracles uses his courage, strength, and intellect to take up the tasks one by one.
Set to Sea by Drew Weing - After fantasizing about a life at sea, the oafish main character gets shanghaied aboard a clipper bound for Hong Kong and spends the rest of his life on the ship, fighting pirates, writing poetry, and ultimately finding meaning in his life.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Nancy Butler - the classic Austen novel in a very readable but true-to-the-original graphic retelling. Two very different sisters meet young men after their comfortable lives change drastically, and they leave their home.
S.H.E.I.L.D. Vol. 1 Architects of Forever by Jonathan Hickman - Leonardo Da Vinci was an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. So was Issac Newton. So were Imhotep and Zhang Heng and Galileo and many other geniuses throughout time. They were the first heroes to defeat Galactus and the Brood and turn Celestials back. They saved the world long before Captain America or Iron Man were ever born, but what does this mean to our heroes of today? What does this mean to Nick Fury?
Robert Jordan's the Wheel of time. New Spring [the graphic novel] - sets the stage for a graphic novelization of the epic fantasy series - a pair of gifted young women struggle to become the heroines their world needs as a prophecied darkness descends.
Fiction:
Bitter End by Jennifer Brown - When seventeen-year-old Alex starts dating Cole, a new boy at her high school, her two closest friends increasingly mistrust him as the relationship grows more serious.
Jersey Tomatoes Are the Best by Maria Padian - When fifteen-year-old best friends Henry and Eve leave New Jersey, one for tennis camp in Florida and one for ballet camp in New York, each faces challenges that put her long-cherished dreams of the future to the test.
Sidekicks by Jack D. Ferraiolo - Batman has Robin, Wonder Woman has Wonder Girl, and Phantom Justice has Bright Boy, a.k.a. Scott Hutchinson, an ordinary dude by day and a superfast, superstrong sidekick by night, fighting loyally next to his hero ... despite his doubts about the social benefits of wearing yellow tights. After an embarrassing incident involving said tights and the revelation that his lifelong nemesis, supervillain sidekick Monkeywrench, might be one of the most popular kids at his school, Scott begins to question his role.
Dark City by Catherine Fisher - Sixteen-year-old Raffi, Master Galen, and a mysterious traveler, Carys, enter the ruined city of Tasceron seeking a relic that may save the world, while evading the Watch, a brutal organization opposed to the Order to which Raffi and Galen belong.
Incredibly Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - Maryland teenager Alice McKinley spends her last semester of high school performing in the school play, working on the student paper, worrying about being away from her boyfriend, who will be studying in Spain, and anticipating her future in college.
Falling Under by Gwen Hayes - Sheltered, small-town California girl Theia Alderson feels incredibly drawn to a devastatingly handsome new boy at school, Haden, who she has seen before, not in class or the hall, but in her dreams.
Goddess Test by Aimee Carter - Eden, Michigan, high school student Kate Winters strikes a bargain with Henry, Greek god of the underworld, if he'll cure her dying mother of cancer. The bargain she strikes with him is a grim one, but the full enormity of what she has undertaken -- "live forever or die trying" -- is not revealed until it's too late to recant.
Magnolia League by Katie Crouch - After the death of her free-spirited mother, sixteen-year-old Alexandra Lee is forced to move from Northern California to Savannah, Georgia, to live with her wealthy grandmother, who expects Alex to join a long-standing debutante society, which, Alex learns, has made a pact with a legendary Hoodoo family.
Small Acts of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan - In 1919, independent-minded fifteen-year-old Rosalind lives in India with her English parents, and when they fear she has fallen in with some rebellious types who believe in Indian self-government, she is sent "home" to London, where she has never been before and where her older brother died, to stay with her two aunts.
Axe Cop vol. 1 by Malachai Nicolle, drawn by Ethan Nicholle - Bad guys, beware! Evil aliens, run for your lives! Axe Cop is here, and he's going to chop your head off! We live in a strange world, and our strange problems call for strange heroes. That's why Axe Cop -- along with his partner Flute Cop and their pet T. rex Wexter -- is holding tryouts to build the greatest team of heroes ever assembled.
Tantalize: Kieran's Story by Cynthia Leitich Smith - the flipside of the story told in the novel Tantalize from Quincie's point of view. This will not be released until Aug. 23, but you can put holds on it now.
Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans by Rick Geary (nonfiction) - During the years 1918 and 1919, six people in New Orleans were killed and six more injured, in their homes, in the dead of night, by an axe-wielding intruder who got away without a trace. After more than a year, the killings stopped as suddenly as they started. No trace of the murderer was ever found. Geary presents the facts and the speculations about these attacks in the third in his series on twentieth-century murder.
Salem Brownstone: All Along the Watchtowers by John Harris Dunning - Upon his father's death, Salem inherits a mansion as well as an unfinished battle with creatures from another world, which requires him to seek the help of his guardian familiar and the colorful performers of Dr. Kinoshita's Circus of Unearthly Delights.
Kill Shakespeare vol. 1 by Conor McCreery - This dark take on the Bard pits his greatest heroes (Hamlet, Juliet, Othello, Falstaff) against his most menacing villains (Richard III, Lady Macbeth, Iago) in an epic adventure to find and kill a reclusive wizard named William Shakespeare.
Legend : the Labors of Heracles by Ryan Foley Their first mistake was to assume he would give up... Heracles has it all: a beautiful home, a loving family, and a reputation as a great soldier who would stop at nothing to defend his homeland. Then his origin brings him into the center of a vicious plot, where he is hynotized into committing the worst crime of all. Devestated by his actions, he wanders aimlessly, immersed in depression. He finally find solace in the fact that he can atone for his sings by completing ten impossible tasks. Where other men would give up and consider themselves defeated, Heracles uses his courage, strength, and intellect to take up the tasks one by one.
Set to Sea by Drew Weing - After fantasizing about a life at sea, the oafish main character gets shanghaied aboard a clipper bound for Hong Kong and spends the rest of his life on the ship, fighting pirates, writing poetry, and ultimately finding meaning in his life.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Nancy Butler - the classic Austen novel in a very readable but true-to-the-original graphic retelling. Two very different sisters meet young men after their comfortable lives change drastically, and they leave their home.
S.H.E.I.L.D. Vol. 1 Architects of Forever by Jonathan Hickman - Leonardo Da Vinci was an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. So was Issac Newton. So were Imhotep and Zhang Heng and Galileo and many other geniuses throughout time. They were the first heroes to defeat Galactus and the Brood and turn Celestials back. They saved the world long before Captain America or Iron Man were ever born, but what does this mean to our heroes of today? What does this mean to Nick Fury?
Robert Jordan's the Wheel of time. New Spring [the graphic novel] - sets the stage for a graphic novelization of the epic fantasy series - a pair of gifted young women struggle to become the heroines their world needs as a prophecied darkness descends.
Fiction:
Bitter End by Jennifer Brown - When seventeen-year-old Alex starts dating Cole, a new boy at her high school, her two closest friends increasingly mistrust him as the relationship grows more serious.
Jersey Tomatoes Are the Best by Maria Padian - When fifteen-year-old best friends Henry and Eve leave New Jersey, one for tennis camp in Florida and one for ballet camp in New York, each faces challenges that put her long-cherished dreams of the future to the test.
Sidekicks by Jack D. Ferraiolo - Batman has Robin, Wonder Woman has Wonder Girl, and Phantom Justice has Bright Boy, a.k.a. Scott Hutchinson, an ordinary dude by day and a superfast, superstrong sidekick by night, fighting loyally next to his hero ... despite his doubts about the social benefits of wearing yellow tights. After an embarrassing incident involving said tights and the revelation that his lifelong nemesis, supervillain sidekick Monkeywrench, might be one of the most popular kids at his school, Scott begins to question his role.
Dark City by Catherine Fisher - Sixteen-year-old Raffi, Master Galen, and a mysterious traveler, Carys, enter the ruined city of Tasceron seeking a relic that may save the world, while evading the Watch, a brutal organization opposed to the Order to which Raffi and Galen belong.
Incredibly Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - Maryland teenager Alice McKinley spends her last semester of high school performing in the school play, working on the student paper, worrying about being away from her boyfriend, who will be studying in Spain, and anticipating her future in college.
Falling Under by Gwen Hayes - Sheltered, small-town California girl Theia Alderson feels incredibly drawn to a devastatingly handsome new boy at school, Haden, who she has seen before, not in class or the hall, but in her dreams.
Goddess Test by Aimee Carter - Eden, Michigan, high school student Kate Winters strikes a bargain with Henry, Greek god of the underworld, if he'll cure her dying mother of cancer. The bargain she strikes with him is a grim one, but the full enormity of what she has undertaken -- "live forever or die trying" -- is not revealed until it's too late to recant.
Magnolia League by Katie Crouch - After the death of her free-spirited mother, sixteen-year-old Alexandra Lee is forced to move from Northern California to Savannah, Georgia, to live with her wealthy grandmother, who expects Alex to join a long-standing debutante society, which, Alex learns, has made a pact with a legendary Hoodoo family.
Small Acts of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan - In 1919, independent-minded fifteen-year-old Rosalind lives in India with her English parents, and when they fear she has fallen in with some rebellious types who believe in Indian self-government, she is sent "home" to London, where she has never been before and where her older brother died, to stay with her two aunts.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
New YA
Graphic Novels:
Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty by Greg Neri -- A graphic novel based on the true story of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, an eleven-year old African American gang member from Chicago who shot a young girl and was then shot by his own gang members.
Castle Waiting II by Linda Medley -- Unexpected visitors result in the discovery and exploration of a secret passageway, not to mention an epic bowling tournament. A quest for ladies' underpants, the identity of Pindar's father, the education of Simon, Rackham and Chess arguing about the 'manly arts,' and an escape-prone goat are just a few of the elements in this delightful new volume.
Stellar Six of Gingacho vol. 1 -- In this shojo manga, When a local store is vandalized, six childhood friends come together to help out and realize the importance of their friendship.
Pandora Hearts vol. 5 -- Guided by Jack Vessalius, the man from Alice's memories, Oz wanders back into the world of lost memories in search of Alice. There, he stumbles upon the devastating tragedy of Sablier, the century-old disaster which sent the old capital into the Abyss, an incident of which no one has any recollection ... except Alice -- who was there?!
Cirque du Freak vols. 7-8 by Darren Shan -- Setting out from Vampire Mountain, Darren embarks on a mission as part of an elite quartet sent to find the Vampanese Lord. Along their journey, though, they are imparted an ominous prophecy: 'If you have faced the Vampaneze Lord four times and failed to kill him, only one of you will be alive to witness the fall of the vampire clan'.
Sakura Hime vol. 1 -- While running from the news of her impending marriage, Sakura learns why she was told never to gaze at the full moon.
Liberty Vocational vol. 1 by Naomi Novick -- Sixteen-year-old atom manipulator Leah Taymore is sent to Liberty Vocational, a college for superheroes, where she must learn to master her powers as well as her personal life.
Maximum Ride the manga vol. 4 by James Patterson -- Despite their initial hesitation, living with Anne has softened the Flock, so Max is keenly aware that it's time to leave. With Thanksgiving so near, though, all of them want to stay, at least until they've had their first ever Thanksgiving turkey! But, danger is on the horizon as Jeb's plan advances, and while the Flock's new school seems normal and safe, secrets are hidden beneath its prestigious facade.
Astro City : Shining Stars by Kurt Busiek -- Astra Furst, a third-generation super hero of Astro City, is graduating from college. It's a time of friends and family, new opportunities, changing relationships -- and danger! Featuring the First Family, the creatures of Monstro City, a new hero team and more on a graduation night nobody's ever going to forget!
Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 1. The Choice -- Astra Furst, a third-generation super hero of Astro City, is graduating from college. It's a time of friends and family, new opportunities, changing relationships -- and danger! Featuring the First Family, the creatures of Monstro City, a new hero team and more on a graduation night nobody's ever going to forget!
Green Lantern vol. 4. Secret Origin -- While Hal Jordan is inducted into the Green Lantern Corps, the Green Lantern called Sinestro investigates the death of Hal's predecessor, Abin Sur. Who -- or what -- could have killed this Lantern? And what does it all have to do with the event called "The Blackest Night"?
Nonfiction:
Through No Fault of My Own by Coco Irvine -- On Christmas Day, 1926, twelve-year-old Clotilde “Coco” Irvine received a blank diary as a present. Coco loved to write -- and to get into scrapes -- and her new diary gave her the opportunity to explain her side of the messes she created.
Spies of Mississippi by Rick Bowers -- In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission compiled secret files on more than 87,000 private citizens in the most extensive state spying program in U.S. history. Its mission: to save segregation.
Can I See Your I.D.? by Chris Barton -- Ten true stories about famous people with false identities, including Frank Abagnale, Princess Caraboo, and Keron Thomas.
To Timbuktu by Casey Scieszka -- Casey and Steven met in Morocco, moved to China then went all the way to Timbuktu. This illustrated travel memoir tells the story of their first two years out of college spent teaching English, making friends across language barriers, researching, painting, and learning to be themselves wherever they are.
Fiction:
Everest: You Decide How to Survive by Bill Doyle -- choose your own path as part of a group of the youngest ever climbers to scale Mount Everest; do you have what it takes to make the right decisions?
Bite Club by Rachel Caine -- Morganville Vampires bk. 10 -- College student Claire Danvers discovers that an extreme sport pitting vampire against vampire--and sometimes vampire against human--is being broadcast on the internet from Morganville, Texas.
Stay by Deb Caletti -- In a remote corner of Washington State where she and her father have gone to escape her obsessive boyfriend, Clara meets two brothers who captain a sailboat, a lighthouse keeper with a secret, and an old friend of her father who knows his secrets.
Getting Played by Celeste Norfleet -- If there's one thing Kenisha Lewis has learned, it's that the people you think you know best often surprise you the most. And not always in a good way.
Boy from Ilysies by Pearl North -- Cast out of the Libyrinth after being tricked into committing a crime, young Po may return only if he completes a dangerous mission to retrieve a legendary artifact that could either be the answer to all of the Libyrinth's problems, or could destroy the world.
What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen -- Following her parents' bitter divorce as she and her father move from town to town, seventeen-year-old Mclean reinvents herself at each school she attends until she is no longer sure she knows who she is or where she belongs.
Outside In by Maria Snyder -- After leading a victorious rebellion against the Uppers, Trella is forced to continue her leadership role and must help her people face a threat from outside their cube.
Shimmer by Alyson Noel -- Riley, dead at age twelve and now a Soul Catcher, works with her teacher Bodhi to help Rebecca, the daughter of a former plantation owner who, furious about being murdered during a 1733 slave revolt, is keeping those who died with her from crossing over.
Carmen: an urban adaptation by Walter Dean Myers -- A policeman's obsessive love for a tempestuous wig factory worker ends in tragedy in this updated version of Bizet's Carmen, set in Spanish Harlem, and told in screenplay format.
Gathering by Kelley Armstrong -- Sixteen-year-old Maya suspects there may be a relationship between her paw-print birthmark, her connection with wild animals, and strange events occurring in her tiny Vancouver Island community, where a medical research facility harbors big secrets.
The Accidental Genius of Weasel High by Rick Detorie -- Larkin Pace, a film-obsessed high school freshman, chronicles his experiences as he tries to raise money for a new camcorder and get a date with the girl who has been his best friend since third grade.
Break-up Diaries vol. 1 by Ni-ni Simone -- In "Hot Boyz," Chance will do anything to become Ahmad's girl, but a lie might blow up in everyone's face. In "The Boy Trap," Gabrielle schemes to be Tyler's pampered basketball wife, but her cheating ways put their relationship on the line.
Shine by Lauren Myracle -- When her best friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteen-year-old Cat sets out to discover the culprits in her small North Carolina town.
Silver Bowl by Diane Stanley -- From the age of seven when she became scullery maid in a castle, Molly has seen visions of the future, which, years later, lead her and friend Tobias on an adventure to keep Alaric, the heir to the throne, safe from a curse.
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor -- Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with her family back to Nigeria, where she learns that she has latent magical powers, which she and three similarly gifted friends use to catch a serial killer.
Eona: the Last Dragoneye by Alison Goodman --
Facing the ultimate battle for control of the land she calls home, Eona finds herself waging an internal battle every bit as devastating as the war threatening to break out across the kingdom.
Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty by Greg Neri -- A graphic novel based on the true story of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, an eleven-year old African American gang member from Chicago who shot a young girl and was then shot by his own gang members.
Castle Waiting II by Linda Medley -- Unexpected visitors result in the discovery and exploration of a secret passageway, not to mention an epic bowling tournament. A quest for ladies' underpants, the identity of Pindar's father, the education of Simon, Rackham and Chess arguing about the 'manly arts,' and an escape-prone goat are just a few of the elements in this delightful new volume.
Stellar Six of Gingacho vol. 1 -- In this shojo manga, When a local store is vandalized, six childhood friends come together to help out and realize the importance of their friendship.
Pandora Hearts vol. 5 -- Guided by Jack Vessalius, the man from Alice's memories, Oz wanders back into the world of lost memories in search of Alice. There, he stumbles upon the devastating tragedy of Sablier, the century-old disaster which sent the old capital into the Abyss, an incident of which no one has any recollection ... except Alice -- who was there?!
Cirque du Freak vols. 7-8 by Darren Shan -- Setting out from Vampire Mountain, Darren embarks on a mission as part of an elite quartet sent to find the Vampanese Lord. Along their journey, though, they are imparted an ominous prophecy: 'If you have faced the Vampaneze Lord four times and failed to kill him, only one of you will be alive to witness the fall of the vampire clan'.
Sakura Hime vol. 1 -- While running from the news of her impending marriage, Sakura learns why she was told never to gaze at the full moon.
Liberty Vocational vol. 1 by Naomi Novick -- Sixteen-year-old atom manipulator Leah Taymore is sent to Liberty Vocational, a college for superheroes, where she must learn to master her powers as well as her personal life.
Maximum Ride the manga vol. 4 by James Patterson -- Despite their initial hesitation, living with Anne has softened the Flock, so Max is keenly aware that it's time to leave. With Thanksgiving so near, though, all of them want to stay, at least until they've had their first ever Thanksgiving turkey! But, danger is on the horizon as Jeb's plan advances, and while the Flock's new school seems normal and safe, secrets are hidden beneath its prestigious facade.
Astro City : Shining Stars by Kurt Busiek -- Astra Furst, a third-generation super hero of Astro City, is graduating from college. It's a time of friends and family, new opportunities, changing relationships -- and danger! Featuring the First Family, the creatures of Monstro City, a new hero team and more on a graduation night nobody's ever going to forget!
Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 1. The Choice -- Astra Furst, a third-generation super hero of Astro City, is graduating from college. It's a time of friends and family, new opportunities, changing relationships -- and danger! Featuring the First Family, the creatures of Monstro City, a new hero team and more on a graduation night nobody's ever going to forget!
Green Lantern vol. 4. Secret Origin -- While Hal Jordan is inducted into the Green Lantern Corps, the Green Lantern called Sinestro investigates the death of Hal's predecessor, Abin Sur. Who -- or what -- could have killed this Lantern? And what does it all have to do with the event called "The Blackest Night"?
Nonfiction:
Through No Fault of My Own by Coco Irvine -- On Christmas Day, 1926, twelve-year-old Clotilde “Coco” Irvine received a blank diary as a present. Coco loved to write -- and to get into scrapes -- and her new diary gave her the opportunity to explain her side of the messes she created.
Spies of Mississippi by Rick Bowers -- In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission compiled secret files on more than 87,000 private citizens in the most extensive state spying program in U.S. history. Its mission: to save segregation.
Can I See Your I.D.? by Chris Barton -- Ten true stories about famous people with false identities, including Frank Abagnale, Princess Caraboo, and Keron Thomas.
To Timbuktu by Casey Scieszka -- Casey and Steven met in Morocco, moved to China then went all the way to Timbuktu. This illustrated travel memoir tells the story of their first two years out of college spent teaching English, making friends across language barriers, researching, painting, and learning to be themselves wherever they are.
Fiction:
Everest: You Decide How to Survive by Bill Doyle -- choose your own path as part of a group of the youngest ever climbers to scale Mount Everest; do you have what it takes to make the right decisions?
Bite Club by Rachel Caine -- Morganville Vampires bk. 10 -- College student Claire Danvers discovers that an extreme sport pitting vampire against vampire--and sometimes vampire against human--is being broadcast on the internet from Morganville, Texas.
Stay by Deb Caletti -- In a remote corner of Washington State where she and her father have gone to escape her obsessive boyfriend, Clara meets two brothers who captain a sailboat, a lighthouse keeper with a secret, and an old friend of her father who knows his secrets.
Getting Played by Celeste Norfleet -- If there's one thing Kenisha Lewis has learned, it's that the people you think you know best often surprise you the most. And not always in a good way.
Boy from Ilysies by Pearl North -- Cast out of the Libyrinth after being tricked into committing a crime, young Po may return only if he completes a dangerous mission to retrieve a legendary artifact that could either be the answer to all of the Libyrinth's problems, or could destroy the world.
What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen -- Following her parents' bitter divorce as she and her father move from town to town, seventeen-year-old Mclean reinvents herself at each school she attends until she is no longer sure she knows who she is or where she belongs.
Outside In by Maria Snyder -- After leading a victorious rebellion against the Uppers, Trella is forced to continue her leadership role and must help her people face a threat from outside their cube.
Shimmer by Alyson Noel -- Riley, dead at age twelve and now a Soul Catcher, works with her teacher Bodhi to help Rebecca, the daughter of a former plantation owner who, furious about being murdered during a 1733 slave revolt, is keeping those who died with her from crossing over.
Carmen: an urban adaptation by Walter Dean Myers -- A policeman's obsessive love for a tempestuous wig factory worker ends in tragedy in this updated version of Bizet's Carmen, set in Spanish Harlem, and told in screenplay format.
Gathering by Kelley Armstrong -- Sixteen-year-old Maya suspects there may be a relationship between her paw-print birthmark, her connection with wild animals, and strange events occurring in her tiny Vancouver Island community, where a medical research facility harbors big secrets.
The Accidental Genius of Weasel High by Rick Detorie -- Larkin Pace, a film-obsessed high school freshman, chronicles his experiences as he tries to raise money for a new camcorder and get a date with the girl who has been his best friend since third grade.
Break-up Diaries vol. 1 by Ni-ni Simone -- In "Hot Boyz," Chance will do anything to become Ahmad's girl, but a lie might blow up in everyone's face. In "The Boy Trap," Gabrielle schemes to be Tyler's pampered basketball wife, but her cheating ways put their relationship on the line.
Shine by Lauren Myracle -- When her best friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteen-year-old Cat sets out to discover the culprits in her small North Carolina town.
Silver Bowl by Diane Stanley -- From the age of seven when she became scullery maid in a castle, Molly has seen visions of the future, which, years later, lead her and friend Tobias on an adventure to keep Alaric, the heir to the throne, safe from a curse.
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor -- Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with her family back to Nigeria, where she learns that she has latent magical powers, which she and three similarly gifted friends use to catch a serial killer.
Eona: the Last Dragoneye by Alison Goodman --
Facing the ultimate battle for control of the land she calls home, Eona finds herself waging an internal battle every bit as devastating as the war threatening to break out across the kingdom.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Booklist's 2011 Top Crime Fiction for Teens
A list of some great teen crime fiction, for all those afficianados out there!
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
New Books
Graphic Novels:
Arctic Marauder by Jacques Tardi -- In 1899, "L'Anjou," a ship navigating the Arctic Ocean from Murmansk, Russia, to Le Havre, France comes across a stunning sight: A ghostly, abandoned vessel perched high atop an iceberg. But, exploring this strange apparition is the last thing the sailors will ever do, as their own ship is soon dispatched to Davy Jones' locker via a mysterious explosion.Can adventurer Jerome Plumier discover what is really happening?
Lost and Found by Shaun Tan -- Three stories explore how we lose and find what matters most to us, as a girl finds a bright spot in a dark world, a boy leads a strange, lost being home, and a group of peaceful creatures loses its home to cruel invaders.
Return of the Dapper Men by Jim McCann -- A tale of a world in between time, where children have played so long it's almost become work, machines have worked so long they have begun to play, and all the clocks have stopped at the same time.
Excalibur: the Legend of King Arthur by Tony Lee -- a retelling of the King Arthur myth - with some significant reinterpetation of classic elements - and some fae elements as well. Beautiful art!
Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, Peter Gillis (adaptor) and Renae De Liz (artist) -- a truly classic fantasy tale rendered in full color panels. A beauty!
Star Wars. The Clone Wars. Hero of the Confederacy. Vols. 1-3
Star Wars. The Clone Wars. In Service of the Republic. Vols 1-3
Bleach Vols. 31-34
Slam Dunk Vol. 15
Dengeki Daisy Vol. 4
Power Play by Liam O'Donnell -- While at an international summit about water usage, Devin and Nadia join Marcus, Bounce, and Pema to find and stop the people trying to prevent Marcus's father, an environmentalist speaking at the event, from delivering his message.
Breaking Down by Kinney-Petrucha -- a satire of a certain "Very Popular" vampire novel series
Tron. The Ghost in the Machine -- Jet Bradley, son of original TRON programmer Alan Bradley, has recently escaped the computer world. But his experiences within cyberspace have left him emotionally scarred -- vivid nightmares plague him, and he's become paranoid and unstable. He shuns technology wherever possible, leaving him effectively crippled in the modern world. And now something within the computer world wants him back! Takes place over two decades after the events of the original film and the video game Tron 2.0 but, like Tron 2.0, is not part of the canon universe of Tron and Tron: Legacy.
Girl Genius Vol. 3: Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine by Phil Foglio
Witch and Wizard. Vol. 2, Operation Zero by James Patterson
Shadoweyes by Ross Campbell -- Scout Montana wants to be a vigilante superhero, but when a strange transformation traps her in a monstrous form, she finds herself outside the very world she wanted to help.
Time Masters. Vanishing Point -- companion to Batman. The Return of Bruce Wayne
Superman vs. Muhammad Ali -- Together, the Man of Tomorrow and the Champ are two of the mightiest warriors the Earth has ever known. Now, they must face their greatest challenge yet: each other!
Avengers Academy. Vol. 1, Permanent Record -- Determined to keep the tradition alive, founding Avenger Hank Pym leads a core team of veteran heroes in creating a place where the next generation of Earth's Mightiest can be trained by the greatest of those who preceded them. The future is in their hands ... and in the hands of the six young superhumans chosen to make up the inaugural class. But, who are they? And what dark secret will turn their world upside down?
Amazing Spider-Man. By JMS ultimate collection. bks. 2-4
Trouble Maker : a Barnaby and Hooker Graphic Novels vols. 1-2 by Janet Evanovich
Moon Called. Vol. 1 by Patricia Briggs -- Mercy Thompson's next-door neighbor is a werewolf, her former boss is a gremlin, and she's fixing a VW bus for a vampire, but Mercy isn't exactly normal herself.
Merchant of Venice (adapted by Richard Appiganisi) -- with elves!
In sixteenth-century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead.
Nonfiction:
Ask Elizabeth by Elizabeth Berkley -- questions teens ask about friends, teens, their bodies and lives - accurate, honest answers for girls.
Five Thousand Years of Slavery by Marjorie Gann -- uses historical and personal accounts to trace the roots of slavery from Sumerian times to the modern era.
Nevermore: a Photobiograpy of Edgar Allan Poe by Karen Lange -- examines the life and times of the poet who would have such an effect on future writers, poets, and others.
Fiction:
Banished by Sophie Littlefield -- Sixteen-year-old Hailey Tarbell, raised by a mean, secretive grandmother, does not know that she comes from a long line of healers until her Aunt Prairie arrives with answers about her past that could quickly threaten her future.
Sequins, Secrets, and Silver Linings by Sophia Bennett -- Three fourteen-year-old friends, with very different interests, befriend a twelve-year-old Ugandan refugee whose gift for design takes off in the high-fashion world of twenty-first-century London.
Salt by Maurice Gee -- Hari, one of the enslaved people from Blood Burrow, and Pearl, a member of the ruling families known as Company, forge an unusual alliance and become reluctant traveling companions, as they undertake a desperate pilgrimage to save the world from a terror beyond their greatest imaginings.
Fearscape by Simon Holt -- Pursued by the Vours, supernatural creatures who feast on fear and attack on the eve of the winter solstice, Reggie tries to hold onto her humanity as she finds herself gradually morphing into a Vour.
Queen of Water by Laura Resau -- Living in a village in Ecuador, a Quechua Indian girl is sent to work as an indentured servant for an upper class "mestizo" family.
Properties of Water by Hannah McKinnon -- When her older sister Marni is paralyzed jumping off the cliffs into the lake near their house, thirteen-year-old Lace feels responsible for the accident and struggles to find a way to help heal her family.
All You Get Is Me by Yvonne Prinz --
Almost sixteen-year-old city-transplant Aurora must adapt to life on an organic farm as she navigates an eventful summer when she falls in love, discovers that her mother has left for good, and watches her father take a bold stand in defense of the rights of undocumented Mexican farm workers.
Where She Went by Gayle Forman -- follows Mia's life in New York City through the eyes of Adam, who is now a rock star. Can they reconnect three years after the tragedy that smashed Mia's life?
Blood on My Hands by Todd Strasser -- At a high school party, a girl finds her best friend murdered, only to be discovered holding the weapon and accused of the crime.
Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander -- Sixth-graders Mac and Vince operate a business charging schoolmates for protection from bullies and for help to negotiate conflicts peacefully, with amazing challenges and results.
Illegal by Bettina Restrepo -- Nora, a fifteen-year-old Mexican girl, faces the challenges of being an illegal immigrant in Texas when she and her mother cross the border in search of Nora's father.
Haunting of Charles Dickens by Lewis Buzbee -- Twelve-year-old Meg travels the rooftops and streets of 1862 London, England, in search of her missing brother, Orion, accompanied by a family friend, the famed author Charles Dickens, whose quest is to find his next novel.
Daughter of Winter by Pat Lowry Collins -- In the mid-nineteenth-century shipbuilding town of Essex, Massachusetts, twelve-year-old Addie learns a startling secret about her past when she escapes servitude by running away to live in the snowy woods and meets an elderly Wampanoag woman.
Visconti House by Elspeth Edgar -- Laura Horton has always been an outsider, more interested in writing, drawing, or spending time with her free-spirited family than in her fellow teens, but she is drawn to Leon, a new student, as together they explore the mysteries of her eccentric old house.
Deadly by Julie Chibbaro -- In the early nineteen-hundreds, sixteen-year-old Prudence Galewski leaves school to take a job assisting the head epidemiologist at New York's Department of Health and Sanitation, investigating the intriguing case of "Typhoid Mary," a seemingly healthy woman who is infecting others with typhoid fever. Includes a historical note by the author.
Entwined by Heather Dixon -- Confined to their dreary castle while mourning their mother's death, Princess Azalea and her eleven sisters join The Keeper, who's trapped in a magic passageway, in a nightly dance that soon becomes nightmarish.
Geek Fantasy Novel by E. Archer -- Ralph is asked to spend the summer with his strange British relatives at their old manor house in order to set up their Wi-Fi network. And thus begins his strange adventure.
I, Emma Freke by E.J. Atkinson -- Growing up near Boston with her free-spirited mother and old-world grandfather, twelve-year-old Emma has always felt out of place, but when she attends the family reunion her father's family holds annually in Wisconsin, she is in for some surprises.
Death Cloud by Andy Lane - Sherlock Holmes the Legend Begins bk. 1 -- In 1868, with his army officer father suddenly posted to India, and his mother mysteriously "unwell," fourteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes is sent to stay with his eccentric uncle and aunt in their vast house in Hampshire, where he uncovers his first murder and a diabolical villain.
Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge -- In an alternate 1950s, mechanically gifted fifteen-year-old Aoife Grayson, whose family has a history of going mad at sixteen, must leave the totalitarian city of Lovecraft and venture into the world of magic to solve the mystery of her brother's disappearance and the mysteries surrounding her father and the Land of Thorn.
Entice by Carrie Jones -- When evil pixies invade Bedford, capturing more teens every day, sixteen-year-old Zara's quest to bring Nick back from Valhalla becomes more urgent, but she fears he will not return with her since she has been pixie kissed and become Astley's queen.
Floating Islands by Rachel Neumeier -- The adventures of two teenaged cousins who live in a place called The Floating Islands, one of whom is studying to become a mage and the other one of the legendary island flyers.
Cry of the Giraffe by Judie Oron -- Wuditu and her Jewish family risk their lives to make a dangerous journey out of Ethiopia towards Yerusalem in a time of revolt, which leads them to a refugee camp in Sudan, where they are separated. Terrified, 15-year-old Wuditu makes her way back to Ethiopia alone.
Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana Oliver -- In 2018 Atlanta, Georgia, after a demon threatens seventeen-year-old Riley Blackthorne's life and murders her father, a legendary demon trapper to whom she was apprenticed, her father's partner, Beck, steps in to care for her, knowing she hates him.
Birth of a Killer by Darren Shan -- When his cousin is murdered at the factory where they both work as child laborers, young Larten Crepsley commits a horrific act and must live on the run until he meets a vampire named Seba Nile, who offers him protection and training as a vampire's assistant.
Timescape by Robert Liparulo -- David, Xander, Dad, and Keal discover that Taksidian wants their house for himself in order to use the time portals to build an empire, and unless they can find his weakness in time, the future of the world itself may be in danger.
Time-traveling Fashionista by Bianca Turetsky -- Twelve-year-old Louise Lambert accepts an invitation to a private sale of vintage clothing, but upon donning an evening gown, she finds herself in 1912 aboard the Titanic as the gown's original owner, silent film star Alice Baxter.
Department 19 by Will Hill -- After watching his father's brutal murder, sixteen-year-old Jamie Carpenter joins Department 19, a secret government agency, where he learns of the existence of vampires and the history that ties him to the team destined to stop them.
Rogue Crew by Brian Jacques (Redwall #23) -- The murderous and evil Razzid Wearat and his crew of vermin are on a mission to seize Redwall Abbey for themselves, and Abbot Thibb and his Redwallers must defend their home with the help of the hares of the Longpatrol and the Rogue Crew of sea otters.
Abandon by Meg Cabot -- A near-death experience, a horrible incident at school, and a move from Connecticut to Florida have turned seventeen-year-old Pierce's life upside-down, but when she needs him most, John Hayden is always there, helping but reminding her of her visit to the Underworld.
Arctic Marauder by Jacques Tardi -- In 1899, "L'Anjou," a ship navigating the Arctic Ocean from Murmansk, Russia, to Le Havre, France comes across a stunning sight: A ghostly, abandoned vessel perched high atop an iceberg. But, exploring this strange apparition is the last thing the sailors will ever do, as their own ship is soon dispatched to Davy Jones' locker via a mysterious explosion.Can adventurer Jerome Plumier discover what is really happening?
Lost and Found by Shaun Tan -- Three stories explore how we lose and find what matters most to us, as a girl finds a bright spot in a dark world, a boy leads a strange, lost being home, and a group of peaceful creatures loses its home to cruel invaders.
Return of the Dapper Men by Jim McCann -- A tale of a world in between time, where children have played so long it's almost become work, machines have worked so long they have begun to play, and all the clocks have stopped at the same time.
Excalibur: the Legend of King Arthur by Tony Lee -- a retelling of the King Arthur myth - with some significant reinterpetation of classic elements - and some fae elements as well. Beautiful art!
Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, Peter Gillis (adaptor) and Renae De Liz (artist) -- a truly classic fantasy tale rendered in full color panels. A beauty!
Star Wars. The Clone Wars. Hero of the Confederacy. Vols. 1-3
Star Wars. The Clone Wars. In Service of the Republic. Vols 1-3
Bleach Vols. 31-34
Slam Dunk Vol. 15
Dengeki Daisy Vol. 4
Power Play by Liam O'Donnell -- While at an international summit about water usage, Devin and Nadia join Marcus, Bounce, and Pema to find and stop the people trying to prevent Marcus's father, an environmentalist speaking at the event, from delivering his message.
Breaking Down by Kinney-Petrucha -- a satire of a certain "Very Popular" vampire novel series
Tron. The Ghost in the Machine -- Jet Bradley, son of original TRON programmer Alan Bradley, has recently escaped the computer world. But his experiences within cyberspace have left him emotionally scarred -- vivid nightmares plague him, and he's become paranoid and unstable. He shuns technology wherever possible, leaving him effectively crippled in the modern world. And now something within the computer world wants him back! Takes place over two decades after the events of the original film and the video game Tron 2.0 but, like Tron 2.0, is not part of the canon universe of Tron and Tron: Legacy.
Girl Genius Vol. 3: Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine by Phil Foglio
Witch and Wizard. Vol. 2, Operation Zero by James Patterson
Shadoweyes by Ross Campbell -- Scout Montana wants to be a vigilante superhero, but when a strange transformation traps her in a monstrous form, she finds herself outside the very world she wanted to help.
Time Masters. Vanishing Point -- companion to Batman. The Return of Bruce Wayne
Superman vs. Muhammad Ali -- Together, the Man of Tomorrow and the Champ are two of the mightiest warriors the Earth has ever known. Now, they must face their greatest challenge yet: each other!
Avengers Academy. Vol. 1, Permanent Record -- Determined to keep the tradition alive, founding Avenger Hank Pym leads a core team of veteran heroes in creating a place where the next generation of Earth's Mightiest can be trained by the greatest of those who preceded them. The future is in their hands ... and in the hands of the six young superhumans chosen to make up the inaugural class. But, who are they? And what dark secret will turn their world upside down?
Amazing Spider-Man. By JMS ultimate collection. bks. 2-4
Trouble Maker : a Barnaby and Hooker Graphic Novels vols. 1-2 by Janet Evanovich
Moon Called. Vol. 1 by Patricia Briggs -- Mercy Thompson's next-door neighbor is a werewolf, her former boss is a gremlin, and she's fixing a VW bus for a vampire, but Mercy isn't exactly normal herself.
Merchant of Venice (adapted by Richard Appiganisi) -- with elves!
In sixteenth-century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead.
Nonfiction:
Ask Elizabeth by Elizabeth Berkley -- questions teens ask about friends, teens, their bodies and lives - accurate, honest answers for girls.
Five Thousand Years of Slavery by Marjorie Gann -- uses historical and personal accounts to trace the roots of slavery from Sumerian times to the modern era.
Nevermore: a Photobiograpy of Edgar Allan Poe by Karen Lange -- examines the life and times of the poet who would have such an effect on future writers, poets, and others.
Fiction:
Banished by Sophie Littlefield -- Sixteen-year-old Hailey Tarbell, raised by a mean, secretive grandmother, does not know that she comes from a long line of healers until her Aunt Prairie arrives with answers about her past that could quickly threaten her future.
Sequins, Secrets, and Silver Linings by Sophia Bennett -- Three fourteen-year-old friends, with very different interests, befriend a twelve-year-old Ugandan refugee whose gift for design takes off in the high-fashion world of twenty-first-century London.
Salt by Maurice Gee -- Hari, one of the enslaved people from Blood Burrow, and Pearl, a member of the ruling families known as Company, forge an unusual alliance and become reluctant traveling companions, as they undertake a desperate pilgrimage to save the world from a terror beyond their greatest imaginings.
Fearscape by Simon Holt -- Pursued by the Vours, supernatural creatures who feast on fear and attack on the eve of the winter solstice, Reggie tries to hold onto her humanity as she finds herself gradually morphing into a Vour.
Queen of Water by Laura Resau -- Living in a village in Ecuador, a Quechua Indian girl is sent to work as an indentured servant for an upper class "mestizo" family.
Properties of Water by Hannah McKinnon -- When her older sister Marni is paralyzed jumping off the cliffs into the lake near their house, thirteen-year-old Lace feels responsible for the accident and struggles to find a way to help heal her family.
All You Get Is Me by Yvonne Prinz --
Almost sixteen-year-old city-transplant Aurora must adapt to life on an organic farm as she navigates an eventful summer when she falls in love, discovers that her mother has left for good, and watches her father take a bold stand in defense of the rights of undocumented Mexican farm workers.
Where She Went by Gayle Forman -- follows Mia's life in New York City through the eyes of Adam, who is now a rock star. Can they reconnect three years after the tragedy that smashed Mia's life?
Blood on My Hands by Todd Strasser -- At a high school party, a girl finds her best friend murdered, only to be discovered holding the weapon and accused of the crime.
Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander -- Sixth-graders Mac and Vince operate a business charging schoolmates for protection from bullies and for help to negotiate conflicts peacefully, with amazing challenges and results.
Illegal by Bettina Restrepo -- Nora, a fifteen-year-old Mexican girl, faces the challenges of being an illegal immigrant in Texas when she and her mother cross the border in search of Nora's father.
Haunting of Charles Dickens by Lewis Buzbee -- Twelve-year-old Meg travels the rooftops and streets of 1862 London, England, in search of her missing brother, Orion, accompanied by a family friend, the famed author Charles Dickens, whose quest is to find his next novel.
Daughter of Winter by Pat Lowry Collins -- In the mid-nineteenth-century shipbuilding town of Essex, Massachusetts, twelve-year-old Addie learns a startling secret about her past when she escapes servitude by running away to live in the snowy woods and meets an elderly Wampanoag woman.
Visconti House by Elspeth Edgar -- Laura Horton has always been an outsider, more interested in writing, drawing, or spending time with her free-spirited family than in her fellow teens, but she is drawn to Leon, a new student, as together they explore the mysteries of her eccentric old house.
Deadly by Julie Chibbaro -- In the early nineteen-hundreds, sixteen-year-old Prudence Galewski leaves school to take a job assisting the head epidemiologist at New York's Department of Health and Sanitation, investigating the intriguing case of "Typhoid Mary," a seemingly healthy woman who is infecting others with typhoid fever. Includes a historical note by the author.
Entwined by Heather Dixon -- Confined to their dreary castle while mourning their mother's death, Princess Azalea and her eleven sisters join The Keeper, who's trapped in a magic passageway, in a nightly dance that soon becomes nightmarish.
Geek Fantasy Novel by E. Archer -- Ralph is asked to spend the summer with his strange British relatives at their old manor house in order to set up their Wi-Fi network. And thus begins his strange adventure.
I, Emma Freke by E.J. Atkinson -- Growing up near Boston with her free-spirited mother and old-world grandfather, twelve-year-old Emma has always felt out of place, but when she attends the family reunion her father's family holds annually in Wisconsin, she is in for some surprises.
Death Cloud by Andy Lane - Sherlock Holmes the Legend Begins bk. 1 -- In 1868, with his army officer father suddenly posted to India, and his mother mysteriously "unwell," fourteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes is sent to stay with his eccentric uncle and aunt in their vast house in Hampshire, where he uncovers his first murder and a diabolical villain.
Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge -- In an alternate 1950s, mechanically gifted fifteen-year-old Aoife Grayson, whose family has a history of going mad at sixteen, must leave the totalitarian city of Lovecraft and venture into the world of magic to solve the mystery of her brother's disappearance and the mysteries surrounding her father and the Land of Thorn.
Entice by Carrie Jones -- When evil pixies invade Bedford, capturing more teens every day, sixteen-year-old Zara's quest to bring Nick back from Valhalla becomes more urgent, but she fears he will not return with her since she has been pixie kissed and become Astley's queen.
Floating Islands by Rachel Neumeier -- The adventures of two teenaged cousins who live in a place called The Floating Islands, one of whom is studying to become a mage and the other one of the legendary island flyers.
Cry of the Giraffe by Judie Oron -- Wuditu and her Jewish family risk their lives to make a dangerous journey out of Ethiopia towards Yerusalem in a time of revolt, which leads them to a refugee camp in Sudan, where they are separated. Terrified, 15-year-old Wuditu makes her way back to Ethiopia alone.
Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana Oliver -- In 2018 Atlanta, Georgia, after a demon threatens seventeen-year-old Riley Blackthorne's life and murders her father, a legendary demon trapper to whom she was apprenticed, her father's partner, Beck, steps in to care for her, knowing she hates him.
Birth of a Killer by Darren Shan -- When his cousin is murdered at the factory where they both work as child laborers, young Larten Crepsley commits a horrific act and must live on the run until he meets a vampire named Seba Nile, who offers him protection and training as a vampire's assistant.
Timescape by Robert Liparulo -- David, Xander, Dad, and Keal discover that Taksidian wants their house for himself in order to use the time portals to build an empire, and unless they can find his weakness in time, the future of the world itself may be in danger.
Time-traveling Fashionista by Bianca Turetsky -- Twelve-year-old Louise Lambert accepts an invitation to a private sale of vintage clothing, but upon donning an evening gown, she finds herself in 1912 aboard the Titanic as the gown's original owner, silent film star Alice Baxter.
Department 19 by Will Hill -- After watching his father's brutal murder, sixteen-year-old Jamie Carpenter joins Department 19, a secret government agency, where he learns of the existence of vampires and the history that ties him to the team destined to stop them.
Rogue Crew by Brian Jacques (Redwall #23) -- The murderous and evil Razzid Wearat and his crew of vermin are on a mission to seize Redwall Abbey for themselves, and Abbot Thibb and his Redwallers must defend their home with the help of the hares of the Longpatrol and the Rogue Crew of sea otters.
Abandon by Meg Cabot -- A near-death experience, a horrible incident at school, and a move from Connecticut to Florida have turned seventeen-year-old Pierce's life upside-down, but when she needs him most, John Hayden is always there, helping but reminding her of her visit to the Underworld.
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