New Books

Nonfiction:
Gaia Warriors: Urgent the fight is on by Nicola Davies -- Takes a clear look at how and why Earth's climate is changing and the ways we can deal with it.
Columbine High School Massacre by Katie Marsico -- Provides comprehensive information on the Columbine High School massacre and the examination of violence in schools.

Fiction:
Steel by Carrie Vaughn -- When Jill, a competitive high school fencer, goes with her family on vacation to the Bahamas, she's magically transported to an early-eighteenth-century pirate ship in the middle of the ocean.
A & L Do Summer by Jan Blazanin -- In Iowa farm country, sixteen-year-old Aspen and her friend Laurel plan to get noticed the summer before their senior year and are unwittingly aided by pig triplets, a skunk, a chicken, bullies, a rookie policeman, and potential boyfriends.
Notes from the Blender by Trish Cook -- Two teenagers -- a heavy-metal-music-loving boy who is still mourning the death of his mother years earlier, and a beautiful, popular girl whose parents divorced because her father is gay -- try to negotiate the complications of family and peer relationships as they get to know each other after learning that their father and mother are marrying each other.
The A Circuit by Georgina Bloomberg -- A billionaire heiress, a working student, and the daughter of a famous rock star compete on horseback riding's elite A circuit.
End of the Line by Angela Cerrito -- In the prison-like school that is his last chance, thirteen-year-old Robbie tries to recover from events that brought him there, including his uncle's war injuries and the death of a classmate who may have been his friend.
Angelfire by Courtney Moulton -- A seventeen-year-old girl discovers she has the reincarnated soul of an ancient warrior destined to battle the reapers, monstrous creatures who devour humans and send their souls to Hell.
Purple Daze by Sherry Shahan -- Six high school students in a high school in Los Angeles in 1965 express their experiences and feelings in journal entries, notes, letters, and poems.
Pushin' by L. Divine -- Drama High #12 -- In the midst of chaos in practically every area of her life, Jayd tries to concentrate on the things that are important to her and that could hold the key to bringing the chaos under control for good.
Courtin' Jayd by L. Divine -- Drama High #6 -- While dealing with her friend Mickey's possible pregnancy and her conniving rival Misty, Jayd is torn between her ex Jeremy, who is trying to get on the basketball team, and Rah, who is on the rebound, and must reconnect with her powerful lineage to escape the drama.
Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson -- Seventeen-year-old Ginny Blackstone precipitously travels from her home in New Jersey to London when she receives a message from an unknown man telling her he has the letters that were stolen just before she completed a series of mysterious tasks assigned by her now dead aunt, an artist.
Father of Lies by Ann Warren Turner -- In 1692 when a plague of accusations descends on Salem Village in Massachusetts and "witch fever" erupts, fourteen-year-old Lidda, who has begun to experience visions and hear voices, tries to expose the lies of the witch trials without being hanged as a witch herself. Includes author's notes about the Salem Witch Trials and bipolar disease.
You Killed Wesley Payne by Sean Beaudoin -- When hard-boiled, seventeen-year-old private investigator Dalton Rev transfers to Salt River High to solve the case of a dead student, he has his hands full trying to outwit the police, negotiate the school's social hierarchy, and get paid.
Phantoms in the Snow by Kathleen Duble -- In 1944, fifteen-year-old Noah Garrett, recently orphaned, is sent to live at Camp Hale, Colorado, with an uncle he has never met, and there he finds his pacifist views put to the test.
Shadowspell by Jenna Black -- Faeriewalker #2 -- On top of spending most of her time in a bunkerlike safe house and having her dates hijacked by a formidable Fae bodyguard, Faeriewalker Dana Hathaway is in for some more bad news: the Erlking and his pack of murderous minions known as the Wild Hunt have descended upon Avalon.
I Am J by Cris Beam -- J is certain that he is a boy mistakenly born into a girl's body. When his family fail to understand him, and his best friend deserts him, he runs away, hoping to find a way to become what he believes he should be.
Out for Blood by Alyxandra Harvey -- As a senior at the secretive Helios-Ra Academy, eighteen-year-old vampire hunter Hunter Wild just wants to make it through her last year of school, but in order to do so, she might have to betray her grandfather and date a vampire
Drought by Pam Bachorz -- Ruby's blood holds the secret to the Water that keeps her and her fellow Congregants alive and enriches Darwin West, who has enslaved them for two centuries, but when her romance with an Overseer, Ford, brings her freedom in the modern world, she faces a terrible choice.
Pink by Lili Wilkinson -- Sixteen-year-old Ava does not know who she is or where she belongs, but when she tries out a new personality -- and sexual orientation -- at a different school, her edgy girlfriend, potential boyfriend, and others are hurt by her lack of honesty.
Red Moon Rising by Peter Moore -- In a world where vampires dominate and werewolves are despised, a teenaged half-vampire discovers his recessive werewolf genes are developing with the approaching full moon.
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey -- In small-town Australia, teens Jasper and Charlie form an unlikely friendship when one asks the other to help him cover up a murder until they can prove who is responsible.
The Ghoul Next Door by Lissi Harrison -- Monster High bk. 2 -- Cleo was the queen bee of the RADs, the normies, and everyone in between at Merston High. But now, new girls Frankie Stein and Melody Carver seem to be taking over.
Wild by Christopher Golden -- Secret Journeys of Jack London bk. 1 -- Seventeen-year-old Jack London makes the arduous journey to the Yukon's gold fields in 1893, becoming increasingly uneasy about supernatural forces in the wilderness that seem to have taken a special interest in him.