Graphic Novels:
Rave Master Vols. 3, 4, 6, 7 -- The search for the Rave stones has led to a city underground, which is being besieged by a mysterious army of demons led by a man named Gale. Could it be Haru's missing father?
Sakura Hime Vols. 3-6 -- Sakura is still grieving over Oumi's death, but must fight the powerful youko of Umii anyway.
Barefoot Gen Vols. 1-3 -- Gen, his brother and sister and parents, live in Japan during World War II. When the Americans bomb Hiroshima, his life goes from difficult to disastrous. An autobiographical novel.
Pluto Vols. 1-8 by Naoki Urusawa -- in a world where men and robots co-exist, a robot is destroyed, and a robot rights activist is murdered. How are these crimes linked? Robot Detective Gesicht must solve his most difficult case ever, in this retelling of the classic Astro Boy.
Fairy Tail Vol. 17 -- After Wendy is kidnapped, she is exposed to destructive NIRVANA waves, which threaten to destroy the balance of light and dark inside her. Can Fairy Tale rescue her in time, or will her soul be destroyed?
Library Wars. Love and War Vol. 7 -- Hikaru's big brother is working for the enemy, but wants to be reunited with Hikaru. And someone is posting negative reviews on the Library's website. Can Kasahara find out who it is?
Fiction:
Everneath by Brodi Ashton -- Nikki has fled from Everneath for six months, desperate to find a way to escape the underworld before Cole comes back to claim her as his queen.
Beneath a Meth Moon by Woodson -- a young girl who loses her mother and grandmother in Hurricane Katrina turns to Meth for comfort, and then must struggle to overcome her addiction.
Lenobia's Vow by P.C. Cast -- this House of Night novella follows Lenobia in her early years, as she travels from France to New Orleans, trying to escape an arranged marriage and hide from an evil bishop.
Pink Smog: becoming Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block -- When Weetzie is 13, she loses her beloved home in the hills to a fire, and then her father leaves her alcoholic mother. Weetzie must learn to find beauty and hope in even the ugliest situations.
Visitors by Patricia McKissack -- Clone Codes, book 3 - Clones and Cyborgs are uprising, the Topas Corporation is fighting back, and the Visitors are trying to help humanity, in this conclusion to the Clone Codes Trilogy.
Rivals by Daisy Whitney -- in this sequel to the Mockingbirds, Alex and the secret justice group are challenged by students abusing prescription drugs and cheating, while school officials turn a blind eye.
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons -- Ember has learned not to attract attention in her repressive society, but when her mother is arrested, and Chase, the only boy she ever loved, is both present at her arrest, and then volunteers to help her rescue her mother, she must choose quickly, and correctly, who to trust and when to act.
Halflings by Heather Burch -- when Nikki finds herself the target of evil,three young men who call themselves halflings - secretive half-angels - become her protectors. But when she begins to fall for her guardians, will love cause them to lose their heavenly powers and expose her to evil without their protection?
Populazzi by Elise Allen -- When socially awkward Cara moves to a new school her junior year, it seems the perfect time to use the concept of "the Ladder" to become upwardly mobile and remake herself into the most popular girl in school. But inevitably things go wrong, and Cara must try to salvage her life from the wreckage.
Price of Loyalty by Mike Castan -- When a group of Manny's middle-school friends decide to form a gang, he must decide whether to go along without causing trouble, or do what he knows is right and cut his ties with them. As run-ins with the police and violence both hit closer and closer, Manny sees his time running out in this tense novel about loyalty and self-reliance.
Unbecoming of Mara by Michelle Dyer -- Mara can't remember the deaths of her three best friends, but after moving away to Florida, and finding love with Noah, she realizes that recovering her hidden memories may save both her family and other lives as well.
Without Tess by Marcella Pixley -- Lizzie misses her imaginative older sister Tess, and struggles to understand what made her delusional, beloved sister first cling to a fantasy life, and then die tragically.
Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am by Harry Mazer -- after being wounded in Iraq and coming home with a badly impaired memory, Ben struggles to recover physically and emotionally, while his family, including his autistic brother, try to reconcile the healthy, handsome, outgoing boy they knew with the damaged man Ben has become.
Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard -- Lying Game #3 - Emma is still trying to solve the murder of her twin sister, while taking her place; Sutton looks on from the afterlife and attempts to remember what truly happened. Now Thayer, Sutton's best friend's brother is back, and his return threatens everything Emma has done up til now.
Dead to You by Lisa McMann -- having been kidnapped at age 7, abandoned, left in foster care, and eventually homeless, Evan is overjoyed to be returned to his true family, but a terrible missing memory threatens to tear the reunited family apart.
DJ Rising by Love Maia -- Marley's career as DJ Ice is taking off, but his mother's heroin addiction keeps dragging him down. Will he give up his potential career for family obligations, or can he succeed if he abandons them?
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