Thursday, December 27, 2012

And More YA New Books

Graphic Novels:

My Milk Toof by Inhae Lee -- follow the antics of two adorable baby teeth.
Nasume’s Book of Friends by Midorikawa Vols. 4, 6 -- Takashi deals with forest spirits who won't tell him the full truth; volume 5 is already at the Library.
Sukura Hime by Tanemura Vol. 9 -- Sakura is the granddaughter of a mysterious moon princess who slew demons with her Blood Cherry Blossom sword. All her life Sakura has been forbidden to look at the full moon without knowing why. Then one night, unhappy over her impending marriage, Sakura gazes up at the moon, only to see a demon attacking her... Princess Sakura has been staying at the estate of Fujimurasaki, the future emperor. Fujimurasaki tells Sakura he loves her and keeps her hidden from Aoba. Sakura yearns to be reunited with Aoba, but he's to marry Princess Yuri...
Blood for Stone by Kenton Daniels -- Lost in the Alps, five Roman soldiers find themselves at the mercy of the mountains. Wandering into a remote village, they agree to help find a missing girl in exchange for safe passage. With a mysterious gypsy serving as guide, the Romans journey to a place called Devil's Finger. There, they descend into a subterranean chaos of blood and horror. Far from home, they're forced to make a stand.
Superman. Grounded. Vol. 2 -- Superman meets the new Wonder Woman for the first time! But, why can't he shake the feeling that he already knows her? Then, Superman visits Boulder, Colorado, where The Flash made a strange discovery that relates to Superman. And in Salt Lake City, Batman arrives to revisit one of his earliest adventures with The Man of Steel!
X-Men. Phoenix Endsong/Warsong -- The epic two-part tale of life, death and rebirth collected in one volume! The Phoenix has come back to life. Seeking to reunite with Jean Grey, it has returned to Earth -- only to find its former host dead and buried. Without Jean Grey to control the Phoenix's limitless power, will the X-Men succeed in stopping this cosmic force of death and destruction once more? Plus: Something's not quite right with the Stepford Cuckoos, and the X-Men better figure out what it is -- and fast! And what does Weapon Plus have to do with all this?
Avengers Vs. X-Men. It’s Coming -- Seven action-packed tales to get you up to speed for the biggest comic event of 2012! Four teams -- Avengers, X-Men, Young Avengers, and X-Factor -- all battle to determine who will hold the Scarlet Witch responsible for her crimes. Cyclops and Wolverine square off in the climax of the SCHISM event. Magneto gets caught on video murdering an anti-mutant group. Cable returns from the future with Hope and later tries to eliminate the Avengers from history!
Maximum Ride (the manga), Vol 6 by James Patterson -- There's a rift in the flock, and everyone is choosing sides! While Max and her team are Europe-bound, fang and his crew head west. No matter which direction the flock heads in, though, there's trouble around every corner.

Fiction:

Torrent by Lisa Bergren -- Gabriella and Evangelia Betarrini are just two normal American teenagers. Normal except for the fact that they time travel to fourteenth-century Italy, where they've lived in castles they've seen as crumbling ruins, become swept up in historic battles, and fallen in love with handsome knights willing to do anything to keep them alive. They've returned to the present to save their father, just short of his tragic death, and now all four return to the place that holds the girls' hearts, medieval Italy. But remaining there means facing great risk as the battle for territory wages on and the coming Black Plague looms. Can they convince their parents to stay and leave behind everything they've worked so hard to accomplish? And will the girls sacrifice their futures in an uncertain past? Or in facing death head-on, will they discover life as it was always meant to be lived?
Lullaby by Amanda Hocking -- Vowing to get her sister Gemma back from the siren sisters no matter what the cost, Harper must face dangers unlike any she's ever experienced. Fortunately, she has Daniel by her side, a gorgeous guy who's devoted to helping her find her sister--and who's immune to the girls' dark powers.
The Chaos; Num8ers #2 by Rachel Ward -- Like his mother, Jem, when fifteen-year-old Adam looks in people's eyes he can see the dates of their deaths and now he sees the same date, six months in the future, in nearly everyone around him in the London of 2026.
The Infinity: Num8ers #3 -- Adam, Sarah, and Mia are living together, struggling with the fame brought about by their knowing the dates when people will die, but ever since Mia swapped her number for another, her new power makes her a target that puts them all in jeopardy.
Souls Screamers, Vol 2 by Rachel Vincent -- Kaylee Cavanaugh's life has gotten better. She's getting to know her dad, doing okay in school and has a hot new boyfriend who understands her in every way. Until the hellion Avari starts tempting everyone with an exotic new drug -- demon's breath. Then, on shaky ground with Nash Hudson, Kaylee is taking their relationship easy. But then Sabine, Nash's ex, storms into their lives. She's determined to get Nash back and there's nothing she won't do to remind him of what they had. And since Sabine has special abilities of her own, Kaylee is headed into a battle she's not sure she can win. Finally, Though Tod Hudson died two years ago, thanks to his job as a Reaper, he's never had to move on or let go of his family -- no matter how much Nash would like him to! But, few people know about how he came to accept the job of claiming souls.
Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes -- In a land where magic has been forgotten but peace has reigned for centuries, a deadly unrest is simmering. Three kingdoms grapple for power--brutally transforming their subjects' lives in the process. Amidst betrayals, bargains, and battles, four young people find their fates forever intertwined. The only outcome that's certain is that kingdoms will fall. Who will emerge triumphant when all they know has collapsed?
Boyfriends with Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez -- When Lance begins to date Sergio, who's bisexual, he's not sure that it'll work out, and when his best friend Allie, who has a boyfriend, meets Sergio's lesbian friend, she has unexpected feelings which she struggles to understand.
Shadow and Bone: Grisha #1 by Leigh Bardugo -- Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.
Flesh & Bone: Benny Imura #3 by Jonathan Maberry -- Benny, Nix, Lou, and Lilah journey through a fierce wilderness that was once America searching for the jet they saw months ago, while evading fierce animals and a new kind of zombie.
Voyage of the Sea Wolf by Eve Bunting -- After having been marooned on an island for ten days, Catherine and William are finally rescued and brought aboard a pirate ship that is captained by a woman who takes a liking to William and forbids Catherine, his true love, from seeing him.
My Name is Parvana by Deborah Ellis -- Found wandering alone in a bombed-out Afghan school, 15-year-old Parvana mystifies American military forces by remaining silent, while spending her time remembering the past four years of her life, having been reunited with her mother and sisters and living in a village where her mother's finally managed to open a school for girls. As her family settles into the routine of running the school, Parvana, a bit to her surprise, finds herself restless and bored. She even thinks of running away. But when local men threaten the school and her family, she must draw on every ounce of bravery and resilience she possesses to survive the disaster that kills her mother, destroys the school, and puts her own life in jeopardy.
Under My Hat by Jonathan Strahan, ed. -- 18 short stories by well-known fantasy authors that deal with witches and witchcraft.
Fire Season: Star Kingdom #2 by David Weber -- Fourteen-year-old Stephanie Harrington and her fellow Provisional Forest Rangers on the planet Sphinx must prevent disaster from befalling a treecat clan caught in a blaze while preserving the secret that the treecats of Sphinx are highly intelligent and deserving of rights that some would deny them.

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