Free Downloadable Audiobooks all summer & new books in the Library

Are you an audiobook fan? I am! I love to listen to audiobooks, so this summer, I'll be listening to free audiobooks from SYNC...

The first download will be available May 30, and the final one will be available until August 21st.

Escape Theory by Margaux Froley -- Bound by her oath of confidentiality and tortured by unrequited love, sixteen-year-old Devon, a peer counselor at a prestigious California boarding school, finds herself on a solitary mission to get to the bottom of a popular student's apparent suicide.







Not Exactly a Love Story by Audrey Couloumbis -- After his parents divorce, high school junior Vinnie Gold moves to Long Island with his mother and new stepfather, and must negotiate a secret crush and a rather complicated connection with the popular girl next door.

Pulse by Patrick Carman -- In the year 2051, when most Americans live in one of two gigantic, modern States, Faith Daniels, part of a dwindling group that lives between, learns that she, like other misfits, has unusual abilities that could help when the inevitable war begins.







Iceman by Chris Lynch -- Fourteen-year-old Eric, a ruthless hockey player prone to violence on the ice, tries to reconcile his own needs with those of his parents.

Shadow Boxer by Chris Lynch -- After their father dies of boxing injuries, George is determined to prevent his younger brother, who sees boxing as his legacy, from pursuing a career in the sport. This is a republication of Chris Lynch's debut novel from 1993.







Permanent Record by Leslie Stella -- Being yourself can be such a bad idea. For sixteen-year-old Badi Hessamizadeh, life is a series of humiliations. After withdrawing from public school under mysterious circumstances, Badi enters Magnificat Academy. To make things "easier," his dad has even given him a new name: Bud Hess. Grappling with his Iranian-American identity, clinical depression, bullying, and a barely bottled rage, Bud is an outcast who copes by resorting to small revenges and covert acts of defiance, but the pressures of his home life, plummeting grades, and the unrequited affection of his new friend, Nikki, prime him for a more dangerous revolution. Strange letters to the editor begin to appear in Magnificat's newspaper, hinting that some tragedy will befall the school. Suspicion falls on Bud, and he and Nikki struggle to uncover the real culprit and clear Bud's name. Permanent Record explodes with dark humor, emotional depth, and a powerful look at the ways the bullied fight back.

New YA Fiction

Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead -- Bloodlines #3 - As former Alchemist Marcus Finch pushes Alchemist Sydney Sage to rebel against the people who raised her, Sydney finds that breaking free is harder than she thought. There is an old and mysterious magic rooted deeply within her. And as she searches for an evil magic user targeting powerful young witches, she realizes that her only hope is to embrace her magical blood -- or else she might be next.






Bruised by Sarah Skilton -- When she freezes during a hold-up at the local diner, sixteen-year-old Imogen, a black belt in Tae Kwan Do, has to rebuild her life, including her relationship with her family and with the boy who was with her during the shoot-out.


Quicksilver by R.J. Anderson -- Ultraviolet #2 - To prevent the public from learning about Tori's unusual DNA, technology "geek" Tori and her adoptive parents move to a new town and change their names.

Earth Girl by Janet Edwards -- Abandoned on Earth because of her inability to survive on other planets, Jarra crafts a fake background for herself to join a class of norms who are excavating the dangerous ruins of the old cities.










Spellcaster by Claudia Gray -- Spellcaster #1 - Descended from witches, high school senior Nadia can tell as soon as her family moves to Captive's Sound that the town is under a dark and powerful spell. Then, she meets Mateo, the teenage local whose cursed dreams predict the future, and they must work together to prevent an impending disaster that threatens the entire town.

Ruining by Anna Collomore -- Still feeling guilty over the death of her little sister leaves eighteen-year-old Annie vulnerable when she takes a nanny job in beautiful Marin County, California, and meets her very controlling employer.

New Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels:

Avengers Academy. Vol. 5, Avenger vs. X-Men -- The teenage mutant from Generation Hope and Utopia arrive at Avengers Academy ... but as guests or prisoners? And have the Academy students switched sides in the war with the mutants? When Sebastian Shaw strikes, it may not matter! Then, the Phoenix-powered X-Men come for the school's Sentinel! Who will take a stand? Plus, Thor leads a team of Secret Avengers into space to stop the Phoenix by any means necessary! Who is Minister Marvel, and why has he drawn the Phoenix to the Kree homeworld? The Avengers devise a way to save the Kree, but one man stands in their way: the original Captain Marvel, reborn to unite his people! Can Ms. Marvel and the Protector break free of Minister Marvel's influence to aid their former companions?

X-Men. Wolverine/Gambit -- Wolverine and Gambit are brought together by a series of brutal murders in London that seem to herald the return of the nineteenth-century killer called Jack the Ripper, and as the two look into the situation, it comes to light that one of them may have a secret motive behind their involvement.

Spider-Man. The Death of Jeanne Dewolff -- When police Captain Jean DeWolff becomes the sinister Sin-Eater's first murder victim, Jean--in death as in life--prompts Spider-Man into action against a killer whose threat is too serious for the hero's trademark banter. After a similar tragedy strikes Matt Murdock's life, Daredevil joins the hunt--tracking a criminal too vile for even the Kingpin's tastes. Spidey thinks the villain's solved the case for him when a man in Sin-Eater's mask visits the Daily Bugle, but the challenge has only started. Spider-Man is forced to uncover more dark deeds--within himself--and the Man Without Fear must stop his longtime friend from becoming the Man Without Restraint.

Thor. The Mighty Avenger. The Complete Collection -- A re-imagining of the God of Thunder! Thrill as Thor battles robots the size of cities! Gasp as he tames the mightiest sea creatures! Swoon as he rescues damsels from the vilest villains! It's Thor as you've never seen him, as the god of thunder tests his might against the Sub-Mariner, learns why he was banished from Asgard, battles Fin Fang Foom, takes on raging robots, and fights side-by-side with Iron Man for the very first time! Plus, when mischevious Loki's machinations throw Thor and a World War II-era Captain America into King Arthur's court, it's a time-twisting tale of Camelot craziness that neither Avenger will ever forget!

Superman vs. Shazam -- It's the Man of Steel vs. the World's Mightiest Mortal in this action-packed collection, featuring appearances by many of their allies in the battle for justice, as well as villains including Mr. Mxyzptlk, Mr. Mind, Captain Nazi, Black Adam, and more.