New Books

Shadow Souls by L.J. Smith -- vampire diaries the return vol. 3 - On the run . . .Elena Gilbert's love, the vampire Stefan Salvatore, has been captured and imprisoned by demonic spirits who are wreaking havoc in Fell's Church. While her friends Bonnie and Meredith explore the evil that has taken over their town, Elena goes in search of Stefan.In order to find him, she entrusts her life to Stefan's brother, Damon Salvatore, the handsome but deadly vampire who wants Elena, body and soul.
Scandal by Kate Brian -- Private vol. 11 - After her harrowing kidnapping, Reed returns to Easton to find that Billings has been torn down. Finally, after years of controversy, the school's wealthiest female has been overruled, and the historical dorm is gone. How will Reed and the rest of the Billings Girls handle it?
City of Angels by Zoey Dean -- A-list: Hollywood royalty vol. 3 - The curtain is closing on Beverly Hills' reigning high schoolers, and no farewell in the City of Angels is complete without an A-list soiree. The stage is set, the cameras are rolling, but will the cast get its Hollywood ending?
Token of Darkness by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes - Cooper Blake has everything going for him until he wakes from a car accident with his football career in ruins and a mysterious, attractive girl by his side. Cooper doesn't know how Samantha got there or why he can see her; all he knows is that she's a ghost, and the shadows that surround her seem intent on destroying her. No one from Cooper's old life would understand what he can barely grasp himself. . . .
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver - What if you had only one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life?
Enjoying True Peace by Stephanie Moore -- Yasmin Peace bk. 5 Yasmin's life is finally back on track, but then her father decides to move the whole family. Yasmin must rely on her faith to get her through the uproar and enjoy true peace.
Stuck on Earth by David Klass - Ketchvar III travels to Earth to inhabit the body of an average teenager and assess the damage humans have done to their planet. But even his highly advanced alien intelligence can't prepare him for life as an American teen.
Naughty List by Suzanne Young -- as if being a cheerleader isn't enough, Tessa is also the head of a spy-society dedicated to chasing down erring boyfriends
Secret Circle books 2 and 3 -- by L.J.Smith - contains the omnibus collection of The Captive, and The Power.
Batboy by Mike Lupica -- An unlikely friendship slowly develops between a former baseball great in need of a family and the 14-year-old batboy in need of a father, in Lupica's most powerful and kid-friendly work to date.
Tales of the Madman Underground by John Barnes - For years, Karl has been part of the Madman Underground--kids forced to attend group therapy during school hours. Karl decides that for his senior year, he is going to get out of the group for good. He is going to act--and be--Normal. But Normal, of course, is relative.
Hearts at Stake by Alyxandra Harvey - Sixteen-year-old Solange has to outwit her seven overprotective older brothers, avoid the politics involved with being the only daughter born to an ancient vampire dynasty, and elude Kieran Black--agent of an anti-vampire league who is searching for his father's killer and is intent on staking Solange and her entire family.
Crimson Cap by Ellen Howard - When eleven-year-old Pierre Talon, son of a French Canadian Voyageur, sets out in 1684 on what became the last, ill-fated expedition of the great French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, he hopes to find help for his family, who are struggling in a settlement decimated by hunger, ilness, and Indian attacks. But the expedition to relocate the Mississippi River unravels when La Salle and his closest aides are murdered. Pierrre falls deathly ill, and into the hands of the Hasinai Indians.
Scones and Sensibility by Lindsay Eland - Seek tirelessly and you shall not find a contemporary heroine of middle-grade literature as refined and romantic as Miss Polly Madassa. Still swooning over the romantic conclusions of Pride & Prejudice and Anne of Green Gables, twelve-year-old Polly decides her purpose in life: helping along lonely hearts in search of love. But as her matchmaking plans go awry, she realizes she should, perhaps, have paid more attention to Emma, Jane Austen's novel of courtship meddling gone wrong...
Libyrinth by Pearl North - Haly serves the Libyrarians in a vast Libyrinth of all knowledge saved from Earth... but the Eradicants threaten to destroy it all. Haly embarks on a journey that will change her world, if she can discover her true destiny.
Anastasia's Secret by Susanne Dunlap - Inspired by the mysteries that have long surrounded the last days of the Romanov family, this compelling new novel by the author of "The Musician's Daughter" is a haunting vision of the life--and love story--of Russia's last princess.
The Line by Teri Hall - In this compelling debut, Hall writes a futuristic urban novel about the lines one girl must cross, and what lengths she is willing to go in order to do what she thinks is right.
The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon - Set in 1968 Chicago, this powerful debut novel follows 13-year-old Sam Childs, the son of a known civil rights activist who questions the possibility of change after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Riker's High by Paul Volponi - Seventeen-year-old Martin Stokes has been imprisoned for five months, awaiting trial for a petty crime. Returning from court, he cannot get out of the way when another inmate attacks the boy to whom he is shackled. Martin's face is slashed with a razor; the ensuing scar is a metaphor for the mark prison will leave on the boy, who is no angel (he tells his harried legal aid lawyer she is a "miserable shit"), but whose punishment bears absolutely no relationship to his crime.
Borderline by Alan Stratton - Life's not easy for 15-year-old Sami Sabiri, especially as the only Muslim kid at his private school. And when Sami catches his father in a lie, everything he's ever known comes into question.
Last Summer of the Death Warriors by Francisco X Stork - Pancho is determined to find and kill the murderer of his sister, but when he meets D.Q, who is dying of brain cancer but lives by the "Death Warrior's Manifesto", his viewpoint begins to change. Can he decide not to die for revenge?
Happyface by Stephen Emond - Enter Happyface's journal and get a peek into the life of a shy, artistic boy who decides to reinvent himself as a happy-go-lucky guy after he moves to a new town. See the world through his hilariously self-deprecating eyes as he learns to shed his comic-book-loving, computer-game playing ways. Join him as he makes new friends, tries to hide from his past, and ultimately learns to face the world with a genuine smile.
Poison Eaters and Other Stories by Holly Black - 12 edgy stories in classic Holly Black style tell of faeries, dark magic, and mystery.


Graphic Novels:
Justice League International vol 4
Batman. Heart of Hush
Batman Confidential vol. 45. King Tut's Tomb
Superman. Braniac (in which Superman's father dies -- again!!)
Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Anti-Venom (in which Spider-Man does NOT appear)
Amazing Spider-Man. American Son (set some time during Dark Reign)
Cactus's Secret vol. 1
Slam Dunk vols 5-8
InuYahsa vol 45