New Books

Novels:
Last Full Measure by Ann Rinaldi -- In 1863 Pennsylvania, fourteen-year-old Tacy faces the horrors of the Battle of Gettysburg while trying to stay out of the way of her brother David, who is in charge while their father serves as a doctor in the Union army, and to keep her friend Marvelous, a free black, safe from rebel soldiers.
Mermaid's Mirror by L.K. Madigan -- Lena, almost sixteen, has always felt drawn to the waters of San Francisco Bay despite the fears of her father, a former surfer, but after she glimpses a beautiful woman with a tail, nothing can keep Lena from seeking the mermaid in the dangerous waves at Magic Crescent Cove.
Shapeshifter by Holly Bennett -- In order to escape the sorcerer who wants to control her gift of song, Sive must transform herself into a deer, leave the Otherworld and, find refuge in Eire, the land of mortals.
Trash by Andy Mulligan -- Fourteen-year-olds Raphael and Gardo team up with a younger boy, Rat, to figure out the mysteries surrounding a bag Raphael finds during their daily life of sorting through trash in a third-world country's dump. (book and audiobook)
Dark Water by Laura McNeal -- Living in a cottage on her uncle's southern California avocado ranch since her parent's messy divorce, fifteen-year-old Pearl Dewitt meets and falls in love with Amiel, an illegal migrant worker, and is trapped with him when wildfires approach his makeshift forest home.
Gift by James Patterson -- Witch and Wizard bk. 2 -- After escaping imprisonment by the New Order, siblings Wisty and Whit Allgood establish themselves as leaders of the Resistance, hunted by the state and determined to defy its ban on the arts, magic, and all other forms of creativity.(book and audiobook)
Orphan of Destiny by Michael Spradlin -- Youngest Templar bk. 3 -- Young Squire Tristan, Robard, Maryam and Angel make one last desperate push to deliver the Holy Grail to safety in 1191 Scotland, but the way is full of danger as new enemies are met and Sir Hugh attempts to thwart them at every turn.(book and audiobook)
Keeper by Kathi Appelt -- On the night of the blue moon when mermaids are said to gather on a sandbar in the Gulf of Mexico, ten-year-old Keeper sets out in a small boat, with her dog BD and a seagull named Captain, determined to find her mother, a mermaid, as Keeper has always believed, who left long ago to return to the sea.
Rise of the Darklings by Paul Crilley -- Invisible Order bk. 1 -- After saving a piskie's life, twelve-year-old Emily Snow finds herself in the middle of a centuries-old war between rival fairy factions and a secret society named The Invisible Order.
Origins by L.J. Smith -- Vampire Diaries. Stefan's Diaries bk. 1 -- Written in a diary format from the point of view of Stefan Salvatore, recounts how he and his brother Damon were inseparable, until they both fell in love with Katherine, a mysterious woman who wants to turn them both into vampires.
Awakened by P.C. Cast -- House of Night bk. 8 -- friends are just glad to have her back, but after losing her human consort, Heath, will Zoey -- or her relationship with her super-hot Warrior, Stark -- ever be the same?
Dragon's Apprentice by Owen -- Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica bk. 5 -- Seven years after facing the Dragon Shadows, John, Jack, and Charles return to the Archipelago of Dreams, but their reunion with old friends is spoiled by the threat of primordial Shadow Echthroi and the apparent splintering of Time itself, and they set out on a new quest in which success and failure each carry a high cost.
Coffin Club by Ellen Schrieber -- Vampire Kisses bk. 5 -- When goth-girl Raven follows her vampire boyfriend to Hipsterville, she discovers a dangerous secret club inhabited by vampires who are feuding over its leadership.
Royal Blood by Ellen Schrieber -- Vampire Kisses bk. 6 -- While fending off Trevor, her nemesis at school with whom she must work on an important project, sixteen-year-old Raven is distracted by finally meeting her vampire-boyfriend Alexander's parents and trying to foil their plan that could jeopardize her future with him.
Along the River by Adeline Yen Mah -- CC suffers a bad fall, and in order to treat her injuries, she undergoes hypnotherapy that reveals her connection to an eleventh-century girl named Mei Lan, who defied convention to befriend a household servant who was a brilliant artist.
I Will Always Love You by Cecily von Ziegesar -- Gossip Girl bk. 13 -- After graduating and moving on to college, Blair, Serena, Nate, Dan, and Vanessa are forced to come to terms with past events when they are reunited in the city during the holidays in this coming-of-age story.
Ghost Town by Caine -- Morganville Vampires bk.s 8 -- While developing a new system to maintain defenses in Morganville, Texas, seventeen-year-old Claire Danvers discovers a way to amplify vampire mental powers which has an unexpected side-effect of causing residents, both human and vampire, to forget who they are.
Dark Times by Rob Reger -- Emily the Strange bk. 3 -- Traveling in her homemade Time-Out Machine, Emily journeys to the eighteenth century to uncover the truth behind a Strange family rumor.
Genius Wars by Catherine Jinks -- Genius trilogy bk. 3 -- Fifteen-year-old genius Cadel Piggot Greenaus sets aside his new, crime-free life when his best friend Sonja is attacked, and he crosses oceans and continents trying to track down his nemesis Prosper English, breaking whatever rules he must.(book and audiobook)
Pegasus by Robin McKinley -- Because of a thousand-year-old alliance between humans and pegasi, Princess Sylvi is ceremonially bound to Ebon, her own pegasus, on her twelfth birthday, but the closeness of their bond becomes a threat to the status quo and possibly to the safety of their two nations.
Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card -- Thirteen-year-old Rigg has a secret ability to see the paths of others' pasts, but revelations after his father's death set him on a dangerous quest that brings new threats from those who would either control his destiny or kill him.
Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters by Natalie Standiford -- Upon learning on Christmas Day that their rich and imperious grandmother may soon die and disown the family unless the one who offended her deeply will confess, each of the three Sullivan sisters sets down her offenses on paper.
Three Rivers Rising by Richards -- Sixteen-year-old Celestia is a wealthy member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, where she meets and falls in love with Peter, a hired hand who lives in the valley below, and by the time of the torrential rains that lead to the disastrous Johnstown flood of 1889, she has been disowned by her family and is staying with him in Johnstown. Includes an author's note and historical timeline.

Graphic Novels:
Tom Corbett, Space Cadet by Bill Spangler -- Tom, Roger, and Astro, cadets at the 23rd-century Space Academy, uncover the threat of the One State, a robotic horde with a strange origin and an even stranger mission.
Arisa vol. 1 by Natsume Ando -- Tsubasa thinks that her pretty and popular sister, Arisa, has the perfect life. Everyone at school loves Arisa, unlike the hot-tempered Tsubasa, whose nick-name is "the Demon Princess." But when Arisa attempts suicide, Tsubasa learns that her seemingly perfect sister has been keeping some dark secrets. Now, Tsubasa is going undercover at school disguised as Arisa in search of the truth.
Clique, the graphic novel -- A manga adaptation of "The Clique," in which the arrival of Claire Lyons, a new girl at Octavia Country Day, a private school in Westchester County, New York, upsets the order in the Clique, the social group that rules the school under the direction of Massie Block.
InuYasha vols. 54-55
Slam Dunk vol. 13
Batman. Dead to Rights
Batman Chronicles vol. 10
Siege. X-Men
Dark X-Men
Uncanny X-Men. The Birth of Generation Hope
X-Men Forever. Devil in a Blue Dress
Flash Chronicles vol. 1
Generation X Classic vol. 1
Amazing Spider-Man. Ultimate Collection vol.5
Amazing Spider-Man. The Complete Clone Saga Epic. vol. 4
Spider-Man Noir. Eyes without a Face
Amazing Spider-Man Presents. American Son
Essential Incredible Hulk. vol. 6
New Avengers vol. 6, Revolution
Tristan and Isolde
Sense and Sensibility