New Books

Novels:

Crave by Laura J. Burns -- Seventeen-year-old Shay, having suffered from a rare blood disorder her entire life, starts receiving blood transfusion from her step-father who is a physician, and when she begins to see visions through the eyes of a vampire, she decides to investigate, discovering a teenage vampire locked up in the doctor's office. She sets him free, only to be kidnapped by the creature, who wants revenge.
Factotum by D.M. Cornish -- Accused of being a monster instead of human, Rossamünd Bookchild looks to monster-hunter Branden Rose for help, but powerful forces are after them both, believing that Rossamünd holds the secret to perpetual youth.
Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen -- When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb, and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again.
Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney -- When Alex, a junior at an elite preparatory school, realizes that she may have been the victim of date rape, she confides in her roommates and sister, who convince her to seek help from a secret society, the Mockingbirds.
Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith -- After being kidnapped and barely escaping, sixteen-year-old Jack goes to London with his best friend Connor, where someone gives him a pair of glasses that send him to an alternate universe where war is raging, he is responsible for the survival of two younger boys, and Connor is trying to kill them all.
Between Sisters by Adwoa Badoe -- When Gloria, a young woman in Ghana, fails most of her school subjects, her prospects look grim. Then a distant cousin offers her a chance to get a better education in the City. At first it seems to be the answer to her dreams, but will she be able to endure temptation, betrayal and mistrust?
Sweep vol.2 by Cate Tiernan -- Morgan Rowlands is a blood witch, the last of a long line of ancient and powerful witches and the holder of an unfathomable power. With the help of her love, her soul mate, Cal, she has realized her true self -- but at a price. And what of the Other? Is he her true love, or not?
Love Bites by Ellen Schreiber -- Morgan Rowlands is a blood witch, the last of a long line of ancient and powerful witches and the holder of an unfathomable power. With the help of her love, her soul mate, Cal, she has realized her true self -- but at a price.
The Darlings are Forver by Melissa Kantor -- Best friends Jane, Victoria, and Natalya, who call themselves the Darlings, find their relationship tested when they start their freshman year at three very different high schools.
Around the World in 100 Days by Gary L. Blackwood -- When seventeen-year-old Harry Fogg undertakes a race against time to win a wager with a member of his famous father's club, he puts to good use the recklessness and fascination with all things mechanical that have caused him trouble in Victorian England.
Miracle Stealer by Neil O. Connelly -- In small-town Pennsylvania, nineteen-year-old Andi Grant will do anything to protect her six-year-old brother Daniel from those who believe he has a God-given gift as a healer -- including their own mother.
Candor by Pam Bachorz -- For a fee, "model teen" Oscar Banks has been secretly -- and selectively -- sabotaging the subliminal messages that program the behavior of the residents of Candor, Florida, until his attraction to a rebellious new girl threatens to expose his subterfuge.
Dust City by Robert Paul Weston -- Henry Whelp, son of the Big Bad Wolf, investigates what happened to the fairies that used to protect humans and animalia, and what role the corporation that manufactures synthetic fairy dust played in his father's crime.
Gringolandia by Lyn Miller-Lachmann -- In 1986, when seventeen-year-old Daniel's father arrives in Madison, Wisconsin, after five years of torture as a political prisoner in Chile, Daniel and his eighteen-year-old "gringa" girlfriend, Courtney, use different methods to help this bitter, self-destructive stranger who yearns to return home and continue his work.
Where the Streets Had a Name by Randa Abel-Fattah -- Thirteen-year-old Hayaat of Bethlehem faces check points, curfews, and the travel permit system designed to keep people on the West Bank when she attempts to go to her grandmother's ancestral home in Jerusalem with her best friend.
Accomplice by Eireann Corrigan -- High school juniors and best friends Finn and Chloe hatch a daring plot to fake Chloe's disappearance from their rural New Jersey town in order to have something compelling to put on their college applications, but unforeseen events complicate matters.
Eli the Good by Silas House -- In the summer of 1976, ten-year-old Eli Book's excitement over Bicentennial celebrations is tempered by his father's flashbacks to the Vietnam War and other family problems, as well as concern about his tough but troubled best friend, Edie.
Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan -- Fifteen-year-old Blake has a girlfriend and a friend who's a girl. One of them loves him; the other one needs him. When he snapped a picture of a street person for his photography homework, Blake never dreamed that the woman in the photo was his friend Marissa's long-lost meth addicted mom. Blake's participation in the ensuing drama opens up a world of trouble, both for him and for Marissa.

Graphic Novels:

Daniel X: Alien Hunter by James Patterson -- Daniel, an alien hunter, zeroes in on #7, the mastermind behind a plot that could result in the eventual takeover of the earth, but Daniel may need the help of Kildare, the alien villain's rebellious son, to bring him to justice.
Pandora Hearts vol. 4 -- by Jun Mochizuki -- As Oz Vessalius and his valet, Gilbert, are reunited with their dear Uncle Oscar, they fail to notice an alienated Alice lost in thought stumbling right into the lurking Xerxes Break. Before Alice can take heed of Break's warning of a trap set by the Cheshire Cat -- a powerful, extraordinary chain -- she and Break are spirited away to Cheshire's lair, where both danger and fragments of Alice's past reside.
Bleach vols. 1-5 -- by Tite Kubo -- Fifteen-year-old high school student Ichigo Kurosaki has martial arts skills and the ability to see ghosts, and his life is about to change when he meets Rukia Kuchiki, a soul reaper and protector of innocents.
Natsume's Book of Friends vols 2-3 -- Much to his surprise, Takashi is settling into his new home. He's even making friends at school. So when some of the other kids invite him to a test of courage at the old abandoned high school, he joins in despite his reservations.
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei vols 4-6 -- Zetsubou-sensei has won a trip to a hot spring, but when he finds several of his students there in the bubbling pools, he launches into a tirade about the evils of detoxing.
Gotham City Sirens vol. 1-2 Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and Harley Quinn are tired of playing by other people's rules, regardless of which side of the law they're on. These tough ladies have a new agenda that's all their own, and they'll use any means necessary to pursue it.