New Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels:

Superior Spider-Man. Vol. 2, A Troubled Mind -- Will the Avengers kick Spidey off the team in light of his recent violent actions? The ghostly revenant of Peter Parker fights to regain control of his body, his mind, and his destiny! Is this the beginning of the end for Otto Octavius? Who will emerge as the one, true Spider-Man? Then, the Spider-Slayer is scheduled for execution, and Mayor J. Jonah Jameson has called in the one man he can trust to oversee everything: the Superior Spider-Man!





Justice League [2011], Vol. 2, The Villain’s Journey -- Now that the team's origin story is complete, we shift to the present-day Justice League! What has changed? Who has joined the team since? And why does Green Arrow want to join those ranks so badly? Plus, someone is out to get the Justice League, and he is determined to show the world how mortal these godlike beings really are!

Wolverine and the X-Men [2011]. Vol. 6 -- Wolverine and the students go to the Savage Land! But, Wolverine's half-brother Dog Logan is back -- and Wolverine is in for a world of hurt. Which means that the students are on their own in the Savage Land with no supervision. Uh-oh. And after Dog defeats Wolverine and takes charge of the students, which one won't be coming home?

Natsume’s Book of Friends Vol. 13 & 14 by Midorikawa -- Intrigues abound in the world of professional exorcism, and Natsume wants nothing to do with it. But he has no choice when Matoba, head of a prominent exorcist clan, blackmails him into coming to an exorcist meeting. Is Natsume's fate sealed when one of his special talents is exposed in front of Matoba?







Sakura Hime Vol. 11 by Tanemura -- Kohaku follows Hayate into the woods and finds him there with Rurijo. Enju also witnesses the clandestine meeting and confronts Rurijo about her betrayal. Rurijo, now abandoned by Enju, vows to kill Princess Sakura.


Naruto Vol. 62 by Kishimoto -- With the Edotensei warriors returning to the afterlife, Itachi must soon join them.

Oz. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Shanower -- L. Frank Baum's magical worlds come to life again as Dorothy Gale takes yet another unexpected trip. This time, Dorothy and her cousin Zeb tumble deep into the ground after an earthquake! They'll encounter the strange Mangaboos and invisible bears. They'll tussle with fierce wooden gargoyles and hungry 66-year-old baby dragons! But Dorothy will have an old friend at her side: the wonderful Wizard of Oz! Can the Wizard's guile save Dorothy and Zeb? And what is the Wizard's master plan he's been hiding?

Teen Top Ten 2013

YALSA has announced the Teen Top Ten 2013 Winners:

1. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (Disney/Hyperion)
   
2. The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen (Scholastic/Scholastic Press)
   
3. Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Harper Collins/Katherine Tegen Books)
   
4. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry (Harlequin Teen)
   
5. Poison Princess by Kresley Cole (Simon & Schuster)
   
6. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic/Scholastic Press)
   
7. Crewel by Gennifer Albin (Macmillan/Farrar Straus Giroux)
   
8. Every Day by David Levithan (Random House/Alfred A. Knopf)
   
9. Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross (Egmont)
   
10. Butter by Erin Jade Lange (Bloomsbury)
    
    
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    Remember, these are the ten books Teens across the US voted for as their favorites. They're all great and the Library owns every one of them! So go forth and read!
    

New YA Books

Nonfiction:

Awesome Inner Workings of Video Games By Kaplan -- Ever wondered what's inside the plastic of your video game console but don't want to crack it open to find out? Crack open this book instead! You'll learn what computer code looks like, how a game console's "brain" makes decisions, and how its memory allows you to return to play each day without starting from scratch.

 

 

Fiction:

Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein -- When young American pilot Rose Justice is captured by Nazis and sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious women's concentration camp, she finds hope in the impossible through the loyalty, bravery, and friendship of her fellow prisoners.






Book of Lost Things by Cynthia Voigt -- When Max's parents disappear, he must rely on his wits to get by, and before long he is running his own -- rather unusual -- business.



Sweet Legacy by Tera Lynn Childs -- Now united, the three descendants of Medusa must find the gate between the human and monster world to achieve their destiny.





Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block -- After a devastating earthquake destroys the West Coast, causing seventeen-year-old Penelope to lose her home, her parents, and her ten-year-old brother, she navigates a dark world, holding hope and love in her hands and refusing to be defeated. Adapted from the Odyssey by Homer.











Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan -- Tells the based-on-true-events story of Harry and Craig, two 17-year-olds who are about to take part in a 32-hour marathon of kissing to set a new Guinness World Record -- all of which is narrated by a Greek Chorus of the generation of gay men lost to AIDS. While the two increasingly dehydrated and sleep-deprived boys are locking lips, they become a focal point in the lives of other teen boys dealing with languishing long-term relationships, coming out, navigating gender identity, and falling deeper into the digital rabbit hole of gay hookup sites -- all while the kissing former couple tries to figure out their own feelings for each other.