New Books and BOOKSALE

Don't forget the 51st Annual Friends of the Library Booksale, starting tomorrow at the Fairgrounds.

And now, to some more new books:

45 Pounds (more or less) by K.A. Barson -- Ann Galardi is 16Nand a size 16. She's always struggled with her weight, and her perfect size 6 mother. This summer, it's worse: Aunt Jackie's getting married in August, and Ann's her bridesmaid. She decides she's losing 45 pounds in two monthsNor else. Thus begins a rollicking odyssey in this thoughtful debut.






Phoenix: A Black City Novel by Elizabeth Richards -- Engaged to be married, Ash and Natalie are just starting to build a life together when things in the United Sentry States go from bad to worse. Ash and Natalie find themselves at the center of turmoil when dictator Purian Rose threatens Natalie's life unless Ash votes in favor of Rose's Law - a law that will send Darklings and other dissenters to a deadly concentration camp known as the Tenth.







Battle of the Ampere - Michael Vey #3 by Richard Paul Evans -- To stop Hatch from using the Elgen fleet to gain world power, Michael and the rest of the Electroclan must destroy the lead ship, but divisions within the Electroclan threaten the success of their operation.

From Norvelt to Nowhere by Jack Gantos -- After an explosion, a new crime by an old murderer, and the sad passing of the founder of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack accompanies his slightly mental elderly mentor, Miss Volker, on a cross-country run as she pursues the oddest of outlaws.






Once We Were by Kat Zhang - Hybrid Chronicles #2 -- In the sequel to What's Left of Me, fifteen-year-old Addie and Eva struggle to share their body as they are drawn deeper into the fight for hybrid freedom from the government's oppression.

Princess of Cortova by Diane Stanley -- Silver Bowl #3 - With tensions rising between the kingdoms of Westria and Austlind, Molly and Tobias accompany King Alaric to Cortova, where he hopes to form an alliance with the powerful King Gonzalo--an alliance that would be sealed by Alaric's marriage to Gonzalo's daughter, the beautiful princess Elizabetta.

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)
    
    
    Or watch this Video:
    
    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.

New Fiction

Fiction:

A Really Awesome Mess by Trish Cook -- Justin and Emmy arrive at Heartland Academy, a reform school that will force them to deal with their issues, damaged souls with little patience for authority. But along the way they will find a ragtag group of teens who are just as broken, stubborn, and full of sarcasm as themselves. In the end, they might even call each other friends. A funny, sad, and remarkable story, A Really Awesome Mess is a journey of friendship and self-discovery.




Zenn Scarlett by Christian Schoon --  Zenn just wants to be an exobiologist, but when things at her school start going wrong, she must solve the mystery of who wants to destroy the school and kill the alien creatures she's come to love.

The Goddess Inheritance by Aimee Carter -- During nine months of captivity, Kate Winters has survived a jealous goddess, a vengeful Titan and a pregnancy she never asked for. Now, the Queen of the Gods wants her unborn child, and Kate can't stop her -- until the King of the Titans offers a deal. In exchange for her loyalty and devotion, the King of the Titans will spare humanity and let Kate keep her child. Yet even if Kate agrees, he'll destroy Henry, her mother and the rest of council. And if she refuses, the King of the Titans will tear the world apart until every last god and mortal is dead.




Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Tucholke --

Violet is in love with River, a mysterious seventeen-year-old stranger renting the guest house behind the rotting seaside mansion where Violet lives, but when eerie, grim events begin to happen, Violet recalls her grandmother's frequent warnings about the devil and wonders if River is evil.

Fire with Fire by Jenny Han -- Burn for Burn #2 -  Lillia, Kat, and Mary had the perfect plan. Work

together in secret to take down the people who wronged them. But things didn't exactly go the way they'd hoped at the Homecoming Dance. Not even close. For now, it looks like they got away with it. All they have to do is move on and pick up the pieces, forget there ever was a pact. But it's not easy, not when Reeve is still a total jerk and Rennie's meaner than she ever was before. And then there's sweet little Mary...she knows there's something seriously wrong with her. If she can't control her anger, she's sure that someone will get hurt even worse than Reeve was. Mary understands now that it's not just that Reeve bullied her--it's that he made her love him. Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, burn for a burn. A broken heart for a broken heart. The girls are up to the task. They'll make Reeve fall in love with Lillia and then they will crush him. It's the only way he'll learn. It seems once a fire is lit, the only thing you can do is let it burn...

New Books

Graphic Novels:

Hulk Smash the Avengers -- A five-part punch-fest that explores the ever-evolving relationship between the Gamma Goliath and Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Hulk vs. the Avengers: Captain America, Iron Man, Giant-Man, Wasp and Thor!







X-Treme X-Men 2012 Vol. 2 and 3 -- On the search for the evil interdimensional Charles Xaviers, the team lands in Kurt Waggoner's dimension, where they find themselves in a war against the Brood.
X-Men. X-Termination -- Joining together the teams from Astonishing X-Men, Age of Apocalypse and X-Treme X-Men, and spinning out of the pages of Uncanny X-Force comes the X-Event of the year! AOA Nightcrawler just wants to get home, and he'll do whatever it takes to get there. With the fabric of reality at stake, Wolverine calls in a team to confront the doppelganger of their dead friend. But, are they ready to do what's necessary?

Batman. Arkham Unhinged -- In these stories originally available only online and tying into the bestselling videogame "Batman: Arkham City," Dr. Hugo Strange has gained control of Arkham Asylum and is determined to keep the city's criminal element behind bars.

Nonfiction:

Guilty of Being Weird: the story of Guy Paul Moran by Cynthia Faryon -- At twenty-four, Guy Paul Morin still lived at home, drove his parents' car, kept bees in the backyard, and grew flowers to encourage the hives. In the small Ontario town where he lived, this meant Guy Paul stood out. So when the nine-year-old girl next door went missing, the police were convinced that Morin was responsible for the little girl's murder. It took ten years and the just-developed science of DNA testing to finally clear his name. Learn how the justice system not only failed to help an innocent young man, but conspired to convict him.

Sentenced to Life at Seventeen by Cynthia Faryon -- David Milgaard was a troubled kid, and he got into lots of trouble. Unfortunately, that made it easy for the Saskatoon police to brand him as a murderer. At seventeen, David Milgaard was arrested, jailed, and convicted for the rape and murder of a young nursing assistant, Gail Miller. He was sent to adult prison for life. Throughout his twenty-three years in prison, David maintained that he was innocent and refused to admit to the crime, even though it meant he was never granted parole. Finally, through the incredible determination of his mother and new lawyers who believed in him, David was released and proven not guilty.

Book Review

This past weekend I spent some time re-reading an old favorite novel, waiting for her newest book to come out.

The book I'm waiting for is Pegasus II by Robin McKinley, and the book I was re-reading was "The Hero and the Crown". If you've never read McKinley, I strongly suggest you RUN, not walk, down here to the Library and give her a try!

The Hero and the Crown is the tale of Aerin, a Princess  (First Sola) of Damar. She's never really fit in to her role of King's only daughter, because her mother was a Northern witch, and she has failed to exhibit the Royal Gift. Everyone knows she's an oddity, and she longs to find a place for herself. When dragons begin to appear on the edges of the Kingdom, she girds herself up for combat, and makes herself useful fighting this little, annoying scourge. But of course, dragons are not just little, annoying scourges - and soon she'll find herself battling far more than she bargains for!

Aerin is a wonderful heroine - strong and self-willed, but not unflawed, she does what she does because she needs to find her destiny. And the writing is lyrical, complex, and intense. You'll really enjoy this one!