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New Teen Books - August 2010
NEW FICTION
Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs
Seventeen-year-old Lily Sanderson, half-mermaid and half-human, has been living on land and attending high school where she develops a crush on a boy but is afraid to tell him of her true destiny as the ruler of the undersea kingdom of Thalassinia.
Publication date: 06/01/2010
Audience: Teen - Grade 10-12, Age 15-18
Call #: YAFIC CHILDS
The Atlantis Complex (Artemis Fowl Series) by Eoin Colfer
Teenage criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl must save the underwater fairy metropolis of Atlantis from danger, while battling a psychological affliction known as the Atlantis Complex.
Publication date: 08/03/2010
Audience: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
Call #: YAFIC COLFER
The Half-Life of Planets by Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin
Alternating chapters share the star-crossed encounter between Liana, an aspiring planetary scientist who's also a kissing addict, and Hank, a socially awkward aspiring musician who suffers from Asperger's syndrome.
Publication date: 06/15/2010
Audience: Teen - Grade 10-12, Age 15-18
Call #: YAFIC FRANKLIN
Found (Missing Series)by Margaret Peterson Haddix
When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time.
Publication date: 04/21/2009
Audience: Children's - Grade 3-4, Age 8-9
Call #: YAFIC HADDIX
Sent (Missing Series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Jonah, Katherine, Alex and Chip are sent back in time to 1483 to fix history by preventing a murderous plot against the two young princes by their uncle, Richard III, in order for disaster to be averted in the present day.
Publication date: 08/03/2010
Audience: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
Call #: YAFIC HADDIX
Sabotaged (Missing Series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Time-travelers Jonah and Katherine are summoned to help another missing child from history, this time Virginia Dare from the Roanoke Colony, but their journey is sabotaged and goes dangerously awry, leaving them in the wrong time period. Includes author's note about the history of Roanoke Colony and Virginia Dare.
Publication date: 08/24/2010
Audience: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
Call #: YAFIC HADDIX
Hothouse by Chris Lynch
Teens D.J. and Russ, life-long friends and neighbors, had drifted apart but when their firefighter fathers are both killed, they try to help one another come to terms with the tragedy and its aftermath. 25,000 first printing.
Publication date: 08/24/2010
Audience: ChildrTeen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
Call #: Not Yet Available
The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller
Experiencing recurring visions of a romance from a past life that ended tragically, dressmaker Haven leaves the home of her tyrannical grandmother to start over in New York, where she falls in love with a man who is under suspicion for murder and who Haven finds both familiar and threatening.
Publication date: 08/10/2010
Audience: Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
Call #: YAFIC MILLER
The Secret to Lying by Todd Mitchell
Admitted into a school for gifted students, 15-year-old James reinvents himself as a cool kid by committing pranks, rebelling and dating an attractive girl before he begins experiencing fantastical adventure dreams that compel him to engage in reckless thrill-seeking.
Publication date: 06/08/2010
Audience: Teen - Grade 10-12, Age 15-18
Call #: YAFIC MITCHELL
As Easy As Falling Off the Face of the Earth by Lynne Rae Perkins
Journeying by train to summer camp only to find that the camp program has been cancelled, Ry finds himself stranded without resources in the wilderness and invents a new definition of summer vacation. By the Newbery-winning author of Criss Cross.
Publication date: 04/27/2010
Audience: Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
Call #: YAFIC PERKINS
The Cardturner by Louis Sacher
Pushed by his parents to ingratiate himself with a blind uncle in the hope of inheriting the family fortune, indecisive Alton Richards discovers the world of bridge while struggling to overcome a tendency to be his own worst enemy. By the award-winning author of the best-selling Holes.
Publication date: 05/11/2010
Audience: Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
Call #: YAFIC SACHER
The Thin Executioner by Darren Shan
Considered too small-framed to succeed his prestigious executioner father, a humiliated Jebel embarks on a quest to petition the fire god for help, a journey that pits him against monsters, intolerance and his own growing doubts. By the best-selling author of the Cirque Du Freak series.
Publication date: 08/01/2010
Audience: Teen - Grade 10-12, Age 15-18
Call #: YAFIC SHAN
Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder
Trella's life is consumed by her job--testing, cleaning and making sure the pipes in her world are working; but Trella's solitary, peaceful life is disturbed when she encounters a prophet who promises a better life for her people and soon finds herself in the middle of a rebellion.
Publication date: 04/01/2010
Audience: Teen - Grade 10-12, Age 15-18
Call #: YAFIC SNYDER
Toads and Diamonds by Heather Tomlinson
A retelling of the Perrault fairy tale set in pre-colonial India, in which two stepsisters receive gifts from a goddess and each walks her own path to find her gift's purpose, discovering romance along the way.
Publication date: 03/30/2010
Audience: Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
Call #: YAFIC TOMLINSON
Countdown by Deborah Wiles
The fearful events of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis are witnessed by 11-year-old Franny, who finds her life and perspectives changing throughout the course of a week that is also marked by difficult family issues. By the National Book Award finalist author of Each Little Bird That Sings.
Publication date: 05/01/2010
Audience: Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
Call#: YAFIC WILES
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