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Stranger by Rachel Manija Brown

The Rule of Thoughts by James Dashner

Sequel to  The Eye of Minds

The Fall by Bethany Griffin

Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay

Grace and the Guiltless by Erin Johnson

This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman

Sequel to These Broken Stars

Watched by CJ Lyons

If You're Reading This by Trent Reedy

I Am the Mission by Allen Zadoff

New YA Books in the Library This Week (02/03 - 02/07)

Sorrow's Knot by Erin Bow
The dead do not rest easy.  Most of the people of this world live on the sunlit, treeless prairies. But a few carve out an uneasy living in the forest towns, keeping the dead at bay with wards made from magically knotted cords. The women who tie these knots are called binders. And Otters mother, Willow, is one of the greatest binders her people have ever known. In a moment of desperation, Otter casts her first ward, and the results are disastrous. But now Otter may be her peoples only hope against the shadows that threaten them.


Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken
Ruby never asked for the abilities that almost cost her her life. Now she must call upon them on a daily basis, leading dangerous missions to bring down a corrupt government. When Ruby is entrusted with an explosive secret, she must embark on her most dangerous mission yet. Crucial information about the disease that killed most of America's children-and turned Ruby and the others who lived into feared and hated outcasts-has survived every attempt to destroy it. Ruby will do anything to protect the people she loves. But what if winning the war means losing herself?


Princess of the Silver Woods by Jessica Day George
When Petunia, the youngest of King Gregor's twelve dancing daughters, is invited to visit an elderly friend in the neighboring country of Westfalin, she welcomes the change of scenery. But in order to reach Westfalin, Petunia must pass through a forest where strange two-legged wolves are rumored to exist. The stories of Red Riding Hood and Robin Hood get a twist as Petunia and her many sisters take on bandits, grannies, and the new King Under Stone to end their family curse once and for all.


Elegy by Tara Hudson
A stalker ghost, misguided Seers, and spellbinding wraiths in the French Quarter of New Orleans-- Amelia Ashley has faced them all. Now she's back in Oklahoma, and all she wants to do is spend the rest of her afterlife with her living boyfriend, Joshua Mayhew. But the demonic forces return to give her an ultimatum: turn herself over to the darkness or watch them murder one living person per week until she does. As the body count rises, Amelia thinks she might really be doomed, until the forces of light give her another option. She can join them in their quest to gather souls, with a catch: Once she joins them, she can no longer save the people she's lost to the darkness . . . and she can never see Joshua again.


The Sound of Letting Go by Stasia Ward Kehoe
For 16 years, Daisy has been good. A good daughter, helping out with her autistic younger brother uncomplainingly. A good friend, even when her best friend makes her feel like a third wheel. When her parents announce they're sending her brother to an institution without consulting her Daisy's furious, and decides the best way to be a good sister is to start being bad. She quits jazz band and orchestra, slacks in school, and falls for bad-boy Dave. But one person won't let Daisy forget who she used to be: Irish exchange student and brilliant musician Cal.


Indelible by Dawn Metcalf
Some things are permanent. Indelible. And they cannot be changed back. Joy Malone learns this the night she sees a stranger with all-black eyes across a crowded room - right before the mystery boy tries to cut out her eye. Instead, the wound accidentally marks her as property of Indelible Ink, and this dangerous mistake thrusts Joy into a world of monsters at the window, glowing girls on the doorstep and a life that will never be the same. Now, Joy must pretend to be Ink's chosen one and failure to be convincing means a painful death for them both.


Divided We Fall by Trent Reedy
Danny Wright never thought he'd be the man to bring down the United States of America. In fact, he enlisted in the Idaho National Guard because he wanted to serve his country the way his father did. When the Guard is called up on the governor's orders to police a protest in Boise, it seems like a routine crowd-control mission ... but then Danny's gun misfires, spooking the other soldiers and the already fractious crowd, and by the time the smoke clears, twelve people are dead.


Of Beast and Beauty by Jay Stacey
In the beginning was the darkness, and in the darkness was a girl, and in the girl was a secret... In the domed city of Yuan, the blind Princess Isra, a Smooth Skin, is raised to be a human sacrifice whose death will ensure her city's vitality. In the desert outside Yuan, Gem, a mutant beast, fights to save his people, the Monstrous, from starvation. Neither dreams that together, they could return balance to both their worlds. Isra wants to help the city's Banished people, second-class citizens despised for possessing Monstrous traits. But after she enlists the aid of her prisoner, Gem, who has been captured while trying to steal Yuan's enchanted roses, she begins to care for him, and to question everything she has been brought up to believe.

New YA Books in the Library This Week (12/9 - 12/13)

Undercurrent by Paul Blackwell      YA BLACKWELL
Sixteen-year-old Callum Harris survives a plummet over a waterfall, but wakes to find himself in a life that's totally different from the one he knew




A Really Awesome Mess by Trish Cook     YA COOK
Justin and Emmy arrive at Heartland Academy, a reform school that will force them to deal with their issues, with little patience for authority. 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.


Season of the Witch by Mariah Fredericks     YA FREDERICKS
Chloe is going to make Toni suffer for whatever transpired between Toni and Chloe's boyfriend, Oliver, over the summer, and it isn't long before things get so ugly that Toni fears for her safety.  Guided by Cassandra, Toni decides to stop playing the victim and take control. Together they cast a spell on Chloe that may actually cause her death.


Blythewood by Carol Goodman     YA GOODMAN
At 17, Avaline Hall has already buried her mother, survived a horrific factory fire, and escaped from an insane asylum. Now she's on her way to Blythewood Academy, the elite boarding school; and was expelled from. Though she's afraid her high society classmates won't accept a factory girl, Ava is desperate to unravel her family's murky past and perhaps finally understand her mother's abrupt suicide


Heart of Glass by Sasha Gould     YA GOULD
It is 1585 in Venice, and three months have passed since Laura solved her sister's murder after joining the Segreta, a powerful society of women. Now Laura is engaged to her true love, Roberto. But the night Laura is sent on her first important mission for the Segreta, Roberto is found with the body of a dead woman in his room.


Half Lives by Sara Grant     YA GRANT
Two unlikely teenaged heroes, mysteriously linked and living hundreds of years apart, struggling to survive and protect future generations from the terrible fate that awaits any who dare to climb the mountain.


Nine Days by Fred Hiatt      YA HIATT
This heart-pounding adventure takes place as two teens, an American teenage boy and his friend, a Chinese girl from his Washington, DC-area high school, must find her father who has been kidnapped--and they only have nine days.



Catch Rider by Jennifer H. Lyne     YA LYNE
Tough-as-nails 14-year-old Sid may not have expensive boots, but she knows her way around horses. Working with her uncle since childhood, she's learned to break and train them, care for them and ride like a professional. Amid turmoil at home, she dreams of becoming a catch rider. An opportunity to ride in an equitation show takes the small-town girl all the way to Madison Square Garden.


Coaltown Jesus by Ronald Koertge     YA KOERTGE
Walker shouldn't have been so surprised to find Jesus standing in the middle of his bedroom. After all, he'd prayed for whoever was up there to help him, and his mom who hadn't stopped crying since Noah. But since when have prayers actually been answered? And since when has Jesus been so irreverent?


Criminal by Terra Elan McVoy     YA MCVOY
Nikki's life is far from perfect, but at least she has Dee. Her friends tell her that Dee is no good, but Nikki can't imagine herself without him. When Dee pulls Nikki into a crime that ends in murder she tells herself that it's all for true love. Nothing can break them apart. But what if Dee had motives that Nikki knew nothing about?


In Too Deep by Coert Voorhees     YA VOORHEES
Annie Fleet, master scuba diver and history buff, doesn't care that she can't fight her nerd status, except that her crush, Josh, thinks she's more adorable than desirable. Annie plans to set him straight on their school trip to Mexico. But her teacher has other plans: he needs Annie to help him find Cortez's lost treasure. But Annie and Josh aren't the only ones searching. Someone else wants the gold-and needs Annie dead.


Friday Never Leaving by Vikki Wakefield     YA WAKEFIELD
Friday Brown and her mother live on the road. So when her mom succumbs to cancer, the only thing Friday can do is keep moving. Her journey takes her to an abandoned house where Arden holds court over a group of street kids. Friday gets initiated, but her relationship with Arden is precarious. With the threat of a dangerous confrontation looming, Friday has to decide between returning to her transient life, or trying to help the people she's come to care about--if she can still make it out alive.

New YA Books at the Library This Week (11/4 - 11/8)

The Naturals by Jennifer Barnes     YA BARNES
Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she can tell you who you are and what you want. But, it's not a skill that she's ever taken seriously. That is, until the FBI come knocking: they've begun a classified program that uses exceptional teenagers to crack infamous cold cases. But there's more at risk than a few unsolved homicides-especially when she's sent to live with a group of teens whose gifts are as unusual as her own. Soon, it becomes clear that no one in the Naturals program is what they seem. And when a new killer strikes, danger looms close. Caught in a lethal game of cat and mouse, the Naturals are going to have to use all of their gifts to survive.



Freakboy by Kristin Clark     YA CLARK
From the outside, Brendan Chase seems to have it pretty easy. He's a star wrestler, a video game aficionado, and a loving boyfriend to his seemingly perfect match, Vanessa. But on the inside, Brendan struggles to understand why his body feels so wrong--why he sometimes fantasizes having long hair, soft skin, and gentle curves. Is there even a name for guys like him?  Or is Brendan just a freak? In razor-sharp verse, Kristin Clark folds three narratives into one powerful story: Brendan trying to understand his sexual identity, Vanessa fighting to keep her and Brendan's relationship alive, and Angel struggling to confront her demons.


Goodbye, Rebel Blue by Shelley Coriell     YA CORIELL
Rebecca Blue is a rebel with an attitude whose life is changed by a chance encounter with a soon-to-be dead girl. Rebel (as she's known) decides to complete the dead girl's bucket list to prove that choice, not chance, controls her fate. In doing so, she unexpectedly opens her mind and heart to a world she once dismissed--a world of friendships, family, and faith. With a shaken sense of self, she must reevaluate her loner philosophy--particularly when she falls for Nate, the golden boy do-gooder who never looks out for himself.


Tumble & Fall by Alexandra Coutts     YA COUTTS
The world is living in the shadow of oncoming disaster. An asteroid is set to strike the earth in just one week's time; catastrophe is unavoidable. The question isn't how to save the world--the question is, what to do with the time that's left? Against this stark backdrop, three island teens wrestle with intertwining stories of love, friendship and family--all with the ultimate stakes at hand.


Taste Test by Kelly Fiore     YA FIORE
If you can grill it, smoke it, or fry it, Nora Henderson knows all about it. She's been basting baby back ribs and pulling pork at her father's barbeque joint since she was tall enough to reach the counter. When she's accepted to Taste Test , a reality-television teen cooking competition, Nora can't wait to leave her humble hometown behind. Once she's on set, run-ins with her high-society roommate and the maddeningly handsome son of a famous chef, Christian Van Lorten, mean Nora must work even harder to prove herself. But as mysterious accidents plague the kitchen arena, protecting her heart from a fellow contestant becomes the least of her concerns. Someone is conducting real-life eliminations, and if Nora doesn't figure out who, she could be chopped for good.



Promise Me Something by Sara Kocek     YA KOCEK
As if starting high school weren't bad enough, Reyna Fey has to do so at a new school without her best friends. Reyna's plan is to keep her head down, help her father recover from the car accident that almost took his life, and maybe even make some friends. And then Olive Barton notices her. Olive is not exactly the kind of new friend Reyna has in mind. The boys make fun of her, the girls want to fight her, and Olive seems to welcome the challenge. There's something about Olive that Reyna can't help but like. But when Reyna learns Olive's secret, she must decide whether it's better to be good friends with an outcast or fake friends with the popular kids.


Overpowered by Mark Kruger     YA KRUGER
The world's safest town might actually be a deadly kind of dangerous. And Nica Ashley is about to learn the hard way. Nica is accustomed to traveling the globe, so when she gets sent to live in a small town with the father she barely knows, she's in for a bit of a culture shock. Barrington prides itself on being a sleepy, family community with the lowest crime rates in the state of Colorado. There's even a private security force run by Barrington Technology (BarTech) and a nightly curfew for all residents. Then there's Jackson Winters, who went from school superstar to living ghost after his girlfriend disappeared a few months ago. When Nica follows him out after curfew one night, they both witness a mysterious green flash. Secrets are well and alive, and as Nica and her friends discover they now have abilities best described as "super," they also realize that Barrington might not be so safe. And that BarTech is looking for them.


Sick by Tom Leveen     YA LEVEEN
Brian and his friends are the misfits and the troublemakers; the ones who jump their high school's fence to skip class regularly. So when a deadly virus breaks out, they're the only ones with a chance of surviving. The virus turns Brian's classmates and teachers into bloodthirsty attackers who don't die easily. The whole school goes on lockdown, but Brian and his best friend, Chad, are safe (and stuck) in the theater department; far from Brian's sister, Kenzie, and his ex-girlfriend with a panic attack problem, Laura. Brian and Chad, along with some of the theater kids, decide to find the girls and bring them to the safety of the theater. But it won't be easy, and it will test everything they thought they knew about themselves and their classmates.


Cold Spell by Jackson Pearce     YA PEARCE
Kai and Ginny grew up together. Now they're seventeen, and their relationship has developed into something sweeter, complete with stolen kisses and plans to someday run away together. But one night, Kai disappears with a mysterious stranger named Mora--a beautiful girl with a dark past and a heart of ice. Refusing to be cast aside, Ginny goes after them and is thrust into a world she never imagined, one filled with monsters and thieves and the idea that love is not enough. If Ginny and Kai survive the journey, will she still be the girl he loved--and moreover, will she still be the girl who loved him?


This Is How I Find Her by Sara Polsky     YA POLSKY
Sophie has always lived her life in the shadow of her mother's bipolar disorder: monitoring medication, making sure the rent is paid, rushing home after school instead of spending time with friends, and keeping secrets from everyone. But when a suicide attempt lands Sophie's mother in the hospital, Sophie no longer has to watch over her. She moves in a family shes been estranged from for the past five years. Rolling her suitcase across town to her family's house is easy. What's harder is figuring out how to rebuild her life. And as her mother's release approaches and the old obligations loom, Sophie finds herself torn between her responsibilities toward her mother and her desire to live her own life.


Man Made Boy by Jon Skovron     YA SKOVRON
Sixteen-year-old Boy's never left home. When you're the son of Frankenstein's monster and the Bride, it's tough to go out in public, unless you want to draw the attention of a torch-wielding mob. And since Boy and his family live in a secret enclave of monsters hidden under Times Square, it's important they maintain a low profile. Boy's only interactions with the world are through the Internet, where he's a hacker extraordinaire who can hide his hulking body and stitched-together face behind a layer of code. When conflict erupts at home, Boy runs away and embarks on a cross-country road trip with the granddaughters of Jekyll and Hyde, who introduce him to malls and diners, love and heartbreak. But no matter how far Boy runs, he can't escape his demons;both literal and figurative.


Under the Empyrean Sky by Chuck Wendig     YA WENDIG
Corn is king in the Heartland, and Cael McAvoy has had enough of it. It's the only crop the Empyrean government allows the people of the Heartland to grow -- and the genetically modified strain is so aggressive that it takes everything the Heartlanders have to control it. As captain of the Big Sky Scavengers, Cael and his crew sail their rickety ship over the corn day after day, scavenging for valuables. But Cael's tired of surviving life on the ground while the Empyrean elite drift by above in their extravagant sky flotillas. And he's worried about losing Gwennie -- his first mate and the love of his life -- forever when their government-chosen spouses are revealed. But most of all, Cael is angry -- angry that their lot in life will never get better. Cael's ready to make his own luck . . . even if it means bringing down the wrath of the Empyrean elite and changing life in the Heartland forever.


The Story of Saiunkoku. 1 by Sai Yukino     YA MANGA YUKINO
The new emperor of Saiunkoku is a disaster so the Council of Elders singles out a princess, whose family has hit hard times, to be his consort in exchange for money in the hope that she will reform him.



 

New YA Books in the Library This Week (10/28 - 11/01)

Burning by Elana K. Arnold     YA ARNOLD
Ben: Set to leave Gypsum, Nevada for San Diego, where he's got a scholarship at the University of California. It's good timing since the gypsum mine is closing, shutting the whole town down with it.  But his best friends are staying, so to make them happy, he goes with them to check out the hot chick parked on the side of Highway 447.
Lala: She and her Gypsy family earn money by telling fortunes. But lately Lala's been questioning whether there might be more to life than her upcoming arranged marriage. And the day she reads Ben's cards is the day that everything changes.


Formerly Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham     YA BINGHAM
Jane Arrowood, otherwise known as Shark Girl, has been living with just one arm for over a year. Now she's searching for a new normal.  Her dream of becoming an artist is on the line, and everything now seems out of reach, including her gorgeous, kind tutor, Max Shannon. While a perfectly nice guy from her science class is clearly interested in Jane -- removing her fear that no one ever would want a one-armed girl -- Jane can't stop thinking about Max. But is his interest romantic? Or does he just feel sorry for her?

The Dark Between by Sonia Gensler     YA GENSLER
At the turn of the twentieth century, Spiritualism and seances are all the rage - even in the scholarly town of Cambridge, England. While mediums dupe the grief-stricken, a group of local fringe scientists seek to bridge the gap to the spirit world. Each running from a shadowed past, Kate, Asher, and Elsie take refuge within the walls of Summerfield College. But their peace is soon shattered by the discovery of a dead body nearby. Is this the work of a flesh-and-blood villain, or is something otherworldly at play? This unlikely trio must illuminate what the scientists have not, and open a window to secrets taken to the grave--or risk joining the spirit world themselves.


BZRK Reloaded by Michael Grant     YA GRANT
The entire BZRK cell--including Noah and Sadie--has been left in pieces after the last round of battle with the Armstrong Twins, conjoined brother who plot to rob mankind of its free will. Vincent's mind is shattered, and his memories hold dangerous secrets--secrets that Lear, BZRK's mysterious leader, will stop at nothing to protect. The nano is as terrifying, exhilarating, and unpredictable as ever. But the wall of secrets that surrounds it is cracking. What will it reveal? And once the dust has settled, who will be sane enough to find out?


Spellcaster by Claudia Gray     YA GRAY
A boy cursed with visions that lead to madness. A girl granted the powers to save him. As soon as Nadia arrives in Captive's Sound, she knows something is seriously wrong. The town is shrouded in dark magic, more powerful and complex than she has ever seen. Mateo has lived in Captive's Sound his entire life, trying to dodge the local legend that his family is "cursed" with insanity. When the mysterious girl he has been dreaming of every night appears (Nadia), he fears the curse may be true. But danger is coming, and Nadia and Mateo must work together to stop this unknown force before it destroys everything in its path.

Gris Grimly's Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus by Gris Grimly   
YA GRAPHIC GRIMLY
A tale of science and morality, of love and loss, of hope and despair, the account of Victor Frankenstein's terrifying experiments into the very nature of life and death still echoes two hundred years after its original composition.  From the bones and flesh of the original, Gris Grimly has cut and stitched Mary Shelley's text to his own artwork, creating something entirely new: a stunningly original remix both classic and contemporary, sinister and seductive, heart stopping and heartbreaking.


The Rules by Stacey Kade     YA KADE
1. Never trust anyone. 2. Remember they are always searching. 3. Don't get involved. 4. Keep your head down. 5. Don't fall in love. Five simple rules. Ariane Tucker has followed them since the night she escaped from the genetics lab where she was created, the result of combining human and extraterrestrial DNA. Ariane's survival depends on her ability to blend in among the full-blooded humans, to hide in plain sight from those who seek to recover their lost (and expensive) "project." But when a cruel prank at school goes awry, it puts her in the path of Zane Bradshaw, the police chief's son and someone who sees too much. Someone who really sees her. After years of trying to be invisible, Ariane finds the attention frightening--and utterly intoxicating. Suddenly, nothing is simple anymore, especially not the rules.


Teardrop by Lauren Kate     YA KATE
Never, ever cry. . . . Eureka Boudreaux's mother drilled that rule into her daughter years ago. But now her mother is gone, and everywhere Eureka goes he is there: Ander, the tall, pale blond boy who seems to know things he shouldn't, who tells Eureka she is in grave danger, who comes closer to making her cry than anyone has before. But Ander doesn't know Eureka's darkest secret: ever since her mother drowned in a freak accident, Eureka wishes she were dead, too. She has little left that she cares about, just her oldest friend, Brooks, and a strange inheritance--a locket, a letter, a mysterious stone, and an ancient book no one understands.


Reality Boy by A.S. King     YA KING
Gerald Faust started feeling angry even before his mother invited a reality TV crew into his five-year-old life. Twelve years later, he's still haunted by his rage-filled youth--which the entire world got to watch from every imaginable angle--and his anger issues have resulted in violent outbursts, zero friends, and clueless adults dumping him in the special education room at school. No one cares that Gerald has tried to learn to control himself; they're all just waiting for him to snap. And he's starting to feel dangerously close to doing just that...until he chooses to create possibilities for himself that he never knew he deserved.


Second Impact by David Klass     YA KLASS
Kendall is football town, and Jerry Downing is the high school's star quarterback, working to redeem himself after he nearly killed a girl in a drunk driving accident last year. Carla Jenson, lead reporter for the school newspaper's sports section, has recruited Jerry to co-author a blog chronicling the season from each of their perspectives. When Jerry's best friend on the team takes a hit too hard and gets hurt, Carla wonders publicly if injury in the game comes at too high a cost in a player's life--but not everyone in Kendall wants to hear it...


Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi     YA MAFI
"You can't touch me," I whisper. I'm lying, is what I don't tell him. He can touch me, is what I'll never tell him. But things happen when people touch me. Strange things. Bad things. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal, but The Reestablishment has plans for her. Plans to use her as a weapon. But Juliette has plans of her own. After a lifetime without freedom, she's finally discovering a strength to fight back for the very first time"and to find a future with the one boy she thought she'd lost forever.


Dare You To by Katie McGarry     YA MCGARRY
If anyone knew the truth about Beth Risk's home life, they'd send her mother to jail. So she protects her mom at all costs. Until the day her uncle swoops in and forces her to choose between her mom's freedom and her own happiness. That's how Beth finds herself going to a school that doesn't understand her. Except for the one guy who shouldn't get her, but does.... Ryan Stone is the town golden boy--with secrets he can't tell anyone. Not even the friends he shares everything with, including the constant dares to do crazy things. The craziest? Asking out the Skater girl who couldn't be less interested in him. But what begins as a dare becomes an intense attraction neither Ryan nor Beth expected. Suddenly, the boy with the flawless image risks his dreams--and his life--for the girl he loves, and the girl who won't let anyone get too close is daring herself to want it all....


Maid of Secrets by Jennifer McGowan     YA MCGOWAN
A secret society of young women make up Elizabeth I's most trusted royal guard. Orphan Meg Fellowes makes her living picking pockets, until she steals from the wrong nobleman. Instead of rotting in prison like she expected, she's whisked away to the court of the Queen and pressed into royal service, where she joins four other remarkable girls in the Maids of Honor. Meg's natural abilities as a spy prove useful in this time of unrest. The Spanish Court is visiting, and with them come devious plots and hidden political motives. As threats to the kingdom begin to mount, Meg can't deny her growing attraction to one of the dashing Spanish courtiers. But it's hard to trust her heart in a place where royal formalities and masked balls hide the truth. With danger lurking around every corner, can she stay alive-and protect the crown?


Now I'll Tell You Everything by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor     YA NAYLOR
Alice McKinley is going to college and everything is about to change. Stoically, nervously, Alice puts her best foot forward...and steps into the rest of her life. Just how crazy will college life get? Will her dream of becoming a psychologist come true? And with so many miles between them, will Alice and Patrick stay together...or is there a hot, mysterious stranger in her future? As Alice well knows, life isn't always so predictable, and there are more than a few curveballs waiting to be thrown her way. The grand finale.  Everything you've ever wanted to know about Alice McKinley will be revealed. 


The Pregnancy Project: A Memoir by Gaby Rodriguez     306.874 RODRIGUEZ
The true story of a high school senior whose faked pregnancy rocked her community and made international headlines. Growing up, Gaby Rodriguez was often told she would end up a teen mom. After all, her mother and her older sisters had gotten pregnant as teenagers. Gaby had ambitions that didn't include teen motherhood. But she wondered: how would she be treated if she lived down to others' expectations? These questions sparked Gaby's school project: faking her own pregnancy as a high school senior to see how her family, friends, and community would react. What she learned changed her life forever.


This is W.A.R. by Lisa Roecker     YA ROECKER
This is not a story of forgiveness... The mystery of their best friend's murder drives four girls to destroy the Gregory family. Everyone at Hawthorne Lake Country Club saw Willa Ames-Rowan climb into a boat with James Gregory, the Club's heir apparent. And everyone at Hawthorne Lake Country Club watched him return. Alone. They all know he killed her. But none of them will say a word. The Gregory family is very, very good at making problems go away. Enter the W.A.R.--the war to avenge Willa Ames-Rowan. Four girls. Four very different motives for justice and revenge. Only one rule: destroy the Gregory family at any cost.


The Wells Bequest by Polly Shulman     YA SHULMAN
Leo never imagined that time travel might really be possible. And when a miniature time machine appears in Leo's bedroom, he has no idea who the tiny, beautiful girl is riding it. But in the few moments before it vanishes, he recognizes the other tiny rider: himself! His search for the time machine, the girl, and his fate leads him to the New York Circulating Material Repository, a magical library that lends out objects instead of books. Hidden away in the Repository basement is the Wells Bequest, a secret collection of powerful objects straight out of classic science fiction novels: robots, rockets, submarines, a shrink ray--and one very famous time machine. And when Leo's adventure of a lifetime suddenly turns deadly, he must attempt a journey to 1895 to warn real-life scientist Nikola Tesla about a dangerous invention.


Birds of Prey. Trouble in Mind Volume 1 by Duane Swierczynski     YA GRAPHIC SWIERCZYNSKI
When heroic teammates Starling and Black Canary face being exposed, and are drawn into conflict with terrorists for hire and killers in stealth suits, they recruit the help of Katana and Poison Ivy to help them save Gotham.



Until Death Do Us Part 1 and Part 2 by Hiroshi Takashige    
YA MANGA TAKASHIGE
Haruka Touyama is a twelve-year-old girl with incredible precognitive abilities. But her accuracy in predicting the future has made her a target for any number of greedy corporations. After she is taken from her family, Haruka uses her gift to seek out someone who can help her escape and fixes upon a blind man making his way through the busy streets of Tokyo. Though it may seem an odd choice, Haruka's powers have not led her wrong. Haruka knows she will always be pursued and begs the mystery swordsman to keep her safe..."until death do us part."


Arata, the Legend. 1 by Yuu Watase     YA MANGA WATASE
In a mythical world where humans and gods co-exist, Arata has the unfortunate honor of being the successor to the matriarchal Hime Clan. This means he has to pretend to be a girl or face death if his true gender is discovered! On the day of his inauguration, an assassination plot forces him to flee--and he somehow winds up in modern-day Japan! Meanwhile, a boy named Arata Hinohara gets sucked into the first Arata's world and finds himself dealing with people after his life!