New Young Adult Fiction Books
New arrivals added to our Young Adult Fiction Collection in the last 7 days
| Title | Date added | |
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| Hammer of witches by Mlawski, Shana. |
"Fourteen-year-old bookmaker's apprentice Baltasar, pursued by a secret witch-hunting arm of the Inquisition, escapes by joining Columbus's expedition and discovers magical secrets about his own past that his family had tried to keep hidden"-- |
May 18, 2013 |
| Hero on a bicycle by Hughes, Shirley, 1927- |
"Florence, Italy, 1944: The city is under heavy Nazi occupation, but for thirteen-year-old Paolo, war is a long and boring wait. Too young to fight for the resistance, yet desperate for action and adventure, he sneaks out each night to ride his bicycle along the darkened city streets. For Paolo, the risk is thrilling. But when he is accosted by Partisans--covert members of the anti-Nazi movement--thrilling quickly becomes dangerous as Paolo and his family are thrust into a terrifying and impossi |
May 19, 2013 |
| House of secrets by Columbus, Chris. |
Cordelia, Brendan, and Eleanor Walker, aged fifteen to eight, must rely on a mysterious book to face the Wind Witch and her father, the Storm King, who have kidnapped Dr. and Mrs. Walker and brought them to a strange world of magic. |
May 19, 2013 |
| How my summer went up in flames by Doktorski, Jennifer Salvato. |
Placed under a temporary retstraining order for torching her former boyfriend's car, seventeen-year-old Rosie embarks on a cross-country car trip from New Jersey to Arizona while waiting for her court appearance. |
May 19, 2013 |
| How Zoe made her dreams (mostly) come true by Strohmeyer, Sarah. |
Seventeen-year-old Zoe and her cousin Jess eagerly start summer jobs at New Jersey's Fairyland theme park, but Jess does not get her dream role and Zoe is assigned to be personal assistant to the park's "Queen," winning her no friends. |
May 19, 2013 |
| I'm with stupid by Herbach, Geoff. |
"It's nerd-turned-jock Felton Reinstein's last year before college, and the choices he makes now will affect the rest of his life. That's a lot of pressure. Before leaving home forever, Felton will have to figure out just who he is, even if, sometimes, it sucks to be him"-- |
May 19, 2013 |
| Icons by Stohl, Margaret. |
After an alien force known as the Icon colonizes Earth, decimating humanity, four surviving teenagers must piece together the mysteries of their pasts--in order to save the future. |
May 19, 2013 |
| If I should die by Plum, Amy. |
"The Parisian revenants have been betrayed by their trusted ally, Violette. Now Vincent is dead and Violette has destroyed his body so that he canot be reanimated. Refusing to give up on her love, Kate searches for a way to reincarnate him in time to prevent an all-out war between the bardia and the numa."--Provided by publisher. |
May 19, 2013 |
| Infamous - A Fame Game Novel by Conrad, Lauren |
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May 19, 2013 |
| Intuition by Omololu, C. J. |
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May 19, 2013 |
| Invisibility by Cremer, Andrea R. |
"To break his curse of invisibility, a boy is helped by a girl, who is the only one who can see him"-- |
May 19, 2013 |
| Jane Austen goes to Hollywood by McDonald, Abby, author |
Seventeen-year-old Sadie Allen has spent the last two years pining for her best friend, Garrett, but when he heads off to literary camp for the summer without her, she decides to kick her unrequited crush for good, with the help of her co-workers, another boy, and her own summer twelve-step program. |
May 19, 2013 |
| Kindness for weakness by Goodman, Shawn, 1970- |
A fifteen-year-old boy from an abusive home desperately seeking his older brother's love and approval starts pushing drugs for him and suffers the consequences. |
May 19, 2013 |
| Kindness for weakness by Goodman, Shawn, 1970- |
A fifteen-year-old boy from an abusive home desperately seeking his older brother's love and approval starts pushing drugs for him and suffers the consequences. |
May 13, 2013 |
| Life after theft by Pike, Aprilynne. |
"Jeff is the new guy in school and the only one who can see Kimberlee, a ghost with a lot of (stolen) baggage. To help her move on, Jeff must return everything she stole when she was alive. But being Kimberlee's accomplice turns into more than he bargained for when his crush and the cops get involved"-- |
May 19, 2013 |
| Manicpixiedreamgirl by Leveen, Tom. |
Seventeen-year-old Tyler Darcy looks back on his first three years of high school and considers the significant events involving Becky, his elusive "dream girl" who may be more troubled than he is willing to acknolwedge. |
May 19, 2013 |
| Maybe I will by Gray, Laurie, 1963- |
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May 19, 2013 |
| Meant to be by Morrill, Lauren. |
During an educational trip to London away from her friends and the boy she thinks she is fated to love, Massachussets high school junior Julia Lichtenstein is paired with her nemesis, Jason, and begins seeing many things differently. |
May 15, 2013 |
| Meant to be by Morrill, Lauren. |
During an educational trip to London away from her friends and the boy she thinks she is fated to love, Massachussets high school junior Julia Lichtenstein is paired with her nemesis, Jason, and begins seeing many things differently. |
May 19, 2013 |
| Money run by Heath, Jack, 1986- |
Teen thief Ash Arthur is trying to pull off a massive heist, but when she locks horns with assassin Peachey, she needs to save her own neck while making the score of a lifetime. |
May 15, 2013 |