New for Teens

New Books for Teens

by kim on May 10, 2013

Light – by Michael Grant

A conclusion to the best-selling series is set a year after every person over the age of 14 has disappeared from the town of Perdido, where a precarious new existence for young FAYZ survivors is shattered by the rebirth of the Darkness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minecraft – by David Oconner

Minecraft is a block-infested sandbox building/exploring game developed by Mark Persson, aka ‘Notch’, and his company, Mojang AB. This new updated beginner’s guide will show you how to survive the first day, and teach you the basics on how to craft tools and weapons, build shelters, explore, mine and much more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Never Fall Down – by Patricia McCormick

Cambodian child soldier Arn Chorn-Pond defied the odds and used all of his courage and wits to survive the murderous regime of the Khmer Rouge.

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New for Teens

by kim on April 27, 2013

Dark Kiss – by Michelle Rowen

Unable to resist a kiss from her crush despite her otherwise careful nature, Samantha is stricken by a bizarre, mysterious hunger and turns for help to secretive street youth Bishop to stop an encroaching darkness that threatens to overwhelm her.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unravel Me – by Tahereh Mafi

Juliette has escaped to Omega Point, the headquarters of the rebel resistance and a safe haven for people with abilities like hers, and though she is finally free from The Reestablishment and their plans to use her as a weapon, Warner, her former captor, won’t let her go without a fight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Runaway King – by Jennifer Nielsen

Young King Jaron has taken the throne of Carthya, but after enemies attempt to assassinate him, and a neighboring kingdom threatens invasion, he finds that he has no friends in the palace, not even his bride-to-be, princess Amarinda–and his regents think it would be better for Carthya if he just disappeared again.

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New for Young Adults

by kim on April 6, 2013

Miss Fortune Cookie – by Lauren Bjorkman

Erin, a non-Chinese teenager living in San Francisco’s Chinatown, ghostwrites a popular advice blog, Miss Fortune Cookie, but when a reply to her ex-best friend backfires, Erin’s carefully constructed life takes a crazy turn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lunch-Box Dream – by Tony Abbott

Told from multiple points of view, a white family on a 1959 road trip between Ohio and Florida, visiting Civil War battlefields along the way, crosses paths with a black family near Atlanta, where one of their children has gone missing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Be More Chill – by Ned Vizzini

After swallowing a pill-sized computer that finds its way into his brain, Jeremy Heere’s geeky existence comes to a sudden end after the computer provides him the necessary guidance he needs to become the most popular kid in school and get the girl of his dreams.

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New Titles for Teens

March 9, 2013

Requiem – by Lauren Oliver A conclusion to the trilogy that includes Pandemonium finds the once-safe haven of the Wilds erupting in rebellion as the government finally acknowledges the existence of Invalids, a situation that forces Lena to counter mounting dangers while Hana endures her safe but loveless life as the fiancée of Portland’s young [...]

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New Books for Teens

February 16, 2013

The Butterfly Clues – by Kate Ellison When her obsessive-compulsive disorder compels her to collect things to the point that she becomes a full-blown hoarder, Lo discovers a beautiful butterfly charm that once belonged to a murdered girl and is unable to resist pursuing clues that begin to threaten her safety.         [...]

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New Fiction for Teens

January 24, 2013

Flesh & Bone – by Jonathan Maberry Benny, Nix, Lou, and Lilah journey through a fierce wilderness that was once America searching for the jet they saw months ago, while evading fierce animals and a new kind of zombie.              The Crown of Embers – by Rae Carson A sequel [...]

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New Books for Teens

January 3, 2013

I am J – by Chris Beam J, who feels like a boy mistakenly born as a girl, runs away from his best friend who has rejected him and the parents he thinks do not understand him when he finally decides that it is time to be who he really is.         [...]

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