New Arrivals: Teen Fiction at the Library

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	Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship breaker 1st ed.   New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010. Call Number: YF BACIG-P Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL SWASEY Summary: In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl. Conduct of life Juvenile fiction.   Date added: Aug 13
	Bell, Cathleen Davitt. Little blog on the prairie New York : Bloomsbury, 2010. Call Number: YF BELL-C Owned by: S_TACOMA WHEELOCK Summary: Thirteen-year-old Genevieve's summer at a frontier family history camp in Laramie, Wyoming, with her parents and brother is filled with surprises, which she reports to friends back home on the cell phone she sneaked in, and which they turn into a blog. Frontier and pioneer life Wyoming Fiction.   Wyoming Fiction. Date added: Aug 16
	Benway, Robin. The extraordinary secrets of April, May, and June New York : Razorbill, 2010. Call Number: YF BENWA-R Owned by: FERNHILL KOBETICH MOTTET Summary: After their parents' divorce, teenaged sisters April, May, and June recover special powers from childhood and use them to cope with moving to a new home and high school, but wonder if the gifts have a greater purpose. Sisters Fiction.   California Fiction. Date added: Aug 27
	Black, Holly. White cat New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2010. Call Number: YF BLACK-H Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL KOBETICH MOORE Summary: When Cassel Sharpe discovers that his older brothers have used him to carry out their criminal schemes and then stolen his memories, he figures out a way to turn their evil machinations against them. Science fiction.   Date added: Aug 13
	Carroll, Michael Owen, 1966- Super human New York : Philomel Books, 2010. Call Number: YF CARRO-M Owned by: MAIN MOORE WHEELOCK Summary: A ragtag group of young superheroes takes on a powerful warrior who is transported from 4,000 years in the past to enslave the modern world. Superheroes Fiction.   Date added: Aug 13
	Chambers, Veronica. Plus New York : Razorbill, 2009. Call Number: YF CHAMB-V Owned by: MAIN Summary: After being dumped by her boyfriend and gaining twenty-five pounds during her freshman year at Columbia University, Bee Wilson becomes a world-famous supermodel when a prestigious modeling agency hires her for its plus-size division. Models (Persons) Fiction.   New York (N.Y.) Fiction. Date added: Aug 28
	Colasanti, Susane. Something like fate New York : Viking, 2010. Call Number: YF COLAS-S Owned by: KING MOORE MOTTET S_TACOMA Summary: Lani and Erin are lifelong best friends and total opposites. Lani's a down-to-earth Taurus; Erin's a fiery Leo. Lani likes to do her own thing, while Erin prefers an entourage. They've always had wildly different tastes, from pizza toppings to guys. That is, until Erin starts dating Jason. From the minute Lani meets Jason, she can't deny the amazing connection she feels with him. It's like they've known each other their whole lives. She's not sure if he feels it, too - but even if he does, he's off-limits. Lani's determined to ignore her feelings for Jason, no matter how powerful they are, rather than hurt her best friend. Then Erin goes away for the summer and Jason seems to appear everywhere Lani turns. How long can she keep running from the guy who just might be the love of her life? Interpersonal relations Juvenile fiction.   Date added: Aug 13
	Collins, Suzanne. Mockingjay 1st ed.   New York : Scholastic Press, c2010. Call Number: YF COLLI-S Owned by: MAIN KOBETICH MOORE MOTTET S_TACOMA SWASEY WHEELOCK Summary: Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. A revolution is unfolding, and it is up to Katniss to accept responsibility for countless lives and to change the course of the future of Panem. Insurgency Juvenile fiction.   Date added: Aug 06
	Cypess, Leah. Mistwood 1st ed.   New York : Greenwillow Books, 2010. Call Number: YF CYPES-L Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL MOORE SWASEY Summary: Brought back from the Mistwood to protect the royal family, a girl who has no memory of being a shape-shifter encounters political and magical intrigue as she struggles with her growing feelings for the prince. Kings, queens, rulers, etc. Fiction.   Date added: Aug 13
	Ditmars, Maribeth R. The bald-headed princess : cancer, chemo, and courage Washington, DC : Magination Press, 2010. Call Number: YF DITMA-M Owned by: MAIN WHEELOCK Summary: With her parents by her side and new friends to tell her bad jokes, eleven-year-old "soccer princess" Izzie Salida learns to cope with her leukemia diagnosis and treatment. Cancer Fiction.   Date added: Aug 13
	Doctorow, Cory. For the win 1st ed.   New York : Tor, 2010. Call Number: YF DOCTO-C Owned by: MOTTET S_TACOMA WHEELOCK Summary: A group of teens from around the world find themselves drawn into an online revolution arranged by a mysterious young woman known as Big Sister Nor, who hopes to challenge the status quo and change the world using her virtual connections. Teenagers Fiction.   Date added: Aug 16
	Frank, Hillary. The view from the top 1st ed.   New York : Dutton, 2010. Call Number: YF FRANK-H Owned by: MAIN WHEELOCK Summary: Anabelle and her fellow high school graduates navigate their way through a disastrous summer of love and friendship in the small coastal town of Normal, Maine. Teenagers Maine Fiction.   Maine Fiction. Date added: Aug 13
	Geektastic : stories from the nerd herd 1st ed.   New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009. Call Number: YF GEEKT Owned by: MAIN Summary: A collection of short stories about geeks. Geeks (Computer enthusiasts) Juvenile fiction.   Date added: Aug 28
	Hand, Elizabeth. Illyria : a novel New York : Viking, 2010. Call Number: YF HAND-E Owned by: MAIN Summary: Teenage cousins Madeleine and Rogan, who share twin souls and a sexual relationship, are cast in a school production of Twelfth Night that forces them to confront their respective strengths and future prospects. Cousins Juvenile fiction.   Date added: Aug 13
	Harrison, Mette Ivie, 1970- The princess and the snowbird 1st ed.   New York : HarperTeen, c2010. Call Number: YF HARRI-M Owned by: MAIN KOBETICH MOTTET S_TACOMA Summary: A girl whose magic allows her to take animal form falls in love with a boy who has no magic at all, and together they join forces, trying to defeat an enemy who is out to eliminate all magic everywhere. Magic Juvenile fiction.   Date added: Aug 13
	Henderson, Jason, 1971- Alex Van Helsing. Vampire rising 1st ed.   New York : HarperTeen, c2010. Call Number: YF HENDE-J Owned by: MAIN KING MOORE S_TACOMA Summary: At a boarding school in Switzerland, fourteen-year-old Alex Van Helsing learns that vampires are real, that he has a natural ability to sense them, and that an agency called the Polidorium has been helping his family fight them since 1821. Vampires Juvenile fiction.   Switzerland Juvenile fiction. Date added: Aug 13
	Jocelyn, Marthe. Folly 1st ed.   New York : Wendy Lamb Books, c2010. Call Number: YF JOCEL-M Owned by: MAIN KOBETICH WHEELOCK Summary: In a parallel narrative set in late nineteenth-century England, teenaged country girl Mary Finn relates the unhappy conclusion to her experiences as a young servant in an aristocratic London household while, years later, young James Nelligan describes how he comes to leave his beloved foster family to live and be educated at London's famous Foundling Hospital. Foundlings Juvenile fiction.   London (England) History 19th century Juvenile fiction. Date added: Aug 16
	Johnson, Christine, 1978- Claire de Lune 1st Simon Pulse ed.   New York : Simon Pulse, 2010. Call Number: YF JOHNS-C Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL MOTTET SWASEY Summary: On her sixteenth birthday Claire discovers strange things happening and when her mother reveals their family secret which explains the changes, Claire feels her world, as she has known it to be, slowly slipping away. Werewolves Fiction.   Date added: Aug 25
	Kuipers, Alice, 1979- Lost for words 1st ed.   New York : HarperTeen, c2010. Call Number: YF KUIPE-A Owned by: KOBETICH MOORE Summary: Sixteen-year-old Sophie struggles to find normalcy after an incident she chooses not to remember took her sister's life, and by keeping a journal, making a new friend, and seeing a therapist she finally begins to recover. Grief Fiction.   London (England) Fiction. Date added: Aug 16
	Miller, Kirsten, 1973- The eternal ones : what if love refused to die? New York : Razorbill, 2010. Call Number: YF MILLE-K Owned by: MAIN KOBETICH MOORE S_TACOMA Summary: Seventeen-year-old Haven Moore leaves East Tennessee to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, where she meets playboy Iain Morrow, whose fate may be tied to hers through a series of past lives. Reincarnation Fiction.   New York (N.Y.) Fiction. Date added: Aug 03
	Mlynowski, Sarah. Gimme a call 1st ed.   New York : Delacorte Press, c2010. Call Number: YF MLYNO-S Owned by: FERNHILL KING KOBETICH Summary: After accidentally dropping her cell phone into a fountain at the mall, fourteen-year-old Devi Banks starts to get phone calls--and an earful of advice on how to live her life to avoid making disastrous choices--from her seventeen-year-old self. Young adult fiction.   Date added: Aug 13
	Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948- The wager 1st ed.   New York : Henry Holt, c2010. Call Number: YF NAPOL-D Owned by: KOBETICH S_TACOMA SWASEY Summary: Having lost everything in a tidal wave in 1169 Sicily, nineteen-year-old Don Giovanni makes a simple-sounding wager with a stranger he recognizes as the devil but, while desperate enough to surrender his pride and good looks for three years, he is not willing to give up his soul. Conduct of life Fiction.   Sicily (Italy) History 1016-1194 Fiction. Date added: Aug 13
	Philbin, Joanna. The daughters 1st ed.   New York : Little, Brown, c2010. Call Number: YF PHILB-J Owned by: KOBETICH MOTTET SWANCREEK Summary: In New York City, three fourteen-year-old best friends who are all daughters of celebrities watch out for each other as they try to strike a balance between ordinary high school events, such as finding a date for the homecoming dance, and family functions like walking the red carpet with their famous parents. Fame Juvenile fiction.   New York (N.Y.) Juvenile fiction. Date added: Aug 13
	Pike, Aprilynne. Spells 1st ed.   New York : HarperTeen, 2010. Call Number: YF PIKE-A Owned by: MAIN MOTTET S_TACOMA WHEELOCK Summary: Summoned to study at The Academy of Avalon, sixteen-year-old Laurel learns about the town with friend Tamani, while honing her long-forgotten skills as a Fall faerie in order to protect her human family and Avalon from trolls. Plants Juvenile fiction.   Date added: Aug 13
	Plum-Ucci, Carol, 1957- Fire will fall Boston : Harcourt, 2010. Call Number: YF PLUMU-C Owned by: MAIN SWASEY Summary: Moved to a mansion in the South Jersey Pine Barrens, four teenagers, trying to recover from being poisoned by terrorists, struggle with health issues, personal demons, and supernatural events, as operatives try to track down the terror cell. Bioterrorism Fiction.   New Jersey Fiction. Date added: Aug 13
	Quintero, Sofia. Efrain's secret 1st ed.   New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2010. Call Number: YF QUINT-S Owned by: MAIN MOTTET Summary: Ambitious high school senior and honor student Efrain Rodriguez makes some questionable choices in pursuit of his dream to escape the South Bronx and attend an Ivy League college. Drug dealers Fiction.   Bronx (New York, N.Y.) Fiction. Date added: Aug 13
	Rallison, Janette, 1966- My double life New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2010. Call Number: YF RALLI-J Owned by: FERNHILL KOBETICH SWANCREEK WHEELOCK Summary: When eighteen-year-old Lexi of Morgantown, West Virginia, becomes the body double of a famous pop star, she discovers that the girl she is replacing is actually her half-sister, and that their father is a famous rock star. Celebrities Fiction.   Date added: Aug 13
	Richards, Jame. Three rivers rising : a novel of the Johnstown flood 1st ed.   New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2010. Call Number: YF RICHA-J Owned by: KOBETICH SWASEY Summary: Sixteen-year-old Celestia is a wealthy member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, where she meets and falls in love with Peter, a hired hand who lives in the valley below, and by the time of the torrential rains that lead to the disastrous Johnstown flood of 1889, she has been disowned by her family and is staying with him in Johnstown. Includes an author's note and historical timeline. Floods Pennsylvania Johnstown (Cambria County) Juvenile fiction.   Pennsylvania History 19th century Fiction. Date added: Aug 16
	Ryan, Amy Kathleen. Zen & Xander undone Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2010. Call Number: YF RYAN-A Owned by: MAIN MOORE SWANCREEK Summary: Two teenaged sisters try to come to terms with the death of their mother in very different ways. Sisters Fiction.   Date added: Aug 13
	Sachar, Louis, 1954- The cardturner : a novel about a king, a queen, and a joker 1st ed.   New York : Delacorte Press, c2010. Call Number: YF SACHA-L Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL KOBETICH MOORE S_TACOMA WHEELOCK Summary: When his wealthy uncle, a champion bridge player who has lost his vision, asks seventeen-year-old Alton to be a cardturner for him, Alton has no idea how much he will ultimately learn from his eccentric relative. Includes appendix by Syd Fox with information about bridge. Bridge (Game) Fiction.   Date added: Aug 16
	Schreiber, Ellen. Vampire kisses 7 : love bites 1st ed.   New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, c2010. Call Number: YF SCHRE-E Owned by: MAIN KING MOTTET S_TACOMA Summary: Goth teen Raven and her vampire boyfriend, Alexander, face new challenges when Alexander's sexy and charismatic best friend, Sebastian, arrives in Dullsville. Dating (Social customs) Juvenile fiction.   Date added: Aug 16
	Simner, Janni Lee. Thief eyes 1st ed.   New York : Random House, c2010. Call Number: YF SIMNE-J Owned by: MAIN MOTTET SWANCREEK Summary: Haley's mother disappeared while on a trip to Iceland, and a year later, when her father takes her there to find out what happened, Haley finds herself deeply involved in an ancient saga that began with her Nordic ancestors. Magic Fiction.   Iceland Fiction. Date added: Aug 13
	Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981- Linger 1st ed.   New York : Scholastic Press, 2010. Call Number: YF STIEF-M Owned by: FERNHILL KING MOORE Summary: As Grace hides the vast depth of her love for Sam from her parents and Sam struggles to release his werewolf past and claim a human future, a new wolf named Cole wins Isabel's heart but his own past threatens to destroy the whole pack. Love Fiction.   Date added: Aug 10
	Wilson, Diane L. Raven speak New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2010. Call Number: YF WILSO-D Owned by: MAIN KING MOORE Summary: In 854, the bold fourteen-year-old daughter of a Viking chieftain, aided by her old and thin but equally intrepid horse and an ancient, one-eyed seer, must find a way to keep her clan together and save them from starvation. Vikings Juvenile fiction.   Date added: Aug 13