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May 2013

Young Adult Fiction -

The rising
Armstrong, Kelley.
New York : Harper, c2013.
YA FIC ARMSTRONG
“The race for survival comes to a thrilling conclusion when Maya and her friends–who all have supernatural powers–find help against the Cabals from unexpected places”

Nobody
Barnes, Jennifer (Jennifer Lynn).
New York : Egmont USA, 2013.
YA FIC BARNES
Fifteen-year-old Claire Ryan has always felt invisible, always lived beyond people’s notice, which causes trouble when she instantly connects with seventeen-year-old Nix, who really can become invisible and has been sent to assassinate her.

Unremembered
Brody, Jessica.
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c2013.
YA FIC BRODY
A girl, estimated to be sixteen, awakens with amnesia in the wreckage of a plane crash she should not have survived and taken into foster care, and the only clue to her identity is a mysterious boy who claims she was part of a top-secret science experiment.

Deep betrayal
Brown, Anne Greenwood.
New York : Delacorte Press, c2013.
YA FIC BROWN
“As dead bodies start washing ashore, Lily and Calder realize someone’s on a killing spree–and they fear it’s either Calder’s mermaid sisters or Lily’s father.”

Lies beneath
Brown, Anne Greenwood.
New York : Delacorte Press, c2012.
YA FIC BROWN
As the only brother in a family of mermaids living in Lake Superior, Calder White is expected to seduce Lily, the daughter of the man believed to have killed the mermaids’ mother, but he begins to fall in love with her just as Lily starts to suspect the legends about the lake are true.

The grass is always greener : a Belles novel
Calonita, Jen.
New York ; Boston : Poppy, c2013.
YA FIC CALONITA
Amid preparations for their preppy Southern town’s Founders Day celebration and their own shared sweet sixteen, sisters Isabelle Scott and Mirabelle Monroe long to break free from the tight constraints that come with being the daughters of a prominent public figure.

Rise / An Eve Novel
Carey, Anna.
New York : Harper, 2013.
YA FIC CAREY
“In the stunning conclusion to Anna Carey’s thrilling dystopian trilogy, Eve has the fate of The New America in her hands”

Period 8
Crutcher, Chris.
New York : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, c2013.
YA FIC CRUTCHER
Period 8 has always been a safe haven and high school senior Paulie “The Bomb” Baum a constant attendee, but as Paulie, Hannah, their friends, and a sympathetic teacher try to unravel the mystery of a missing classmate, the ultimate bully takes aim at the school.

Dead silence
Derting, Kimberly.
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2013.
YA FIC DERTING
“When Violet, a high school senior, learns that an underground group has been carrying out murders on the order of their Charles Manson-like leader, she is pulled into a deadly hunt, where even her ability may not save her”

True / An Elixir Novel
Duff, Hilary, 1987-
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2013.
YA FIC DUFF
Photojournalist Clea Raymond struggles to help her boyfriend Sage after his soul is transferred into another body.

The sweet revenge of Celia Door
Finneyfrock, Karen.
New York : Viking, c2013.
YA FIC FINNEYFROCK
Fourteen-year-old Celia, hurt by her parents’ separation, the loss of her only friend, and a classmate’s cruelty, has only her poetry for solace until newcomer Drake Berlin befriends her, comes out to her, and seeks her help in connecting with the boy he left behind.

The obsidian mirror
Fisher, Catherine, 1957-
New York : Dial Books/Penguin Group (USA), 2013, c2012.
YA FIC FISHER
When his father disappears while experimenting with a black mirror that is a portal to both the past and the future, Jake encounters obstacles when he tries to use the mirror to find his father.

Silence
Fitzpatrick, Becca.
New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, c2011.
YA FIC FITZPATRICK
Patch and Nora enter a desperate fight to stop a villain who holds the power to shatter everything they’ve worked for — and their love — forever.

Beneath the glitter
Fowler, Elle, 1988-
New York : St. Martin’s Griffin, c2012.
YA FIC FOWLER
Sisters Sophia and Ava London are enjoying the good life in Los Angeles after their makeup and fashion videos go viral on YouTube. Beneath the glitter of the Hollywood social scene is ruthless ambition, however, and somebody close to them is working in the shadows to bring the London girls down.

The prey
Fukuda, Andrew Xia.
New York : St. Martin’s Griffin, c2013.
YA FIC FUKUDA
Struggling to avoid predators and haunted by feelings for the girl he left behind, Gene and his group of human survivors join a refuge of exiles in the mountains only to become subject to elders who impose strict and punishing codes of behavior. Is the new world just as evil as the one they left behind?

Unnatural creatures
Gaiman, Neil.
New York : HarperCollins, c2013.
YA FIC GAIMAN
A collection of sixteen stories introduces a host of strange, wondrous beings that have never existed anywhere but in the imagination, with stories from Neil Gaiman, Diana Wynne Jones, and E. Nesbit.

Light : a gone novel
Grant, Michael, 1954-
New York : Katherine Tegen Books, c2013.
YA FIC GRANT
“Answers to every mystery of the FAYZ are revealed, unexpected heroes emerge as sacrifices are made, and the Darkness is finally conquered by a force even more powerful than itself in this conclusion to the Gone series”– Provided by publisher.

Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Green, John, 1977-
New York : Dutton, c2010.
YA FIC GREEN
When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other’s best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.

Oblivion
Horowitz, Anthony, 1955- author.
New York : Scholastic Press, c2013.
YA FIC HOROWITZ
Matt. Pedro. Scott. Jamie. Scar. Five Gatekeepers have finally found one another. And only the five of them can fight the evil force that is on the rise, threatening the destruction of the world.

That time I joined the circus
Howard, J. J. (Jennifer Jane), 1972-
New York : Point, 2013.
YA FIC HOWARD
After her father’s sudden death and a break-up with her best friends, seventeen-year-old Lexi has no choice but to leave New York City seeking her long-absent mother, rumored to be in Florida with a traveling circus, where she just may discover her destiny.

Inferno : the chronicles of Nick
Kenyon, Sherrilyn, 1965-
New York : St. Martin’s Griffin, c2013.
YA FIC KENYON
Nick has his driver’s license and he’s not afraid to use it. But turning sixteen isn’t what he thought it would be. While other boys his age are worried about prom dates and applying for college, Nick is neck deep in enemies out to stop him from living another day. No longer sure if he can trust anyone, his only ally seems to be the one person he’s been told will ultimately kill him.

Dark triumph
LaFevers, Robin.
Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2013.
YA FIC LAFEVERS
“Sybella’s duty as Death’s assassin in 15th-century France forces her return home to the personal hell that she had finally escaped. Love and romance, history and magic, vengeance and salvation converge in this sequel to Grave Mercy”

Going vintage
Leavitt, Lindsey.
New York : Bloomsbury, c2013.
YA FIC LEAVITT
“When sixteen-year-old Mallory learns that her boyfriend, Jeremy, is cheating on her with his cyber “wife,” she rebels against technology by following her grandmother’s list of goals from 1962, with help from her younger sister, Ginnie.”

Game
Lyga, Barry.
New York : Little, Brown and Company, c2013.
YA FIC LYGA
“After solving a deadly case in the small town of Lobo’s Nod, seventeen-year-old Jazz, the son of history’s most infamous serial murderer, travels to New York City to help the police track down the Hat-Dog Killer”

Pieces
Lynch, Chris, 1962-
New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, c2013.
YA FIC LYNCH
Eighteen-year-old Eric deals with the loss of his older brother Duane by meeting three of the seven recipients of Duane’s organs a year after his death, and pondering who they are to him, and he to them.

A corner of white
Moriarty, Jaclyn.
New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, c2013.
YA FIC MORIARTY
Fourteen-year-old Madeleine of Cambridge, England, struggling to cope with poverty and her mother’s illness, and fifteen-year-old Elliot of the Kingdom of Cello in a parallel world where colors are villainous and his father is missing, begin exchanging notes through a crack between their worlds and find they can be of great help to each other.

If you find me
Murdoch, Emily.
New York : St. Martin’s Griffin, c2013.
YA FIC MURDOCH
“There are some things you can’t leave behind… A broken-down camper hidden deep in a national forest is the only home fifteen year-old Carey can remember. The trees keep guard over her threadbare existence, with the one bright spot being Carey’s younger sister, Jenessa, who depends on Carey for her very survival. All they have is each other, as their mentally ill mother comes and goes with greater frequency. Until that one fateful day their mother disappears for good, and two strangers arrive. Suddenly, the girls are taken from the woods and thrust into a bright and perplexing new world of high school, clothes and boys. Now, Carey must face the truth of why her mother abducted her ten years ago, while haunted by a past that won’t let her go… a dark past that hides many a secret, including the reason Jenessa hasn’t spoken a word in over a year. Carey knows she must keep her sister close, and her secrets even closer, or risk watching her new life come crashing down.”

Darius & Twig
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, c2013.
YA FIC MYERS
“Two best friends, a writer and a runner, deal with bullies, family issues, social pressures, and their quest for success coming out of Harlem”

Unbreakable
Norris, Elizabeth.
New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, c2013.
YA FIC NORRIS
Four months after Ben returned to his home universe, Janelle learns that he is the prime suspect in a human trafficking ring, and she and Interverse Agent Barclay have five days to find the real culprit or the missing people may be lost forever.

Out of nowhere
Padian, Maria.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2013.
YA FIC PADIAN
Performing community service for pulling a stupid prank against a rival high school, soccer star Tom tutors a Somali refugee with soccer dreams of his own.

Kingdom keepers : dark passage
Pearson, Ridley.
New York : Disney Hyperion, 2013.
YA FIC PEARSON
“The Kingdom Keepers and their friends discover that Maleficent and the Overtakers are plotting a catastrophic event that could have repercussions far beyond the world of Disney unless they solve a puzzle that is revealed during the Disney Cruise Line’s inaugural passage through the Panama Canal.”

Until I die
Plum, Amy.
New York : Harper Teen/HarperCollins Publishers, c2012.
YA FIC PLUM
The sequel to Die for Me, set in Paris, where a girl and a boy with a terrifying paranormal destiny fight dangerous forces to be together.

Dr. Bird’s advice for sad poets
Roskos, Evan.
Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2013.
YA FIC ROSKOS
A sixteen-year-old boy wrestling with depression and anxiety tries to cope by writing poems, reciting Walt Whitman, hugging trees, and figuring out why his sister has been kicked out of the house.

This is what happy looks like
Smith, Jennifer E., 1980-
New York : Poppy, 2013.
YA FIC SMITH
“Perfect strangers Graham Larkin and Ellie O’Neill meet online when Graham accidentally sends Ellie an e-mail about his pet pig, Wilbur. The two 17- year-olds strike up an e-mail relationship from opposite sides of the country and don’t even know each other’s first names. What’s more, Ellie doesn’t know Graham is a famous actor, and Graham doesn’t know about the big secret in Ellie’s family tree. When the relationship goes from online to in-person, they find out whether their relationship can be the real thing”

Nameless : a tale of beauty and madness
St. Crow, Lili.
New York : Razorbill, 2013.
YA FIC ST. CROW
When sixteen-year-old Camille, the adopted heiress of Enrico Vultusino who is head of the families that rule the magic ridden New Haven, meets the mysterious Tor, she begins to uncover the secrets of her past.

Pivot point
West, Kasie.
New York : HarperTeen, c2013.
YA FIC WEST
“A girl with the power to search alternate futures lives out six weeks of two different lives in alternating chapters. Both futures hold the potential for love and loss, and ultimately she is forced to choose which fate she is willing to live through”.

Young Adult Non-Fiction -

Bullying
Kuykendall, Sally.
Santa Barbara, CA : Greenwood, c2012.
YA 302.343 KUY

Rough Guide to the Titanic
Ward, Greg.
London : Rough Guides, c2012.
YA 910.9163 WAR
A century after the most famous shipwreck in history, mysteries, controversies, and arguments still surround the tragedy. “The Rough Guide to the Titanic” tells the full, compelling story of the supposedly unsinkable liner. At its heart lies the epic human drama of the Titanic’s final hours, between striking the iceberg and disappearing beneath the freezing Atlantic waters.

Emancipation Proclamation : Lincoln and the dawn of liberty
Bolden, Tonya.
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, c2013.
YA 973.714 BOL
“Emancipation Proclamation offers readers a unique look at an often misunderstood American document. It scrutinizes the steps that led to Lincoln’s proclamation, the change in his views on how to address the divided country and the plight of black people-free and enslaved-as well as the actual purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation and what it ultimately achieved”

Young Adult Paperbacks -

Deadly
Harvey, Sarah N., 1950-
Victoria, BC : Orca Publishers, 2013.
YAPB HARVEY
“Amy and Eric are the perfect couple-popular, god-looking, happy. But after they are seen arguing at a party Amy disappears and Eric is the number -one suspect. Amy wakes up alonge in a windowless, all-white room. As Amy tries to figure out a way to escape, she must also follow the instructions in a bizarre letter from her kidnapper. as Eric tries to figure out where Amy is any who took her, he discovers that the past has a way of coming back and biting you in the butt”

Fang girl
Keeble, Helen.
New York : HarperTeen, c2012.
YAPB KEEBLE
Although fifteen-year-old Jane has always loved vampire lore, she is surprised to awaken in her coffin with fangs, and she goes to her parents and younger brother for help in figuring out why undead factions are vying for her eternal allegiance.

Night terrors
Rodman, Sean, 1972-
Victoria, BC : Orca Book Publishers, 2013.
YAPB RODMAN
Hoping to move past the death of his little brother and his own nightmares, Dylan takes a summer job at a wilderness resort.

Damage
Stevenson, Robin, 1968-
Victoria, B.C. ; Custer, WA : Orca Book Publishers, c2013.
YAPB STEVENSON
In an attempt to escape from his overbearing parents, Theo goes on a spontaneous road trip with his old babysitter, and ends up in an uncomfortable situation.

With all my soul
Vincent, Rachel.
Don Mills, Ontario : Harlequin Teen, 2013.
YAPB VINCENT
Undead survivor Kaylee Cavanaugh must turn the incarnations of Avarice, Envy and Vanity against one another in order to protect her friends once and forever. But when one more person close to her is taken, Kaylee realizes she can’t save everyone she loves without risking everything she has.

Tagged
Walters, Eric, 1957-
Victoria, BC : Orca Book Publishers, c2013.
YAPB WALTERS
The city is cracking down on graffiti and guerilla art, but the Wiz is fighting back by taking on the mayor himself.