New in September

Shining On: Various Authors: 159 pages

From a cheerleader's breakup to dark family secrets, a collection of short stories by authors like Meg Cabot, Lois Lowry, and Celia Rees provides engaging tales about joys, dramas, and tribulations young people endure as they come of age.

Tantalize: Cynthia Leitich Smith: 310 pages

When multiple murders in Austin, Texas, threaten the grand re-opening of her family's vampire-themed restaurant, seventeen-year-old, orphaned Quincie worries that her best friend-turned-love interest, Keiren, a werewolf-in-training, may be the prime suspect.

While I Live: John Marsden: 299 pages

Even though the war is over and she is back on her family's farm, Ellie Linton is haunted by the memories and now must discover how to find the enemy within herself in order to move on with her life.

The Mysterious Benedict Society: Trenton Lee Stewart: 485 pages

After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.

What Makes You Happy: Jimmy Gownley: 167 pages

The second collection of comics about Amelia and her friends, the Gathering of Awesome Super Pals (G.A.S.P.), in which Amelia tries to come to terms with her Aunt Tanner's fame and goes to Manhattan with her father.

How to Take the Ex out of Ex-Boyfriend: Janette Rallison: 265 pages

Giovanna rashly breaks up with her boyfriend Jesse when he refuses to help her twin brother with his campaign for Student Council president, but fixing her mistake may be more difficult for her than she realizes.

The Rose Bride: Nancy Holder: 245 pages

After Rose's father's new wife, Ombrine, moves in with her evil daughter, the two will stop at nothing to ruin her life, so when they attempt to destroy the relationship between Rose and King Jean-Marc and tear out her late mother's beautiful garden, Rose's only inspiration for living lies in the beauty of a single blossom that survived the attack.