New in October

A Plague Year
By Edward Bloor

A ninth-grader who works with his father in the local supermarket describes the plague of meth addiction that consumes many people in his Pennsylvania coal mining town from 9/11 and the nearby crash of United Flight 93 in Shanksville to the Quecreek Mine disaster in Somerset the following summer.





All These Things I've Done
By Gabrielle Zevin

In a dystopian future where chocolate and caffeine are contraband, teenage cellphone use is illegal, and water and paper are carefully rationed, sixteen-year-old Anya Balanchine finds herself thrust unwillingly into the spotlight as heir apparent to an important New York City crime family.





Top Secret: Shady Tales of Spies and Spying
By Dorling Kindersley

This entertaining look at spying throughout history covers gadgets and tools, techniques, famous spies, tips for aspiring secret agents, and more.







The Poisoned House
By Michael Ford

As the widowed master of an elegant house in Victorian-era London slips slowly into madness and his tyrannical housekeeper takes on more power, a ghostly presence distracts a teenaged maidservant with clues to a deadly secret.






Dark of the Moon
By Tracy Barrett

Retells the story of the minotaur through the eyes of his fifteen-year-old sister, Ariadne, a lonely girl destined to become a goddess of the moon, and her new friend, Theseus, the son of Athens' king who was sent to Crete as a sacrifice to her misshapen brother.






Every Thing on It
By Shel Silverstein

This poetry collection includes more than 130 never-before-seen poems and drawings selected by Silverstein's family from his archives.







The Only Ones
By Aaron Starmer

After setting off from the island where he has been leading a solitary existence, thirteen-year-old Martin discovers a village with other children who have been living similarly without any adults, since the grown-ups have all been spirited away.






Silhouetted by the Blue
By Traci L. Jones

After the death of her mother in an automobile accident, seventh-grader Serena, who has gotten the ead in her middle school play, is left to handle the day-to-day challenges of caring for herself and her younger brother when their father cannot pull himself out of his depression.






First Kill
By Heather Brewer

The summer before ninth grade, when Joss sets off to meet his uncle and hunt down the beast that murdered his younger sister three years earlier, he learns he is destined to join the Slayer Society.







Alice in Time
By Penelope Bush

As her self-centered behavior spirals out of control, fourteen-year-old Alice gets an unusual chance to fix her whole disastrous life when she is mysteriously spirited back in time.







Children's Book of Mythical Beasts & Magical Monsters
By Dorling Kindersley

Shares tales of adventure, quests, magical creatures from around the world.








The Day Before
By Lisa Schroeder

Sixteen-year-old Amber, hoping to spend one perfect day alone at the beach before her world is turned upside down, meets and feels a strong connection to Cade, who is looking for his own escape, for a very different reason.






Wolf Mark
By Joseph Bruchac

When Lucas King's covert-ops father is kidnapped and his best friend Meena is put in danger, Luke's only chance to save them--a skin that will let him walk as a wolf--is hidden away in an abandoned mansion guarded by monsters.