Wednesday, August 01, 2012

New in August

Deadly Pink
By Vivian Vande Velde
Fourteen-year-old Grace must find a way to get her older sister out of a princess-filled virtual reality RPG (role playing game)--before it is too late.
Dragonswood
By Janet Lee Carey
In 1192 A.D. on Wilde Island, Tess, the daughter of a cruel blacksmith, is accused of witchcraft and must flee, but when she meets a handsome and enigmatic warden of Dragonswood who offers her shelter, she does not realize that he too harbors a secret that may finally bring about peace among the races of dragon, human, and fairy.

The Girl is Trouble
By Kathryn Miller Haines
Late 1942 in New York City finds fifteen-year-old Iris helping more with her father's detective business, as long as she follows his rules and learns his techniques, but her investigation into her mother's supposed suicide gets Iris in big trouble--and not just with her father.
Junk Box Jewelry
By Sarah Drew
Shows crafters how to make jewelry from everyday objects and to look for opportunities to sell their creations.
For Darkness Shows the Stars
By Diana Peterfreund
"Elliot North fights to save her family's land and her own heart in this post-apocalyptic reimaging of Jane Austen's PERSUASION"-- Provided by publisher.

Tiger Lily 
By Jodi Lynn Anderson
Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily receives special protections from the spiritual forces of Neverland, but then she meets her tribe's most dangerous enemy--Peter Pan--and falls in love with him.
Soulbound 
By Heather Brewer
Seventeen-year-old Kaya, a Healer who wants to learn to fight, must attend Shadow Academy where fighting by Healers is outlawed, and so she asks two young men to train her in secret, leading to a choice that will change their lives forever.
Seventeen Ultimate Guide to Beauty 
By Ann Shoket
Provides hair and makeup advice for teen girls about how to enhance their features, based on their individual skin tone, hair texture, and more.
Keeping the Castle
By Patrice Kindl
In order to support her family and maintain their ancient castle in Lesser Hoo, seventeen-year-old Althea bears the burden of finding a wealthy suitor who can remedy their financial problems.
Seraphina
By Rachel Hartman
In a world where dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce and dragons can assume human form, Seraphina, whose mother died giving birth to her, grapples with her own identity amid magical secrets and royal scandals, while she struggles to accept and develop her extraordinary musical talents.
The Unofficial Hunger Games Cookbook
By Emily Ansara Baines
With dishes like French bread from the Mellark Family Bakery to Gale’s Bone-Pickin’ Big Game soup to Capitol-Grade Dark Chocolate Cake, this collection of recipes, inspired by the Hunger Games series, lets readers create meals from Panem.
Magic Under Stone
By Jaclyn Dolamore
Star-crossed lovers Nimira and Erris seek the sorcerer Ordoria Valdana hoping he will be able to free Erris from his clockwork form, but Valdana has vanished and as Nimira studies his spell books she realizes the terrible danger that could come from returning Erris to real life.
A World Away
By Nancy Grossman
Sixteen-year-old Eliza, an Amish girl, goes to work for an "English" family as a nanny to two young children, and must then choose between two entirely different ways of life.
Starters
By Lissa Price
To support herself and her younger brother in a future Beverly Hills, sixteen-year-old Callie hires her body out to seniors who want to experience being young again, and she lives a fairy-tale life until she learns that her body will commit murder, unless her mind can stop it.