Wednesday, May 01, 2013

New in May

Ashes of Twilight
By Kassy Tayler
Sixteen-year-old Wren MacAvoy works as a coal miner for a domed city where, after 200 years, society is complacent and coal is diminishing until she unwittingly becomes a catalyst for a revolution that destroys the dome, which could mean the end of everything.
Furious
By Jill Wolfson
After becoming the Furies of Greek mythology, three angry high school girls take revenge on everyone who deserves it.
Hooked 
By Liz Fichera
Invited to become her varsity golf team's only female member, Fredericka Oday pursues a dream of earning a scholarship only to be challenged by golden boy Ryan Berenger, who resents Fred for replacing his best friend on the team.
My Brother's Book
By Maurice Sendak
Presents a poem Sendak wrote to pay homage to his late brother, Jack, whom he credited for his passion for writing and drawing.
Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood
By Abby McDonald
Sisters Hallie and Grace relocate to Beverly Hills after the death of their father and struggle with respective challenges, from Grace's memories of a crush to Hallie's tempestuous love triangle.
Money Run 
By Jack Heath
Fifteen-year-olds Ashley and Benjamin are planning the heist of a lifetime, but they are not counting on a hit man who has plans of his own.
Moonset
By Scott Tracey
Five orphaned teenagers, the offspring of a terrorist witch coven known as Moonset, struggle against the destructive legacy left by their parents.
Three Little Words: A Memoir
By Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Ashley spent nine years in foster care after being taken away from her mother. She endured many caseworkers, moving from school to school and manipulative, humiliating and abusive treatment from one foster family. See how she survives and eventually thrives against the odds.
 
Out of Nowhere
By Maria 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.
The Program
By Suzanne Young
When suicide becomes a worldwide epidemic, the only known cure is The Program, a treatment in which painful memories are erased, a fate worse than death to seventeen-year-old Sloane who knows that The Program will steal memories of her dead brother and boyfriend.
Sacred
By Elana K. Arnold
Since her older brother died Scarlett has felt emotionally cut off from everyone on Catalina Island except for her horse, and she has become anorexic--but when she meets a strange boy named Will Cohen she begins to rediscover herself.
It's Raining Fish and Spiders
By Bill Evans
Provides information on tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, and other types of extreme weather, with personal anecdotes from the meteorologist author and examples from some of the well-known storms of the past.
Spellbinding 
By Maya Gold
When sixteen-year-old Abby traces her deceased mother's family to the Salem Witch Trials, the nightmares she has been having begin to make sense, but soon she is caught up in a love triangle and an age-old quest for revenge.
Touch of Death
By Kelly Hashway

Jodi Marshall discovers she's part of a branch of necromancers born under the 13th sign of the zodiac, Ophiuchus. As if that isn't difficult enough, Jodi discovers she's the chosen one who has to save the rest of her kind from perishing at the hands of Hades. If she can't figure out how to control her power, history will repeat itself, and her race will become extinct.
Renegade
By Amy Carol Reeves
"After vanquishing the Conclave, Arabella Sharp tries to focus on her medical studies but soon discovers that she and those she loves have not escaped the manipulations of the Ripper"-- Provided by the publisher.

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