Saturday, June 01, 2013

New in June

The Rules
By Stacey Kade
At sixteen, Ariane Tucker has been careful to elude those seeking her since her escape from a genetics lab ten years earlier, but the attention of classmate Zane, both frightening and intoxicating, tempts her to risk violating at least one of her adoptive father's five simple rules.
The Ruining
By Anna Collomore
Still feeling guilty over the death of her little sister leaves eighteen-year-old Annie vulnerable when she takes a nanny job in beautiful Marin County, California, and meets her very controlling employer.
Gorgeous
By Paul Rudnick
When eighteen-year-old Becky Randle's mother dies, she is whisked away from a trailer park to New York City, where fashion designer Tom Kelly offers to transform her into a glamorous Rebecca, a girl fit for a prince--but soon she begins to fear that she will lose touch with her real self.
The 5th Wave
By Richard Yancey
Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.
My Adventures as a Young Filmmaker
By Andrew Jenks
The award-winning creator of the World of Jenks documentary series describes how a resolve to share the stories of his generation inspired his career, in a personal portrait that imparts his values about flexibility, creativity and never saying no.
The Lucy Variations
By Sara Zarr
Sixteen-year-old San Franciscan Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. Her chance at a career has passed, and she decides to help her ten-year-old piano prodigy brother, Gus, map out his own future, even as she explores why she enjoyed piano in the first place.
The Summer I Became a Nerd 
By Leah Rea Miller
Madelyne Summers looks and acts like a typical blonde cheerleader but on the inside she agonizes over what will happen in the next issue of her favorite comic book. She has kept the fact that she is a nerd hiding in a popular girls body a secret until she slips up in front of the guy behind the local comic store counter. She is soon whisked into a world of comic conventions and live-action role play and she loves it but she must decide if she is willing to let her real self be known.
The Caged Graves 
By Dianne Salemi
Returning to her hometown of Catawissa, Pennsylvania, in 1867 to marry a man she has never met, seventeen-year-old Verity Boone gets caught up in the mystery surrounding the graves of her mother and aunt and a dangerous hunt for Revolutionary-era gold.
Women of the Frontier 
By Brandon Marie Miller
Drawing on journal entries, letters, and song lyrics to evoke the courage and spirit of female pioneers, a collection of portraits traces the lives of such individuals as Amelia Stewart Knight, Miriam Colt, and Clara Brown.
Erasing Time 
By C.J. Hill
Eighteen-year-old twins Taylor and Sheridan are pulled into the future and must find a way to stop the evil government from using the time machine again.
Prisoner B-3087
By Alan Gratz
Based on the life of Jack Gruener, this book relates his story of survival from the Nazi occupation of Krakow, when he was eleven, through a succession of concentration camps, to the final liberation of Dachau.
Starstruck 
By Rachel Shukert
"Set in Old Hollywood, follows the lives of three teen girls as they live, love, and claw their way to the top in a world where being a star is all that matters"--Provided by publisher.
Little Boy Blue
By Kim Kavin
After adopting a rescue dog named Blue, the author traces the canine's origins and in the process exposes the brutalities of the U.S. shelter system.
This Girl is Different
By J.J. Johnson
Having always been home schooled by her counter-culture mother, Evie has decided to spend her senior year at the local public high school, an experience that challenges her preconceptions about friendship, boundaries, and power.
The Book of Broken Hearts 
By Sarah Ockler
"Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the most important thing is this: The Vargas brothers are notorious heartbreakers. But as Jude begins to fall for Emilio Vargas, she begins to wonder if her sisters were wrong"--.
The Cadet of Tildor
By Alex Lidell
At the Academy of Tildor, the training ground for elite soldiers, Cadet Renee de Winter struggles to keep up with her male peers, but when her mentor is kidnapped to fight in illegal gladiator games, Renee and best friend Alec struggle to do what is right in a world of crime and political intrigue.

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