Sunday, September 01, 2013

New in September

Gated
By Amy Christine Parker
Seventeen-year-old Lyla feels ambivalent when the charismatic leader of her isolated suburban community is told that the end of the world is near and when it arrives they must all be ready to defend themselves against the unchosen.
Spies and Prejudice
By Talia Vance

"Berry Fields's life working for her dad's investigation firm and searching for clues to her mother's death unravels when gorgeous Tanner arrives in town and changes everything"-- Provided by publisher.
Love Disguised
Lisa Klein
After a mixed-up courtship with the Hathaway sisters ends badly, eighteen-year-old Will Shakespeare jumps at the chance to go to London, where he can pursue his dream of becoming an actor and where he is about to meet the girl who will change his life forever.
In the After
By Demitria Lunetta
In a post-apocalyptic world where nothing is as it seems, seventeen-year-old Amy and Baby, a child she found while scavenging, struggle to survive while vicious, predatory creatures from another planet roam the Earth.
Boy on the Bridge
By Natalie Standiford
It is 1982 and nineteen-year-old Laura Reid is spending a semester in Leningrad studying Russian, but when she meets Alyosha she discovers the dissident Russia--a world of wild parties, underground books and music, love, and constant danger.
Rush
By Eve Silver
Rochester, New York, high schooler Miki Jones is pulled into a sort of a game in which she and other teens battle real-life aliens and the consequences of each battle could be deadly.
Salt: A Story of Friendship in a Time of War
By Helen Frost
Twelve-year-olds Anikwa, of the Miami village of Kekionga, and James, of the trading post outside Fort Wayne, find their friendship threatened by the rising fear and tension brought by the War of 1812.
Ink
By Amanda Sun
After a family tragedy in Deep River, Canada Katie Greene is sent to live with her aunt in Shizuoka, Japan. There she feels lost and alone until she meets the mysterious Tomohiro and strange things begin to happen whenever they are together : ink drips from nowhere, drawings come to life, etc. As their relationship deepens Katie becomes drawn into Tomo's world, that is somehow connected to the kami - powerful ancient Japanese beings.
Second Impact
By David Klass
When Jerry Downing, star quarterback in a small football town, gets a second chance after his drunk driving had serious consequences, Carla Jensen, ace reporter for the school newspaper, invites him to join her in writing a blog, mainly about sports.
Identity Theft
By Anna Davies
Someone claiming to be Hayley posts incriminating photographs of her online, jeopardizing her chance at a college scholarship, but when the photographs reveal dark secrets in her family's past, Hayley learns her very life is at stake.
Lauren Yanofsky Hates the Holocaust
By Leanne Lieberman
Lauren, a Jewish teenager, is tired of hearing about the Holocaust but must make a tough choice when some friends play Nazi war games.
Topsy: The Startling Story of the Crooked-Tailed Elephant
By Michael Daly
Describes how P.T. Barnum's Topsy the elephant was electrocuted in Coney Island with 6600 volts of alternating current as proof that it was much more dangerous than direct current in an ongoing dispute between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse.
Gettysburg: The True Account of Two Young Heroes in the Greatest Battle of the Civil War
By Iain C. Martin
An account of the historic Civil War battle from the perspectives of two teenage soldiers draws on first-hand accounts to cover key events while providing complementary maps, related trivia, and original photographs.