Wednesday, January 01, 2014

New in January

These Broken Stars
By Amie Kaufman and Megan Spooner
Two star-crossed lovers must fight for survival when they crash land on a seemingly uninhabited planet.


Full Ride
By Margaret Peterson Haddix
After her father is convicted of embezzlement, Becca Jones, fourteen, and her mother flee Georgia for small-town Ohio. But three years later, Becca learns that her father's misdeeds may have jeopardized not just her future but also her life.






Control
Lydia Kang
Orphaned by a tragic plane crash, Zel struggles to protect her younger sister, who is abducted by strangers using bizarre sensory weapons. Zel herself ends up in a safe house for teens where she draws on broken-down technology, her new friends' peculiar gifts, and her own grit to rescue her sister.

Swagger
By Carl Deuker
High school senior point guard Jonas Dolan is on the fast track to a basketball career until an unthinkable choice puts his future on the line.







Cherry Money Baby
By John Cusick
Loving her small-town life and planning to marry her sweetheart as soon as she graduates, Cherry Kerrigan is swept into the world of fast cars and penthouse parties by a newcomer who makes Cherry a life-changing offer involving a baby.


The Fury
By Alexander Gordon Smith
To defend themselves, a ragtag group of teens bands together at an abandoned amusement park after one day when, without warning, the entire human race turns against them.


Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer
By Katie Alender
While in Paris on a class trip, Colette Iselin enlists the help of her charming French tour guide to help uncover a possible connection between Marie Antoinette, a series of gruesome murders, and perhaps her own family history.






Beauty's Daughter
By Carolyn Meyer
When renowned beauty Helen runs off to Troy with Prince Paris, her enraged husband, King Menelaus, starts the Trojan War, leaving their plain daughter, Hermione, alone to witness the deaths of heroes on both sides and longing to find her own love and place in the world.





Wise Young Fool
By Sean Beaudoin
A teenaged guitarist in a rock band deals with loss and anger as he related the events that landed him in a juvenile detention center.


Earth Girl
By Janet Edwards
Abandoned on Earth because of her inability to survive on other planets, Jarra crafts a fake background for herself to join a class of norms who are excavating the dangerous ruins of the old cities.

Killer of Enemies
By Joseph Bruchac
In a world that has barely survived an apocalypse that leaves it with pre-twentieth century technology, Lozen is a monster hunter for four tyrants who are holding her family hostage.







After Eden
By Helen Douglas
Eden must choose between helping Ryan, a time-traveler, and her best friend Connor who, according to Ryan, is about to become famous through a significant scientific discovery that will ultimately ruin the world.







Loud Awake and Lost
By Adele Griffin
Eight months after a debilitating car accident leaves her with brain trauma and a back injury, amnesiac teen Ember tries to piece together the six weeks of her life leading up to the accident -- and determine why none of her friends or family are willing to talk about it.






Prophecy
By Ellen Oh
A demon slayer -- and the only female warrior in the King's army -- must battle demon soldiers, an evil shaman, and the Demon Lord to find the lost ruby of the Dragon King's prophecy and save her kingdom.





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