Thursday, January 01, 2015

New in January

All the Bright Places
By Jennifer Niven

Meeting on the ledge of their school's bell tower, misfit Theodore Finch and suicidal Violet Markey find acceptance and healing that are overshadowed by Finch's fears about Violet's growing social world.






The Bane Chronicles
By Cassandra Clare

A collection of eleven short stories, previously published online, that illuminate the life of the enigmatic, flashy, and flamboyant High Warlock of Brooklyn, Magnus Bane, a character in The Mortal Instruments series.






The Boy in the Black Suit
By Jason Reynolds

Working in the local funeral home to support his family after his mother's death and his father's descent into alcoholism, Matt falls in love with a tough girl who never cries and who understands his loneliness.






The Ghosts of Heaven
By Marcus Sedgwick

Four linked stories of discovery and survival begin with a Paleolithic-era girl who makes the first written signs, continue with Anna, who people call a witch, then a mad twentieth-century poet who watches the ocean knowing the horrors it hides, and concluding with an astronaut on the first spaceship from Earth sent to colonize another world.




Girl Online
By Zoe Sugg

Penny has a secret. Under the alias GirlOnline, Penny blogs her hidden feelings about friendship, boys, high school drama, her crazy family, and the panic attacks that have begun to take over her life. When things go from bad to worse, her family whisks her away to New York, where she meets Noah, a gorgeous, guitar-strumming American. Suddenly Penny is falling in love -- and capturing every moment of it on her blog. But Noah has a secret, too, one that threatens to ruin Penny's cover -- and her closest friendship -- forever.


Ignite
By Sara Larson










The Name of the Blade
By Zoe Marriott

When Mio steals her grandfather's priceless katana, she unknowingly unleashes an ancient evil into modern-day London and must learn to control the katana's legendary power.






No Place to Fall
By Jaye Robin Brown

Becoming intimate with her best friend's older brother while preparing to audition for a prestigious arts school, good girl Amber begins questioning her beliefs and faces an impossible choice in the wake of a family tragedy






Now That You're Here
By Amy Nichols

When street smart graffiti artist, Danny, is jolted into a parallel world, only Eevee, an alluring science geek has the know-how to get him home. But as he falls for her, his motives grow foggy.






Princess of Thorns
By Stacey Jay

A romantic fantasy adventure imagines the story of Sleeping Beauty's warrior princess daughter, whose fairy gifts of strength, bravery and mercy are overshadowed by a curse that causes her to destroy the free will of any male who kisses her.