Wednesday, July 01, 2015

New in July

The Fixer
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

When her grandfather develops dementia, sixteen-year-old Tess, who has been keeping his Montana ranch going, is whisked away to Washington D.C. by a sister she barely knows, who throws Tess into a world of politics, wealth, love triangles, and family secrets.




Ink and Bone
by Rachel Caine

Jess Brightwell believes in the value of the Great Library, but the majority of his knowledge comes from illegal books obtained by his family, who are involved in the thriving black market. Jess has been sent to be his family's spy, but his loyalties are tested in the final months of his training to enter the Library's service.




No Such Person
by Caroline B. Cooney

A sibling rivalry between a free-spirited younger sister and her success-driven older sister escalates into tragedy and mystery for a family during a lakeside summer.






Silver in the Blood
By Jessica Day George

In 1897, seventeen-year-olds Dacia and Lou, New York socialites and cousins, visit their maternal homeland of Romania and learn the family secret -- they are shapeshifters, and expected to take their rightful places and marry proper husbands.





Charlie, Presumed Dead
by Anne Heltzel

Lena and Aubrey each hide their own secrets, and set off in search of the truth about Charlie, after meeting at his funeral and learning that he was dating both of them.





Hallowed
by Tonya Hurley

Lucy, Ceclia, and Agnes have sacrificed everything for their belief in a boy who stole their hearts; the girls have struggled to reconcile with their destinies. Now, as the world turns against them, will they be able to hold steadfast? Will they survive the final test?




Deceptive
by Emily Lloyd-Jones

Struggling to survive in a world where an experimental vaccine has granted superpowers as well as caused terrible side effects, three teens risk everything to expose the collaboration between their government and super-powered criminals.





Devoted
by Jennifer Mathieu

Rachel Walker is devoted to God and her large family, but her curiosity about the world her parents turned away from grows. She finds that neither the Calvary Christian Church nor her homeschool education have the answer she craves, so she considers leaving her sheltered life, just as her older sister did.




The Summer of Chasing Mermaids
by Sarah Ockler

After a boating accident takes her beautiful singing and speaking voice from her, Elyse d'Abreau, youngest of six sisters, leaves her home in Tobago to stay in an Oregon seaside town where Christian Kane, a notorious playboy, challenges her to express herself and overcome her fear of the sea.




Heart of Betrayal
by Mary E. Pearson

Held captive in the kingdom of Venda, Princess Lia and Rafe have little chance of escape -- and even less of being together -- as the foundations of Lia's deeply held beliefs crumble beneath her while she wrestles with her upbringing, her gift, and her very sense of self to make powerful choices that affect everything.




I Am Princess X
by Cherie Priest

Years after writing stories about a superheroine character she created with a best friend who's since passed away, sixteen-year-old May is shocked to see stickers, patches, and graffitti images of their heroine appearing around Seattle.





More Happy than Not
by Adam Silvera

After enduring his father's suicide, his own suicide attempt, broken friendships, and more in the Bronx projects, Aaron Soto, sixteen, is already considering the Leteo Institute's memory-alteration procedure when his new friendship with Thomas turns to unrequited love.




Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls
by Lynn Weingarten

They say Delia burned herself to death in her stepfather's shed, but June doesn't believe it was a suicide. She and Delia used to be closer than anything, but one night last year, everything changed when they and June's boyfriend Ryan let their good time get out of hand. Now, June owes it to Delia to know if her best friend committed suicide or was murdered.



Renegade
by Kerry Wilkinson

Silver Blackthorn's on the run with the other eleven Offerings she helped to escape from Windsor Castle, trying to keep them all from the clutches of Minister Prime, King Victor, and the Kingsmen, when all she wants is to be reunited with family and friends.






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