Saturday, August 01, 2015

New in August

Ruthless
by Carolyn Lee Adams

When Ruth is kidnapped, she's determined not to become a serial killer's next trophy. After she's able to escape, her captor begins stalking her through the wilderness.






The Summer After You and Me
by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

A year after Superstorm Sandy, Lucy's life is returning to normal at the New Jersey shore, where she has grown up surfing with her twin brother, crabbing and long-boarding with friends, and working at Surf Taco, but the torch she holds for summer resident Connor, the center of The Big Mistake, still burns.

Bright Lights, Dark Nights
by Stephen Emond

Walter Wilcox's first love, Naomi, happens to be African American, so when Walter's policeman father is caught in a racial profiling scandal, the teens' bond and mutual love of the Foo Fighters may not be enough to keep them together through the pressures they face at school, at home, and online.





Conviction
by Kelly Loy Gilbert

A small-town boy questions everything he holds to be true when his father is accused of murder.







None of the Above
by I.W. Gregorio

When Kristen discovers that she is intersex and possesses male chromosomes--a diagnosis that is leaked to the whole school--throwing Kristin's entire identity into question.






Proof of Forever
by Lexa Hillyer

Four former friends are transported back in time to a pivotal summer in all of their lives during a camp reunion.







Edge of Forever
by Melissa Hurst

In 2146, seventeen-year-old Bridger, one of a small group of people born with the ability to travel to the past, investigates why his by-the-book father traveled to 2013 to break the most important rule of time travel by preventing someone's murder.



Damage Done
by Amanda Panitch

Julia Vann has a new identity after being forced to leave town because of her twin brother's terrible crime. Julia is the only survivor, but she can't remember what happened--at least, that's what she tells the police.
Storm
by Amanda Sun

Katie finally uncovers the terrible secret about her boyfriend Tomohiro--that he is descended from ancient Japanese gods and heir to a tragedy that occurred long ago, a tragedy that is about to repeat.






Three Day Summer
by Sarvenaz Tash

During the three days of the music festival known as Woodstock, Michael Michaelson of Somerville, Massachusetts, and Cora Fletcher, a volunteer in the medical tent who lives nearby, share incredible experiences, the greatest of which is meeting each other.





Because You'll Never Meet Me
by Leah Thomas

Ollie, who has seizures when near electricity, lives in a backwoods cabin with his mother and rarely sees other people, and Moritz, born with no eyes and a heart defect that requires a pacemaker, is bullied at his high school, but when a physician who knows both suggests they begin corresponding, they form a strong bond that may get them through dark times.




Tommy: The Gun that Changed America
by Karen Blumenthal

John Taliaferro Thompson had a mission: To develop a lightweight, fast-firing weapon that would help Americans win on the battlefield. His Thompson submachine gun could deliver a hundred bullets in a matter of seconds, but didn't find a market in the U.S. military. Instead, the "Tommy" gun because the weapon of choice for a generation of bootleggers and bank-robbing outlaws, thus becoming a deadly American icon.



One Direction: Who We Are: Our Autobiography
by One Direction

The superstar boy band offer their first ever official biography, chronicling their humble beginnings before their breakthrough success on X Factor through their successful albums, the making of their movie and their rise to global popularity.





The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll's History and Her Impact on Us
by Tanya Lee Stone

During her unparalleled fifty-year history, Barbie has been the doll that some people love . .  and some people love to hate. There's no question she's influence generations, but to what end? Acclaimed nonfiction author Tanya Lee Stone takes an unbiased look at how Barbie became the icon she is, and the impact that she's had on our culture (and vice-versa).