New in January

Rot and Ruin
By Jonathan Maberry

In a post-apocalyptic world where fences and border patrols guard the few people left from the zombies that have overtaken civilization, fifteen-year-old Benny Imura is finally convinced that he must follow in his older brother's footsteps and become a bounty hunter.





The Jumbee
By Pamela Keyes

Devastated by the death of her Shakespearean-actor father, Esti Legard moves to a tropical island for her senior year in high school, where she finds herself torn between a mysterious, masked mentor and a seductive island boy, as she tries to escape the overpowering shadow of her famous father.




Lincoln's Flying Spies: Thaddeus Lowe and the Civil War Balloon Corps
By Gail Jarrow

Describes the contributions made to the Union's efforts in the Civil War by Thaddeus Lowe and a corps of hot air balloonists who helped spy on the Confederate army, despite becoming targets in the war themselves.

King of Ithaka
By Tracy Barrett

When sixteen-year-old Telemachos and his two best friends, one a centaur, leave their life of privilege to undertake a quest to find Telemachos's father Odysseus, they learn much along the way about what it means to be a man and a king.





Threads and Flames
By Esther Friesner

After recovering from typhus, thirteen-year-old Raisa leaves her Polish shtetl for America to join her older sister, and goes to work at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory.







Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in Sudan
By John Bul Dau

Chronicles the experiences of a husband and wife who as children fled the poverty and violence of southern Sudan, describing the devastating impact of famine and war on the region while sharing memories of their efforts to adapt to American life.

Z
By Michael Thomas Ford

In the year 2032, after a virus that turned people into zombies has been eradicated, Josh is invited to join an underground gaming society, where the gamers hunt zombies and the action is more dangerous than it seems.






When I Was Joe
By Keren David

After Ty and his mother are placed in a witness protection program because he can identify his friend's murderers, he finds himself adjusting, but when his grandmother is hurt in a deliberate attack designed to get him to return to London, he knows he must make a choice.





Enchanted Ivy
By Sarah Beth Durst

To achieve her dream of attending Princeton University, sixteen-year-old Lily Carter accepts the challenge of seeking the Ivy Key to a magical realm, where she finds herself caught in a power struggle between two worlds, with her family at its center.





Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes: Unforgettable Experiments That Make Science Fun
By Steve Spangler

A collection of easy and entertaining home science experiments from the creator of the popular "Mentos soda geyser" viral video.






Soccerland
By Beth Choat

When Flora leaves her family and their Maine potato farm for a tryout at the International Sports Academy, she struggles to hold her own through injuries, learning new positions, and contempt from other players.






Nobel Genes
By Rune Michaels

A boy whose manic-depressive mother has always told him that his father won a Nobel Prize, spends his time taking care of her and searching for clues to the identity of the Nobel Prize-winning sperm donor, eventually finding a truth he must learn to accept.

New in December

Pathfinder
By Orson Scott Card

Thirteen-year-old Rigg has a secret ability to see the paths of others' pasts, but revelations after his father's death set him on a dangerous quest that brings new threats from those who would either control his destiny or kill him.






Somebody Everybody Listens To
By Suzanne Supplee

Upon graduating from high school in the tiny town of Starling, Tennessee, aspiring country singer Retta Lee Jones manages to get herself to Nashville, where, in spite of some bad luck and hard times, she tries to persevere in pursuing her dreams.





The Unidentified
By Rae Mariz

In a futuristic alternative school set in a shopping mall where video game-playing students are observed and used by corporate sponsors for market research, Katey "Kid" Dade struggles to figure out where she fits in and whether she even wants to.





The Julian Game
By Adele Griffin

In an effort to improve her social status, a new scholarship student at an exclusive girls' school uses a fake online profile to help a popular girl get back at her ex-boyfriend, but the consequences are difficult to handle.






Pipestone: My Life in an Indian Boarding School
By Adam Fortunate Eagle

An unforgettable memoir of his years as a young student at Pipestone Indian Boarding School, Adam Fortunate Eagle shares anecdotes of dormitory culture, student pranks, and warrior games, a time he describes as nothing less than "a little bit of heaven."





Dangerous Neighbors
By Beth Kephart

Set against the backdrop of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, Katherine cannot forgive herself when her beloved twin sister dies, and she feels that her only course of action is to follow suit.






Trash
By Andy Mulligan

Fourteen-year-olds Raphael and Gardo team up with a younger boy, Rat, to figure out the mysteries surrounding a bag Raphael finds during their daily life of sorting through trash in a third-world country's dump.






The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie
By Tanya Lee Stone

Explores the history of the Barbie doll and Barbie’s inventor, Ruth Handler, as well as the controversy surrounding the Barbie doll.







Crusade
By Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie

An international team of six teenaged vampire hunters, trained in Salamanca, Spain, goes to New Orleans seeking to rescue team-member Jenn's younger sister as the vampires escalate their efforts to take over the Earth.






The Ruby Notebook
By Laura Resau

When sixteen-year-old Zeeta and her itinerant mother move to Aix-en-Provence, France, Zeeta is haunted by a mysterious admirer who keeps leaving mementoes for her, and when her Ecuadorian boyfriend comes to visit, their relationship seems to have changed.





Rock What You've Got
By Katherine Schwarzenegger

Schwarzeneggar encourages girls to build a healthy self-esteem and embrace a new definition of beauty.

New in November

The Ring of Solomon
By Jonathan Stroud

Wise-cracking djinni Bartimaeus finds himself at the court of King Solomon with an unpleasant master, a sinister servant, and King Solomon's magic ring.







The Dark Game: True Spy Stories
By Paul B. Janeczko

Describes the contributions and techniques of American spies over the course of the past two centuries, recounting dramatic missions while profiling such historical figures as anti-slavery spy Elizabeth Van Lew and the "Choctaw code talkers."





Star Crossed
By Elizabeth C. Bunce

In a kingdom dominated by religious intolerance, sixteen-year-old Digger, a street thief, has always avoided attention, but when she learns that her friends are plotting against the throne she must decide whether to join them or turn them in.





The 10 p. m. Question
By Kate De Goldi

Twelve-year-old Frankie Parsons has a quirky family, a wonderful best friend, and a head full of worrying questions that he shares with his mother each night, but when free-spirited Sydney arrives at school with questions of her own, Frankie is forced to face the ultimate ten p.m. question.





The Replacement
By Brenna Yovanoff

When the creatures under the hill want him back, Mackie Doyle must decide where he belongs and what he wants.








Lafayette and the American Revolution
By Russell Freedman

Presents a biography about the French nobleman who assisted the American colonists in their struggle for freedom from England during the Revolutionary War.





Cloaked in Red
By Vivian Vande Velde

Presents eight twists on the traditional tale of Little Red Riding Hood, exploring such issues as why most characters seem dim-witted and what, exactly, is the theme.






Three Black Swans
By Caroline B. Cooney

When sixteen-year-old Missy Vianello decides to try to convince her classmates that her cousin Claire is really her long-lost identical twin, she has no idea that the results of her prank will be so life-changing.






Digital Photo Madness! 50 Weird and Wacky Things to Do With Your Digital Camera
By Thom Gaines

Offers an introduction to digital photography and fifty inventive activities including instructions for creating pop art and a "trapped-in-the-computer" screen saver.






Tell Us We're Home
By Marina Budhos

Three immigrant girls from different parts of the world meet and become close friends in a small New Jersey town where their mothers have found domestic work, but their relationships are tested when one girl's mother is accused of stealing a precious heirloom.

New in October

The House of Dead Maids
By Clare B. Dunkle

Eleven-year-old Tabby Aykroyd, who would later serve as housekeeper for thirty years to the Bronte sisters, is taken from an orphanage to a ghost-filled house, where she and a wild young boy are needed for a pagan ritual.






Payback Time
By Carl Deuker

Overweight, somewhat timid Mitch reluctantly agrees to be the sports reporter for the Lincoln High newspaper because he is determined to be a writer, but he senses a real story in Angel, a talented football player who refuses to stand out on the field-- or to discuss his past.





Teen Cuisine
By Matthew Locricchio

This collection of easy recipes for teen cooks includes basics, comfort foods, and dishes with international flair.







Starlighter
By Bryan Davis

Jason Masters does not believe that dragons take people to another realm as slaves until his own brother is taken, but once through the portal he meets Koren, a slave struggling to destroy a black egg prophesied to doom all mankind.






Annexed
By Sharon Dogar

The story of the boy who loved Anne Frank.









Do Not Open: An Encyclopedia of the World's Best-Kept Secrets
By John Farndon

Covering nearly 100 topics, including the Bermuda Triangle, Air Force One, and haunted houses, Do Not Open explores oddities, mysteries, and the unexplained.






Saving Sky
By Diane Stanley

In an America that has suffered continual terrorist attacks since 9/11, seventh-grader Sky stands up for what is right and helps a classmate of Middle Eastern descent, although doing so places her and her family at great risk.






Heart of a Samurai
By Margi Preus

In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.




Frederick Douglass: A Noble Life
By David A. Adler

When, in 1879, a bust in his likeness was placed at the University of Rochester, Frederick Douglass wrote: "Incidents of this character do much amaze me. It is not, however, the height to which I have risen, but the depth from which I have come that amazes me." This biography tells the story of his ascent from slavery.




The Half-Life of Planets
By Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin

An unlikely romance develops between a science-minded girl who is determined to reclaim her reputation and a boy with Asperger's Syndrome.







Rose Sees Red
By Cecil Castellucci

In the 1980s, two teenaged ballet dancers--one American, one Russian--spend an unforgettable night in New York City, forming a lasting friendship despite their cultural and political differences.

New in September

As Easy As Falling Off the Face of the Earth
By Lynne Rae Perkins

A teenaged boy encounters one comedic calamity after another when his train strands him in the middle of nowhere, and everything comes down to luck.







They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group
By Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Uses personal accounts unearthed from oral histories, congressional documents, and diaries, to unveil the creation of the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee, and its spread across the American South.





The Keeper's Tattoo
By Gill Arbuthnott

Months before her fifteenth birthday, Nyssa learns that she is a special member of a legendary clan, the Keepers of Knowledge, as she and her uncle try to escape from Alaric, the White Wolf, who wants to use lines tattooed on her to destroy the rest of her people.






The Sorcerer of Sainte Felice
By Ann Finnin

In fifteenth-century France, fifteen-year-old Michael de Lorraine is saved from execution by Abbot Francis and granted refuge at the Benedictine monastery of Sainte Felice, where he tries to use his powers to save his new friends and mentors from the Inquisition.





Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot"
By Michael O. Tunnell

Presents the life of the American Air Force pilot responsible for setting up the airlift of candy to the children of Berlin in 1948 and 1949 after the end of World War II and describes the gratitude of the German people for his efforts.





A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend
By Emily Horner

As she tries to sort out her feelings of love, seventeen-year-old Cass, a spunky math genius with an introverted streak, finds a way to memorialize her dead best friend.







The Buccaneer's Apprentice
By V. Briceland

On his first sea voyage, seventeen-year-old Nic Dattore faces vicious pirates then, with a motley crew of castaways, decides to commandeer the pirate ship to return home, racing against time to save the magical city of Cassaforte from a diabolical plot.





The Paper Boomerang Book
By Mark Latno

Presents a guide to making, troubleshooting, and correctly throwing paper boomerangs, as well as information on the history of boomerangs and the principles of how they work.






Freak Magnet
By Andrew Auseon

Two teenagers, both burdened by grief and loss, find each other and gradually develop a strong connection to one another.







No Moon
By Irene N. Watts

Nursemaid Louisa Gardener still blames herself for the drowning of her two-year-old brother almost ten years earlier, and so she dreads having to accompany the family she works for as they travel to New York on the Titanic.