May 14, 2013
New Arrivals · Teen Fiction
These titles were recently added to the collection of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
Reboot
May 2, 2013
Tintera, Amy.
New York : HarperTeen, c2013.
365 p. ; 22 cm.
"Seventeen-year-old Wren rises from the dead as a Reboot and is trained as an elite crime-fighting soldier until she is given an order she refuses to follow"-- Provided by publisher.
The servant
May 2, 2013
Sharafeddine, Fatima.
Toronto ; Berkeley, CA : Groundwood Books, 2013.
157 p. ; 19 cm.
Translation of: Faten.
If I should die
May 2, 2013
Plum, Amy.
New York : HarperTeen, c2013.
405 p. ; 22 cm.
Sequel to: Until I die.
"The Parisian revenants have been betrayed by their trusted ally, Violette. Now Vincent is dead and Violette has destroyed his body so that he canot be reanimated. Refusing to give up on her love, Kate searches for a way to reincarnate him in time to prevent an all-out war between the bardia and the numa."--Provided by publisher.
Riptide
May 2, 2013
Scheibe, Lindsey, 1979-
viii, 277 pages ; 21 cm
"While training for a surfing competition to earn a college scholarship, Grace Parker struggles with her feelings toward her best friend Ford Watson and tries to conceal her family's toxic dynamics"-- Provided by the publisher.
Survivor
May 2, 2013
Phelan, James, 1979-
New York, NY : Kensington Pub., c2011, 2013.
258 p. ; 21cm.
Previously published in Australia by Lothian Children's Books/Hatchette and in the United Kingdom by Atom Books.
Jesse and a ragged band of survivors crawl through the wreckage of New York City. They escaped the Chasers, but the infected zombie freaks are getting bolder and stronger. So when they begin to see signs of human life, they can't believe their luck. Of course, luck can be good or bad and the enemy could be closer than your reflection in the mirror.
The eternity cure
May 2, 2013
Kagawa, Julie.
446 pages ; 22 cm.
Cast out of Eden and separated from the boy she dared to love, Allie will follow the call of blood to save her creator, Kanin, from the psychotic vampire Sarren. But when the trail leads to Allie's birthplace in New Covington, what Allie finds there will change the world forever--and possibly end human and vampire existence.
Chantress
May 2, 2013
Greenfield, Amy Butler, 1968-
New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2013.
324 p. ; 22 cm.
"Fifteen-year-old Lucy discovers that she is a chantress who can perform magic by singing, and the only one who can save England from the control of the dangerous Lord Protector"--Provided by publisher.
Our song
May 2, 2013
Fraiberg, Jordanna.
338 pages ; 22 cm
Nearly dying in a car crash that ends up causing some memory loss, Olive, who is haunted by feelings for her first love, joins a near-death support group and is drawn to Nick, who helps her to remember the events surrounding her accident.
Rumor central
May 2, 2013
Billingsley, ReShonda Tate.
viii, 263 pages ; 21 cm
Includes reading group guide.
The lake and the library
May 2, 2013
Beiko, S. M.
Toronto, Ontario : Ecw Press, c2013
237 p. ; 22 cm.
I'm with stupid
April 23, 2013
Herbach, Geoff.
309 pages ; 21 cm
Sequel to: Stupid fast.
"It's nerd-turned-jock Felton Reinstein's last year before college, and the choices he makes now will affect the rest of his life. That's a lot of pressure. Before leaving home forever, Felton will have to figure out just who he is, even if, sometimes, it sucks to be him"-- Provided by publisher.
15 days without a head
April 23, 2013
Cousins, Dave, 1969-
302 pages ; 21 cm.
"Originally published by Oxford University Press, 2012"--Copyright page.
When his alcoholic mother disappears, fifteen-year-old Laurence is determined to find her, take care of his little brother, and keep their predicament a secret, all while trying to win a luxury vacation for his mom in a radio call-in contest.
How my summer went up in flames
April 23, 2013
Doktorski, Jennifer Salvato.
New York : Simon Pulse, 2013.
302 p. ; 22 cm.
Placed under a temporary retstraining order for torching her former boyfriend's car, seventeen-year-old Rosie embarks on a cross-country car trip from New Jersey to Arizona while waiting for her court appearance.
The Vincent boys
April 23, 2013
Glines, Abbi.
New York : Simon Pulse, 2012.
259 p. ; 21 cm.
Ashton Gray has grown weary of being the good girl. With her boyfriend Sawyer Vincent away for the summer, she finds herself spending time with bad boy Beau, Sawyer's cousin and Ashton's friend since childhood.
With all my soul
April 23, 2013
Vincent, Rachel.
377 pages ; 21 cm.
Undead survivor Kaylee Cavanaugh must turn the incarnations of Avarice, Envy and Vanity against one another in order to protect her friends once and forever. But when one more person close to her is taken, Kaylee realizes she can't save everyone she loves without risking everything she has.
Dead silence
April 18, 2013
Derting, Kimberly.
389 pages ; 22 cm.
"A body finder novel"--Cover.
"When Violet, a high school senior, learns that an underground group has been carrying out murders on the order of their Charles Manson-like leader, she is pulled into a deadly hunt, where even her ability may not save her"-- Provided by publisher.
Gorgeous
April 18, 2013
Rudnick, Paul.
New York : Scholastic Press, 2013.
327 p. ; 22 cm.
When eighteen-year-old Becky Randle's mother dies, she is whisked away from a trailer park to New York City, where fashion designer Tom Kelly offers to transform her into a glamorous Rebecca, a girl fit for a prince--but soon she begins to fear that she will lose touch with her real self.
Invisibility
April 18, 2013
Cremer, Andrea R.
New York : Philomel Books, c2013.
358 p. ; 24 cm.
"To break his curse of invisibility, a boy is helped by a girl, who is the only one who can see him"-- Provided by publisher.
The Rithmatist
April 18, 2013
Sanderson, Brandon.
New York : Tor, 2013.
378 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Maps on end papers.
"A Tom Doherty Associates Book."
As Wild Chalklings threaten the American Isles and Rithmatists are humanity's only defense, Joel can only watch as Rithmatist students learn the magical art that he would do anything to practice.
The hidden deep
April 18, 2013
Kinde, Christa.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zonderkidz, c2013.
259 p. ; 21 cm.
Fourteen-year-old Prissie Pomeroy has adjusted to the knowledge that many of the "people" she knows in her town are actually angels, but one of them, Adin, is not what he claims to be--and a new boy named Ransom is not making her life any easier.
How I lost you
April 18, 2013
Gurtler, Janet.
309 pages ; 21 cm.
"There are a few things Grace Anderson knows for sure. One is that nothing will ever come between her and her best friend, Kya Kessler. But in the summer before senior year, life throws out challenges they never expected"-- Provided by publisher.
The grass is always greener
April 15, 2013
Calonita, Jen.
294 pages ; 23 cm.
"Poppy."
Amid preparations for their preppy Southern town's Founders Day celebration and their own shared sweet sixteen, sisters Isabelle Scott and Mirabelle Monroe long to break free from the tight constraints that come with being the daughters of a prominent public figure.
The ward
April 12, 2013
Frankel, Jordana.
465 pages ; 22 cm
"Set in a futuristic Manhattan after a catastrophic flood called the Wash Out, sixteen-year-old Ren must race against a conspiracy to find freshwater springs and a cure for the deadly disease that has stricken her sister and many others in the Ward"-- Provided by publisher.
The program
April 12, 2013
Young, Suzanne.
New York : Simon Pulse, 2013.
405 p. ; 22 cm.
When suicide becomes a worldwide epidemic, the only known cure is The Program, a treatment in which painful memories are erased, a fate worse than death to seventeen-year-old Sloane who knows that The Program will steal memories of her dead brother and boyfriend.
Whatever doesn't kill you
April 12, 2013
Wennick, Elizabeth, 1972-
Victoria, B.C. : Custer, WA : Orca Book Publishers, 2013.
202 p. ; 21 cm.
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