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New Books 3rd Week of August
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Girl Parts by John CusickThe lives of Charlie, wealthy and popular but still lonely, and Charlie, a soulful outsider, intersect when Rose, the female Companion bot Charlie’s parents buy to treat his dissociative disorder, forms a bond with David.
Science Fiction
The Body at the Tower by Rushang LiThe Agency- Book 2
As a nearly full-fledged member of the Agency, the all-female detective unit based in Miss Scrimshaw’s Academy for Girls, Mary Quinn, disguised as a poor apprentice builder, must brave the sinister underworld of Victorian London in order to unmask a murderer.
Mystery
Monster War by Dean LoreyNightmare Academy Book 3
Thirteen-year-old Charlie Benjamin reunites with friends from the Nightmare Academy to battle an outpouring of monsters from the Nether, but when the time comes to stop the Fifth, also called the Queen of Nightmares, Charlie stands alone.
Fantasy
Infinite Days by Rebecca MaizelVampire Queen- Book 1
Lenah Beaudonte, a vampire whose humanity has been restored thanks to the sacrifice of her lover, Rhode, did not believe she would ever be sixteen or fall in love again, but she is having those experiences until her past comes back to haunt her.
Supernatural
Echoes; Haunted; Trust by Melinda MetzRae Voigt worries that her friends will discover that her mother died in an insane asylum, but when she acquires the power to know a person’s thoughts when she touches his fingerprints, she fears for her own sanity and life.
Supernatural
The Eternal Ones by Kirsten MillerHaven Moore can’t control her visions of a past with a boy called Ethan, and a life in New York that ended in fiery tragedy. Then a group of coincidences forces her to flee from her small Tennessee town to New York, to discover who she is, and who she had been.
Realistic Fiction
The Cruisers by Walter Dean MyersFriends Zander, Kambui, LaShonda, and Bobbi, caught in the middle of a mock Civil War at DaVinci Academy, learn the true cost of freedom of speech when they use their alternative newspaper, The Cruiser, to try to make peace.
Realistic Fiction
Dear George Clooney, Please Marry My Mom by Susin Nielson-FernlundViolet’s dad, a TV director, has traded his meager life with their family for a fancy life in LA. He even traded in her mother for an actress. Now her family is in turmoil including her mother. If her mom can’t find a decent guy for herself then Violet will try to snag her George Clooney.
Realistic Fiction
Fat Vampire: A Never-Coming-of-Age Story by Adam Rex
After being bitten by a vampire, not only is fifteen-year-old Doug doomed eternally to be fat, but now he must also save himself from the desperate host of a public-access-cable vampire-hunting television show that is on the verge of cancellation.
Supernatural
The Fallen and Leviathan by Tom SniegoskiFallen- Book 1
know who he can trust. When Aaron begins to hear strange voices, he tries to resist his supernatural abilities, but must accept his newfound heritage– and quickly. For the dark powers are gaining strength, and are hell-bent on destroying him.
Supernatural
The Aerie and Reckoning by Tom SniegoskiFallen Book 2
Struggling to harness the incredible force within him, Aaron trains for the ultimate battle. With the Dark powers gaining in strength, their clash may come sooner than he expects.
Supernatural
Guardian of the Gate by Michelle ZinkSequel to Prophecy of Sisters
In 1891 London, sixteen-year-old orphan Lia Milthorpe continues her quest to end an ancient prophecy requiring her to search for missing pages and human”keys” and develop her powers for an inevitable final confrontation with her twin sister Alice.
Fantasy
Kiss Me Deadly: 12 Tales of Paranormal LoveA collection of short stories combining dark seduction and modern romance presents a variety of tales featuring the romantic lives of humans and werewolves, ghosts, fallen angels, zombies, and shape-shifters.
Supernatural