New Books 1st Week of Sept

Date: 2010.08.26 | Category: Uncategorized | Tags:

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Guns of Providence by Douglas Bond

From fifteen to nineteen years of age, violin-playing and psalm-singing Sandy M’Kethe enlists in the Continental Army in Connecticut and later, on loan to the Continental Navy, is determined to fulfill his duty for liberty and religious freedom in the American Revolution.

Historical Fiction

The Absolute Value of -1 by Steven Brezenoff

Four teenagers relate their experiences as they try to cope with problems in school and at home by smoking, drinking, using drugs, and running track.

Realistic Fiction

Rise of the Huntress by Joseph Delaney

Last Apprentice  Book 7

Returning from Greece, Tom and the Spook find that their home, including the Spook’s precious library of knowledge, has been burned to the ground, and that their battle against the denizens of the dark must continue.

Fantasy

Livvie Owen Lived Here by Sarah Dooley

Fourteen-year-old Livvie Owen, who has autism, and her family have been forced to move frequently because of her outbursts, but when they face eviction again, Livvie is convinced she has a way to get back to a house where they were all happy, once.

Realistic Fiction

Butterfly by Sonya Hartnett

Nearly fourteen-year-old Ariella “Plum” Coyle fears the disapproval of her friends and hates her awkward body.  When her glamorous neighbor befriends her, Plum starts to become what she wants to be–until she discovers her neighbor’s ulterior motive.

Realistic Fiction

The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa

Iron Fey Book 2

Meghan is deserted by the Winter prince she thought loved her, becomes a prisoner of the Winter faery queen, and loses her own fey powers. As war looms Meghan knows that the real danger comes from the Iron fey–ironbound faeries that only she and her absent prince have seen.

Fantasy

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.

Realistic Fiction

Conspiracy 365: September by Gabrielle Lord

Conspiracy 365: Book 9

Winter Longing by Tricia Mills

Tundra, Alaska, high school senior Winter learns about love, loss, and starting over when her boyfriend, who has been her best friend since second grade, is killed in a plane crash the day after they declared their love for each other.

Realistic Fiction

Dead is Just a Rumor by Marlene Perez

Psychic Daisy Giordano has her hands full trying to find out who is behind the blackmail letters being sent to paranormal residents of Nightshade, while worrying about her werewolf boyfriend going away to college and the possibly lethal cooking lessons she is taking.

Supernatural

Siren by Tricia Rayburn

After her sister’s sudden death, seventeen-year-old Vanessa investigates a series of inexplicable drownings off the coast of Winter Harbor, Maine, and uncovers an unimaginable secret that changes everything.

Realistic Fiction

Immortal Beloved by Cate Tiernan

After seeing her best friend, a Dark Immortal called Incy, torture a human with magick, Nastasya, a spoiled party girl, enters a home for wayword immortals and finally begins to deal with life, even as she learns that someone wants her dead.

Fantasy

Ask Amy Green: Boy Trouble by Sarah Webb

A thirteen-year-old Irish girl who helps her seventeen-year-old aunt write an advice column for lovelorn girls faces her own dilemma when she alienates her friends after falling for a cute but aloof boy in her art class.

Chick Lit

The Freak Observer by Blythe Woolston

Suffering from a crippling case of post-traumatic stress disorder, sixteen-year-old Loa Lindgren tries to use her problem solving skills, sharpened in physics and computer programming, to cure herself.

Realistic Fiction