Recreation

Young Adults’ New Titles November 2012 (arrived in October)

Fiction

Foretold : 14 stories of prophecy and prediction, Carrie Ryan.
Collects fourteen stories that delve into the obsession with life's unknowns and the prospect of altering the future, by such authors as Meg Cabot, Diana Peterfreund, and Michael Grant.
Under my hat : tales from the cauldron, Jonathan Strahan.
An anthology of short fiction about witches.
Poison tree, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes.
Alysia has quickly moved to a position of responsibility in SingleEarth, working among shapeshifters and witches who fight against vampires, but she is hiding secret alliances that could put her fellow mediators at risk.
Sophia's war : a tale of the Revolution, Avi.
In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy.
The peculiar, Stefan Bachmann.
After humans win the faery wars in England, a half-human, half-faery child, scorned by both races, finds himself at the centre of a web of intrigue and danger when he is stalked by a sinister faery.
The infects, Sean Beaudoin.
Seventeen-year-old Nero is stuck in the wilderness with a bunch of other juvenile delinquents on an "Inward Trek." As if that weren't bad enough, his counsellors have turned into flesh-eating maniacs overnight and are now chowing down on his fellow miscreants. These kids have seen zombie movies. They know the rules. Unfortunately, knowing the rules isn't going to be enough.
Torrent : the river of time series, Lisa Tawn Bergren.
Growing disenchantments, K. D. Berry.
"Just when he'd been looking forward to another quiet night delving into mind-bending arcane lore and mentally wrestling with the deepest magicks, along came this mysterious thief to disturb him. Why was it nothing in Ragonnard's life ever went to plan? Rather than turn her in to the law (or into something else), the young sorcerer offers Ganfrey a deal, steal a portrait from the palace for him. But it's no ordinary portrait. For 500 years it's been a magical prison for Syranax, the most powerful sorcerer in history. His enchanted Amulet was entombed with him, and Ragonnard wants it. More than anything. In releasing the Amulet, Ragonnard unleashes a devastating sequence of sorcerous events, the like of which has not been seen for hundreds of years. And, no, things definitely don't go to plan. Ned Merrivel is a time traveller from the future. His job is to sort it out when it all goes wrong and save the world somehow. If only he can find a pair of trousers first." — Back cover.
Shadows, Ilsa J. Bick.
When Alex discovers that Rule is not a sanctuary, she must battle to survive against conniving adults, distrusting survivors, and the Changed, who would eat her.
The diviners, Libba Bray.
New York City, 1926. It's the height of the jazz age and Evie O'Neill has arrived just in time to make the most of the higher hems and lower morals. But then young women start turning up dead and Evie's psychic abilities lead her to suspect that an old evil may have resurfaced. The first in a blockbuster series featuring sassy girls, hot guys, and a wild ride into a whole lot of trouble.
Unspoken, Sarah Rees Brennan.
Call the shots, Don Calame.
Coop is cooking up another sure-misfire scheme (big surprise), and this time the comedy plays out from Sean's point of view. What's the new master plan? Making a cheapo horror movie guaranteed to make Coop, Sean, and Matt filthy rich! It's a terrible idea, and Sean knows it. But he actually is desperate for cash and for a way to wipe that big fat L off his girlfriend-less forehead. But when he agrees to write a script about the attack of zombie-vampire humanzees, he has no idea just how powerful a chick magnet this movie will be. Suddenly Sean is juggling not one but three interested ladies. Will any of them wind up as Sean's true leading lady? Will Sean stop being a doormat and finally start calling the shots?
Crown of embers, Rae Carson.
In charge of a country, with a destiny to fulfil and a love that's beginning to bloom … Elisa's life is about to become more complicated than ever before. CROWN OF EMBERS combines adventure, a great heroine and brilliant storytelling.
Sweet shadows, Tera Lynn Childs.
Teen triplets Gretchen, Grace, and Greer, descendants of Medusa, continue to battle the monsters who walk the streets of San Francisco, unseen by humans, but realise they must enter the abyss if they are to protect their loved ones and their world.
Black spring, Alison Croggon.
Lina is enchanting, vibrant but wilful. And her eyes betray her for what she truly is - a witch. With her childhood companion, Damek, she has grown up privileged and spoiled and the pair are devoted to each other to the point of obsession. But times are changing. Vendetta is coming. And tragedy is stalking the halls of the Red House. A stunning new novel by Alison Croggon, inspired by the Gothic classic Wuthering Heights.
Scramasax, Kevin Crossley-Holland.
Solveig has made it all the way from Norway to the glittering city of Constantinople, where her father is a member of the guard of Empress Zoe. Soon Solveig finds herself caught up in the conflict between the Viking guard and the Islamic people of nearby Sicily. In this world of competing religious beliefs, brutal violence and ruthless mercenaries, Solveig must face some terrible truths about her father and her fellow Vikings, and decide what she considers worth fighting for.
The white glove war, Katie Crouch and Grady Hendrix.
Told in separate voices, Alex, Haynes, and other members of Savannah's Magnolia League seek aid for their own family members from the legendary Hoodoo family, the Buzzards, in violation of an old pact, unaware that a Shadow Man is using one of them to return from the dead.
Another life, Keren David.
Wolf pact, Melissa de la Cruz ; story by Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston.
Flock, Wendy Delsol.
Katla's hopes of dodging unfinished business during her senior year are dashed by the arrival of two "Icelandic exchange students", Marik and Jinky, who have come to collect Katla's frail baby sister and take her to the water queen.
Pirate cinema, Cory Doctorow.
In a dystopian, near-future Britain, sixteen-year-old Trent, obsessed with making movies on his computer, joins a group of artists and activists who are trying to fight a new bill that will criminalise even more harmless internet creativity.
Eleven eleven, Paul Dowswell.
Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst.
When the goddess Bayla fails to take over Liyana's body, Liyana's people abandon her in the desert to find a more worthy vessel, but she soon meets Korbyn, who says the souls of seven deities have been stolen and he needs Liyana's help to find them.
The deadly game, Jim Eldridge.
Pinned, Sharon G. Flake.
Adonis is smart, intellectually gifted and born without legs; Autumn is strong, a great wrestler, and barely able to read in ninth grade — but Autumn is attracted to Adonis and determined to make him a part of her life whatever he or her best friend thinks.
My totally awesome story, Pat Flynn & Peter Carnavas.
The paladin prophecy, Mark Frost.
Will West is careful to live life under the radar. At his parents' insistence, he's made sure to get mediocre grades and to stay in the middle of the pack on his cross-country team. Then Will slips up, accidentally scoring off the charts on a nationwide exam, and he is recruited by an exclusive and mysterious prep school the best school no one's ever heard of, with technology the likes of which no one's ever seen. At the same time, coincidentally - or not - so Will realises he's being followed by men in dark hats, driving black sedans who pose a terrifying threat to his family. What follows is a series of events and revelations that places Will smack in the middle of a millennia old struggle between titanic forces.
Maggot moon, Sally Gardner.
Friendship and trust inspire Standish to rise up against an oppressive regime and expose the truth about a planned moon landing in this utterly original and spell-binding tale.
The edge of nowhere, Elizabeth George.
Becca King and her mother are on the run from her stepfather who has used Becca's talent for hearing 'whispers' to make a large and illegal sum of money. Now their options for safety are running out. In the town of Langley on Whidbey Island, Becca finds refuge in the home of her mother's childhood friend while her mother continues on to Canada in search of safety. But on her first day in town Becca meets sixteen years old Derric Nyombe Matheson a Ugandan orphan who was adopted as a ten-year-old by the town's Deputy Sheriff. Derric has a secret that no one on Whidbey Island knows. Derric and Becca form an un-severable bond. Becca is convinced that she's the only person who can truly help him, and just maybe Derric can convince Becca that life is too short to live on the run.
Through to you, Emily Hainsworth.
Camden Pike has been grief-stricken since his girlfriend, Viv, died. Viv was the last good thing in his life: helping him rebuild his identity after a career-ending football injury, picking up the pieces when his home life shattered, and healing his pain long after the meds wore off. And now, he'd give anything for one more glimpse of her. But when Cam makes a visit to the site of Viv's deadly car accident, he sees some kind of apparition. And it isn't Viv. The apparition's name is Nina, and she's not a ghost. She's a girl from a parallel world, and in this world, Viv is still alive. Cam can't believe his wildest dreams have come true. All he can focus on is getting his girlfriend back, no matter the cost. But things are different in this other world: Viv and Cam have both made very different choices, things between them have changed in unexpected ways, and Viv isn't the same girl he remembers. Nina is keeping some dangerous secrets, too, and the window between the worlds is shrinking every day. As Cam comes to terms with who this Viv has become and the part Nina played in his parallel story, he's forced to choose — stay with Viv or let her go — before the window closes between them once and for all.
Burn for burn, Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian.
"Three teenaged girls living on Jar Island band together to enact revenge on the people that have hurt them."
I made lattes for a love god, Wendy Harmer.
Intentions, Deborah Heiligman.
After fifteen-year-old Rachel overhears her rabbi committing infidelity, she must come to terms with the fact that adults make mistakes, too — and that she's old enough to be held responsible for her own mistakes.
Safekeeping, Karen Hesse.
When Radley returns to the United States after volunteering abroad, she comes back to a country under military rule with strict travel restrictions, and she must find her way back to her Vermont home through the New England woods.
The sacrifice, Charlie Higson.
The sickness destroyed everyone over the age of fourteen. All across London diseased adults are waiting, hungry predators with rotten flesh and ravaged minds. Small Sam and his unlikely ally, The Kid, have survived. They're safe with Ed and his friends at the Tower of London, but Sam is desperate to find his sister. Their search for Ella means Sam and The Kid must cross the forbidden zone. And what awaits them there is more terrifying than any of the horror they've suffered so far.
Erasing time, C. J. Hill.
Eighteen-year-old twins Taylor and Sheridan are pulled into the future and must find a way to stop the evil government from using the time machine again.
Tilt, Ellen Hopkins.
Three teens, connected by their parents' bad choices, tell in their own voices of their lives and loves as Shane finds his first boyfriend, Mikayla discovers that love can be pushed too far, and Harley loses herself in her quest for new experiences.
Summertime of the dead, Gregory Hughes.
A certain October, Angela Johnson.
Scotty compares herself to tofu: no flavour unless you add something. And it's true that Scotty's friends, Misha and Faclone, and her brother, Keone, make life delicious. But when a terrible accident occurs, Scotty feels responsible for the loss of someone she hardly knew, and the world goes wrong. She cannot tell what is a dream and what is real. Her friends are having a hard time getting through to her and her family is preoccupied with their own trauma. But the prospect of a boy, a dance, and the possibility that everything can fall back into place soon help Scotty realize that she is capable of adding her own flavour to life.
Hidden : a firelight novel, Sophie Jordan.
Jacinda, a sixteen-year old who can shift into dragon form, surrenders herself to her greatest enemies in the hopes of destroying them and finally being free to choose a life with the human boy she loves.
Drift race, David Jubermann.
"Leon grows up in Japan. After a major tragedy his family is split apart and his mother decides to move back to New Zealand. In this new and foreign country, Leon tries to put his past behind, but when he attends a drifting competition with his friend Byron it all comes flooding back and his passion is reignited. He is able to help one of the drift racers with his car problems and one event leads to another. Before he knows it, he spirals into an exciting world of adrenaline, fast cars and high-speed chases. Soon he becomes a top competitor himself and things could not be better when he meets Lorna, a smart and beautiful girl. Yet little does he know that danger and death are lurking just around the corner. Can he, against all odds, overcome those that will stop at nothing to beat him?" — www.davidjubermann.com.
White lies and tiaras.
Origin, Jessica Khoury.
"Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest. She was raised by a team of scientists who have created her to be the start of a new immortal race. But on the night of her seventeenth birthday, Pia discovers a hole in the electric fence that surrounds her sterile home and sneaks outside the compound for the first time in her life. Free in the jungle, Pia meets Eio, a boy from a nearby village. Together, they embark on a race against time to discover the truth about Pia's origin a truth with deadly consequences that will change their lives forever.
The crash, Krystyna Kuhn ; translated from German by Helena Ragg-Kirkby.
Snake bite, Andrew Lane.
Kidnapped and taken to China, Sherlock finds himself plunged into adventure. How can three men be bitten by the same poisonous snake in different parts of Shanghai? Who wants them dead, and why? The answer seems to lie in a message hidden in a diagram like a spider's web. But solving it leads to an even more urgent question: what has all this got to do with a plot to blow up an American warship? Sherlock is about to brave terrors greater than any he has faced before Sherlock Holmes: think you know him? Think again.
My book of life by Angel, Martine Leavitt.
16-year-old Angel struggles to free herself from the trap of prostitution in which she is caught.
Crusher, Niall Leonard.
The day Finn Maguire discovers his father bludgeoned to death in a pool of blood, his dreary life is turned upside down. Prime suspect in the murder, Finn must race against time to clear his name and find out who hated his dad enough to kill him. Trawling the sordid, brutal London underworld for answers, Finn exposes dark family secrets and faces danger at every turn. But he's about to learn that it's the people you trust who can hit you the hardest.
Starling, Lesley Livingston.
Mason Starling, a champion fencer at Gosforth Academy, finds her school overrun with terrifying creatures after a mysterious, ferocious storm falls on Manhattan and the mysterious stranger who saves her life becomes her only ally as they work together to discover his past and learn of Mason's family's dark allegiance to ancient Norse gods.
Adaptation, Malinda Lo.
In the aftermath of a series of plane crashes caused by birds, seventeen-year-old Reese and her debate-team partner, David, receive medical treatment at a secret government facility and become tangled in a conspiracy that is, according to Reese's friend, Julian, connected with aliens and UFOs.
The lord of fire, James Lovegrove.
The lord of tears, James Lovegrove.
The lord of the mountain, James Lovegrove.
The lord of the typhoon, James Lovegrove.
The lord of the void, James Lovegrove.
Necromancing the stone, Lish McBride.
Six weeks after escaping from the necromancer Douglas, Sam LaCroix is under the protection of the Blackthorn pack of werewolves and fey hounds and unsure if his necromancer rival is dead.
Be my enemy, Ian McDonald.
14-year-old science whiz Everett Singh continues to out-think his enemies while navigating the multiverse searching for his dad, lost in a parallel universe.
The voyage of the unquiet ice, Andrew McGahan.
A vast figure loomed above the ice walls. It was made, no doubt, only of cloud or whirling snow, but it was an immense manlike thing, cast hugely against the sky. Its head stared down at them blindly, but one great arm seemed to beckon, urging the Chloe onwards. And from the depths of the gulf ahead the terrible whistling rose again. Dow Amber has set sail at last upon the battleship Chloe, but can an outsider and an enemy ever truly belong in the Ship Kings world? All too soon, Dow finds himself entangled in rebellion and treachery, and embarked upon a desperate voyage to the frozen north that will decide the future of the very empire. In the icy wastes Dow must take his fate in hand. Is he truly destined to be a mariner? Is the mysterious scapegoat girl Ignella a friend or a foe? And where will they each stand, when the long peace of the Four Isles threatens to shatter forever? The Voyage of the Unquiet Ice is the second adventure in Andrew McGahans epic Ship Kings series.
Unfed, Kirsty McKay.
Changing yesterday, Sean McMullen.
The girl who could silence the wind, Meg Medina.
Envy, Elizabeth Miles.
Spring is here, and the ice is slowly melting in Ascension revealing the secrets buried beneath. The Furies are back, and Emily Winters is about to discover that their roots in Ascension are deeper than she ever imagined. With the help of her new friend Drea, she vows to take them down. But it's hard to focus when she's desperate to make up with JD, and to figure out why Crow, a mysterious Ascension High dropout, seems to be shadowing her. Meanwhile, new girl Skylar McVoy is determined to leave her own dark past behind. So she's thrilled when not only does popular Gabby takes her under her wing, but the stunning and sophisticated Meg offers to give her a major makeover. But everyone knows what happens to the vainest girl of all. It's tempting to be naughty. But beware: the Furies are always watching, and their power grows stronger by the day.
A corner of white, Jaclyn Moriarty.
'She knew this. That philematology is the science of kissing. That Samuel Langhorne Clemens is better known as Mark Twain. That, originally, gold comes from the stars.' Madeleine Tully lives in Cambridge, England, the World a city of spires, Isaac Newton and Auntie's Tea Shop. Elliot Baranski lives in Bonfire, the Farms, the Kingdom of Cello where seasons roam, the Butterfly Child sleeps in a glass jar, and bells warn of attacks from dangerous Colours. They are worlds apart until a crack opens up between them; a corner of white the slim seam of a letter. Elliot begins to write to Madeleine, the Girl-in-the-World, a most dangerous thing to do for suspected cracks must be reported and closed. But Elliot's father has disappeared and Madeleine's mother is sick. Can a stranger from another world help to unravel the mysteries in your own? Can Madeleine and Elliot find the missing pieces of themselves before it is too late? A mesmerising story of two worlds; the cracks between them, the science that binds them and the colours that infuse them.
Eagle day, Robert Muchamore.
Late summer, 1940. Hitler has conquered France. Now he intends to cross the Channel and defeat Britain before winter arrives. A group of young refugees led by British spy Charles Henderson faces a stark choice. To head south into the safety of neutral Spain, or go north on a risky mission to sabotage the German invasion plans. For official purposes, these children do not exist.
Secret army, Robert Muchamore.
Britain, 1941. The government is building a secret army of intelligence agents to work undercover, gathering information and planning sabotage operations. Henderson's boys are part of that network: kids cut adrift by the war, training for the fight of their lives. They'll have to parachute into unknown territory, travel cross-country and outsmart a bunch of adults in a daredevil exercise. In wartime Britain, anything goes.
The fall, Robert Muchamore.
When an MI5 operation goes disastrously wrong, James Adams needs all of his skills to get out of Russia alive. Meanwhile, his sister Lauren is on her first solo mission, trying to uncover a brutal human trafficking operation. And when James does get home, he finds that his nightmare is just beginning … CHERUB agents have one crucial advantage: adults never suspect that children are spying on them.
The general, Robert Muchamore.
The world's largest urban warfare training compound stands in the desert near Las Vegas. Forty British commandos are being hunted by an entire American battalion. But their commander has an ace up his sleeve: he plans to smuggle in ten CHERUB agents, and fight the best war game ever. CHERUB agents have one crucial advantage: adults never suspect that kids are spying on them. For official purposes, these children do not exist.
The spindlers, Lauren Oliver ; illustrated by Iacopo Bruno.
Accompanied by an eccentric, human-sized rat, Liza embarks on a perilous quest through an underground realm to save her brother, Patrick, whose soul has been stolen by the evilest of creatures - the spider-like spindlers.
The false princess, Eilis O'Neal.
For sixteen years, Nalia has been raised as the princess of Thorvaldor, but one day she learns that her real name is Sinda and that she is part of a complicated plot that would change the future of her country forever.
Confessions of a murder suspect, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
On the night Malcolm and Maud Angel are murdered, their daughter, Tandy, knows just three things: she was one of the last people to see her parents alive. She and her brothers are the only suspects. She can't trust anyone - maybe not even herself. Having grown up under their parents' intense perfectionist demands, none of the Angel children have come away undamaged. Tandy decides that she will have to solve the crime on her own, but digging deeper into her powerful parents' affairs is a dangerous game. As she uncovers haunting secrets and slowly begins to remember flashes of disturbing past events buried in her memory, Tandy is forced to ask: What is the Angel family truly capable of? Returning to the genre that made him the world's bestselling author, James Patterson introduces a teen detective on a mission to bring her parents' killer to justice, even if it means uncovering her family's darkest secrets - and confessing some of her own.
Terrier, Tamora Pierce.
When sixteen-year-old Beka becomes "Puppy" to a pair of "Dogs," as the Provost's Guards are called, she uses her police training, natural abilities, and a touch of magic to help them solve the case of a murdered baby in Tortall's Lower City.
Dodger, Terry Pratchett.
Dodger is a tosher, a sewer scavenger living in the squalor of Dickensian London. Everyone who is nobody knows Dodger. Anyone who is anybody doesn't. But when he rescues a young girl from a beating, suddenly everybody wants to know him. And "Dodger's" tale of skulduggery, dark plans and even darker deeds begins.
Black arts : the books of pandemonium, Andrew Prentice & Jonathan Weil.
Elizabethan London: a teeming city of traders and thieves, courtiers and preachers, riff-raff and quality, cut-throats - and demons. When scrunty Jack the 'Judicious Nipper' picks the wrong pocket at the Globe Theatre, he finds himself mixed up in an altogether more dangerous London than he could have imagined: a city in which magic is real and deadly. An outbreak of devil-worship has led to a wave of anti-witch fervor whipped up by the Elect, a mysterious group of Puritans recognizable from their red-stained right hands, led by the charismatic Nicholas Webb, a growing power at Court. Rumour has it that he wants to purge the city entirely and build a New Jerusalem. Jack has his own reason for hating him: he saw him kill his mother. Helped by Beth Sharkwell the Thief Princess of Lambeth, Kit Morely the Intelligencer and Dr Dee the Queen's Wizard, Jack pits himself against Webb's Puritans. But this is no straightforward struggle. Things are not as they seem. In fact, ever since his encounter with Webb, there has been something wrong with Jack's vision. He keeps seeing things. Demons.
The turning, Francine Prose.
A teen boy becomes the babysitter for two very peculiar children on a haunted island in this modern retelling of The Turn of the Screw.
Defiance, C.J. Redwine.
When Rachel's father goes missing on a mission, her attempt to escape their walled city-state and find him brings danger, heartbreak, and a new romance with her father's apprentice.
Operation code breaker : a Luke Baron adventure.
Amelia Anne is dead and gone, Kat Rosenfield.
Unveils the details of a horrific murder, its effects on permanent and summer residents of the small Appalachian town where the body is discovered, and especially how the related violence shakes eighteen-year-old Becca's determination to leave home as soon as possible.
Poison study, Maria V. Snyder.
The curiosities : a collection of stories, Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, Brenna Yovanoff.
An anthology of darkly paranormal stories, with comments by the authors on their writing.
The Raven Boys, Maggie Stiefvater.
Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent's only gift seems to be that she makes other people's talents stronger, and when she meets Gansey, one of the Raven Boys from the expensive Aglionby Academy, she discovers that he has talents of his own and that together their talents are a dangerous mix.
Smart girls get what they want, Sarah Strohmeyer.
Three sophomore best friends use their brains and their wits to find happiness in high school.
A world between us, Lydia Syson.
The unnaturalists, Tiffany Trent.
Vespa Nyx wants nothing more than to spend the rest of her life cataloging Unnatural creatures in her father's museum, but as she gets older, the requirement to become a lady and find a husband is looming large over her. Syrus Reed's Tinker family has always served and revered the Unnaturals from afar, but when his family is captured for refinery slaves, he finds that his fate may be bound up with Vespa's and with the Unnaturals. As the danger grows, Vespa and Syrus find themselves in a tightening web of deception and intrigue. At stake may be the fate of New London and the world.
The girl who fell beneath Fairyland and led the revels there, Catherynne M. Valente with illustrations by Ana Juan.
After returning to Fairyland, September discovers that her stolen shadow has become the Hollow Queen, the new ruler of Fairyland Below, who is stealing the magic and shadows from Fairyland folk and refusing to give them back.
Freaks like us, Susan Vaught.
A mentally ill teenager who rides the "short bus" to school investigates the sudden disappearance of his best friend.
The river of no return, J&P Voelkel.
A hurricane is brewing in the jungles of the Maya, and the ancient Death Lords are on the warpath. Across the world in Venice, Italy, hanging out with his blogger friend Nasty (Anastasia) Smith-Jones and eating Pizza Gelato, Max Murphy thinks he is safe from their clutches. But when a rogue octopus pulls him off his gondola and tries to drag him down to the underworld, Max realises that the Death Lords have not finished with him yet. Soon Max is back in Central America and reunited with the only ones who can help him in his battle Lola, the mysterious Maya girl, and the howler monkeys Lord 6-Dog and Lady Coco. Once again it's up to the four of them to save the world as they fight off mutant cave spiders, zombie warriors, and, of course, the twelve villainous Death Lords. With the hurricane about to hit land, Max and Lola embark on a one-way journey to danger down the blighted Monkey River. They take shelter in a subterranean hotel, only to stumble upon Death Lord central. Torn between rescuing themselves and rescuing one of the last wild jaguars of the Monkey River region, Max and Lola find themselves drawn into an ever more bizarre series of tests, culminating in a terrifying ballgame that they can never win. "The River of No Return" is filled with the same outrageous humour, heart-stopping action, and fascinating details of Maya culture that fans of the Jaguar Stones series have come to love. Readers will be intrigued as secrets are revealed about their favorite characters while Max and Lola try to stop the world from ending - at least for now.
Fire season, David Weber & Jane Lindskold.
Fourteen-year-old Stephanie Harrington and her fellow Provisional Forest Rangers on the planet Sphinx must prevent disaster from befalling a treecat clan caught in a blaze while preserving the secret that the treecats of Sphinx are highly intelligent and deserving of rights that some would deny them.
The far west, Patricia C. Wrede.
When the unlucky magical twin Eff joins an expedition to map the Far West, she endures a long prairie winter and encounters with previously unknown creatures before realising the importance of ending a magical flood.
Because it is my blood, Gabrielle Zevin.
In 2083, seventeen-year-old Anya Balanchine seeks a way to make Balanchine Chocolate legitimate, and although a trip to Mexico gives her new insights and ideas, escaping her mobster family's legacy of violence may prove impossible.
What's left of me, Kat Zhang.

Non-Fiction

Cardcaptor Sakura [omnibus]. Book four, story and art by CLAMP ; [original translation by Anita Sengupta and Carol Fox.
Now is the time for people to admit the feelings for other people they've held secret… but there are so many feelings, running in so many directions! What are the true desires of Eriol, the powerful young boy who is the reincarnation of Clow Reed… and why did he wish that Sakura would replace him as Master of the Clow?
Arisa. 9, [Natsumi Ando ; translator/adapter: Andria Cheng].
Arisa revolves around Sonoda Arisa and Uehara Tsubasa, twin sisters separated by their parents' divorce. They finally meet again for the first time after three years. Tsubasa is envious but proud of her sweet, popular sister, in comparison to her own school life and Arisa suggests they switch places for a day. Arisa reveals that life isn't as happy for her as Tsubasa thinks and she pushes herself out of the window. Determined to unravel the mystery of her sister's attempted suicide, Tsubasa continues to attend Arisa's school in her place to investigate.
Tegami Bachi, letter bee. Volume 10, The shining eye, story and art by Hiroyuki Asada ; [English adaptation, Rich Amtower ; translation, JN Productions].
With Lag out sick, Aria Link, second in command at the Beehive, takes over the job of delivering his letters. But even with Niche at her side, Aria finds the Amberground has become a dangerous place. Can she defend herself armed with nothing but a violin? Meanwhile, Lag's illness takes a strange turn.
The earl & the fairy. 3, story & art by Ayuko ; original concept by Mizue Tani ; [English translation & adaptation, John Werry].
Lydia and Edgar have returned to London after their adventure on the Isle of Manan. But life in the capital is no respite for the weary travellers. A being called the Fogman stalks the night streets, snatching children all around town. And it may have something to do with Edgar's dark past.
Yotsuba&! 11, Kiyohiko Azuma ; [translation, Stephen Paul].
Say cheese! Say cheeeese! Yotsuba's got a shiny new camera! But this new camera is too cool for just Daddy's silly poses. What else should Yotsuba take? Maybe the nice man at the restaurant who makes udon, or Shaggy Beard at the bike shop. But definitely not that dog down the street. He's a little scary and Oh no! Watch out, Juralumin!!!! WAHHHH!
Brody's ghost. Book 3, story and art by Mark Crilley.
Brody's fight training, under the tutelage of samurai ghost Kagemura, has toughened his body and honed his senses so finely that Brody can not only communicate with ghosts, but envision how and when someone dies. However, his new skills aren't quite powerful enough to uncover the whereabouts of the mysterious Penny Murderer. With the help of the ghost Talia, herself hoping to bring the killer to justice, Brody must result to desperate measures to find the killer before he strikes again and Brody's received a psychic vision of his ex-girlfriend Nicole in the worst trouble imaginable.
Astonishing X-Men. [Vol. 8], Children of the brood, writer, Christos Gage, James Asmus, Chris Claremont ; penciller, Juan Bobillo, David Yardin, Dave Cockrum ; inker, Marcelo Sosa, Norman Lee, Bob Wiacek.
While Cyclops, Emma and Wolverine are off in Japan dealing with giant monsters, something dire happens that demands the X-Men's attention. With their leaders away, Storm, Colossus and Kitty Pryde join Beast and Agent Brand to take on the Brood. But when intergalactic law prevents the destruction of an enemy who can only be defeated by extermination, the X-Men have a problem. Are Storm and her crew up to the task? And what is Cyclops going to say when he learns of this?
Maori role models. II : inspirational korero from inspirational Maori = Nga tauira Maori II : he kupu ranga wairua mai i nga tino tauira o te ao Maori, [author/researcher: Te Aorangi Harrington ; translator/editor: Paora Tibble].
Hayate the combat butler. 20, Kenjiro Hata ; [translation, Yuki Yoshioka, Cindy H. Yamauchi ; English adaption, Mark Giambruno].
Poor Hayate Ayasaki is responsible for repaying his parents' 150 million yen debt. One Christmas, he meets a girl named Nagi, and after a series of misunderstandings, he somehow ends up working as her butler. Nagi covers for Hayate's debt, but has Hayate dug himself deeper into a different kind of hole? Wataru and Saki have flown to Vegas on a Golden Week vacation that they can't afford, with the deeply questionable plan of winning the money for a ticket back home. Instead, Saki finds herself playing the Strip's most ruthless card shark, Wataru's reprobate mother, with Wataru as collateral. There's plenty of fear and loathing in Las Vegas tonight, but at least things are going better for Hayate and Nagi, sunning with their friends on the Greek isles. That is, until they stumble into an honest-to-goodness labyrinth.
Skeleton Key : [the graphic novel], Anthony Horowitz ; adapted by Antony Johnston ; illustrated by Kanako Damerum & Yuzuru Takasaki.
On a routine mission at the Wimbledon tennis championships, reluctant teenage spy Alex Rider gets caught up in Chinese gangs, illegal nuclear weapons, and the suspect plans of his Russian host, General Sarov.
To hope and back, Kathy Kacer.
Lisa and Sol board the luxury ship St. Louis in Hamburg, Germany on May 13, 1939. They are Jewish, as are almost all of the 937 passengers on board, and although war has not been officially declared in Europe, the Nazis have been persecuting Jews for years. As they set sail for Cuba the atmosphere on the ship is optimistic, led by the German captain Gustave Schroeder, who is determined to see his passengers to safety. But as they learn that Hitler's propaganda has turned the country against them, the mood changes to despair. Denied entry from port after port the captain is forced to return his passengers to Europe and the Holocaust.
Bleach. Vol. 46, Back from blind, [story and art by Tite Kubo ; English adaptation, Lance Caselman ; translation, Joe Yamazaki].
With Captain General Yamamoto giving him an opening, Ichigo goes in for the finishing strike against Aizen! But Ichigo will need the help of some new reinforcements if he hopes to defeat both Aizen and Ichimaru Gin!
Bleach. Vol. 47, End of the chrysalis age, [story and art by Tite Kubo ; English adaptation, Lance Caselman ; translation, Joe Yamazaki].
Aizen's new powers are too much for even the combined efforts of Ichigo, Isshin, Urahara, and Yoruichi. But as Aizen and Gin head for the real Karakura Town, Ichigo decides to undergo intense training under his father's tutelage.
Wicked lovely, desert tales. [Vol. 3], Resolve, story by Melissa Marr ; art by Xian Nu Studio.
This is the third and final book in the stunning series of exclusive manga stories from Melissa Marr, set in the same seductive and dangerous faerie world as her bestselling Wicked lovely novels. This tale focuses on Rika, a minor character in Wicked lovely: formerly a mortal, formerly a Winter Girl, and formerly loved by the Summer King… Hidden away from the concerns of the faery and mortal worlds, Rika has treasured the solitude of the desert. But now a threat imperils her desert home and as a new romance blossoms, so does Rika's determination to face that threat head-on. The time for hiding is over.
Fairy tail. 21, Hiro Mashima ; translated and adapted by William Flanagan ; lettered by AndWorld Design.
One shall stand! One shall fall! The Alliance and Oracion face off in this climactic battle! Oh and did we mention that there is a dragon in this book? There totally is and he's about to destroy everything! When the dust settles, what will be left of Fairy Tail?
Trouble in my head : a young girl's struggle with depression, Mathilde Monaque ; translated by Lorenza Garcia.
Mathilde Monaque developed severe depression when she was just 14. The eldest in a family of six and an exceptionally bright and gifted little girl, the discovery shook her family to the core. This work is Mathilde's tender and illuminating account of her struggle to surface from a disease that could have taken her life.
New X-Men, writer, Grant Morrison ; pencilers, Frank Quitely … [et al.] ; inkers, Frank Quitely … [et al.]
The wildly innovative, Eisner Award-Nominated Grant Morrison X-Men saga, collected in its entirety in a single volume!
The betrayal knows my name. [2], Hotaru Odagiri ; [translation, Melissa Tanaka].
Welcomed into the arms of the Giou clan and the Zweilt, Yuki reaches out to his comrades even as he is drawn into their war with the darkness. But the demonic Duras continue to spread their malevolence around Yuki, and the members of his new family are not impervious either, as one of their own vanishes without a trace and yet another is cornered by a sudden ambush. In the Zweilt, Yuki may well have found the long-sought-after place he belongs, but the enemy seems intent on stealing it out of his grasp forever. And when the shadowy figure of 'Reiga,' the nemesis of the Giou, finally steps into the light, will Yuki find himself utterly alone, crushed by the weight of the truth?
The betrayal knows my name. 1, Hotaru Odagiri ; [translation Melissa Tanaka].
As an infant, Yuki Sakurai was abandoned by his mother, and left in the bushes near an orphanage. The mystery of his parentage deepens when Yuki discovers he has a strange ability: when he touches others, he can feel their emotions. Because of his upbringing, the teenage Yuki strives to be independent so that he won't be a burden on those around him, but this attitude coupled with his powers can sometimes feel isolating. Little does he know that he has never really been alone. Someone has been watching him from the shadows ever since he was left in the bushes all those years ago. But can Yuki trust the silver-eyed boy who claims to be his protector and to know the truth of Yuki's past?
The betrayal knows my name. 3, Hotaru Odagiri ; [translation, Melissa Tanaka].
Finally learning more from Takashiro abut the "Sunset of the Underworld" that took place a thousand years past, Yuki finds his thoughts returning once again to his former-friend-turned-nemesis, Kanata. But while in his current incarnation Yuki may be new to picking sides in a centuries-old war, it is nothing new to the collective Zweilt. Kuroto and Senshirou in particular are a pair driven by the seething hatred they harbor for the Duras and one Opast in particular. What happened four years ago to inspire such intense loathing in two otherwise reasonable individuals? As Yuki bears witness to the flames of revenge that burn in the hearts of those around him, how will his own heart respond to the betrayal he cannot forget?
The betrayal knows my name. 4, Hotaru Odagiri ; [translation, Melissa Tanaka].
In their war with the Duras, the Zweilt rely almost entirely on the power of the bonds between them and their allies. But with each battle and every passing reincarnation, is there not the danger of cracks developing in the glue that holds these warriors together? When a tense, unexpected battle with an Opast general is cut short, one pair is forced to reconsider their disparate oaths of vengeance and what seeking revenge truly means. And before another battle can get underway, the final Zweilt pair joins the fray at Twilight Hall. But while Yuki seemingly becomes fast friends with one half of this new team, the heart of the other seems vaguely unreachable, clouded by memories of the past.
Pretty guardian Sailor Moon. 1, [Naoko Takeuchi ; translator/adapter, William Flanagan].
"Usagi Tsukino is a normal girl until she meets up with Luna, a talking cat, who tells her that she is Sailor Moon. As Sailor Moon, Usagi must fight evils and enforce justice, in the name of the Moon and the mysterious Moon Princess. She meets other girls destined to be Sailor Senshi (Sailor Scouts), and together, they fight the forces of evil!"
The melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. 12, original story, Nagaru Tanigawa ; manga, Gaku Tsugano ; character design, Noizi Itou ; [translation, Paul Starr].
Kyon kew it was only a matter of time before he would have to return to December 18th of the previous year, to the three days when the SOS Brigade and his supernatural friends suddenly disappeared. Back then, Kyon was cruelly stabbed by alien rogue Asakura Ryouko and nearly bled out on the school roof. How will he fare this time around?
The melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. 13, original story by Nagaru Tanigawa ; manga by Gaku Tsugano ; character design by Noizi Ito ; [translation, Paul Star].
After months of squatting in the Literature Club's clubroom, the SOS Brigade puts pen to paper and starts writing some literature of their own! The Brigade has just one week to create a literature newsletter if they want to keep the Lit Club's space from being reallocated by the student council. As each member prepares his or her contribution, Supreme Editor in Chief Haruhi keeps a watchful eye on her team, especially as Kyon's assigned romance story unfolds!
Astonishing X-Men. [Vol. 7], Monstrous, writer, Daniel Way ; pencilers, Jason Pearson with Sara Pichelli and Nick Bradshaw ; inkers, Karl Story … [et al.].
Mentallo has the perfect plan: take mental control of the denizens of Monster Island and use them to extort his old employers at Roxxon. But when his monsters attack Tokyo at the same time the X-Men are in town helping one of their own cope with a family tragedy, the mutant heroes are drawn into the conflict. Can Wolverine, Cyclops, Emma Frost and Armor take on an entire island of giant monsters?
Daken, dark wolverine. Big break, [Rob Williams, writer ; Ron Garney, Matteo Buffagni with Riley Rossmo, artists ; Jason Keith, Cris Peter with Riley Rossmo, colourists ; Cory Petit, letters].
In his bid for power, Daken has already taken control of Madripoor's underground criminal element and Wolverine's son is just getting started. Next on his list is the City of Angels. That's right, Daken's headed to Hollywood but he's got a score to settle first. Enter Wolverine and The Avengers.