Recreation

New Titles Young Adults’ March 2015 (arrived in February 2015)

Fiction

Alice in the country of Clover. The lizard aide, story, QuinRose ; art, Job ; translation, Angela Liu ; adaptation, Shanti Whitesides.
A new Alice oneshot that focuses on her romance with one-time assassin Gray Ringmarc.
Eat the sky, drink the ocean, Kirsty Murray, Payal Dhar and Anita Roy.
Simpsons comics. Clubhouse, publisher by Matt Groening.
Get the lowdown as Homer discovers his new calling as the bearer of bad news; Mr. Burns opens a museum dedicated to his life and his legend; Marge gives up her apron for academia; Bart and Lisa memorise the entire cartoon canon of "Itchy & Scratchy" to save humanity; and Homer goes to freakish lengths to get Marge an anniversary gift. All this and more rewarding perks and privileges await you in the Simpsons Comics Clubhouse. Dress code and proper attire will be strictly enforced at all times.
The Simpsons treehouse of horror : fun-filled frightfest, contributing artists, John Adam … et al. ; contributing writers, Neil Alsip … et al.
A collection of Halloween tales from the Simpsons, including terrifying treehouse antics, ghoulish groundskeepers, weird wizards, drooling aliens, parallel worlds, and defective duplicates.
Night witches, L. J. Adlington.
Seven days, Eve Ainsworth.
Shutter, Courtney Alameda.
Seventeen-year-old Micheline Helsing is a tetrachromat, able to see ghosts in colour and capture them on film, but when a routine hunt goes awry, Micheline's infected with a curse known as a soulchain and if she's unable to exorcise the entity in seven days, she'll be destroyed, body and soul.
Case closed. Volume 53, Gosho Aoyama ; translation, Tetsuichiro Miyaki.
When Conan Edogawa attempts to catch the Kaito Kid in an art theft, another man is killed while Conan is at the scene and Conan must unravel the testimony of a small boy who was a witness to another crime.
Sentinel, Jennifer L. Armentrout.
The last leaves falling, Sarah Benwell.
My second life, Faye Bird.
The darkest part of the forest, Holly Black.
In the town of Fairfold, where humans and fae exist side by side, a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives awakes after generations of sleep in a glass coffin in the woods, causing Hazel to be swept up in new love, shift her loyalties, feel the fresh sting of betrayal, and to make a secret sacrifice to the faerie king.
Compulsion, Martina Boone.
After the death of her disfigured, shut-in mother, Barrie Watson moves to her aunt's South Carolina plantation, which is guarded by an ancient spirit who cursed one of the island's three founding families and gave the others magical gifts that become compulsions.
The sweet far thing, Libba Bray.
At Spence Academy, sixteen-year-old Gemma Doyle continues preparing for her London debut while struggling to determine how best to use magic to resolve a power struggle in the enchanted world of the realms, and to protect her own world and loved ones.
The terminals, Royce Scott Buckingham.
Nineteen-year-old Cam Cody takes the opportunity to join a covert unit of young spies who, like him, are terminally ill but have extraordinary abilities due to an experimental super-steroid, but he soon learns the program is not what it seems and they may not even be ill.
Magneto. 2, Reversals, Cullen Bunn, writer ; Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Javier Fernandez & Roland Boschi, artists.
Magneto was once arguably the most powerful mutant on the planet. But recently, his powers have been reduced to a whisper of what they once were. How far will he go to become the Master of Magnetism once more? When Magneto discovers that mutants are being hauled away to a re-education camp, he investigates and discovers that the Red Skull is behind the operation! Magneto vows to take down the Red Skull once and for all but as the Skull sends the world into a spiral of destruction, will Magneto crumple before the maniac?
Love you to death ; High stakes : 2 ghostly Mediator books in 1, Meg Cabot.
Mean spirits ; &, Young blood : 2 ghostly Mediator books in 1, Meg Cabot.
All fall down : an Embassy Row novel, Ally Carter.
Grace Blakely is absolutely certain of three things: She is not crazy. Her mother was murdered. Someday she is going to find the killer and make him pay. As certain as Grace is about these facts, nobody else believes her so there's no one she can completely trust. Her past has come back to hunt her and if she doesn't stop it, Grace isn't the only one who will get hurt. Because on Embassy Row, the countries of the world stand like dominoes and one wrong move can make them all fall down.
City of heavenly fire, Cassandra Clare.
Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary's own brother. Nothing in this world can defeat Sebastian but if they journey to the realm of demons, they just might have a chance.
Seduction, Molly Cochran.
Distressed that her boyfriend has changed so much since his wealthy uncle took him under his wing, Katy flies to Paris to attend cooking school and discovers a mysterious mansion which seems to be occupied by only beautiful, shallow people who never age.
The catalyst, Helena Coggan.
Rose Elmsworth has a secret. For eighteen years, the world has been divided into the magically Gifted and the non-magical Ashkind, but Rose's identity is far more dangerous. At fifteen, she has earned herself a place alongside her father in the Department, a brutal law-enforcement organisation run by the Gifted to control the Ashkind. But now an old enemy is threatening to start a catastrophic war, and Rose faces a challenging test of her loyalties.
Tear you apart, Sarah Cross.
Teenager Viv, who is constantly escaping her "Snow White" fairy-tale curse, meets the prince who is supposed to save her, but can not fall out of love with the young man destined to kill her.
Little white lies, Katie Dale.
The maze runner, James Dashner.
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realises he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
Carrier of the mark, Leigh Fallon.
Chaos, Sarah Fine.
The door in the Moon, Catherine Fisher.
The edge of the water, Elizabeth George.
Fifteen-year-old Jenn McDaniel's life on Whidbey Island becomes more complicated and her relationships with old and new friends take strange turns, partly due to the arrival of a woman researching a strange black seal.
Halley : a novel, Faye Gibbons.
Times are hard in Depression era Georgia mountain country. Even so, fourteen-year-old Halley Owenby, her younger brother, Robbie, and their parents, Jim and Kate manage to get by until Jim dies suddenly in an accident, and Kate decides she and her children have no choice but to move in with her parents.
The flywheel, Erin Gough.
The boy I love, Nina de Gramont.
Fifteen year old Wren has fallen in love with the most sought after boy in school, but his secret will both bring them together, and keep them apart.
All that burns, Ryan Graudin.
The return of Johnny Kemp, Keith Gray.
Hit : inspired by a true story, Lorie Ann Grover.
High school senior Sarah takes a poetry class led by Mr. Haddings, a student teacher from the nearby University of Washington, and finds herself using her poetry journal to subtly declare her feelings for him, but everything changes when she is hit by a car.
Dangerous girls, Abigail Haas.
The conspiracy of us, Maggie Hall.
When sixteen-year-old Avery West learns her family is part of a powerful and dangerous secret society, and that her own life is in danger, she must follow a trail of clues across Europe.
Darkfall, Janice Hardy.
With the rebellion in full swing, fifteen year-old Nya's loyalties are put to the ultimate test,and she is forced to choose between leading an army against the Duke or abandoning her people to save her sister.
Debutantes in love, Cora Harrison.
Boys R us : a clique novel, Lisi Harrison.
Massie Block: After disbanding the Pretty Committee, Massie takes charge like Visa, forming OCD's hawtest clique yet: Massie And Crew.
Alicia Rivera: Hearts her new role as alpha of the Soul-M8s, BOCD's first ever boy-girl clique. But when the boys head back to the newly renovated Briarwood Academy, will the remaining Soul-M8s become 4Squares?
Dylan Marvil: Is happy times ten to finally have a crush who's crushing back, especially since they luh-v all the same things.
Kristen Gregory: Scored three goals on the soccer field last week - and Massie's crush … which earned her an ejection from her ex-BFF's heart.
Claire Lyons: Has declared herself neutral in the battle of the cliques.
The Clique … the only thing harder than getting in is staying in.
Beastkeeper, Cat Hellisen.
Deep in the forest, in a crumbling ruin of a castle, Sarah begins to untangle the layers of curses affecting her family, until she discovers that the curse has carried over to her, too. The day she falls in love for the first time, Sarah will transform into a beast unless she can figure out a way to break the curse forever.
Otherwise, Linda Oatman High.
Teeny tiny grief machines, Linda Oatman High.
Unwanted, Amanda Holohan.
Rhyme schemer, K.A. Holt.
A novel in verse about Kevin's journey from bully to being bullied, as he learns about friendship, family, and his talent for poetry.
Necropolis, Anthony Horowitz.
To stop the evil corporation Nightrise from unleashing its devastating power around the globe, fifteen-year-old Matt and three other Gatekeepers travel to Hong Kong to find Scarlet, the final Gatekeeper, whose fate is inextricably joined to their own.
Ensnared : a novel, A. G. Howard.
Chosen at nightfall : a Shadow Falls novel, C. C. Hunter.
Jekyll's mirror, William Hussey.
The five stages of Andrew Brawley, Shaun David Hutchinson ; illustrations by Christine Larsen.
Convinced he should have died in the accident that killed his parents and sister, sixteen-year-old Drew lives in a hospital, hiding from employees and his past, until Rusty, set on fire for being gay, turns his life around. Includes excerpts from the superhero comic Drew creates.
A company of swans, Eva Ibbotson.
The shadow cabinet : a shades of London book, Maureen Johnson.
Better late than never, Marilyn Kaye.
City of savages, Lee Kelly.
After the Red Allies turn New York City into a POW camp, two sisters must decipher the past in order to protect the future in this thriller with a dual narrative.
The empty throne, Cayla Kluver.
Anya has failed in her mission to bring Prince Zabriel back to the Faerie realm of Chrior so that he can ascend his rightful throne. Instead, Zabriel, her prince, cousin and dear friend, is standing trial for crimes committed under the false name William Wolfram Pyrite. Worst of all, the last possible heir to the Faerie throne is Illumina, the cousin Anya suspects of the foulest betrayal possible. In a desperate last attempt to put things right, Anya must partner with the unlikeliest of allies and venture into ever more dangerous situations if there is to be any hope of peace for her people.
Bleach. 63, Hear fear here, story and art by Tite Kubo ; translation, Joe Yamazaki.
Mask De Masculine's onslaught continues as he takes on multiple Soul Reaper captains at once. However, he may have met his match when Renji makes his appearance. Meanwhile, the secrets behind the Quincy king's power may finally be revealed.
There will be lies, Nick Lake.
Shelby Cooper, nearly eighteen, has been overprotected by her single mother all her life but after a car accident, Shelby's mother steals her away from the hospital, revealing that Shelby's father is not dead, but rather a violent man who promised to hunt them down.
Alive and kicking, Chris Lynch.
Despite the fact that his brother is missing in action in the Pacific theater, Theo McCallum, a gunner on a B-24 Liberator returns to his unit in Europe to continue the war because he feels that the other men in his unit feel like family to him and he cannot believe that his brother is actually dead.
Killing time in Crystal City, Chris Lynch.
Seventeen-year-old Kevin tries to reinvent himself when he runs away from home and the father he hates, but living with a mysterious uncle and befriending two homeless girls just adds more complications.
Watched, CJ Lyons.
Throne of glass, Sarah J. Maas.
Bad blood, Marianne Mancusi.
Blood forever, Marianne Mancusi.
Boys that bite, Marianne Mancusi.
Gamer girl, Marianne Mancusi.
Girls that growl, Marianne Mancusi.
Soul bound, Marianne Mancusi.
Every move, Ellie Marney.
Fairy tail. 46, Hiro Mashima ; translation, William Flanagan.
As the bloody battle against the Nine Demon Gates and their king Mard Geer engulfs all of Fairy Tail, the guild learns a terrible secret: the threat from Face, the magic pulse bomb, isn't over yet! Meanwhile, the ice demon slayer known as Silver faces off against Gray, and the bond that ties their fates together is revealed! The truth sends Gray from shivering terror into an icy rage, but what greater sadness waits in the fight ahead?
The hedge knight. II, Sworn sword, George R.R. Martin ; adaptation, Ben Avery ; artwork, Mike S. Miller ; colours, Rob Ruffolo ; letters, Bill Tortolini.
Adapting "New York Times" bestselling author George R. R. Martin's "The Sworn Sword", the long-awaited sequel to "The Hedge Knight" tells the story of the adventures of Ser Duncan and his squire one year after their initial meeting at the tournament in Ashford. This title collects "Hedge Knight II: Sworn Sword" numbered 1-6.
Rat runners, Oisin McGann.
Amy & Matthew, Cammie McGovern.
The ruby circle : a bloodlines novel, Richelle Mead.
Sydney Sage is an Alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. They protect vampire secrets and human lives. After their secret romance is exposed, Sydney and Adrian find themselves facing the wrath of both the Alchemists and the Moroi. When the life of someone they both love is put on the line, Sydney risks everything to hunt down a deadly former nemesis. Meanwhile, Adrian becomes enmeshed in a puzzle that could hold the key to a shocking secret about spirit magic, a secret that could shake the entire Moroi world.
Incarnate, Jodi Meadows.
After 5000 years of the same souls being reincarnated, Ana, a new soul, is born and on her eighteenth birthday sets off on a mission to learn the truth about her existence.
Levana's story, written by Marissa Meyer.
Queen Levana is a ruler who uses her "glamour" to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story a story that has never been told until now.
Soulprint, Megan Miranda.
Alina's spent her seventeen years imprisoned for the crimes of her past self, as shown by soul-fingerprinting when she was a newborn, but when a group of people with questionable motives helps her escape, she discovers she may not be as innocent as she believes and must wonder if she's fated to repeat her past.
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.
Hidden, Donna Jo Napoli.
When a marauding slave ship captures her sister, Melkorka, eight-year-old Brigid is lost at sea but survives, disguised as a boy, and sets out to rescue Melkorka, and as the years pass she becomes a woman, reputed to be fierce enough to conquer a man, but desirous only of reuniting with her family.
Olympians. 7. Ares : bringer of war, George O'Connor.
The myth continues in the tenth year of the fabled Trojan War where two infamous gods of war go to battle. The spotlight is thrown on Ares, god of war, and primarily focuses on his battle with the clever and powerful Athena. As the battle culminates and the gods try to one-up each other to win, the human death toll mounts. Who will win this epic clash of power? And how many will have to die first?
First love, James Patterson and Emily Raymond.
Runaways Axi, sixteen, and Robinson, seventeen, who met on a cancer ward, leave small-town Oregon on a cross-country trip to experience the best of life before it is too late.
The lost, James Patterson and Emily Raymond.
Whit and Wisty Allgood have fought and defeated their world's greatest threats: the evil dictator, The One Who Is The One, as well as his wicked father and son. Now the siblings find themselves persecuted as the city turns against all those who possess magic. They're questioning everything, including each other and their abilities.
Hemlock, Kathleen Peacock.
Thornhill, Kathleen Peacock.
Willowgrove, Kathleen Peacock.
Mac and her boyfriend Kyle fight to unravel the conspiracy surrounding illegal experiments performed on werewolves at the secret asylum.
The rise of Aurora West. 1, written by J.T. Petty and Paul Pope ; art by David Rubin.
Aurora West, daughter of Arcopolis's last great hero, seeks to uncover the mystery of her mother's death, and to find her place in a world overrun with monsters and corruption.
Shatterglass, Tamora Pierce.
Tris and her mage-student, a young man whose glassmaking magic has been amplified and mixed with lightning, team up to track a killer who may be nearer than they suspect.
Broken silence, Natasha Preston.
Silence, Natasha Preston.
Snow like ashes, Sara Raasch.
Orphaned Meira, a fierce chakram-wielding warrior from the Kingdom of Winter, must struggle to free her people from the tyranny of an opposing kingdom while also protecting her own destiny.
Shivers, Bali Rai.
Burning nation, Trent Reedy.
Idaho is a war zone under Federal occupation, and Danny Wright and his friends in the Idaho Militia are determined to fight back, running guerrilla missions against the army but what at first seemed like a straightforward battle against governmental repression quickly grows murky, and Danny finds that even winning the war does not mean an end to tyranny.
There is no dog, Meg Rosoff
Cyclops. Starstruck, writer, Greg Rucka ; artist, Russell Dauterman ; pencils, Carmen Carnero ; inks, Terry Pallot.
Cyclops just discovered that the father he thought died long ago is alive and well and a space pirate! Scott Summers stays in space to learn some valuable lessons from his dad: 1) How to shave, 2) How to talk to girls, 3) How to steal a Badoon spaceship.
Unspeakable, Abbie Rushton.
For the forest of a bird, Sue Saliba.
Firefight, Brandon Sanderson.
David and the Reckoners continue their fight against the Epics, humans with superhuman powers, except they may have met their match in Regalia, a High Epic who resides in Babylon Restored, the city formerly known as the borough of Manhattan.
A cold legacy : a madman's daughter novel, Megan Shepherd.
After escaping to a remote estate on the Scottish moors, owned by the enigmatic Elizabeth von Stein, Juliet Moreau, the product of her father's animal-human experiments, uncovers the truth about the manor's long history of scientific experimentation and her own intended role in it.
The queen of zombie hearts, Gena Showalter.
UnDivided, Neal Shusterman.
Three teens band together in order to sway the government to repeal all rulings in support of a procedure in which unwanted teenagers are captured and are unwound into parts that can be reused for transplantation.
Unwind, Neal Shusterman.
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs — and, perhaps, save their own lives.
The fury, Alexander Gordon Smith.
Imagine if one day, without warning, the entire human race turns against you. Every single person you meet becomes a bloodthirsty, mindless savage, hell-bent on killing you - and only you. Friends, family, even your mum and dad, will turn on you. They will murder you. And when they have, they will go back to their lives as if nothing has happened. These victims of the Fury - the ones that survive - manage to locate each other… They must fight to uncover the truth about the Fury before it's too late. But it is a truth that will destroy everything they know about life and death.
Superman unchained, Scott Snyder, writer ; Jim Lee, Dustin Nguyen, Scott Williams, artists ; Alex Sinclair, John Kalisz, colorists ; Sal Cipriano, letterer.
As the Last Son of Krypton, Superman's always been alone on this planet and rare are the times that he's ever encountered someone who understands who he is and the choices he's had to make. But hidden away in the darkest corners of the Earth, rarely allowed into the light, there is another who sees right into his soul - someone who will force Superman to question everything he thought he knew about his life, his role, and the future he'd hoped to build!
Lark ascending, Meagan Spooner.
Stung, Joss Stirling.
The dogs, Allan Stratton.
Girl online, Zoe Sugg.
Penny has a secret. Under the alias GirlOnline, Penny blogs her hidden feelings about friendship, boys, high school drama, her crazy family, and the panic attacks that have begun to take over her life. When things go from bad to worse, her family whisks her away to New York, where she meets Noah, a gorgeous, guitar-strumming American. Suddenly Penny is falling in love and capturing every moment of it on her blog. But Noah has a secret, too, one that threatens to ruin Penny's cover and her closest friendship forever.
The melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-chan. 09, story, Nagaru Tanigawa ; art, Puyo ; characters, Noizi Ito ; translation, Paul Starr.
It's a shock that there's a freshman willing to take on Haruhi's Brigade entrance examination! But it's just as much a delight to finally have someone willing to fight against the tyranny of the straight man. Or so one would hope. With Yasumi Watahashi now on the scene, Kyon's straight man game is soaring to new heights, Asahina is going crazy, and Haruhi is acting more like a Brigade Chief than ever before! And what of the feline-ified Kuyoh at Nagato's house when Kyon faces off with her, what could his fate possibly be!?
Black butler. 19, Yana Toboso ; translation, Tomo Kimura.
Ciel and his butler Sebastian travel to Germany to investigate a string of deaths and wind up in a cursed forest, finding themselves face-to-face with a witch.
The woods. Vol. 1, The arrow, James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas.
On October 16, 2013, 437 students, 52 teachers, and 24 additional staff from Bay Point Preparatory High School in suburban Milwaukee, WI vanished without a trace. Countless light years away, far outside the bounds of the charted universe, 513 people find themselves in the middle of an ancient, primordial wilderness. Where are they? Why are they there? The answers will prove stranger than anyone could possibly imagine.
It's kind of a funny story, Ned Vizzini.
A humourous account of a New York City teenager's battle with depression and his time spent in a psychiatric hospital.
One of us, Jeannie Waudby.
The bar code rebellion, Suzanne Weyn.
Avatar, the last airbender. The promise, Gene Luen Yang, script ; Gurihiru, art & cover ; Michael Heisler, lettering ; translation, Aki Yanagi.
Aang and Katara work to maintain peace between the Fire Lord Zuko and Earth King Kuei, while Sokka helps Toph prepare her metalbending school to defend itself against a rival class of firebenders.

Non-Fiction

Grace's guide : the art of pretending to be a grown-up, Grace Helbig.
One of the sharpest, funniest voices on YouTube (Forbes), comedian Grace Helbig offers an irreverent and illustrated guide to life for anyone faced with the challenge of growing up.
Poisoned apples : poems for you, my pretty, Christine Heppermann with photographs by various artists.
Christine Heppermann's powerful collection of free verse poems explore how girls are taught to think about themselves, their bodies, their friends — as consumers, as objects, as competitors. Based on classic fairy tale characters and fairy tale tropes, the poems range from contemporary retellings to first person accounts set within the original stories. Poisoned Apples is a dark, clever, witty, beautiful, and important book for teenage girls, their sisters, their mothers, and their best friends.
Chill : stress-reducing techniques for a more balanced, peaceful you, Deborah Reber ; illustrated by Neryl Walker.
Chill explains what happens to your body and mind when you're stressed; shows you how to de-stress through a variety of techniques including time management, visualization, exercise, and creative outlets; offers organisational tips to make every part of your life run more smoothly; helps you deal with some of the side effects of stress; and much more.
Doable : the girls' guide to accomplishing just about anything, Deborah Reber.
Got goals? This empowering guide shows how to tackle your to-dos with confidence and enthusiasm so that you can transform anxiety into accomplishment.
Speaking out : queer youth in focus, Rachelle Lee Smith ; foreword by Candace Gingrich ; afterword by Graeme Taylor.
A photographic essay that explores a wide spectrum of experiences told from the perspective of a diverse group of young people, ages 14-24, identifying as queer (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning). With more than 65 portraits photographed over a period of 10 years, the book provides rare insight into the passions, confusions, prejudices, and sorrows felt by queer youth.