Recreation

New Titles Young Adults’ November 2016 (arrived in October 2016)

Fiction

A-force presents. Volume 5
The Marvel Universe's most exciting action heroes continue their adventures! Black Widow races against time to thwart a dark plot threatening Europe. Captain Marvel rebels against an empire and declares a star war! Jersey City's newest sensation, Ms. Marvel, hones her powers, and her costume!
A-Force presents. Volume 6
Black Widow's strength and cunning will be tested to their limits as she takes on a mission too dangerous for S.H.I.E.L.D.! Let battle commence as Captain Marvel wades into an interplanetary turf war! Ms. Marvel checks off another super hero rite of passage a team-up with Wolverine!
I'll be home for Christmas
Earth 2 society. Volume 2, Indivisible written by Dan Abnett ; art by Jorge Jimenez, Federico Dallocchio ; color by Alejandro Sanchez, David Calderon ; letters by Travis Lanham.
A bold new era begins on Earth-2! The heroes have decided to take leadership roles in this still-rebuilding world. But power soon becomes absolute power, and the people of Earth-2 quickly discover they've trusted in the wrong heroes! While Batman and his allies fight to keep their city safe from organized crime, Green Lantern and his wonders struggle to prevent the world from toppling into all-out war.
Infinite risk Ann Aguirre.
Beyond the pull of life and death lies the Immortal game. Edie Kramer has leaped back to put things right and save the boy she loves.
Ashes Laurie Halse Anderson.
As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon are reported as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. With purpose and faith, Isabel and Curzon march on, fiercely determined to find Isabel's little sister Ruth, who is enslaved in a Southern state.
Witch's pyre : if you fail, you burn Josephine Angelini
The hypnotist Laurence Anholt
Nichijou = My ordinary life. 4 [Keiichi Awawi ; translation, Jenny McKeon].
The denizens of the fey kingdom must placate their princess. Mio invents an explosive athletic move. A newly- opened cafe bedevils Yuuko. Yuuko seizes a chance to send Mios already-active imagination into overdrive, and Nakamura, the science teacher, takes a professional interest in Nano.
Kids of appetite David Arnold
Nemesis Anna Banks.
The spectorium Princess Sepora created provides energy for all, but now her father has found a way to weaponize it.
Crooked kingdom Leigh Bardugo.
Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope.
Three dark crowns Kendare Blake
Double down Gwenda Bond
Heartfire Kate A. Boorman
Soulmates Holly Bourne
The Swan Riders Erin Bow.
Greta was her country's crown princess, and also its hostage, destined to be the first casualty in an inevitable war. But when the war came, it broke all the rules, and Greta forged a different past. She is no longer princess. No longer hostage. No longer human. Greta Stuart has become an AI.
Watched Marina Budhos.
Far from the model teen, Naeem moves fast to outrun the eyes of his hardworking Bangladeshi parents, their gossipy neighbours, and the other forms of surveillance in his immigrant neighbourhood in Queens, but when his mistakes catch up with him and the police offer a dark deal, will Naeem be a hero or a traitor?
The Forgetting Sharon Cameron.
Canaan is a quiet city on an idyllic world, hemmed in by high walls, but every twelve years the town breaks out in a chaos of bloody violence, after which all the people undergo the Forgetting, in which they are left without any trace of memory of themselves, their families, or their lives but somehow seventeen-year-old Nadia has never forgotten, and she is determined to find out what causes it and how to put a stop to the Forgetting forever.
Like a river glorious Rae Carson.
After her harrowing journey west to California, Lee Westfall has finally found a new home, one rich in gold, thanks to her magical power, a power that seems to be changing every day. But this home is rich in other ways, too: with friends who are searching for a place to be themselves, just as she is, and with love.
Fire Kristin Cashore.
In a kingdom called the Dells, Fire is the last human-shaped monster, with unimaginable beauty and the ability to control the minds of those around her, but even with these gifts she cannot escape the strife that overcomes her world.
Love, peace & chocolate Cathy Cassidy
What happens now Jennifer Castle.
Ari, working to overcome depression, enters into a summer romance with Camden, a boy she has long admired from afar.
The host Beth Chambers ; illustrated by Sean Longcroft.
Trinity Olivia Chase
The reader Traci Chee.
After her father is brutally murdered, Sefia flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin, who teaches her to hunt, track, and steal. But when Nin is kidnapped none of her survival skills can help her discover where Nin's been taken, or if she's even alive.
A shadow bright and burning Jessica Cluess.
Henrietta Howel can burst into flames. Forced to reveal her power to save a friend, she's invited to train as one of Her Majesty's royal sorcerers the first female sorcerer in hundreds of years.
Arcana rising Kresley Cole
Day Zero Kresley Cole
L.A. candy Lauren Conrad.
When nineteen-year-old Jane Roberts is cast in a new reality show, she discovers that the fame and fortune of her new life come at a high price to herself and her friendships.
Beneath wandering stars Ashlee Cowles.
After her soldier brother is horribly wounded in Afghanistan, Gabriela must honor the vow she made: If anything ever happened to him, she would walk the Camino de Santiago through Spain, making a pilgrimage in his name. The worst part is that the promise stipulates that she must travel with her brother's best friend a boy she has despised all her life.
Angry management : three novellas Chris Crutcher.
The award-winning novelist and author of "Whale Talk" delivers a collection of three connected and never-before-published novellas for teens, introducing new characters and revisiting some favorite Crutcher heroes.
The fever code James Dashner.
The forests burned, the lakes and rivers dried up, and the oceans swelled. Then came a plague. Families died, violence reigned, and man killed man. Next came Wicked who were looking for an answer. And then they found the perfect boy: Thomas, who built a maze. Now there are secrets. There are lies. And there are loyalties history could never have foreseen.
The odds of lightning Jocelyn Davies.
The night before their SATs, four former best friends get struck by a magical bolt of lightning that gives them special powers and sends them on an all-night adventure throughout New York City.
Some-thing in between Melissa De La Cruz
The wrong train Jeremy de Quidt ; illustrated by Dave Shelton.
It's late. Dark. A boy rushes to catch a train, leaping aboard just before it pulls away. Suddenly he realises that it's the wrong train.
Before I die Jenny Downham.
Tessa has just a few months to live. Fighting back against hospital visits, tests, drugs with excruciating side-effects, she compiles a list. It's her To Do Before I Die list. And number one is sex. Released from the constraints of 'normal' life, Tessa tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her failing body struggles to keep up.
Cell 7 Kerry Drewery
Remember yesterday Pintip Dunn.
Sixteen-year-old Jessa Stone, who possesses valuable psychic abilities, must travel to the past with someone she considers an enemy, in order to save her sister.
The ascension story, inks, artwork, colors, letters by Vincent Egan ; translated by Bernadette Egan.
The Ascension depicts the adventures of Erohix an ancestor of the ixtrove, and his discovery of Rehua, a Maori atua sent from the 12th heaven. Erohix along with his trusty recon android investigate the ruin of the mysterious meteorite that encased Rehua. Their investigation is met with great hostility when they realize the meteorite they'd stumbled upon was tapu. This was sacred Maori ground.
Ivory and bone Julie Eshbaugh.
Hunting, gathering, and keeping his family safe that's the life seventeen-year-old Kol knows. Then bold, enigmatic Mya arrives from the south with her family, and Kol is captivated. He wants her to like and trust him, but any hopes of impressing her are ruined when he makes a careless and nearly grave mistake.
Everyone we've been Sarah Everett.
Addison Sullivan has been in an accident. In its aftermath, she has memory lapses and starts talking to a boy who keeps disappearing. She's afraid she's going crazy, and the worried looks on her family's and friends' faces aren't helping.
The Black Key Amy Ewing
Time for Jas Natasha Farrant
A very good chance Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
The lovely reckless Kami Garcia.
Seventeen-year-old Frankie Devereux would do anything to forget the past. Haunted by the memory of her boyfriend's death, she lives her life by one dangerous rule: nothing matters. Then a reckless mistake forces her to leave her privileged life in the Heights to move in with her dad, an undercover cop.
Star Wars. Darth Vader. [3], The Shu-Torun war [writer, Keiron Gillen ; artists, Leinil Yu (annual #1), Salvador Larroca (issues #16-19) ; inker, Gerry Alanguilan (annual #1) ; color artists, Jason Keith (annual #1), Edgar Delgado (issues #16-19) ; letterer, VC's Joe Caramagna].
The natives of Shu-Torun are revolting, and there's no way the Empire will stand for that. When Darth Vader is tasked with leading a military assault against the planet, could it be that his rise to glory has begun? But who will follow Vader into war? Would you? Then again, it's better to fight alongside Vader than against him. That's a lesson that the Ore Barons are about to learn.
We were never here Jennifer Gilmore.
Sixteen-year old Lizzie, hospitalized with an illness that takes time to be diagnosed, finds comfort in an unexpected source when she meets Connor, a troubled boy whose scars are internal.
The Otherlife Julia Gray
Let it snow : three holiday romances John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle.
An abundance of Katherines John Green.
Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.
Looking for Alaska : a novel John Green.
Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.
Paper towns John Green.
One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbour and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson John Green & David Levithan.
When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.
Smashed Mandy Hager.
Smashed tells the story of three teenage friends, and how their friendship, loyalties and values are thrown into confusion when the main character's younger sister is raped by one of his best friends. His reaction sets in motion a ripple effect, which culminates in a violent act of revenge upon the rapist. Has our hero done this? As he finds himself deep in trouble and confused about the truth, he is forced to the vital question: are we really just puppets controlled by our genes, or do we have the free will to rewrite our own destiny?
1916 : dig for victory David Hair.
They barely know each other, Maori and Pakeha, traumatized veterans and wide-eyed new recruits, thrown together from all corners of New Zealand, a country so young it barely conceives of itself as a nation. But they've arrived in a war like no other: the Great War, a maelstrom of fire, poison gas, artillery, and newly created weapons like aircraft and tanks. They're armed only with their picks and shovels. They are the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, they're going to dig their way into history, yard by yard.
Been here all along Sandy Hall
Hayate the combat butler. 28 Kenjiro Hata ; [translation, John Werry].
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.
The leopard princess Rosanne Hawke with illustrations by D.M. Cornish.
Full moon : a Dark Guardian novel Rachel Hawthorne
Ark angel Anthony Horowitz
Crocodile tears Anthony Horowitz.
Targeted by a hitman and under threat of his past being exposed by the media, Alex reluctantly turns to MI6. But their help doesn't come cheap: they need Alex to spy on the activities at a GM crop plant. There he spots Desmond McCain, a high profile charity organiser, who realises that Alex is on to him and the real plans for the money he's raising.
Eagle strike Anthony Horowitz
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.
Nightrise Anthony Horowitz
Raven's gate Anthony Horowitz
Scorpia Anthony Horowitz
The last beginning Lauren James
Freax and Rejex Robin Jarvis.
The second novel in the extraordinary, ground-breaking, genre-busting new trilogy from master of fantasy Robin Jarvis. Five months have passed since the publication of the devilish book discovered in Dancing Jax. It is on its ninth reprint and tens of millions of copies have been sold in the UK. The entire country is now under its evil spell.
Twisted Hannah Jayne
My love story!! 10 story, Kazune Kawahara ; art, Aruko ; [English adaptation, Ysabet Reinhardt MacFarlane ; translation, JN Productions].
Pastry chef Ichinose thinks he is best suited to be with Yamato and tells Takeo to break up with her! Takeo becomes discouraged, but he takes a stand against Ichinose even though Ichinose swears to declare his love to Yamato after he wins a pastry chef competition. Will Takeo and Yamato's relationship survive the high-stakes baking contest?
The last true love story Brendan Kiely.
Hendrix and Corrina bust Hendrix's grandfather out of assisted living, and leave LA for New York in pursuit of freedom, truth, and love.
A taste for monsters Matthew J. Kirby.
In 1888 seventeen-year-old Evelyn Fallow, herself disfigured by the phosphorus in the match factory where she worked, has been hired as a maid to Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man but when the Jack the Ripper murders begin she and Merrick find themselves haunted by the ghosts of the slain women, and Evelyn is caught up in the mystery of Jack's identity.
The last thing I remember Andrew Klavan.
The first book in an exciting new series reminiscent of The Bourne Identity and 24 Charlie West studies hard, stays focused and has just gotten the phone number of the prettiest girl in his class. He is thinking about joining the air force after graduation. He is a third degree black belt. He never gets in trouble. Until now. Charlie has woken up in a nightmare. He's strapped to a steel chair, and someone outside the door just ordered his death...Even worse - he can't remember a thing about how he got here.
Radical E. M. Kokie.
Preppers. Survivalists. Bex prefers to think of herself as a realist who plans to survive, but regardless of labels, they re all sure of the same thing: a crisis is coming. And when it does, Bex will be ready. She has planned exactly what to pack, she knows how to handle a gun, and she'll drag her family to safety by force if necessary.
Bleach. [Volumes 46-47-48] story and art by Tite Kubo ; [English adaptation, Lance Caselman ; translation, Joe Yamazaki].
Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts he was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollow a malevolent lost soul Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits themselves find peace.
The legacies Pittacus Lore
My name is Milena Rokva T. A. Maclagan.
After seven years living as Alexandra Gastone, Milena Rokva is now free to be her true self, if only she knew who that was or had time to find out. Milena is in a race against time to bring down Perun, the very organization that trained her as a spy.
Feathers Rose Mannering.
As Magical Cleansing spreads across the realm and strangers arrive from foreign lands bringing with them bloodshed and fear, Ode, who can transform into a great white bird, flees to a distant island where answers, Magic, and a girl with golden hair await him.
Barefoot on the wind Zoe Marriott
Fairy tail. Blue mistral. 3 based on a story by Hiro Mashima ; manga by Rui Watanabe ; [translation, William Flanagan].
When Fairy Tail gets word of a dragon kidnapping young omen in the town of AIya, Wendy doesn't hesitate to investigate disguised as a boy! However, she doesn't get far before Carla suddenly starts acting strange and runs away. To find the missing girls and save Carla, Wendy will have to go on a dangerous adventure full of magic and intrigue. Will she be able to get to the bottom of this eerie turn of events all on her own?
Afterward Jennifer Mathieu.
When eleven-year-old Dylan Anderson is kidnapped, his subsequent rescue leads to the discovery of Ethan Jorgensen, who had disappeared four years earlier, and now Dylan's sister Caroline befriends Ethan and wants to learn the truth about her autistic brother's captivity.
The fixes Owen Matthews.
Eric Connelly is crumbling under the weight of his dad's expectations. He can't seem to live up to the "Connelly Man" standards but when he meets the mysterious, free-spirited Jordan Grant, his dad's rules seem so much less important than they used to. Jordan and Eric now "E" join up with two of the most popular girls in school to combat their rich-kid boredom by cruising their beachside hometown of Capilano. But as Jordan seduces E further into this depraved life, the group starts to kill time in more nefarious ways.
Mother tongue Julie Mayhew
The female of the species Mindy McGinnis.
Alex Craft knows how to kill someone. And she doesn't feel bad about it. When her older sister, Anna, was murdered three years ago and the killer walked free, Alex uncaged the language she knows best. The language of violence.
When the moon was ours Anna-Marie McLemore.
To everyone who knows them, best friends Miel and Sam are as strange as they are inseparable. Roses grow out of Miel's wrists, and rumours say that she spilled out of a water tower when she was five. Sam is known for the moons he paints and hangs in the trees and for how little anyone knows about his life before he and his mother moved to town. But as odd as everyone considers Miel and Sam, even they stay away from the Bonner girls, four beautiful sisters rumoured to be witches.
Winter written by Marissa Meyer.
Princess Winter, admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, teams up with the cyborg mechanic, Cinder, and her allies, to defeat Queen Levana and find their happily ever afters.
Hellboy in Mexico story by Mike Mignola ; art by Mike Mignola [and 4 others] ; colors by Dave Stewart ; letters by Clem Robins.
In 1956, Hellboy caravans across Mexico vampire-hunting with luchadores, finding the Aztec Gods, fighting evil turkeys and Frankenstein's monster, and drinking way too much tequila, in the strangest collection of his adventures yet.
Mike Mignola's B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, [14], The exorcist exorcism, story by Mike Mignola and Cameron Stewart ; art by Cameron Stewart ; the exorcist, story by Mike Mignola, Cameron Stewart and Chris Roberson ; art by Mike Norton ; colors by Dave Stewart ; letters by Clem Robins.
Cameron Stewart (Fight Club 2, Batgirl) writes and draws the two-arc story following Ashley Strode from agent-in-training to fully-fledged exorcist. BPRD field agent Ashley Strode attempts to purge a demon from a 100-year-old exorcist, utilizing a deadly rite that sends both of them into a spiritual hell. When she returns, her commitment to fighting the forces of evil in the world leads her to a rural town where a demon-worshipping cult is believed to be kidnapping children.
Think twice Sarah Mlynowski
My neighbour Seki = Tonari no Seki-kun. 8 Takuma Morishige ; [translation, Mari Morimoto].
Seki creates a new twist on a board game, crafts his own version of a jack-in-the-box, and invents a machine that recycles eraser scraps that ends up being a little too perfectly entertaining. But Yokoi discovers that the most distracting game of all involves toys that are completely invisible!
Gone wild Robert Muchamore.
The Rock War TV show is the most-watched reality show on British telly, and it's only halfway through. Jay, Summer, Dylan and their bands have all made it past the tough boot camp stage, and now the last six will fight it out until the season's finale, live on Christmas Eve. But it's not all about the music. Summer was hit by a motorbike at the end of boot camp. Jay's brother Theo can't keep out of trouble or out of handcuffs. And Dylan, the outsider, is investigating corruption within the workings of the competition itself. They've got everything to play for.
Holding up the universe Jennifer Niven
Goldenhand Garth Nix.
Lirael is no longer a shy Second Assistant Librarian. She is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, with dead creatures to battle and Free Magic entities to bind.
To be or not to be : a chooseable-path adventure Ryan North, William Shakespeare, and YOU.
The greatest work in English literature, now in the greatest format of English literature: a chooseable-path adventure! William Shakespeare's Hamlet has finally been restored to its original second-person non-linear branching narrative format. Now it's up to you to decide what happens next. Play as Hamlet and revenge your father's death. Play as Ophelia and make scientific discoveries. Play as King Hamlet, Sr. and die on the first page!
The call Peadar O'Guilin.
For the last twenty-five years every teenager in Ireland has been subject to "the call" which takes them away to the land of the Sidhe, where they are hunted for twenty four hours (though only three minutes pass in this world) handicapped by her twisted legs, Nessa Doherty knows that very few return alive, but she is determined to be one of them.
One piece. Vol. 79, Lucy!! [story and art by Eiichiro Oda ; translation, Stephen Paul].
The battle between Luffy and Doflamingo enters the final round. Luffy remains confident, but he'll need the aid of the people of Dressrosa if he is to have any hope of toppling this terrible tyrant. Can peace finally arrive for the long-suffering citizens of this island?
Magi. 19 : the labyrinth of magic story & art by Shinobu Ohtaka ; [translation & English adaptation, John Werry].
Magomett, the leader of Magnoshutatt, learns that the Kou Empire plans to attack while the city is weak from fighting against Leam. In desperation, he uses the Magoi Reactor to create a terrifying blackness in the sky. The very essence of the world is now threatened, and Aladdin must summon his most powerful allies to try to stop it!
Stealing Snow D M Page
Beck Mal Peet with Meg Rosoff.
Born from a street liaison between a poor young woman and an African soldier in the 1900s, Beck is soon orphaned and sent to the Catholic Brothers in Canada. Shipped to work on a farm, his escape takes him across the continent in a search for belonging. Enduring abuse and many hardships, Beck has times of comfort and encouragement, eventually finding Grace, the woman with whom he can finally forge his life and shape his destiny as a young man. A picaresque novel set during the Depression as experienced by a young black man, it depicts great pain but has an uplifting and inspiring conclusion.
Unboxed Leonie Pratt
Black Light Express Philip Reeve.
There was nothing, and then there was a train. A train with two passengers: a petty thief from a dead-end town, and an android girl who could be more human than the rest of us. Join Zen and Nova as they find out what really lies beyond the end of the universe.
Code Kathy Reichs & Brendan Reichs.
Tory Brennan, great niece of Dr Temperance Brennan, and the Virals return for their most terrifying adventure yet.
Tales of the peculiar Millard Nullings [Ransom Riggs] ; illustrated by Andrew Davidson.
In this collection of fairy tales, Ransom Riggs invites you to uncover hidden legends of the peculiar world. A fork-tongued princess, a girl who talks to ghosts, and wealthy cannibals who dine on the discarded limbs of peculiars are just a few of the characters whose stories will have you hooked.
Beyond carousel Brendan Ritchie
When they fade Jeyn Roberts.
Brutally murdered in the early 1970s, Molly can fade back to earth for a few fleeting moments as teenage hitchiker who can see the future. When Tatum, bullied at school and dumped by her best friend, picks up Molly and hears 'You're going to die. It will hurt and you'll be alone. And no one will help you, ' Tatum and Molly must figure out how to help the other in order to save themselves.
Firestorm Katie Robison.
The seven tribal nations are at war, and as a taporo Kit can finally do something to save her people. But Kit can't shake the feeling she's playing a game she doesn't understand, and if she agrees to fight, she'll lose the ones she loves the most.
Cherry Lindsey Rosin
The magician : the secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel Michael Scott.
Its California. In the hands of Dr John Dee and the Dark Elders, the book of Abraham the Mage could mean the destruction of the world. The powerful book of all time, it holds the secret to eternal life. A secret more dangerous than any one man should ever hold. And Dee is two pages away from the knowledge that would bring Dark Elders into power.
Tokyo ESP. 5 Hajime Segawa ; [translation, Kumar Sivasubramanian].
High school girl Rinka Urushiba wakes up to find out she has attained extra-sensory powers, and eventually comes to use them against other ESPers who have begun to wage havoc on Tokyo.
Tokyo ESP. 6 Hajime Segawa ; [translation, Kumar Sivasubramanian].
The battle in Hong Kong's black market tournament culminates with Rinka facing off with someone very close to the big bad boss and Rinka winds up having to face some harsh truths about the choices she has made up until this point. Meanwhile, Kobushi makes a decision about her path in the criminal world with potentially fatal consequences.
The deviants C J Skuse
All wrapped up Holly Smale.
Harriet Manners knows a lot about Christmas. She knows that every year Santa climbs down 91.8 million chimneys. She knows that Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was almost definitely a girl. She knows that the first artificial Christmas trees were made out of goose feathers. But this Christmas is extra special for Harriet, because four days ago she had her First Ever Kiss. Now she just needs to work out what's supposed to happen next.
Magic study Maria Snyder
Poison study Maria Snyder
Falling over sideways Jordan Sonnenblick.
Then into all of this (not-very-funny-to-Claire) comedy comes something intense and tragic while her dad is talking to her at the kitchen table, he falls over with a medical emergency. Suddenly the joke has become very serious and the only way Claire, her family, and her friends are going to get through it is if they can find a way to make it funny again.
Revelations J A Souders
The book of whispers Kimberly Starr
The dead boyfriend R. L. Stine.
Caitlin has never had a real boyfriend before. When she starts seeing Blade, she throws herself into the relationship with fervor. She ignores her friends who warn her that Blade may be a phony and that she is taking the whole thing too seriously.
Vicarious Paula Stokes.
Winter Kim and her sister, Rose, survived growing up in a Korean orphanage and being trafficked into the United States. But they've escaped the past and started over in a new place where no one knows who they used to be.
Username: regenerated Joe Sugg.
Evie is safe at home, but her heart remains in e.scape, the virtual world her father created for her. She's desperate to return, but the app that transports her has corrupted in the great reboot. When besotted geek, Lionel, offers to help, he doesn't just restore the gateway as she had planned. He opens up a series of revelations that calls into question everything Evie treasures in life. With a momentous discovery to be unearthed in the virtual realm, and an e.scape fugitive on the loose in reality, can our sidelined schoolgirl save not one world but two?
Our chemical hearts Krystal Sutherland
Black clover. 2, Those who protect story and art by Yuki Tabata ; translation, Taylor Engel, HC Language Solutions, Inc.
Asta dreams of becoming the greatest mage in the kingdom, but he can't use any magic.
Fruits basket. 4 Natsuki Takaya ; [translation, Sheldon Drzka]
Jealousy, rage, regret the members of the Sohma family are no strangers to these emotions. Tohru Honda's cheerful optimism, however, is like a balm to them.
Fruits basket. 5 Natsuki Takaya ; [translation, Sheldon Drzka]
Summer vacation is here at last!!
We know it was you : a strange truth novel Maggie Thrash.
When the Winship Academy mascot jumps off a bridge during a halftime show, she leaves behind a lot of questions, and two students who witnessed the scene firsthand are determined to find out what really happened.
All about the hype Paige Toon
The yellow room Jess Valance
The exorcism of Sofia Flores Danielle Vega.
Sofia is still processing the horrific truth of what happened when she and three friends performed an exorcism that spiraled horribly out of control. Ever since that night, Sofia has been haunted by bloody and demonic visions. Her therapist says they're all in her head, but to Sofia they feel chillingly real.
P.S. I like you Kasie West.
Every day in chemistry class, high school student and aspiring songwriter Lily Abbott is finding notes left to her by a mystery boy, love letters really, and she hopes they are from Lucas, a boy she is attracted to so when she finds out they are really from, she is shocked and unsure about how to respond.
Swarm Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, Deborah Biancotti.
Keep the secret. Use your power for good. Keep out of trouble. Stick together. Or things will fall apart. It's the holiday season, but the celebration at the Zeroes' underground nightclub is blown apart when two strangers with new powers take to the dance floor.

Non-Fiction

Naruto. Vol. 9, Neji vs. Hinata story and art by Masashi Kishimoto ; [English adaptation, Jo Duffy ; translation, Mari Morimoto].
Naruto is a ninja-in-training with a need for attention, a knack for mischief, and sealed within him, a strange, formidable power. His antics amuse his instructor Kakashi and irritate his teammates, intense Sasuke and witty Sakura, but Naruto is serious about becoming the greatest ninja in the village of Konohagakure!
Every falling star : the true story of how I survived and escaped North Korea Sungju Lee & Susan Elizabeth McClelland.
This is YA nonfiction. It's the memoir of a boy named Sungju who grew up in North Korea and, at the age of twelve, was forced to live on the streets and fend for himself after his parents disappeared.
Doing it right Bronwen Pardes.
Enjoy responsibly! Sometimes it feels like everybody's doing it. Maybe you are. Maybe you're thinking about it. Maybe it's years away. Whatever: you need to be ready--in your head, and down there. You have to know the right stuff in order to do it. "The Sex Lady" will break it down for you. Does size matter? How do you prevent STDs? What birth control options are there? If someone says they're a virgin, what does that mean? Am I ready? Am I normal?