Recreation

New Titles Young Adults’ October 2019 (arrived in September)

Fiction

Summerland, L J Adlington
Red girl, blue boy: an If only novel, Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Sixteen-year-old Katie and Drew really shouldn't get along. After all, her father is the Republican nominee for President of the United States while his mother is at the top of the Democratic ticket. But when Katie and Drew are thrown together in a joint interview on a morning talk show, they can't ignore the chemistry between them.
White stag, Kara Barbieri
Beast, Bill Bennett
The lady rogue, Jenn Bennett
In 1938, teenaged Theodora Fox and her crush, Huck, set out through the Carpathian Mountains seeking her missing father and the cursed ring of Vlad the Impaler, which he was seeking.
The beauty of the moment, Tanaz Bhathena
After her family moves from Saudi Arabia to Canada, Susan Thomas strives to meet her parents' expectations of excellence. Malcolm Vakil is the bad boy who started raising hell at age fifteen, after his mom died of cancer. Susan wants to be an artist. Malcolm doesn't know what he wants until he meets her. In spite of their differences; and their burdens, Susan and Malcolm fall for each other.
The beckoning shadow, Katharyn Blair
Vesper Montgomery learned the hard way that her power to summon your worst fear and turn it into a reality was addicting and dangerous. When she earns a spot in the Tournament of the Unraveling, where competitors battle it out for a chance to rewrite the past, Vesper finally has a shot to reverse the mistakes that have changed her forever.
The elite, Kiera Cass
Caster, Elsie Chapman
Aza Wu knows that casting magic can kill it killed her sister but she needs money desperately to pay off Saint Willow, who controls her sector of Lotusland, and save the family teahouse, so she secretly enters an underground casting tournament and finds herself competing against other castors with "full magic," and where even victory could cause her to lose her freedom, her magic, and her life.
Permanent record, Mary H K Choi
College dropout Pablo Neruda Rind works a graveyard shift at an upscale, twenty-four-hour deli in Brooklyn. He's up to his eyeballs in credit card debt, never mind his student loans. Pop juggernaut Leanna Smart graduated from child stardom, became an international icon, and has enough social media followers to populate whole continents. When Leanna and Pablo meet at 5:00 a.m.
Letting go, Cat Clarke
Starworld, Audrey Coulthurst
In a novel in two voices, a popular teen and an artistic loner forge an unlikely bond and create an entire universe via texts. But how long before the real world invades Starworld? Sam Jones and Zoe Miller have one thing in common: they both want an escape from reality.
House of salt and sorrows, Erin A Craig
In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed. Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor with her sisters and their father and stepmother. Once there were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls' lives have been cut short.
Children of the river, Linda Crew
All our broken pieces, L D Crichton
Musically gifted seventeen-year-old Kyler and his new neighbour Lennon, who is crippled by her OCD, discover that the strength to survive, live, and love can be found in unexpected places.
The last Balfour: magic and fire are kindred things, Cait Duggan
A strange kind of brave, Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
The hunt, Andrew Xia Fukuda
The prey, Andrew Xia Fukuda
The lost princess, Connie Glynn
Ellie is a rebellious princess hiding her real identity. Lottie is her Portman, acting as the princess for the public to shield Ellie from scrutiny. Jamie is Ellie's Partizan, a lifelong bodyguard sworn to protect the princess at any cost. Together they are attempting to stay safe from Leviathan, a group determined to take the princess for unknown reasons.
As happy as here, Jane Godwin
How to be luminous, Harriet Reuter Hapgood
Run, hide, fight back, April Henry
When a deadly shooting breaks out in a Portland shopping mall, six teens ends up trapped behind a store's security shutter: Miranda, Cole, Javier, Parker, Amina and Grace. To her own surprise, Miranda finds the others looking to her as their leader. The group has only three choices: Run, hide, or fight back. The wrong decision will have fatal consequences. The only thing the group has is common is that they all want to live.
When the sky fell on Splendor, Emily Henry
Almost everyone in the small town of Splendor, Ohio, was affected when the local steel mil exploded. If you weren't a casualty of the accident yourself, chances are a loved one was. That's the case for seventeen-year-old Franny, who, five years after the explosion, still has to stand by and do nothing as her brother lies in a coma.
Technically, you started it, Lana Wood Johnson
When a guy named Martin Nathaniel Munroe II texts you, it should be obvious who you're talking to. Except there's two of them (it's a long story), and Haley thinks she's talking to the one she doesn't hate. A question about a class project rapidly evolves into an all-consuming conversation.
My father's shadow, Jannali Jones
I'm not dying with you tonight, Kimberly Jones
Lena knows she's going to make it big. Campbell is just trying to get through the year at her new school. When both girls attend the Friday-night football game, neither expects everything to descend into sudden mass chaos. Chaos born from violence and hate. Chaos that unexpectedly throws them together. When the city is up in flames, they only have each other to rely on if they're going to survive the night.
Monuments, Will Kostakis
I love you so mochi, Sarah Kuhn
Kimi Nakamura loves fashion, and designing clothes, jewelry, and accessories for her friends, but her mother, a professional graphic designer with a long list of clients, wants her to be a serious artist, and is furious when she discovers Kimi has dropped her fine arts class; so Kimi is relieved to be able to visit her normally estranged grandparents in Kyoto during spring break.
Butterfly yellow, Thanhha Lai
In the final days of the Việt Nam War, Hằng takes her little brother, Linh, to the airport, determined to find a way to safety in America. In a split second, Linh is ripped from her arms and Hằng is left behind in the war-torn country. Six years later, Hằng has made the brutal journey from Việt Nam and is now in Texas as a refugee.
Savage drift, Emmy Laybourne
Loki: where mischief lies, Mackenzi Lee
When Loki and Amora cause the destruction of one of Asgard's most prized possessions, Amora is banished to Earth, where her powers will slowly and excruciatingly fade to nothing. She was the only person who ever looked at Loki's magic as a gift instead of a threat; without her, he slips further into anguish and the shadow of his adored brother, Thor.
The downstairs girl, Stacey Lee
Nothing but the truth, Dick Lehr
On a hot summer night in Boston, a thirteen-year-old African-American girl became the innocent victim of gang-related gunfire. Amid public outcry, an immediate manhunt was on to catch the murderer, and a young African-American man was quickly apprehended, charged, and – wrongly – convicted of the crime. Trell was only a baby when her father was imprisoned, but she has always been certain of his innocence.
Containment, Caryn Lix
Ex-Omnistellar prison guard Kenzie and her superpowered friends made it off Sanctuary, but are stuck in a stolen alien ship with nowhere to go and no one to help them. Kenzie can't trust Omnistellar, her parents, or even Cage. And she's haunted by memories of the aliens who nearly tore her to shreds and forced her to kill one of the Sanctuary prisoners, Matt.
Serpent & dove, Shelby Mahurin
Two years ago Louise le Blanc fled her coven and took shelter in the city of Cesarine, forsaking all magic. Sworn to the Church as a Chasseur, Reid Diggory has lived by one principle: Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. Then a wicked stunt forces the two into holy matrimony. Lou is unable to ignore her growing feelings, yet powerless to change what she is. A choice must be made and love makes fools of us all.
The arrival of someday, Jen Malone
After the liver disease she was born with flares up unexpectedly, roller derby star Amelia, eighteen, must come to terms with the brevity of life while hoping for an organ transplant.
The liars, Jennifer Mathieu
American royals, Katharine McGee
When she reigns, Jodi Meadows
In order to save the Fallen Isles from disaster, Mira must venture into the lands of her enemies in search of the bones of the first dragon, the only thing that can stop the cataclysm.
Eclipse the skies, Maura Milan
Ia Cōcha never thought she'd be working for the Olympus Commonwealth. But that was before she found out her trusted brother Einn was trying to tear apart the universe. Now, Ia, the Blood Wolf of the Skies, has agreed to help the Royal Star Force on one condition: when she finds him, she gets to kill Einn herself.
Where I end & you begin, Preston Norton
As punishment for breaking into their high school to watch the solar eclipse, Ezra, his crush Imogen, Ezra's best friend Holden, and Imogen's best friend Wynonna must perform in the school's production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, but before the first rehearsal starts, socially inept Ezra and badass Wynonna wake up in each other's bodies.
Vow of thieves, Mary Pearson
Kazi and Jase have survived, stronger and more in love than ever. Their new life now lies before them; the Ballengers will be outlaws no longer, Tor's Watch will be a kingdom, and Kazi and Jase will meet all challenges side by side, together at last.
Wild savage stars, Kristina Pérez
These divided shores, Sara Raasch
Held captive with the king's son in an endlessly shifting prison, Lu contemplates the violence of her military past to prevent the takeover of her island home, while a tormented Vex throws himself into the rebellion against Argrid forces.
Gloves off, Louisa Reid
Lily turns sixteen with two very different sides to her life: school, where she is badly bullied, and home with her mum and dad, warm and comforting but with its own difficulties. After a particularly terrible bullying incident, Lily's dad determines to give his daughter the tools to fight back. Introducing her to boxing, he encourages Lily to find her own worth.
The girlhoods, Hilary Rogers
The rule of many, Ashley Saunders
The Rule of One, Ashley Saunders
Heartstruck, Rebecca Sky
The million pieces of Neena Gill, Emma Smith-Barton
Curveball: the year I lost my grip, Jordan Sonnenblick
The spaces between us, Stacia Tolman
Serena Velasco and her friend Melody Grimshaw are dying to get out of Colchis. They've been keeping a safe distance from the bleakness of home and the banality of high school. To make things more interesting Serena fixates on communism, eager to get a rise out of their conservative small town. Her Western Civ teacher challenges her with an independent study of class and upward mobility; what creates the spaces between us.
The grief keeper, Alexandra Villasante
After escaping a detention center at the U.S. border, seventeen-year-old Marisol agrees to participate in a medical experiment hoping to keep her and her younger sister, Gabi, from being deported to El Salvador.
This is how we change the ending, Vikki Wakefield
Sixteen-year-old Nate McKee is doing his best to be invisible. He's worried about a lot of things; how his dad treats Nance and his twin half-brothers; the hydro crop in his bedroom; his reckless friend, Merrick. Nate hangs out at the local youth centre and fills his notebooks with things he can't say. But when some of his pages are stolen, and his words are graffitied at the centre, Nate realises he has allies.
Sensitive, Allayne L Webster
If I'm being honest, Emily Wibberley
Cameron Bright's reputation can be summed up in one word: b*tch. It's no surprise she's queen bee at her private L.A. high school--she's beautiful, talented, and notorious for her brutal honesty. But when she slips up in front of her crush, Andrew, any affection he may have had for her quickly fades. To win him over, Cameron resolves to tame herself, much like Shakespeare's infamous shrew, Katherine.
How we became Wicked, Alex Yates
A plague is pulsing through the world. Already infected by the droves of Singers, the ultraviolet mosquito-like insects who carry the plague, the Wicked roam the world freely. They don't want much only to maim and dismember you. And they always ask politely first. The True live in contained, isolated communities. They found safety from the Singers, and the threat of the Wicked has been contained.
Frankly in love, David Yoon
The girl the sea gave back, Adrienne Young
Tova lives amongst the Svell, the people who found her washed ashore as a child and use her for her gift as a Truthtongue, but when two neighbouring clans bury their age-old blood feud and join together as one, her world is dangerously close to collapse.

Graphic Novels

Kaguya-sama: love is war. 9, Aka Akasaka
Will Chika agree to train genius Miyuki one more time to make up for yet another of his surprising deficiencies? Then, Miyuki’s sister and father meddle in his (mostly hypothetical) love life. Are they too soon or too late? Rumors that plague Ishigami have serious personal and academic consequences.
X-Men blue. 4, Cry havok, Cullen Bunn
With the original five X-Men lost in space, Emma Frost, Havok, Bastion and Miss Sinister hatch their devious plans and unleash Project: Mothervine! Meanwhile, Jimmy Hudson and Bloodstorm feel the wrath of Polaris; once again a victim of the body-stealing Malice! And with his mutant charges missing, Magneto mobilizes against his enemies.
Anonymous noise. 15, Ryōko Fukuyama
In No Hurry gears up for a second Rock Horizon show, but due to a last-minute cancellation, they have to play a bigger stage than expected. As they watch Silent Black Kitty blow away the festival crowd, the headliner's vocalist comes to Nino with a surprising proposal.
Haikyu!!. 34, Cats' claws, Haruichi Furudate
The long-awaited Dumpster Battle begins! Nekoma, known for its defense, shocks everyone by going with aggressive synchro attacks! Meanwhile, Tsukishima watches blocking master Kuroo effectively curb Karasuno’s assault and declares he can’t outdo him; at least, not on his own!.
X-Men Gold. [1], Back to the basics, Marc Guggenheim
In the wake of their war with the Inhumans, the X-Men are at a crossroads.
X-Men Gold. [2], Evil empires, Marc Guggenheim
The climatic showdown between the X-Men and the new Brotherhood of evil mutants! Who will be left standing after the world's mightiest mutants throw down? And when the dust settles, not everything is as it seems.
X-Men Gold. [3], Mojo worldwide, Marc Guggenheim
Mojoverse has invaded! And it's going to take the combined might of two X-Men teams to fight back! When sections of Manhattan are attacked byMojo and his terrible minions it's up to X-Men Gold to save the day alongside the young heroes of X-Men Blue, of course! But when threats from their past are thrown at them, how will these teams react? As Sentinels and Brood and bad memories attack at every opportunity, Will Kitty and Jean and thei.
X-Men Gold. [4], The Negative Zone war, Marc Guggenheim
When alien invaders take one of their own, the X-Men must travel to the Negative Zone to get them back! Will the mutants be able to escape the Negative Zone with the team in-tact?.
X-Men Gold. [5], Cruel and unusual, Marc Guggenheim
Following their treacherous escape from the Negative Zone and the sacrifices that were made in the fight against Scythian, the team wonders where they go from here.
X-Men Gold. [6], 'Til death do us part, Marc Guggenheim
Kitty's X-Men and the Xavier Institute have some big changes on the way. Will they be able to keep their doors open? Meanwhile, Rachel Grey current codename "Prestige" might not fit anymore after her dark rebirth.
X-Men Gold. [7], Godwar, Marc Guggenheim
After their wedding, Kitty and Colossus face some hard decisions; Rachel Grey turns into the evil Hound; the truth about Storm's Asgardian hammer is revealed; and a new Braddock bundle of joy prompts an Excalibur reunion.
Vampire knight. Memories. Volume 3, Matsuri Hino
Yuki and Zero have decided to become a couple. Though relations between the Hunter Society and vampires have improved, bombs have been set off in the city, and the "Vampire King" is claiming responsibility. Yuki, Zero, Aido and Kaien enter the battle to protect those they care about.
All new X-Men. Inevitable. 3, Hell hath so much fury, Dennis Hopeless
One is a time-displaced, cosmically powered mutant. The other is a homicidal clone struggling to fulfill her dead mentor's legacy.
Jean Grey. [2], Final fight, Dennis Hopeless
Jean has sought advice from across the Marvel Universe; and now her quest continues with the Scarlet Witch and Emma Frost?! The White Queen may be Jean's only hope.
Star Wars: Age of Republic. Villains, Jody Houser
"We're bringing on the bad guys shining a light on the Old Republic's darkest figures, starting with Darth Maul! A living weapon of rage, Maul lurks in Coruscant's shadows waiting to strike against the Jedi Order! But the bloodthirsty Sith Lord questions his methodically plotting master's wishes.
A certain scientific railgun. Vol. 14, Kazuma Kamachi
Academy City’s newest corrections facility offers a dark bargain: The Jailbreak Challenge. It's said that anyone who runs the dangerous gauntlet of security systems, rescues their target from imprisonment, and escapes with both their lives intact is entitled to an impressive prize: One billion yen. Cash.
Blue exorcist. 22, Kazue Katō
The Exwires try to figure out what to do without Rin and Yukio, the Knights of the True Cross scramble to regroup and everyone seems lost. As nations around the world struggle to contain the outbreaks, Rin faces Mephisto, demanding to hear about his past. Mephisto couldn't be more delighted to show Rin what happened all those years ago, but as Mephisto warns him, the story can only end in tragedy.
Fairy tail. 100 years quest. 1, Hiro Mashima
Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Erza, and the whole Fairy Tail guild are back in action! And they've decided to tackle the '100 Years Quest' a job no one's dared take on since the founding of the oldest guild more than a century ago. A mysterious town, a baffling spirit, a ghastly new enemy and a brand new continent to explore.
Animal farm: the graphic novel,  Odyr
A beautiful graphic adaptation of George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel.
One-punch man. 17,  ONE
The hero hunter is near death when the Monster Association attempts to steal him away, unleashing Centichoro in the process. Bang and company face it head-on before Genos boldly enters the fray.
Phoenix resurrection. The return of Jean Grey, Matthew Rosenberg
Years ago, Jean Grey died at the hands of a villainous mutant and the X-Men mourned her. But that was then and in the years that have passed since that shocking loss, the world has changed.
Pumpkinheads, Rainbow Rowell
Deja and Josiah are seasonal best friends. Every autumn, all through high school, they’ve worked together at the best pumpkin patch in the whole wide world (not many people know that the best pumpkin patch in the whole wide world is in Omaha, Nebraska, but it definitely is). They say goodbye every Halloween, and they’re reunited every September 1.
Ao haru ride. 5, Io Sakisaka
Futaba Yoshioka has encountered her first love again in high school, but he seems different from the boy she once knew. Kou asks Futaba to go on a date with him to the summer festival. But as the two grow closer, fellow student Toma Kikuchi sets his sights on Futaba.
Takane & Hana. 10, Yuki Shiwasu
fter her older sister refuses to go to an arranged marriage meeting with Takane Saibara, the heir to a vast business fortune, high schooler Hana Nonomura agrees to be her stand-in to save face for the family.
Star Wars. Doctor Aphra. [5], Worst among equals, Simon Spurrier
On the run from the law in a massive alien metropolis, Aphra has ten hours to cross the hostile megacity before the bomb implanted in her throat explodes. And don't forget the pack of bounty hunters and crazed cops that are on her tail. No big deal, right? But there's one more wrinkle: Aphra can't stray more than a few paces from her companion without activating the bomb's proximity alert and blowing both of them up.
Black clover. 17, Fall, or save the kingdom, Yūki Tabata
With the elves having taken control of many of their allies, Asta and the Royal Knights are in big trouble.
X-Men red. [1], The hate machine, Tom Taylor
Jean Grey is back with her own team of X-Men! Reborn into a world she doesn't recognize, Jean gathers allies old and new; including Nightcrawler, Namor and the All-New Wolverine, to face an evil that threatens to tear down Xavier's dream by any means necessary! The red squad must infiltrate a top-secret compound in order to save a mutant they've never met.
The water dragon's bride. 10, Rei Tōma
Asahi continues to fight the god of darkness and his minions with the help of the water dragon god, but the strain proves life-threatening for the water dragon god.
Yowamushi pedal. 12, Wataru Watanabe
Sohoku speeds toward the finish line, carrying the hopes of their ace, Kinjou on their backs! With the grand finale close at hand, Hakone Academy's Fukutomi is in the best position to take the lead, but Onoda and the first-years can't afford to back down just yet. As they approach the base of Mt.

Non-Fiction

Inventor lab: awesome builds for smart makers, Jack Challoner
This DK children's book aged 9-15 is brimming with exciting, educational activities and projects that focus on electronics and technology. Keep your siblings out of your room with a brilliant bedroom buzzer, power a propellor motorboat, build your own phone charger, make a set of speakers, and construct a crane by following step-by-step instructions and using affordable equipment.
600 CHA
Your brain needs a hug: life, love, mental health, and sandwiches, Rae Earl
Imbued with a sense of humor, understanding, and hope, Your Brain Needs a Hug is a judgment-free guide for living well with your mind. My Mad Fat Diary author Rae Earl offers her personalized advice on the A to Zs of mental health, social media, family and friendship. When she was a teenager, Rae dealt with OCD, anxiety, and an eating disorder, but she survived, and she thrived.
616.852 EAR
Good thinking: a teenager's guide to managing stress and emotion using CBT, Sarah Edelman
Practical help for teenagers navigating negative emotions, stress and self-defeating behaviour. Although most of us pay little attention to our emotions, feelings like anxiety, anger, frustration, guilt and sadness can have a huge impact on our lives. Sometimes we get stuck in negative ways of thinking that perpetuate these emotions, even when what is happening in our lives is not that bad.
616.8914 EDE
Garfield slurps and burps, Jim Davis
Feeding frenzy! Who has time for manners when there's food to be inhaled? Garfield eschews etiquette in favor of bingeing and belching. And who can blame him? He's only human! So get rude 'n' crude and pig out on this collection of tasty comics.
741.5 DAV
The dark fantastic: race and the imagination from Harry Potter to The hunger games, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
The promise of escape draws people from all backgrounds to speculative fiction, but when people of colour seek passageways into the fantastic the doors are often barred. This problem lies not only with children's publishing, but also with the television and film executives tasked with adapting these stories into a visual world.
809.3876 THO