Recreation

New Titles Young Adults’ January 2020 (arrived in December 2019)

FICTION

Tears of frost Bree Barton
Mia Rose is back from the dead. Her memories are hazy, her body numb-but she won't stop searching. Her only hope to save the boy she loves and the sister who destroyed her is to find the mother she can never forgive. Pilar is on a hunt of her own. Betrayed by her mother and plagued by a painful secret, she's determined to seek out the only person who can exact revenge.
Cyborg Chris Bradford
Scott and his gang of techno-hackers might have destroyed the deadly online game Virtual Kombat, but they're far from safe. No longer hosted in virtual reality, there's only one place for the brutal battle to go VK will be played in the real world, and Scott's tech skills won't help him now. This is no longer just a game.
Lost and found Orson Scott Card
What good is finding lost bicycles and hair scrunchies, if when you return them to their owners they think you must have stolen them in the first place? Ezekial Blast's friend Beth thinks there must be some way to use his "micropower" for good. And so does a police detective investigating the disappearance of a little girl. When tragedy strikes, it's up to Ezekiel to use his talent to find what matters most.
The never tilting world Rin Chupeco
Generations of twin goddesses ruled Aeon until one sister's betrayal defied an ancient prophecy and split their world in two. The planet ceased to spin, and a Great Abyss now divides two realms: one cloaked in perpetual night, the other scorched by an unrelenting sun. While one sister rules Aranth, a frozen city surrounded by a storm-wracked sea, her twin inhabits the sand-locked Golden City.
The sky weaver Kristen Ciccarelli
Safire, a soldier, knows her role in this world is to serve the King of Firgaard-helping to maintain the peace in her oft-troubled nation. Eris, a deadly pirate, has no such conviction. Known as The Death Dancer for her ability to evade even the most determined of pursuers, she possesses a superhuman ability to move between worlds.
All-American Muslim girl Nadine Courtney
Allie Abraham is a straight-A student, with good friends and a close-knit family. She's dating cute, popular, and sweet Wells Henderson-- whose father is Jack Henderson, America's most famous conservative shock jock. Allie hasn't told Wells that her family is Muslim. It's not a secret, it's just that her parents don't practice and raised her to keep her Islamic heritage to herself.
Crownbreaker Sebastien De Castell
Kellen and Reichis are settling into their new lives as protectors of the young queen and dealing with the constantly shifting threats to her reign and to her life. For the first time in his life, Kellen feels as if he's becoming the kind of man that his mentor Ferius had wanted him to be.
Gravity Sarah Deming
Brooklyn. Since Gravity "Doomsday" Delgado started working with Coach Thomas, she been breaking records, breaking her competitors, and breaking the walls inside her. Boxing is taking her places. She makes friends with other boxers: flirtatious Lefty, hard-to-beat D-Minus, artistic Kimani "Monster" Browne, and a host of others. But things with her mother are reaching a tipping point, and Gravity has to look out for her little brother Ty.
10 blind dates Ashley Elston
Sophie wants one thing for Christmas time with her boyfriend Griffin. So when her parents plan a trip to visit her sister over the holiday, Sophie begs to be left behind with her grandparents and her boisterous extended family. But she and Griffin break up and she's devastated. Sophie's grandmother, hating to see her so upset, devises a (not so) brilliant plan - to distract her from heartbreak.
Winterwood Shea Ernshaw
Be careful of the dark, dark wood. Especially the woods surrounding the town of Fir Haven. Some say these woods are magical. Haunted, even. Rumored to be a witch, only Nora Walker knows the truth. She and the Walker women before her have always shared a special connection with the woods.
Finch Merlin and the lost map Bella Forrest
At least, Finch can't help but feel that way, since Erebus transported him to the Mapmakers' Monastery with little to no instructions. Now, he's stranded on some Greek island until he can learn how to draw maps to places he thought only existed in legends, like El Dorado and Shangri-La. Only the worthiest of magicals can attain such a rare skill.
Finch Merlin and the fount of youth Bella Forrest
It's been a year since Katherine tried to take over the world, and Finch Merlin is itching to do something other than odd jobs for Erebus, God of Darkness. Erebus promises he'll free Finch of his servitude after he completes one final task finding the Fountain of Youth. Finch has no idea why Erebus wants eternal youth, since the guy is already an immortal being. All the secrecy makes Finch uneasy, but he has no choice but to obey.
The how & the why Cynthia Hand
Cassandra McMurtrey has the best parents a girl could ask for; they've given Cass a life she wouldn't trade for the world. She has everything she needs but she has questions, too. Like, to know who she is. Where she came from. Questions her adoptive parents can't answer, no matter how much they love her. But eighteen years ago, someone wrote Cass a series of letters. And they may just hold the answers Cass has been searching for.
A kingdom for a stage Heidi Heilig
Jetta is a wanted criminal. The army wants her for treason against the crown, for the sabotage of Hell's Court temple, and for the murder of General Legarde. They also want her for the power in her blood the magic that captures wandering spirits to give life to puppets, to rocks, to paper, to weapons. They're willing to trade the elixir that treats Jetta's madness for the use of her blood.
When you ask me where I'm going Jasmin Kaur
The six sections of the book explore what it means to be a young woman living in a world that doesn't always hear her and tell the story of Kiran as she flees a history of trauma and raises her daughter, Sahaara, while living undocumented in North America.
Light it up Kekla Magoon
A girl walks home from school. She's tall for her age. She's wearing her winter coat. Her headphones are in. She never makes it home. In the aftermath, while law enforcement tries to justify the response, one fact remains: a police officer has shot and killed Shea Tatum, an unarmed thirteen-year-old black girl.
A dream so dark L L McKinney
Still reeling from her recent battle (and grounded until she graduates high school) Alice must cross the Veil to rescue her friends and stop the Black Knight once and for all. But the deeper she ventures into Wonderland, the topsy-turvier everything becomes. It's not until she's at her wit's end that she realises Wonderland is trying to save her.
Legacy Shannon Messenger
Sophie Foster wants answers. But after a lifetime of lies, sometimes the truth is the most dangerous discovery. Even the smallest secret comes with terrifying new responsibilities. And Sophie's not the only one with blank spots in her past, or mysteries surrounding her family. She and her friends are part of something much bigger than they imagined and their roles have already been chosen for them.
Swipe right for murder Derek Milman
Finding himself alone in a posh New York City hotel room for the night, Aidan does what any red-blooded seventeen-year-old would do he tries to hook up with someone new. But that lapse in judgment leads to him waking up next to a dead guy, which sparks an epic case of mistaken identity. Now he's on the run from federal agents and a cyber-terrorist group who will stop at nothing to find him.
All the things we do in the dark Saundra Mitchell
There's no such thing as a secret. Something happened to Ava. The curving scar on her face is proof. But Ava would rather keep that something hidden buried deep in her heart and her soul. She has her best friend Syd, and she has her tattoos a colourful quilt, like a security blanket, over her whole body and now, suddenly, she has Hailey. Beautiful, sweet Hailey, who seems to like Ava as much as she likes her.
Girls of storm and shadow Natasha Ngan
Lei, the naive country girl who became a royal courtesan, is now known as the Moonchosen, the commoner who managed to do what no one else could. But slaying the cruel Demon King wasn't the end of the plan it's just the beginning. Now Lei and her warrior love Wren must travel the kingdom to gain support from the far-flung rebel clans.
A river of royal blood Amanda Saulsberry
Seventeen-year-old Eva must harness the magick inside her to defeat her older sister, Isadore, as well as other forces, and win the crown in the Queendom of Myre or die trying.
The toll Neal Shusterman
In a world that's conquered death, will humanity finally be torn asunder by the immortal beings it created? Citra and Rowan have disappeared. Endura is gone. It seems like nothing stands between Scythe Goddard and absolute dominion over the world scythedom.
The night weaver Monique Snyman
Shadow Grove isn't a typical town. Bad things happen here. Children disappear, one after the other, and nobody is doing anything about it. Parents don't grieve, missing posters don't line the streets, and the sheriff seems unconcerned. Seventeen-year-old Rachel Cleary lives on the outskirts of Shadow Grove, next to the creepy forest everyone pretends doesn't exist.
Call down the hawk Maggie Stiefvater
Ronan Lynch is a dreamer. He can pull both curiosities and catastrophes out of his dreams and into his compromised reality. Jordan Hennessy is a thief. The closer she comes to the dream object she is after, the more inextricably she becomes tied to it. Carmen Farooq-Lane is a hunter. Her brother was a dreamer and a killer. She has seen what dreaming can do to a person. And she has seen the damage that dreamers can do.
The magnolia sword : a ballad of Mulan Sherry Thomas
All her life, Mulan has trained for one purpose: to win the duel that every generation in her family must fight. Then a messenger from the Emperor arrives, demanding that all families send one soldier to fight the Rouran invaders in the north. Mulan's paralysed father cannot go, and her brother is just a child. So she ties up her hair, takes up her sword and joins the army as a man.
The Guinevere deception Kiersten White
Princess Guinevere has come to Camelot to wed a stranger the charismatic King Arthur. With magic clawing at the kingdom's borders, the great wizard Merlin conjured a solution send in Guinevere to be Arthur's wife and his protector from those who want to see the young king's idyllic city fail. The catch? Guinevere's real name and her true identity is a secret. She is a changeling, a girl who has given up everything to protect Camelot.

GRAPHIC NOVEL

That time I got reincarnated as a slime. 11 Fuse
As players of Monster Hunter and Dungeons & Dragons know, the slime is not exactly the king of the fantasy monsters. So when a 37-year-old Tokyo salaryman dies and wakes up in a world of elves and magic, he's a little disappointed to find he's become a blind, boneless slime monster. Rimuru's taking a break from managing his kingdom of monsters by honoring the memory of his friend Shizu.
Kaguya-sama : love is war. 11 Aka Akasaka
Two high school geniuses scheme to get the other to confess their love first. Two geniuses. Two brains. Two hearts. One battle. Who will confess their love first? Will Miyuki and Kaguya help Yu escape the aggro of all his female classmates, let alone win the favor of the girl he's crushing on? Then, it's Miyuki who is teaching Chika a new skill for a change.
Konosuba : God's blessing on this wonderful world! 9 Natsume Akatsuki
After escaping a tense one-on-one situation with Megumin, Kazuma's thrown right back into the fire when the Demon King's army attacks! Up against Sylvia, one of the army's fearsome generals, he doesn't stand a chance! However, once she's taken him hostage, he's all too happy to remain tied up with her. That sentiment won't last very long, though.
Giant days. Volume eleven John Allison
The end of university is upon BFFs Daisy, Esther, and Susan. Between Halloween run-ins with Daisy's dreaded (dreadful) ex, part-time gigs at a shady pop-up Christmas market, Esther dating a tech-bro, and Susan attempting to be romantic, there's still plenty to learn and more than enough misadventure to squeeze in before it's time to don caps and gowns.
Bungo stray dogs. Another story. [1] : Yukito Ayatsuji vs. Natsuhiko Kyougoku Kafka Asagiri
When a request flies in from the government enlisting the help of Yukito Ayatsuji, a top-ranked skill user and detective notorious for his deadly skill, and Mizuki Tsujimura, a devoted newbie agent from the Special Ability Agency, the unusual duo find themselves with more than just an open-and-shut case on their hands.
The black mage Daniel Barnes
When St. Ivory Academy, a historically white wizarding school, opens its doors to its first-ever black student, everyone believes that the wizarding community is finally taking its first crucial steps toward inclusivity.
Anonymous noise. 17 Ryōko Fukuyama
Nino Arisugawa, a girl who loves to sing, experiences her first heart-wrenching goodbye when her beloved childhood friend, Momo, moves away. And after Nino befriends Yuzu, a music composer, she experiences another sad parting! Luckily, Nino reunites with Momo and Yuzu in high school, but things haven't played out the way anyone expected...
My hero academia. Vigilantes. 6 Hideyuki Furuhashi
In a superpowered society, there is nothing ordinary about evil anymore. Heroes, trained and licensed to protect and defend the public against supervillains, stand above all the rest. Not everyone can be a hero, however, and there are those who would use their powers to serve the people without legal sanction.
Demon slayer = Kimetsu no yaiba. 5, To hell Koyoharu Gotoge
At Mt. Natagumo, Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Inosuke battle a terrible family of spider demons. Taking on such powerful enemies demands all the skill and luck Tanjiro has as he and his companions fight to rescue Nezuko from the spiders' web. The battle is drawing in other Demon Slayers but not all of them will leave Mt.
Demon slayer = Kimetsu no yaiba. 4, Robust blade Koyoharu Gotoge
Tanjiro sets out on the path of the Demon Slayer to save his sister and avenge his family! Tanjiro sets out on a dangerous journey to find a way to return his sister to normal and destroy the demon who ruined his life.
Demon slayer = Kimetsu no yaiba. 2, It was you Koyoharu Gotoge
Tanjiro sets out on the path of the Demon Slayer to save his sister and avenge his family! In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family.
Demon slayer = Kimetsu no yaiba. 3, Believe in yourself Koyoharu Gotoge
In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family. His little sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she has been transformed into a demon herself! Tanjiro sets out on a dangerous journey to find a way to return his sister to normal and destroy the demon who ruined his life.
Demon slayer = Kimetsu no yaiba. 1, Cruelty Koyoharu Gotoge
In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal until his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his family and turns his sister into another demon, forcing Tanjiro on a dangerous journey to destroy the demon and save his sister.
White sand. 3 Rik Hoskin
Underpowered and overwhelmed, Kenton tries to hold the Sand Masters together as forces political and personal conspire against them. Now, in one final push, Kenton must tap the most dangerous depths of his own abilities to combat the enemies within his own guild and discover the truth behind the ambush that killed his father and almost destroyed the Sand Masters for good.
Dr. Stone. 6, Stone wars Riichiro Inagaki
Senku's father, the astronaut Byakuya, returned to Earth shortly after humanity turned to stone. What did he leave behind for his son to discover thousands of years later? In the meantime, Senku and the villagers have to contend with attackers from the Tsukasa Empire. The dire situation calls for drastic measures, so they start work on their strongest weapon yet.
Dr. Stone. 8, Hotline Riichiro Inagaki
Imagine waking to a world where every last human has been mysteriously turned to stone. One fateful day, all of humanity turned to stone. Many millennia later, Taiju frees himself from the petrification and finds himself surrounded by statues.
Boruto : Naruto next generations. Volume 7, Kawaki Ukyo Kodachi
Boruto meets a mysterious boy names Kawaki who has the same Karma mark.
Edens zero. 5, Fireworks Hiro Mashima
In order to restore the heart of the Shining Star Hermit, Shiki and his friends have visited the virtual planet of Digitalis. The once thriving digital landscape is now at the mercy of the mass murderer Jamilov, and death in this fictional space leads to deathin the real world. To make matters worse, there may be a spy among our heroes' ranks.
Fairy tail. 100 years quest. 2 Hiro Mashima
Cornered by the Dragon Eaters of the guild Diabolos, Natsu and his friends have to fight for their lives against foes who seem to be ready for all their tricks! They want to save the Water Dragon, but can they even save themselves? Meanwhile, back in Magnolia, Gajeel and Juvia still have their suspicions about Fairy tail's newest member, Touka.
One piece. Vol. 92, Introducing Kimurasaki the Oiran Eiichiro Oda
As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally gained the power to stretch like rubbe at the cost of never being able to swim again! Years, later, Luffy sets off in search of the 'One Piece', said to be the greatest treasure in the world.
Kagerou daze. 13 Mahiro Satō
Taking the offensive, the remaining members of the Mekakushi-dan call out the 'clearing eyes' snake to a final confrontation. Awakened to her Medusa powers, Marie masterfully wields multiple snake abilities, intertwining them in new ways that surprise and enrage 'clearing eyes', drawing him to the battleground.
The promised Neverland. 11, The end Kaiu Shirai
Emma and her new allies have successfully taken down many of the demons of Goldy Pond. The last one standing in this demonic hunting ground is Leuvis, but he's the most powerful of them all. None of the children's tactics seem to work on him, but some unexpected last-minute help may turn the tide of the battle.
Persona3. XI Shuji Sogabe
The final chapter of Persona 3! Nyx's influence is breaking down the barrier between the Dark Hour and reality. Only the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad stand in the way of the end of everything.
Black clover. 18, The black bulls charge Yūki Tabata
Asta is a young boy who dreams of becoming the greatest mage in the kingdom. Only one problem--he can't use any magic! Luckily for Asta, he receives the incredibly rare five-leaf clover grimoire that gives him the power of anti-magic. Can someone who can't use magic really become the Wizard King? One thing's for sure Asta will never give up! As Magna and Vanessa struggle against Luck, Asta arrives to help out just in the nick of time.
Urusei yatsura. 3 Rumiko Takahashi
Beautiful space alien princess Lum invades Earth in her UFO, and unlucky Ataru Moroboshi's world gets turned upside down! What unimaginable shenanigans will Lum bring to Ataru's life? One thing's for sure: nearly every moment is electrifying with her around! Undeterred by Lum's jealous anger, Ataru continues to shamelessly chase skirts.
Pretty guardian Sailor Moon eternal edition. 6 Naoko Takeuchi
"The guardians in sailor suits return in this definitive edition of the greatest magical girl manga of all time!.
Servamp. 13 Strike Tanaka
Kuro, the Servamp of Sloth vampire who does nothing but complain about what a pain in the ass everything is, and his Eve, Shirota Mahiru, are still trying to help Tsurugi. To do this, they must take on Toma, the Big Bad, in the mental world. Meanwhile, Tsuyuki and Iduna’s battle is quickly spiraling towards its conclusion.
The water dragon's bride. 11 Rei Tōma
A modern-day girl gets whisked away to a strange land where she is sacrificed to a water dragon god! Facing the gravity of his impending demise, the water dragon god vows that he will send Asahi back to her world before all his power disappears. As Asahi struggles to find a way to stay with him, she can't deny that the day when they must part is coming.
Missions of love. Volume 19 Ema Tōyama
After all this time, Yukina finally realizes that her love for Shigure is real but Shigure isn't so easily convinced. He's learned that their whole relationship was research for Yukina's novel, and now he can't tell facts from fiction.
Last pick. [2], Born to run Jason Walz
A galaxy away from her twin brother Wyatt, Sam must find a way to resist her captors and hold onto her humanity, while Wyatt leads a ragtag army to bring the fight straight to the alien overlords.
Heroes in crisis. The Price and other stories Joshua Williamson
While the events at Sanctuary play out in Heroes in Crisis (now available in a collected Hard Cover edition), Batman and the Flash work together behind the scenes to solve a mystery surrounding the death of Wally West.

NON-FICTION

You do you : figuring out your body, dating, and sexuality Sarah Mirk
Today's teens launch into their sexual lives facing challenging issues but with little if any formalized learning about sex and human reproduction. Many of them get their sex ed from online porn.
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Ordinary hazards : a memoir Nikki Grimes
Growing up with a mother suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and a mostly absent father, Nikki Grimes found herself terrorized by babysitters, shunted from foster family to foster family, and preyed upon by those she trusted. At the age of six, she poured her pain onto a piece of paper late one night and discovered the magic and impact of writing. For many years, Nikki's notebooks were her most enduing companions.
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