October’s roundup of New in Paperback titles includes TERRIER, the first installment in a new Tortall trilogy introducing Beka Cooper, a young woman who lived 200 years before Tamora Pierce’s popular Alanna character; WINTERSMITH by Terry Pratchett, the third adventure of young witch Tiffany Aching and the Wee Free Men; MARLY’S GHOST, a compelling tale from David Levithan about loss and a modern twist on Dickens's A CHRISTMAS CAROL; Jordan Sonnenblick’s NOTES FROM THE MIDNIGHT DRIVER, in which a 16-year-old sentenced to community service at an old folks’ home must contend with a feisty senior; and INCANTATION, Alice Hoffman’s critically acclaimed story of faith, friendship and persecution that was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults in 2007.