AFTER THE MOMENT
Garret Freymann-Weyr
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618605729
Ages 14-up
336 pages

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Maia Morland is pretty (only not pretty-pretty), smart, brave --- and a self-proclaimed train wreck.

Leigh Hunter is smart, popular and extremely polite. He’s also completely and forever in love with Maia Morland.

Their young love starts off like a romance novel --- full of hope, strength and passion. But life is not a romance novel and theirs will never become a true romance. For when Maia needs him the most, Leigh betrays both her trust and her love.

BREATHLESS
Lurlene McDaniel
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780385734592
Ages 12-up
176 pages

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Travis Morrison is a champion diver and one of the most popular kids at school. On the first day of summer vacation, while boating on the lake with his friends, Travis attempts a silly stunt dive that goes wrong. He fears he has broken his leg. Instead, his trip to the hospital reveals he has a rare form of cancer, and to save him, the doctors tell his parents they must amputate. In an instant, Travis’s life and the lives of everyone around him are forever changed.

Travis is determined that he and only he should decide the course of his life. He has a plan, but he can’t carry it out alone. Will he convince one of his friends to fulfill his most important request?

THE CHOSEN ONE
Carol Lynch Williams
St. Martin’s Griffin
ISBN: 9780312555115
Ages 12-up
224 pages

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Thirteen-year-old Kyra has grown up in an isolated community without questioning the fact that her father has three wives and she has 20 brothers and sisters, with two more on the way. That is, without questioning them much --- if you don’t count her secret visits to the Mobile Library on Wheels to read forbidden books, or her meetings with Joshua, the boy she hopes to choose for herself instead of having a man chosen for her.

But when the Prophet decrees that she must marry her 60-year-old uncle --- who already has six wives --- Kyra must make a desperate choice in the face of violence and her own fears of losing her family forever.

DESTROY ALL CARS
Blake Nelson
Scholastic Press
ISBN: 9780545104746
Ages 15-up
224 pages

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James Hoff likes to rant against America's consumerist culture. He also likes to rant against his ex-girlfriend, Sadie, who he feels isn't doing enough to change the world. But just like he can't avoid buying things, he also can't avoid Sadie for long.

DESTROY ALL CARS is an anti-consumerist love story that's all about idealism, in both James's relationship with the world and his relationships with the people around him.

IF THE WITNESS LIED
Caroline B. Cooney
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780385734486
Ages 12-up
224 pages

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Jack Fountain knows that what’s happened to his family sounds like the most horrible soap opera anyone could ever write. But it happened --- to Jack; his parents; his sisters, Smithy and Madison. And to his baby brother, Tris. What made it worse was that the media wanted to know every detail.

Now it’s almost Tris’s third birthday, and everything is starting again. Aunt Cheryl, who’s living with the Fountain children now that their parents are gone, has decided that they will heal only if they work through their pain --- on camera. The very identities they’ve created for themselves are called into question. In less than 24 hours their fate will change yet again, but this time they vow not to be exploited and to discover the truth.

LOVE YOU HATE YOU MISS YOU
Elizabeth Scott
HarperTeen
ISBN: 9780061122835
Ages 12-up
288 pages

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It's been 75 days. Amy is sick of her parents suddenly taking an interest in her. And she's really sick of people asking her about Julia. Julia is gone, and Amy doesn't want to talk about it. No one knew Julia like she did. No one gets what life is without her.

No one understands what it's like to know that it's all your fault.

Amy's psychiatrist thinks she should keep a journal, but instead, Amy starts writing letters to Julia. And as she writes letter after letter, she begins to realize that the past holds its own secrets --- and that the present deserves a chance.

MY VICKSBURG
Ann Rinaldi
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152066246
Ages 12-up
160 pages

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Claire Louise Corbett and her Confederate family flee their home as Union soldiers shell their town of Vicksburg, Mississippi. They venture out from the safety of a cave only three times a day, when the Union army takes their meals at eight in the morning, noon, and eight at night. Although many of the townspeople suffer from a lack of food, the Corbetts receive extra rations from Claire Louise's brother, Landon, a doctor with the Union army. When Claire Louise discovers her brother tending to a Confederate soldier who is responsible for Robert E. Lee's "lost order" (causing the South to lose the Battle of Antietam), she is forced to make a difficult choice between family and friends.

PEACE, LOVE, AND BABY DUCKS
Lauren Myracle
Dutton Juvenile
ISBN: 9780525477433
Ages 12-up
192 pages

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Growing up in a world of wealth and pastel-tinted entitlement, 15-year-old Carly has always relied on the constancy --- and authenticity --- of her sister, Anna. But when 14-year-old Anna turns plastic-perfect-pretty over the course of a single summer, everything starts to change. And there are boys involved, complicating things as boys always do. With warmth, insight and an unparalleled gift for finding humor even in stormy situations, beloved author Lauren Myracle dives into the tumultuous waters of sisterhood and shows that even very different sisters can learn to help each other stay afloat.

THE REAL REAL
Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
HarperTeen
ISBN: 9780061720406
Ages 14-up
320 pages

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When Jesse O'Rourke gets picked for a "documentary" being filmed at her school in the Hamptons, she's tempted to turn down the offer. But there's a tuition check attached to being on the show, and Jesse needs the cash so she can be the first in her family to attend college. All she has to do is trade her best friend for the glam clique she has studiously avoided, her privacy for a 24/7 mike, and her sense of right and wrong for "what sells on camera." At least there's one bright spot in the train wreck that is her suddenly public senior year: Jesse's crush has also made the cast.

As the producers manipulate the lives of their "characters" to heighten the drama, and Us Weekly covers become a regular occurrence for Jesse, she must struggle to remember one thing: the difference between real and the real real.

SPROUT
Dale Peck
Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books
ISBN: 9781599901602
Ages 14-up
288 pages

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Sprout Bradford has a secret. It’s not what you think. He’ll tell you he’s gay. He’ll tell you about his dad’s drinking and his mother’s death. The green fingerprints everywhere tell you when he last dyed his hair. But neither the reader nor Sprout are prepared for what happens when Sprout suddenly finds he has had a more profound effect on the lives around him than he ever thought possible.

STRANGE ANGELS
Lili St. Crow
Razorbill/Penguin Young Readers Group
ISBN: 9781595142511
Ages 12-up
304 pages

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Dru Anderson has what her grandmother called “the touch.” (Comes in handy when you’re traveling from town to town with your dad, hunting ghosts, suckers, wulfen, and the occasional zombie.)

Then her dad turns up dead --- but still walking --- and Dru knows she’s next. Even worse, she has two guys hungry for her affections, and they’re not about to let the fiercely independent Dru go it alone. Will Dru discover just how special she really is before coming face-to-fang with whatever --- or whoever --- is hunting her?

THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY
Jenny Han
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
ISBN: 9781416968238
Ages 12-up
288 pages

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Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the boys who Belly has known since her very first summer --- they have been her brother figures, her crushes, and everything in between. But one summer, one wonderful and terrible summer, the more everything changes, the more it all ends up just the way it should have been all along.

WAITING FOR YOU
Susane Colasanti
Viking Juvenile
ISBN: 9780670011308
Ages 12-up
336 pages

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At the beginning of her sophomore year, Marisa is ready for a fresh start and, more importantly, a boyfriend. So when the handsome and popular Derek asks her out, Marisa thinks her long wait for happiness is over. But several bumps in the road --- including her parents’ unexpected separation, a fight with her best friend, and a shocking disappointment in her relationship with Derek --- test Marisa’s ability to maintain her new outlook. Only the anonymous DJ, whose underground podcasts have the school’s ear, seems to understand what Marisa is going through. But she has no idea who he is --- or does she?

BEING NIKKI: An Airhead Novel
Meg Cabot
Point/Scholastic
ISBN: 9780545040563
Ages 12-up
352 pages

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Em was sure there couldn't be anything worse than being a brainiac body of a teenaged supermodel. But it turned out she was wrong. Because that supermodel could turn out to have a mother who has gone mysteriously missing, a brother who has shown up on her doorstep demanding answers, a former best friend who is intent on destroying Stark Enterprises to avenge the death of his lost love, and a British heartthrob who has written a song about her that's topping the charts.

How can Em balance all that with school, runway shows, and weekend jaunts to St. Johns? Especially when she has ex-boyfriends crawling out of the woodwork who want more than just a photo op; a sister who is headed to the high school cheerleading championships; a company she represents that seems to be turning to the dark side; and not to mention trying to convince the love of her life that models aren't really airheads after all... especially one model in particular.

CATHY'S RING: If Found Call (650) 266-8263
Meg Cabot
Running Press
ISBN: 9780762435302
Ages 12-up
144 pages

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Cathy cannot manage to find more than a few days to relax in her hectic (and mortal) life --- she barely has time to put the mystery surrounding her father to rest before she finds herself targeted by a group of Ancestor Lu’s professional killers! Recognizing she is a serious threat to everyone in her life, Cathy makes plans to leave town. But her friends --- Emma, Pete, Victor and, surprisingly, Jun --- unite to convince Cathy that they must finish Lu once and for all to have any chance at peace. In order to defeat Lu, they must come together in a way they never have before.

Meanwhile --- unbeknownst to Cathy --- Victor has made the ultimate sacrifice hoping it will bring him closer to a normal relationship with Cathy. But when Victor is seriously wounded and Cathy finds herself attracted to another mortal with similar feelings for her, Cathy’s world turns upside down and she is forced to make a decision about her future with Victor, while his life hangs by a thread.

What will Cathy decide, and how will their epic battle with Lu play out? Find out in the newest adventure-packed installment of the Cathy story!

WOLF ISLAND: Book 8 of the Demonata Series
Darren Shan
Little, Brown for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780316048903
Ages 15-up
208 pages

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"We spot the werewolves as we skim the treetops. Mutated, vicious, hairy monstrosities, all fangs, claws and muscles. The beast within me tries to force its way to the surface, howling silently at its warped brethren. I've never rid myself of the wolf..."

As the mysterious Shadow builds an army of demons, Grubbs Grady and his team search desperately for answers. But when they follow up a new lead, it takes them to an old, unexpected foe --- the Lambs.

HUNGER: A Gone Novel
Michael Grant
HarperTeen
ISBN: 9780061449062
Ages 12-up
608 pages

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It's been three months since everyone under the age of 15 became trapped in the bubble known as the FAYZ. Things have only gotten worse. Food ran out weeks ago. Everyone is starving, but no one wants to figure out a solution. And each day, more and more kids are evolving, developing supernatural abilities that set them apart from the kids without powers. Tension rises and chaos is descending upon the town. It's the normal kids against the mutants. Each kid is out for himself, and even the good ones turn murderous.

But a larger problem looms. The Darkness, a sinister creature that has lived buried deep in the hills, begins calling to some of the teens in the FAYZ. Calling to them, guiding them, manipulating them. The Darkness has awakened. And it is hungry.

TAKE A CHANCE ON ME: Gossip Girl: The Carlyles #3
Cecily von Ziegesar
Poppy/Little, Brown for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780316020664
Ages 15-up
256 pages

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The Carlyle triplets have made a lot of new friends in Manhattan --- and more than a few enemies. O stole his best friend's girlfriend, and A dethroned the queen bee. Now a line has been drawn down Fifth Avenue, and it's all-out war. Only here, the battles are fought with icy glares and vicious rumors. It's the Upper East Side, and all's fair in love and scandal.

GORGEOUS
Rachel Vail
HarperTeen
ISBN: 9780060890469
Ages 12-up
288 pages

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In a town where everyone is rich and beautiful, Allison Avery is starting to stand out. Unlike her gorgeous sisters, Allison is “interesting looking” --- according to her grandmother --- and now with her mom’s lucrative job on the line, it looks like her family’s priviledged life is over too. It’s time for things to change, but how far is Allison willing to go?

Following the critically acclaimed LUCKY, Rachel Vail continues her poignant sisterhood trilogy with the rebellious middle Avery sister, Allison. Fiery, sarcastic and just plain fun, GORGEOUS captures the heartbreak and hilarity in one girl's attempt to have it all.

THE SORCERESS: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, Book 3
Michael Scott
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780385735292
Ages 12-up
512 pages

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Nicholas Flamel's heart almost broke as he watched his beloved Paris crumble before him. The city was destroyed by Dee and Machiavelli, but Flamel played his own role in the destruction. Sophie and Josh Newman show every sign of being the twins of prophecy, and Flamel had to protect them and the pages from the Dark Elders.

But Nicholas grows weaker with each passing day. Perenelle is still trapped in Alcatraz, and now that Scatty has gone missing, the group is without protection. Except for Clarent --- the twin sword to Excalibur. But Clarent’s power is unthinkable, its evil making it nearly impossible to use without its darkness seeping into the soul of whoever wields it.

If he hopes to defeat Dee, Nicholas must find an Elder who can teach Josh and Sophie the third elemental magic --- Water Magic. The problem? The only one who can do that is Gilgamesh, and he is quite, quite insane.

CHASING THE BEAR: A Young Spenser Novel
Robert B. Parker
Philomel Books
ISBN: 9780399247767
Ages 12-up
176 pages

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For almost 40 years, Robert B. Parker’s inimitable private investigator Spenser has been solving cases and selling millions of books worldwide. Now, for the first time, see how it all began as the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master sheds light on Spenser’s formative years spent with his father and two uncles out West. This is an event book for every fan of Spenser, and a revelation for teens about to discover an American icon.

WINGS
Aprilynne Pike
HarperTeen
ISBN: 9780061668036
Ages 12-up
304 pages

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Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things with wide eyes. They were terrifyingly beautiful --- too beautiful for words. She turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings.

In this extraordinary tale of magic and intrigue, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be changed forever.

KISS OF LIFE: A Generation Dead Novel
Daniel Waters
Disney-Hyperion
ISBN: 9781423109235
Ages 12-up
416 pages

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Not only are the teenagers who have come back from their graves still here, but newlydeads are being unearthed all the time. While scientists look for answers and politicians take their stands, the undead population of Oakville have banded together in a group they're calling the Sons of Romero, hoping to find solidarity in segregation.

Phoebe Kendall may be alive, but she feels just as lost and alone as her dead friends. Just when she reconciled herself to having feelings for a zombie --- her Homecoming date Tommy Williams --- her friend Adam is murdered taking a bullet that was meant for her. Things get even more confusing when Adam comes back from the grave. Now she has romantic interest in two dead boys; one who saved her life, and one she can't seem to live without.