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BLIND FAITH
Ellen Wittlinger
Simon & Schuster
Fiction
ISBN-10: 1416902732
ISBN-13: 9781416902737
288 pages

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After Liz Scattergood's grandmother, Bunny, dies, Liz's mother spirals into a deep depression. She starts attending a spiritualist church, where she believes she can communicate with Bunny through a medium. Liz thinks it's weird, though she agrees to go along. But for Liz's atheist dad, the spiritualist church has the opposite effect --- it drives him away from her mom and their family. Without anyone to talk to, Liz turns to her new neighbor, Nathan, who's dealing with his own mother's terminal cancer.

THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak
Knopf
Historical Fiction
ISBN-10: 0375831002
ISBN-13: 9780375831003
512 pages

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Set during World War II in Germany, young Liesel Meminger, who lives outside of Munich, scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist --- books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau.

THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
John Boyne
David Fickling Books/Random House
Historical Fiction
ISBN-10: 0385751060
ISBN-13: 9780385751063
224 pages

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Berlin, 1942. When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move to a new house far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance.

But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different from his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.

A BRIEF CHAPTER IN MY IMPOSSIBLE LIFE
Dana Reinhardt
Wendy Lamb Books/Random House
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0385746989
ISBN-13: 9780385746984
224 pages

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Simone is starting her junior year in high school, and her future is looking bright. Then one day her birth mother contacts her. Simone has always known she was adopted, but she never wanted to know anything about it and is happy with her family as it's presently constituted.

Who exactly is her birth mother, and why has she contacted Simone now? The answers lead Simone to deeper feelings of anguish and love than she has ever known, and to question everything she once took for granted about faith, life, the afterlife, and what it means to be a daughter.

CATHY'S BOOK: If Found Call 650-266-8233
Sean Stewart & Jordan Weisman
Running Press
Fiction
ISBN-10: 076242656X
ISBN-13: 9780762426560
144 pages

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Things weren't so peachy in Cathy's life before Victor broke up with her. Her father died unexpectedly, she's failing school and her best friend is mad at her. But when Cathy decides to investigate Victor's reasons for ending their relationship, things suddenly go from bad to worse as her findings produce more questions than answers.

Through Cathy's unique and irresistible voice --- and lots of proof in the form of letters, photographs, date book entries, telephone numbers readers can call, websites they can access, as well as secrets only a careful reader will be able to decipher --- readers will enter a strange and fascinating world where things often aren't how they appear.

CHEW ON THIS: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food
Eric Schlosser & Charles Wilson
Houghton Mifflin
Nonfiction
ISBN-10: 0618710310
ISBN-13: 9780618710317
270 pages

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When Eric Schlosser's bestselling book, FAST FOOD NATION, was published for adults in 2001, many called for his groundbreaking insight to be shared with young people. Now Schlosser, along with co-writer Charles Wilson, has investigated further the subject of the fast food industry, uncovering new facts children need to know. In CHEW ON THIS, they share with kids the fascinating and sometimes frightening truth about what lurks between those sesame seed buns, what a chicken "nugget" really is and how the fast food industry has been feeding off children for generations.

DAIRY QUEEN
Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Houghton Mifflin
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0618683070
ISBN-13: 9780618683079
278 pages

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With her dad injured, her mom always at work, and her football star brothers off at college and not speaking to the rest of the family, it's up to 15-year-old D.J. to run their struggling dairy farm as best she can. If this isn't enough to deal with, the Huge Family Fight over Christmas may mean she'll never see her brothers again. Dutiful D.J. takes it all in stride --- until she decides to try out for her high school football team, her best friend Amber starts acting strangely, and she falls in love with the opposing team's quarterback, whom she just happens to be training.

ENDYMION SPRING
Matthew Skelton
Delacorte Press
Fantasy/Action & Adventure
ISBN-10: 0385733801
ISBN-13: 9780385733809
400 pages

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History and the future lie in the balance as an unlikely hero finds a long-lost book with the power to change the world. Upon opening the blank book with magically-appearing words, Blake unknowingly connects with a centuries-old conspiracy between a mysterious investor and Herr Gutenberg, a legend in the world of books.

GOSSAMER
Lois Lowry
Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
Fantasy
ISBN-10: 0618685502
ISBN-13: 9780618685509
144 pages

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Where do dreams come from? What nighttime messengers are the guardians of our most deeply hidden hopes and our half-forgotten fears? Drawing on her rich imagination, two-time Newbery winner Lois Lowry confronts these questions and explores the conflicts between the gentle bits and pieces of the past that come to life in dream, and the darker horrors that find their form in nightmare. In a haunting story that tiptoes between reality and imagination, two people --- a lonely, sensitive woman and a damaged, angry boy --- face their own histories and discover what they can be to one another.

GRAND & HUMBLE
Brent Hartinger
HarperTempest
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0060567279
ISBN-13: 9780060567279
224 pages

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Harlan is a popular kid and Manny is a geek. But something strange is happening to both of them. Harlan is slowly losing his grip because he's been stricken with panic attacks he can't control. And Manny has started having nerve-racking nightmares that leave him exhausted and terrified. In this complex and original novel, popular author Brent Hartinger takes us on an intense psychological journey as Harlan and Manny struggle with a fear they can't name. It's a journey that eventually leads downtown, where a secret lies at the intersection of Grand and Humble.

HEAT
Mike Lupica
Philomel Books
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0399243011
ISBN-13: 9780399243011
324 pages

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Michael Arroyo can throw some serious heat, and he dreams of pitching in the Little League World Series. But unfortunately he must deal with the reality of his day-to-day life. Newly orphaned after his father led the family's escape from Cuba, Michael can only rely on his older brother Carlos, who's 17. If Social Services hears of the boys' situation, they either will be separated in the foster care system or sent back to Cuba. Michael and Carlos do their best to carry on alone --- until someone questions how a 12-year-old boy could possibly throw with as much power as Michael Arroyo throws.

HOW TO BE POPULAR
Meg Cabot
HarperTeen
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0060880120
ISBN-13: 9780060880125
304 pages

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Stephanie Landry has been the least popular girl in her class since a certain cherry Super Big Gulp catastrophe five years earlier. Popularity matters very much to Steph, which is why she has a plan this year to get in with the It Crowd. Her secret weapon is an old book called How to Be Popular. All Steph has to do is follow the instructions in The Book, and soon she'll be partying with some very cool people. What Steph doesn't realize is that it's easy to become popular, but staying that way is another matter.

IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY
Ned Vizzini
Miramax/Hyperion Books for Children
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0786851961
ISBN-13: 9780786851966
448 pages

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Smart, ambitious Craig Gilner seeks entry into Manhattan's most prestigious school, Executive Pre-Professional High School. He works night and day to ace the entrance exam and gets in. Once Craig starts his new school, though, he realizes he's just one of many brilliant kids. So-so grades and feelings of inferiority cause Craig to become depressed, and one night he seriously considers suicide. But instead, he calls a hotline and checks himself into a psychiatric hospital. Can this troubled young man find the strength to live?

JUST IN CASE
Meg Rosoff
Wendy Lamb Books/Random House
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0385746784
ISBN-13: 9780385746786
256 pages

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After finding his younger brother teetering on the edge of his balcony, 15-year-old David Case realizes the fragility of life and senses impending doom. Without looking back, he changes his name to Justin and assumes a new identity, new clothing and new friends, and dares to fall in love with the seductive Agnes Day. With his imaginary dog in tow, Justin struggles to fit into his new role and to survive in a world where tragedy is around every corner. He has to be prepared, just in case.

JUST LISTEN
Sarah Dessen
Viking Children's Books
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0670061050
ISBN-13: 9780670061051
384 pages

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Last year, Annabel was "the girl who has everything" --- at least that's the part she played in the television commercial for a department store. This year, she's the girl who has nothing: no best friend because mean (but exciting) Sophie dropped her, no peace at home since her older sister became anorexic, and no one to sit with at lunch. Until she meets Owen Armstrong. Tall, dark and music-obsessed, Owen is a reformed bad boy with a commitment to truth-telling. With Owen's help, maybe Annabel can face what happened the night she and Sophie stopped being friends.

KING DORK
Frank Portman
Delacorte Press
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0385732910
ISBN-13: 9780385732918
352 pages

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When high schooler Tom Henderson (a.k.a. King Dork) discovers his late father's copy of THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, he finds himself in the middle of several interlocking conspiracies and at least half a dozen mysteries involving dead people, naked people, fake people, ESP, blood, a secret code, guitars, monks, witchcraft, the Bible, girls, the Crusades, a devil head, and rock-and-roll. And it all looks like it's just the tip of a very odd iceberg of clues that may unravel the puzzle of his father's death and --- oddly --- reveal the secret to attracting semi-hot girls.

OPHELIA
Lisa Klein
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books
Fiction/Romance
ISBN-10: 1582348014
ISBN-13: 9781582348018
336 pages

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Ophelia is falling in love with a prince named Hamlet who cannot return her affections without arousing suspicion. And so they meet in secret. If you think you know this story, think again. Because when bloody deeds turn the court of Elsinore into a place of treachery and madness, Ophelia alone will find the means to escape, with nothing more than the clothes on her back...and one very dangerous secret.

THE ROAD OF THE DEAD
Kevin Brooks
The Chicken House/Scholastic
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0439786231
ISBN-13: 9780439786232
368 pages

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On a storm-ravaged night, a 19-year-old girl is kidnapped, raped and killed. Three days later, her two younger brothers set out in search of her murderer. Cole is a dark-eyed devil who doesn't care if he lives or dies, while Ruben is a strange child who sometimes experiences sensations above and beyond his own. This is the story of the boys' journey to the ghostly moors of Devon, where they hope to discover the truth about their sister's death.

SOLD
Patricia McCormick
Hyperion Books for Children
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0786851716
ISBN-13: 9780786851713
288 pages

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Lakshmi is a 13-year-old girl who lives in a small hut in the mountains of Nepal. Although her family is desperately poor, her life is full of simple pleasures. But when the harsh Himalayan monsoons wash away all that remains of the family's crops, Lakshmi's stepfather says she must leave home and take a job to support her family. He introduces her to someone who tells her she will find her a job as a maid working for a wealthy woman in the city. Glad to be able to help, Lakshmi undertakes the long journey to India and arrives at "Happiness House" full of hope. But she soon learns the unthinkable truth: she has been sold into prostitution.

SOMETHING REMAINS
Inge Barth-Grozinger
Hyperion Books for Children
Historical Fiction
ISBN-10: 0786838809
ISBN-13: 9780786838806
400 pages

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Erich Levi doesn't quite understand why his father is so gloomy when the Nazis are elected to power. He's too concerned with keeping his grades up, finding time to hang out by the river with his friends, and studying for his bar mitzvah to worry much about politics. But slowly, things begin to change for Erich. Some of the teachers begin to grade him harshly and unfairly --- because he's Jewish. They humiliate him and exclude him from sports events and celebrations. Most painfully, his best friend, Kurt, shuns him entirely. Not everyone is so cruel, though, and many of the Levis' friends and neighbors remain fiercely loyal at great risk to themselves.

TYRELL
Coe Booth
Scholastic Press
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0439838797
ISBN-13: 9780439838795
320 pages

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Tyrell is a young, African American teen who can't get a break. He's living (for now) with his spaced-out mother and little brother in a homeless shelter. His father is in jail. His girlfriend supports him, but he doesn't feel good enough for her --- and always seems to be on the verge of doing the wrong thing around her. There's another girl at the homeless shelter who is also after him, although the desires there are complicated. Tyrell feels he needs to score some money to make things better. Will he end up following in his father's footsteps?

VANISHING ACT: Mystery at the U.S. Open
John Feinstein
Knopf
Mystery
ISBN-10: 037583592X
ISBN-13: 9780375835926
288 pages

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Aspiring sports reporters Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson have kept in touch after their wild time at the Final Four. And when Susan Carol manages to score a press pass to cover the first week of the US Open Tennis Tournament in New York, Stevie works out a way to be there as well. But the disappearance of a young Russian phenom right before her second-round match overshadows all the fun and games. Was she kidnapped? Did she run? Is she even still alive? The rumors are growing wilder by the hour, though they don't even come close to the shocking truth.

WHAT HAPPENED TO CASS McBRIDE?
Gail Giles
Little Brown for Young Readers
Psychological Thriller
ISBN-10: 0316166383
ISBN-13: 9780316166386
224 pages

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Kyle Kirby has planned a cruel and unspeakable revenge on Cass McBride, the most popular girl in school, for the death of his brother David. He digs a hole, drugs Cass, kidnaps her, puts her in a box underground and buries her alive. But Kyle makes a fatal error: Cass knows the power of words. She uses fear as her weapon to keep her nemesis talking --- and to keep herself breathing during the most harrowing 48 hours of her life.

THE WISH HOUSE
Celia Rees
Candlewick Press
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0763629510
ISBN-13: 9780763629519
272 pages

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It's the start of summer vacation, and 15-year-old Richard has discovered that a family has taken up residence in the usually deserted Wish House. The father, Jethro Dalton, is an internationally renowned painter, but it's daughter Clio, the inspiration for Jethro's paintings, who draws Richard utterly into the Daltons' world. Soon Richard becomes so captivated by Clio that he finds himself spending days and nights with her, all the while struggling to understand and fit in with her eccentric clan.

Series Books

Debut Series

Beka Cooper

TERRIER: A TORTALL LEGEND - Beka Cooper #1
Tamora Pierce
Random House
Fantasy
ISBN-10: 037581468X
ISBN-13: 9780375814686
592 pages

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Tamora Pierce begins a new Tortall trilogy introducing Beka Cooper, an amazing young woman who lived 200 years before Pierce's popular Alanna character. Beka is a rookie with the law-enforcing Provost's Guard, and she's been assigned to the Lower City. It's a tough beat that's about to get tougher, as Beka's limited ability to communicate with the dead clues her in to an underworld conspiracy. Someone close to Beka is using dark magic to profit from the Lower City's criminal enterprises --- and the result is a crime wave the likes of which the Provost's Guard has never seen before.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND-Based Trilogy

THE LOOKING GLASS WARS
Frank Beddor
Dial
Fantasy/Action & Adventure
ISBN-10: 0803731531
ISBN-13: 9780803731530
384 pages

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Twelve years ago, the young princess, Alyss Heart, was exiled from Wonderland in a bloody coup. Now she's returning to reclaim her right to the throne. Lewis Carroll's classic tale takes a turn for the dark in Frank Beddor's debut novel, THE LOOKING GLASS WARS, an entertaining cross between Gregory Maguire's WICKED and Steven Spielberg's Peter Pan movie, Hook.

Kiki Strike

KIKI STRIKE: INSIDE THE SHADOW CITY
Kirsten Miller
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books
Fiction
ISBN-10: 1582349606
ISBN-13: 9781582349602
250 pages

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Life will never be the same for 12-year-old Ananka Fishbein after she ventures into a hole near her New York apartment. Not only does she discover the mysterious Second City beneath the streets of New York, she is introduced to girl superspy Kiki Strike. Ananka joins Kiki as she recruits the delinquent Girl Scouts of Manhattan into an elite squad, the Irregulars, to fight crime and map the Second City. But someone else is after the secrets of the labyrinth below New York. When it seems Kiki can't be trusted, Ananka must take matters into her own hands, risking lives, secrets, and the safety of New York City itself.

Octavian Nothing

THE ASTONISHING LIFE OF OCTAVIAN NOTHING, TRAITOR TO THE NATION
Volume 1: The Pox Party
M.T. Anderson
Candlewick Press
Historical Fiction
ISBN-10: 0763624020
ISBN-13: 9780763624026
368 pages

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It sounds like a fairy tale. He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the finest of classical educations. Raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers, the boy and his mother --- a princess in exile from a faraway land --- are the only ones in their household who are assigned names. As the boy's regal mother, Cassiopeia, entertains the house scholars with her beauty and wit, young Octavian begins to question the purpose behind his guardians' fanatical studies. Only after he dares to open a forbidden door does he learn the hideous nature of their experiments --- and his own chilling role in them.

Series Updates

Maximum Ride

MAXIMUM RIDE #2: SCHOOL'S OUT - FOREVER
James Patterson
Little Brown for Young Readers
Fantasy/Action & Adventure
ISBN-10: 0316155594
ISBN-13: 9780316155595
416 pages

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Brave bird-kid Max and her flock fly south on a perilous quest to find their parents, after having rescued Angel and recovered secret documents about their origins. But just when they think they've finally escaped the hungry claws of evil Erasers, they're discovered by an FBI agent and forced to face perhaps an even worse nightmare: going to school. There's no such thing as an ordinary day when Max's "homework" includes decoding documents, deciphering when (and how) she's supposed to save the world, and learning to face what may be her greatest enemy: herself.

Sequel to TWILIGHT

NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer
Megan Tingley/Little Brown for Young Readers
Horror/Romance
ISBN-10: 0316160199
ISBN-13: 9780316160193
576 pages

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In Stephenie Meyer's sequel to her immensely popular fantasy TWILIGHT, Bella and Edward find themselves facing new obstacles, including a devastating separation, the mysterious appearance of dangerous wolves roaming the forest in Forks, a terrifying threat of revenge from a female vampire and a deliciously sinister encounter with Italy's reigning royal family of vampires, the Volturi.

Follow-up to HOLES

SMALL STEPS
Louis Sachar
Delacorte Press
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0385733143
ISBN-13: 9780385733144
272 pages

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In Louis Sachar's highly anticipated follow-up to HOLES, we find Theodore "Armpit" Johnson at home in Austin, Texas. He is trying to turn his life around, two years after being released from Camp Green Lake. The only person who believes in him is Ginny, his 10-year-old disabled neighbor; together, they are learning to take small steps. And he seems to be on the right path, until X-Ray, an acquaintance from Camp Green Lake, comes up with a get-rich-quick scheme. This leads to a chance encounter with teen pop sensation Kaira DeLeon, and suddenly his life spins out of control.

The Princess Diaries

PARTY PRINCESS: The Princess Diaries, Volume VII
Meg Cabot
HarperCollins
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0060724536
ISBN-13: 9780060724535
304 pages

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This spring, Mia is determined to have a good time, despite the fact that the student government over which she presides is suddenly broke. But never fear! Grandmère has an elaborate scheme to simultaneously raise money, catapult Mia to theatrical fame, and link her romantically with an eligible teen bachelor who isn't her boyfriend. It's no wonder that Michael, the love of her life, seems to think she's a psycho, or worse: not much fun. Is it possible that Mia, soon-to-be star of the stage, president of the student body and future ruler of Genovia doesn't know how to party?

SWEET SIXTEEN PRINCESS
Meg Cabot
HarperCollins
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0060847166
ISBN-13: 9780060847166
96 pages

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Mia doesn't want a party for her sweet 16th birthday, but Grandmère has other ideas and thinks that a reality TV special is just the thing in order to celebrate royally. The whole scheme smacks of Lilly's doing --- Lilly, whose own TV show is still only limited to local cable viewers. Will Mia be able to stop Grandmère's plan? Will her friends ever forgive her if she succeeds in doing so? And why can't Mia get what she really wants: an evening alone with Michael?

VALENTINE PRINCESS: A Princess Diaries Book
Meg Cabot
HarperTeen
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0060847182
ISBN-13: 9780060847180
96 pages

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Grandmère seems determined to prove that Michael isn't the right boy for the crown princess of Genovia. And Mia isn't having much luck proving otherwise, since Michael is no fan of Valentine's Day. Boris can declare his love openly to Lilly, and even Kenny comes through with a Whitman's Sampler. So why can't Michael tell Mia he loves her --- preferably with something wrapped in red or pink and accompanied by roses --- in time to prove that he's Mia's true prince?

Gossip Girl

ONLY IN YOUR DREAMS: Gossip Girl #9
Cecily von Ziegesar
Little Brown for Young Readers
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0316011827
ISBN-13: 9780316011822
240 pages

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This ninth Gossip Girl novel marks the gang's last summer together before heading off to college --- and things are really heating up! Despite that steamy kiss on graduation night, Blair, Serena and Nate have gone their separate ways...though not for long. Blair is off to London with her English Lord boyfriend, Serena is about to become a movie star, Nate is headed to the Hamptons, and Dan and Vanessa are rekindling their love.

WOULD I LIE TO YOU: Gossip Girl #10
Cecily von Ziegesar
Little Brown for Young Readers
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0316011835
ISBN-13: 9780316011839
208 pages

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WOULD I LIE TO YOU continues the #1 New York Times bestselling series about the provocative lives of New York City's most prestigious private school young adults. In this tenth installment, Blair, Serena and the gang question who they are and what they really want out of their lives. Sharp wit, intriguing characters and high-stakes melodrama drive the action of this addictive series that have made Gossip Girl the lit world's coveted "it" girl.

The Gatekeepers

EVIL STAR: Book Two of THE GATEKEEPERS
Anthony Horowitz
Scholastic Press
Fantasy/Horror
ISBN-10: 0439679966
ISBN-13: 9780439679961
320 pages

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Matt thought his troubles were over when he closed Raven's Gate...but in fact they were just beginning. His fate --- and the fate of the world --- is tied to four other kids across the globe. The second is a street kid in Peru. He and Matt have never met; they don't even speak the same language. But destiny is going to throw them together as the evil threat of the Old Ones grows...and another Gate suddenly comes into play.

The Clique

THE PRETTY COMMITTEE STRIKES BACK: The Clique, #5
Lisi Harrison
Little Brown for Young Readers
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0316115002
ISBN-13: 9780316115001
272 pages

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A tragic haircut leaves Kristen looking manlier than a New York Jets linebacker. Will she be condemned to a season of trying to find cute hats when, as everyone knows, hats are so over? Meanwhile, Claire has everything she wants --- new camo converse high-tops, bags and bags of gummies, and best of all, her first ever cell phone, from Massie. Although Claire is now an official member of the Clique, presents don't matter to her --- all she really wants is her first kiss from Cam, of course!

DIAL L FOR LOSER: The Clique #6
Lisi Harrison
Little Brown for Young Readers
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0316115045
ISBN-13: 9780316115049
272 pages

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What's happened to The Pretty Committee is the worst thing ever...or maybe, actually, the best thing ever. They've all been expelled from school after their camping trip capers. Three members of the Clique, who now find themselves with lots of free time on their hands, head to Hollywood to try out for one part in a movie. Will being chosen change the life of the new movie star? How about the two who don't get the part? Will TPC ever be the same?

Annals of the Western Shore (a companion to GIFTS)

VOICES
Ursula K. Le Guin
Harcourt Children's Books
Fantasy
ISBN-10: 0152056785
ISBN-13: 9780152056780
352 pages

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Ansul was once a peaceful town filled with libraries, schools and temples. But that was long ago, and the conquerors of this coastal city consider reading and writing to be acts punishable by death. And they believe the Oracle House, where the last few undestroyed books are hidden, is seething with demons. To 17-year-old Memer, however, the house is a refuge, a place of family and learning, ritual and memory. Then an Uplands poet named Orrec and his wife, Gry, arrive, and everything in Memer's life begins to change. Will she and the people of Ansul at last be brave enough to rebel against their oppressors?

Discworld (featuring Tiffany Aching and the Wee Free Men)

WINTERSMITH
Terry Pratchett
HarperTeen
Fantasy/Adventure
ISBN-10: 0060890312
ISBN-13: 9780060890315
336 pages

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In the third adventure of Tiffany Aching and the Wee Free Men, Tiffany faces a new challenge: a boy. But the Wintersmith isn't exactly a boy --- he is winter itself. When he has a crush on Tiffany, he may make roses out of ice, but his nature is blizzards and avalanches. And he wants Tiffany to stay in his gleaming, frozen world forever. Tiffany will need the help of the Wee Free Men --- the bravest, toughest, smelliest pictsies ever to be banished from Fairyland --- if she wants to survive until spring.

Uglies Trilogy

SPECIALS
Scott Westerfeld
Simon Pulse
Fantasy/Action & Adventure
ISBN-10: 0689865406
ISBN-13: 9780689865404
384 pages

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Tally has been transformed from a repellent ugly to a supermodel pretty. Now, finally, she's a special --- a super-amped fighting machine. Her mission is to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid, to maintain order in a world built on carefully engineered perfection. The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more. Still, it's easy to tune that out --- until Tally is offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently.

The Demonata

DEMON THIEF: The Demonata, Book 2
Darren Shan
Little Brown for Young Readers
Horror/Supernatural
ISBN-10: 0316012378
ISBN-13: 9780316012379
240 pages

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Kernel Fleck has always known he's weird. He sees lights. Strange, multi-colored patches of light, swirling through the air. But it's not until a window opens into a demon world, with horrific consequences, that Kernel discovers his powers. As a Disciple, his mission is to hunt vicious, powerful demons, to the death...

SLAWTER: The Demonata, Book 3
Darren Shan
Little Brown for Young Readers
Horror/Supernatural
ISBN-10: 0316013870
ISBN-13: 9780316013871
240 pages

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Grubbs Grady and his half-brother Bill-E are thrilled to join their uncle Dervish as onset consultants for the newest movie by cult horror producer David A Haym. Shot in a deserted town renamed Slawter, the demon-themed movie is to be Haym's masterpiece. But as strange incidents disrupt the set, Grubbs begins to wonder whether more than just filming is taking place.

The A-List

SOME LIKE IT HOT: The A-List #6
Zoey Dean
Little Brown for Young Readers
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0316010936
ISBN-13: 9780316010931
320 pages

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Ben is back for the summer --- just in time to be Anna's prom date. But his family has a houseguest who's bound to spoil their perfect plans. Adam learns a scandalous secret that threatens to tear Cammie's world to pieces. Sam agrees to take Parker to the prom and they end up doing a lot more than dancing. What happens when Sam's romance-obsessed boyfriend Eduardo flies in from Paris to surprise Sam? This prom is sure to be glamorous, scandalous, and occasionally downright shocking! It's just the kind of night the A-List crew will never forget.

AMERICAN BEAUTY: The A-List #7
Zoey Dean
Little Brown for Young Readers
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0316010944
ISBN-13: 9780316010948
288 pages

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AMERICAN BEAUTY is the seventh guilty pleasure in Zoey Dean's witty and risqué series that takes readers behind the scenes of the Hollywood glitterati. Soon to be a major motion picture from Universal Pictures, THE A-LIST and its bestselling sequels --- GIRLS ON FILM, BLONDE AMBITION, TALL COOL ONE, BACK IN BLACK and SOME LIKE IT HOT --- are full of unforgettable stories about the fast times of Beverly Hills' most beautiful and glamorous people.

The Au Pairs

SUN-KISSED: The Au Pairs #3
Melissa de la Cruz
Simon & Schuster
Fiction
ISBN-10: 1416917462
ISBN-13: 9781416917465
320 pages

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Eliza, Mara and Jacqui have graduated from high school and are looking for one last summer of fun before college. Eliza has her sights set on becoming a fashion designer and lands a job with Mikael Lappin. Mara plans to spend the summer with Ryan Perry on his family's yacht. And Jacqui is juggling three young dot.com millionaires living next door while doing her best to keep an eye on the Perry brood. The girls know how to get into the most trouble possible and have a blast doing it.