BEAUTIFUL CREATURES
Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780316042673
Ages 12-up
576 pages

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Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she’s struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.
 
Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town’s oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.
 
In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.

CLAIM TO FAME
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
ISBN: 9781416939177
Ages 10-14
272 pages

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One day Lindsay Scott was on top of the world, as the star of a hit TV show. The next day her fame had turned into torture. Every time anyone said anything about her, she heard it. And everyone was talking about Lindsay: fans, friends, enemies, enemies who pretended to be friends...
 
Lindsay had what looked like a nervous breakdown and vanished from the public eye. But now she’s 16 and back in the news: a tabloid newspaper claims that Lindsay is being held hostage by her father.
 
The truth? Lindsay has been hiding out in a small Illinois town, living in a house that somehow provides relief from the stream of voices in her head. But when two local teenagers try to “rescue” Lindsay by kidnapping her, she is forced to confront everything she’s hiding from. And that’s when she discovers there may be others who share her strange power. Lindsay is desperate to learn more, but what is she willing to risk to find the truth?

DAWN
Kevin Brooks
The Chicken House/Scholastic
ISBN: 9780545060905
Ages 12-up
256 pages

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Dawn’s dad is a recovering substance abuser, a one-time child molester, and a born-again Christian. Religion is his latest addiction. But as far as Dawn is concerned, the Man Upstairs has robbed her of the father she once loved --- drugs, drinks, and all.
 
Which is why Dawn has gone shopping for Bibles. For research. To know her enemy. Because, to get her old dad back, she’s going to have to do away with this God guy.
 
She’d just better pray that the fallout from her father’s past life of crime doesn’t catch up to her first.

MAGIC UNDER GLASS
Jaclyn Dolamore
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books
ISBN: 9781599904306
Ages 12-up
240 pages

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Nimira is a foreign music-hall girl forced to dance for mere pennies. When wealthy sorcerer Hollin Parry hires her to sing with a piano-playing automaton, Nimira believes it is the start of a new and better life. In Parry's world, however, buried secrets are beginning to stir. Unsettling below-stairs rumors swirl about ghosts, a madwoman roaming the halls, and Parry's involvement with a league of sorcerers who torture fairies for sport. Then Nimira discovers that the spirit of a fairy gentleman named Erris is trapped inside the clockwork automaton, waiting for someone to break his curse. The two fall into a love that seems hopeless, and breaking the curse becomes a race against time. Not just their love, but the fate of the entire magical world may be in peril.

MILLION-DOLLAR THROW
Michael Lupica
Philomel Books
ISBN: 9780399246265
Ages 10-up
256 pages

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Nate Brodie is nicknamed “Brady” not only for his arm, but also because he’s the biggest Tom Brady fan. He’s even saved up to buy an autographed football. And when he does, he wins the chance for something he’s never dreamed of --- to throw a pass through a target at a Patriots game for one million dollars.
 
Nate should be excited. But things have been tough lately. His dad lost his job and his family is losing their home. It’s no secret that a million dollars would go a long way. So all Nate feels is pressure, and just when he needs it most, his golden arm begins to fail him. Even worse, his best friend Abby is going blind, slowly losing her ability to do the one thing she loves most --- paint. Yet Abby never complains, and she is Nate’s inspiration. He knows she’ll be there when he makes the throw of a lifetime.

RAVEN SUMMER
David Almond
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780385738064
Ages 12-up
208 pages

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Liam and his friend Max are playing in their neighborhood when the call of a bird leads them out into a field beyond their town. There, they find a baby lying alone atop a pile of stones --- with a note pinned to her clothing. Mystified, Liam brings the baby home to his parents. They agree to take her in, but police searches turn up no sign of the baby’s parents. Finally they must surrender the baby to a foster family, who name her Allison.
 
Visiting her in Northumberland, Liam meets Oliver, a foster son from Liberia who claims to be a refugee from the war there, and Crystal, a foster daughter. When Liam’s parents decide to adopt Allison, Crystal and Oliver are invited to her christening. There, Oliver tells Liam about how he will be slaughtered if he is sent back to Liberia. The next time Liam sees Crystal, it is when she and Oliver have run away from their foster homes, desperate to keep Oliver from being sent back to Liberia.
 
In a cave where the two are hiding, Liam learns the truth behind Oliver’s dark past --- and is forced to ponder what all children are capable of.

THE SEVEN RAYS
Jessica Bendinger
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
ISBN: 9781416938392
Ages 14-up
336 pages

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You are more than you think you are.

That is the anonymous message that Beth Michaels receives right before she begins seeing things. It all starts with some dots, annoying pink dots that pop up on and over her mom and her best friend's face. But then things get out of control and Beth is seeing people's pasts, their fears, their secrets, their desires. The images are coming at Beth in hi-def streaming video and she can't stop it. Everyone thinks she's crazy, and she's pretty sure she agrees with them. But crazy doesn't explain the gold envelopes that have started arriving, containing seeing keys and mysterious tarot cards. To Beth, it all seems too weird to be true. You are more than you think you are? But here's the thing: What if she is?

TANGLED
Carolyn Mackler
HarperTeen
ISBN: 9780061731044
Ages 14-up
320 pages

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Jena, Dakota, Skye and Owen are all at Paradise --- the resort in the Caribbean, that is --- for different reasons, but in Paradise their lives become tangled together in ways none of them can predict. Over the course of four months, through four voices and four stories, what happened in Paradise will change them all.
 
TANGLED is a story of the secrets we keep, the risks we take, and the things we do for love.

WINTER’S END
Jean-Claude Mourlevat
Candlewick Press
ISBN: 9780763644505
Ages 14-up
432 pages

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Milena, Bartolomeo, Helen and Milos have left their prison-like boarding schools far behind, but their futures remain in peril. Fleeing across icy mountains from a terrifying pack of dog-men sent to hunt them down, they are determined to take up the fight against the despotic government that murdered their parents years before. Only three will make it safely to the secret headquarters of the resistance movement. The fourth is captured and forced to participate in a barbaric game for the amusement of the masses --- further proof of the government’s horrible brutality. Will the power of one voice be enough to rouse a people against a generation of cruelty?

Beautiful Americans

WANDERLUST: A Beautiful Americans Novel
Lucy Silag
Razorbill/Penguin Young Readers Group
ISBN: 9781595142238
Ages 14-up
288 pages

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Angst and betrayal abound as teens search the French countryside for their missing classmate in this exciting sequel to BEAUTIFUL AMERICANS.
 
The book opens with PJ on a train, racing toward Rouen to meet her sister, Annabel. But Annabel’s life may be fraught with troubles far worse than her own.
 
Alex persuades Jay and Zack to hunt for PJ at one of her absentee father’s ritzy estates in the country. But a painful encounter with her dad leaves Alex weeping --- on Jay’s shoulder. Three’s a crowd for Zack; he heads to Amsterdam seeking an old friend, and a place to belong.
 
Back in Paris, Olivia’s escapades with Thomas are interrupted when they discover reason to believe that PJ is in more peril than she knows. Will the crew find PJ in time? Have they lost themselves along the way?

The Clique

CLIQUETIONARY: The Wit and Wisdom of the Clique
Lisi Harrison
Poppy/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780316070652
Ages 12-up
80 pages

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Dying to know the Pretty Committee’s juiciest gossip? Curious what people mean when they call you an LBR? (Hint: it’s nawt a compliment.) Want tips on how to go from a 6-point-ew to a ten?
 
Ah-bviously! This cute-times-a-million gift book contains a word wheel of Cliquisms, the Clique’s best comebacks, favorite expressions, and silliest secrets. 100 Gossip Points if you can guess Massie’s first lip-kiss...

Gossip Girl

I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU: A Gossip Girl Novel
Cecily von Ziegesar
Poppy/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780316043618
Ages 15-up
400 pages

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Blair, Serena, Nate, Dan and Vanessa went off to live their lives. Now they’re coming home for the holidays. A lot can change in a few months…but some things never do.

It finally happened: we went to college. We started over. No one knows who we’ve coveted, what we scored on the SATs, where our parents live, or when we became debaucherous. We’ve learned new things, made new friends, and maybe even met the loves of our lives. We’ve changed.

Or at least, some of us have. But old habits are hard to break --- especially when faced with your former besties and former flames. With everyone back in the city for the holidays, this break is guaranteed to be filled with makeups, breakups and shakeups.

Lucky for you, I’m here to report all the scandal as it happens. Let the games begin!

You know you love me,
xoxo Gossip Girl

Strange Angels Trilogy

BETRAYALS: A Strange Angels Novel
Lili St. Crow
Razorbill/Penguin Young Readers Group
ISBN: 9781595142528
Ages 12-up
304 pages

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Poor Dru Anderson. Her parents are long gone, her best friend is a werewolf, and she’s just learned that the blood flowing through her veins isn’t entirely human. (So what else is new?)
 
Now Dru is stuck at a secret New England Schola for other teens like her, and there’s a big problem --- she’s the only girl in the place. A school full of cute boys wouldn’t be so bad, but Dru’s killer instinct says that one of them wants her dead. And with all eyes on her, discovering a traitor within the Order could mean a lot more than social suicide.
 
Can Dru survive long enough to find out who has betrayed her trust --- and maybe even her heart?

Touch

DEADLY LITTLE LIES: A Touch Novel
Laurie Faria Stolarz
Disney-Hyperion
ISBN: 9781423111450
Ages 12-up
304 pages

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Last fall, 16-year-old Camelia fell for Ben, the mysterious new boy at school who turned out to have a very mysterious gift --- psychometry, the ability to sense the future through touch. But just as Camelia and Ben’s romance began to heat up, he abruptly left town. Brokenhearted, Camelia has spent the last few months studying everything she can about psychometry, and experiencing her own strange brushes with premonition. Camelia wonders if Ben’s abilities have somehow rubbed off on her. Can the power of psychometry be transferred? 
 
Even once Ben returns to school, Camelia can’t get close enough to share her secret with him. Despite the romantic tension between them, Ben remains aloof, avoiding contact. Then, when an unexpected kiss leads to a frightening argument, Camelia makes the painful decision to let Ben go and move on. Adam, the hot new guy at work, seems good for her in ways Ben wasn’t. Adam is easygoing and seems to really care about her.
 
But when Camelia and Adam start dating, a surprising love triangle results. A chilling sequence of events upturns secrets from Ben’s past --- and Adam’s. Someone is lying, and it’s up to Camelia to figure out who --- before it’s too late.

Sequel to IVY

HAZEL
Julie Hearn
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9781416925040
Ages 12-up
400 pages

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Hazel Louise Mull-Dare has a good life, but it’s so dull. With an adoring father who grants her every wish, a place in the Kensington School for the Daughters of Gentlemen and no pressure to excel in anything whatsoever, her future looks primly predictable.
 
But on the day of the Epsom Derby --- June 4, 1913 --- everything changes. A woman in a dark coat steps in front of the king’s horse, to protest the injustice of denying women the vote. She dies days later, bringing further attention to the suffragist cause. Young Hazel is transfixed. And when her bold new friend Gloria convinces her to take on the cause, Hazel gets her first taste of rebellion.
 
But doing so leads her into greater trouble than she could ever have imagined. Such great trouble that she is banished from London, all the way to where her family fortune originates --- a sugar plantation in the Caribbean. There Hazel is forced to confront the dark secrets of her family…secrets that have festered, and a shame that lingers on.