New School Year, New Books! September New Books (part 2)

Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova

Graphic Novel 

Cardinal rule #1 for surviving school: Don't get noticed by the mean kids. Cardinal rule #2 for surviving school: Seek out groups with similar interests and join them. On her first day at her new school, Penelope--Peppi--Torres reminds herself of these basics. But when she trips into a quiet boy in the hall, Jaime Thompson, she's already broken the first rule, and the mean kids start calling her the "nerder girlfriend." How does she handle this crisis? By shoving poor Jaime and running away! Falling back on rule two and surrounding herself with new friends in the art club, Peppi still can't help feeling ashamed about the way she treated Jaime. Things are already awkward enough between the two, but to make matters worse, he's a member of her own club's archrivals--the science club! And when the two clubs go to war, Peppi realizes that sometimes you have to break the rules to survive middle school!

Blood Will Tell by April Henry

Mystery 

Teen Portland Search and Rescue team member Nick Walker becomes a prime suspect in a murder.

The Boy Most Likely To by Huntley Fitzpatrick

Contemporary Fiction 

When he moves into the garage apartment at his best friend's house, trouble-prone Tim falls unexpectedly in love with Alice, his friend's good-girl sister, but unforeseen consequences of Tim's wild days come back to challenge their relationship.

Bright Lights, Dark Nights by Stephen Emond

Contemporary Fiction 

Walter Wilcox's first love, Naomi, happens to be African American, so when Walter's policeman father is caught in a racial profiling scandal, the teens' bond and mutual love of the Foo Fighters may not be enough to keep them together through the pressures they face at school, at home, and online.

Code of Honor by Alan Gratz

Action/Adventure 

When Iranian-American Kamran Smith learns that his big brother, Darius, has been labeled a terrorist, he sets out to piece together the codes and clues that will save his brother's life and his country from a deadly terrorist attack.

New Books ~ August 2014 ~ Part 2

Dragonball vol 1 by Akira Toriyama

Dragon Ball, a wry update on the Chinese "Monkey King" myth, introduces us to Son Goku, a young monkey-tailed boy whose quiet life is turned upside-down when he meets Bulma, a girl determined to collect the seven "Dragon Balls." If she gathers them all, an incredibly powerful dragon will appear and grant her one wish. But the precious orbs are scattered all over the world, and to get them she needs the help of a certain super-strong boy...

One Safe Place by Tania Unsworth

In a near future world of heat, greed, and hunger, Devin earns a coveted spot in a home for abandoned children that promises unlimited food and toys and the hope of finding a new family, but Devin discovers the home's horrific true mission when he investigates its intimidating Administrator and the zombie-like sickness that afflicts some children.

Conversion by Katherine Howe

When girls start experiencing strange tics and other mysterious symptoms at Colleen's high school, her small town of Danvers, Massachusetts, falls victim to rumors that lead to full-blown panic, and only Colleen connects their fate to the ill-fated Salem Village, where another group of girls suffered from a similarly bizarre epidemic three centuries ago.

The Body in the Woods by April Henry

While helping the Portland County Sheriff's Search and Rescue to seek a missing autistic man, teens Alexis, Nick, and Ruby find, instead, a body and join forces to find the girl's murderer, forming an unlikely friendship, as well.

Women in Space: 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity Breaking Adventures by Karen Bush Gibson

An engaging collection profiles 23 women from 10 different countries whose careers span half a century of human spaceflight in a volume that includes coverage of such heroines as Sally Ride, Peggy Whitson, Mae Jemison and the women of Mercury 13.