MAY I have some New Books please? (May new books part 2)

Breaking Sky by Cori McCarthy

Action/Adventure 

Chase Harcourt, call sign "Nyx," is one of only two pilots chosen to fly the experimental "Streaker" jets at the junior Air Force Academy in the year 2048. She's tough and impulsive with lightning-fast reactions, but few know the pain and loneliness of her past or the dark secret about her father. All anyone cares about is that Chase aces the upcoming Streaker trials, proving the prototype jet can knock the enemy out of the sky.

But as the world tilts toward war, Chase cracks open a military secret. There's a third Streaker jet, whose young hotshot pilot, Tristan, can match her on the ground and in the clouds. Chase doesn't play well with others, but to save her country she may just have to put her life in the hands of the competition.

The Brilliant Light of Amber Sunriseby Matthew Crow

Contemporary Fiction 

Life threatening cancer brings Francis and Amber together. But Francis's recovery is taking a different path from Amber's. He's actually getting better. And although he knew who he was before cancer, before Amber, now he has no idea how to live--or how to let go.

Choices of One by Timothy Zahn

Science Fiction 

Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, and Chewbacca head for Candoras Sector to evaluate an alliance proposed by the governor that would provide the rebels a new base, while Mara Jade and five renegade stormtroopers also head for Candoras to smash the rebels.

Conspiracy of Blood & Smoke by Anne Blankman

Historical Fiction 

In 1933, eighteen-year-old Gretchen, niece of Adolph Hitler, reunites with her Jewish boyfriend when she leaves the safety of England to return to Germany to investigate a murder and expose the evil of the Nazi regime.

Death Marked by Leah Cypess

Fantasy 

After killing the leader of a clan of assassins and falling in love with his heir, a young sorceress discovers she is the one person to bring down the evil Empire that has been oppressing her people for centuries, and now, in the heart of the Empire, Ileni herself is the deadliest weapon the assassins have ever had.

New year, new books ~ Happy 2015! (part 6)

The Only Thing to Fear by Caroline Tung Richmond

It has been nearly seventy years since Hitler's armies won the war, and sixteen-year-old Zara St. James lives in the Shenandoah hills, part of the Eastern American Territories, under the rule of the Nazis--but a resistance movement is growing, and Zara, who dreams of freedom, may be the key to its success.

Pandemic by Yvonne Ventresca

Lil is left home alone when a deadly pandemic hits her small town in New Jersey. Will Lil survive the flu and brave her darkest fears?

Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay

After ten years of exile among fairies who teach her to use her magically-enhanced strength and courage, Sleeping Beauty's daughter Aurora enlists the help of Niklaas, eleventh son of King Eldorio, in the fight to reclaim her throne.

The Rule of Thoughts by James Dashner

Michael and his friends, Sarah and Bryson, are still being chased by a cyber-terrorist. And now the government is after them, too.

Salt & Storm by Kendall Kulper

Sixteen-year-old Avery Roe wants to take her rightful place as the sea witch of Prince Island. When she foresees her own murder, a harpoon boy named Tane promises to help her change her fate and keep her island safe and prosperous, but salvation will require an unexpected sacrifice.

In November I am Thankful for...New Books! (part 3)

The Nazi Hunters by Neal Bascomb

In 1945, at the end of World War II, Adolf Eichmann, the head of operations for the Final Solution, walked into the mountains of Germany and vanished from view. Sixteen years later, an elite team of spies captured him at a bus stop in Argentina and smuggled him to Israel, resulting in one of the century's most important trials -- one that cemented the Holocaust in the public imagination. The Nazi Hunters is the thrilling and fascinating story of what happened between these two events. Survivor Simon Wiesenthal opened Eichmann's case; a blind Argentinean and his teenage daughter provided crucial information. Finally, the Israeli spies -- many of whom lost family in the Holocaust -- embarked on their daring mission, recounted here in full.

 The Private School Murders by James Patterson

Wealthy young women are being murdered, and the police aren't looking for answers in the right places. Enter Tandy Angel. Her first case was the mystery of her parents' deaths. Now she's working to exonerate her brother of his girlfriend's homicide. And danger just got closer. One of the recent victims was a student at Tandy's own elite school. She has a hunch it may be the work of a serial killer... and Tandy perfectly fits the profile of the killer's targets. Can she untangle the mysteries in time? Or will she be the next victim? 

 

Roses by G. R. Mannering

The story follows Beauty from birth. She grows up without a name, living with her cruel aunt, uncle and cousin. Beauty has a troubled upbringing, hidden from guests and house staff because of her unusual appearance of silvery skin and violet eyes. When an uprising hits Beauty's home, she is forced to flee with stableboy Owaine as State officials set out to kill those of magic blood. She spends time in the Hillands, and this is where she really comes into her own - away from punishment and torment and cruelty, and free from the grounds of her aunt's home - though Beauty is still not accepted by all. Owaine, now her acting-father, leaves the village for a while, only to return in the harsh winter clutching a gift for Beauty - a red rose. But when he plucked the rose from a beautiful garden beside a castle, he came face-to-face with a ferocious beast who wants a life for a life - Owaine's in return for the rose. Beauty cannot let Owaine die for her and sets off to bargain with the beast... (from mfu_11's Amazon review)

Second Impact by David & Perri Klass

When Jerry Downing, star quarterback in a small football town, gets a second chance after his drunk driving had serious consequences, Carla Jensen, ace reporter for the school newspaper, invites him to join her in writing a blog, mainly about sports.

Sketchy by Olivia Samms

After a stint in rehab, Bea Washington manifests a supernatural ability to draw images from the minds of other people and becomes involved in a case involving two assaults and a survivor who does not remember what happened.

Holocaust Memorial Day

Hello teens, today is International Holocaust Memorial Day.  Today is the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp.  The United Nations decided to set aside this day of remembrance starting in 2005 as a day to remember the victims.  Do your part today by checking out one of these books and reading to learn what it was like during this dark time in history.

Nonfiction - The Facts

 YA 940.5318 WOO

This book comes with a DVD where you can hear real survivors tell their stories.

940.53 BYE

Describes the establishment of Nazi concentration camps throughout Europe and their eventual use as a means of eliminating the Jews.

 940.5318 WEA

Five diaries of teenagers who died in the Holocaust.

Fiction - Stories

YA HIS SHA

In 1936 Berlin, fourteen-year-old Karl Stern, considered Jewish despite a non-religious upbringing, learns to box from the legendary Max Schmeling while struggling with the realities of the Holocaust.

 YA HIS DOG

The story of the boy who loved Anne Frank.

 YA HIS SPI

Newbery medalist Jerry Spinelli takes us to one of the most devastating settings imaginable--Nazi-occupied Warsaw--and tells a tale of heartbreak, hope, and survival through the bright eyes of a young orphan

You can also learn much, much more at the website for the United State Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Check it out here

New Books 4-26-11 *part 2*

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Fourteen-year-old Karl Stern has never thought of himself as a Jew. But to the bullies at his school in Naziera Berlin, it doesn't matter that Karl has never set foot in a synagogue or that his family doesn't practice religion. So when Max Schmeling, champion boxer and German national hero, makes a deal with Karl's father to give Karl boxing lessons, Karl sees it as the perfect chance to reinvent himself. A skilled cartoonist, Karl has never had an interest in boxing, but as Max becomes the mentor Karl never had, Karl soon finds both his boxing skills and his art flourishing. But when Nazi violence against Jews escalates, Karl must take on a new role: protector of his family.

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When a virus makes everyone over the age of eighteen infertile, would-be parents pay teen girls to conceive and give birth to their children, making teens the most prized members of society. Girls sport fake baby bumps and the school cafeteria stocks folic-acid-infused food. Sixteen-year-old identical twins Melody and Harmony were separated at birth and have never met until the day Harmony shows up on Melody’s doorstep. Up to now, the twins have followed completely opposite paths. Melody has scored an enviable conception contract with a couple called the Jaydens. While they are searching for the perfect partner for Melody to bump with, she is fighting her attraction to her best friend, Zen, who is way too short for the job.
Harmony has spent her whole life in Goodside, a religious community, preparing to be a wife and mother. She believes her calling is to convince Melody that pregging for profit is a sin. But Harmony has secrets of her own that she is running from.

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Though she tries returning to the life she knew before the accident, Pierce can't help but feel at once a part of this world, and apart from it. Yet she's never alone . . . because someone is always watching her. Escape from the realm of the dead is impossible when someone there wants you back.But now she's moved to a new town. Maybe at her new school, she can start fresh. Maybe she can stop feeling so afraid.  Only she can't. Because even here, he finds her. That's how desperately he wants her back. She knows he's no guardian angel, and his dark world isn't exactly heaven, yet she can't stay away . . . especially since he always appears when she least expects it, but exactly when she needs him most. But if she lets herself fall any further, she may just find herself back in the one place she most fears: the Underworld.

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Thor, God of Thunder, Son of Asgard, heir to the ancient and mythic heritage of divine power! Iron Man, invincible hero, miracle of technology, offspring of scientific genius and engineering wonder! These two mightiest of Avengers come together to face a menace that is both magical and technological, and which threatens to wipe away the pantheons of legend and science so it can replace them with a shocking new order for the Twenty First century!

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Profiles the life of Amelia Earhart, including her historic career as a pilot and the latest information on her disappearance while flying over the Pacific in 1937.