New Books for June...Finally! (Part 4)

The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West

Contemporary Fiction 

When Gia Montgomery's boyfriend, Bradley, dumps her in the parking lot of her high school prom, she decides to do the unthinkable ... convince the cute guy waiting to pick up his sister to pretend to be her boyfriend for the night. Will Gia turn her fake boyfriend into a real one without exposing her lie and possibly destroying her friendships and her newfound relationship?

Forever: Maximum Ride by James Patterson

Action/Adventure 

Maximum Ride and her broken flock roam a postapocalyptic world, searching for answers to what happened.

Furious Jones and the Assassin's Secret by Tim Kehoe

Action/Adventure 

Upon witnessing his famous spy-novelist father's murder just seven months after his mother's death, twelve-year-old Furious, now an orphan, seeks clues in his father's latest novel to stop the murderer before he or she strikes again.

The Glass Casket by McCormick Templeman

Paranormal 

After the brutal murder of her cousin, everything changes for sixteen-year-old Rowan, who must not only seek the evil forces responsible before they destroy her family and village, but also set aside her studies when she becomes betrothed to her best friend, Tom.

The Good Girls by Sara Shepard

Mystery 

When a rich bully and someone else dies, Mackenzie, Ava, Caitlin, Julie, and Parker wonder if they're being framed. Or are they about to become the killer's next targets?

New Books for February (part 8)

Mystery

In Rosewood, Pennsylvania, reporters are lined up outside the historic courthouse, typing furiously at their iPhones with freshly manicured nails. Because the trial of the century is happening right here in Rosewood: the four pretty little liars have been accused of killing Alison DiLaurentis. Only Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily know that they've been framed. Ali is still out there, laughing as she watches the girls go down for her murder. But when your nickname includes the word "liar," no one believes you're telling the truth. 

Fantasy

When the revered leader of her settlement, a dark, isolated land with merciless winters and puritanical rulers, asks Emmeline for her hand it is a rare opportunity, but not only does she love another man, she cannot ignore dreams that urge her into the dangerous and forbidden woods that took her grandmother's life and her family's reputation.

Fantasy

Two unlikely allies must journey across a kingdom in the hopes of thwarting death itself. All his life, Nels has wanted to be a knight of the kingdom of Avërand. Tall and strong, and with a knack for helping those in need, the people of his sleepy little village have even taken to calling him the Knight of Cobblestown. But that was before Nels died, murdered outside his home by a mysterious figure. Now the young hero has awoken as a ghost, invisible to all around him save one person -- his only hope for understanding what happened to him -- the kingdom's heir, Princess Tyra. At first the spoiled royal wants nothing to do with Nels, but as the mystery of his death unravels, the two find themselves linked by a secret, and an enemy who could be hiding behind any face. Nels and Tyra have no choice but to abscond from the castle, charting a hidden world of tangled magic and forlorn phantoms. They must seek out an ancient needle with the power to mend what has been torn, and they have to move fast. Because soon Nels will disappear forever.

Historical Fiction

Cowritten by Malcolm X's daughter, this riveting and revealing novel follows the formative years of the man whose words and actions shook the world. Malcolm Little's parents have always told him that he can achieve anything, but from what he can tell, that's a pack of lies--after all, his father's been murdered, his mother's been taken away, and his dreams of becoming a lawyer have gotten him laughed out of school. There's no point in trying, he figures, and lured by the nightlife of Boston and New York, he escapes into a world of fancy suits, jazz, girls, and reefer. But Malcolm's efforts to leave the past behind lead him into increasingly dangerous territory. Deep down, he knows that the freedom he's found is only an illusion--and that he can't run forever. X follows Malcolm from his childhood to his imprisonment for theft at age twenty, when he found the faith that would lead him to forge a new path and command a voice that still resonates today.

Popular books of 2014!

Want to know what was most popular this year in the teen section?  I hope you do, cause I'm going to tell you!

Each section lists the 5 books with the most number of checkouts this year.

New Books
1. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
2.  The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft by Stephen O'Brien
3.  Cress by Marissa Meyer
4.  The Finisher by David Baldacci
5.  Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

Fantasy
1. The Finisher by David Baldacci
2. Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
3. The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas
4.  Graceling by Kristin Cashore
5.  Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

Science Fiction
1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
2. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
3. Allegiant by Veronica Roth
4. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5. Divergent by Veronica Roth

Action/Adventure
1.  No Easy Way Out by Dayna Lorentz
2.  United We Spy by Ally Carter
3.  Quarantine: The Loners by Lex Thomas
4.  Panic by Lauren Oliver
5.  Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Historical Fiction
1.  The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2.  The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
3.  VIII by H. M. Castor
4.  A Death-Struck Year by Makiaa Lucier
5.  A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller

Realistic Fiction
1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
2.  The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
3.  We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
4.  An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
5.  Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Paranormal
1. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
2.  City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
3.  Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
4.  Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
5.  City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

Mystery
1.  Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
2.  Asylum by Madeleine Roux
3.  Flawless by Sara Shepard
4.  Pretty Little Secrets by Sara Shepard
5.  Fake ID by L. R. Giles

Graphic Novels (non manga)
1. Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time by Scott & David Tipton
2. Bone by Jeff Smith
3. Divided We Fall, United We Stand by Sam Humphries
4. The Amazing Spiderman by J. Michael Straczynski
5.  Maximum Ride by James Patterson

Graphic Novels (manga)
1. Black Butler by Yana Toboso
2. Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba
3. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi
4. Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima
5. Vampire Knight by Matsuri Hino

Nonfiction
1. Zentangle Basics by Suzanne McNeill
2. Ultimate Players Guide to Minecraft by Stephen O'Brien
3. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
4. Teens Cook Dessert by Megan and Jill Carle
5. Navy SEAL Dogs: My Tale of Training Canines for Combat by Mike Ritland

Music CDs
1. Pure Heroine by Lorde
2. Prism by Katy Perry
3. El Camino by The Black Keys
4. Night Visions by Imagine Dragons
5. Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke

Audiobooks
1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
2. Divergent by Veronica Roth
3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
4. The Giver by Lois Lowry
5. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Nutmeg Nominees
1. The False Prince by Jennifer Nielsen
2. The Raft by S. A. Bodeen
3. See You at Harry's by Jo Knowles
4. Don't Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon
5. Guitar Notes by Mary Amato

My gift to you...New Books for December! (part 7)

Of Monsters and Madness by Jessica Verday

In 1820s Philadelphia, a girl finds herself in the midst of a rash of gruesome murders in which her father and his alluring assistant might be implicated.

 On the Day I Died by Candace Fleming

In a lonely Illinois cemetery one cold October night, teen ghosts recount the stories of their deaths in different time periods, from 1870 to the present, to sixteen-year-old Mike, who unknowingly picked up a phantom hitchhiker.

Otherwise by Linda Oatman High

A law has been passed. There will be no more genders. Everyone must appear gender neutral. No more boys. No more girls. Just ... Otherwise. Same bland clothes. Same fuzzy heads. "Spark" dreads the countdown leading up to the finality of the new law's passage. Her parents are for it. They're tired of conforming to society's standards. But they allow her to take off for a quick camping trip to gather her thoughts. At the campsite, she meets "Whistler." And the attraction is instant and mutual. But who is Whistler? And what is Whistler? Boy? Or girl? This gender-bending story in verse will make readers question everything they thought they knew about love, chemistry, and cultural norms.

Perfectionists by Sara Shepard

Ava, Caitlin, Mackenzie, Julie, and Parker are all driven to be perfect--no matter the cost. At first the girls think they have nothing in common, until they discover that they all hate the same person: handsome womanizer Nolan Hotchkiss, who's done things to hurt each of them. They come up with the perfect plan to murder Nolan--jokingly, of course. They'd never actually go through with it. But when Nolan turns up dead in the exact way they'd discussed, the girls suddenly become prime suspects in his murder. Only, they didn't do it. So who did? Unless they find the real killer, and soon, their perfect lives will come crashing down around them.

Phantom Thief Jeanne vol 1 by Arina Tanemura
High school student Maron Kusakabe has a secret: she's Phantom Thief Jeanne. She sneaks into private art collections to steal paintings in which demons reside. Jeanne's task is to seal the demons before they can devour human hearts. So far she's been able to evade the police on her midnight outings, but now another thief has come onto the scene-Phantom Sinbad-and he's trying to take the paintings before she does!

New School Year...New Books for September! (part 1)

The Program by Suzanne Young

When suicide becomes a worldwide epidemic, the only known cure is The Program, a treatment in which painful memories are erased, a fate worse than death to seventeen-year-old Sloane who knows that The Program will steal memories of her dead brother and boyfriend.

Also Known As by Robin Benway

As the active-duty daughter of international spies, sixteen-year-old safecracker Maggie Silver never attended high school so when she and her parents are sent to New York for her first solo assignment, Maggie is introduced to cliques, school lunches, and maybe even a boyfriend.

Cross My Heart, Hope to Die by Sara Shepard

Watching from beyond the grave while her long-lost identical twin, Emma, assumes her identity, Sutton Mercer witnesses the discovery of a dark family secret and realizes that someone from Emma's past may be her own killer.

 Absent by Katie Williams

Seventeen-year-old Paige Wheeler died in a fall off the high school roof and now her spirit seems bound to the school grounds, along with Brooke and Evan, two other teen ghosts who died there--but maybe if she can solve the mystery of her apparent suicide they will all be able to move on.

The Boyfriend App by Katie Sise

Seeking to win a scholarship offered by global computing corporation Public, programming genius Audrey McCarthy writes a matchmaking app but discovers her results may be skewed by a program Public is secretly using to influence teens.

New Books for your Dog Days of August (part 3)

Money Run by Jack Heath

Action/Adventure

Fifteen-year-olds Ashley and Benjamin are planning the heist of a lifetime, but they are not counting on a hit man who has plans of his own.

Crushed by Sara Shepard

Mystery 

It's springtime in suburban Rosewood, which means iced soy lattes, fresh manicures in shimmering pastels--and prom. But while everyone else is flipping through the racks at Saks in search of the perfect dress, Hanna, Spencer, Emily, and Aria are on a different kind of hunt: They're looking for A. . . . Hanna puts her campaign for prom queen on the back burner to volunteer at the burn clinic, where one of A's victims is recovering. Emily digs into Ali's past at the mental hospital with some very crazy consequences. Spencer contacts a private eye to help her stalk her stalker. But when their sessions get a little too private, they may forget to keep their eyes on A. . . . And Aria's worried that A is even closer than she thought. When her dark secret from Iceland finally comes to light, she discovers that maybe, just maybe, the one person she's been trying to hide the truth from has known all along. The liars are finally taking the fight to A. But no matter what they do, A's always one step ahead, ready to crush the girls completely.

 Shadow on the Sun by David MacInnis Gill

Science Fiction/Fantasy 

Everything Durango has ever valued, from Mimi, the sarcastic artificial intelligence implanted in his brain, to his beloved lieutenant, Vienne, to his own life may be at risk when his father, Lyme, tries to force him to become the Prince of Mars.

 Sweet Peril by Wendy Higgins

Paranormal 

An unexpected lost message from the angels surfaces, and sweet Southern girl Anna, daughter of a guardian angel and a fallen one, finds herself traveling the globe in an attempt to gain support for her cause from fellow Nephilim. Meanwhile, her true love, Kaiden Rowe, the son of the Duke of Lust, is plaguing her heart and mind.

The Wells Bequest by Polly Shulman

Science Fiction/Fantasy 

Leo never imagined that time travel might really be possible, or that the objects in H. G. Wells' science fiction novels might actually exist. And when a miniature time machine appears in Leo's bedroom, he has no idea who the tiny, beautiful girl is riding it. But in the few moments before it vanishes, returning to wherever--and whenever--it came from, he recognizes the other tiny rider: himself! His search for the time machine, the girl, and his fate leads him to the New-York Circulating Material Repository, a magical library that lends out objects instead of books. Hidden away in the Repository basement is the Wells Bequest, a secret collection of powerful objects straight out of classic science fiction novels:nbsp;robots, rockets, submarines, a shrink ray--and one very famous time machine.

Summer Reads! - July New Books (part3)

Silent Dragon by Irene Radford

In a realm on the brink of war, will an unsuspected heir to the kingdom of Coronnan and to magic long-banished from the land offer the only hope for survival?
And one slip could see Glenndon, Darville, Rosselinda, and even Jaylor doomed, for the lords and the people fear magic more than potential invasion, legendary monsters, and civil war.

 The Girl with the Iron Touch by Kady Cross

In 1897 London, sometihng not quite human is about to awaken When mechanical genius Emily is kidnapped by rogue automatons, Finley Jayne and her fellow misfits fear the worst. What's left of their archenemy, The Machinist, hungers to be resurrected, and Emily must transplant his consciousness into one of his automatons-or forfeit her friends' lives. With Griffin being mysteriously tormented by the Aether, the young duke's sanity is close to the breaking point. Seeking help, Finley turns to Jack Dandy, but trusting the master criminal is as dangerous as controlling her dark side.

The Fire Horse Girl by Kay Honeyman

When Jade Moon, born in the unlucky year of the Fire Horse, and her father immigrate to America in 1923 and are detained at Angel Island Immigration Station, Jade Moon is determined to find a way through and prove that she is not cursed.

Just One Day by Gayle Forman

Sparks fly when American good girl Allyson encounters laid-back Dutch actor Willem, so she follows him on a whirlwind trip to Paris, upending her life in just one day and prompting a year of self-discovery and the search for true love.

 Ali's Pretty Little Lies by Sara Shepard

It's the end of seventh grade, and Alison DiLaurentis and her friends are the girls of Rosewood Day. Ali runs her clique with an iron fist, and she's got enough dirt on Hanna, Emily, Aria, and Spencer to keep them in line. But Ali's hiding a dark secret of her own, something so huge it would destroy everything if it ever got out... and in Rosewood, deadly secrets have deadly consequences...

It's your birthday Sara!

Sara Shepard at the Brooklyn Book Festival in 2010

Today is Sara Shepard's birthday.  Sara is from Pennsylvania and went to New York University and Brooklyn College.    She is probably most well known for her Pretty Little Liars series, both for the books and the popular TV show.  She also has another series called The Lying Game, which also has its own show.  Both shows play on ABC Family.  All of her books are available at the library, in the YA Mystery section.

First new books of 2013 ~ Part 2

Princess of the Silver Woods by Jessica Day George
When Petunia, youngest of the dancing princesses, is ambushed by bandits in wolf masks on her way to visit an elderly neighbor, the line between enemies and friends becomes blurred as she and her sisters get a chance to end their family's curse once and for all.

 Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
In a world where dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce and dragons can assume human form, Seraphina, whose mother died giving birth to her, grapples with her own identity amid magical secrets and royal scandals, while she struggles to accept and develop her extraordinary musical talents.

 Pretty Little Secrets by Sara Shepard
Rule number one of being an effective stalker: get to know your prey, the trouble they get into, the messes they make, and the secrets they keep. Hanna's desperate for a very personal session with her gym trainer. Emily is number one on Santa's naughty list. Aria's old flame from Iceland is about to land her in hot water. And Spencer's resorting to some backhanded tactics to get what she wants.

 The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
Sixteen-year-old Ruby breaks out of a government-run 'rehabilitation camp' for teens who acquired dangerous powers after surviving a virus that wiped out most American children.

 The Red Pyramid: The Graphic Novel by Rick Riordan
Brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to oblivion and forces his two children to embark on a dangerous journey, bringing them closer to the truth about their family and its links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharoahs.

Happy Holidays ~ New Books for December (Part 3)

The Goddess Legacy by Aimee Carter

Five tales retelling the Persephone legend and the lives and loves of the gods and goddesses on Olympus.

 Regine's Book: A Teen Girl's Last Words by Regine Stokke

Regine Stokke began to blog about her day-to-day life shortly after she was diagnosed with leukemia in 2008. Regine's stated purpose with her posts was to give people a sense of "what it's like to live with" such a serious illness, and her blog became an almost instant classic. It was first adapted into book form in 2010, and became a best seller in Norway. Regine was also a very gifted photographer, and had her photos exhibited at both the 2009 and the 2010 Nordic Light photography festivals in Kristiansund.

Burned by Sara Shepard

It's spring break, and the pretty little liars are trading in Rosewood for a cruise vacation. They want nothing more than to sail into the tropical sunset and leave their troubles behind for one blissful week. But where Emily, Aria, Spencer, and Hanna go, A goes, too. From scuba diving to tanning on the upper deck, A is there, soaking up all their new secrets. 

The Lost Files: The Legacies by Pittacus Lore

I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: The Legacies contains three action-packed novellas that give the heart-pounding backstories of some of your favorite Loriens. Originally published as the e-novellas Six's Legacy , Nine's Legacy , and The Fallen Legacies , now, for the first time ever, their backstories are together in one volume. 

The Boy Recession by Flynn Meaney

When all the boys start transferring out of Julius P. Heil High, a lovable slacker becomes a hot commodity much to his best friend's bewilderment.

Your newest summer reads...July books! Part 3

My Beating Teenage Heart by C. K. Kelly Martin

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Two unexpected and heartbreaking deaths cause the lives of two very different teenagers to become intertwined as one struggles to deal with his grief and stay in this world, and the other finds herself inexplicably caught between this world and the next.

 Sweetly by Jackson Pearce

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When the owner of a candy shop molds magical treats that instill confidence, bravery, and passion, eighteen-year-old Gretchen's haunted childhood memories of her twin sister's abduction by a witch-like monster begin to fade until girls start vanishing at the annual chocolate festival.

 Friend Me: 600 Years of Social Networking in America by Francesca Davis DiPiazza

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A string of beads : uniting native nations -- The knitted city : puritan New England -- Coffee and conversation : a notion of freedom -- People skills : creating community in slavery -- A very social time : networking in a new nation -- Wired! : love, death, and the telegraph -- Small world : XX -- Hardwired : from earth to the stars -- Source notes -- Selected bibliography -- Further reading and website.

 Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics by John Feinstein

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Two teenaged aspiring journalists who are dating solve a mystery at the 2012 Olympic Games, while one simultaneously competes for a gold medal in swimming.

Stunning by Sara Shepard

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Struggling to return to normalcy after surviving Alison's attempt to kill them, Spencer, Aria, Emily and Hanna endure a series of disasters before realizing that they are being stalked by a new "A" who knows all of their secrets.

New Book Time - June Post 2

The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman

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While working on a project translating letters from sixteenth-century Prague, high school senior Nora Kane discovers her best friend murdered with her boyfriend the apparent killer and is caught up in a dangerous web of secret societies and shadowy conspirators, all searching for a mysterious ancient device purported to allow direct communication with God.

Scarlet by A. C. Gaughen

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Posing as one of Robin Hood’s thieves to avoid the wrath of the evil Thief Taker Lord Gisbourne, Scarlet has kept her identity secret from all of Nottinghamshire. Only the Hood and his band know the truth: the agile thief posing as a whip of a boy is actually a fearless young woman with a secret past.

Is the End of the World Near?:  From Crackpot Predictions to Scientific Scenarios by Ron Miller

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Introduces end of the world scenarios, including self-destruction through nuclear war or continued environmental exploitation, humanity wiped out by a pandemic, or an asteroid or comet strike destroying Earth.

Twisted by Sara Shepard
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Even though the disappearance of Alison DiLaurentis has been solved, Spencer, Emily, Hanna, and Aria harbor other secrets which could interfere with their perfect lives, as they try to forget what happened to them in Jamaica last spring.

Underworld by Meg Cabot
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John Hayden, a death deity, takes seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera back to the Underworld against her will to keep her safe from the Furies, but her family is still at risk and she, herself, may never escape his captivity.