Showing posts with label apps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apps. Show all posts

Friday, August 30, 2013

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.

Monday, July 1, 2013

Summer Reads! - July New Books (part5)

Zom-B City by Darren Shan
As zombies overrun London, B battles moral dilemmas and a growing sense of hopelessness at every turn.

 Monument 14: Sky on Fire by Emmy Laybourne
After repairing a school bus, the group of survivors split in two, with one group heading to the airport in hopes of reuniting with their parents and saving their dying friend and the other trying to rebuild the community they lost.

My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
In graphic novel format, the author offers an account of growing up in the same schools as Jeffrey Dahmer, who went on to become one of the most notorious serial killers and cannibals in United States history.

The Rough Guide to the Best iPhone and iPad Apps by Peter Buckley
So many apps and so little time! This guide pinpoints the finest free and paid-for applications across all the categories of the Apple App Store.