Daylighters by Rachel Caine
While Morganville, Texas, is often a troubled town, Claire Danvers and
her friends are looking forward to coming home. But the Morganville they
return to isn't the one they know; it's become a different place-a
deadly one; Something drastic has happened in Morganville while Claire
and her friends were away. The town looks cleaner and happier than
they've ever seen it before, but when their incoming group is arrested
and separated-vampires from humans-they realize that the changes
definitely aren't for the better. It seems that an organization called
the Daylight Foundation has offered the population of Morganville
something they've never had: hope of a vampire-free future. And while it
sounds like salvation-even for the vampires themselves-the truth is far
more sinister and deadly. Now, Claire, Shane and Eve need to find a
way to break their friends out of Daylighter custody, before the
vampires of Morganville meet their untimely end.
Pandemic Survival: It's Why You're Alive by Ann Love & Jane Drake
The Black Death. Yellow
Fever. Smallpox. History is full of gruesome pandemics, and surviving
those pandemics has shaped our society and way of life. Every person
today is alive because of an ancestor who survived--and surviving our
current and future pandemics, like SARS, AIDS, bird flu or a new and
unknown disease, will determine our future. Pandemic Survival
presents in-depth information about past and current illnesses; the
evolution of medicine and its pioneers; cures and treatments; strange
rituals and superstitions; and what we're doing to prevent future
pandemics. Full of delightfully gross details about symptoms and
fascinating facts about bizarre superstitious behaviors, Pandemic Survival is sure to interest even the most squeamish of readers.
The Lightning Dreamer by Margarita Engle
In free verse, evokes the voice of Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, a
book-loving writer, feminist, and abolitionist who courageously fought
injustice in nineteenth-century Cuba. Includes historical notes,
excerpts from her writings, biographical information, and source notes.
Pretenders by Lisi Harrison
Three girls, two guys, five secret journals. The five most popular
students at Noble High have secrets to hide; secrets they wrote down in
their journals. Now one of their own exposes the private entries... I am
leaking these because I'm tired and I know you are too. The success bar
is too high and pretending has become the only way to reach it.
Instagrams are filtered, Facebook profiles are embellished, photos are
shopped, reality TV is scripted, body parts get upgraded like software,
and even professional athletes are cheating. The things we believe in
aren't real. We are pretenders.
Teardrop by Lauren Kate
An epic saga of heart-stopping romance, devastating secrets, and dark
magic . . . a world where everything you love can be washed away. The
first book in the new series from the #1 New York Times bestselling
author of the Fallen series Never, ever cry. . . . Eureka Boudreaux's
mother drilled that rule into her daughter years ago. But now her mother
is gone, and everywhere Eureka goes he is there: Ander, the tall, pale
blond boy who seems to know things he shouldn't, who tells Eureka she is
in grave danger, who comes closer to making her cry than anyone has
before. But Ander doesn't know Eureka's darkest secret: ever since her
mother drowned in a freak accident, Eureka wishes she were dead, too.
She has little left that she cares about, just her oldest friend,
Brooks, and a strange inheritance--a locket, a letter, a mysterious
stone, and an ancient book no one understands. The book contains a
haunting tale about a girl who got her heart broken and cried an entire
continent into the sea. Eureka is about to discover that the ancient
tale is more than a story, that Ander might be telling the truth . . .
and that her life has far darker undercurrents than she ever imagined.
