Thanks for the New Books! ~ November New Books Part 1

Althea & Oliver by Cristina Moracho

Althea Carter and Oliver McKinley have been best friends since they were six; she's the fist-fighting instigator to his peacemaker, the artist whose vision balances his scientific bent. Now, as their junior year of high school comes to a close, Althea has begun to want something more than just best-friendship. Oliver, for his part, simply wants life to go back to normal, but when he wakes up one morning with no memory of the past three weeks, he can't deny any longer that something is seriously wrong with him. And then Althea makes the worst bad decision ever, and her relationship with Oliver is shattered. He leaves town for a clinical study in New York, resolving to repair whatever is broken in his brain, while she gets into her battered Camry and drives up the coast after him, determined to make up for what she's done. 

The Art of the Doodle: Discover Your Inner Artist by Eleanor Kwei

Includes "A Guide to Doodling" booklet and a journal to doodle in.  Gives tips on doodling, coloring with pencils and markers, and clever ways to use your doodles to make creative gifts and decorations.  

As Red As Blood by Salla Simukka

In the midst of the freezing Arctic winter, seventeen-year-old Lumikki Andersson walks into her school's darkroom and finds a stash of money splattered with someone's blood. She is swept into a whirlpool of dangerous encounters with dirty cops and a notorious drug kingpin as she helps to trace the origin of the cash.

Atlantia by Ally Condie

Rio has always dreamed of leaving the underwater city of Atlantia for life in the Above; however, when her twin sister, Bay, makes an unexpected decision, Rio is left stranded below where she must find a way to unlock the secrets of the siren voice she has long hidden and save Atlantia from destruction.

Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer

Jam Gallahue, fifteen, unable to cope with the loss of her boyfriend Reeve, is sent to a therapeutic boarding school in Vermont, where a journal-writing assignment for an exclusive, mysterious English class transports her to the magical realm of Belzhar,where she and Reeve can be together.

Happy birthday to the Dystopia Queen!

It's Suzanne Collins birthday!  We have some more time to wait until the next Hunger Games movie comes out, so in honor of her birthday, why not give another dystopian novel a try?  Here are some DPL has in its teen collection~

Article 5 by Kristen Simmons: Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller has perfected the art of keeping a low profile in a future society in which Moral Statutes have replaced the Bill of Rights and offenses carry stiff penalties, but when Chase, the only boy she has ever loved, arrests her rebellious mother, Ember must take action.  (book 2 = Breaking Point, book 3 = Three)

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld: Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all.  (book 2 = Pretties, book 3 = Specials, book 4 = Extras)

Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow: In a dystopian, near-future Britain, sixteen-year-old Trent, obsessed with making movies on his computer, joins a group of artists and activists who are trying to fight a new bill that will criminalize even more harmless internet creativity.  

Across the Universe by Beth Revis:  Teenaged Amy, a cryogenically frozen passenger on the spaceship Godspeed, wakes up to discover that someone may have tried to murder her.  (book 2 = A Million Suns, book 3 = Shades of Earth)

Delirium by Lauren Oliver: Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, when she falls in love. (book 2 = Pandemonium, book 3 = Requiem)

Matched by Ally Condie:  All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates everything: when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, whom to marry. When she is Matched with her best friend Xander, things couldn't be more perfect. But why did her neighbor Ky's face show up on her match disk as well? (book 2 = Crossed, book 3 = Reached)

Legend by Marie Lu: In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy. (book 2 = Prodigy, book 3 = Champion)

There are many more...if you've read all these, come talk to me!  Dystopian is one of my favorite subgenres!

New November Books~ Part 6

Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor

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The otherworldly Karou struggles to come to terms with who and what she is, and how far she'll go to avenge her people.

Bitter Blood by Rachel Caine

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For years, the human and vampire residents of Morganville, Texas, have managed to co-exist in peace. But now that the threat to the vampires has been defeated, the human residents are learning that the gravest danger they face is the enemy within… Thanks to the eradication of the parasitic creatures known as the draug, the vampires of Morganville have been freed of their usual constraints. With the vampires indulging their every whim, the town's human population is determined to hold on to their lives by taking up arms. But college student Claire Danvers isn't about to take sides, considering she has ties to both the humans and the vampires. To make matters worse, a television show comes to Morganville looking for ghosts, just as vampire and human politics collide. Now, Claire and her friends have to figure out how to keep the peace without ending up on the nightly news…or worse.

Naruto vol. 59 by Masashi Kishimoto

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As powerful as they are, Naruto and his friends, including all five village Kage, can’t seem to gain ground over Kabuto’s army of undead ninja. And now, the biggest surprise resurrection of all raises a question they all thought had already been answered: just who is Madara and what does he really want?!

 Echo by Alyson Noel

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**Out Nov. 13th**

Daire Santos just saved her grandmother's life--and her soul. But at a cost. The Richters, a dark family of sorcerers, have been let loose in the Lowerworld, and Daire and her boyfriend, Dace, must once again work together to find them before they upset the balance between good and evil, and destroy not only their small town in New Mexico, but the entire world. 

 Reached by Ally Condie

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**Out Nov. 13th**

Cassia has been assigned to work for the Rising from within Society, while Ky has been stationed outside its borders. But nothing is as predicted, and all too soon the veil lifts and things shift once again. Will Cassia be able to reconcile the difficulties of challenging a life too confining and a love she cannot live without?

Movie Monday - Matched

Hey YAs.  Did you read Ally Condie's Matched?  I did and I LOVED it.  So I am very excited to hear that it is going to be a movie!  Disney purchased the movie rights before the book was even out, so I think a lot of people knew it was going to be a great book.  Unfortunately that's all I have to report at this time.  Until I have more news for you, who do you want to see play Cassia, Xander, and Ky?