New Teen Books

Extraordinary : the true story of my fairy godparent, who almost killed me, and certainly never made me a princess / Adam Selzer.

Fourteen-year-old Jennifer sets the record straight after a best-selling book, ostensibly written about her, declares that her life was improved by her fairy godparent, who is actually a creepy, unkempt drunk with greasy hair.

Child of the mountains / Marilyn Sue Shank.

In the early 1950s, Lydia Hawkins has grown up poor in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia with her widowed mother, brother BJ, who has cystic fibrosis, and her Gran, but when Gran and BJ die and her mother is jailed unjustly, Lydia must try to remain strong and clear her mother's name, even after she learns a shocking secret from the uncle with whom she is sent to live.

Curveball : the year I lost my grip / Jordan Sonnenblick.

After an injury ends former star pitcher Peter Friedman's athletic dreams, he concentrates on photography which leads him to a girlfriend, new fame as a high school sports photographer, and a deeper relationship with the beloved grandfather who, when he realizes he's becoming senile, gives Pete all of his professional camera gear.

The extraordinary education of Nicholas Benedict / by Trenton Lee Stewart ; illustrated by Diana Sudyka.

Nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict, an orphan afflicted with an unfortunate nose and with narcolepsy, is sent to a new orphanage where he encounters vicious bullies, selfish adults, strange circumstances, and a mystery that could change his life forever.

Haze / Erin Thomas.

Bram's friend Jeremy wants to go public with information about a hazing-related student death. The morning after he tells Bram this, he's injured in a hit-and-run accident. Now Jeremy is in a coma, and Bram is trying to follow the trail that he left. The trouble is, Abby, Jeremy's sister, is convinced Bram's swimming coach is to blame. Bram knows Coach is innocent, but can he prove it? And what will happen if he's wrong?

The blood lie : a novel / by Shirley Reva Vernick.

In 1928 in Massena, New York, Jewish sixteen-year-old Jack Pool, in love with his Christian neighbor, is accused of killling her little sister for a blood sacrifice.

Perception : a Clarity novel / Kim Harrington.

Trying to decide between her old boyfriend, who betrayed her but wants her back, and the new boy with whom there are definite sparks, Cape Cod high school junior and psychic Clare is puzzled by a secret admirer even as she tries to solve the mystery of a classmate who has suddenly disappeared.

The night she disappeared / April Henry.

Told from various viewpoints, Gabie and Drew set out to prove that their missing co-worker Kayla is not dead, and to find her before she is, while the police search for her body and the man who abducted her.

Over the edge / Norah McClintock.

Nobody knows how Peter ended up at the bottom of MacAdam's Lookout. Chloe can't figure it out, or why his mother seems to think she was his friend. Peter didn't have any friends. He was a loner, more interested in astronomy than in other people. But something - or someone - pushed him over the edge.

Scared to death / Norah McClintock.

Just days after she came to Chloe for help, Tessa is found dead. Now Chloe has to find who might have wanted Tessa out of the way.

Double cross / Norah McClintock.

From the second she met him, Chloe thought Jonah was a jerk. So why is she going to such lengths to prove that his father isn't a murderer? Especially when she isn't even sure it's true? Chloe finally pieces togther what really jhappened the day Jonah's mother was killed. The troubleis, the closer she get to nailing the murderer, the closer she gets to danger.

Break and enter / Norah McClintock.

Chloe can't believe she's being accused of cheating and under suspicion for vandalism; as she tries to figure out why she's being set up, she uncovers a trail of blood--and a far more sinister plot.

Cryer's Cross / Lisa McMann.

Seventeen-year-old Kendall, who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder, lives with her parents on a potato farm in a tiny community in Montana, where two teenagers go missing within months of each other, with no explanation.

Ripper / Stefan Petrucha.

Adopted by famous Pinkerton Agency Detective Hawking in 1895 New York, fourteen-year-old Carver Young hopes to find his birth father, but when he becomes involved in the pursuit of notorious killer Jack the Ripper, Carver discovers that finding the truth can be worse than ignorance.

The book of blood and shadow / Robin Wasserman.

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.

Breaking beautiful / Jennifer Shaw Wolf.

Allie is overwhelmed when her boyfriend, Trip, dies in a car accident, leaving her scarred and unable to recall what happened that night, but she feels she must uncover the truth, even if it could hurt the people who tried to save her from Trip's abuse.

The drowned cities / by Paolo Bacigalupi.

In a dark future America that has devolved into unending civil wars, orphans Mahlia and Mouse barely escape the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities, but their fragile safety is soon threatened and Mahlia will have to risk everything if she is to save Mouse, as he once saved her.

Losers in space / John Barnes.

In 2029, hoping to bypass the exams and training that might lead to a comfortable life, Susan, her almost-boyfriend Derlock, and seven fellow students stow away on a ship to Mars, unaware that Derlock is a sociopath with bigger plans.

The Whisper / Emma Clayton.

Members of an elite squadron of mutants, the telepathic twins, Ellie and Mika have specialized skills that will enable them to steal the top-secret formula for an age-reversing drug developed by rebel scientists on the wild side of The Wall. Juiced by these potent pills, the cadaver-like Gorman foresees a future in which he'll be forever young - released from the machinery that now supports him. Unless the twins have a master plan of their own: to bring the all-powerful Gorman to his knees, and face-to-face with his greatest fear.

Space odyssey shattering fates/ by Andrew B. DeWar.

Meet Seither Hawkins. He's a thief, a flyboy, an adventurer. He always seems to be causing trouble and getting into dangerous situations. But lately his work has become borderline suicidal, and the once fairly peaceful galaxy has experienced disaster after disaster. Almost as if its final days were fast approaching...

Arthur Quinn and the world serpent / Alan Early.

When he moves to Dublin, Arthur has premonitions about a great evil that threatens the world and soon finds himself up against the trickster Viking god Loki and the World Serpent.

The obsidian blade / Pete Hautman.

After thirteen-year-old Tucker Feye's parents disappear, he suspects that the strange disks of shimmering air that he keeps seeing are somehow involved, and when he steps inside of one he is whisked on a time-twisting journey trailed by a shadowy sect of priests and haunted by ghostlike figures.

The last hope / Erin Hunter.

"After countless moons of treachery, Tigerstar's Dark Forest apprentices are ready to lay siege upon the warrior Clans. As Jayfeather, Dovewing, and Lionblaze prepare to lead their Clanmates into battle, they await the arrival of the mysterious fourth warrior who is prophesied to help lead the Clans to glory."

The Floating Islands / Rachel Neumeier.

The adventures of two teenaged cousins who live in a place called The Floating Islands, one of whom is studying to become a mage and the other one of the legendary island flyers.

Hunted / Cheryl Rainfield.

Cassie, a telepathic teenager, is on the run from government trackers because she is a paranormal in a world where being a "para" is illegal.