New Teen Books in March

A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee
(The Agency Series)
Teen Historical Mystery

Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan (and thief) Mary Quinn is surprised to be offered a singular education, instruction in fine manners--and an unusual vocation. Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls is a cover for an all female investigative unit called The Agency, and at seventeen, Mary is about to put her training to the test. Assuming the guise of a lady's companion, she must infiltrate a rich merchant's home in hopes of tracing his missing cargo ships. But the household is full of dangerous deception, and there is no one to trust--or is there?
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Cool Like That by Nikki Carter
(So For Real Series)
Teen Fiction

Now that she's been accepted into a summer enrichment program in New York City, Gia knows she's going to have the flyest summer ever. Especially since her mom and her annoying stepsister won't be around. And best of all? Her best friend, Ricky, is joining her so they're going to spend the entire summer together. Gia hopes Ricky's finally going to make a move on her, but it seems Ricky's bent on playing it safe--too safe, as far as Gia's concerned. So when Rashad, a cutie from the summer program starts to get his flirt on with Gia, she's got a new crush--and Ricky's so not cool with that.
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Stuck on Earth by David Klass
(Teen Science Fiction)

Ketchvar III travels to EArth to inhabit the body of an average teenager and assess the damage humans have done to their planet. But even his highly advanced alien intelligence can't prepare him for life as an American teen. Ketchvar quickly finds himself wrapped up in the daily drama of teenage life--infuriating family members, raging bullies, and undeniably beautiful next-door neighbors. And the more entangled Ketchvar becomes, the harder it is to answer the question he was sent to Earth to resolve: Should the Sandovinians release the Gagnerian Death Ray and erase the human species for good? Or is it possible that Homo sapiens really are worth saving?
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Happyface by Stephen Emond
Teen Humor

Enter Happyface's journal and get a peek into the life of a shy, artistic boy who decides to reinvent himself as a happy-go-lucky guy after he moves to a new town. See the world through his hilariously self-deprecating eyes as he learns to shed his comic book loving, computer game playing ways. Join him as he makes new friends, tries to hide from his past, and ultimately learns to face the world with a genuine smile. With a fresh and funny combination of text and fully integrated art, Happyface is an original storytelling experience.
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Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken
Teen Fantasy

When Wayland North brings rain to a region that's been dry for over ten years, he's promised anything he'd like as a reward. He chooses the village elder's daughter, sixteen-year-old Sydelle Mirabel, who is a skilled weaver and has an unusual knack for repairing his magical cloaks. As Sydelle discovers North's dark secret and the reason for his interest in her and learns to master her own mysterious power, it becomes increasingly clear that the fate of the kingdom rests in her fingertips. She will either be a savior, weaving together the frayed bonds between Saldorra and Auster, or the disastrous force that destroys both kingdoms forever.
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The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting

Teen Mystery

Violet Ambrose is grappling with two major issues: Jay Heaton and her morbid secret ability. While the sixteen-year-old is confused by her new feelings for her best friend since childhood, she is more disturbed by her "power" to sense dead bodies--or at least those that have been murdered. Since she was a little girl, she has felt the echoes the dead leave behind in the world... and the imprints that attach to their killers. Now that a serial killer is terrorizing her small town, and the echoes of the local girls he's claimed haunt her daily, Violet realizes she might be the only person who can stop him.

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Flirting With Disaster by Rhonda Stapleton

(Stupid Cupid Series)

Teen Romance

Felicity is a total romantic. That's why she follows her heart--not the rules--in her job as a cupid. But when Felicity turns her matchmaking magic on her best friend, Andy, it's Andy who breaks their golden rule: friends always come first. Andy is so wrapped up in her new guy that she's ditching everyone else. Meanwhile, Felicity decides to get over her crush on Derek by setting him up with someone else--but in her impulsive haste, she accidentally matches him with the whole school, and now "everyone" is in love with him. The entire student body is headed toward heartbreak, just weeks before prom. Does Felicity have what it takes to make everyone's heart happy--including her own?

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Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

Teen Fantasy

Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch... and when Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, it's her dad who decides her punishment: exile to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for the wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters.

By the end of her first day among fellow freak-teens, Sophie has quite a scorecard: three powerful enemies who look like supermodels, a futile crush on a gorgeous warlock, a creepy tagalong ghost, and a new roommate who happens to be the most hated person and only vampire on campus. Worse, Sophie soon learns that a mysterious predator has been attacking students, and her only friend is the number-one suspect.

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Steampunk Author Emilie Bush Comes To GCPL!!!

On Saturday, April 17th at 2pm, the Norcross Branch will be hosting Atlanta author Emilie P. Bush. Emilie will be talking about Steampunk Adventure Tales and her debut novel, Chenda and the Airship Brofman. This Steampunk adventure takes our heroine Chenda up in the air, across a desert, under the waves and far from everything she’s ever none. Join us to find out more about Chenda’s adventure.

Emilie P. Bush was born and raised in Warren, Ohio, and graduated from Ohio University with a Master of Arts in Communication. After several years in broadcasting, most recently as host of Georgia Public Broadcasting's “Georgia Gazette”, Emilie turned her attention to writing fiction. Chenda and the Airship Brofman is the first novel. Emilie currently lives and writes in Atlanta.

New Teen Titles from February

Northward to the Moon by Polly Horvath
Teen Fiction

Jane and her family have moved to Canada... but not for long. When her stepfather, Ned, is fired from his job as a high school French teacher (seems he doesn't speak French), the family packs up and Jane embarks on a series of new adventures. At first, she imagines her family as a gang of outlaws, riding on horseback in masks, robbing trains, and traveling all the way to Mexico. But the reality is different. Setting off by car, the visit the tribe of Native Americans with whom Ned once lived, head to Las Vegas in search of Ned's magician brother, and wind up spending the summer with his eccentric mother on her ranch out west. As Jane lives through it all--developing a crush on a ranch hand, reevaluating her relationship with Ned, watching hers sister Maya's painful growing up--she sees her world, which used to be so safe and secure, shift in strange and inconvenient ways.

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Freefall by Roderick Gordon
Teen Adventure

In the follow-up to "Deeper," Will and Chester are tumbling through the subterranean Pore with the evil Rebecca twins in hot pursuit, both toting phials of the lethal Dominion virus. When, where, will they ever land?! Just when the drop seems infinite, the boys hit bottom, and find themselves in a realm of near-zero gravity atop a giant spongy fungus stuffed with artifacts from some lost golden age. But they are not alone. And above ground, black-clad Styx are sprouting like poison mushrooms, dead-set on spreading their plague!

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Heist Society by Ally Carter
Teen Adventure

When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her to the Louvre... to case it. When Kat turned fifteen, she planned a con of her own--scamming her way into the best boarding in the country, determined to leave the family business behind. Unfortunately, leaving "the life" for a normal life proves harder than she'd expected.

Caught between Interpol and a far more deadly enemy, Kat's dad needs her help. She's got two weeks, a teenage crew, and hopefully just enough talent to pull off the biggest heist in her family's (very crooked) history--and, with any luck, steal her life back along the way.

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Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers
Teen Fiction

"When I first got to Progress, it freaked me out to be locked in a room and unable to get out. But after a while, when you got to thinking about it, you knew nobody could get in, either."

It seems as if the only progress that's going on at Progress juvenile facility is moving from juvy to real jail. Reese wants out early, but is he supposed to just sit back and flet his friend Toon get jumped? Then Reese gets a second chance when he's picked for the work program at a senior citizens' home. He doesn't mean to keep messing up, but it's not so easy; at Progress or in life. One of the residents, Mr. Hooft, gives him a particulary hard time. If he can convince Mr. Hooft that he's a decent person, not a criminal, maybe he'll be able to convince himself.

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Numbers (Num8ers) by Rachel Ward
Teen Suspense

Ever since she was a child, Jem has kept a secret: Whenever she meets someone new, no matter who, as soon as she looks in their eyes, a number pops into her head. That number is a date: the date they will die. Burdened with such awful awareness, Jem avoids relationships. Until she meets Spider, another outsider, and takes a chance. The two plan a trip to the city. But while waiting to ride the Eye ferris wheel, Jem is terrifed to see that all the other tourists in line flash the same number. Today's number. Today's date. Terrorists are going to attack London. Jem's world is about to explode!

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Possessed by Kate Cann
Teen Horror

Rayne can't wait to start her summer job at a remote country mansion, far from the crowded, noisy London she so desperately wants to escape. But the retreat soon turns into a nightmare--the mansion is creepy, the legends of ghosts keep Rayne up at night, and she doesn't feel safe anywhere.

Can Rayne figure out why she's so freaked--before she becomes a ghost story herself?
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The River by Mary Jane Beaufrand
Teen Mystery

Veronica Severance feels cut off from the world. Forced to move from the city to rural Oregon with her parents, she is haunted by loneliness and by the chilling sounds of the Santiam, the river that runs through her backyard. Through the fog of isolation, Ronnie finds herself becoming close with Karen, and young girl who she babysits. But when she discovers Karen's body on the banks of the Santiam, the victim of a supposed accident, Ronnie feels compelled to uncover the truth. As she becomes increasingly obsessed with solving Karen's death, Ronnie is led deeper and deeper into the woods surrounding the river and to the dark secret hidden within its midst.

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Ashes by Kathryn Lasky
Teen Historical

Thirteen year-old Gabriella Schramm's favorite pasttime is reading. With Adolf Hitler slowly but unstoppably rising to power, Gaby turns to her books for comfort while the world around her changes dramatically: The streets become filled with soldiers, Gaby's sister's boyfriend raises his arm in a heil Hitler salute, and the Schramm's family friend Albert Einstein flees the country. When Gaby's beloved books come under attack, she fears she may to leave behind the fiction--and the life--she has always cherished.

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