Northward to the Moon by Polly HorvathTeen 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 CarterTeen 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 MyersTeen 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 WardTeen 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 CannTeen 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 BeaufrandTeen 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 LaskyTeen 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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