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New Teen Books for March, 2011

Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court by Various Authors
Teen Sports Fiction/Short Stories

A series of short stories by such authors as Walter Dean Myers, Rita Williams-Garcia, and Joseph Bruchac, interspersed with pems and photographs, provides different perspectives on a game of streetball played one steamy July day at the West 4th Street court in New York City known as The Cage.

These stories offer blistering moves and dialogue, complex and rewarding characters, and off-the-court background, contextualizing the game and making it clear just how vital it is to those who play.

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Jenna & Jonah's Fauxmance by Emily Franklin
Teen Romantic Fiction

Fans of romance don't need to look any further than the fauxmance brewing between teen idols Charlie Tracker and Fielding Withers--known on their hit TV show as Jenna and Jonah, next-door neighbors flush with the excitement of first love. But it's their off-screen relationship that has helped cement their fame, as passionate fans follow their every PDA. They grace the covers of magazines week after week. Their fan club has chapters all over the country. The only problem is their off-screen romance is one big publicity stunt, and Charlie and Fielding can't stand to be in the same room. Still it's a great gig, so even when the cameras stop rolling, the show must go on, and on, and on... Until the pesky paparazzi blow their cover, and Charlie and Fielding must disappear to weather the media storm. It's not unitl they're far off the grid of the Hollywood circuit that they realize that there's more to each of them than shiny hair and a winning smile.

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Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Teen Science Fiction

"Ninety-five days, and then I'll be safe. I wonder whether the procedure will hurt. I want to get it over with. It's hard to be patient. It's hard not to be afraid while I'm still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn't touched me yet. Still, I worry. They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness. The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it and when you don't."

Lena Haloway has always accepted the government's decree that love is a disease that must be eradicated--but then she meets Alex.

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Death Cloud by Andrew Lane
Young Sherlock Holmes series
Teen Mystery

It is the summer of 1868, and Sherlock Holmes is fourteen. On break from boarding school, he is staying with eccentric strangers--his uncle and aunt--in their vast house in Hampshire. When two local people die from symptoms that resemble the plague, Holmes begins to investigate what really killed them, helped by his new tutor, an American named Amvus Crowe. So begins Sherlock's true education in detection, as he discovers the dastardly crimes of a brilliantly sinster villain of exquisitely malign intent.

In the first teen series endorsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Literary Estate, the legend of Sherlock Holmes is born as a teenage Sherlock probes his first murder mystery.

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Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann
Teen Horror/Mystery

Kendall loves her life in small town Cryer's Cross, Montana, but she also longs for something more. But when Cryer's Cross is rocked by unspeakable tragedy, Kendall shoves her dreams aside and focuses on just one goal: help find her missing friends. Even if it means spending time with the one boy she shouldn't get close to... the one boy who makes her question everything she feels for Nico.

Determined to help and to stay true to the boy she's always loved, Kendall keeps up the search--and stumbles upon some frightening local history. She knows she can't stop digging, but Kendall is about to find out just how far the townspeople will go to keep their secrets buried...

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The Girl Who Became a Beatle by Greg Taylor
Teen Fiction

She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah! When Regina Bloomsbury's band the Caverns, breaks up, she thinks it's all over. And then she makes a wish--"I wish I could be as famous as the Beatles." The Beatles are her music idols. The next day, she gets up to find that the Caverns are not just as famous as the Beatles, they have replaced them in history! Regina is living like a rock star, and loving it. There are talk shows, music videos, and live concerts with thousands of screaming fans. And Regina is the star of it all. But fame is getting the better of Regina, and she has a decision to make. Does she want to replace the Beatles forever? Here is a rocking novel about the good and the bad of Hollywood, fame, and rock'n roll.

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The Batboy by Mike Lupica
Teen Sports Fiction

It is every baseball kid's dream summer job: the batboy for your hometown Major League team. Yet for fourteen year-old brian, the job means more than just the chance to hang around his idols. Baseball was the job his father loved so much, in the end he couldn't leave it. Yet he could leave his family. Now Brian sees the job as the way to win back his father.

There is no winning back some people, though. Just ask Hank Bishop--once the most popular player in baseball before he was banished for using steroids. Now he is making his comeback. And an unlikely friendship slowly develops between this man in need of a family and this boy in need of a father.

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Angel by James Patterson
Maximum Ride series
Teen Adventure Fiction

In the seventh book in the bestselling series, evil scientists are still trying to convince Max that she needs to save the world, this time by providing the genetic link in speeding up the pace of evolution. Worse, they're trying to convince her that her perfect mate is Dylan, the newest addition to the flock. The problem is that, in spite of herself, Max is starting to believe it.

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New Teen Romance Titles for February (Just in Time for Valentine's Day...)

Vampire Crush by A.M. Robinson
Teen Romantic Fantasy

I swear, my life was always totally normal. Normal house, normal family, normal school. My looks are average, I don't have any superpowers, no one's showing up to tell me I'm a princess--you get the picture. But when my junior year started, something not normal happened. There were new kids at school... new kids with a wardrobe straight out of a 19th-century romance novel, and an inexplicable desire to stay at school until sundown.

And on top of that, James Hallowell showed up. James, who stole my sandwiches in fourth grade and teased me mercilessly through middle school. James, who now seems to have the power to make my heart race any time he comes near. But something weird is going on. Because James rarely goes out during the day. And he seems stronger than your typical guy. And he knows the knew kids, all of whom seem to be harboring some kind of deep secret...

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The Romeo and Juliet Code by Phoebe Stone
Teen Mystery/Romance

Felicity's glamorous parents have a secret. When they leave her with distant relatives in Maine, Felicity hopes they won't leave her long. Her new Uncle Gideon hides things. Her Aunt Miami is star-crossed. And Derek, a kid her age, refuses to leave his room.

But Felicity needs Derek's help. Gidoen is getting coded letters from Felicity's parents, and she's sure they're in trouble. Can Felicity crack the code, heal the family and save her parents, all while surviving her first crush?

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Rhymes With Cupid by Anna Humphrey
Teen Romance

Elyse works at the mall gift store in February, but her hatred of the day makes life difficult.

But then her neighbor Patrick becomes interested in her. Will Elyse pay attention to him since he's cute, sweet and funny?

It's going to be a complicated Valentine's Day.

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Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg
Teen Romance

After winter break, the girls at the very prestigious Longbourn Academy become obsessed with the prom. Lizzie Bennet, who attends Longbourn on a scholarship, isn't interested in designer dresses and expensive shoes, but her best friend, Jane, might be--especially now that Charles Bingley is back from a semester in London.

Lizzie is happy about her friend's burgeoning romance but less than impressed by Charles's friend, Will Darcy, who's snobby and pretentious. Darcy doesn't seem to like Lizzie either, but she assumes it's because her family doesn't have money. Clearly, Will Darcy is a pompous jerk--so why does Lizzie find herself drawn to him anyway?

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Once in a Full Moon by Ellen Schreiber
Teen Paranormal Romance

Celeste Parker is used to hearing scary stories about werewolves--Legend's Run is famous for them. She's used to everything in the small town until Brandon Maddox moves to Legend's Run and Celeste finds herself immediately drawn to the handsome new student. But when, after an unnerving visit with a psychic, she encounters a pack of wolves and gorgeous, enigmatic Brandon, she must discover whether his transformation is more than legend or just a trick of the shadows in the moonlight.

Her best friends may never forgive her if she gives up her perfect boyfriend, Nash, for Brandon, who's from the wrong side of town. But she can't deny her attraction or the strong pull he has on her. Brandon may be Celeste's hero, or he may be the most dangerous creature she could encounter in the woods of Legend's Run.

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Mad Love by Suzanne Selfors
Teen Romance

When you're the daughter of the bestselling Queen of Romance, life should be pretty good. But 16-year-old Alice Amorous has been living a lie ever since her mother was secretly hospitalized for mental illness. After putting on a brave front for months, time is running out. The next book is overdue, and the Queen can't write it. Alice needs a story for her mother--and she needs one fast.

That's when she meets Errol, a strange boy who claims to be Cupid. As Alice begins to hear Errol's voice in her head and see thing she can't explain, she must face the truth--that she's either inherited her mother's madness, or Errol is for real.

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Falling In Love With English Boys by Melissa Jensen
Teen Romance

Sixteen-year-old Catherine Vernon has been stranded in London for the summer with no friends, no ex-boyfriend Adam the Scum (good riddance!), and absolutely nothing to do but blog about her misery to her friends back home. Desperate for something (anything) to do in London while her mother's off researching boring historical things, Cat starts reading the 1815 diary of Katherine Percival her mom gives her--and finds the similarities between their lives to be oddly close. But where Katherine has the whirls of the society, the parties and the gossip over who is engaged to who, Cat's only got some really excellent English chocolate.

Then she meets William Percival, the uber-hot descendant of Katherine, and things start looking up...

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The Big Crunch by Pete Hautman
Teen Romance

Jen and Wes do not "meet cute." They do not fall in love at first sight. They do not swoon with scorching desire. They do not believe that they are instant soul mates destined to be together forever. This is not that kind of love story.

Instead, they just hang around in each other's orbits... until eventually they collide. And even after that happens, they're still not sure where it will go. Especially when Jen starts to pity-date one of Wes's friends, and Wes makes some choices that he immediately regrets.

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New Teen Books for January 2011

The Gift by James Patterson
Witch and Wizard Series
Teen Suspense

When Whit & Wisty were imprisoned by the wicked forces of the totalitarian regime known as the New Order, they were barely able to escape with their lives. Now part of a hidden community of teens like themselves, Whit and Wisty have established themselves as the leaders of the Resistance, willing to sacrifice anything to save kids kidnapped and brutally imprisoned by the New Order. But the One has other plans in store for them: He needs Wisty, for she is "The One Who Has the Gift." While trying to figure out what that means, Whit and Wisty's suspenseful adventures through Overworld and Shadowland lead to a jaw-dropping climax and conclusion: the highly-anticipated fulfillment of the heart-pounding prologue of book one... "The Execution of the Allgoods."

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Sugar and Ice by Kate Messner
Teen Fiction

For Claire Boucher, life is all about skating on the frozen cow pond and in the annual Maple Show right before the big pancake breakfast on her family's farm. But all that changes when Russian skating coach Andrei Grosheva offers Claire a scholarship to train with the elite in Lake Placid. Tossed into a world of mean girls on ice, where competition is everything, Claire realizes that her sweet dream come true has sharper edges than she could have imagined. Can she find the strength to stand up to the people who want to see her fail and the courage to decide which dream she wants to follow?

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Solitary by Alexander Gordon Smith
Escape from Furnace Series
Teen Science Fiction/Horror

Alex Sawyer and his mates should have known there was no way out of furnace penitentiary. Their escape attempt only lands them deeper in the guts of this prison for young offenders, and then into solitary confinement. And that's where a whole new struggle begins--a struggle to not let the hellish conditions overwhelm them. Because before another escape attempt is even possible, they must first survive the nightmare that now haunts their endless nights.

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Sapphique by Catherine Fisher
Teen Fantasy/Dystopias

Finn and Claudia were betrothed to one another as children. Now seventeen, they are soon to become king and queen of the Realm. But their kingdom is only a visage; in reality its surface beauty is maintained by the powerful computer Incarceron, where after the devastating destruction of the Years of Rage the Realm's inhabitants only pretend to live "in Era." Finn has escaped Incarceron only to find that he must defend his right to the throne from another challenger. His life and Claudia's hang on Finn convincing the Court that he is the lost prince, even though he has his own doubts about being the true heir.

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Night Whispers by Erin Hunter
Warriors, Omen of the Stars Series
Teen Fantasy

The deadly battle between ThunderClan and ShadowClan is over, but the aftermath still echoes around all four Clans. As Dovepaw grapples with the knowledge that there are realms--and cats--her senses cannot reach, Jayfeather and Lionblaze are determined to figure out how StarClan could have allowed this fight to happen. Jayfeather soon finds the answer in the darkest of places, and he and Lionblaze prepare to do whatever they can to staunch the flow of evil into ThunderClan. The ties that bind the Clans are slowly breaking in the face of the greatest threat that the warriors--and the warrior code--have ever known.

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Fixing Delilah by Sarah Ockler
Teen Fiction

Things in Delilah Hannaford's life have a tendency to fall apart. She used to be a good student, but she can't seem to keep it together anymore. Her "boyfriend" isn't much of a boyfriend. And her mother refuses to discuss the fight that has divided their family eight years ago. Falling apart, it seems, is a Hannaford tradition.

Over a summer of new friendships, unexpected romance, and moments that test the complex bonds between mothers and daughters, Delilah must face her family's painful past. Can even her most shattered relationships be pieced together again?

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Entice by Carrie Jones
Teen Romantic Fantasy

Zara and Nick are soul mates, meant to be together forever. But that's not quite how things have worked out. For starters, well, Nick is dead. Supposedly he's been taken to a mythic place for warriors known as Valhalla, so Zara and her friends might be able to get him back. But it's taking time, and meanwhile a group of evil pixies is devastating Bedford, with more teens going missing every day. An all-out war seems imminent, and the good guys need all the warriors they can find. But how to get to Valhalla? And even if Zara and her friends discover the way, there's that other small problem: Zara's been pixie kissed. When she finds Nick, will he even want to go with her? Especially since she hasn't turned into just any pixie... She's Astley's queen.

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Blood Ninja II: The Revenge of Lord Oda by Nick Lake
Teen Horror/Adventure

Taro's world was turned upside down when his father was murdered by a ninja, and another ninja who saved Taro's life turned him into a vampire. Thus began the young man's journey through feudal Japan, training to become a ninja and learning about himself.

Now that the vile Lord Oda is dead, Taro and his friends are safe in the mountain lair of the ninjas. Or so they think. Soon, Taro, Hana, and Hiro find themselves in a trap as strange new creatures invade their lives and familiar enemies surround them.

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December Dystopias

A recap of recent dystopian novels for Teens...

Dystopias describe a devastating event or series of events that has forced society to restructure. The governments in these future states have placed strict rules on thought and conduct. The heroes of these books struggle to question the status quo and ultimately, to resist the powers that be.

Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien
March 2010

In the Enclave, your scars set you apart, and the newly born will change the future.

Sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone and her mother faithfully deliver their quota of three infants every month. But when Gaia's mother is brutally taken away by the very people she serves, Gaia must question whether the Enclave deserves such loyalty.

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Matched by Ally Condie
November 2010

Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate... until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's ever known and a path that no one else has dared to follow.

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The Unidentified by Rae Mariz
October 2010

Sometime in the future, big business controls education. Shopping malls ahve been converted to high-surveillance schools, and students are "players," participating in a combination of learning and entertainment in a multimedia experience called the Game, while sponsors look for new trends and exploitative opportunities. Katey, aka Kid, chafes at the whole process, but plays along to pursue her dream of making music. When a group calling itself the Unidentified pulls off a daring prank challenging people to think for themselves, Kid's attempt at self-expression brings her to the attention of her sponsors, who offer her everything she's wanted. But is it success, or is it selling out? the more she learns about the Unidentified, the less certain she is of her goals and the more determined she is to shake things up.

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The Limit by Kristen Landon
September 2010

"An eighth grade girl was taken today..."

In a world not too far removed from our own, kids are being taken away to special workhosues if their families exceed the monthly debt limit imposed by the government. Thirteen-year-old Matt briefly wonder if he might be next, but quickly dismisses the thought. After all, his parents are financially responsible, unlike the parents of those other kids. As long as his parents remain within their limit, the government will be satisfied and leave them alone. But all it takes is one fatal visit to the store to push Matt's family over their limit--and to change his reality forever.

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The Line by Teri Hall
March 2010

An invisible, uncrossable physical barrier encloses the Unified States. The Line is the part of the border that lopped off part of the country, dooming the inhabitants to an unknown fate when the enemy used a banned weapon. It's said that bizarre creatures and superhumans live on the other side, in Away. Nobody except tough old Ms. Moore would ever live next to the Line.

Nobody but Rachel and her mother, who went to live there after Rachel's dad died in the last war. It's a safte, quiet life. Until Rachel finds a mysterious recorded message that can only have come from Away. The voice is asking for help.

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Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder
April 2010

"Keep Your Head Down. Don't Get Noticed. Or Else. I'm Trella. I'm a scrub. A nobody. One of thousands who work the lower levels, keeping Inside clean for the Uppers. I've got one friend, do my job and try to avoid the Pop Cops. So what if I occasionally use the pipes to sneak around the Upper levels? The only neck at risk is my own... until I accidentally start a rebellion and become the go-to girl to lead a revolution."

Trella's life is consumed by her job--testing, cleaning, and making sure the pipes in her world are working. She spends her free time exploring the forbidden Upper Levels, but Trella's solitary, peaceful life is about to be disturbed when a prophet comes and promises a better life for her people.

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Grace by Elizabeth Scott
September 2010

Sixteen-year-old Grace was raised to be an Angel, a herald of death by suicide bomb. But she refuses to die for the cause, and now Grace is on the run, daring to dream of freedom.

In search of a border she may never reach, she travels among the malevolent soldiers on a decrepit train crawling through the desert. Accompanied by the mysterious Kerr, Grace struggles to be invisible, but the fear of discovery looms large as she recalls the history and events that discovered her uncertain fate.

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Delirium by Lauren Oliver
February 2011

"Ninety-five days, and then I'll be safe. I wonder whether the procedure will hurt. I want to get it over with. It's hard to be patient. It's hard to not be afraid while I'm still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn't touched me yet. Still, I worry. They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness. The deadliest of all deadly things: it kills you both when you have it and when you don't."

Lena Haloway has always accepted the government's decree that love is a disease that must be eradicated--but then she meets Alex.

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New Teen Titles for November 2010

The Witches' Kitchen by Allen Williams
Teen Fantasy/Horror

Deep in the walls of a witch's cottage lays an ancient magical kitchen. Dangling over that kitchen's cauldron, pinched between the fingers of two witches, is a toad. And the toad has no idea how she got there, and no memory of even her name. All she knows is she doesn't think she was always a toad, or that she's ever been here before. Determined to recover her memories she sets out on a journey to the oracle, and along the way picks up a rag-tag team of friends: an iron-handed imp, a carnivrous fairy, and a few friendly locals.

But the kitchen won't make it easy. It is pitch black, infinite and impossible to navigate; a living maze. Hiding in the dark corners are beastly, starving things. Worse yet are the witches themselves, who have sent a procession of horrific deadly monsters on her trail. With some courage and wisdom, the toad might just find herself yet--and with that knowledge, the power to defeat the mighty witches.

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Three Quarters Dead by Richard Peck
Teen Horror

Kerry is chosen by the coolest clique in school and so she thinks life has finally begun. But then it seems all over when her three friends are killed in a shocking car accident. Or are they? Only weeks after the accident, Kerry receives a text from one of the girls: "We are all 3 here at my aunt's in the city. Take the 3:50 train. B there."

Exhilarating, terrifying suspense is crossed with a thought provoking examination of peer pressure in Richard Peck's return to his contemporary teen- and ghost-story roots.

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The Unidentified by Rae Mariz
Teen Science Fiction/Dystopias

Sometime in the future, big business controls education. Shopping malls have been converted to high-surveillance schools, and students are "players," participating in a combination of learning and entertainment in a multimedia experience called The Game, while sponsors look for new trends and exploitative opportunities. Katey, aka Kid, chafes at the whole process, but plays along to pursue her dream of making music. When a group calling itself the Unidentified pulls off a daring prank challenging people to think for themselves, Kid's curiosity leads her further down the path of disobediance and resistance. In an ironic twist, Kid's attempt at self-expression brings her to the attention of sponsors, who offer her everything she's wanted. But is it success, or is it selling out? The more she learns about the Unidentified, the less certain she is of her goals and the more determined she is to shake things up.

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Revamped by Lucienne Diver
Teen Fiction

The fanged fabulosity of "Vamped" is back in this sequel that finds Gina trying to survis Super Spy Club training.

Gina's Rules for Surviving Super Spy Club Training: 1. First, the dirt and sweat are just too horrible to contemplate. 2. Unless you enjoy cold showers, be the first one to the bathroom in the morning. 3. Cargo pants make you look hip-py. 4. Making out on missions, unless it's part of your cover, is totally grounds for extra push-ups. 5. When going goth, you've totally got to strike words like totally, awesome, and phat from your vocabulary. 6. Who's actually running the Super Spy Club, you ask? I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you.

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Fearscape by Simon Holt
(Devouring Trilogy)
Teen Horror

The Vours; evil, demonic beings that inhabit human bodies on Sorry Night, the darkest hours of the Winter Solstice.

It's been a year since Reggie first discovered the Vours, and the Winter Solstice is approaching once again. It will be another night of unspeakable horror for those unlucky enough to be taken by the Vours, because this time, she won't be able to stop them. The Vours have imprisoned Regge in a psychiatric hospital, where she is subjected to a daily routine of unfathomably sadistic experiments. Her life is a living Hell, but she won't give up. They attacked her brother. They killed her friend. And Reggie will never stop fighting back.

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The Dark Game: True Spy Stories by Paul B. Janeczko
Teen Nonfiction

From clothesline codes to surveillance satellites and cyber espionage, Paul B. Janeczko uncovers two centuries' worth of true spy stories in U.S. history.

Every since George Washington used them to help topple the British, spies and their networks have helped and hurt America at key moments in history. In this fascinating collection, Paul B. Janeczko probes such stories as that of Elizabeth Van Lew, an aristocrat whose hatred of slavery drove her to be one of the most successful spies in the Civil War; the "Choctaw code talkers," Native Americans who were instrumental in sending secret messages during World War I; the staggering engineering behind a Cold War tunnel into East Berlin to tap Soviet phones (only to be compromised by a Soviet mole); and many more famous and less-known examples. Colorful personalities, daring missions, the feats of the loyal, and damage of traitors are interspersed with a look at the technological advances that continue to change the rules of gathering intelligence.

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Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Teen Southern Gothic Fiction

Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin, the small Southern town he had always called home, as a place where nothing ever changed. Then he meets mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes, who reveals a secret world that has been hidden in plain sight all along.

Together they can face anything Gatlin throws at them, but after suffering a tragic loss, Lena starts to pull away, keeping secrets that test their relationship. And now that Ethan's eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there's no going back. Haunted by strange visions that only he can see, Ethan is pulled deeper into his town's tangled history and finds himself caught up in the dangerous network of underground passageways endlessly criss-crossing the South, where nothing is as it seems.

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Ascendant by Diana Peterfreund
Teen Fantasy

Astrid Llewelyn is now a fully trained unicorn hunter, but she can't solve all her problems with just a bow and arrow. Her boyfriend, Giovanni, has decided to leave Rome, the Cloisters is in dire financial straits, her best friend's powers seem to be mysteriously disintegrating, and Astrid can't help but feel that school, home, and her hopes of becoming a scientist are nothing but impossible dreams.

So when she's given the opportunity to leave the Cloisters and put her skills to use as part of a scientific quest to discover the Remedy, Astrid leaps at the chance. Finally, she can have exactly what she wants--or can she? At Gordian headquarters, deep in the French countryside, Astrid begins to question everything she thought she believed: her love for Giovanni, her loyalty to the Cloisters, and --most of all--her duty as a hunter. Should Astrid be saving the world from killer unicorns, or saving the unicorns from the world?

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Online Book Poll Winner!

By popular vote, Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins has been selected as GCPL’s Favorite Teen book of 2009 in the 2010 Teen Read Week Online Poll. Missed it? Check for a copy here!

Other favorites included The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney, Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater and Heist Society by Ally Carter.

For more book recommendations, see our New and Featured Titles Lists!

Book Spine Poetry at Dacula

Teen Read Week Fashion

Have you ever really wanted a shirt with hedgehogs playing basketball on it but you just couldn't find it at the mall? Well, we're here to help. At our Altered T-Shirt program at Hamilton Mill on Wednesday, our talented teens made some very cool personalized shirts.

Author Nikki Grimes on Teen Read Week

Check out this video from author Nikki Grimes talking about the importance of reading:

Book Spine Poetry!

Teen Read Week is in full swing! This year we're celebrating Books with Beat and what better way to do that than with super awesome Book Spine Poetry? All you gotta do is grab some books and stack them up to create a poem using the titles on the spine. Staff and teens alike have been waxing poetic all week:

Norcross Branch:

Mountain Park Branch:

Lawrenceville Branch:

Centerville Branch:

Feeling inspired? Head to the library and start stacking! Who knows? Your poem just might make it to this very blog!