Guardian
by Julius Lester
Published 2008 by Amistad Press

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780061558900

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Coretta Scott King Award-winner and Newbery Honoree Lester delivers a haunting and poignant novel about what happens when a group of people denies the humanity of others. The book contains powerful imagery and disturbing revelations about evil and the struggle to be good, in a story of self-realization and redemption.

Headlong
by Kathe Koja
Published 2008 by Farrar Straus Giroux

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780374329129

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The Vaughn School is home to the Vaughn Virgins: the upper stratum of girls who have perfect grades, perfect lives, and perfect friends. Two girls discover what it means to dive deep beneath the surface--of friendship, of commitment--and to live life with all their hearts.

Playing with Fire
by Derek Landy
Published 2008 by HarperCollins

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780061240881

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An old foe of Skulduggery's is bent on bringing back to life the horrible Grotesquery, an unkillable monster assembled from the most fearsome beasts of legend. It's up to the ingenious, fearless, and hilarious Skulduggery and his apprentice Valkyrie Cain (a.k.a. Stephanie Edgely) to stop it.

Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about the Grapes of Wrath
by Arthur Steven Goldman
Published 2008 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781599902715

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Mitchell Wells may not survive eleventh grade. He really only has one friend, his best friend, David. His normally decent grade point average is in limbo due to a slightly violent, somewhat inappropriate claymation film. And girls . . . well, does hanging out with his sister count? When David tells Mitchell he's gay, Mitchell's okay with it--but it still seems to change things. Since David's not out to anyone else, the guys agree to be set up with prom dates. "Then," one of the most popular girls in school decides she "must" date Mitchell, and he's gone from zero to two girlfriends in sixty seconds. From his pending English grade, to his floundering friendship, to his love life--the one thing that's taken a bizarre turn for the better--Mitchell is so confused, he'll be lucky if he lasts another week in high school! And then there's the prom . . .With a wickedly funny voice and a colorful cast of characters, Steven Goldman has written a novel for every reader--even those who "like" high school!

Blue Flame
by K. M. Grant
Published 2008 by Walker & Company

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780802796943

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Many years have passed since the Occitanian knights killed Richard the Lionheart in a courageous battle to keep the Blue Flame--sparked at the moment of Christ's death--from falling into the wrong hands. Now it is in danger again as enemies from the north draw near.

Getting Into Guinness: One Man's Longest, Fastest, Highest Journey Inside the World's Most Famous Record Book
by Larry Olmstead
Published 2008 by Collins

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780061373480

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Adventure journalist Olmstead chronicles his hilarious journey into the culture and history of the "Guinness World Records" as well as his own attempts to make it in the record books. 8-page b&w photo insert.

The Possibilities of Sainthood
by Donna Freitas
Published 2008 by Farrar Straus Giroux

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780374360870

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Antonia Lucia Labella wants to be a saint. For eight years, 15-year-old Antonia has sent a petition to the Vatican proposing a new patron saint and offering herself for the post. She soon learns that in matters of the heart and sainthood, things are about as straightforward as wound-up linguini.

Ghostgirl
by Tonya Hurley
Published 2008 by Little, Brown Young Readers

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780316113571

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Charlotte Usher feels practically invisible at school, and then one day she really "is" invisible. Even worse: she's dead. But being dead doesn't stop Charlotte from wanting to be popular; it just makes her more creative about achieving her goal.