New Fiction

Summer 2009

New Books for Teens   Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen Published 2009 by Viking Children's Books Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780670011940 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Following her parents' bitter divorce, Auden has the chance to spend the summer with her dad and his new family in a charming beach town. There she meets Eli, and together they embark on parallel quests: for Auden, to experience the carefree life she's been denied; for Eli, to come to terms with the guilt he feels for the death of a friend.... More...     The Secret Life of Prince Charming by Deb Caletti Published 2009 by Simon Pulse Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781416959403 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: After Quinn gets dumped, she starts to wonder if there really are no good men. It doesn't help when she discovers that her selfish, womanizing father has stolen more from the women in his life than their hearts. Quinn joins forces with the stepsister she's never met and sets out to right her father's wrongs.... More...     King of the Screwups by K L Going Published 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780152062583 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Liam Geller is Mr. Popularity. Everybody loves him. He excels at sports; he knows exactly what clothes to wear; he always ends up with the most beautiful girls in school. But he's got an uncanny ability to screw up in the very ways that tick off his father the most.... More...     Peace, Love & Baby Ducks by Lauren Myracle Published 2009 by Dutton Books Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780525477433 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Growing up in a world of wealth and pastel-tinted entitlement, fifteen-year-old Carly has always relied on the constancy and authenticity of her sister, Anna. But when fourteen-year-old Anna turns plastic-perfect-pretty over the course of a single summer, everything starts to change.... More...     After the Moment by Garret Freymann-Weyr Published 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780618605729 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Leigh Hunter is completely and forever in love with Maia Morland. But life is not a romance novel and theirs will never become a true romance. For when Maia needs him the most, Leigh betrays both her trust and her love, in this new novel by the Printz Honor-winning author Freymann-Weyr.... More...     Being Nikki by Meg Cabot Published 2009 by Point Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780545040563 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Ever since her brain was transplanted into the body of teen supermodel Nikki Howard, tomboy Emerson Watts is trying to handle school, modeling, and living with celebutante Lulu Collins, in this sequel to "Airhead." More...     Absolutely Maybe by Lisa Yee Published 2009 by Arthur A. Levine Books Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780439838443 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Meet Maybelline Mary Katherine Mary Ann Chestnut, named for two Miss Americas and her mother Chessy's favorite brand of mascara. Chessy teaches the students in her charm school her Seven Select Rules for Young Ladies, but she won't tell Maybe who her real father is -- or protect her from her latest scuzzball boyfriend.... More...     Project Sweet Life by Brent Hartinger Published 2009 by Harper Teen Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780060824112 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: For most kids, fifteen is the year of the optional summer job: Sure, you can get a job if you really want one, but it isn't required or anything. Too bad Dave's dad doesn't agree! Instead of enjoying long days of biking, swimming, and sitting around, Dave and his two best friends are being forced by their fathers into a summer of hard labor.... More...     Identical by Ellen Hopkins Published 2008 by Margaret K. McElderry Books Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781416950059 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Kaeleigh and Raeanne are the twin daughters of a district-court judge and a politician mother. They are identical in almost every way, but each girl has dark secrets. The bestselling author of "Crank" gives voice to victims of childhood sexual abuse, in a moving and disturbing novel.... More...     Swim the Fly by Don Calame Published 2009 by Candlewick Press (MA) Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780763641573 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: In the spirit of a Hollywood comedy, screenwriter Calame ("Employee of the Month") unleashes a true ode to the adolescent male, in this story about three teenage boys with a single goal: to see a real-live naked girl. Three adolescent boys with a single goal: see a reallive naked girl.... More...     Sophomore Switch by Abby McDonald Published 2009 by Candlewick Press (MA) Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780763639365 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Take an administrative snafu, a bad breakup, and what shall heretofore be known as "The Hot-Tub Incident," and you've got two unprepared sophomores on a semester abroad. For American party girl Tasha, an escape to Oxford may be a chance to ditch her fame as a tabloid temptress, but wading Uggs-deep in feminist theory is not her idea of a break.... More...     Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson Published 2009 by Viking Books Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780670011100 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Six years after Cassie and Lia resolved to become the skinniest girls in their school, Cassie dies. Unable to bear the sadness and guilt following Cassie's death, Lia spirals deeper into her own eating disorder. Elijah, the last person to see Cassie alive, helps Lia find the strength to face her own demons and enter recovery.... More...     My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison Published 2009 by Walker & Company Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780802797803 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Finding your one true love can be a Grimm experience! After her boyfriend dumps her for her older sister, sophomore Savannah Delano wishes she could find a true prince to take her to the prom. Enter Chrissy (Chrysanthemum) Everstar: Savannah's gum-chewing, cell phone-carrying, high heel-wearing Fair Godmother.... More...     3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows by Ann Brashares Published 2009 by Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780385736763 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: The author of the bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series introduces the girls in a new sisterhood in this new series. Summer is a time to grow, and Polly, Joe, and Ama each sprout into young adulthood over the course of one summer. "summer is a time to grow" ... More...     The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E Lockhart Published 2008 by Hyperion Books Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780786838189 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: The acclaimed author of "Dramarama" and "The Boy Book" now delivers a story about a girl who goes from being mildly geeky to a teenage knockout to--a criminal mastermind? Frankie Landau-Banks at age 14: Debate Club. Her father's "bunny rabbit.... More...     Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher Published 2007 by Sleuth RazorBill Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781595141712 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Clay Jenkins returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers 13 cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker - his classmate and crush - who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life.... More...     The Possibilities of Sainthood by Donna Freitas Published 2008 by Farrar Straus Giroux Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780374360870 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: 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.... More...     Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway Published 2008 by Sleuth RazorBill Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781595141910 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: When her ex writes a break-up song about her that rockets up the charts, Audrey is suddenly famous--she can't go out without being mobbed by fans and paparazzi. Take a wild ride with Audrey as she makes headlines, confronts her ex on MTV, and shows the world who she really is.... More...     The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp Published 2008 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780375851797 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: SUTTER KEELY. HE'S the guy you want at your party. He'll get everyone dancing. He'll get everyone in your parents' pool. Okay, so he's not exactly a shining academic star. He has no plans for college and will probably end up folding men's shirts for a living.... More...     Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs Published 2008 by Dutton Children's Books Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780525479420 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: After discovering she's a descendant of Nike (the goddess, not the shoe), Phoebe is finding that supernatural power have a learning curve. So her stepfather, headmaster of the Academy for descendants of Greek gods, enrolls her in the "Dynamotheos" Development Camp--a.... More...