Michael Vey 2: Rise of the Elgen by Richard Paul Evans
Release Date: August 14, 2012
From Goodreads: Michael was born with special electrical powers—and he’s
not the only one. His friend Taylor has them too, and so do other kids around
the world. With Michael’s friend Ostin, a tecno-genius, they form the
Electroclan, an alliance meant to protect them from a powerful group, the
growing Order of Elgen, who are out to destroy them. The leader of the Elgen,
Dr. Hatch, has kidnapped Michael’s mother, and time is running out.
After narrowly escaping an Elgen trap, Ostin’s discovery of bizarre “rat fires”
in South America leads the gang to the jungles of Peru, where the Electroclan
meets new, powerful foes and faces their greatest challenge yet as Michael
learns the extent of the Elgen’s rise in power—and the truth of their plan to
“restructure” the world.
Suck It Up and Die by Brian Meehl
Release Date: August 14, 2012
From Goodreads: Nearly two years after Suck It Up, all
Morning McCobb wants is to complete his training at the NY Fire Academy and to
stay head over heels in love with Portia for as long as the chronology-crossed
lovers can, given that she's now eighteen and he's stalled at sixteen.
It's nearly the first anniversary of American Out Day, the historic day on
which the Leaguer vampires of America began going mainstream without going
bloodstream on their fellow mortal citizens.
The tension between Morning's wish for a simple, out of the spotlight life, and
Portia's cinematic obsession with historic events escalates to the breaking
point when a super-sinister vampire rises from the grave with a powerful
thirst, for revenge.
Scarlett Dedd by Cathy Brett
Release Date: August 14, 2012
From Goodreads: You're dead Scarlett...
Previously a poor taste jibe from
school frenemies, now a statement of fact. Scarlett is absolutely mortified (in
more ways than one) to discover that she's accidentally killed herself while
trying to get out of a school trip. Even worse, she's taken her entire family
with her. Life as a ghost is pretty dull - if only some of her friends were
dead too...
Intentions by Deborah Heiligman
Release Date: August 14, 2012
From Goodreads: Rachel thought she was grown up enough to accept that no
one is perfect. Her parents argue, her grandmother has been acting strangely,
and her best friend doesn't want to talk to her. But none of that could have
prepared her for what she overheard in her synagogue's sanctuary.
Now Rachel's trust in the people she loves is shattered, and her newfound
cynicism leads to reckless rebellion. Her friends and family hardly recognize
her, and worse, she can hardly recognize herself. But how can the adults in her
life lecture her about acting with kavanah,
intention, when they are constantly making such horribly wrong decisions
themselves? This is a witty, honest account of navigating the daunting line
between losing innocence and entering adulthood—all while figuring out who you
really want to be.
Heroes of Olympus: The Demigod Diaries by Rick Riordan
Release Date: August 14, 2012
From Goodreads: What dangers do runaway demigods Luke and Thalia face on
their way to Camp Half-Blood? Are Percy and Annabeth up to the task of rescuing
stolen goods from a fire-breathing giant who doesn't take kindly to intruders?
How exactly are Leo, Piper, and Jason supposed to find a runaway table, dodge a
band of party-loving Maenads" ("who just might be a little
psychotic), and stave off a massive explosion...all in one hour or less?
Touched by Cyn Balog
Release Date: August 14, 2012
From Goodreads: Nick Cross always listens to the voice in his head.
Because if he doesn't? Things can go really, really wrong. Like the day he
decided to go off script and saved a girl from being run over . . . and let
another one drown. Trying to change the future doesn't work.
But this summer at the Jersey Shore, something's about to happen that Nick
never could have predicted. He meets a girl named Taryn and finds out about the
Book of Touch. Now the path that he thought he was on begins to shift . . . and
there's no way to stop things from happening. Or is there?
In a life where there are no surprises, nothing has prepared Nick for what he's
about to discover--or the choice he will be forced to make. . . .
False Memory (False Memory #1) by Dan Krokos
Release Date: August 14, 2012
From Goodreads: Miranda wakes up alone on a park bench with no memory. In
her panic, she releases a mysterious energy that incites pure terror in
everyone around her. Except Peter, a boy who isn't at all surprised by
Miranda's shocking ability.
Left with no choice but to trust this stranger, Miranda discovers she was
trained to be a weapon and is part of an elite force of genetically-altered
teens who possess flawless combat skills and powers strong enough to destroy a
city. But adjusting to her old life isn't easy--especially with Noah, the
boyfriend she can't remember loving. Then Miranda uncovers a dark truth that
sets her team on the run. Suddenly her past doesn't seem to matter...when there
may not be a future.
The Unnaturalists by Tiffany Trent
Release Date: August 14, 2012
From Goodreads: Vespa Nyx wants nothing more than to spend the rest of
her life cataloging Unnatural creatures in her father’s museum, but as she gets
older, the requirement to become a lady and find a husband is looming large.
Syrus Reed’s Tinker family has always served and revered the Unnaturals from
afar, but when his family is captured to be refinery slaves, he finds that his
fate may be bound up with Vespa’s—and with the Unnaturals.
As the danger grows, Vespa and Syrus find themselves in a tightening web of
deception and intrigue. At stake may be the fate of New London—and the world.
Kissing Shakespeare by Pamela Mingle
Release Date: August 14, 2012
From Goodreads: Miranda has Shakespeare in her blood: she hopes one day
to become a Shakespearean actor like her famous parents. At least, she does
until her disastrous performance in her school's staging of The Taming of the Shrew.
Humiliated, Miranda skips the opening-night party. All she wants to do is hide.
Fellow cast member, Stephen Langford, has other plans for Miranda. When he
steps out of the backstage shadows and asks if she'd like to meet Shakespeare, Miranda thinks
he's a total nutcase. But before she can object, Stephen whisks her back to
16th century England—the world Stephen's really from. He wants Miranda to use
her acting talents and modern-day charms on the young Will Shakespeare. Without
her help, Stephen claims, the world will lost its greatest playwright.
Miranda isn't convinced she's the girl for the job. Why would Shakespeare care
about her? And just who is this infuriating time traveler, Stephen Langford?
Reluctantly, she agrees to help, knowing that it's her only chance of getting
back to the present and her "real" life. What Miranda doesn't bargain
for is finding true love . . . with no acting required.
Counting Backwards by Laura Lascarso
Release Date: August 14, 2012
From Goodreads:
Three weeks ago I tried to
run away from home. Now all I want is to go back.
When troubled Taylor Truwell is caught with a stolen car and lands in court for
resisting arrest, her father convinces the judge of an alternative to
punishment: treatment in a juvenile psychiatric correctional facility. Sunny
Meadows is anything but the easy way out, and Taylor has to fight hard just to
hold on to her sanity as she battles her parents, her therapist, and vicious
fellow patients. But even as Taylor struggles to hold on to her stubborn former
self, she finds herself relenting as she lets in two unlikely friends-Margo, a
former child star and arsonist, and AJ, a mysterious boy who doesn’t speak. In
this striking debut, Laura Lascarso weaves together a powerful story of anger
and self-destruction, hope and love.
The Kill Order (Maze Runner Prequel) by James Dashner
Release Date: August 14, 2012
From Goodreads: Before WICKED was formed, before the Glade was built,
before Thomas entered the Maze, sun flares hit the earth and mankind fell to
disease.
Mark and Trina were there when it happened, and they survived. But surviving
the sun flares was easy compared to what came next. Now a disease of rage and
lunacy races across the eastern United States, and there’s something suspicious
about its origin. Worse yet, it’s mutating, and all evidence suggests that it
will bring humanity to its knees.
Mark and Trina are convinced there’s a way to save those left living from
descending into madness. And they’re determined to find it—if they can stay
alive. Because in this new, devastated world, every life has a price. And to
some, you’re worth more dead than alive.
Soonchild by Russell Hoban
Release Date: August 14, 2012
From Goodreads: In the cold north where the white wind blows, lives Sixteen-Face John, a shaman. His wife is expecting their first child - a "soonchild". But Soonchild won't come out, so John sets out to find the World Songs that inspire all soonchildren to leave the womb. Along the way, he must shift shape and size, converse with animals and ancestors, and face demons and death. But he also pursues a golden-eyed presence that hints at a connection with his past.
My Sister Lives On The Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
Release Date: August 14, 2012
From Goodreads: Ten-year-old Jamie Matthews has just moved to the Lake
District with his Dad and his teenage sister, Jasmine for a 'Fresh New Start'.
Five years ago his sister's twin, Rose, was blown up by a terrorist bomb. His
parents are wrecked by their grief, Jasmine turns to piercing, pink hair and
stops eating. The family falls apart. But Jamie hasn't cried in all that time.
To him Rose is just a distant memory. Jamie is far more interested in his cat,
Roger, his birthday Spiderman T-shirt, and in keeping his new friend Sunya a
secret from his dad. And in his deep longing and unshakeable belief that his Mum
will come back to the family she walked out on months ago. When he sees a TV
advert for a talent show, he feels certain that this will change everything and
bring them all back together once and for all.
The Treachery of Beautiful Things by Ruth Frances Long
Release Date: August 16, 2012
From Goodreads: The trees swallowed her brother whole, and Jenny was
there to see it. Now seventeen, she revisits the woods where Tom was taken,
resolving to say good-bye at last. Instead, she's lured into the trees, where
she finds strange and dangerous creatures who seem to consider her the threat. Among them is Jack,
mercurial and magnetic, with secrets of his own. Determined to find her
brother, with or without Jack's help, Jenny struggles to navigate a faerie
world where stunning beauty masks some of the most treacherous evils, and she's
faced with a choice between salvation or sacrifice--and not just her own.
The Rising: A Department 19 Novel by Will Hill
Release Date: August 16, 2012
From Goodreads: James Bond meets Dracula in this epic saga of one boy and
a ton of weapons versus the world's oldest evil--vampires as you've never seen
them before!
Sixteen-year-old Jamie Carpenter's life was violently upended when he was
brought into Department 19, a classified government agency of vampire hunters
that was formed to deal with a little problem . . . known as Dracula.
But being the new recruit at the Department isn't all weapons training and
covert missions. Jamie's own mother has been turned into a vampire--and now
Jamie will stop at nothing to wreak revenge on her captors. Even if that means
facing down Dracula himself.
Spookygirl: Paranormal Investigator by Jill Baguchinsky
Release Date: August 16, 2012
From Goodreads: Violet
doesn't remember much about her late mother, but she is certain of one thing:
she too can see ghosts and communicate with the dead. But when Violet discovers
paranormal activity in the girls' locker room, she finds herself ill-equipped
for handling the school's ghostly echoes. Through Violet's own investigation
and with the help of some unlikely allies, Violet discovers there is a lot she
doesn't know about her special skill--and more still that can stand in the way
of its power. With sharp wit and determination, Violet sets out to uncover the
truth behind her school's haunting, to finish the investigation that led to her
mother's sudden death, and to learn why the only ghost she has ever wanted to
see is the one that has eluded her forever.
The Diviners (Diviners #1) by Libba Bray
Release Date: August 18, 2012
From Goodreads: Evie O'Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped
off to the bustling streets of New York City--and she is pos-i-toot-ly
thrilled. New York is the city of speakeasies, shopping, and movie palaces!
Soon enough, Evie is running with glamorous Ziegfield girls and rakish
pickpockets. The only catch is Evie has to live with her Uncle Will, curator of
The Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult--also known as
"The Museum of the Creepy Crawlies."
When a rash of occult-based murders comes to light, Evie and her uncle are
right in the thick of the investigation. And through it all, Evie has a secret:
a mysterious power that could help catch the killer--if he doesn't catch her
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