Anything but Ordinary by Lara Avery
Publish Date: September 11, 2012
From Goodreads: Bryce remembers it like it was yesterday. The scent of
chlorine. The blinding crack and flash of pain. Blood in the water.
When she wakes up in the hospital, all Bryce can think of is her disastrous
Olympic diving trial. But everything is different now. Bryce still feels
seventeen, so how can her little sister be seventeen, too? Life went on without
her while Bryce lay in a coma for five years. Her best friend and boyfriend
have just graduated from college. Her parents barely speak. And everything she
once dreamed of doing--winning a gold medal, traveling the world, falling in
love--seems beyond her reach.
But Bryce has changed too, in seemingly impossible ways. She knows things she
shouldn't. Things that happened while she was asleep. Things that haven't even
happened yet. During one luminous summer, as she comes to understand that her
dreams have changed forever, Bryce learns to see life for what it truly is:
extraordinary.
Frozen Heat (Nikki Heat #4) Richard Castle
Publish Date: Sept. 11, 2012
From Goodreads: NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat arrives at her latest
crime scene to find an unidentified woman stabbed to death and stuffed inside a
suitcase left on a Manhattan street. Nikki is in for a big shock when this new
homicide connects to the unsolved murder of her own mother. Paired once again
with her romantic and investigative partner, top journalist Jameson Rook, Heat
works to solve the mystery of the body in the suitcase while she is forced to
confront unexplored areas of her mother's background.
Facing relentless danger as someone targets her for the next kill, Nikki's
search will unearth painful family truths, expose a startling hidden life, and
cause Nikki to reexamine her own past. Heat's passionate quest takes her and
Rook from the back alleys of Manhattan to the avenues of Paris, trying to catch
a ruthless killer. The question is, now that her mother's cold case has
unexpectedly thawed, will Nikki Heat finally be able to solve the dark mystery
that has been her demon for ten years?
Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst
Publish Date: Sept. 11, 2012
From Goodreads: Liyana has trained her entire life to be the vessel of a
goddess. The goddess will inhabit Liyana’s body and use magic to bring rain to
the desert. But Liyana’s goddess never comes. Abandoned by her angry tribe,
Liyana expects to die in the desert. Until a boy walks out of the dust in
search of her.
Korbyn is a god inside his vessel, and a trickster god
at that. He tells Liyana that five other gods are missing, and they set off
across the desert in search of the other vessels. For the desert tribes cannot
survive without the magic of their gods. But the journey is dangerous, even
with a god’s help. And not everyone is willing to believe the trickster god’s
tale.
The closer she grows to Korbyn, the less Liyana wants
to disappear to make way for her goddess. But she has no choice: She must die
for her tribe to live. Unless a trickster god can help her to trick fate—or a
human girl can muster some magic of her own.
Flesh and Bone (Benny Imura #3) by Jonathan Maberry
Publish Date: Sept. 11, 2012
From Goodreads: Reeling from the tragic events of Dust & Decay, Benny
Imura and his friends plunge deep into the zombie-infested wastelands of the
great Rot & Ruin. Benny, Nix, Lilah and Chong journey through a fierce
wilderness that was once America, searching for the jet they saw in the skies
months ago. If that jet exists then humanity itself must have
survived…somewhere. Finding it is their best hope for having a future and a
life worth living.
But the Ruin is far more dangerous than any of them can imagine. They are
hunted by fierce animals escaped from zoos and circuses. They must raid
zombie-infested towns for food and medical supplies. They discover the very
real truth in the old saying: In the Rot & Ruin…everything wants to kill
you.
And what is happening to the zombies? Swarms of them are coming from the east,
devouring everything in their paths. These zoms are different. Faster, smarter,
infinitely more dangerous. Has the zombie plague mutated, or is there something
far more sinister behind this new invasion of the living dead?
Beyond: A Ghost Story by Graham Mcnamee
Publish Date: Sept. 11, 2012
From Goodreads: Jane is not your typical teen. She and her best friend
Lexi call themselves the Creep Sisters. Only Lexi knows why Jane is different
from anyone else: Her own shadow seems to pull her into near-fatal accidents.
Jane is determined to find out why these terrifying things happen, and to
overcome her shadow enemy. Her sleuthing with Lexi connects her own horrors to
the secret history of a serial killer.
The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan
Publish Date: Sept. 11, 2012
From Goodreads: On remote Rollrock Island, men go to sea to make their
livings--and to catch their wives.
The witch Misskaella knows the way of drawing a girl from the heart of a seal,
of luring the beauty out of the beast. And for a price a man may buy himself a
lovely sea-wife. He may have and hold and keep her. And he will tell himself
that he is her master. But from his first look into those wide, questioning,
liquid eyes, he will be just as transformed as she. He will be equally
ensnared. And the witch will have her true payment.
Margo Lanagan weaves an extraordinary tale of desire, despair, and
transformation. With devastatingly beautiful prose, she reveals characters
capable of unspeakable cruelty, but also unspoken love.
Hanging by a Thread by Sophie Littlefield
Publish Date: Sept. 11, 2012
From Goodreads: Summer is the best part of the year in Winston, California,
and the Fourth of July is the highlight of the season. But the perfect town
Clare remembers has changed, and everyone is praying that this summer will be
different from the last two—that this year's Fourth of July festival won't see
one of their own vanish without a trace, leaving no leads and no suspects. The
media are in a frenzy predicting a third disappearance, but the town depends on
tourist dollars, so the residents of Winston are trying desperately to pretend
nothing's wrong.
And they're not the only ones hiding something.
Clare, a seamstress who redesigns vintage clothing, has been blessed—or perhaps
cursed—with a gift: she can see people's pasts when she touches their clothes.
When she stumbles across a denim jacket that once belonged to Amanda Stavros,
last year's Fourth of July victim, Clare sees her perfect town begin to come
apart at the seams.
Tilt by Ellen Hopkins
Publish Date: Sept. 11, 2012
From Goodreads: Three teens, three stories—all interconnected through their
parents’ family relationships. As the adults pull away, caught up in their own
dilemmas, the lives of the teens begin to tilt….
Mikayla, almost eighteen, is over-the-top in love with Dylan, who loves her
back jealously. But what happens to that love when Mikayla gets pregnant the
summer before their senior year—and decides to keep the baby?
Shane turns sixteen that same summer and falls hard in love with his first
boyfriend, Alex, who happens to be HIV positive. Shane has lived for four years
with his little sister’s impending death. Can he accept Alex’s love, knowing
that his life, too, will be shortened?
Harley is fourteen—a good girl searching for new experiences, especially love
from an older boy. She never expects to hurdle toward self-destructive extremes
in order to define who she is and who she wants to be.
Daylight Saving by Edward Hogan
Publish Date: Sept. 11, 2012
From Goodreads: When Daniel Lever is dragged to Leisure World Holiday
Complex for some “time away” with his depressed dad, his expectations are low.
Daniel is overweight, he hates sport, and his father has brought along his
beloved tomato plant. But soon Daniel spots a girl swimming in the fake lake.
Lexi is elegant and smart, but very mysterious. Why are her bruises getting
worse each time she and Daniel meet? And is her watch really ticking backwards?
A dark figure stalks the pair, and as British summer time approaches, Daniel
has to act quickly. Their souls depend on it.
Personal Effects by E.M. Kokie
Publish Date: Sept. 11, 2012
From Goodreads: Ever since his brother, T.J., was killed in Iraq, Matt feels
like he’s been sleepwalking through life — failing classes, getting into
fights, and avoiding his dad’s lectures about following in his brother’s
footsteps. T.J.’s gone, but Matt can’t shake the feeling that if only he could
get his hands on his brother’s stuff from Iraq, he’d be able to make sense of
his death. But as Matt searches for answers about T.J.’s death, he faces a
shocking revelation about T.J.’s life that suggests he may not have known T.J.
as well as he thought. What he learns challenges him to stand up to his father,
honor his brother’s memory, and take charge of his own life.
Fish in the Sky by Fridrik Erlings
Publish Date: Sept. 11, 2012
From Goodreads: Josh Stephenson’s thirteenth year starts with a baffling
sequence of events. His estranged father has just sent him a taxidermied falcon
for his birthday. His flirty seventeen-year-old girl cousin has moved into his
house, using his bedroom as a passageway and taking bubble baths in the
unlockable bathroom. And now he’s gone AWOL from school to escape the
locker-room teasing about certain embarrassing anatomical changes. On top of
all that, he’s in love, but wondering if dreams of love can ever come true.
Hiding out in his secret hollow in a big rock by the sea, Josh tries to figure
out once and for all: is his life being sucked into a black hole, or is this
just being thirteen?
Shadowfell (Shadowfell #1) by Juliet Marillier
Publish Date: Sept. 11, 2012
From Goodreads: Sixteen-year-old Neryn is alone in the land of Alban, where
the oppressive king has ordered anyone with magical strengths captured and
brought before him. Eager to hide her own canny skill—a uniquely powerful
ability to communicate with the fairy-like Good Folk—Neryn sets out for the
legendary Shadowfell, a home and training ground for a secret rebel group
determined to overthrow the evil King Keldec.
During her dangerous journey, she receives aid from the Good Folk, who tell her
she must pass a series of tests in order to recognize her full potential. She
also finds help from a handsome young man, Flint, who rescues her from certain
death—but whose motives in doing so remain unclear. Neryn struggles to trust
her only allies. They both hint that she alone may be the key to Alban’s
release from Keldec’s rule.
Homeless, unsure of who to trust, and trapped in an empire determined to crush
her, Neryn must make it to Shadowfell not only to save herself, but to save
Alban.
Sons of the 613 by Michael Rubens
Publish Date: Sept. 11, 2012
From Goodreads: Isaac's parents have abandoned him for a trip to Italy in
the final days before his bar mitzvah. And even worse, his hotheaded older
brother, Josh, has been left in charge. An undefeated wrestler, MMA fighter,
and bar brawler, Josh claims to be a "Son of the 613"—a man
obedient to the six hundred and thirteen commandments in the Tanakh—and he
has the tattoo to prove it. When Josh declares that there is
more to becoming a man than memorization, the mad "quest" begins
for Isaac. From jumping off cliffs and riding motorcycles, to standing-up to
school bullies and surviving the potentially fatal Final Challenge, Josh puts
Isaac through a punishing gauntlet that only an older brother could dream up.
But when Isaac begins to fall for Josh's girlfriend, Leslie, the challenges
escalate from bad to worse in this uproarious coming-of-age comedy.
Island of Doom (Hunchback Assignments #4) by Arthur Slade
Publish Date: Sept. 11, 2012
From Goodreads: After previous assignments in London, the depths of the
Atlantic Ocean, and the Australian rain forest, this final adventure in the
Hunchback Assignments series finds our hero, shape-shifting, masked spy Modo,
on his most personal quest. Along with fellow spy Octavia Milkweed, they search
for Modo's biological parents. But when the Clockwork Guild find Modo's parents
first, Octavia and Modo chase them across Europe and North America to the
Island of Doom. Joined by memorable characters from the first three books--some
lovable, and some who are terrifying and evil--Modo and Octavia dash towards a
thrilling conclusion.
Unspoken (Lynburn Legacy #1) by Sarah Rees Brennan
Publish Date: Sept. 11, 2012
From Goodreads: Kami Glass loves someone she’s never met . . . a boy she’s
talked to in her head ever since she was born. She wasn’t silent about her
imaginary friend during her childhood, and is thus a bit of an outsider in her
sleepy English town of Sorry-in-the-Vale. Still, Kami hasn’t suffered too much
from not fitting in. She has a best friend, runs the school newspaper, and is
only occasionally caught talking to herself. Her life is in order, just the way
she likes it, despite the voice in her head.
But all that changes when the Lynburns return.
The Lynburn family has owned the spectacular and sinister manor that overlooks
Sorry-in-the-Vale for centuries. The mysterious twin sisters who abandoned
their ancestral home a generation ago are back, along with their teenage sons,
Jared and Ash, one of whom is eerily familiar to Kami. Kami is not one to shy
away from the unknown—in fact, she’s determined to find answers for all the
questions Sorry-in-the-Vale is suddenly posing.
