January 1, 2013
Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz
Publisher: Simon Pulse
From Goodreads:
Rudy’s life is flipped upside-down when his family moves to
a remote island in a last attempt to save his sick younger brother. With
nothing to do but worry, Rudy sinks deeper and deeper into loneliness and lies
awake at night listening to the screams of the ocean beneath his family’s
rickety house.
Then he meets Diana, who makes him wonder what he even knows about love, and
Teeth, who makes him question what he knows about anything. Rudy can’t remember
the last time he felt so connected to someone, but being friends with Teeth is
more than a little bit complicated. He soon learns that Teeth has terrible
secrets. Violent secrets. Secrets that will force Rudy to choose between his
own happiness and his brother’s life.
The Dead and Buried by Kim Harrington
Publisher: Point
From Goodreads:
Jade loves the house she's just moved into with her family.
She doesn't even mind being the new girl at the high school: It's a fresh
start, and there's that one guy with the dreamy blue eyes. . . . But then
things begin happening. Strange, otherworldly things. Jade's little brother
claims to see a glimmering girl in his room. Jade's jewelry gets moved around,
as if by an invisible hand. Kids at school whisper behind her back like they
know something she doesn't.
Soon, Jade must face an impossible fact: that her perfect house is haunted.
Haunted by a ghost who's seeking not just vengeance, but the truth. The ghost
of a girl who ruled Jade's school — until her untimely death last year. It's up
to Jade to put the pieces together before her own life is at stake. As Jade
investigates the mystery, she discovers that her new friends in town have more
than a few deep, dark secrets. But is one of them a murderer?
Dr. Frankenstein's Daughters by Suzanne Weyn
Publisher: Scholastic Press
From Goodreads:
A new generation is creating a monster....
Doctor Victor Frankenstein's previously unacknowledged beautiful, intelligent
twin daughters (from an early marriage when he was a student) have come to
Frankenstein's Castle to claim it as their inheritance.
Shortly thereafter they learn that a serial killer is on the loose. They try to
ignore this -- Gretchen takes up her father's work, while Ingrid throws lavish
parties. Gretchen and Ingrid form a love triangle with a young naval officer
with a debilitating disease. Though he loves Ingrid, he agrees to work with
Gretchen on a series of body transplants that improve his condition. Before
long he is even walking without his cane. He does not know that the science
that is helping him is the science of death itself . . .
The Fire Horse Girl by Kay Honeyman
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
From Goodreads:
Jade Moon is a Fire Horse -- the worst sign in the Chinese
zodiac for girls, said to make them stubborn, willful, and far too imaginative.
But while her family despairs of marrying her off, she has a passionate heart
and powerful dreams, and wants only to find a way to make them come true.
Then a young man named Sterling Promise comes to their village to offer Jade
Moon and her father a chance to go to America. While Sterling Promise's
smooth manners couldn't be more different from her own impulsive nature, Jade
Moon falls in love with him on the long voyage. But America
in 1923 doesn't want to admit many Chinese, and when they are detained at Angel Island,
the "Ellis Island of the West," she
discovers a betrayal that destroys all her dreams. To get into America,
much less survive there, Jade Moon will have to use all her stubbornness and
will to break a new path . . . one as brave and dangerous as only a Fire Horse
girl can imagine.
The Essence (The Pledge #2) by Kimberly Derting
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
From Goodreads:
At the luminous conclusion of The Pledge, Charlaina defeated
the tyrant Sabara and took her place as Queen of Ludania. But Charlie knows
that Sabara has not disappeared: The evil queen’s Essence is fused to Charlie’s
psyche, ready to arise at the first sign of weakness.
Charlie is not weak, but she’s being pushed to the brink. In addition to
suppressing the ever-present influence of Sabara, she’s busy being queen—and
battling a growing resistance determined to return Ludania to its
discriminatory caste system. Charlie wants to be the same girl Max loves, who
Brook trusts, but she’s Your Majesty now, and she feels torn in two.
As Charlie journeys to an annual summit to meet with leaders of nearby
Queendoms—an event where her ability to understand all languages will be the
utmost asset—she is faced with the ultimate betrayal. And the only person she
can turn to for help is the evil soul residing within.
Victoria Rebels by Carolyn Meyer
Publisher: Schuster/Paula Wiseman
From Goodreads:
Queen Victoria most certainly left a legacy—under her rule
as the longest reigning female monarch in history, the British Empire was
greatly expanded and significant industrial, cultural, political, scientific,
and military changes occurred within the United Kingdom. To be a young woman in
a time when few other females held positions of power was to lead in a
remarkable age—and because Queen Victoria kept personal journals, this
historical novel from award-winning author Carolyn Meyer shares authentic emotional
insight along with accurate information, weaving a true story of intrigue and
romance.
Splintered by A.G. Howard
Publisher: Amulet Books
From Goodreads:
Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and
flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital
years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell,
the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together.
For now.
When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that
what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. The real
Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let
on. There, Alyssa must pass a series of tests, including draining an ocean of Alice’s
tears, waking the slumbering tea party, and subduing a vicious bandersnatch, to
fix Alice’s
mistakes and save her family. She must also decide whom to trust: Jeb, her
gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the sexy but suspicious Morpheus, her
guide through Wonderland, who may have dark motives of his own.
Falling for You by Lisa Schroeder
Publisher: Simon Pulse
From Goodreads:
Rae's always dreamed of dating a guy like Nathan. He’s
nothing like her abusive stepfather—in other words, he’s sweet. But the closer
they get, the more Nathan wants of her time, of her love, of her...and the less
she wants to give.
As Rae’s affection for Nathan turns to fear, she leans on her friend Leo for
support. With Leo, she feels lighter, happier. And possessive Nathan becomes
jealous.
Then a tragedy lands Rae in the ICU. Now, hovering between life and death, Rae
must find the light amid the darkness…and the strength to fight for life and
the love she deserves.
Empty by K.M. Walton
Publisher: Simon Pulse
From Goodreads:
Dell is used to disappointment. Ever since her dad left,
it’s been one let down after another. But no one—not even her best friend—gets
all the pain she’s going through. So Dell hides behind self-deprecating jokes
and forced smiles.
Then the one person she trusts betrays her. Dell is beyond devastated. Without
anyone to turn to for comfort, her depression and self-loathing spin out of
control. But just how far will she go to make all of the heartbreak and
name-calling stop?
January 2, 2013
Prophecy (The Dragon King Chronicles #1) by Ellen Oh
Publisher: HarperTeen
From Goodreads:
Kira’s the only female in the king’s army, and the prince’s
bodyguard. She’s a demon slayer and an outcast, hated by nearly everyone in her
home city of Hansong.
And, she’s their only hope...
Murdered kings and discovered traitors point to a demon invasion, sending Kira
on the run with the young prince. He may be the savior predicted in the Dragon
King Prophecy, but the missing treasure of myth may be the true key. With only
the guidance of the cryptic prophecy, Kira must battle demon soldiers, evil
shaman, and the Demon Lord himself to find what was once lost and raise a
prince into a king.
Ali's Pretty Little Lies:2 by Sara Shepard
Publisher: HarperTeen
From Goodreads: Before there was A,
there was Alison DiLaurentis. Boys wanted to date her, girls wanted to
be her, and somebody wanted her dead. . . .
It's the end of
seventh grade, and Alison DiLaurentis and her friends are the girls of
Rosewood Day. Ali runs her clique with an iron fist, and she's got
enough dirt on Hanna, Emily, Aria, and Spencer to keep them in line. But
Ali's hiding a dark secret of her own, something so huge it would
destroy everything if it ever got out. She's desperate to keep the
perfect life she's worked so hard to build, but in Rosewood deadly
secrets have deadly consequences. . . .
Set in the weeks leading
up to Ali's murder, this special Pretty Little Liars tale is told by the
prettiest little liar of all: Ali herself. For the first time ever, we
see how the mystery began . . . and how Alison DiLaurentis's life ended.
Altered (Altered #1) by Jennifer Rush
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
From Goodreads:
Everything about Anna’s life is a secret. Her father works
for the Branch at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering
treatments to the four genetically altered boys in the lab below their
farmhouse. There’s Nick, Cas, Trev . . . and Sam, who’s stolen Anna’s heart.
When the Branch decides it’s time to take the boys, Sam stages an escape,
killing the agents sent to retrieve them.
Anna is torn between following Sam or staying behind in the safety of her
everyday life. But her father pushes her to flee, making Sam promise to keep
her away from the Branch, at all costs. There’s just one problem. Sam and the
boys don’t remember anything before living in the lab—not even their true
identities.
Now on the run, Anna soon discovers that she and Sam are connected in more ways
than either of them expected. And if they’re both going to survive, they must
piece together the clues of their past before the Branch catches up to them and
steals it all away.
