August 6th
Wise Young Food by Sean Beaudin
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
From Amazon: Teen rocker Ritchie Sudden is pretty sure his life has just jumped the
shark. Except he hates being called a teen, his band doesn't play rock,
and "jumping the shark" is yet another dumb cliché. Part of Ritchie
wants to drop everything and walk away. Especially the part that's
serving ninety days in a juvenile detention center.
Telling
the story of the year leading up to his arrest, Ritchie grabs readers
by the throat before (politely) inviting them along for the (max-speed)
ride. A battle of the bands looms. Dad split about five minutes before
Mom's girlfriend moved in. There's the matter of trying to score with
the dangerously hot Ravenna Woods while avoiding the dangerously huge
Spence Proffer--not to mention just trying to forget what his sister,
Beth, said the week before she died.
Second Impact by David Klass and Perri Klass
Publisher: Farrar, Strauss and Gireaux
From Goodreads: About a boy who sustains
serious head injuries while playing football, told in alternating
voices by a brother-sister writing team.
Maybe Tonight? (Snap Decision) by Bridie Clark
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
From Amazon:
Maybe Tonight? opens as the reader is getting ready for the most
exciting party of the year—Midwinter’s Night Dream, set in the frosty
woods just off campus—with her roommates and best friends Annabel Snow,
Spider Harris, and Libby Monroe. Choices unfold quickly and the reader
must decide which risks to take in pursuit of social status, adventure,
success, and love.
The Uprising (The Forsaken #2) by Lisa M. Stasse
Publisher: Simon & Schusters Books for Young Readers
From Goodreads: Alenna escaped. It was
expected that she would die on the wheel, the island where would-be
criminals are sent as directed by the UNA—the totalitarian supercountry
that was once the United States, Mexico, and Canada. But Alenna and her
boyfriend, Liam, made it to safety. Except safety, they will soon learn,
is relative.
In order to bring down the UNA, they must first
gain control of the wheel. If the mission succeeds, the wheel will
become a base of revolution. But between betrayals, a new Monk leading a
more organized army of Drones, and the discovery of a previously
unknown contingent, Alenna, Liam, and their allies might be in over
their heads. One thing Alenna knows for sure: There will be a reckoning.
And not everyone she loves will make it out alive.
Infinityglass (Hourglass #3) by Myra McEntire
Publisher: EgmontUSA
From Goodreads:
The Hourglass is a
secret organization focused on the study of manipulating time, and its
members — many of them teenagers -have uncanny abilities to make time
work for them in mysterious ways. Inherent in these powers is a
responsibility to take great care, because altering one small moment can
have devastating consequences for the past, present, and future. But
some time travelers are not exactly honorable, and sometimes unsavory
deals must be struck to maintain order.
With the Infinityglass
(central to understanding and harnessing the time gene) at large, the
hunt is on to find it before someone else does.
But the Hourglass
has an advantage. Lily, who has the ability to locate anything lost,
has determined that the Infinityglass isn't an object. It's a person.
And the Hourglass must find him or her first. But where do you start
searching for the very key to time when every second could be the last?
The Golden Day by Ursula Dubosarsky
Publisher: Candlewick Press
From Goodreads:
The Vietnam War rages
overseas, but back at home, in a year that begins with the hanging of
one man and ends with the drowning of another, eleven schoolgirls
embrace their own chilling history when their teacher abruptly goes
missing on a field trip. Who was the mysterious poet they had met in the
Garden? What actually happened in the seaside cave that day? And most
important — who can they tell about it? In beautifully shimmering prose,
Ursula Dubosarsky reveals how a single shared experience can alter the
course of young lives forever. Part gripping thriller, part ethereal
tale of innocence lost, The Golden Day is a poignant study of fear and friendship, and of what it takes to come of age with courage.
TMI by Patty Blount
Publisher: SourceBooks Fire
From Amazon: Best friends don't lie.
Best friends don't ditch you for a guy.
Best friends don't post your deepest darkest secret online.
Bailey's
falling head-over-heels for Ryder West, a mysterious gamer she met
online. A guy she's never met in person. Her best friend, Meg, doesn't
trust smooth-talking Ryder. He's just a picture-less profile.
When
Bailey starts blowing Meg off to spend more virtual quality time with
her new crush, Meg decides it's time to prove Ryder's a phony.
But one stupid little secret posted online turns into a friendship-destroying feud to answer the question: Who is Ryder West?
Chasing Shadows by Swati Avasthi
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
From Goodreads: Before: Corey, Holly,
and Savitri are one unit—fast, strong, inseparable. Together they turn
Chicago concrete and asphalt into a freerunner’s jungle gym, ricocheting
off walls, scaling buildings, leaping from rooftops to rooftop.
But acting like a superhero doesn’t make you bulletproof…
After:
Holly and Savitri are coming unglued. Holly says she’s chasing Corey’s
killer, chasing revenge. Savitri fears Holly’s just running wild—and
leaving her behind. Friends should stand by each other in times of
crisis. But can you hold on too tight? Too long?
Broken by Elizabeth Pulford
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
From Goodreads: Critically injured in a
motorbike accident, Zara Wilson lies in a coma. She is caught between
many worlds: the world of her hospital room and anxious family, and that
of her memories and a dream-like fantasy where she searches for her
brother Jem. Jem proves elusive but Zara s adventures in her
subconscious unlock dark secrets of a troubled childhood. Zara must face
up to her past in order to accept her future.
August 8th
Charmed Vengeance (The Aether Chronicles #2) by Suzanne Lazear
Publisher: Flux
From Goodreads: In the Faerie realm,
Noli Braddock's relationship with her best friend V has grown into
something more. But V's mother, Faerie Queen Tiana, has ruled that they
are forbidden to see each other. Returning to the mortal realm, Noli
joins the crew of her brother's air-pirate ship, the Vixen's Revenge.
There she discovers that her brother has hired the scallywag Faerie
huntsman, Kevighn Silver. While serving as shipmates, Kevighn and Noli
learn that the Earth Court King plans to find a forbidden artifact--one
that will bring destruction to everyone Noli loves.
