January 8, 2013
Revolution 19 by Gregg Rosenblum
Publisher: HarperTeen
From Goodreads: Twenty years ago, the robots designed to fight our wars
abandoned the battlefields. Then they turned their weapons on us.
Only a few escaped the robot revolution of 2071. Kevin, Nick, and Cass are
lucky —they live with their parents in a secret human community in the woods.
Then their village is detected and wiped out. Hopeful that other survivors have
been captured by bots, the teens risk everything to save the only people they
have left in the world—by infiltrating a city controlled by their greatest enemies.
Blood Prophecy (Drake Chronicles #6) by Alyxandra Harvey
Publisher: Walker Childrens
From Goodreads:
Solange Drake has been officially crowned Queen of the
Vampires, fulfilling the centuries old prophecy that foretold the rise to power
of a daughter born to an ancient vampire line. Except Solange's thoughts and
actions are no longer her own—she's been slowly being possessed by the spirit
of Viola, the first daughter born into the Drake line, since her bloodchange.
And instead of uniting the vampire tribes under the rule of an ancient daughter
as the prophecy predicted, Viola would rather destroy them all and enslave
humans in a personal vendetta for the devastation both wrought to her life
centuries ago. Can Solange break her hold in time to save everyone she loves
from a vampire civil war, hunter attack, and each other? Not everyone will
survive the prophecy . . . perhaps not even her.
Rise (Nightshade Prequel #2) by Andrea Cremer
Publisher: Philomel
From Goodreads:
Everything Conatus stands for is at risk. Hoping to gather
enough resistance to save their order, Ember and Barrow attempt a desperate
escape. But fate offers little mercy. When their mission is exposed, the
couple face relentless pursuit by the supernatural horrors that act
on the commands of Eira’s ally: the mysterious Bosque Mar. A shocking
revelation forces Ember out of hiding, sending her back into the heart of dark
magic at Tearmunn keep, where she must convince her old friend Alistair of
her love or face dire consequences. Ember’s deception offers the only chance
for the resistance to succeed, but what she discovers in the shadows beneath
the keep will shatter her world and bring about the Witches’ War.
Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky #2) by Veronica Rossi
Publisher: HarperCollins
From Goodreads:
It's been months since Aria last saw Perry. Months since
Perry was named Blood Lord of the Tides, and Aria was charged with an
impossible mission. Now, finally, they are about to be reunited. But their
reunion is far from perfect. The Tides don't take kindly to Aria, a former
Dweller. And with the worsening Aether storms threatening the tribe's
precarious existence, Aria begins to fear that leaving Perry behind might be
the only way to save them both.
Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff
Publisher: Razorbill
From Goodreads:
The city of Ludlow
is gripped by the hottest July on record. The asphalt is melting, the birds are
dying, petty crime is on the rise, and someone in Hannah Wagnor’s peaceful
suburban community is killing girls.
For Hannah, the summer is a complicated one. Her best friend Lillian died six
months ago, and Hannah just wants her life to go back to normal. But how can
things be normal when Lillian’s ghost is haunting her bedroom, pushing her to
investigate the mysterious string of murders? Hannah’s just trying to
understand why her friend self-destructed, and where she fits now that Lillian
isn’t there to save her a place among the social elite. And she must stop
thinking about Finny Boone, the big, enigmatic delinquent whose main hobbies
seem to include petty larceny and surprising acts of kindness.
With the entire city in a panic, Hannah soon finds herself drawn into a world
of ghost girls and horrifying secrets. She realizes that only by confronting
the Valentine Killer will she be able move on with her life—and it’s up to her
to put together the pieces before he strikes again.
Just One Day by Gayle Forman
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
From Goodreads:
When sheltered American good girl Allyson "LuLu"
Healey first meets laid-back Dutch actor Willem De Ruiter at an underground
performance of Twelfth Night in England, there’s an undeniable
spark. After just one day together, that spark bursts into a flame, or so it
seems to Allyson, until the following morning, when she wakes up after a
whirlwind day in Paris
to discover that Willem has left. Over the next year, Allyson embarks on a
journey to come to terms with the narrow confines of her life, and through
Shakespeare, travel, and a quest for her almost-true-love, to break free of
those confines.
Anatomy of a Single Girl by Daria Snadowsky
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
From Goodreads:
After everything that happened—my first boyfriend, my first
time, my first breakup—jumping back into the dating game seemed like the least
healthy thing I could do. It’s not that I didn’t want to fall in love again,
since that’s about the best feeling ever. But as a busy college premed still
raw from heartbreak, which is the worst feeling ever, I figured I’d lie low for
a while. Of course, as soon as I stopped looking for someone, an impossibly
amazing—and devastatingly cute—guy came along, and I learned that having a new
boyfriend is the quickest way to recover from losing your old one.
The moment we got together, all my preconceptions about romance and sex were
turned upside down. I discovered physical and emotional firsts I never knew
existed. I learned to let go of my past by living in the present. It was
thrilling. It was hot. It was just what the doctor ordered.
But I couldn’t avoid my future forever.
Janie Face to Face (Janie Johnson #5) by Caroline B. Cooney
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
From Goodreads:
In this riveting and emotional conclusion to the
thriller-romance Janie series, that started with The Face on the Milk Carton,
all will be revealed as readers find out if Janie and Reeve’s love has endured,
and whether or not the person who brought Janie and her family so much
emotional pain and suffering is brought to justice.
The Rogue's Princess (Lacey Chronicles #3) by Eve Edwards
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
From Goodreads:
1586 – London,
England.
Sixteen-year-old Mercy Hart is the daughter of one of London’s richest – and strictest – cloth
merchants. Kit Turner is an actor and the illegitimate son of the late Earl of
Dorset. A chance encounter finds Kit falling for the beautiful Mercy’s charms,
but their love is forbidden. A merchant’s daughter and a vagabond – it simply
cannot be. If Mercy chooses Kit she must renounce her family name and leave her
home. Will she favour duty over true love, or will she give Kit his heart’s
desire?
Timekeeper (Timeless #2) by Alexandra Monir
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
From Goodreads:
When Philip Walker appears as a new student in Michele
Windsor's high school class, she is floored. He is the love she thought she
lost forever when they said goodbye during her time travels last century.
Overjoyed that they can resume the relationship they had a lifetime ago,
Michele eagerly approaches him and discovers the unthinkable: he doesn't
remember her. In fact, he doesn't seem to remember anything about the Philip
Walker of 1910.
Michele then finds her father's journals, which tell stories of his
time-traveling past. As she digs deeper, she learns about his entanglement with
a mysterious and powerful organization called the Time Society and his dealings
with a vengeful Windsor
ancestor. Michele soon finds herself at the center of a rift over 120 years in
the making, one whose resolution will have life-or-death consequences.
The Tragedy Paper by Elizabeth LaBan
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
From Goodreads:
Tim Macbeth is a 17-year-old albino and a recent transfer to
the prestigious Irving
School, where the motto
is, “Enter here to be and find a friend.” Tim does not expect to find a friend;
all he really wants to do is escape his senior year unnoticed. Despite his
efforts to blend into the background, he finds himself falling for the
quintessential “it” girl, Vanessa Sheller, girlfriend of Irving’s most popular boy. To Tim’s surprise,
Vanessa is into him, too, and she can kiss her social status goodbye if anyone
finds out. Tim and Vanessa enter into a clandestine relationship, but looming
over them is the Tragedy Paper, Irving’s
version of a senior year thesis, assigned by the school’s least forgiving
teacher.
The story unfolds from two alternating viewpoints: Tim, the tragic, love-struck
figure, and Duncan, a current senior, who uncovers the truth behind Tim and
Vanessa’s story and will consequently produce the greatest Tragedy Paper in Irving’s history.
Crash (Visions #1) by Lisa McMann
Publisher: Simon Pulse
From Goodreads:
Jules lives with her family above their restaurant, which
means she smells like pizza most of the time and drives their
double-meatball-shaped food truck to school. It’s not a recipe for popularity,
but she can handle that.
What she can’t handle is the recurring vision that haunts her. Over and over,
Jules sees a careening truck hit a building and explode...and nine body bags in
the snow.
The vision is everywhere—on billboards, television screens, windows—and she’s
the only one who sees it. And the more she sees it, the more she sees.
The vision is giving her clues, and soon Jules knows what she has to do.
Because now she can see the face in one of the body bags, and it’s someone she
knows. Someone she has been in love with for as long as she can remember.
Then You Were Gone by Lauren Strasnick
Publisher: Simon Pulse
From Goodreads:
Two years ago, Adrienne’s best friend walked out of her
life. One week ago, she left Adrienne a desperate, muffled voicemail. Adrienne
never called back.
Now Dakota is missing. She left behind a string of broken hearts, a flurry of
rumors, and a suicide note.
Adrienne can’t stop obsessing over what might have happened if she’d answered
Dakota’s call. And she’s increasingly convinced that Dakota must still be
alive.
Maybe finding and saving Dakota is the only way Adrienne can save herself.
Or maybe it’s too late for them both.
Doomed by Tracy Deebs
Publisher: Walker Childrens
From Goodreads:
Pandora’s just your average teen, glued to her cell phone
and laptop, surfing Facebook and e-mailing with her friends, until the day her
long-lost father sends her a link to a mysterious site featuring twelve photos
of her as a child. Unable to contain her curiosity, Pandora enters the site,
where she is prompted to play her favorite virtual-reality game, Zero Day. This
unleashes a global computer virus that plunges the whole world into panic:
suddenly, there is no Internet. No cell phones. No utilities, traffic lights,
hospitals, law enforcement. Pandora teams up with handsome stepbrothers Eli and
Theo to enter the virtual world of Zero Day. Simultaneously, she continues to
follow the photographs from her childhood in an attempt to beat the game and
track down her father, her one key to saving the world as we know it.
Delusion by Laura L. Sullivan
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
From Goodreads:
When two beautiful teenage stage magicians in World War II England meet a
pair of handsome men who can do real magic, sparks fly. But is it illusion, or
delusion? Opening-night jitters are nothing new for Phil and Fee Albion, who
come from a long line of stage illusionists. The girls love to dazzle London audiences, but in
the aftermath of the Blitz they're bundled off to the countryside, where
they're safe from bombs and Nazis--and bored to pieces. Phil, always the
passionate one, discovers a hidden college of real magicians led by the
devastatingly handsome Arden.
If only Phil can persuade these unworldly magicians to help England win the
war! Daredevil that she is, she'll risk anything to give her country a fighting
chance, even if it means losing her heart . . . or her life.
Cleopatra Ascending by Maureen Lipinski
Publisher: Flux
From Goodreads:
Despite living with a shaman, a witch, and a muse for
sisters, Rhea Spencer feels like a normal teenager-even if she is the
reincarnation of Cleopatra. But all that changes on Rhea's sixteenth birthday,
when her visions of the Egyptian queen start unraveling a very different
version of history, and Declan, a hot representative of the secret Order of
Antony, shows up on the doorstep to keep her from being kidnapped. Together,
Rhea and Declan travel to Egypt
to stop the Octavians, a dark cabal trying to tap into Rhea's growing powers.
The cabal seeks to access the magic deep below the desert sands, a potentially
devastating force that only Rhea can protect.
The Wrap-Up List by Steven Arntson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
From Goodreads:
In this modern-day suburban town, one percent of all
fatalities come about in the most peculiar way. Deaths—eight-foot-tall,
silver-gray creatures—send a letter (“Dear So-and-So, your days are numbered”)
to whomever is chosen for a departure, telling them to wrap up their lives and
do the things they always wanted to do before they have to “depart.” When
sixteen-year-old Gabriela receives her notice, she is, of course devastated.
Will she kiss her crush Sylvester before it’s too late?
The Rebels of New Sun (Blending Time #3) by Michael Kinch
Publisher: Flux
From Goodreads:
Raym, Reya, and D’shay are blenders assigned to help
repopulate and rebuild Africa. Fighting on the
side of the New SUN resistance against the tyranny of the ‘gades in a bloody
civil war, the three blenders infiltrate the capital city in their first
offensive strike aimed at returning power to the people. But under the threat
of torture in the Snakepit—a prison where no one leaves alive—the New SUN
rebels must evade robohounds, dragonfly drones, and GlobeTran cops to secure
freedom for the people once and for all.
Shadowlands by Kate Brian
Publisher: Hyperion Books
From Goodreads:
Rory Miller had one chance to fight back and she took it.
Rory survived… and the serial killer who attacked her escaped. Now that the
infamous Steven Nell is on the loose, Rory must enter the witness protection
with her father and sister, Darcy, leaving their friends and family without so
much as a goodbye.
Starting over in a new town with only each other is unimaginable for Rory and
Darcy. They were inseparable as children, but now they can barely stand each
other. As the sisters settle in to Juniper Landing, a picturesque vacation
island, it seems like their new home may be just the fresh start they need.
They fall in with a group of beautiful, carefree teens and spend their days
surfing, partying on the beach, and hiking into endless sunsets. But just as
they’re starting to feel safe again, one of their new friends goes missing. Is
it a coincidence? Or is the nightmare beginning all over again?
January 10, 2013
The Cadet of Tildor by Alex Lidell
Publisher: Dial
From Goodreads:
There is a new king on the throne of Tildor. Currents of
political unrest sweep the country as two warring crime families seek power,
angling to exploit the young Crown's inexperience. At the Academy of Tildor,
the training ground for elite soldiers, Cadet Renee de Winter struggles to keep
up with her male peers. But when her mentor, a notorious commander recalled
from active duty to teach at the Academy, is kidnapped to fight in illegal
gladiator games, Renee and her best friend Alec find themselves thrust into a
world rife with crime, sorting through a maze of political intrigue, and
struggling to resolve what they want, what is legal, and what is right.
Salvation by Anne Osterlund
Publisher: Speak
From Goodreads:
Salvador
Resendez--Salva to his friends--appears to have it all. His Mexican immigrant
family has high expectations, and Salva intends to fulfill them. He's student
body president, quarterback of the football team, and has a near-perfect GPA.
Everyone loves him.
Especially Beth Courant, AKA the walking disaster area. Dreamy and shy, Beth is
used to blending into the background. But she's also smart, and she has serious
plans for her future.
Popular guy and bookish girl--the two have almost nothing in common. Until fate
throws them together and the attraction is irresistible. Soon Beth is pushing
Salva to set his sights higher than ever--because she knows he has more to
offer, more than even he realizes.
Then tragedy strikes--and threatens to destroy everything that Salva has worked
for. Will Beth's love be enough to save him?
