Showing posts with label Rick Yancey. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 11, 2014

New books

Hunt for Jade Dragon by Richard Paul Evans
Fourth book in the Michael Vey series. Michael, Taylor, Ostin, and the rest of the Electroclan head to Taiwan in search of nine-year-old child prodigy Lin Julung, or Jade Dragon, who the Elgen kidnapped for Hatch's army of electric children.

Being Audrey Hepburn by Mitchell Kriegman
With Audrey Hepburn as her inspiration, nineteen-year-old Lisbeth strives to rise above her broken home, alcohol-abusing sister and friends, the culture of "the shore," and her mother's meager dreams for her but when she secretly tries on Audrey's iconic Givenchy dress, she gets a chance to become who she longs to be.

The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey
Sequel to The 5th Wave. Cassie Sullivan and her companions lived through the Others' four waves of destruction. Now, with the human race nearly exterminated and the 5th Wave rolling across the landscape, they face a choice: brace for winter and hope for Evan Walker's return, or set out in search of other survivors before the enemy closes in.

Zac and Mia by A.J. Betts
The last person Zac expects in the room next door is a girl like Mia, angry and feisty with questionable taste in music. In the real world, he wouldn't--couldn't--be friends with her. In hospital different rules apply, and what begins as a knock on the wall leads to a note--then a friendship neither of them sees coming.

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
A collection of five spine-tingling short stories.

Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling by Lucy Frank
In this novel in verse, two very different girls bond while hospitalized for Crohn's disease.

Secrets and Lies by Jacqueline Green
Sequel to Truth or Dare. In Echo Bay, Massachusetts, a beach town haunted by misfortune, Tenley Reed, Sydney Morgan, and Emerson Cunningham come together to investigate a murder, while old mysteries resurface and new dares appear.

Heir of Fire by Sarah Maas
Third book in the Throne of Glass series. Royal assassin Celaena must travel to a new land to confront a truth about her heritage, while brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world.

The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu
When ugly rumors and lies about Alice Franklin start after one of the guys she allegedly slept with at a party dies in a car accident, questions about truth arise in her small town

My Life with the Walter Boys by Ali Novak
Devastated when her parents are killed in a car accident, sixteen-year old Jackie moves from New York City to Colorado to live with her mother's best friend, who has twelve children, including two boys who start to show an interest in Jackie that goes beyond brotherly.

Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
Isla has had a crush on classmate Josh since their freshman year at the School of America in Paris, but after a chance encounter over the summer in Manhattan they return to France for their senior year where they are forced to confront challenges every young couple in love must face.

Play Me Backwards by Adam Selzer
A promising and popular student in middle school, Leon Harris has become a committed "slacker" but with graduation approaching and his middle school girlfriend possibly returning to town, Leon's best friend Stan, who claims to be Satan, helps him get back on the right track--for a price.

Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld
In alternating chapters, eighteen-year-old Darcy Patel navigates the New York City publishing world and Lizzie, the heroine of Darcy's novel, slips into the "Afterworld" to survive a terrorist attack and becomes a spirit guide, as both face many challenges and both fall in love.

Anatomy of a Misfit by Andrea Portes
The third most popular girl in school's choice between the hottest boy in town and a lonely but romantic misfit ends in tragedy and self-realization.

New to the graphic novel collection:

Justice League Dark vol. 4: Rebirth of Evil

Black Widow 1: The Finely Woven Thread

Green Lantern Corps vol. 4: Rebuild

Green Lantern: New Guardians vol. 4: Gods and Monsters

The Walking Dead 21: All Out War

The Flash vol. 4: Reverse

Hellboy in Hell vol.1: The Descent

Batman: Li'l Gotham vol. 2

Alice in the Country of Clover: Knight's Knowledge vol. 2

Black Science vol. 1: How to Fall Forever

The Movement vol. 1 : Class Warfare

 Avengers: The Legacy of Thanos


Sunday, November 3, 2013

New teen books, including several new series

by Kate Brian
This is the second book in Kate Brian's Shadowlands series.

After learning the disturbing truth about her new town, Rory fights to protect her family from a mysterious force interfering with life on Juniper Landing.
by Lauren DeStefano
The first book in a new series, from the author of The Chemical Garden Trilogy (Wither, Fever, Sever).

Sixteen-year-old Morgan Stockhour lives in Internment, a floating city utopia. But when a murder occurs, everything she knows starts to unravel.
by Mariah Fredericks

A girl who is bullied experiments with witchcraft in order to get revenge on her attackers.
by Kami Garcia
A new series from one of the authors of Beautiful Creatures !

Seventeen-year-old Kennedy Waters discovers she is a member of an ancient secret society formed to protect the world from a powerful demon determined to find a way out of his dimension and into ours. She joins the Legion on a mission to find a weapon that can defeat the demon.
by Michael Grant

The second book in Michael Grant's BZRK series!

The struggle for control between the Armstrong twins and the group known as BZRK continues with the stakes higher than ever.
by Jeff Hirsch

Since he was captured by the Glorious Path, a militant religion based on the teachings of a former soldier, fifteen-year-old Cal has served the Path in its brutal war with the remains of the United States government, and tried to survive and protect his younger brother but when he kills an officer to protect a stray dog, Cal is forced take his brother and the dog and run.
by Anthony Horowitz

A companion book to the Alex Rider series. Presented with an unexpected assignment, Alex Rider's greatest nemesis, Yassen Gregoravich, recalls his life and the path that led him to become an assassin while his one-time friend, Alex's uncle, became a spy.
Sick by Tom Leveen

Brian and his friends are not part of the cool crowd. They're the misfits, the troublemakers--the ones who jump their high school's electrified fence to skip school regularly. So when the virus breaks out, they're the only ones with a chance of surviving.
by Cat Patrick and Suzanne Young

With her grandmother dying, Caroline is given a choice to either stay by her gram's side or go to the biggest party of the year. The story is told through alternating chapters, revealing what happens if Caroline stays or goes.
by Robyn Schneider

Star athlete and prom king Ezra Faulkner's life is irreparably transformed by a tragic accident and the arrival of eccentric new girl Cassidy Thorpe.
by Tamara Ireland Stone

This is the second book in the Time After Time series, following Time Between Us. Told from his point of view, continues the love story of Bennett, a time traveler from 2012 San Francisco, and Anna, sixteen, of 1995 Evanston, Illinois, as they try to make their relationship work despite his fear that it is not meant to be.
by Robison Wells
A mysterious virus is spreading through America, infecting teenagers with incredible powers--and a group of four teens are about to find their lives intertwined in a web of danger and catastrophic destruction.
by Daisy Whitney

Seventeen-year-old Julien falls in love with the muse, Clio, as he tries to save her and the Musée D'Orsay's collection of Impressionist art after learning the paintings are reacting to a curse set by Renoir that trapped Clio in his painting.
by Rick Yancey
This is the conclusion to the Monstrumologist series. When Dr. Warthrop begins to doubt fourteen-year-old Will Henry's loyalty, he sets him against one of the most horrific creatures in the Monstrumarium unaware that Will's life and his own fate will lie in the balance.

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

New books out May 7

Fall of Night by Rachel Caine
Thanks to its unique combination of human and vampire residents, Morganville, Texas, is a small college town with big-time problems. When student Claire Danvers gets the chance to experience life on the outside, she takes it. But Morganville isn't the only town with vampire trouble...

Invisibility by Andrea Cremer and David Levithan
To break his curse of invisibility, a boy is helped by a girl, who is the only one who can see him.

How My Summer Went Up in Flames by Jennifer Doktorski
First she lost her heart. Then she lost her mind. And now she's on a road trip to win back her ex. Rosie's always been impulsive. She didn't intend to set her cheating ex-boyfriend's car on fire. And she never thought her attempts to make amends could be considered stalking. So when she's served with a temporary restraining order on the first day of summer vacation, she's heartbroken--and furious. To put distance between Rosie and her ex, Rosie's parents send her on a cross-country road trip with responsible, reliable neighbor Matty and his two friends. Forget freedom of the road, Rosie wants to hitchhike home and win back her ex. But her determination starts to dwindle with each passing mile. Because Rosie's spark of anger? It may have just ignited a romance with someone new…

The End Games by T. Michael Martin
In the rural mountains of West Virginia, seventeen-year-old Michael Faris tries to protect his fragile younger brother from the horrors of the zombie apocalypse

Mystic by Alyson Noel
Since coming to Enchantment, New Mexico everything in Daire Santos life has changed. And not all for the better. While she's come to accept and embrace her new powers as a Soul Seeker, Daire struggles with the responsibility she holds navigating between the worlds of the living and the dead.

If I Should Die by Amy Plum
The Parisian revenants have been betrayed by their trusted ally, Violette. Now Vincent is dead and Violette has destroyed his body so that he canot be reanimated. Refusing to give up on her love, Kate searches for a way to reincarnate him in time to prevent an all-out war between the bardia and the numa.

Icons by Margaret Stohl
After an alien force known as the Icon colonizes Earth, decimating humanity, four surviving teenagers must piece together the mysteries of their pasts--in order to save the future.

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.

The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr
Sixteen-year-old San Franciscan Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. Her chance at a career has passed, and she decides to help her ten-year-old piano prodigy brother, Gus, map out his own future, even as she explores why she enjoyed piano in the first place.