New books in June!

Fear: 13 Stories of Suspense and Horror edited by R.L. Stine	XVI by Julia Karr
The Gardner by S.A. Bodeen	Thief Girl by Ingrid Lee
Rival by Sara Bennett Wheeler	The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith
Amelia O'Donohue is So Not a Virgin by Helen FitzGerald	Other Words for Love by Lorraine Zago Rosenthal
Kick by Walter Dean Myers and Ross Workman	Back When You Were Easier to Love by Emily Wing Smith
Divergent by Veronica Roth	BADD by Tim Tharp
The DUFF (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) by Kody Keplinger

More new books!

Several of these new additions are the beginnings of new teen series. Start stocking up for your summer reading list now!

Jenna & Jonah’s Fauxmance by Emily Franklin & Brendan Halpin	What Can(t) Wait  by Ashley Hope Pérez
Wither by Lauren DeStefano The first installment in the new Chemical Garden Trilogy	Tiger’s Curse by Colleen Houck The first book in the new Tiger Saga series
Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins The sequel to Hex Hall	Blessed by Cynthia Leitich Smith The sequel to Tantalize
Enclave by Ann Aguirre	City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare #4 in the Mortal Instruments series
Delirium by Lauren Oliver New series	Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

Check out these books just added to the collection!

Sapphique by Catherine Fisher Find it in the catalog! TEEN FISHER	Fallout by Ellen Hopkins Find it in the catalog! TEEN HOPKINS	Fat Vampire: A Never Coming of Age Story by Adam Rex Find it in the catalog! TEEN REX
Immortal Beloved by Cate Tiernan Find it in the catalog! TEEN TIERNAN	Accomplice by Eireann Corrigan Find it in the catalog! TEEN CORRIGAN	Three Black Swans by Caroline Cooney Find it in the catalog! TEEN COONEY
Deadly Little Lies:  A Touch Novel by Laurie Faria Stolarz Find it in the catalog! TEEN STOLARZ	Bloody Valentine:  A Blue Bloods Book by Melissa De la Cruz Find it in the catalog! TEEN DE LA CRUZ	Bruiser by Neal Shusterman Find it in the catalog! TEEN SHUSTERMAN
Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes Find it in the catalog! TEEN BARNES	Extraordinary by Nancy Werlin Find it in the catalog! TEEN WERLIN	Misguided Angel:  A Blue Bloods Novel by Melissa De la Cruz Find it in the catalog! TEEN DE LA CRUZ
Scrawl by Mark Shulman Find it in the catalog! TEEN SHULMAN	Once in a Full Moon by Ellen Schreiber Find it in the catalog! TEEN SCHREIBER	Heart to Heart by Lurlene McDaniel Find it in the catalog! TEEN MCDANIEL
You by Charles Benoit Find it in the catalog! TEEN BENOIT	Batman:  The Dark Knight Strikes Again by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley Find it in the catalog! TEEN GRAPHIC NOVEL BATMAN	Crazy by Han Nolan Find it in the catalog! TEEN NOLAN
Firelight by Sophie Jordan Find it in the catalog! TEEN JORDAN	Entice by Carrie Jones Find it in the catalog! TEEN JONES	Dark Song by Gail Giles Find it in the catalog! TEEN GILES
The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney Find it in the catalog! TEEN WHITNEY	Twelfth Grade Kills by Heather Brewer Find it in the catalog! TEEN BREWER	Hothouse by Chris Lynch Find it in the catalog! TEEN LYNCH
Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry Find it in the catalog! TEEN MABERRY

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

In the novella The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner Stephenie Meyer writes from the point of view of Bree, a newborn vampire. This book is a companion to the novel Eclipse, in which the vampire Victoria has Riley recruit vampires for an army to fight the Edward and the Cullens to avenge death of her mate, James. Because Eclipse is told from the point of view of Bella, we do not see much of the newborn vampires except during the fight with the Cullens and the werewolves. Bree is the only vampire in the fight who surrenders.

Riley attempts to keep the group of twenty or so young vampires in line and decides when each vampire is able to leave the house to hunt. He acts on the orders of Victoria, who the newborn vampires never see (they don't even know her name). Most of the vampires also have no idea why they have been made vampires and brought together. I found it interesting to discover how little the newborns know about being a vampire. For one, the vampires think that sunlight will kill them; during the day they remain in cramped quarters in a basement. Also, the newborns have no clue about the wider vampire world --they do not know about the Volturri, and can hardly fathom the idea of living or befriending humans instead of feeding from and killing them. Furthermore, they do not even know that they are considered "newborns;" they know how strong they are and figure that will help them prevail in any fight. Riley keeps information from the vampires in order to keep them under his control, but at the same time this lack of knowledge hurts them later on when they do go to fight.

Bree follows Riley's rules, such as only feeding on the "dregs" of society, and also keeps her distance from the other newborn vampires, several of whom often pursue confrontations, going so far as to kill within the group. Most of the newborn vampires are very immature. They go out to hunt and make a huge scene with destroyed property and dead bodies but don't clean up their mess. But Bree does find makes friends with Diego, who is someone she can actually talk to. She also finds a friend in Fred, who repels everyone; Bree hides behind him to allow her to remain unnoticed.

This is a short read, and I thought the change in point-of-view was a refreshing addition to the Twilight series, in that this part of the story has nothing to do with Edward-Bella-Jacob love triangle. You are also able to see how out-of-control newborn vampires actually are. The Cullens seem tame and domesticated compared to the red-eyed vampires under Riley's control. Even Bree, who avoids fighting at the end of the book, doesn't think twice when she goes out to hunt and kills people. Definitely pick up this book if you have already read the Twilight series. Bree, Diego, and Fred are welcome and intriguing additions to the Twilight series. Even though I knew what was going happen to Bree, I still rooted for her as I read the book. I would like to see Stephenie Meyer write other novellas that explicate the Twilight mythology even further-- Edward's first years as a vampire, Carlisle's time with the Volturri, etc.

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
TEEN MEYER
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What to read while waiting for the last book in the Hunger Games Trilogy

Feed by M.T. Anderson

For Titus and his friends, it started out like any trip to the moon-a chance to party during spring break. But that was before the hacker caused their feeds to malfunction. And it was before Titus met Violet, who has decided to fight the feed.
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Enders Game by Orson Scott Card

When brilliant Andrew "Ender" Wiggins is drafted to Battle School to learn to fight against the aliens threatening humanity, what he think are just battle games carry some very real consequences.
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Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson

Who is Jenna Fox? She has just awaken from a coma, they tell her, and she is till recovering from a terrible accident in which she was involved a year ago. But what happened before that? Jenna doesn't remember her life. Or does she? And are the memories really hers?
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