New sci fi, fantasy, & paranormal books to check out

Fated by Alyson Noel Strange things are happening to Daire Santos. Crows mock her, glowing people stalk her, time stops without warning, and a beautiful boy with unearthly blue eyes haunts all her dreams. Fearing for her daughter's sanity, Daire's mother sends her to live with the grandmother she's never met, but who recognizes the visions for what they truly are-the call to her destiny as a Soul Seeker-one who can navigate the worlds between the living and dead. This is the first book in the new Soul Seekers series by the author of The Immortals series.
	The Selection by Kiera Cass Sixteen-year-old America Singer is living in the caste-divided nation of Illea, which formed after the war that destroyed the United States. America is chosen to compete in the Selection--a contest to see which girl can win the heart of Illea's prince--but all she really wants is a chance for a future with her secret love, Aspen, who is a caste below her.
The Last Princess by Galaxy Craze Tired of the royal family's relative comfort while they suffer in the wake of worldwide catastrophes in 2090, rebels kill the British king and abduct two of his children, but Princess Eliza escapes, disguises herself, and joins the rebels to seek revenge and the safe return of her siblings.
	Sweel Evil by Wendy Higgins Sweet southern girl Anna discovers at age sixteen that she is the daughter of a guardian angel and a demon, the only one of her kind. As Anna struggles to fight the dark legacy of her father, she falls for the mysterious Kaidan Row, the ultimate bad boy. Forced to face her destiny, she must decide whether to embrace her halo or her horns
Taken by Storm by Jennifer Lynn Barnes Alpha Bryn's humanity becomes a bigger problem as she takes her place in the werewolf Senate and tries to address a new threat to the pack.
	The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda Seventeen-year-old Gene has passed as a vampire for years, carefully following every rule, but now, just as he finds a girl worth fighting for, he is chosen to participate in the hunt for the last remaining humans among ruthless vampires who soon suspect his true nature.
Immortal City by Scott Speer Jackson is the hottest Angel in the city, soon he'll be a full Guardian and people will pay for him to save them. Then he falls for Maddy who likes him for who he is and not for his celebrity, but a serial killer is loose.

New mystery and suspense

Stunning by Sara Shepard #11 in Pretty Little Liars series. Struggling to return to normalcy after surviving Alison's attempt to kill them, Spencer, Aria, Emily and Hanna endure a series of disasters before realizing that they are being stalked by a new "A" who knows all of their secrets.
	The Girl in the Park by Mariah Frederiks When a teenaged girl with a bad reputation is murdered in New York City's Central Park after a party, her childhood friend is determined to solve the mystery of who caused her death.
Ripper by Stefan Petrucha Adopted by famous Pinkerton Agency Detective Hawking in 1895 New York, fourteen-year-old Carver Young hopes to find his birth father, but when he becomes involved in the pursuit of notorious killer Jack the Ripper, Carver discovers that finding the truth can be worse than ignorance.
	Dark Eyes by William Richter Adopted from a Russian orphanage by a wealthy New York family then growing into a rebellious street youth, fifteen year-old Wally resolves to find the birth mother who stole a fortune from her murderous, dark-eyed father.

Summer reading and more fun programs this week

Today is the first day to sign up for summer reading. The theme this year is "Reading is So Delicious" and it runs through Saturday, July 28. Teens in grades 7-12 sign up at the Information Desk. All finishers will receive a paperback book of their choice! 

Requirements:
Teens in 7-8 grade read 900 minutes (15 hours)
Teens 9-12 grade: 1500 minutes (25 hours)

Plus, we'll do weekly drawings for $10 Target gift cards throughout the summer. Just fill out Recommended Read entries (as many as you want) to be entered into the drawings. We'll start pulling names June 23.

Summer Reading Kick Off Party
Tuesday, 3-4:30 PM in the Meeting Room
Find out why “Reading is So Delicious.” Sign up for summer reading, get book recommendations, create cool food-related crafts, and win prizes! Registration is recommended.

Competitive Gaming is a new club for teens at the library. The first meeting is Wednesday at 6:30 PM in the Meeting Room. Gamers, this is your competitive play hotspot for Tekken, Street Fighter, Super Smash Bros., Soul Calibur, and more. It is optional to bring your own games and controllers. Bring your friends and your fighting (game) spirit! For ages 13 and up.

At this meeting club members will decide on the game they want to play at the July 23 tournament.

2012 Teens' Top Ten Nominations

School will be out in a couple weeks, and if you are looking for some good books to read over the summer break, check out the 2012 Teens' Top Ten Nominations. Teens ages 12-18 will be able to vote online in August and September for their favorites from this list, and the top ten books will be announced during Teen Read Week in October. A few of the titles we do not own, but you should be able to get a copy sent here from another library. Go ahead and start crossing off the titles you read so you will be ready to vote in August!

• All Good Children by Catherine Austen
• Ashes by Ilsa Bick
• Abandon by Meg Cabot
• Tempest by Julie Cross
• What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
• Wither by Lauren DeStefano
• Where She Went by Gayle Forman
• Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen
• Eona: The Last Dragoneye by Alison Goodman
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge
• Legend by Marie Lu
• Hourglass by Myra McEntire
• Cinder by Marissa Meyer
• Shine by Lauren Myracle
• A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
• This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel
• Across the Universe by Beth Revis
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
• Divergent by Veronica Roth
• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
• The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
• How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
• All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin

New books out today, and a birthday!

Happy birthday to Katniss Everdeen, District 12 tribute in The Hunger Games! In the book The Hunger Games we find out that May 8 is the birthday of the girl on fire. Let's celebrate with some new books:

	City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare When Jace vanishes with Sebastian, Clary and the Shadowhunters struggle to piece together their shattered world and Clary infiltrates the group planning the world's destruction. #5 in the Mortal Instruments series.
Until I Die by Amy Plum The sequel to Die for Me, set in Paris, where a girl and a boy with a terrifying paranormal destiny fight dangerous forces to be together. #2 in the Revenants series.
	Endure by Carrie Jones When evil pixies cause mass destruction and chaos in Bedford, Maine, sixteen-year-old Zara prepares for war, aligning her team of pixies with the humans she loves so much, a task made more difficult by her growing feelings for pixie king Astley. #4 in the Endure series.
Underworld by Meg Cabot John Hayden, a death deity, takes seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera back to the Underworld against her will to keep her safe from the Furies, but her family is still at risk and she, herself, may never escape his captivity. #2 in the Abandon series.

New release Tuesday: "Insurgent," "Bitterblue," & more!

Science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, and realistic fiction-- there's something for everyone in today's new releases!

Insurgent by Veronica Roth
I have been waiting for this book for months! Insurgent is the follow up to last year's Divergent. This dystopian series is set in a future Chicago, where everyone belongs to one of five factions: Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Erudite, or Dauntless. Author Veronica Roth will be appearing at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville this Friday at 7 PM!

Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
The next entry in the popular Seven Kingdoms fantasy series, which also includes Graceling and Fire. Author Kristin Cashore will be appearing at Anderson's Bookshop this Saturday at 2 PM!

The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi
This is a companion novel to 2010's dystopian sci-fi thriller Ship Breaker.

Wentworth Hall by Abby Grahame
Here's something for all you fans of historical fiction: Wentworth Hall is set in 1912 England and has been described as a young adult version of the popular PBS television series Downton Abbey.

Waiting by Carol Lynch Williams
As the tragic death of her older brother devastates the family, teenaged London struggles to find redemption and finds herself torn between her brother's best friend and a handsome new boy in town.

New books in the paranormal romance genre

Check out the similar poses on the covers of The Lifeguard and A Beautiful Dark!

	The Lifeguard by Deborah Blumenthal Spending the summer at her aunt's beach house, teenaged Sirena struggles with her parents' divorce and falls in love with a mysterious lifeguard.
A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies When Skye, who lives with her aunt in Boulder, Colorado, turns seventeen and is suddenly pursued by two boys who are polar opposites, secrets of her true identity--and destiny--begin to emerge.
	Everneath by Brodi Ashton Regretting her decision to forfeit her life on Earth to become an immortal on Everneath, a world between Earth and Hell, teenaged Nikki is given the chance to return to the Surface for six months, in this story loosely based on the "Hades and Persephone" myth.
Die for Me by Amy Plum After their parents are killed in a car accident, sixteen-year-old Kate Mercier and her older sister Georgia, each grieving in her own way, move to Paris to live with their grandparents and Kate finds herself powerfully drawn to the handsome but elusive Vincent who seems to harbor a mysterious and dangerous secret.This if the first book in the Revenants series and is newly released in paperback. Book #2, Until I Die, will be released May 8.

New realistic fiction

	The Story of Us  by Deb Caletti After jilting two previous fiances, Cricket's mother is finally marrying the right man, but as wedding attendees arrive for a week of festivities, complications arise for Cricket involving her own love life, her beloved dog Jupiter, and her mother's reluctance to marry.
We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han (new in paperback) The summer after her first year of college, Isobel "Belly" Conklin is faced with a choice between Jeremiah and Conrad Fisher, brothers she has always loved, when Jeremiah proposes marriage and Conrad confesses that he still loves her.
	Jane by April Lindner In this contemporary retelling of "Jane Eyre," an orphaned nanny becomes entranced with her magnetic and brooding employer, a rock star with a torturous secret from his past.
I'm Not Her by Janet Gurtler Brainy Tess Smith is the younger sibling of the beautiful, popular, volleyball-scholarship-bound Kristina. When Kristina is diagnosed with bone cancer, it drastically changes both sisters' lives. Sometimes the things that annoy us the most about our siblings are the ones we'd miss the most if we lost them.
	What Boys Really Want by Pete Hautman Lita and Adam are "just friends". They might never agree on what happens in this book but they do they manage to give the world a little more insight into what boys and girls are really looking for.
The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour Colby's post-high school plans have long been that he and his best friend Beth would tour with her band, then spend a year in Europe, but when she announces that she will start college just after the tour, Colby struggles to understand why she changed her mind and what losing her means for his future.
	The Summer of Firsts and Lasts by Terra Elan McVoy When teenaged sisters Daisy, Violet, and Calla spend their last summer together at Camp Callanwolde, the decisions they make--both good and bad--bring challenges to their relationship as well as opportunities to demonstrate their devotion to one another.
Kiss Crush Collide by Christina Meredith Leah's path has been laid out for her by her controlling mother and perfect sisters--prom queen, valedictorian, college, country club wedding--but when Leah meets a boy who is not in her social class, she begins to question what she wants for herself.
	Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler Hudson Avery gave up a promising competitive ice skating career after her parents divorced when she was fourteen years old and now spends her time baking cupcakes and helping out in her mother's upstate New York diner, but when she gets a chance at a scholarship and starts coaching the boys' hockey team, she realizes that she is not through with ice skating after all.
Where It Began by Ann Redisch Stampler After she is in a horrific car crash when drunk, Los Angeles high school student Gabriella Gardiner assumes she stole her rich boyfriend's car and smashed it into a tree, but she cannot remember anything about the events of the evening.
	How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr Told from their own viewpoints, seventeen-year-old Jill, in grief over the loss of her father, and Mandy, nearly nineteen, are thrown together when Jill's mother agrees to adopt Mandy's unborn child but nothing turns out as they had anticipated.
The Final Four by Paul Volponi Four players at the Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament struggle with the pressures of tournament play and the expectations of society at large.
	The Daughters Join the Party by Joanna Philbin Emma's senator-father is running for president, and when her rebellious style and indifference to rules and convention create problems, she relies on her good friends, who are also the daughters of well-known people, to help her gain perspective.
Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard Bria, an aspiring artist just graduated from high school, takes off for Central America's La Ruta Maya, rediscovering her talents and finding love.
	Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick After an injury ends former star pitcher Peter Friedman's athletic dreams, he concentrates on photography which leads him to a girlfriend, new fame as a high school sports photographer, and a deeper relationship with the beloved grandfather who, when he realizes he is becoming senile, gives Pete all of his professional camera gear.
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith Hadley and Oliver fall in love on the flight from New York to London, but after a cinematic kiss they lose track of each other at the airport until fate brings them back together on a very momentous day.

Also check out the mysteries we've added to the teen collection!

New mysteries

The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting Violet, a high school junior, discovers the body of a teen killed by "the girlfriend collector" and is determined to solve the case, but the serial killer is on the lookout for a new "relationship" and Violet may have caught his eye.
	The Night She Disappeared by April Henry Told from various viewpoints, Gabie and Drew set out to prove that their missing co-worker Kayla is not dead, and to find her before she is, while the police search for her body and the man who abducted her.
I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga Seventeen-year-old Jazz learned all about being a serial killer from his notorious "Dear Old Dad," but believes he has a conscience that will help fight his own urges and right some of his father's wrongs, so he secretly helps the police apprehend the town's newest murderer, "The Impressionist."
	The Liar Society by Lisa and Laura Roecker When Kate receives a mysterious e-mail from her dead friend Grace, she must prove that Grace's death was not an accident, but finds that her elite private school holds secrets so big people are willing to kill to protect them.
Kill You Last by Todd Strasser When three teenage clients of her fashion photographer dad go missing, Shelby's near perfect life crumbles when her dad is named a prime suspect in the girls' disappearance.
	Wish You Were Dead by Todd Strasser Madison, a senior at a suburban New York high school, tries to uncover who is responsible for the disappearance of her friends, popular students mentioned in the posts of an anonymous blogger, while she, herself, is being stalked online and in-person.

Tuesday book releases

The Story of Us by Deb Caletti
After jilting two previous fiances, Cricket's mother is finally marrying the right man, but as wedding attendees arrive for a week of festivities, complications arise for Cricket involving her own love life, her beloved dog Jupiter, and her mother's reluctance to marry.

Ascend by Amanda Hocking
This is book #3 in the fantasy Trylle series. Duty-bound to marry her friend Tove in order to give the Trylle people their strongest king and queen in history, Wendy, a changeling troll princess, is torn between two other suitors, Finn and Loki.

The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa
This is a new series by the author of the Iron Fey books. Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a vampire city, until she too becomes an immortal vampire. Forced to flee into the unknown, outside her city walls, she joins a ragged band of humans who are seeking a legend -- a possible cure to the disease that killed off most of humankind and created the rabids, the mindless creatures who threaten humans and vampires alike.

Coming soon: "City of Lost Souls"

City of Lost Souls, the fifth book in Cassandra Clare's popular Mortal Instruments series, will be released May 8. Place your holds now!

Book Bite: "Pandemonium"

"Droplets, droplets: We are all identical drips and drops of people, hovering, waiting to be tipped, waiting for someone to show us the way, to pour us down a path."

-Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver

New Christian fiction titles

	First Date by Krista McGee Addy Davidson finds herself on a reality dating show with the first prize a prom date with the President's son and, although initally not interested in winning, Addy finds herself increasingly drawn into the game.
	Addison Blakely: Confessions of a PK by Betsy St. Amant Addison Blakely has never had much trouble pleasing her widowed, overprotective father. After all, he's a pastor, and she knows her reputation is closely linked to his. But when the bad boy next door, the cute but arrogant quarterback, and a charming new guy all vie for Addison's attention, she begins to doubt her resolve. Join Addison as she attempts to separate love from lust, facts from faith, and keep her head above water in her murky, fishbowl existence.
There You'll Find Me by Jenny B. Jones Eighteen-year-old Finley, seeking God, quiet time to prepare for an audition at a prestigious music conservatory, and knowledge of the land her deceased brother loved, spends senior year in Ireland, where teen movie idol Beckett Rush, equally troubled, desires her company.
The Jerk Magnet: Life at Kingston High by Melody Carlson When sixteen-year-old Chelsea Martin's future stepmother gives her a total makeover, she attracts all of the wrong boys and drives away many girls, but her friend Janelle keeps telling Chelsea to be true to herself, while helping her find a way to catch the eye of Nicholas, the one "non-jerk" at school.