Friday, April 01, 2011

New in April

Trapped
By Michael Northrop

Seven high school students are stranded at their New England high school during a week-long blizzard that shuts down the power and heat, freezes the pipes, and leaves them wondering if they will survive.






Delirium
By Lauren Oliver

Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, when she falls in love.





Spies of Mississippi
By Rick Bowers

In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission compiled secret files on more than 87,000 private citizens in the most extensive state spying program in U.S. history. Its mission: to save segregation.






Deadly
By Julie Chibbaro

In the early nineteen-hundreds, sixteen-year-old Prudence Galewski leaves school to take a job assisting the head epidemiologist at New York's Department of Health and Sanitation, investigating the intriguing case of "Typhoid Mary," a seemingly healthy woman who is infecting others with typhoid fever. Includes a historical note by the author.




Skin
By Rick Jasper

Nick Barry's bad problems with his complexion, combined with anger problems and rashes appearing in strange patterns, lead him in search of an answer to what might be lurking beneath his skin.






Strutting It! The Grit Behind the Glamour
By Jeanne Beker

Provides a glimpse into the real world of fashion models and modeling and includes profiles of many famous models.







Prom and Prejudice
By Elizabeth Eulberg

For Lizzie Bennett, a music scholarship student at Connecticut's exclusive, girls-only Longbourn Academy, the furor over prom is senseless, but even more puzzling is her attraction to the pompous Will Darcy, best friend of her roommate's boyfriend.





The Blending Time
By Michael Kinch

In the harsh world of 2069, ravaged by plagues and environmental disasters, friends Jaym, Reya, and D'Shay are chosen to help repopulate Africa as their mandatory Global Alliance work, but civil war and mercenaries opposed to the Blending Program separate them and threaten their very lives.




Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing
By Ann Angel
Introduces the life and career of the iconic music performer, commemorates the anniversary of her death, and draws on anecdotes from friends and bandmates that help examine her relationships, musical themes, and ongoing influence.





Sean Griswold's Head
By Lindsey Leavitt

After discovering that her father has multiple sclerosis, fifteen-year-old Payton begins counseling sessions at school, which lead her to become interested in a boy in her biology class, have a falling out with her best friend, develop an interest in bike riding, and eventually allow her to come to terms with life's uncertainties.




Warped
By Maurissa Guibord

When seventeen-year-old Tessa Brody comes into possession of an ancient unicorn tapestry, she is plummeted into sixteenth-century England, where her life is intertwined with that of a handsome nobleman who is desperately trying to escape a terrible fate.