Tuesday, January 01, 2013

New in January 2013

Poison Tree
By Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Alysia has quickly moved to a position of responsibility in SingleEarth, working among shapeshifters and witches who fight against vampires, but she is hiding secret alliances that could put her fellow mediators at risk.
Alice in Zombieland
By Gena Showalter
To avenge the death of her parents and sister Ali must learn to fight the undead, and to survive she must learn to trust the baddest of the bad boys, Cole Holland. But Cole has his own secrets, which might just prove to be more dangerous than the zombies.
The Revolution of Evalyn Serrano
By Sonia Manzano
It is 1969 in Spanish Harlem, and fourteen-year-old Evelyn Serrano is trying hard to break free from her conservative Puerto Rican surroundings, but when her activist grandmother comes to stay and the neighborhood protests start, things get a lot more complicated--and dangerous.
Panem Companion: An Unofficial Guide to Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games, from Mellark Bakery to Mockingjays
By V. Arrow
Uses textual clues to explore the world of the Hunger Games and examine issues of class, culture, and more. 

Touched
By Corrine Jackson
Possessing powers that enable her to heal others while taking their injuries into herself, Remy O'Malley is sent to live with her estranged father and pursues a forbidden relationship with Asher Blackwell, who sacrificed his senses to become immortal.
Time Between Us
By Tamara Ireland Stone
In 1995 Evanston, Illinois, sixteen-year-old Anna's perfectly normal life is turned upside-down when she meets Bennett, whose ability to travel through space and time creates complications for them both.
The Forsaken 
By Lisa M. Stasse
After the formation of the United Northern Alliance--a merger of Canada, the United States, and Mexico into one nation--sixteen-year-old Alenna is sent to an desolate prison island for teenagers believed to be predisposed to violence.
Home Front Girl
By Joan Morrison
The diary of a young teenager, Joan Wehlen, that describes what it was like to grow up in Chicago during the Depression and the lead-up to World War II.
Have a Nice Day
By Julie Halpern
When Anna returns from a three-week stay in a mental hospital she struggles to resume a normal life in the face of her parents' arguments and peers who are afraid to ask her what happened.
Beyond: A Ghost Story
By Graham McNamee
Everyone thinks seventeen-year-old Jane has attempted suicide more than once, but Jane knows the truth: her shadow is trying to kill her.
Mountain of Bones
By Christopher Krovatin
During a class trip to the Montana woods, three sixth-graders, athletic Ian, sensitive PJ, and brainy Kendra, are separated from their group and must rely on each other to survive as they encounter zombies and more.
Dear Teen Me 
A collection of advice and reflections by young adult authors who reveal personal experiences from their teen years shares recommendations on topics ranging from abuse and relationships to bullying and body issues.
Fourmile
By Watt Key
"A mysterious stranger arrives at a boy's rundown Alabama farm home, just as a dangerous situation is unfolding for the twelve-year-old and his widowed mother"--.
Shadow on the Mountain
By Margi Preus
In Nazi-occupied Norway, fourteen-year-old Espen joins the resistance movement, graduating from deliverer of illegal newspapers to courier and spy.