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November 20, 2009

New Arrivals · Teen Fiction

These titles were recently added to the collection of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.

Love at first click

November 19, 2009
Chandler, Elizabeth, 1954-
New York, NY : HarperTeen, c2009.
185 p. ; 21cm.
"I could no longer deny what the heat in my cheeks meant when I was around Flynn. I was falling for my sister's boyfriend. There's just something about Flynn. Yes, he's a tall, unbelievably gorgeous, dark-haired football player, but -- he's also sweet and nice and super easy to talk to. It's lucky I'm the photographer for the school paper, because my camera likes Flynn almost as much as I do. Unfortunately for me, so does my sister, and there's no way I can nab Flynn with her in the picture. But could this be the real thing?"--P. [4] of cover.

Love and peaches : a novel

November 19, 2009
Anderson, Jodi Lynn.
New York : HarperTeen, 2009, c2008.
243 p. ; 21 cm.
Brimming with all the charm, humor, and heart of "Peaches" and "The Secrets of Peaches," this satisfying conclusion to the series reunites three unlikely best friends for a final sweet farewell.

The struggle

November 19, 2009
Smith, L. J. (Lisa J.)
New York : HarperTeen, 2009.
236 p., 10 p. ; 21 cm.
Two vampire brothers compete for high stakes--the love of Elena Gilbert, a beautiful high school senior who is searching for excitement.
Includes excerpts of of Volume III, "The fury and dark reunion".

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Snow queen

November 18, 2009
Harrison, Emma.
New York : HarperTeen, c2010.
376 p. ; 18 cm.
At Chamberlain Ski Resort and Spa, Aubrey Mills only wants to compete in the annual Snow Queen pageant in order to wipe the smirk off Layla Chamberlain's face. And it wouldn't hurt if sweet (and hot) Grayson Chamberlain, the assistant director, comes with winning the tiara.

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Shadowland

November 18, 2009
Noël, Alyson.
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2009.
xvi, 339 p. ; 22 cm.
Ever and Damen have traveled through countless past lives and fought off the world's darkest enemies to be together forever, but just as their long-awaited destiny is finally within reach, a powerful curse threatens them.
Sequel to: Blue moon.

The boyfriend game

November 18, 2009
Davis, Stephie.
New York : HarperTeen, c2009.
157, 10 p. ; 21 cm.
Trisha Perkins's good fortune at snagging a new kid at school as her soccer tryout practice partner turns to potential romance.
Includes excerpt from: Love at first click.

Timelock

November 18, 2009
Klass, David.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
246 p. ; 24 cm.
Jack discovers that the only way to protect the Earth from ecological disaster at the hands of the Dark Army is to lock time, and he must choose between staying in the present or returning to the future world from which he came.
"Frances Foster books."

Perfect mistake : a privilege novel

November 18, 2009
Brian, Kate, 1974-
New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster BFYR, c2009.
231 p. ; 21 cm.
Make new friends and kill the old....Ariana Osgood has everything she's ever wanted. A place at elite Atherton-Pryce boarding school. Fabulous friends. A new crush. And most importantly, a new identity. Now that she's officially become Briana Leigh Covington, Ariana's troubled past is dead and buried.Or is it? When the one person who knows her secret arrives on campus, Ariana decides it's time to say good-bye to her ex-best friend -- forever.

Eragon's guide to Alagaësia

November 18, 2009
Paolini, Christopher.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2009.
[28] p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 27 x 31 cm.
An introduction to the fictional world of the people, places, and things, of Alagaësia.
Age: 9+.

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Posh and prejudice

November 17, 2009
Dent, Grace.
New York : Poppy/Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
217 p. ; 21 cm.
At the end of her last year of compulsory education, sixteen-year-old Shiraz resigns herself to life in her gritty London suburb, serving fried eggs at Mr. Yolk and dating plumber-in-training Wesley, until she receives high marks in her examinations and decides to enroll in her school's "Centre of Excellence" program.
Sequel to: Diva without a cause.

Diva without a cause : a novel

November 16, 2009
Dent, Grace.
New York : Poppy, 2009.
234 p. ; 21 cm.
Chav: (n.): 1. A word that makes most Brits think of hoodies, hip hop, bling, and trouble. (It ain't a good fing, bruv.) 16-year-old Shiraz Bailey Wood's days are filled with hoodies, hip hop, and hanging around outside Claire's Accessories. Her parents work crap jobs and her school is pretty much chav central. This loveable Essex dreamer with a brain and a heart of gold is beginning to feel there might be a lot more to life than minimum wage and the bling of a souped-up Vauxhall Nova. A lot of snooty folk call Shiraz a chav. Well if by "chav" you mean "charming, hilarious, articulate, and vibrant," Shizza doesn't mind that at all. Call her what you want. She don't care. She's keeping it real.
Originally published as: Diary of a chav.

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The fourth apprentice

November 13, 2009
Hunter, Erin.
New York : Harper, c2009.
302, 29 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Four warrior clans have shared the land around the lake as equals for many moons. But a prophecy foretells that three ThunderClan cats will hold the power of the stars in their paws. Jayfeather and Lionblaze know that they are two of the cats in the prophecy. Now the brothers must wait for a sign from StarClan to discover the identity of the third cat.

The middle of everywhere

November 13, 2009
Polak, Monique.
Victoria, BC ; Custer, WA : Orca Book Publishers, 2009.
200 p. ; 21 cm.
"Fifteen-year-old Noah Thorpe is spending the school term in George River, In Quebec's Far North. The Inuit kids call Noah a Qallunaaq--the Inuktitut word for a non-Inuit person, someone ignorant of the customs of the North. Noah thinks the Inuit have a strange way of looking at the world, plus they eat raw meat and seal blubber. Most have never left George River--a town that doesn't even have its own doctor, let alone a McDonald's. But Noah's views change when he realizes he will have to learn a few lessons from his Inuit buddies if he wants to survive in the North."--p. [4] of cover.

Winter's end

November 13, 2009
Mourlevat, Jean-Claude.
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
415 p. ; 23cm.
Fleeing across icy mountains from a pack of terrifying dog-men sent to hunt them down, four teenagers escape from their prison-like boarding schools to take up the fight against the tyrannical government that murdered their parents fifteen years earlier.

A matter of attitude

November 13, 2009
Hayden.
New York : Kimani Press, c2008.
245 p. ; 21 cm.
Aspiring to be a top designer, 15-year-old Angela Jenkins hopes to get elected as director of her school's holiday fashion show. So does the very popular Karen Frasier. Tough-girl Shayla Mercer offers to make sure Angela wins--for a fee. Angela soon learns that the price of popularity can be too high.
"Kimani tru."
Includes a group reading guide.

Raven summer

November 11, 2009
Almond, David, 1951-
New York : Delacorte Press, c2008.
198 p. ; 22 cm.
Led to an abandoned baby by a raven, fourteen-year-old Liam seems fated to meet two foster children who have experienced the world's violence in very different ways as he struggles to understand war, family problems, and friends who grow apart.

Death on the river

November 10, 2009
Wilson, John, 1951 Aug. 2-
Victoria, B.C. : Orca Book Publishers, 2009.
193 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Jake, a Union soldier, only survives life in a brutal Andersonville prison thanks to the criminal activities of Billy, an older captive. Once they are freed, Jake doesn't know whether to find his own way back home or to continue leaning on Billy--who, while unscrupulous, is very resourceful.
012+.

The Hunger Games

November 10, 2009
Collins, Suzanne.
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009.
485 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.

The brothers story

November 10, 2009
Sturtevant, Katherine.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
275 p. ; 21 cm.
In the late seventeenth century, fifteen-year-old Kit, driven to desperation by the starvation of one brother and mistreatment of his own simple-minded twin, realizes his dream of becoming an apprentice in London but feels drawn by duty to return home to Essex.

The lighthouse keepers

November 10, 2009
McKinty, Adrian.
New York : Amulet Books, 2008.
380 p. : map ; 22 cm.
After teenage friends Jamie and Ramsay travel back to Altair to save the last citizens of that dying planet, the ancient race who built the mysterious, wormhole-seeking Salmon returns with a terrible proposition for Jamie.

Petty in pink : a Poseur novel

November 10, 2009
Maude, Rachel.
New York : Poppy / Little Brown and Company, 2009.
223, [8] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Janie, Petra, Melissa, and Charlotte continue to promote their teen fashion label Poseur's new handbag all over Hollywood.
Ages 13 and up.
Includes a section in back of book on how to make some of the fashion foursome's clothes and accessories.
"Poppy."

16 1/2 on the block

November 9, 2009
Daniels, Babygirl.
West Babylon, NY: Urban Renaissance, c2009.
152 p. ; 18 cm.
Daniels continues the saga of twins Kenzie and Mya, in this follow-up to "16 on the Block."

The Resurrection Fields

November 6, 2009
Keaney, Brian.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
158 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Although beset by otherworldly perils, Dante and his best friend Bea continue to be dedicated to the overthrow of Sigmundus and the dark powers that have latched on to his methods of authoritarian mind-control.
"Originally published in Great Britain as The Promises of Dr. Sigmundus: The Mendini Canticle by Orchard Books in 2008"--T.p. verso.

Angel in Vegas : the chronicles of Noah Sark

November 6, 2009
Howe, Norma.
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
247 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
A demoted guardian angel whose previous "assignment" was Princess Diana now finds himself enjoying the oddball diversions of Las Vegas in the body of a teenage boy, with a teenage girl as his newest charge.

Cashing in

November 6, 2009
Colebank, Susan.
New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2009.
314 p. ; 22 cm.
In the three years since her father's death, Arizona eighteen-year-old Regina has loaned her mother thousands of dollars to cover her compulsive spending and gambling, while coping with her own stress by overeating, but when her mother wins the lottery, Reg hopes their troubles are over.

Night world. No. 2.

November 6, 2009
Smith, L. J. (Lisa J.)
New York : Simon Pulse, 2008.
662, [16] p. ; 21 cm.
Vampires, werewolves, witches, shapeshifters -- they live among us without our knowledge. Night World is their secret society, a secret society with very strict rules. And falling in love breaks all the laws of the Night World. In "Dark Angel, " Gillian is saved from drowning by her guardian angel. Only visible to Gillian, Angel will fulfill her heart's every desire. But when Angel starts making strange and sinister requests, Gillian must question who he truly is and where he came from. Armed with a wooden stake, martial arts, and the will to resist a vampire's mind control, Rashel struggles to avenge her mother's death in "The Chosen." Then she meets Quinn, her soulmate, who is a part of the world she has vowed to destroy. Hannah receives notes warning her of incredible danger in "Soulmate." But if death is her destiny, is the Lord of the Night World's love strong enough to save her?--From publisher's description.
Dark angel -- Chosen -- Soulmate.
Includes an excerpt from: "Night World No. 3."

16 on the block

November 6, 2009
Daniels, Babygirl.
West Babylon, NY : Urban Renaissance, c2009.
204 p. ; 18 cm.

Buck fever

November 5, 2009
Willis, Cynthia Chapman.
New York, NY : Feiwel and Friends, 2009.
228 p. ; 22 cm.
Twelve-year-old Joey and his fifteen-year-old sister Philly relate their experiences trying to cope in a family already strained by the mother's extended travel, and pushed further apart by the father's disappointment that Joey is more interested in drawing deer than hunting them.

Struts & frets

November 5, 2009
Skovron, Jon.
New York : Amulet Books, 2009.
289 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Sammy wants to be a musician, as was his grandfather, but while the band he is in is self-destructing, Sammy is too distracted by his grandfather's decline and confused feelings about his best friend to fix it--and his mother stays too busy to help.

Beautiful : truth's found when beauty's lost

November 5, 2009
Martinusen-Coloma, Cindy, 1970-
Nashville : Thomas Nelson, c2009.
270 p. ; 22 cm.
Much admired, beautiful, driven high school senior Ellie thinks she has her life all mapped out, but when tragedy suddenly strikes shortly after her hated grandfather's funeral, she is left to wonder what it all means.

cover not available

The Magician of Hoad

November 5, 2009
Mahy, Margaret.
New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2009.
xiii, 411 p. ; 22 cm.
A young farm boy who possesses mysterious powers is chosen by the king to be the court's royal magician.

wtf

November 5, 2009
Lerangis, Peter.
New York : Simon Pulse, 2009.
246 p. ; 18 cm.
Some high school students, undercover police, and drug dealers endure a crazy night of missed meet-ups, automobile accidents, suburban house parties, frantic text-messaging, and other panic-inducing experiences in and around New York City.

Freaks and revelations : a novel

November 5, 2009
Hurwin, Davida, 1950-
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
234 p. ; 22 cm.
Tells, in two voices, of events leading up to a 1980 incident in which fourteen-year-old Jason, a gay youth surviving on the streets as a prostitute, and seventeen-year-old Doug, a hate-filled punk rocker, have a fateful meeting in a Los Angeles alley.
"Inspired by real events in the lives of Matthew Boger and Tim Zaal."

Hazel : a novel

November 5, 2009
Hearn, Julie, 1958-
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009.
389 p. ; 22 cm.
Thirteen-year-old Hazel leaves her comfortable, if somewhat unconventional, London home in 1913 after her father has a breakdown, and goes to live in the Caribbean on her grandparents' sugar plantation where she discovers some shocking family secrets.

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