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The Girl Who Chased the Moon Sarah Addison Allen  | After her mother's death, seventeen-year-old Emily Benedict arrives in Mullaby, North Carolina, to live with her reclusive grandfather and in search of answers regarding her recently deceased mother’s past, but she quickly learns that Mullaby is a very unusual place when she befriends her neighbor, Julia Winterson, who is constantly baking cakes. Genre: Teen fiction, Domestic fiction Other titles by this author in the LMHS Library are: Garden Spells, The Peach Keeper, andThe Sugar Queen. |
Sisters of the Sari Brenda L. Baker  | While vacationing in India, a driven CEO of a major corporation becomes obsessed with the idea of building decent housing for the country's poor working women after befriending a former slave and current maid who lives in a homeless shelter. Embarking on a rich journey of personal discovery, both women will learn invaluable lessons about themselves as they forge a powerful bond of sisterhood across the barriers of language and culture—a bond that makes anything possible. Genre: Domestic fiction, Multicultural fiction This is the author's debut novel. |
| Graceling Kristin Cashore  | Graceling Realm, Bk. 1 In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king. Winner of the 2009 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Childrenś Literature; SIBA Book Award for YA Literature; Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; ALA Best Book for Young Adults; and finalist for the Andre Norton Award and the Indies Choice Book Awards. Genre: Fantasy fiction The LMHS Library owns all 3 titles in the Graceling Realm series. Also available as an e-book (Nooks 13-18). |
| Fire Kristin Cashore  | Graceling Realm, Bk. 2 Prequel companion novel to Graceling In a kingdom called the Dells, Fire is the last human-shaped monster, with unimaginable beauty and the ability to control the minds of those around her, but even with these gifts she cannot escape the strife that overcomes her world. Winner of the 2009 Cybil - YA Fantasy and Science Fiction; 2009 Booklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Older Readers Category; 2010 ALA Best Book for Young Adults - YALSA's Teens' Top Ten (ALA) for 2010. Genre: Fantasy fiction The LMHS Library owns all 3 titles in the Graceling Realm series. Also available as an e-book (Nooks 13-18). |
Bitterblue Kristin Cashore  | Graceling Realm, Bk. 3 Sequel to Graceling; Companion to Fire Eighteen-year-old Bitterblue, queen of Monsea, realizes her heavy responsibility and the futility of relying on advisors who surround her with lies as she tries to help her people to heal from the thirty-five-year spell cast by her father, a violent psychopath with mind-altering abilities. Genre: Fantasy fiction The LMHS Library owns all 3 titles in the Graceling Realm series. Also available as an e-book (Nooks 13-18). |
| The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbolsky  | Charlie, a 15-year-old introverted high school freshman struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs, is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world. Trapped between living his life and attempting to get away from it, he explores the dilemmas of growing up through a collection of letters he sends to a "dear friend." A Summit Entertainment film, starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller and Paul Rudd, was released to theatres in 2012. Chbosky himself adapted his novel into the screenplay and directed the film. Genre: Coming of age fiction, Diary fiction |
| Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare  | Book Trailer The Infernal Devices, Bk. 1 Tessa Gray, 16, has traveled from America to London to join her older brother. But instead of Nathaniel, she is greeted by the Dark Sisters, two evil women who kidnap her in order to develop her previously unrealized ability to change shape into another person. Her rescue by a young man named Will, the gorgeous, sharp-tongued teenager with a mysterious past, leads her to the demon-killing Shadowhunters who she must learn to trust if she ever wants to learn to control her powers and find her brother. Amazon.com's Best Books for Teens 2010 Genre: Fantasy fiction, Occult fiction Other titles by this author in the LMHS Library are: Clockwork Prince, Bk. 2, and Clockwork Princess, Bk. 3. Also available as an e-book (Nooks 1-6). |
| Clockwork Prince Cassandra Clare  | Book Trailer The Infernal Devices, Bk. 2 As the Council attempts to strip Charlotte of her power, sixteen-year-old orphaned shapechanger Tessa Gray works with the London Shadowhunters to find the Magister and destroy his clockwork army, learning the secret of her own identity while investigating his past. Genre: Fantasy fiction, Occult fiction Another title by this author in the LMHS Library is: Clockwork Angel, Infernal Devices, Bk. 1, and Clockwork Princess, Bk. 3. Also available as an e-book (Nooks 1-6). |
| Crossed Ally Condie  | Book Trailer Matched trilogy, Bk. 2 In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision of who to share it with, Cassia journeys to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky - taken by the Society to his certain death - only to find that he has escaped, leaving a series of clues in his wake. Cassia's quest leads her to question much of what she holds dear, even as she finds glimmers of a different life across the border. But as Cassia nears resolve and certainty about her future with Ky, an invitation for rebellion, an unexpected betrayal, and a surprise visit from Xander - who may hold the key to the uprising and, still, to Cassia's heart - change the game once again. Nothing is as expected on the edge of Society, where crosses and double crosses make the path more twisted than ever. Genre: Fantasy fiction, Teen fiction Another title by this author in the LMHS Library is Matched. |
| Matched Ally Condie  | Book Trailer Matched trilogy, Bk. 1 In this futuristic fantasy novel, the world revolves around a society that dictates what individuals can read, watch and believe, and decides who they are partnered with for life during a Matching Ceremony that takes place on their 18th birthday. Cassia has always had complete trust in the Society to make decisions for her, but when she is being paired with her ideal mate, a second face flashes on the screen. Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility as she is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, and between the only life she’s ever known and a path no one else has ever dared to follow. Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards Program, 2011-2012 Disney and Offspring Entertainment have bought film rights to this novel. Genre: Fantasy fiction, Teen fiction Another title by this author in the LMHS Library is Crossed. |
| The Death Cure James Dashner  | In a final effort to complete the blueprint for the cure, Thomas must rely on the Gladers, with full memories restored, but Thomas does not trust Wicked and he remembers much more than they realize. Genre: Science fiction, Teen fiction Other titles by this author at the LMHS Library are The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner Trilogy, Bk. 1), The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner Trilogy, Bk. 2, and The Kill Order (The Maze Runner Trilogy Prequel). Also available as an e-book (Nooks 7-12). |
| The Scorch Trials James Dashner  | Book Trailer The Maze Runner Trilogy, Bk. 2 After surviving horrific conditions in the Maze, Thomas is entrapped, along with nineteen other boys, in a scientific experiment designed to observe their responses and gather data believed to be essential for the survival of the human race. A Junior Library Guild selection Genre: Science fiction, Teen fiction Other titles by this author at the LMHS Library are The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner Trilogy, Bk. 1), The Death Cure (The Maze Runner Trilogy, Bk. 3, and The Kill Order (The Maze Runner Trilogy Prequel). Also available as an e-book (Nooks 1-6). |
What Happened to Goodbye Sarah Dessen  | Another town. Another school. Another Mclean. Ever since her parents' bitter divorce, Mclean and her father have been fleeing their unhappy past. And Mclean's become a pro at reinventing herself with each move. But in Lakeview, Mclean finds herself putting down roots and making friends---in part, thanks to Dave, the most real person Mclean's ever met. Dave just may be falling in love with her, but can he see the person she really is? Does Mclean herself know? Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2011 Genre: Teen fiction The LMHS Library owns 12 titles by this author. |
Wither Lauren DeStefano  | Book Trailer Chemical Garden Trilogy, Bk. 1 Genre: Dystopian fiction, Science fiction Other titles by this author in the LMHS Library are: Fever, Bk. 2, and Sever, Bk. 3.Also available as an e-book (Nooks 7-12) |
Fever Lauren DeStefano  | Chemical Garden Trilogy, Bk. 2 In a future where genetic engineering has cured humanity of all diseases and defects, but has also produced a virus that kills all females by age twenty and all males by age twenty-five, teenaged Rhine escapes her forced marriage and journeys back to New York to find her twin brother. Genre: Dystopian fiction, Science fiction Other titles by this author in the LMHS Library are: Wither, Bk. 1, and Sever, Bk. 3. Also available as an e-book (Nooks 7-12) |
| Perfect Chemistry Simone Elkeles  | Perfect Chemistry, Bk. 1 When wealthy, seemingly perfect Brittany, and Alex Fuentes - a gang member from the other side of town - are forced to be lab partners in chemistry class, the results are bound to be explosive. After Alex discovers that Brittany is not exactly who she seems to be, they develop a relationship but must face the disapproval of their schoolmates and others. Can they break through the stereotypes and misconceptions that threaten to keep them apart? PSLA Young Readers Choice Award, 2010 ; RITA Winner for Best Young Adult Romance, 2010 Genre: Teen fiction, Multicultural fiction Other titles by this author in the LMHS Library are: Rules of Attraction (Perfect Chemistry, Bk. 2), and Chain Reaction (Bk. 3). |
| Rules of Attraction Simone Elkeles  | Perfect Chemistry, Bk. 2 Genre: Teen fiction, Multicultural fiction Other titles by this author in the LMHS Library are: Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, Bk. 1) and Chain Reaction (Bk. 3). |
| Chain Reaction Simone Elkeles  | Perfect Chemistry, Bk. 3 When he returns to Illinois and the gang culture on the south side of Fairfield after six years in Colorado, high school senior Luis Fuentes, who dreams of becoming an astronaut, falls for a girl and enters a dark world after learning some disturbing news about his family. Genre: Teen fiction, Multicultural fiction Other titles by this author in the LMHS Library are: Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, Bk. 1) and Rules of Attraction (Bk. 2). |
Jessica Rules the Dark Side Beth Fantaskey  | Jessica, Bk. 2 Eighteen-year-old vampire princess Jessica Packwood is in for the fight of her life--and her husband's--when Lucius is accused of a horrible crime and Jessica, trying to prove herself worthy of the throne, faces betrayal by those closest to her. Genre: Teen fiction, Occult fiction Another title by this author in the LMHS Library is: Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side. |
Sapphique Catherine Fisher  | Incarceron, Bk. 2 Finn has escaped from the terrible living Prison of Incarceron, but its memory torments him, because his brother Keiro is still inside. Outside, Claudia insists he must be king, but Finn doubts even his own identity. Is he the lost prince Giles? Or are his memories no more than another construct of his imprisonment? And can you be free if your friends are still captive? Can you be free if your world is frozen in time? Can you be free if you don't even know who you are? A Junior Library Guild selection Genre: Fantasy fiction, Dystopian fiction Another title by this author in the LMHS Library is Incarceron (Incarceron, Bk. 1) |
Where She Went Gayle Forman  | Book Trailer Sequel to: If I Stay. It's been three years since the devastating accident . . . three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever. Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Juilliard's rising star and Adam is LA tabloid fodder, thanks to his new rock star status and celebrity girlfriend. When Adam gets stuck in New York by himself, chance brings the couple together again for one last night. As they explore the city that has become Mia's home, Adam and Mia revisit the past and come to terms with what happened to them, what's happened since and if they have a future together... Amazon.com's Best Books of the Month, April 2011 Genre: Teen fiction Another title by Gayle Forman in the LMHS Library is If I Stay. |
| The Fault in Our Stars John Green  | Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, sixteen-year-old Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. Amazon's Best Books of the Month: January 2012 Genre: Teen fiction, Love stories The LMHS Library owns 5 titles by this author. |
| An Abundance of Katherines John Green  | Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships. A 2007 Michael L. Printz Honor Book; An LA Times Book Prize Finalist; An ALA Best Books for Young Adults; A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year; A Booklist Editor's Choice; A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year. Genre: Teen fiction, Humorous fiction The LMHS Library owns 5 titles by this author. |
| Paper Towns John Green  | One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears. Genre: Teen fiction, Mystery fiction The LMHS Library owns 5 titles by this author. |
Will Grayson, Will Grayson John Green and David Levithan  | When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, a flamboyant football player with a love of musical theatre. who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both. Amazon.com's Best Books for Teens 2010 Genre: Teen fiction The LMHS Library owns 5 titles by John Green. Other titles by David Levithan in the LMHS Library are Dash & Lily's Book of Dares and the short story "Princes" in Every Man for Himself: Ten Short Stories About Being a Guy. |
It's Not Summer Without You Jenny Han  | Book Trailer Summer trilogy, Bk. 2 In this sequel to The Summer I Turned Pretty, Isabel "Belly" Conklin faces a breakup with longtime crush Conrad and the death of Conrad's mother. While appealing Belly remains the central voice, Conrad's kind-hearted brother, Jeremiah, occasionally narrates, revealing his secret feelings for Belly. The heightened emotions surrounding the love triangle keep readers guessing which brother gets the girl until the very end. Genre: Teen fiction Other titles by this author at the LMHS Library are The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, Bk. 1) and We'll Always Have Summer (Summer, Bk. 3). |
We'll Always Have Summer Jenny Han  | Summer trilogy, Bk. 3 The summer after her first year of college, Belly 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. Belly has to confront her feelings for Jeremiah and Conrad and face a truth she has possibly always known: she will have to break one of their hearts. Genre: Teen fiction Other titles by this author at the LMHS Library are The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, Bk. 1) and It's Not Summer Without You (Summer, Bk. 2). |
| Why We Broke Up Daniel Handler; art by Maira Kalman  | Sixteen-year-old Min Green writes a letter to Ed Slaterton in which she breaks up with him, documenting their relationship and how items in the accompanying box, from bottle caps to a cookbook, foretell the end. Genre: Teen fiction Another title by this author in the LMHS Library is The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket. |
Hex Hall Rachel Hawkins  | Hex Hall, Bk. 1 When teenage witch Sophie Mercer attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, she's exiled to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters. Genre: Supernatural fiction, Fantasy fiction Other titles by this author in the LMHS Library are Demonglass (Bk. 2) and Spell Bound (Bk. 3). Also available as e-book (Nooks 7-12). |
| Demonglass Rachel Hawkins  | Hex Hall, Bk. 2 After learning that she is capable of dangerous magic, Sophie Mercer goes to England with her father, friend Jenna, and Cal hoping to have her powers removed, but soon she learns that she is being hunted by the Eye--and haunted by Elodie. Genre: Supernatural fiction, Fantasy fiction Other titles by this author in the LMHS Library are Hex Hall, (Bk. 1) and Spell Bound (Bk. 3). Also available as e-book (Nooks 7-12). |
| Spell Bound Rachel Hawkins  | Hex Hall, Bk. 3 Just as Sophie Mercer has come to accept her magical powers as a demon, the Prodigium Council strips them away and leaves her alone, defenseless, and at the mercy of her enemies the Brannicks, a family of warrior women who hunt down the Prodigium. Genre: Supernatural fiction, Fantasy fiction Other titles by this author in the LMHS Library are Hex Hall, (Bk. 1) and Demonglass (Bk. 2). Also available as e-book (Nooks 7-12). |
| Tricks Ellen Hopkins  | Book Trailer Five stories about three girls and two boys who question how they feel about themselves while learning about love and sexuality. Genre: Teen fiction, Novels-in-verse The LMHS Library owns a total of 8 titles by this author. Also available as e-book (Nooks 1-6). |
| Perfect Ellen Hopkins  | Book Trailer Companion novel to Impulse Northern Nevada teenagers Cara, Kendra, Sean, and Andre, tell in their own voices of their very different paths toward perfection and how their goals change when tragedy strikes. In this companion to Impulse (2007), Hopkins addresses teens’ struggles with unrealistic expectations in gut-wrenching free verse. Genre: Teen fiction, Novels-in-verse The LMHS Library owns a total of 8 titles by this author. Also available as e-book (Nooks 1-6). |
| Scorpia Rising Anthony Horowitz  | Book Trailer Alex Rider, Bk. 9 Scorpia has dogged Alex Rider for most of his life. They killed his parents, they did their best to con Alex into turning traitor, and they just keep coming back with more power. Now the world's most dangerous terrorist organization is playing with fire in the world's most combustible land: the Middle East. No one knows Scorpia like Alex. And no one knows how best to get to Alex like Scorpia. Until now. The chases have never been more intense, the fights more treacherous, or the risks so perilous to mankind. And this time, Alex won't get away. This is the final book of the series. Genre: Spy stories, Adventure fiction The LMHS Library owns 9 titles by this author, all from the Alex Rider series. Alex Rider series: Stormbreaker (Book #1), Point Blank (Book #2), Skeleton Key (Book #3), Eagle Strike (Book #4), Scorpia (Book #5), Ark Angel (Book #6), Snakehead (Book #7), Crocodile Tears (Book #8), and Scorpia Rising (Book #9). |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever Jeff Kinney  | Book Trailer Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #6 Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he's innocent. Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he's going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays? Genre: Humorous fiction, Diary fiction Another title by this author in the LMHS Library is Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #5). |
I Am Number Four Pittacus Lore  | Book Trailer Lorien Legacies, Bk. 1 John is an exceptional 15-year-old, masking his true identity and passing as a typical high school student to elude a deadly enemy seeking to destroy him. He has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the others like him to fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their home planet of Lorien. In the beginning, they were a group of nine. Nine aliens who left Lorein when it fell under attack. Nine aliens who scattered on Earth. Nine aliens who look like ordinary teenagers living ordinary lives, but who have extraordinary, paranormal skills. The nine had to separate and go into hiding. Three like him have already been killed ... he is Number Four. Dreamworks movie was released February 2011 starring Alex Pettyfer. Genre: Science fiction, Adventure fiction Another title by this author in the LMHS Library is The Power of Six. |
The Power of Six Pittacus Lore  | Book Trailer Lorien Legacies, Bk. 2 In a Spanish convent, seventeen-year-old Marina longs to join forces with her fellow Loriens to prepare for battle with the Mogadorians who destroyed their home planet, while in the United States, John, Six, and Sam elude authorities who think John is a terrorist. Genre: Science fiction, Adventure fiction Another title by this author in the LMHS Library is I Am Number Four. Also available as an e-book (Nooks 1-6). |
| Legend Marie Lu  | Legend, Bk. 1 The first book in a new series, Legend is an exciting story set in a future, dystopian Los Angeles after the western half of the United States has seceded and is ruled by an oppressive totalitarian regime. The book is told from the perspectives of its two main characters, Day, a street-smart criminal, and June, a wealthy military prodigy hired to capture him. The pair are forced into a dangerous alliance by the murder of June's brother Metias and by Day's attempt to save his family from a deadly plague. Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2012; Perfect Tens - The Top Books Reviewed in VOYA - 2011. CBS Films holds the film rights, with Temple Hill (Twilight) producing. Genre: Science fiction, Dystopian fiction This is the author's debut novel. |
| A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin  | A Song of Ice and Fire, Bk. 1 Long ago, in a time forgotten, an extraordinary event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. An enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Stark family, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones. Genre: Fantasy fiction Other titles by this author in the LMHS Library are: A Clash of Kings, Bk. 2 A Storm of Swords, Bk. 3, A Feast for Crows, Bk. 4, and A Dance With Dragons, Bk. 5. Also available as an e-book (Nooks 1-12). |
A Clash of Kings George R. R. Martin  | A Song of Ice and Fire, Bk. 2 Two young men fight each other to gain control of a land that isn't rightfully theirs, and there is only one woman who can stop them, but first she must find a way back into the country that exiled her years before. Genre: Fantasy fiction Other titles by this author in the LMHS Library are: A Game of Thrones, Bk. 1, A Storm of Swords, Bk. 3, A Feast for Crows, Bk. 4, and A Dance With Dragons, Bk. 5. Also available as an e-book (Nooks 1-12). |
| A Storm of Swords George R. R. Martin  | A Song of Ice and Fire, Bk. 3 The brutal struggle between the five contenders for the Iron Throne is nearing its climax when the Seven Kingdoms is invaded by a supernatural army of the living dead. Genre: Fantasy fiction Other titles by this author in the LMHS Library are: A Game of Thrones, Bk. 1, A Clash of Kings, Bk. 2, A Feast for Crows, Bk. 4, and A Dance With Dragons, Bk. 5. Also available as an e-book (Nooks 1-12). |
| A Feast for Crows George R. R. Martin  | A Song of Ice and Fire, Bk. 4 Survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters begin to gather their forces to grab their share of what is left of the Seven Kingdoms in the aftermath of the war of the Five Kings. The plot runs concurrently with that of A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, Bk. 5). Genre: Fantasy fiction Other titles by this author in the LMHS Library are: A Game of Thrones, Bk. 1, A Clash of Kings, Bk. 2, A Storm of Swords, Bk. 3, and A Dance With Dragons, Bk. 5. Also available as an e-book (Nooks 1-12). |
| A Dance With Dragons George R. R. Martin  | A Song of Ice and Fire, Bk. 4 New threats emerge to endanger the future of the Seven Kingdoms, as Daenerys Targaryen, ruling in the East, fights off a multitude of enemies, while Jon Snow, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, faces his foes both in the Watch and beyond the great Wall of ice and stone. Genre: Fantasy fiction Other titles by this author in the LMHS Library are: A Game of Thrones, Bk. 1, A Clash of Kings, Bk. 2, A Storm of Swords, Bk. 3, and A Feast for Crows, Bk. 4 Also available as an e-book (Nooks 1-12). |
| Hourglass Myra McEntire  | Hourglass, Bk. 1 Seventeen-year-old Emerson uses her power to manipulate time to help Michael, a consultant hired by her brother, to prevent a murder that happened six months ago while simultaneously navigating their undeniable attraction to one another. Genre: Science fiction, Mystery fiction |
| A Breath of Eyre Eve Marie Mont  | A scholarship student at an exclusive prep school, Emma Townsend feels like an outsider. Her stepmother doesn't come close to filling the void left by her mother's death. And her only romantic prospect - apart from a crush on her English teacher - is Gray Newman, a long-time friend who just adds to Emma's confusion. Escape comes in the old leather-bound copy of Jane Eyre that Emma receives as a gift. Then a lightning storm catapults Emma right into Jane's body and her 19th-century world. In this stunning, imaginative novel, Eve Marie Mont transports her modern-day heroine into the life of Jane Eyre to create a mesmerizing story of love, longing, and finding your place in the world. Genre: Love stories Ms. Mont currently teaches American Studies and Creative Writing at LMHS. Her debut novel, Free to a Good Home can also be found in our Library, along with the second book in her Unbound trilogy, A Touch of Scarlet. Also available as an e-book (Nooks 1-18). |
The Knife of Never Letting Go Patrick Ness  | Chaos Walking, Bk. 1 Booktrust Teenage Prize, the Guardian Award, and the James Tiptree, Jr. Award Genre: Science fiction, Dystopian fiction Also available as an e-book (Nooks 7-12). |
Deliirium Lauren Oliver  | Delirium trilogy, Bk. 1 Before scientists found the cure, people thought love was a good thing. They didn't understand that once love--the deliria--blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold. Things are different now. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena has always looked forward to the day when she'll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy. But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable: she falls in love. Amazon's Best Books of the Month, February 2011; Nominee for YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012. Fox 2000 is set to turn this novel into a feature film. Paula Mazur and Mitch Kaplan will produce. Genre: Science fiction, Dystopian fiction Other titles by this author at the LMHS Library are Before I Fall and Pandemonium. Also available as an e-book (Nooks 7-12). |
Pandemonium Lauren Oliver  | Delirium trilogy, Bk. 2 The explosive second book of the Delirium trilogy brings us a new Lena: strong, fierce, and defiant. Having evaded the required government procedure that eliminates amor deliria nervosa (aka love), Lena now lives in the Wilds among the Invalids — other migratory uncureds who plot to raise awareness of the evils of living without passion. But the chaos of a loveless world will lead her into the fight of her life. Genre: Science fiction, Dystopian fiction Other titles by this author at the LMHS Library are Before I Fall and Delirium. Also available as an e-book (Nooks 7-12). |
Inheritance or The Vault of Souls Christopher Paolini  | Inheritance Cycle, Bk. 4 The young Dragon Rider Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, having spent months in training and battle, face the evil king Galbatorix in order to restore justice to Alagaesia, but worry they are not strong enough to defeat him. Genre: Fantasy fiction Inheritance Cycle: Eragon (Bk. 1), Eldest (Bk. 2), Brisingr (Bk. 3), and Inheritance (Bk. 4). |
Angel: a Maximum Ride novel James Patterson  | Book Trailer Maximum Ride, Bk. 7 Heartbroken after her best friend and soul mate, Fang, leaves her flock, Maximum Ride begins to believe the evil scientists trying to convince her she needs to save the world, and that Dylan, the newest member of her flock, is her perfect mate. Genre: Science fiction, Adventure fiction The LMHS Library owns 56 titles by this author, including all seven Maximum Ride novels. Maximum Ride series: The Angel Experiment (Bk. 1), School's Out Forever (Bk. 2), Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports (Bk. 3), The Final Warning (Bk. 4), Max (Bk. 5), Fang (Bk. 6), Angel (Bk. 7), and Nevermore (Bk. 8). |
Anna and the French Kiss Stephanie Perkins  | When Anna's romance-novelist father sends her to an elite American boarding school in Paris for her senior year of high school, she reluctantly goes, and meets an amazing boy who becomes her best friend, in spite of the fact that they both want something more. Genre: Teen fiction Another title by this author at the LMHS Library is Lola and the Boy Next Door. Also available as an e-book (Nooks 1-6). |
Lola and the Boy Next Door Stephanie Perkins  | Companion novel to Anna and the French Kiss Budding costume designer Lola Nolan has big plans for the future but is pretty content with her life right now, until the Bell twins move back in next door and Lola must deal with a lifetime of feelings for Cricket and her longtime rivalry with his twin sister. Genre: Teen fiction Another title by this author at the LMHS Library is Anna and the French Kiss Also available as an e-book (Nooks 1-6). |
The Son of Neptune Rick Riordan  | Demigod Percy Jackson, still with no memory, and his new friends from Camp Jupiter, Hazel and Frank, go on a quest to free Death, but their bigger task is to unite the Greek and Roman camps so that the Prophecy of Seven can be fulfilled. Genre: Adventure fiction, Fantasy fiction The LMHS Library owns 12 titles by this author, including all books in the Heroes of Olympus series: The Lost Hero, Bk. 1; The Son of Neptune, Bk. 2; The Mark of Athena, Bk. 3; and The Demigod Diaries, Companion Bk. Also available as an e-book (Nooks 1-6). |
| The Serpent's Shadow Rick Riordan  | Book Trailer Kane Chronicles, Bk. 3 Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sade Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Their only hope: find an ancient spell that might turn the serpent's own shadow into a weapon. This is the conclusion to the Kane Chronicles trilogy. Genre: Adventure fiction, Egyptian mythology The LMHS Library owns 12 titles by this author, including all three books in the Kane Chronicles series. The Kane Chronicles trilogy includes The Red Pyramid, Bk. 1; The Throne of Fire, Bk. 2; and The Serpent's Shadow, Bk. 3. Also available as an e-book (Nooks 13-18). |
The Throne of Fire Rick Riordan  | Book Trailer Kane Chronicles, Bk. 2 Ever since the gods of ancient Egypt were unleashed in the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister Sadie have been in trouble. As descendants of the House of Life, the Kanes have some powers at their command, but the devious gods haven't given them much time to master their skills at Brooklyn House. Now their most threatening enemy yet, the chaos snake Apophis, is rising. If they don't prevent him from breaking free in a few days' time, the world will come to an end. Genre: Adventure fiction, Egyptian mythology The LMHS Library owns 12 titles by this author, including all three books in the Kane Chronicles series. The Kane Chronicles trilogy includes The Red Pyramid, Bk. 1; The Throne of Fire, Bk. 2; and The Serpent's Shadow, Bk. 3. |
Divergent Veronica Roth  | Book Trailer Divergent trilogy, Bk. 1 In a future Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue (honesty, selflessness, bravery, peacefulness, intelligence). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is - she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone including herself. Genre: Science fiction, Dystopian fiction This is the author's debut novel. Another title by this author in the LMHS Library is Insurgent (Bk. 2). Also available as an e-book (Nooks 1-12). |
| Insurgent Veronica Roth  | Divergent trilogy, Bk. 2 As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love. Genre: Science fiction, Dystopian fiction Another title by this author in the LMHS Library is Divergent (Bk. 1). Also available as an e-book (Nooks 1-12). |
| The Magician Michael Scott  | The Secrets of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel; Bk. 2 Fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman are back and this time their adventures take them to Genre: Fantasy fiction The LMHS Library owns 6 titles by this author. The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series includes: The Alchemyst (Bk. 1), Magician (Bk. 2), The Sorceress (Bk. 3), The Necromancer (Bk. 4), The Warlock (Bk. 5), and The Enchantress (Bk. 6). |
| The Sorceress Michael Scott  | The Secrets of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel; Bk. 3 Nicholas Flamel's heart almost broke as he watched his beloved Paris crumble before him. The city was destroyed by Dee and Machiavelli, but Flamel played his own role in the destruction. Sophie and Josh Newman show every sign of being the twins of prophecy, and Flamel has to protect them and the pages from the Dark Elders. But Nicholas grows weaker with each passing day. If he hopes to defeat Dee, Nicholas must find an Elder who can teach Josh and Sophie the third elemental magic—Water Magic. The problem? The only one who can do that is Gilgamesh, and he is quite, quite insane. Genre: Fantasy fiction The LMHS Library owns 6 titles by this author. The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series includes: The Alchemyst (Bk. 1), Magician (Bk. 2), The Sorceress (Bk. 3), The Necromancer (Bk. 4), The Warlock (Bk. 5), and The Enchantress (Bk. 6). |
| The Necromancer Michael Scott  | The Secrets of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel; Bk. 4 After fleeing to Ojai, then Paris, and escaping to London, Josh and Sophie Newman are finally home. And after everything they’ve seen and learned in the past week, they’re both more confused than ever about their future. Neither of them has mastered the magics they’ll need to protect themselves from the Dark Elders, they’ve lost Scatty, and they’re still being pursued by Dr. John Dee. Most disturbing of all, however, is that now they must ask themselves, can they trust Nicholas Flamel? Can they trust anyone? Genre: Fantasy fiction The LMHS Library owns 6 titles by this author. The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series includes: The Alchemyst (Bk. 1), Magician (Bk. 2), The Sorceress (Bk. 3), The Necromancer (Bk. 4), The Warlock (Bk. 5), and The Enchantress (Bk. 6). |
| The Warlock Michael Scott  | The Secrets of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel; Bk. 5 Fifteen-year-old Josh has chosen to side neither with his twin sister Sophie nor with the Alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel, but rather to fight alongside Dr. John Dee and the mysterious Virginia Dare, while the immortal Machiavelli and Billy the Kid follow the Elders' plans to set loose the monsters of Alcatraz on San Francisco and trigger the end of the humani race. Genre: Fantasy fiction The LMHS Library owns 6 titles by this author. The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series includes: The Alchemyst (Bk. 1), Magician (Bk. 2), The Sorceress (Bk. 3), The Necromancer (Bk. 4), The Warlock (Bk. 5), and The Enchantress (Bk. 6). |
| The Enchantress Michael Scott  | The Secrets of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel; Bk. 6 With only a day left to live and one job left to finish, Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel must defend San Francisco from monsters on Alcatraz Island; meanwhile, Sophie and Josh Newman travel into the past after Dr. John Dee and Virginia Dare. The future of the human race lies in the balance--how will the legend end? Genre: Fantasy fiction The LMHS Library owns 6 titles by this author. The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series includes: The Alchemyst (Bk. 1), Magician (Bk. 2), The Sorceress (Bk. 3), The Necromancer (Bk. 4), The Warlock (Bk. 5), and The Enchantress (Bk. 6). |
| Unwind Neal Shusterman  | Unwind; Bk. 1 In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs-- and, perhaps, save their own lives. Genre: Science fiction, Dystopian fiction The LMHS Library owns both books in the Unwind series. Also available as e-book (Nooks 1-6). |
| The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight 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. Genre: Teen fiction, Love stories |
| Curveball: the Year I Lost My Grip 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's becoming senile, gives Pete all of his professional camera gear. Genre: Teen fiction Another title by this author in the LMHS Library is: Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie. Also available as an e-book (Nooks 13-18). |
| The Scorpio Races Maggie Stiefvater  | It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others die. At age 19, Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He is a young man of few words, and if he has any fears, he keeps them buried deep, where no one else can see them. Puck Connolly is different. She never meant to ride in the Scorpio Races. But fate hasn’t given her much of a chance. So she enters the competition – the first girl ever to do so. She is in no way prepared for what is going to happen. Amazon’s Best Books for Teens 2011; Horn Book Best Books of 2011 ; Kirkus’ Best Teen Books of the Year (2011) ; School Library Journal‘s Best Books of the Year ; The New York Times Notable Childrens’ Books of 2011. Warner Bros has picked up the movie rights to The Scorpio Races for David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith’s KatzSmith Productions to produce. Genre: Fantasy fiction, Love stories Another title by this author at the LMHS Library is The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle, Bk. 1). Also available as e-book (Nooks 1-6). |
