Stand-Alone Titles

EDENVILLE OWLS
Robert B. Parker
Philomel Books
ISBN-10: 0399246568
ISBN-13: 9780399246562
Ages 12-up
224 pages

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Fourteen-year-old Bobby senses something evil in the air. Who is that man he saw arguing with his new English teacher? And what was the real reason she missed school for days afterward? World War II has just ended and the world --- especially Bobby's --- is changing. Why does being friends with Joanie feel awkward all of a sudden? Meanwhile, the junior varsity Edenville Owls, a group of basketball players, is in need of a leader. Can they help each other off the court as well as they can on it? They will need to. Because something evil is in the air.

ENTER THREE WITCHES
Caroline B. Cooney
Scholastic Press
ISBN-10: 0439711568
ISBN-13: 9780439711562
Ages 12-up
288 pages

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Lady Mary is a ward of Lord and Lady Macbeth whose life is forever changed when her father betrays the Scottish king --- and is hanged as a traitor. In an instant, Mary has lost both her father and future. Now she's trapped in a castle with a power-hungry couple who will do anything to get what they want --- and are willing to crush anyone in their way. As the murderous events of Shakespeare's play unfold around her, Mary must struggle to survive --- and do what she can to prevent more deaths.

GIRL OF THE MOMENT
Lizabeth Zindel
Viking Children's Books
ISBN-10: 0670062103
ISBN-13: 9780670062102
Ages 12-up
288 pages

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When Lily's internship at the Museum of Modern Art falls through, she thinks her summer is ruined. Thanks to her dad, though, she is given the once-in-a-lifetime chance to intern for Sabrina Snow --- a 16-year-old Hollywood starlet who is the girl of the moment. From the pages of Party Weekly magazine, Sabrina's life looks like a nonstop merry-go-round of glamorous parties, red-carpet events and designer clothes. But Lily soon learns that being Sabrina and being Sabrina's intern are two very different things.

GOING NOWHERE FASTER
Sean Beaudoin
Little, Brown for Young Readers
ISBN-10: 031601415X
ISBN-13: 9780316014151
Ages 12-up
240 pages

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Everyone in town thought Stan was going to be something and go somewhere. But this boy genius can't even get out of Happy Video, and they're starting to realize that he's going nowhere, faster. When things look like they're only getting worse, Stan is forced to decide what he wants to do with his life. Suddenly, he may be getting somewhere after all.

MY MOTHER THE CHEERLEADER
Robert Sharenow
HarperTeen
ISBN-10: 0061148962
ISBN-13: 9780061148965
Ages 12-up
304 pages

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New Orleans, 1960. Thirteen-year-old Louise's mother spends her mornings at the local elementary school with a group of women known as the Cheerleaders, who harass the school's first black student, six-year-old Ruby Bridges, as she enters the building. One day, a charming gentleman with a mysterious past arrives at the boarding-house run by Louise's mother. When the reason for his visit is called into question, everything Louise thinks she knows about her mother, her world and herself will change.

NOTES FROM THE TEENAGE UNDERGROUND
Simmone Howell
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books
ISBN-10: 1582348359
ISBN-13: 9781582348353
Ages 14-up
250 pages

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When a school trip inspires 17-year-old Gem to make an underground film, her best friends are quick to join the project, taking on the roles of producer and star. The film is intended to cement the girls' friendship as well as their superiority over their high school peers. But when the fragile balance of their friendship begins to falter, and intentions lead to betrayals, it will take fabulous movies, bad haiku and a pantheon of great voices --- from Dostoyevsky to Emerson to The Beatles --- to help Gem find the meaning of love, friendship and being true to herself.

PROM NIGHTS FROM HELL
Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephenie Meyer and Lauren Myracle
HarperTeen
ISBN-10: 006125309X
ISBN-13: 9780061253096
Ages 12-up
320 pages

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In this exciting collection, bestselling authors Meg Cabot (HOW TO BE POPULAR), Kim Harrison (A FISTFUL OF CHARMS), Michele Jaffe (BAD KITTY), Stephenie Meyer (TWILIGHT) and Lauren Myracle (ttyl) take bad prom nights to a whole new level --- a paranormally bad level. Wardrobe malfunctions and two left feet don't hold a candle to discovering your date is the Grim Reaper --- and he isn't here to tell you how hot you look.

A SWIFT PURE CRY
Siobhan Dowd
David Fickling Books/Random House
ISBN-10: 0385751087
ISBN-13: 9780385751087
Ages 12-up
320 pages

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After Shell's mother dies, her obsessively religious father drowns his sorrow in alcohol, and Shell is left to care for her younger brother and sister. Her only release from the harshness of everyday life comes from her budding spiritual friendship with a naive young priest, and most importantly, her developing relationship with childhood friend Declan. But when Declan suddenly leaves Ireland to seek his fortune in America, Shell finds herself pregnant and at the center of a scandal that rocks the small community in which she lives, with repercussions across the entire country.

WAVES
Sharon Dogar
The Chicken House/Scholastic
ISBN-10: 0439871808
ISBN-13: 9780439871808
Ages 12-up
344 pages

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When Hal's family makes the heart-wrenching decision to leave their comatose daughter behind in a hospital ward while they spend the summer on the west coast of England, Hal finds it harder than ever to shake his sister's presence. What power is letting him share her memories? And will they reveal the deep, dark truth behind her tragic "accident"?

Series Books

The A-List

HEART OF GLASS: A-List #8
Zoey Dean
Megan Tingley/Little, Brown for Young Readers
ISBN-10: 0316010960
ISBN-13: 9780316010962
Ages 15-up
320 pages

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High school is officially over and that means one thing for the A-List: time to party! But the celebration is cut short for Anna and Cammie when they're caught trespassing on a celebrity's beach estate. Luckily for them, their hotshot lawyer pulls off the impossible --- instead of jail time, the unlikely pair will help plan a charity fashion show to fulfill their community service hours. But while it may seem like a dream job, Anna and Cammie are in for a challenge. Can the girls handle the pressures of the vicious fashion world?

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

THE DEATHLESS
Keith R. A. DeCandido
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
ISBN-10: 1416936300
ISBN-13: 9781416936305
Ages 12-up
224 pages

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A little investigating leads Buffy Summers and the gang to the necromancer responsible for the death of a sorcerer --- an immortal Russian sorceress named Yulia Dryanushkina, who can control vampires. When they pay Yulia a visit, she assures them that with Willow's assistance, she would be able to kill the sorcerer again should he be revived. Neither Buffy nor Willow are particularly comfortable with aligning themselves with the necromancer, but they have no other choice when, 24 hours later, the vampires start behaving strangely…and half the senior class goes missing.

Charmed

HIGH SPIRITS
Scott Ciencin
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
ISBN-10: 1416936688
ISBN-13: 9781416936688
Ages 12-up
240 pages

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The Charmed Ones travel to Hollywood to attend a big bash hosted by Kevin Peterson, Paige's old boyfriend. Kevin is holding the party at his recently purchased mansion, which is rumored to be haunted. Ghostly goings-on begin almost immediately, and everyone believes that Kevin is the one behind the "haunting." In reality, the ghost is Robert Maxwell, a star of stage and screen who vanished under mysterious circumstances in 1926 --- right after receiving a singing telegram. He's a friendly spirit, but when people start disappearing and the house seals shut, the Charmed Ones realize that something evil must also be lurking.

The Mortal Instruments

CITY OF BONES: The Mortal Instruments, Book One
Cassandra Clare
Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10: 1416914285
ISBN-13: 9781416914280
Ages 14-up
496 pages

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Fifteen-year-old Clary Fray witnesses a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and in possession of bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. Within 24 hours Clary is pulled into the world of Jace, a Shadowhunter, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary folks like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know the answers to these questions.

The Truesight Trilogy

THE SEER: Book Two of The Truesight Trilogy
David Stahler Jr.
Eos/HarperCollins
ISBN-10: 0060522887
ISBN-13: 9780060522889
Ages 12-up
256 pages

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Young Jacob Manford was raised in a colony of citizens dedicated to blindness as a way of life. Stricken with sight at the age of 13, he escapes to the futuristic city of Melville, only to discover he has traded one hostile community for another. Jacob's sight introduces him to a thrilling new world --- vast landscapes, glittering skyscrapers and flying machines --- but he's unsure if he's finally found a place to belong. Will Jacob ever find what he's looking for?