The Poison Diaries, Maryrose Wood
In late eighteenth-century Northumberland, England, sixteen-year-old Jessamine Luxton and the mysterious Weed uncover the horrible secrets of poisons growing in Thomas Luxton’s apothecary garden.

 

The Joshua Files: Ice Shock, M.G. Harris
Back home in Oxford, Josh tries to resume his normal life and make sense of his Mayan adventures, but soon it becomes clear that he cannot escape destiny as he becomes more certain than ever that his father’s death was no accident and his closest allies may not be trustworthy.

Falling Under, Gwen Hayes
Sheltered, small-town California girl Theia Alderson feels incredibly drawn to a devastatingly handsome new boy at school, Haden, who she has seen before, not in class or the hall, but in her dreams.

Sixteenth Summer, Michelle Dalton
Sixteen-year-old Anna falls for Will, a New Yorker visiting her resort island for the summer, but she isn’t sure if one summer of love will be worth her heart breaking when he leaves at the end of August.

 

You Wish, Mandy Hubbard
Kayla McHenry’s life is transformed when a wish on her sixteenth birthday comes true–along with all of her previous birthday wishes, beginning with the appearance of a pink pony.

 

Freefall, Mindi Scott
A bass guitar player in a teen rock band deals with alcoholism, his best friend’s death, and first love.

 

 

Daughters of the Sea: Hannah, Kathryn Lasky
In 1899, a fifteen-year-old orphan named Hannah obtains employment as a servant in the home of one of Boston’s wealthiest families, where she meets a noted portrait painter who seems to know things about her that even she is not aware of, and when she accompanies the family to their summer home in Maine, she feels an undeniable pull to the sea.

Radiance, Alyson Noel
After crossing the bridge into the afterlife, a place called Here where the time is always Now, Riley’s existence continues in much the same way as when she was alive until she is given the job of Soul Catcher and, together with her teacher Bodhi, returns to earth for her first assignment, a ghost called the Radiant Boy who has been haunting an English castle for centuries and resisted all previous attempts to get him across the bridge.

Princess of Glass, Jessica Day George
In the midst of maneuverings to create political alliances through marriage, sixteen-year-old Poppy, one of the infamous twelve dancing princesses, becomes the target of a vengeful witch while Prince Christian tries to save her.

 

The Secret Year, Jennifer R. Hubbard
Reading the journal of the high-society girl he was secretly involved with for a year helps high school senior Colt cope with her death and come closer to understanding why she needed him while continuing to be the girlfriend of a wealthy classmate.


Published on August 8, 2011.


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