Here are a few of the new teen titles we’ll be receiving this month:
The 5th Wave, Rick Yancey
Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.
Absent, Katie Williams
Paige Wheeler died in a fall off the high school roof and now her spirit seems bound to the school grounds, along with Brooke and Evan, two other teen ghosts who died there–but maybe if she can solve the mystery of her apparent suicide they will all be able to move on.
Anthem for Jackson Dawes, Celia Bryce
When Megan, age 13, arrives for her first cancer treatment, she is frustrated to be in the pediatric unit where the only other teen is Jackson Dawes, who is as cute and charming as he is rebellious and annoying, and who helps when her friends are frightened away by her illness.
The Book of Broken Hearts, Sarah Ockler
Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the most important thing is this: The Vargas brothers are notorious heartbreakers, but as Jude begins to fall for Emilio Vargas, she begins to wonder if her sisters were wrong.
Coda, Emma Trevayne
Anthem, playing with an illegal underground rock band, is sought after by the Corporation, who plan to turn his songs into addictive, mind-altering music tracks, and soon Anthem learns defying them comes at a deadly price.
Crushed (A Pretty Little Liars Novel), Sara Shepard
Tired of being blackmailed by a stalker who is tormenting them with threats of revealing their darkest secrets and biggest mistakes, high school seniors Aria, Emily, Hanna, and Spencer team up to fight back.
The End Games, Michael T. Martin
Forced to participate in a brutal game of survival under the direction of the mysterious Game Master, 17-year-old Michael arms himself with a rifle to protect his 5-year-old brother, search for fellow survivors and fight endless hordes of flesh-eating zombies.
The Eternity Cure, Julie Kagawa
When Allie follows the call of blood to save her creator, Kanin, from a psychotic vampire, she returns to her birthplace in New Covington and what she finds there may change the world forever.
Gorgeous, Paul Rudnick
When Becky Randle’s mother dies, she is whisked to New York City, where fashion designer Tom Kelly offers to transform her into a girl fit for a prince–but soon she begins to fear that she will lose touch with her real self.
The Moon and More, Sarah Dessen
During her last summer at home before leaving for college, Emaline begins a whirlwind romance with Theo, an assistant documentary filmmaker who is in town to make a movie.
The Reluctant Assassin, Eoin Colfer
In Victorian London, Albert Garrick, an assassin-for-hire, and his apprentice, Riley, are transported to modern London, where Riley teams up with the FBI to stop Garrick from returning to his own time and changing the world forever.
The Rithmatist, Brandon Sanderson
As Wild Chalklings threaten the American Isles and Rithmatists are humanity’s only defense, Joel can only watch as Rithmatist students learn the magical art that he would do anything to practice.
The Sacrifice (An Enemy Novel), Charlie Higson
Accepted into Jordan Hordern’s crew at the Tower of London, Sam and the Kid resume their efforts to track down Sam’s sister while Shadowman struggles to raise awareness about Saint George’s army and a stricken Wormwood provides raving answers about the Disease.
The Testing, Joelle Charbonneau
Sixteen-year-old Malencia (Cia) Vale is chosen to participate in The Testing to attend the University; however, Cia is fearful when she figures out her friends who do not pass The Testing are disappearing.
Winger, Andrew Smith
Two years younger than his classmates at a prestigious boarding school, fourteen-year-old Ryan Dean West grapples with living in the dorm for troublemakers, falling for his female best friend who thinks of him as just a kid, and playing wing on the Varsity rugby team with some of his frightening new dorm-mates.
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, Meg Medina
Informed that a bully she does not know is determined to beat her up Latin American teen Piddy Sanchez struggles to learn more about the father she has never met, until the bully’s gang forces her to confront more difficult challenges.
Published on May 30, 2013.
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