Sleepless, Cyn Balog
Eron, a supernatural being known as a Sandman whose purpose is to seduce humans to sleep, falls in love with a sad teenaged girl who is mourning her boyfriend’s death.

 

The Pirate Captain’s Daughter, Eve Bunting
Upon her mother’s death, fifteen-year-old Catherine puts her courage and strength to the test by disguising herself as a boy to join her father, a pirate captain, on a ship whose crew includes men who are trying to steal a treasure from him.

Jump, Elisa Carbone
Two teenaged runaways meet at a climbing gym and together embark on a dangerous and revealing journey.

 

 

Super Human, Michael Carroll
A ragtag group of young superheroes takes on a powerful warrior who is transported from 4,000 years in the past to enslave the modern world.

 

Thirst: the Eternal Dawn (No. 3), Christopher Pike
Alisa’s guilt grows when she becomes involved in a dangerous conspiracy. A top-secret group knows Alisa’s secret and will stop at nothing to use her powers for their cause. As Alisa desperately tries to protect herself and Teri from the unknown enemy, she discovers a force more powerful and lethal than anything she has ever seen.

Truancy Origins, Isamu Fukui
This book relates how Truancy, an underground movement determined to bring down the Mayor’s goal of control through education, began with the birth of twin boys who grew up to take divergent paths after being adopted by the Mayor.

Perchance to Dream, Lisa Mantchev
Beatrice Shakespeare Smith, raised in the enchanted Theatre Illuminata, discovers she can make things happen by writing them, but when she leaves the confines of the theater she finds reality more difficult to handle, especially when she is torn between Nate, a suave and swashbuckling pirate, and Ariel, a seductive air spirit.

Paranormalcy, Kiersten White
When a dark prophecy begins to come true, sixteen-year-old Evie of the International Paranormal Containment Agency must not only try to stop it, she must also uncover its connection to herself and the alluring shapeshifter, Lend.

 

Beat the Band, Don Calame
Paired with the infamous “Hot Dog” Helen for a health class presentation on safe sex, tenth-grader Coop tries to regain his “cool” by entering his musically challenged rock group in the “Battle of the Bands” competition.

The Half-Life of Planets, Emily Franklin & Brendan Halpin
An unlikely romance develops between a science-minded girl who is determined to reclaim her reputation and a boy with Asperger’s Syndrome.

 


Published on August 19, 2011.


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