, L. A. Weatherly
In the wake of the Second Wave, the angel menace escalates driving Alex and Willow to Mexico City where they connect with a fledgling group of angel killers who, although they accept Alex as their leader, remain skeptical of Willow, who is keeping a big secret.
The Best Night of Your (Pathetic) Life, Tara Altebrando
Mary, Patrick, Winter, and Dez are determined to win the unofficial Senior Week Scavenger Hunt, but throughout the afternoon and evening Mary encounters the demons she and her friends have faced as high school “also-rans,” and ponders what her college and future will bring.
Deadweather and Sunrise (The Chronicles of Egg, Book 1), Geoff Rodkey
Thirteen-year-old Eggbert, a planter’s son on a pirate-infested Caribbean island chain, is on the run from a wealthy and powerful villain trying to kill him for his connection to a hidden treasure.
52 Reasons to Hate My Father, Jessica Brody
On her 18th birthday, spoiled party girl Lexington Larrabee learns that her days of making tabloid headlines may be at an end when her ever-absent father decides she must learn some values by working a different, low-wage job every week for a year or forfeit her multimillion-dollar trust fund.
The Girl in the Clockwork Collar (The Steampunk Chronicles), Kady Cross
Sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne and her “straynge band of mysfits” have journeyed from London to America to rescue their friend Jasper, hauled off by bounty hunters. But Jasper is in the clutches of a devious former friend demanding a trade ; the dangerous device Jasper stole from him for the life of the girl Jasper loves. One false move from Jasper and the strange clockwork collar around Mei’s neck tightens. And tightens.
The Hunt, Andrew Fukuda
Seventeen-year-old Gene has passed as a vampire for years, carefully following every rule, but now, just as he finds a girl worth fighting for, he is chosen to participate in the hunt for the last remaining humans among ruthless vampires who soon suspect his true nature.
I Am (Not) The Walrus, Ed Briant
As the singer and bass player for a Beatles cover band, Toby embarks on a quest to increase his cool factor, a plan that derails when he finds a mysterious note inside his old bass guitar.
The Island of Thieves, Josh Lacey
Tom goes with his Uncle Harvey to Peru, where they narrowly escape imprisonment and death as they hunt for buried treasure after tracking down a journal written by John Drake, a young relative of Sir Francis Drake, on a voyage to Lima in 1577.
Railsea, China Mieville
On board the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt, the giant mole bursting from the earth, the harpoonists targeting their prey, the battle resulting in one’s death and the other’s glory. But no matter how spectacular it is, Sham cannot shake the sense that there is more to life than traveling the endless rails of the railsea–even if his captain can think only of the hunt for the ivory-colored mole she has been chasing since it took her arm all those years ago.
Seraphina, Rachel Hartman
In a world where dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce and dragons can assume human form, Seraphina, whose mother died giving birth to her, grapples with her own identity amid magical secrets and royal scandals, while she struggles to accept and develop her extraordinary musical talents.
Small Damages, Beth Kephart
Eighteen-year-old Kenzie of Philadelphia, pregnant by Yale-bound Kevin, is bitter when her mother sends her to Spain to deliver and give her baby away, but discovers a makeshift family with the rancher who takes her in, his cook, and the young man they have raised together.
Second Chance Summer, Morgan Matson
After Taylor Edwards’ family gets devastating news, they decide to spend one last summer all together at their lake house in the Pocono Mountains, they get to know each other again and bond, and Taylor remembers her past friends and crush.
Spark (Sky Chasers, Book 2), Amy Kathleen Ryan
Waverly and Kieran are finally reunited on the Empyrean, but when Seth is mysteriously released from the brig the night of a strange explosion that sends the ship off-course, tensions between Kieran and Seth reach a boiling point, as Waverly ponders following her heart, even if it puts lives at risk.
The Vindico, Wesley King
When supervillains of the Vindico realize they are getting too old to fight the League of Heroes, they kidnap and begin training five teens, but James, Lana, Hayden, Emily, and Sam will not become the next generation of evil without a fight.
Where Things Come Back, John Corey Whaley
Seventeen-year-old Cullen’s summer in Lily, Arkansas, is marked by his cousin’s death by overdose, an alleged spotting of a woodpecker thought to be extinct, failed romances, and his younger brother’s sudden disappearance.
A World Away, Nancy Grossman
Sixteen-year-old Eliza, an Amish girl, goes to work for an “English” family as a nanny to two young children, and must then choose between two entirely different ways of life.
Published on July 27, 2012.
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