, Avery Williams
Seraphina Ames has lived six hundred years due to a method of alchemy, discovered by her boyfriend Cyrus, that allows them to swap bodies with other humans, taking their lives in the process. After vowing to stop killing, Sera accidentally takes over the body of a sixteen-year-old girl who was in a car crash. Sera loves her new life and falls for a guy, but Cyrus threatens everything.
The Ascension: A Super Human Clash, Michael Carroll
Teenagers with super powers must try to stop a villain who has traveled from the past in order to irreversibly alter reality.
Beautiful Chaos, Kami Garcia
Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms ravage Gatlin as Ethan and Lena struggle to understand and control the impact of Lena’s claiming, which is even causing her family members’ abilities to dangerously misfire.
Cleopatra Confesses, Carolyn Meyer
Princess Cleopatra, the third (and favorite) daughter of King Ptolemy XII, comes of age in ancient Egypt, accumulating power and discovering love.
The Day Before, Lisa Schroeder
Sixteen-year-old Amber, hoping to spend one perfect day alone at the beach before her world is turned upside down, meets and feels a strong connection to Cade, who is looking for his own escape, for a very different reason.
Don’t sit on the baby : the ultimate guide to sane, skilled, and safe babysitting, Halley Bondy
Provides advice, tips, and strategies for teenagers who want to find, keep, and excel at part-time babysitting jobs.
Friends With Boys, Faith Erin Hicks
After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and three older brothers, Maggie enrolls in public high school, where interacting with her peers is complicated by the melancholy ghost that has followed her throughout her entire life.
Imaginary Girls, Nova Ren Suma
Chloe is sent away after a night with her hugely popular sister Ruby and her friends ends with a classmate’s body floating in the reservoir, and she returns two years later to find deadly surprises await.
Insignia, S.J Kincaid
Tom, a fourteen-year-old genius at virtual reality games, is recruited by the United States Military to begin training at the Pentagon Spire as a Combatant in World War III, controlling the mechanized drones that do the actual fighting off-planet.
The Lost Crown, Sarah Miller
In alternating chapters, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia tell how their privileged lives as the daughters of the tsar in early twentieth-century Russia are transformed by world war and revolution.
Making Waves: A Pretty Tough Novel, Nicole Leigh Shepherd
Abby Berkeley gets a last-minute gig as a lifeguard at the Beachwood Country Club where her friends have always spent their summers. And Brody Wilson, the gorgeous senior who broke Abby’s heart is also a lifeguard at the club. And the summer isn’t just about bouys and lifeguarding. The club forces Abby to work a seond job as the snack bar where club members treat her with bad attitude. What does the summer hold for Abby?
A Midsummer Tights Dream, Louise Rennison
Now that Tallulah Casey has been officially admitted to the Dother Hall performing arts program, she knows she must stay focused and ignore the boys at Woolfe Academy if she wants to win this year’s grand prize for best student performance.
Never Enough, Denise Jaden
Sixteen-year-old Loann admires and envies her older sister Claire’s strength, popularity, and beauty, but as Loann begins to open up to new possibilities in herself, she discovers that Claire’s all-consuming quest for perfection comes at a dangerous price.
Rebel 
Mckenzie, Candice F. Ransom
When feisty twelve-year-old Rebel McKenzie, an aspiring paleontologist, goes to spend the summer taking care of her older sister’s seven-year-old son at the mobile home park in Frog Level, Virginia, she never expects to enter a beauty pageant or meet a hand model.
The Underdogs, Mike Lupica
Small but fast twelve-year-old Will Tyler, an avid football player in the down-and-out town of Forbes, Pennsylvania, takes matters into his own hands to try and finance the city’s football team, giving the whole community hope in the process.
Zom
bies Hate Stuff, Greg Stones
Zombies Hate Stuff offers an unexpected and irresistible perspective on the zombie apocalypse and the pop culture phenomenon that will not die.
Published on July 20, 2012.
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