Awaken, Katie Kacvinsky
In the year 2060, when people hardly ever leave the security of their houses and instead do everything online, Madeline Freeman, the seventeen-year-old daughter of the man who created the national digital school attended by all citizens, is wooed by a group of radicals who are trying to get people to “unplug.”

Belles, Jen Calonita
Fifteen-year-old Isabelle loves her impoverished North Carolina beach community, but when her grandmother must enter a nursing home, Izzie is placed with distant relatives she never knew–a state senator and his preppy wife and children.

Daniel X: Demons & Druids, James Patterson
As Daniel X continues to hunt for intergalactic aliens, he and his friends go to England searching for Beta, an outlaw who takes the form of fire and who killed Daniel’s parents when he was two years old.

The Dead Girl’s Detective Agency, Suzy Cox
When Charlotte is pushed in front of the F train, she wakes up as the newest member of the Dead Girls Detective Agency and learns that she must solve her own murder before she can pass to the Other Side.

The Dragon’s Tooth, Nathan Wilson
When their parents’ seedy old motel burns down on the same night they are visited by a strange man covered in skeleton tattoos, Cyrus, Antigone, and their brother Daniel are introduced to an ancient secret society, and discover that they have an important role in keeping it alive.

Dust & Decay, Jonathan Maberry
In post-apocalyptic America, fifteen-year-old Benny Imura and his friends set out into the great Rot & Ruin hoping to find a better future but are soon pitted against zombies, wild animals, insane murderers, and the horrors of Gameland.

Embrace, Jessica Shirvington
Seventeen-year-old Violet Eden’s world is turned upside down when she falls for the sexy and aloof Lincoln and discovers he is part angel and part human. As Violet gets caught up in an ancient battle between dark and light, she must choose her path because the wrong decision could cost not only her life but her eternity.

My Beating Teenage Heart, C.K. Kelly Martin
Two unexpected and heartbreaking deaths cause the lives of two very different teenagers to become intertwined as one struggles to deal with his grief and stay in this world, and the other finds herself inexplicably caught between this world and the next.

The Red Blazer Girls, Michael D. Beil
Catholic-schooled seventh-graders Sophie, Margaret, Rebecca, and Leigh Ann help an elderly neighbor solve a puzzle her father left for her estranged daughter twenty years ago.

Sass & Serendipity, Jennifer Ziegler
Unlike her romantic sister, Gabby is down-to-earth and does not put her trust in relationships, but when the richest boy in school befriends her, she discovers that emotional barriers might actually be getting in the way of her happiness.
Sweet Venom, Tera Lynn Childs
As monsters walk the streets of San Francisco, unseen by humans, three teenage descendants of Medusa, the once-beautiful gorgon maligned in Greek mythology, must reunite and embrace their fates.

The 13th Reality: The Journal of Curious Letters, James Dashner
Thirteen-year-old Atticus “Tick” Higginbottom begins receiving mysterious letters from around the world signed only “M.G.,” and the clues contained therein lead him on a journey to the perilous 13th Reality and a confrontation with evil Mistress Jane.
TimeRiders, Alex Scarrow
Rescued from imminent death, teens Maddy, Liam, and Sal join forces in 2001 Manhattan to correct changes in history made by other time travelers, using a “time bubble” surrounding the attack on the Twin Towers to hide their journeys.

The Vampire Diaries, Stefan’s Diaries: The Asylum, L.J. Smith
When a vampire from Katherine’s past sets out to destroy the Salvatore brothers, Stefan and Damon must join forces to defeat their foe.

The Vampire Diaries, Stefan’s Diaries: The Compelled, L.J. Smith
Faced with a vampire intent on avenging Katherine’s death by destroying the Salvatore brothers, Stefan and Damon find help in a coven of witches.

The Vampire Diaries, Stefan’s Diaries: The Ripper, L.J. Smith
Stefan is drawn into the investigation of Jack the Ripper when he suspects the killer to be a vampire.

 


Published on September 28, 2012.


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