New YA Books

Wildwood Dancing - Juliet Marillier
Five sisters who live with their merchant father in Transylvania use a hidden portal in their home to cross over into a magical world, the Wildwood.

Un Lun Dun - China Mieville
What is Un Lun Dun? It is London through the looking glass. Twelve-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret entrance leading out of London and into Un Lun Dun where it appears an ancient prophecy is coming true. But things begin to go shockingly wrong.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Brian Selznick
When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.

Under the Wolf, Under the Dog - Adam Rapp
Sixteen-year-old Steve struggles to make sense of his mother's terminal breast cancer and his brother's suicide.

Red Moon at Sharpsburg - Rosemary Wells
As the Civil War breaks out, India, a young Southern girl, summons her sharp intelligence and the courage she didn't know she had to survive the war that threatens to destroy her family, her Virginia home, and the only life she has ever known.

How It Happened in Peach Hill - Marthe Jocelyn
When fifteen-year-old Annie Grey and her "clairvoyant" mother arrive in Peach Hill, New York, in 1924, each finds a reason for wanting to finally settle down, but to reach their goals they will have to do some serious lying and Annie will have to stand up for herself.

The Neddiad - Daniel Pinkwater
When shoelace heir Neddie Wentworthstein and his family take the train from Chicago to Los Angeles in the 1940s, he winds up in possession of a valuable Indian turtle artifact whose owner is supposed to be able to prevent the impending destruction of the world, but he is not sure exactly how.