Thursday, March 3, 2011

New YA Books

Tumbleweed Skies - Valerie Sherrard
Ellie's grandmother doesn't want her around the farm, but times are tough, and her salesman father can't take her on the road. Ellie's challenge is to break through her grandmother's isolation and find kinship among strangers.


The Glory Wind - Valerie Sherrard
Luke meets Gracie, and despite her being a girl, they become close friends. When the citizens of the small, rural, 1940s town that Luke lives in learn that Gracie and her mother have a shady past, Luke must decide whether he will stand up for his new friend or save his own reputation.


The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Hidden Gallery - Maryrose Wood
Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a governess trained at the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, takes the three Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place to London, England, and learns they are under a curse.


Inside Out & Back Again - Thanhna Lai
Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.


How Lamar's Bad Prank Won a Bubba-sized Trophy - Crystal Allen
When thirteen-year-old, bowling-obsessed Lamar Washington finds out that his idol is coming to town, he finds himself involved in some unsavory activities as he tries to change his image to impress people.


Delirium - Lauren Oliver
Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, she falls in love.

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