Monday, October 21, 2013

New YA Titles


Earth Girl - Janet Edwards
Abandoned on Earth because of her inability to survive on other planets, Jarra crafts a fake background for herself to join a class of norms who are excavating the dangerous ruins of the old cities.

Pinned - Sharon G. Flake
Adonis is smart, intellectually gifted and born without legs; Autumn is strong, a great wrestler, and barely able to read in ninth grade--but Autumn is attracted to Adonis and determined to make him a part of her life whatever he or her best friend thinks.

A Bag of Marbles - based on the memoir of Jospeh Joffo, adapted by Kris
In 1941, ten-year-old Joseph Joffo and his older brother, Maurice, must hide their Jewish heritage and undertake a long and dangerous journey from Nazi-occupied Paris to reach their other brothers in the free zone.

War Brothers: The Graphic Novel - Sharon E. McKay and Daniel Lafrance
Jacob is a 14-year-old Ugandan who is sent away to a boys' school. Once there, he 
assures his friend Tony that they need not be afraid -- they will be safe. But not long after, in the shadow of the night, the boys are abducted. Marched into the jungle, they are brought to an encampment of the feared rebel soldiers. They are told they must kill or be killed, and their world turns into a terrifying struggle to endure and survive.

Colin Fischer - Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz
"A boy with autism teams up with the high school bully to get to the bottom of a cafeteria crime."--Provided by publisher

The Dream Thieves - Maggie Stiefvater
Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater are awake, magic is swirling around Blue and The Raven boys and Ronan Lynch's ability to pull objects from his dreams is almost out of control but worst of all, the mysterious Gray Man is stalking the Lynch family, looking for something called the Greywaren.

No comments: