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Can You Say Catastrophe?

Laurie B. Friedman · Darby Creek
Format: Hardcover

April Sinclair just wants what any normal thirteen-year-old would want to disown her parents and obnoxious little sisters to escape to summer camp ASAP with her two best friends, Billy and Brynn and to make a good impression on Matt Parker, the hot new boy next door.Unfortunately, Matt...
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Ship Out of Luck

Neal Shusterman · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 293
Format: Hardcover

The uproarius companion to "The Schwa was Here" and "Antsy Does Time"In honor of Old Man Crawley's eightieth birthday, the Bonano family has been invited to celebrate with a weeklong cruise to the Caribbean aboard the world's largest, grandest ship. But whether...
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Uglies (Uglies Trilogy, Book 1)

Scott Westerfeld · Simon Pulse
Pages: 425
Format: Paperback

The Uglies series has more than 3 million books in print, has been translated into twenty-seven languages, and spent more than fifty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Now all four books feature fresh new covers and will reach an even wider audience. Tally's adventures begin in Uglies,...
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My Totally Awkward Supernatural Crush

Laura Toffler-Corrie · Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

In My Totally Awkward Supernatural Crush by Laura Toffler-Corrie, Jenna Bloom is just an average middle school student until her family takes her to her least favorite restaurant for her birthday, where she meets Cowpoke Luke, her waiter and one true love....
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The Titan's Curse

Rick Riordan · Hyperion Paperbacks for Children
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback

When the goddess Artemis goes missing, she is believed to have been kidnapped. And now it's up to Percy and his friends to find out what happened. Who is powerful enough to kidnap a goddess? They must find Artemis before the winter solstice, when her influence on the Olympian Council...
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Rain

Amanda Sun · Harlequin Teen
Format: Book

When she first moved to Japan, American Katie Green had no idea she would get caught in a battle between the Japanese mafia and the supernatural forces that have governed Japan for most of its history. Despite the danger, Katie is determined to stay put. She's started to build a life...
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Once Upon a Dream: A Twisted Tale

Liz Braswell · Disney Press
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

What if the sleeping beauty never woke up? Once Upon a Dream marks the second book in a new YA line that reimagines classic Disney stories in surprising new ways.
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A Shadow Bright and Burning

Jessica Cluess · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 407
Format: Hardcover

"Vivid characters, terrifying monsters, and world building as deep and dark as the ocean."--Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen I am Henrietta Howel.The first female sorcerer in hundreds of years.The prophesied one.Or am I?Henrietta Howel can burst...
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Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

Eric Shanower · Marvel; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

When an earthquake swallows Dorothy, her kitten Eureka and cousin Zeb, and Zebs horse Jim, theyre captured by the Mangaboos! The Wizard of Oz must save them by winning a magic contest - using only his wits and nine tiny piglets. Then watch out for the savage Invisible Bears, who devour...
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Now I'll Tell You Everything

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

It’s Alice—for the rest of her life! Yes, the very last Alice book, and it reveals every last bit you’d want to know about Alice—including whether she spends the rest of her life with Patrick!Alice McKinley is going to college! And everything, from her room to her classes...
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The Serpent King

Jeff Zentner · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 372
Format: Hardcover

Named to ten BEST OF THE YEAR lists and selected as a William C. Morris Award Winner,The Serpent King is the critically acclaimed, much-beloved story of three teens who find themselves--and each other--while on the cusp of graduating from high school with hopes of leaving their small-town...
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Returner's Wealth

Paul Stewart · Open Road Media Teen & Tween
Pages: 358
Format: Paperback

From the creators of the internationally bestselling Edge Chronicles comes an epic story of dragons!
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Timestorm: A Tempest Novel

Julie Cross · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover

"Cross's zippy writing and fresh plot are an exhilarating combination." --Publishers WeeklyThe battle between the Tempest Division and Eyewall comes to a shocking conclusion in Timestorm--the final installment of Julie Cross's Tempest trilogy, where the need for survival...
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Niger

Barbara A Somervill · Children's Press
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Bordering seven other countries, Niger is a landlocked nation in the heart of western Africa. Due to economic troubles, frequent civil wars and disruption of the government, and other problems, poverty is a major issue throughout the country. Nevertheless, Niger is a land of rich history...
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Slayers: Friends and Traitors

C. J. Hill · Macmillan
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

In C.J. Hill's action-packed sequel to Slayers, the group of teens known as Slayers have been betrayed--but they won't give up without a fight.Tori's got a problem. She thought she'd have one more summer to train as a dragon Slayer, but time has run out. When Tori hears...
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