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Gentle's Holler (Maggie Valley Novels)

Kerry Madden · Viking Juvenile; First Edition edition
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The sixties may have come to other parts of North Carolina, but with Mama pregnant again, Daddy struggling to find work, and nine siblings underfoot, nobody in the holler has much time for modern-day notions. Especially not twelve-year-old Livy Two, aspiring songwriter and self-appointed...
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The Forever Song

Julie Kagawa · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

VENGEANCE WILL BE HERS Allison Sekemoto once struggled with the question: human or monster? With the death of her love, Zeke, she has her answer. MONSTER Allie will embrace her cold vampire side to hunt down and end Sarren, the psychopathic vampire who murdered Zeke. But the trail is bloody...
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Goldenhand

Garth Nix · Harper
Pages: 344
Format: Print book

The long-awaited fifth installment in Garth Nix's New York Times bestselling Old Kingdom series, for readers who enjoy series by Rae Carson, Kristin Cashore, Scott Westerfeld, and Cassandra Clare.Goldenhand takes place six months after the events of Abhorsen and follows the novella Nicholas...
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Project Paper Doll: The Rules

Stacey Kade · Disney-Hyperion; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

1. Never trust anyone.2. Remember they are always searching.3. Don't get involved.4. Keep your head down.5. Don't fall in love.Five simple rules. Ariane Tucker has followed them since the night she escaped from the genetics lab where she was created, the result...
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Creed

Trisha Leaver · Flux
Format: Book

When their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, Dee, her boyfriend Luke, and Lukes brother, Mike, seek help in the nearby town of Purity Springs. But as they walk the vacant streets, the teens make some disturbing discoveries. The seemingly deserted homes each contain a sinister book...
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Hidden

P. C. Cast · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 302
Format: Hardcover

In the must-read tenth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling vampyre series by PC and Kristin Cast, Darkness won't stay hidden for long ... "Move over Stephenie Meyer." -PeopleThe House of Night series is an international phenomenon, reaching #1 on U.S., German, and UK bestseller...
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The Phantom Tollbooth

Norton Juster · Random House
Pages: 255
Format: Hardcover

With almost 4 million copies sold over 50 years after its original publication, generations of readers have now journeyed with Milo to the Lands Beyond in this beloved classic that Philip Pullman says "comes up bright and new every time I read it . . . it will continue to charm and delight...
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Touching Darkness

Scott Westerfeld · HarperTeen
Pages: 330
Format: Paperback

Bixby, Oklahoma, is full of secrets.some come out at midnight.some should stay hidden. As the Midnighters search for the truth about the secret hour, they uncover terrifying mysteries woven into the very fabric of Bixby's history, and a conspiracy that touches the world of daylight....
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Blackout

Peter Jay Black · Bloomsbury, 2015.
Pages: 291
Format: Print book

"The world's most destructive computer virus has been unleashed, and it's up to the Urban Outlaws--five tough kids dedicated to bringing justice to their city--to destroy it"--
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Friction

E. R. Frank · Atheneum; Richard Jackson Books edition
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Simon is the coolest teacher anywhere. Forest Alternative is lucky to have him. When Stacy arrives -- a new kid with secrets, gleaming hair, and a tongue ring -- she sizes up Simon and agrees, adding: "He is a total babe." True. What Stacy says later about Alex and Simon after...
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The Mark of the Golden Dragon: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Jewel of the East, Vexation of the West, and Pearl of the South China Sea

L. A. Meyer · HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Jacky Faber embarks on another rousing adventure to delight her ever-growing legion of fans. The irrepressible Jacky Faber, condemned for life to the English penal colony in Australia for crimes against the Crown, has once again wriggled out of the grasp of British authorities. Back on her flagship,...
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