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Forest of a Thousand Lanterns

Julie C. Dao · Philomel Books
Pages: 363
Format: Hardcover

The Wrath and the Dawn meets Snow White and the Huntsman in this dark and mystical East Asian fantasy reimagining of The Evil Queen legend about one peasant girl's quest to become Empress."A richly developed fantasy world . . . Julie C. Dao is a talent to watch." - Marie Lu, #1 New York...
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The End Games

T. Michael Martin · Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

John Green meets Stephen King in this original take on the zombie apocalypse by author T. Michael Martin, which ALA Booklist called the best of the undead bunch in a starred review.Seventeen-year-old Michael and his five-year-old brother, Patrick, have been battling monsters in the Game...
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Knight Errant Volume 3: Aflame

John Jackson Miller · Spotlight
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Trapped behind enemy lines and still eager to follow through with help for the oppressed miners on Chelloa, Kerra strikes out on her own to rid the galaxy of at least one Sith Lord. But she's still incredibly green and ruled too much by her strong feelings, and keeping her plan on track...
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Thomas Jefferson: President and Philosopher

Jon Meacham · Crown Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In this special illustrated edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham, young readers will learn about the life and political philosophy of one of our Founding Fathers. Thomas Jefferson was the third president...
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Sublime

Christina Lauren · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

True love may mean certain death in a ghostly affair of risk and passion from New York Times bestselling duo Christina Lauren, authors of Beautiful Bastard. Tahereh Mafi, New York Times bestselling author of Shatter Me calls Sublime a beautiful, haunting read. When Lucy walks out of a frozen...
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Altered

Jennifer Rush · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

"They were made to forget. But they'll never forgive. "Everything about Anna's life is a secret. Her father works for the Branch, at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering treatments to the four genetically altered boys in the lab below their farmhouse. There's...
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Something in Between

Melissa de la Cruz · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

Be the first to read the thought-provoking new novel from Melissa de la Cruz, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Isle of the Lost and Return to the Isle of the Lost. She had her whole life planned.She knew who she was and where she was going. Until the truth changed everything....
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Night World No. 1: Secret Vampire; Daughters of Darkness; Spellbinder

L.J. Smith · Simon Pulse
Format: Paperback

Night World Volume includes books one through three of the New York Times bestselling series by the author of The Vampire DiariesVampires werewolves witches shapeshifters -- they live among us without our knowledge Night World is their secret society a secret society with very strict rules...
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The Last Apprentice: Fury of the Seventh Son

Joseph Delaney · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

The thirteenth - and final - book in the internationally bestselling fantasy adventure series that inspired the forthcoming major motion picture Seventh Son. Finally, Tom Ward, the spook's last apprentice, will confront the Fiend for the last time. A stunning conclusion to the acclaimed...
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The Lying Game #5: Cross My Heart, Hope to Die

Sara Shepard · HarperTeen; 1.6.2013 edition
Format: Hardcover

Cross My Heart, Hope to Die is the fifth title in the suspenseful and twisted Lying Game series by Sara Shepard, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling series Pretty Little Liars.Ever since Sutton Mercer's murderer tricked her long-lost twin, Emma, into coming to Tucson, Emma has been...
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Astronomy: A Visual Guide

DK. · DK
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

An accessible but genuinely comprehensive illustrated handbook of every aspect of astronomy, featuring the latest discoveries and the most recently available images of the universe.Take a tour of the universe, from the 90-mile-wide impact craters on the moon to Jupiter's Great Red Spot--a...
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GIRL: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You

Karen Rayne · Magination Press
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback

GIRL: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You is an inclusive growing-up guide for teen girls with information on gender and identity, dating and romance, relationships, and sex. It gives teen girls practical information that is uncensored, factual, and unbiased, and aims to help readers develop...
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The Year I Turned Sixteen: Rose, Daisy, Laurel, Lily

Diane Schwemm · Simon Pulse; Original edition
Pages: 720
Format: Paperback

Turning sixteen is an unforgettable milestone, and each of these four sisters has her own story to tell. Rose, the oldest, feels like she has the most responsibility when her father dies, and yearns to be true to herself. Daisy wants to break free from her family, but trouble arises when...
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Denton Little's Deathdate

Lance Rubin · Listening Library
Format: Audiobook

**WINNER of the ILA Young Adult Book Award!**Get ready to die laughing: this is an outrageously funny ride through the last hours of a teenager's life as he searches for love, meaning, answers, and (just maybe) a way to live on. Denton Little's Deathdate takes place in a world exactly...
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Survival First Aid

Patrick Wilson · Mason Crest Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Demonstrates how the special forces treat such common battle injuries as flesh wounds, broken bones, and burns.
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