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Teen books that have “just arrived”
Dragon Kiss by E. D. Baker
 The Hoarders by Jean Stringham
 Love Sucks! By Melissa Francis
Something Like Fate, Take Me There & When It Happens by Susanne Colasanti
My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian
Oath Breaker by Michelle Paver
Classic by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Dark Flame by Alyson Noel
 If I Stay by Gayle Forman
 The Luxe, Envy, Rumors & Splendor by Anna Godbersen
Exit Strategy by Ryan Potter
 Girls in the Arena by Lise Haines
 Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healy
Listen by Nancy Coffelt
 Little Vampire Women by Alcott and Messina
 The Mark by Jen Nadol
Scars by Cheryl Rainfield
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Austen and Winters
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Stolen by Lucy Christopher
Streams of Babel by Carol Plum-Ucci
Tell Me a Secret by Holly Cupala
Alfred Kropp: The Thirteenth Skull by Rick Yancy
The Struggle, The Fury & The Awakening by L.J. Smith
 The Blade of Shattered Hope by James Dashner
 Clair de Lune by Christine Johnson
 The Daughters by Joanna Philbin
 Freeze Frame by Heidi Ayarbe
 Happyface Stephen Emond
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
 Invisible Girl by Mary Hanlon Stone
 Is It Night or Day? By Fern Schumer Chapman
The Karma Club by Jessica Brody
 Nothing by Janne Teller
Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter
Sea by Heidi Kling
Shapeshifter by Holly Bennett
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John

New Teen Books
April 2010
Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher
Angry Management by Chris Crutcher
Betrayals by Lili St. Crow
Bewitching Season by Marissa Doyle
Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves
The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
Dark Visions by L.J. Smith
The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carie Ryan
Demon Chick by Marilyn Kaye
Dragons of Darkness by A. Michaelis and A. Bell
Dream Girl and Dream Life by lauren Mechling
Frozen Fire by Tim Bowler
God's Demon by Wayne Barlowe
Goth Girl Rising by Barry Lyga
Hippie Chick by Joseph Monninger
How to Say Good-Bye in Robot by Natalie Standiford
I Am Not a Serial  Killer by Dan Wells
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
Intertwined by Gena Showalter
Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern
Jealousy: a Strange Angels Novel by Lili St. Crow
Lips Touch: Three Times by L. Taylor and J. Di Bartolo
Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers
Sacred Scars and Skin Hunger by Kathleen Duey
Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
Suck It Up by Brian Meehl
Tangled by Carolyn Mackler
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
 

More Teen Books
April 2010

Eleventh Grade Burns by Heather Brewer

Bad Blood by Marianne Mancusi

Boys That Bite by Marianne Mancusi

Broadway Lights by Jen Calonita

By the Time You Read This, I’ll be Dead by Julie A. Peters

Candor by Pam Bachorz

Cat O’Nine Tails: a Cat Royal Adventure by Julia Golding

Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve

Freefall by R. Gordon and B. Williams

Girls That Growl by Marianne Mancusi

Hannah by Kathryn Laski

Homecoming by Tonya Hurley

Hourglass by Claudia Gray

Joe Rat by Mark Barratt

The Landing by John Ibbitson

Leftovers by Heather Waldorf

The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg

Look Both Ways by Jacquelyn Mitchard

Movers and Fakers by Lisi Harrison

Notes From the Dog by Gary Paulsen

Radiant Shadows by Melissa Mar

The Return: Shadow Souls by L.J. Smith

Stake That! by Marianne Mancusi

Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad

Wish You Were Dead by Todd Strasser


Teen Book Review
The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks
Everything you've read about vampires is wrong.  Real vampires have serious health issues, suck blood from guinea pigs, and attend mandatory support groups.  After one of their group gets staked by a zealot, the rest go on high alert.  There is action, drama and a sweet relationship between Nina, a teen vampire and another vampire in her group.
Teen Reviews
January 2010
        THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins
 (Science Fiction/Fantasy)
In this gripping young adult novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to our present, the nation of Panem consists of a shining Capital surrounded by twelve outlying Districts, in the ruins of the area once known as North America. Sixteen-year-old Katniss and her friend Gale forage for food in the woods surrounding their impoverished District, in this stratified society where the Capital controls all resources. The main support for both their families, Katniss and Gale are apprehensive of the approaching annual Reaping, when two “tributes” between the ages of 12 and 18 will be chosen by lottery from each of the 12 districts to compete in The Hunger Games, a survival contest on live TV in which teenagers fight to the death and there can be only one victor.

CATCHING FIRE by Suzanne Collins(Science Fiction/Fantasy)
In the sequel to THE HUNGER GAMES, the President announces plans for the Quarter Quell, the 75th anniversary Games. Every 25 years the Capitol devises a new twist for the reaping, and this year they announce that the tributes will be chosen from among the victors of previous Games, ensuring friends and foes will once again face each other with grim consequences likely. All the while, a rebellion brews to end the tyranny.



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