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By Nicole Manfredi, Young Adult Librarian at
Kaimuki Public Library
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Andrew Auseon
Jo-Jo and the Fiendish Lot [grades 9
and up]
Distraught over the murder of his
girlfriend, seventeen-year-old Jo-Jo is set to kill himself.
But when he meets a dead girl and tags along with her band,
Jo-Jo finds himself in for the ride of his life – or rather,
afterlife. |
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Brad Barkley and Heather Hepler
Dream Factory [grades 8 and up]
Ella performs as Disney’s Cinderella at an
amusement park summer job. Luke is Dale the Chipmunk. In
alternating chapters, the two relate their adventures and dream
of their futures after high school. |
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Jonathan Bernstein
Hottie [grades 9 and up]
After a freak accident during plastic
surgery, Beverly Hills high-schooler Alison emerges with the
ability to shoot fire from her fingertips! Though she falls
from popularity due to her super powers, Alison teams up with
the class geek, using her powers to fight crime. |
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Chris Carlton Brown
Hoppergrass [grades 10 and up]
After being sent to the county jail and the
Diagnostic Center, 15-year-old Bowser is now in an institute for
juvenile delinquents called The Hill. When one of the boys whom
Bowser befriended is killed, Bowser intends to discover if it
was truly an accident.
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Brent Crawford
Carter Finally Gets It [grades 8 and
up]
Will Carter has ADD and tends to stutter
when nervous or stressed. He’s just started high school and
can’t get enough of this new world of girls, football, girls,
swimming, girls, and girls.
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Marjetta Geerling
Fancy White Trash [grades 10 and up]
15-year-old Abby’s life is a bit like a
soap opera: both of her unwed sisters, Kait and Shelby, are
pregnant, and now her mom is about to have a baby too – by the
father of Kait’s child! Abby is determined to lead a normal,
drama-free life, but fears she may be falling in love with her
best friend’s older brother, Jackson (who dated her sister a
while back …). |
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K. L. Going
King of the Screwups [grades 9 and
up]
High school senior Liam is a talented
athlete with a taste for fashion and girls, though he’s not a
great student. When his abusive father kicks him out of the
house, Liam is taken in by his gay, glam-rocker uncle, who lives
in a trailer in upstate New York. |
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Catherine Jinks
The Reformed Vampire Support Group
[grades 8 and up]
Nina is a vampire and has been stuck as a
15-year-old for over 50 years. Her boring life is only made a
little less so by weekly meetings of the Reformed Vampire
Support group, but when one of the members is murdered, Nina and
her friends undertake an exciting adventure, trying to solve the
crime. |
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Jeremy Love
Bayou, vol. 1 [grades 7 and up]
Mississippi, 1933. Lee and her white
friend Lily often play together, but when Lily is stolen by a
legendary swamp monster, Lee’s father is blamed. In order to
free her father and save her friend, Lee travels to the parallel
world of Dixie, where Southern folklore comes to life.
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Michael Northrop
Gentlemen [grades 10 and up]
High school sophomores Mike, Mixer, Tommy,
and Bones are pretty tight. When Tommy goes missing, at first
no one is worried, as it’s happened before. But the boys’
English teacher begins acting strange, and they think Mr.
Haberman may be behind Tommy’s disappearance. |
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Philip Reeve
Mothstorm [grades 7 and up]
The interstellar adventures continue as Art
Mumby and his sister Myrtle are thrown into another fight to
save the universe, this time from Giant Moths. Sequel to
Larklight and Starcross.
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Francisco X. Stork
Marcelo in the Real World [grades 10
and up]
17-year-old Marcelo is on the
high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, and has his heart
set on spending the summer working with the ponies at his
school. When his father insists that Marcelo work at his law
firm over the summer instead, Marcelo finds himself dealing with
many eye-opening experiences.
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Joyce Sweeney
The Guardian [grades 9 and up]
When he was a child, Hunter prayed to the
Gabriel, believing the angel was his guardian. Now, years
later, and left in the hands of an abusive foster mother,
thirteen-year-old Hunter turns to Gabriel again. Though his
prayers seem to be answered, Hunter finds that his guardian may
not be such a good thing after all. |
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N. D. Wilson
Dandelion Fire [grades 8 and up]
When Henry York first found the worlds
beyond the cupboards in his attic bedroom, he only shared his
discovery with his cousin, Henrietta. Now, one of those worlds
is in trouble, and Henry, his cousins, his aunt, and uncle will
have to travel through the cupboards to defeat the witch of
Endor |
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New YA Titles
Titles
compiled by Linda Mediati
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Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls.
(gr. 9+)
Lia and Cassie are best friends,
wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies, competitors in a deadly
contest to see who can be the skinniest. But what comes after
size zero and size double-zero? When Cassie succumbs to the
demons within, Lia feels she is being haunted by her friend’s
restless spirit. |
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Barry, Dave. Science Fair. (gr. 5-8)
Every year the
Hubble Middle School science fair is won by one of the ME kids-a
group of spoiled rich kids who buy their winning projects. This
year Grdankl the Strong, president of Kprshtskan,
plans to sell the ME kids projects that
will help him take over the U.S. |
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Berry, Julie. The Amaranth
Enchantment. (gr. 6-8)
Orphaned at age five,
Lucinda, now fifteen, stands with courage against the man who
took everything from her, aided by a thief, a clever goat, and a
mysterious woman called the Witch of Amaranth, while the prince
she knew as a child prepares to marry, unaware that he, too, is
in danger. |
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Connor, Leslie. Waiting for Normal.
(gr. 6-8)
Addie's mom has an all-or-nothing approach
to life: a food fiesta or an empty pantry, jubilation or gloom,
her way or no way. All or nothing never adds up to normal. All
or nothing can't bring you all to home, which is exactly where
Addie longs to be, with her half sisters, every day. Addie
remains optimistic. Someday, maybe, she'll find normal. |
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Ferraiolo, Jack D. The Big Splash.
(gr. 6-8)
Franklin Middle School is in the clutches
of a crime syndicate run by seventh-grader Vinny “Mr. Biggs”
Biggio, who deals in forged hall passes and black-market candy.
Double-cross him and your number is punched by one of his deadly
water-gun-toting assassins. One hit in the pants and you are in
“the Outs” forever. Matt Stevens has avoided being pulled into
Vinny’s organization until now: Mr. Biggs has offered him a job
he can’t resist, one that leads to the surprising downfall of
Vinny’s top assassin, the beautiful and deadly Nikki “Fingers”
Finnegan, at the hands of an unknown assailant. |
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Forman, Gayle. If I Stay. (gr. 8+)
A tragic accident lands Mia in a hospital
ICU. Her body in a coma, she becomes an
invisible observer, watching and narrating her tragic ordeal
from the time the accident happens. Mia reflects on the
past and has to make the toughest decision of her life. She has
to choose between her life or death. |
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Gibson, Marley. Ghost Huntress: The
Awakening. (gr. 8+)
When Kendall Moorehead and her family move
to the small historical town of Radisson, Georgia, her psychic
abilities awaken. She's hearing, feeling, and seeing things that
seem unbelievable. She comes to terms with her newly emerging
gift and forms a ghost hunting team. The team has the latest
technology. Now they're going to clean up Radisson of its less
savory spirits.
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Napoli, Donna Jo. Alligator Bayou.
(gr. 7-10)
To 14-year-old Calogero, newly arrived from
Sicily, Tallulah is a lush world full of contradictions, hidden
rules, and tension between the Negro and white communities. Some
people welcome the Sicilians. Most do not. Calogero’s family is
caught in the middle: the whites don’t see them as equal, but
befriending Negroes is dangerous. Every day brings Calogero and
his family closer to a terrifying, violent confrontation. |
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Rex, Adam. The True Meaning of Smekday.
(gr. 6-8)
Lia Kahn was perfect: rich, beautiful,
popular -- until the accident that nearly killed her. Now she
has been downloaded into a new body that only looks human. Lia
will never feel pain again, she will never age, and she can't
ever truly die. But she is also rejected by her friends,
betrayed by her boyfriend, and alienated from her old life. |
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