Tuesday, February 19, 2008

We have 7 new Young Adult fiction books for you to enjoy.

The Way by Joseph Bruchac
Cody is the new kid at school and the new target for the bullies. He's Abenaki, like most of the school, but still he doesn't fit in. Things begin to change when his uncle comes to town for a martial arts competition and he and Cody begin training together.

Giulio by Jane Harrington
As a class assignment, Delia keeps a journal and records her life and her fantasies about the Italian exhange student Giulio, who also happens to be Brady's boyfriend. Brady is Delia's best friend!

Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan
The author writes ten tales to poke and jab - at your darkest fears and your secret desires.

The Castaways by Iain Lawrence
Bad luck continues to follow Tom Tin and his mates as they find themselves aboard a ship that had been abandoned, are taught to be sailors by two black-hearted castaways they rescue, and sail to a Caribbean island where they make important new friends and enemies.

Saving the World by James Patterson
A Maximum Ride novel

Adam Canfield Watch Your Back by Michael Winerip
A much-welcomed snow day turns into an embarrassing nightmare for middle-grader Adam Canfield when, after being mugged by high-school bullies for his snow-shoveling money, he becomes the focus of major media attention just as fellow reporters at The Slash are launching a contest to out bullies at their school.

When the Black Girl Sings by Bil Wright
Adopted by white parents and sent to an exclusive Connecticut girls' school where she is the only black student, fourteen-year-old Lahni feels like an outcast. But after attending a local church where she hears gospel music for the first time, she finds her voice.