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Cha Ching Summer 2009 The newest books for teens!
3 Willows the Sisterhood Grows
by Ann Brashares
Ama, Jo, and Polly, three close friends from Bethesda, Maryland, spend the summer before ninth grade learning about themselves, their families, and the changing nature of their friendship.
A Kiss in Time
by Alex Flinn
I was told to beware the accursed spindle, but it was so enchanting, so hypnotic...
Achingly Alice
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Love is more complicated than Alice ever expected.
After the Moment
by Garret Freymann-Weyr
Maia Morland is pretty, only not pretty-pretty. She's smart. She's brave. She's also a self-proclaimed train wreck.
Alis
by Naomi Rich
Raised within the strict religious confines of the Community of the Book, Alis flees from an arranged marriage to the much older Minister of her town and her life takes a series of unexpected twists before she returns to accept her fate.
All the Broken Pieces
by Ann Burg
Two years after being airlifted out of Vietnam in 1975, Matt Pin is haunted by the terrible secret he left behind and, now, in a loving adoptive home in the United States, a series of profound events forces him to confront his past.
Because I Am Furniture
by Thalia Chaltas
Anke's father is abusive. But not to her. He attacks her brother and sister, but she is ignored, forced to be the invisible witness in the house of horrors.
Breathing
by Cheryl Renee Herbsman
What if the guy who took your breath away was the only one who could help you breathe?
Chupacabra and the Roswell UFO
by Rudolfo Anaya
Folklorist Rosa Medina investigates a purported government agency that is cloning a monster - a combination of ChupaCabras and aliens - intended to take over the world.
Creature of the Night
by Kate Thompson
Bobby's mother has just moved their family to a quaint house in an idyllic village where he's meant to reform. Only something's not rigth about that house. The previous tenant mysteriously disappeared.
Curse of the ChupaCabra
by Rudolfo Anaya
Professor Rosa Medina, a folklorist researching the ChupaCabra, goes to Mexico to track down recent sightings of the creature which kills its victims, particularly goats, by sucking their brains out.
Dangerously Alice
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Alice is a little sick of people thinking she's a goody-goody, so she decides to shake things up.
Daughter of the Flames
by Zoe Marriott
What if your deadliest enemy was the only one who could save you?
Deeper
by Roderick Gordon
In Tunnels, boy archaeologist Will Burrows went in search of his missing father - and discovered a sinister world. What happens in the sequel?
Everything You Want
by Barbara Shoup
Eighteen-year-old Emma's trying to survive total humiliation and heartbreak after getting ditched and punched in the face by her (ex) best friend and crush-of-a-lifetime.
Fairy Tale
by Cyn Balog
Morgan Sparks and her boyfriend Cam have been best friends since they were children, but just before their shared sixteenth birthday Cam confesses that he is a fairy who was switched at birth with a human child, and now the fairies want to switch them back.
Flygirl
by Sherri Smith
Ida must use her light skin to pass as a white girl to be accepted as a member of the WASP, the Women's Air Service Pilots of World War II.
Girlwood
by Claire Dean
Deep in the woods, surrounded by a wall of thorns, is a grove of larch trees called Girlwood.
Gym Candy
by Carl Deuker
Groomed by his father to be a star player, football is the only thing that has ever really mattered to Mick Johnson, who works hard for a spot on the varsity team his freshman year, then tries to hold onto his edge by using steroids, despite the consequences to his health and social life.
Happenstance Found
by Catanese P W
A boy awakens, blindfolded, with no memory of even his name, but soon meets Lord Umber, an adventurer and inventor, who calls him Happenstance and tells him that he has a very important destiny--and a powerful enemy.
Kind of Friends We Used to Be
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Kate and Marilyn are best friends forever ... Well, except for last year when they weren't friends anymore ... And except for this year when they both want to be friends again, but just don't know how.
King's Rose
by Alisa Libby
Catherine Howard recounts the events in her life that led to her being groomed for marriage at the age of fifteen to King Henry VIII, her failure to produce an heir to the throne, and her quick execution.
Kiss of Life
by Daniel Waters
Adam's return from death has made Phoebe's love life even weirder. Now she has to choose between two zombie boys. She knows how Adam needs her, but she still has feelings for Tommy. Meanwhile, the zombie population of Oakville, Conn., continues to grow. As their numbers rise, the undead community is becoming increasingly divided.
Me, My Elf, and I
by Heather Swain
Zephyr, a fifteen-year-old elf, moves with her family from their home in the Michigan forests, determined to adjust to living in Brooklyn among humans so that she can attend the Brooklyn Academy of Performing Arts High School.
Prada and Prejudice
by Mandy Hubbard
During a school trip to England, fifteen-year-old Callie buys a pair of Prada shoes in an effort to impress the popular girls, a scheme that backfires and sends Callie back to 1815.
Pretty Monsters
by Kelly Link
The wrong grave -- The wizards of Perfil -- Magic for beginners -- The faery handbag -- The specialist's hat -- Monster -- The surfer -- The constable of Abal -- Pretty monsters.
Quaking
by Kathryn Erskine
Don't call her Matilda. Her name is Matt. And don't even think about getting close to her. She doesn't need anybody.
Rivers of Fire
by Patrick Carman
Atherton was once a magnificent three-tiered world, but few inhabitants know the truth of its dark origin: it is a giant man-made satellite, created as a refuge from a dying Earth.
Rock and the River
by Kekla Magoon
For thirteen-year-old Sam, it's not easy being the son of a known civil rights activist Roland Childs.
Rule of Claw
by John Bridley
Ash and her friends are the only human teenagers left on earth.
Serendipity Market
by Penny Blubaugh
When the world begins to seem unbalanced, Mama Inex calls ten storytellers to the Serendipity Market.
Shadowed Summer
by Saundra Mitchell
Wind kissed my ear, cool and soft, and I heard a voice. It sounded like clover tastes, green and new and sweet. "Where y'at, Iris?"
Smoke
by Mavis Jukes
When Colton's mom tells him that they're moving from Idaho Falls to northern California, he is sad but "takes it like a man."
Snakehead
by Anthony Horowitz
They murdered his parents. They shot him and left him for dead. And yet Alex Rider thought he was finished with the terrorist organization known as Scorpia.
Soldier's Secret
by Sheila Solomon Klass
I am just an ordinary woman who had an unusual idea. To disguise myself as a man and fight for my country.
Swan Kingdom
by Zoe Marriott
Shadows have fallen across the beautiful and lush kingdom. The queen was attacked and the healing skills of her daughter, Alexandra, cannot save her.
Switch
by Anthony Horowitz
When wealthy, spoiled, thirteen-year-old Tad Spencer wishes he were someone else, he awakens as Bob Snarby, the uncouth, impoverished son of carnival workers, and as he is drawn into a life of crime he begins to discover truths about himself and his family.
tmi
by Sarah Quigley
tmi the most dreaded phrase in all the land for Becca, also known as the Overshare Queen.
Triple Shot Bettys in Love
by Jody Gerhman
Geena is freaking out. After five perfect and comfortable months with Ben, he's suddenly putting the pressure on to be WAY more physical.
Troll's Eye View - a Book of Villainous Tales
by Ellen Datlow
Everyone thinks they know the real story behind villains in fairy tales - evil, no two ways about it. But the villains themselves beg to differ.
Watersmeet
by Ellen Jensen Abbott
Watersmeet. The name is a whisper for hope for Abisina. But it also holds all her fears.
Wizard, the Witch, and Two Girls from Jersey
by Lisa Papademetriou
The ancient land of galma mourns, shrouded in darkness and woe. It has been thus since the Queen of Twilight began her evil reign.
Year My Sister Got Lucky
by Aimee Friedman
When fourteen-year-old Katie and her older sister, Michaela, move from New York City to upstate New York, Katie is horrified by the country life-style but is even more shocked when her sister adapts effortlessly, enjoying their new life, unlike Katie.
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