New Teen Scene Books, Part 11 (and the last part)

Sorry for the delay, but here's the last of the new Teen Scene books (at least until next year):

Hothouse by Chris Lynch

Teens D.J. and Russell, life-long friends and neighbors, had drifted apart, but when their firefighter fathers are both killed, they try to help one another come to terms with the tragedy and its aftermath.

Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

In a post-apocalyptic world where fences and border patrols guard the few people left from the zombies that have overtaken civilization, fifteen-year-old Benny Imura is finally convinced that he must follow in his older brother's footsteps and become a bounty hunter.

Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491, by Charles C. Mann

Contents: 1: How old was the "new world"? — Cities in the desert — Genetic engineering — From Olmec to Maya — To the land of four quarters. 2: Why did Europe succeed? — The great meeting — Long, long ago — Extinction — Disease-free paradise? 3: Were the Americas really a wilderness? — Amazonia — Land of fire — The created wilderness.

Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

Seventeen-year-old Aislinn, who has the rare ability to see faeries, is drawn against her will into a centuries-old battle between the Summer King and the Winter Queen, and the survival of her life, her love, and summer all hang in the balance.

Trash by Andy Mulligan

Fourteen-year-olds Raphael and Gardo team up with a younger boy, Rat, to figure out the mysteries surrounding a bag Raphael finds during their daily life of sorting through trash in a third-world country's dump.

Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness

As a world-ending war surges to life around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions, questioning all they have ever known as they try to step back from the darkness and find the best way to achieve peace.

The Wee Free Men: The Beginning, by Terry Pratchett

In the first story, a young witch-to-be named Tiffany Aching teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of six-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister invasion from Fairyland. In the second story, Tiffany learns about magic and responsibility as she battles a disembodied monster with the assistance of the six-inch-high Wee Free Men and Mistress Weatherwax, the greatest witch in the world.

Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me, by Condoleezza Rice

A look at one of America's most outstanding women, from her remarkable childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1950s through her rise to the highest echelons of power in the U.S. government.

Not That Kind of Girl by Siovhan Vivian

High school senior and student body president, Natalie likes to have everything under control, but when she becomes attracted to one of the senior boys and her best friend starts keeping secrets from her, Natalie does not know how to act.

Adios, Nirvana by Conrad Wesselhoeft

As Seattle sixteen-year-old Jonathan helps a dying man come to terms with a tragic event he experienced during World War II, Jonathan begins facing his own demons, especially the death of his twin brother, helped by an assortment of friends, old and new.

OK, that's it for Teen Scene new books. Drop by and check some out.