by Greg Rothenberger
9. December 2010 15:33
Here's today's list of new books in Teen Scene:
- The Kid Table by Andrea Seigel
- Explores the quirky dynamics in an extended family full of close-knit cousins who both help and hinder each other as they celebrate holidays and momentous occasions together.
- The Thin Executioner by Darren Shan
- In a nation of warriors where weakness is shunned and all crimes, no matter how minor, are punishable by beheading, young Jebel Rum, along with a slave who is fated to be sacrificed, sets forth on a quest to petition the Fire God for invincibility, but when the long and arduous journey is over, Jebel has learned much about fairness and the value of life.
- Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
- Inexplicable events start to occur when sixteen-year-old twins Tennyson and Brontë befirend a troubled and misunderstood outcast, aptly nicknamed Bruiser, and his little brother, Cody.
- The Dark Deeps by Arthur Slade
- Fourteen-year-old Modo, a shape-changing hunchback, and Octavia take on another mission as secret agents for the Permanent Association in Victorian London, investigating the cause behind the sinking of several ships in the same place.
- Fear: 13 Stories of Suspense and Horror, edited by R.L. Stine
- Includes: Welcome to the Club (R.L. Stine), She's Different Tonight (Heather Graham), Suckers (Suzanne Weyn), Perfects (Jennifer Allison), Shadow Children (Heather Brewer), Poison Ring (Peg Kehret), Dragonfly Eyes (Alane Ferguson), Jeepers Peepers (Ryan Brown), Piney Powers (F. Paul Wilson), Night Hunter (Meg Cabot), Tuition (Walter Sorrells), Tagger (James Rollins), and Ray Gun (Tim Maleeny).
- The Haunted by Jessica Verday
- When Abbey returns to Sleepy Hollow, she throws herself into school, her perfume making, and her friendship with Ben to get over Caspian.
- Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
- When a dark prophecy begins to come true, sixteen-year-old Evie of the International Paranormal Containment Agency must not only try to stop it, she must also uncover its connection to herself and the alluring shapeshifter, Lend.
- Jack: Secret Histories, by F. Paul Wilson
- Teenaged Jack, later to be known as Repairman Jack, begins to uncover some unsuspected talents in himself after he and his friends, the clever, imaginative Weezy and her brother Eddie, discover a corpse deep in the mysterious Pine Barrens near their New Jersey town.
- All the Broken Pieces: A Novel in Verse, by Ann E. 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.
- Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter
- When a terrifying encounter in London reveals that one of her most-trusted allies is actually a rogue double-agent, Cammie Morgan no longer knows if she can trust her classmates, her teachers—or even her own heart.
Almost done! The last two installments will be posted in the next two days.