AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY DEAD BROTHER
Walter Dean Myers
Amistad/HarperTempest
ISBN: 006058291X
Teen Fiction
224 pages

What do you do when your best friend becomes someone you don't know anymore --- or trust? Jesse searches for the answer by filling his sketchbook with portraits of his blood brother, Rise, and his comic strip, Spodi Roti and Wise. But in a neighborhood where drive-bys, vicious gangs and abusive cops are everyday realities, Jesse fears his best friend's fate and his own have already been decided.

CINNAMON GIRL: letters found inside a cereal box
Juan Felipe Herrera
Joanna Cotler Books/HarperTempest
ISBN: 0060579846
Teen Fiction
176 pages

When the Twin Towers fell, New York City was blanketed by dust. On the Lower East Side, Yolanda, the Cinnamon Girl, promises to gather as much of the dust as she can. Perhaps returning the dust to Ground Zero can comfort all the voices and help Uncle DJ open his eyes again. As tragedies from her past mix in the air of an unthinkable present, Yolanda searches for hope. Maybe it's buried somewhere in the silvery dust of Alphabet City.

DISAPPEARANCE: A Premonitions Mystery
Jude Watson
Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 0439696887
Ages 12-up
208 pages

Gracie has never known her father --- he disappeared when she was little and was never heard from again. Now, after her mother's death, he's back...with some dark secrets in tow. Is his reappearance linked in any way with the death of a local tycoon? Or the disappearance years ago of a student? Suddenly Gracie's premonitions are a family matter.

ELDEST: Inheritance, Book II
Christopher Paolini
Knopf
ISBN: 037582670X
Ages 12-up
704 pages
Release Date: August 23rd

Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in the skills of the Dragon Rider: magic and swordsmanship. Soon he is on the journey of a lifetime.

But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and nothing is what it seems. Before long, Eragon doesn't know whom he can trust. Meanwhile, his cousin Roran must fight a new battle --- one that might put Eragon in even graver danger.

EYES OF THE EMPEROR
Graham Salisbury
Wendy Lamb Books/Random House
ISBN: 0385729715
Ages 12-up
240 pages

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Eddy Okubo lies about his age and joins the army in his hometown of Honolulu only weeks before the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Suddenly Americans see him as the enemy --- even the U.S. Army doubts the loyalty of Japanese American soldiers.

Then the army sends Eddy and a small band of Japanese American soldiers on a secret mission to a small island off the coast of Mississippi. Here they are given a special job, one that only they can do. Eddy will help train attack dogs. He's going to be the bait.

ZOO
Graham Marks
Bloomsbury USA
ISBN: 1582349916
Ages 12-up
272 pages

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Seventeen-year-old Cam Stewart was living a comfortable life in Southern California until kidnappers suddenly turn his world upside down. With grit and determination he never knew he had, Cam escapes his worst nightmare, only to find a more bizarre reality waiting for him. On the run, some new friends help Cam uncover the truth about his life --- and about the person he was supposed to be.

Series Books

Fear Street Nights Trilogy

DARKEST DAWN: Book Three
R.L. Stine
Simon Pulse
ISBN: 0689878664
Ages 12-up
192 pages

The Night People are safe at last. After all the ugly pranks and vicious murders, things have finally returned to normal. The friends who are left are trying to forget and move on, resuming their late-night meetings at their old hangout, Nights. It was the ancient spirit of Angelica Fear that caused all the trouble. And now she's been destroyed once and for all. Burned in a fire. But if it's true that the horror is dead, what did Angelica mean when her voice cried out from the flames?

Alias

REPLACED
An original novel based on the hit TV series created by J. J. Abrams
Emma Harrison
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
ISBN: 1416902465
Ages 12-up
288 pages

Agent Sydney Bristow has always held her own in the traditional "boy's club" of espionage. In fact, she's grown comfortable in her well-earned role as respected go-to girl. But with the recent addition of her half-sister, Nadia, dynamics inevitably shift as Sydney finds herself with a new partner, roommate --- and competitor.

After a botched mission temporarily sidelines Sydney, she has no choice but to watch Nadia assume her field role next to Vaughn. But when Vaughn and Nadia's cover is blown, only Sydney and Nadia's collective strength can keep Sydney's "family" alive.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

SPARK AND BURN
Diana G. Gallagher
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
ISBN: 141690056X
Ages 14-up
256 pages

SPARK AND BURN focuses on fan-favorite Spike, the other vampire with a soul. Formerly William, a sweet and gentle boy, Spike travels Europe with Dru, Darla and Angelus, vampires who instruct him on his new nature. From them he learns about the Slayer --- the girl who is chosen to stand up against them, trained to kill them, and endowed with the strength it takes to defeat them. Spike immediately resolves to hunt down as many slayers as he can.

Who would have thought then that he'd fight on the Slayer's side? Who would have guessed that Spike would go out and seek his soul for a slayer? And who would have dared dream he'd fall in love with one?

Charmed

THE QUEEN'S CURSE
Emma Harrison
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
ISBN: 1416900241
Ages 16-up
224 pages

Paige finally has met her Prince Charming. Funny, smart, sweet and beyond good-looking, Colin is fantastic. And he isn't evil, which is definitely a plus. In fact, he seems pretty much perfect. When Colin asks Paige to marry him, the last thing she expects to find out is that Colin is really a prince of a magical kingdom --- and that he's already engaged! The ugly truth is that he must marry a magical being by his twenty-fifth birthday, which is next week, or else dark forces will overtake his kingdom.