CAPT. HOOK: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth
J.V. Hart
illustrated by Brett Helquist
Laura Geringer Books/HarperCollins
ISBN: 0060002204
Ages 10-up
352 pages

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With his long black curls, a shadowy family tree and an affinity for pet spiders, James Matthew bears little resemblance to his starched-collar, blue-blooded peers at Eton. James, aka King Jas., stops at nothing to become the most notorious underclassman in the prestigious school's history. But when he sets sail on a ship with a mysterious mission, King Jas.'s dream of discovering a magical island quickly turns into an unimaginable nightmare.

ELSEWHERE
Gabrielle Zevin
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374320918
Ages 12-up
288 pages

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Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place similar to Earth, yet completely different. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driver's license, graduate from high school and go to college. But now that she's dead, Liz is being forced to live a life she doesn't want with a grandmother she has only just met. How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one?

FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen
Knopf
ISBN: 0375821821
Ages 10-up
272 pages

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Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor, but he doesn't have any proof. Noah is determined to prove that the owner is guilty of these accusations. Although his allies may not be ideal --- his sister Abbey, an unreformed childhood biter; Lice Peeking, a greedy drunkard with poor hygiene; Shelly, a bartender and a woman scorned; and a mysterious pirate --- Noah has a plan that should sink the crooked little casino, once and for all.

THE FORETELLING
Alice Hoffman
Little, Brown and Company
ISBN: 0316010189
Ages 15-up
176 pages

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Rain is a girl of the Amazon tribe of women warriors, the daughter of Queen Alina, living in a time of blood and fear. As the future leader of her people, she must seek and hold fast to her inner warrior. But amid the horrors of the battlefield, Rain is startled and mystified by the first stirrings of mercy towards the enemy --- men --- within her. Along the poignant and harrowing path toward her destiny, she encounters a kind young man, a strange recurrent prophecy, and a condemned baby brother.

LOVE, CAJUN STYLE
Diane Les Becquets
Bloomsbury Children's Books
ISBN: 1582346747
Ages 14-up
400 pages

It's the summer before Lucy's senior year in high school, and life in her sleepy Louisiana town is about to be turned upside down. Her mama is flirting with the dark stranger who runs the art gallery, her best friends Mary Jordan and Evie are constantly thinking about boys, the drama teacher is sparking some powerful (if very, very wrong) feelings in Lucy, and a new boy has moved to town --- Dewey, whose gentle ways captivate her.

LOVESICK
Jake Coburn
Dutton Children's Books
ISBN: 0525473831
Ages 14-up
240 pages

A crippling drunk-driving accident has cost basketball star Ted his college scholarship and forced him into AA. But then a second chance comes in the form of a shocking offer: keep private-school princess and struggling bulimic Erica under surveillance for her wealthy father, and enjoy a free ride. It's a dangerous deal, but Ted is willing. He just never planned on falling in love.

ME, DEAD DAD, & ALCATRAZ
Chris Lynch
HarperCollins
ISBN: 0060597097
Ages 12-up
240 pages

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For years, Elvin Bishop thought he had no blood relatives on his father's side. Then his uncle Alex turns up (quite unexpectedly, to say the least!), ready to give Elvin a crash course of tough love designed to turn him into a real Bishop man. Elvin is dragged on an odyssey that introduces him to glam tuba, hellfire-hot food, and the horrors of gym membership. Along the way he finds things he never wanted to look for --- lost relatives, history, roots, regrets, and his own wobbly brand of strength.

PEEPS
Scott Westerfeld
Razorbill
ISBN: 159514031X
Ages 14-up
320 pages

One year ago, Cal Thompson was a college freshman more interested in meeting girls and partying in New York City than in attending his biology classes. Now, after a fateful encounter with a mysterious woman named Morgan, Cal is infected by a parasite that has a truly horrifying effect on its host. Cal himself is a carrier, unchanged by the parasite, but he's infected the girlfriends he's had since Morgan --- and all have turned into vampires, or as Cal calls them, peeps. And it's his job to hunt them down before they can create even more of their kind.

REBEL ANGELS
Libba Bray
Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0385730292
Ages 12-up
560 pages

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Gemma Doyle is looking forward to spending Christmas away from Spence Academy and with her family and friends. As she prepares to ring in the New Year, 1896, a handsome young man named Lord Denby has set his sights on Gemma, or so it seems. Yet amidst the distractions of London, Gemma's visions intensify --- visions of three girls dressed in white, to whom something horrific has happened, something only the realms can explain...

YOU ARE SO NOT INVITED TO MY BAT MITZVAH!
Fiona Rosenbloom
Hyperion Books for Children
ISBN: 0786856165
Ages 12-up
208 pages

Stacy Friedman is getting ready for one of the most important events of her young life --- her bat mitzvah! All she wants is the perfect BCBG dress to wear, her friends by her side, and her biggest crush ever, Andy Goldfarb, to dance with her. But Stacy's plans soon start to fall apart. Her stressed-out mother forces her to buy a hideous beaded sequined dress that she wouldn't be caught dead in. Her mitzvahs are not going well at all. And then the worst thing in the entire world happens --- Stacy catches her best friend, Lydia, making out with Andy!

Series Books

The A-List

BACK IN BLACK
An A-List Novel, #5
Zoey Dean
Little, Brown and Company
ISBN: 0316010928
Ages 15-up
256 pages

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It's time for the Beverly Hills High senior class trip to Washington, D.C. But every year the reigning A-List call in sick and go to Vegas on their own. Anna joins Cammie, Adam, Sam, Dee and Parker on the Vegas trip to the uber-hip Palms Hotel and Casino. During a hypnosis show on The Strip, the group is hypnotized into telling the truth. Dee is confronted with just how crazy she's become, and Adam and Cammie are forced to confess their forbidden lusty secrets. When Anna's oldest and best friend from New York and Anna's long-time adolescent crush show up in Vegas, Anna finds out just how dangerous telling the truth can be.

The Kiesha'ra

FALCONDANCE: The Kiesha'ra: Volume Three
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0385731949
Ages 12-up
192 pages

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Nicias has never felt completely at home among the avians and serpiente in Wyvern's Court, despite his loyalty to Oliza Shardae Cobriana, the heir to both thrones. He's a falcon, the son of two exiles from Anhmik --- and images of this distant island have always haunted his dreams. When these visions become more like reality, his parents have no choice but to send him back to the homeland. In a place where everyone is a pawn, only one other woman has the potential to save Nicias. But she holds the keys to a dangerous power struggle that will force Nicias to choose between his duty and his destiny.