New Books @ Teen Spot
November 2007
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NEW AUDIO
- Pants on fire (Cabot, Meg)
Having become a proficient liar in order to keep everyone happy, rising
high school senior Katie Ellison is stunned when her old middle school
friend and local pariah Tommy Sullivan returns to town, and suddenly
things start looking a lot different to her.
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The golden compass
Pullman, Philip, 1946-
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best
friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of
gruesome experiments in the Far North.
FICTION
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Confessions of a blabbermouth (Carey, Mike)
Tasha Flanigan loves to talk, especially on her blog, and when her mom
brings home a creepy boyfriend and his daughter, Tasha can't help but
talk about them.
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Nick & Norah's infinite playlist (Cohn, Rachel)
High school student Nick O'Leary, member of a rock band, meets college-
bound Norah Silverberg and asks her to be his girlfriend for five
minutes in order to avoid his ex-sweetheart.
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Bass ackwards and belly up (Craft, Liz)
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Beautiful stranger (Dean, Zoey)
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Hex education (Gould, Emily)
When fourteen-year-old Sophie Stone moves from Los Angeles to her
parents' dreary hometown of Mythic, Massachusetts, she discovers that
she, like many of the town's earlier inhabitants, is a witch, and that
she and her coven must identify the evil-doer in their midst before
serious damage is done. New Teen Books
- Stoneheart(Fletcher, Charlie)
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What happened to Cass McBride? : a novel (Giles, Gail)
After his younger brother commits suicide, Kyle Kirby decides to exact revenge on the person he holds responsible.
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An abundance of Katherines (Green, John)
Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named
Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin
sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new
direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to
explain his relationships.
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Crossing the wire(Hobbs, Will)
Fifteen-year-old Victor Flores journeys north in a desperate attempt to
cross the Arizona border and find work in the United States to support
his family in central Mexico.
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Burned (Hopkins, Ellen)
Seventeen-year-old Pattyn, the eldest daughter in a large Mormon
family, is sent to her aunt's Nevada ranch for the summer, where she
temporarily escapes her alcoholic, abusive father and finds love and
acceptance, only to lose everything when she returns home.
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Surrender (Hartnett, Sonya)
As he is dying, a twenty-year-old man known as Gabriel recounts his
troubled childhood and his strange relationship with a dangerous
counterpart named Finnigan.
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Beast (Kennen, Ally)
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Black duck (Lisle, Janet Taylor)
Years afterwards, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport,
Rhode Island, his family and his best friend's family were caught up in
the violent competition among groups trying to control the local
rum-smuggling trade.
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Tainted love : a nannies novel (Mayer, Melody)
Three seventeen-year-old nannies to the rich and famous in Beverly
Hills wrestle with moral dilemmas over boyfriends, competition, and
telling the truth.
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Foreign exposure : the social climber abroad (Mechling, Lauren)
Mimi's plans to spend the summer after tenth grade in Berlin with her
mother change suddenly when she runs off to London, moves in with her
school friend Lily and the wealthy and well-connected family she is
staying with, and takes an internship at a gossip magazine.
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Maximum security (Muchamore, Robert)
In order to contact his parent, an illegal weapons dealer, CHERUB comes
up with a plan to break the son out of his maximum security prison, but
the plan is complicated and will require all their collective skills.
Cherub agents are all seventeen and under. They wear skate tees and
hemp, and look like regular kids. But they're not. They are trained
professionals who are sent out on mission to spy on terrorists nd
international drug dealers. Cherub agents hack into computers, bug
entire houses, and download crucial documents. It is a highly dangerous
job. For their safety, these agents to no exist.
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Divine Madness (Muchamore, Robert)
"When CHERUB uncovers a link between eco-terrorist group Help Earth and
a wealthy religious cult known as The Survivors, James is sent to their
isolatated outback headquarters on an infiltration mission. It's a
thousand kilometers to the closest town, and James is under massive
pressure from the cult's brainwashing techniques. This time he's not
just fighting terrorists...he's got to battle for his own mind." --
from P.4 of cover.
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The killing (Muchamore, Robert)
CHERUB agents are all seventeen and under. They wear skate tees and
hemp, and look like regular kids. But they're not. They are trained
professionals who are sent out on missions to spy on terrorists and
international drug dealers. CHERUB agents hack into computers, bug
entire houses, and download crucial documents. It is a highly dangerous
job. For their safety, these agents DO NOT EXIST. James is the latest
CHERUB recruit. He and his sister were recently orphaned, and James has
been in a lot of trouble. But he is brilliant in math. And CHERUB needs
him. After one hundred days, the grueling training period is over. But
the adventure has just begun.
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Prom anonymous (Nelson, Blake)
Three childhood friends reunite to attend prom together and, in the
process of finding dates and dresses, gain some surprising insights
into themselves.
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Thick : a novel (Neenan, Colin)
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I don't want to be crazy(Schutz, Samantha.
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Sleeper agenda (Sniegoski, Tom)
Seventeen-year-old narcoleptic Tom Lovett struggles against Tyler, his
alter ego, meanwhile working with Pandora, a secret government agency,
to destroy the mastermind that created him.
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Battle drift (Strasser, Todd)
Kennin's gaining popularity with the gearheads, and the word on the
street is all about his sweet driving skills. Everyone wants a piece of
him, but to go legit, he's got to give up the illegal tsuisos...and the
major cash involved with them. But, when his sister's creep boyfriend
starts trouble, Kennin realizes that he's got to do what's right for
his family -- even though it won't be easy. Kennin's ride may be
amping, but his decisions may ultimately spell disaster.
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Slide or die (Strasser, Todd)
Kennin is drawn into the dangerous world of racing cars in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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It's kind of a funny story (Vizzini, Ned)
A humorous account of a New York City teenager's battle with depression
and his time spent in a psychiatric hospital. New Teen Books
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Lucky : an it girl novel
Von Ziegesar, Cecily.
After the bash at Miller farm, where the antique red barn went up in
flames, Dean Marymount announces that someone is going to be held
responsible and expelled from Waverly Academy.
GRAPHIC NOVELS
NON-FICTION
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Book crush : for kids and teens : recommended reading for every mood, moment, and interest (Pearl, Nancy)
Presents lists of recommended book titles for children and teenagers
divided into three age groups and then further subdivided into more
than 118 categories, including animals, folktales, girl power,
autobiographies, comic books, and many others.
- The "what's happening to my body?" book for boys (Madaras, Lynda)
Discusses the changes that take place in a boy's body during puberty,
including information on the body's changing size and shape, the growth
spurt, reproductive organs, pubic hair, beards, pimples, voice changes,
wet dreams, and puberty in girls.
- The "what's happening to my body?" book for girls (Madaras, Lynda)
Discusses the changes that take place in a girl's body during puberty,
including information on the body's changing size and shape, pubic
hair, breasts, reproductive organs, the menstrual cycle, and puberty in
boys.
- Mr. Funky's super crochet wonderful (Ogawa, Narumi)
- Within reach : my Everest story (Pfetzer, Mark)