- The Savage by David Almond. Blue Baker is writing a story about a wild savage living in the woods…at least he thinks it’s a story. When realities shift, the reader must discern what really happened.
The Last Knight by Hilari Bell. An anachronistic knight errant takes a criminal as squire, mistakenly frees a woman charged with murdering her husband (brother to his father's liege), and becomes captive in her keep.
Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway. Audrey's ex-boyfriend records a hit song about their breakup, and suddenly all eyes (and cameras) are on Audrey. Fans, Facebook, and tabloids - it's all too much for Audrey.
- Shift by Jennifer Bradbury. Chris and Win take a bicycle trip across America after graduation, but only one returns and that person is pressured to reveal what happened.
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore. Katsa was born with ability to kill men with her bare hands but can she find moral courage to stand up to evil rulers and fight for what is right?
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Looks by Viking by Madeleine George. Meghan, the invisible fat girl, and Aimee, overlooked and anorexic, form an uneasy alliance to get revenge on a mutual enemy.
- Paper Towns by John Green. Quentin idolizes next door neighbor, Margo Roth Spiegelman. When she includes him in a wild night of revenge and then disappears, Q must follow the clues to find her.
- The Missing Girl by Norma Fox Mazer. The five Herbert sisters find their innocent lives exploding in emotional turmoil when one of the sisters is abducted and held captive by a truly creepy child predator.
- The Host by Stephenie Meyer. Set in a believable futuristic time when Earth and other worlds have been taken over by the "souls”, this is a story of love, betrayal and compassion.
- Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale by Donna Jo Napoli. Melkorka, a 10th century Irish princess, must adapt to a harsh new life after she is stolen from her home by Russian slavers.
- The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson. Jenna Fox wakes from a year-long coma. As her memory begins to return, she has more questions than answers about who she was, and who she is now.
- Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott. Living by burglarizing expensive homes with her mother, Dani’s friendship with another girl stalls when it becomes clear she lives in the house they are planning to rob next.
- Impossible by Nancy Werlin. Lucy, 17, discovers the women of her family have been cursed with madness unless they complete three impossible tasks. All have failed. Will Zach's help and her resolve save her?
- Sweethearts by Sara Zarr. Little, Brown. High school senior Jenna has successfully remade her life, but has to confront long-suppressed memories of a traumatic childhood when her only friend from childhood, Cameron, suddenly reappears.
Read Some of Em'!
-V.
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