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Watersmeet
by Ellen Jensen Abbott.
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Fourteen-year-old Abisina escapes the escalating violence, prejudice, and religious fervor of her home town, Vranille, and sets out with a dwarf, Haret, to seek the father she has never met in a place called Watersmeet.
2009; 341 p.; isbn:0761455361 More Information |
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Annie's baby : the diary of Anonymous, a pregnant teenager
edited by Beatrice Sparks
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In diary format, this is the story of 14-year-old Annie, her love for an abusive rich boyfriend, & her rape & subsequent pregnancy. When Annie discovers she's pregnant by her boyfriend, she's devastated. She has never felt so alone. With no one she can talk to, she pours her heart out to her diary, confiding her feelings of panic, self-doubt, and the ...
1998; 245 p.; isbn:0380791412 More Information |
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The time pirate : a Nick McIver time adventure
Ted Bell.
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Nick McIver travels to both 1940s England, where Nazis have invaded his homeland, and to America during the Revolution, where Nick must face Captain Billy Blood, who has kidnapped his sister in exchange for Nick's time machine.
2010; 454 p.; isbn:0312578105 More Information |
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The poison eaters and other stories
Holly Black ; with illustrations by Theo Black.
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A collection of short stories includes two dark tales set in the world of Tithe, a tour of a fairy market, and the story of a girl who challenges the devil to a competitive eating match.
2010; 212 p.; isbn:9781931520638 More Information |
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The white cat
Holly Black.
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When Cassel Sharpe discovers that his older brothers have used him to carry out their criminal schemes and then stolen his memories, he figures out a way to turn their evil machinations against them.
2010; 310 p.; isbn:9781416963967 More Information |
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Geektastic : stories from the nerd herd
edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci.
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A collection of geek-inspired stories for young adults features contributions from such authors as Lisa Yee, Sara Zarr, and M.T. Anderson.
2009; 403 p.; isbn:9780316008099 More Information |
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The Shadow Project
Herbie Brennan.
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A young English thief stumbles on, and subsequently is recruited for, a super-secret operation that trains teenagers in remote viewing and astral projection techniques in order to engage in spying.
2010; 355 p.; isbn:0061756423 More Information |
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The Karma Club
Jessica Brody.
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When high school senior Maddy catches her boyfriend cheating on her, she devises a complicated plan to get revenge.
2010; 258 p.; isbn:0374339791 More Information |
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NERDS : National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society
Michael Buckley ; illustrations by Ethen Beavers.
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While running a spy network from their elementary school, five unpopular misfits combine their talents and use cutting-edge gadgetry to fight evil around the world.
2009; 306 p.; isbn:0810943247 More Information |
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Runaway
by Meg Cabot
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When sixteen-year-old Emerson Watts learns the truth about Nikki, the teen supermodel into whose body Emerson's brain was transplanted, she finds that there is only one person to turn to for help--especially since her loved ones seem to be furious with her
2010; 310 p.; isbn:9780545040600 More Information |
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Kiss of death
Rachel Caine
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Vampire musician Michael Glass has attracted the attention of a big-time producer who wants to cut a demo and play some dates. Which means that Michael will have to enter the human world. For this, he's been assigned escorts that include both a dangerous immortal as well as Michael's all-too=human friends. And with that mix of personalities, this ...
2010; 243 p.; isbn:9780451229731 More Information |
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Heist society
Ally Carter.
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A group of teenagers uses their combined talents to re-steal several priceless paintings and save fifteen-year-old Kat Bishop's father, himself an international art thief, from a vengeful collector.
2010; 287 p.; isbn:1423116399 More Information |
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