Humorous Fantasy. Forget the smolderingly gorgeous vampires of Twilight; Australian author Catherine Jinks' vampires border on being pathetic--especially permanently 15-year-old Nina Harrison. Her boring life is a far cry from the exciting escapades of vampire Zadia Bloodstone, the heroine of the novels that Nina writes under a pen name. And the whiny other members of her nonviolent vampires' support group are starting to really grate on her nerves...until one of them is staked, and Nina must pull the group together to find and fight the slayer who threatens them all. Action-packed, hilarious, and decidedly offbeat, this fang-in-cheek vampire adventure is a must-read for Buffy fans.

Vincent Harris, the teenaged son of a Baptist minister, has always known he is gay and uses his faith to avoid any sinful thoughts or acts, but when his family moves to a new church in the late 1970s, he meets Robert Ingle, falls in love, and watches as his nature and faith collide.

Born in Russia and seeing things in a different way than his American-born peers, Jupiter struggles to figure out where he belongs in the social structure at school while dealing with the torment of a bully in an unusual way in this humorous coming-of-age story. Original.

Fiction. News that you'll be spending the summer cruising around Italy on a yacht is cause for celebration, right? Not to 17-year-old Clio, who had other plans--and has no interest in spending time with her goofy, impractical father (it's his boat)--but she's got no choice in the matter. Once on board, Clio notices that no one seems willing to talk about where they're actually going, or exactly what her father's new girlfriend, an archaeologist, is looking for. Then, just when Clio starts to uncover some answers, sparks start to fly between her and Aidan, the expedition's handsome research assistant. Looking for a light, escapist read full of romance and suspense? Set sail with Girl at Sea.

Fiction. Teenage mom Toi McKnight is trying to settle down and take care of business: she works part-time at IHOP when she's not at school or caring for her son. But her attempts to avoid her baby's father, who's nothing but trouble, are causing all kinds of drama. Why can't handsome college boy Harlem Sims--who's home for a visit--be the one she can't get rid of instead? Pure entertainment, If I Was Your Girl is full of emotional turmoil, attitude, and theatrics that will keep you turning its pages.

Sixteen-year-old Jayd Jackson returns to South Bay High for a drama-free year only to discover that her former best friend is out to get her, and her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend is spoiling for a fight, forcing Jayd to turn to Mama and her mystical bag of tricks for help. Original.

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, in a tie-in title which includes an eight-page insert of photos from the film. Original.

Despite her intentions to give up runway modeling, eighteen-year-old Violet is lured back by the promise of travel to Brazil, possibly Spain and France, and, after seeing her best friends off to college, embarks on an, often exciting, often painful, international adventure.

Emerson, an average-looking sixteen-year-old, awakens after a strange accident to find herself trapped in the body of a supermodel and, disliking the fanfare in which she is suddenly engulfed, struggles to figure out how to get back to the simple life she loved so much with the help of her skeptical best friend, Christopher.

Nonfiction. Does every generation have its own style, culture, and unique ideas about what's hip--or does "hip" just get reinterpreted by each new batch of whippersnappers? In this fascinating book, New York Times writer (and former Details editor) John Leland digs for the roots of hipness in America and comes up with theories about everyone from blues legend Ma Rainey and Lil' Kim to Walt Whitman, Bugs Bunny, Jack Kerouac, rappers, poets, criminals, and more. Whether you're hip or hopeless, this cultural history is one heckuva read.

Nonfiction. In this collection of 40 original poems, essays, and autobiographical stories, young adults between the ages of 13 and 23 share what it's like to be part of the "up and coming queer generation." Telling their own stories of coming out, friendship, and love as well as tales of religious struggles, isolation, and family drama, these writers want GLBT teens to know that they aren't alone. Ranging from funny to tender to emotionally raw to hopeful, The Full Spectrum offers "compelling, dramatic evidence that what is important is not what we are but who we are" (Booklist).

Nonfiction. This ingenious craft handbook explains how to transform an ordinary t-shirt into a variety of unique clothing items, accessories, and more. Author and "pied piper of DIY" Megan Nicolay provides detailed instructions for 108 edgy, hip projects, including tank tops, tube tops, leg warmers, an iPod cozy, braided rugs, pillows, skirts, and more. One-third of these inexpensive projects are "no sew," so anyone able to wield a pair of scissors can make them. This funky book is perfect if you want to give new life to a favorite old t-shirt--or turn a one-dollar thrift-store tee into a real fashion statement.

Nonfiction. Global warming, pollution, and overflowing landfills are such huge problems that it seems hard to do anything about them. But this book, written by an enthusiastic and sincere mother-and-son team, offers dozens of tips on how to eat, dress, shop, work, play, and travel the green way and shows how caring for the environment can become a natural part of your life. Interviews with activist teens and celebrities demonstrate how individuals can really make a difference. "A Day in a Green Life"--which compares the choices someone might make in a typical day to alternatives that are green, greener, and greenest--concludes this practical handbook.