Publisher: HarperTeen
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/28/2011
ISBN-13: 9780061799310
ISBN-10: 0061799319

Chick Lit. Self-conscious about her knobby knees but hopeful that her tendency towards nervous bouts of Irish dancing signals great reserves of inner talent, 14-year-old Tallulah Casey is headed to a Yorkshire performing-arts camp for the summer. Located on the moors, Dother Hall is billed as "Wuthering Heights but with more acting and dancing," and Tallulah--armed with plenty of advice and a fun fake mustache from her cousin, Georgia Nicholson--is in for one crazy summer there. If you've spent the two years since the last of Georgia's confessions (Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me?) longing for more quirky, sarcastic British fare, your wait is over!

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/07/2011
ISBN-13: 9781442429987
ISBN-10: 1442429984

Dystopian SF. Far into Earth's future, 18-year-old Saba ekes out a hardscrabble existence with her father, twin brother, and younger sister on a dry, dusty, used-up scrap of land. Saba cares about very little besides her family, so when Lugh, her twin, is kidnapped, she immediately sets out to save him. Little does she know the dangers she'll face on her journey--or the powerful secrets she'll learn. With touches reminiscent of sci-fi classics such as the movie Mad Max and Frank Herbert's Dune novels, Blood Red Road is sure to satisfy fans of intense, fast-paced stories that blend action and romance.

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Publisher: DK
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/21/2010
ISBN-13: 9780756662936
ISBN-10: 0756662931

Nonfiction. Sometimes people love their icons so much that they refuse to let them go--in Elvis' case, even decades after his death. This collection of bizarre facts, tantalizing secrets, and unsolved mysteries from around the world has a section dedicated to the King, whose fans (some of them, anyway) have dismissed Elvis' demise by claiming that he faked his own death or was abducted by aliens, among other theories. Besides its catalog of weird Elvis rumors, Do Not Open contains juicy tidbits on a variety of fascinating subjects--from Paris' hidden tunnels to the mystery of spontaneous combustion to "Men in Black" and beyond.

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Publisher: Ace Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/02/2010
ISBN-13: 9780441019106
ISBN-10: 0441019102

Adult Fantasy. In this 3rd book in Charlaine Harris' Southern vampire series (following Dead Until Dark and Living Dead in Dallas), telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse travels to Jackson, Mississippi, in search of her missing boyfriend, vampire Bill Compton--only to discover that he has betrayed her. Rife with double-crosses, kidnapping, violence, and sexual tension (as well as sex), this fast-paced mix of mystery, romance, and horror is a fun, quick read; even better, it features an undead Elvis in a cameo role.

Publisher: Candlewick Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/10/2009
ISBN-13: 9780763639853
ISBN-10: 0763639850

Fiction. When Noah Sark--a demoted guardian angel whose previous "assignment" was protecting Princess Diana--wakes up in the men's room of Angelo's Donut Shop in Las Vegas, Nevada, he knows he's got a mission. He just doesn't yet know what it is. Noah finds out soon enough who it is he's been sent to watch over, and she's beautiful, so he'll have to keep the teenage-boy-body he's currently using in check. Meanwhile, his appropriately kitschy adventures in Sin City (which include attending an Elvis impersonator's show) make this campy, oddball read a blast.

Publisher: Penguin Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/31/2007
ISBN-13: 9780143038894
ISBN-10: 0143038893

Adult Nonfiction. While critics near-universally laud Peter Guralnick's two-volume biography of Elvis Presley (Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love) as the last word on The King, award-winning novelist Bobbie Ann Mason brings a Southern sensibility and charm to her version of his life story. She also chronicles Presley's rise from a poverty-stricken childhood to worldwide fame (as well as his struggles with addiction and late-career comeback) in many fewer pages than Guralnick, but with enough details, scandalous and otherwise, to satisfy casual readers who just want a sense of who Elvis was.