Publisher: HarperTeen
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/03/2012
ISBN-13: 9780062003256
ISBN-10: 0062003259

Fantasy. Many authors have retold, reframed, or continued the story of Peter Pan, the Lost Boys, and Wendy, but few have spun the story of Tiger Lily, the fierce, misfit girl whose love Peter ultimately rejected. In this dark, edgy tale "infused with regret, loneliness, and lost love" (Booklist), Tinkerbell tells Tiger Lily's side of things and gives new perspectives on familiar characters like Hook, Smee, and even Peter. Heady and atmospheric, this novel by the author of the Peaches trilogy will entrance readers who enjoy sophisticated, multi-layered storytelling.

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/22/2012
ISBN-13: 9781596436862
ISBN-10: 1596436867

Fiction. Alternating between comics format and prose, The Year of the Beasts weaves "an innovative, moody story about jealousy and grief" (Publishers Weekly). Fifteen-year-old Tessa is hurt and infuriated when her younger sister, Lulu, begins dating the guy Tessa has a crush on, fanning the smoldering coals of the sisters' rivalry. Tense prose chapters relay the sisters' storyline, while dramatic black-and-white graphic-novel sections tell the parallel tale of a tortured high school girl with snakes for hair (just like Medusa's); the way the two parts come together to shed light on the whole is both tragic and fascinating.

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Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/24/2012
ISBN-13: 9780062107794
ISBN-10: 0062107798

Dark Fantasy. This dystopian twist on Edgar Allan Poe's gothic tale of the same name centers on 17-year-old Araby Worth, whose father invented the masques that keep the wealthy alive while the poor succumb to a horrible plague and the city crumbles around them all. Privileged, broken Araby drifts from party to party, numbing herself to everything -- until she meets Elliott, who is trying to stir a revolution and save the city. With its steampunk feel and air of mystery, this "seductively dark, decadently disturbing" (Publishers Weekly) novel will thrill fans of twists and turns, complex motivations, and deception...but beware, it's only the beginning of the story and ends with many questions unanswered.

Publisher: HarperTeen
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/05/2012
ISBN-13: 9780062026798
ISBN-10: 0062026798

Paranormal Romance. In this sequel to Hereafter, ghost Amelia puts off a difficult choice -- whether to leave her living boyfriend, seer Joshua Mayhew, for his own safety -- by tagging along on the Mayhew family's holiday trip to New Orleans. As it turns out, some of Joshua's relatives in the Big Easy share his gift for seeing spirits, and they may be able to help Amelia. But in the meantime, a mysterious force is drawing demons to her...and endangering everyone around her. Fans of Myra McEntire's more action-packed but similarly atmospheric and romantic Hourglass (or, as VOYA recommends, Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl's haunting Beautiful Creatures series) should give this trilogy a try.

Publisher: Little, Brown
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/03/2012
ISBN-13: 9780316125840
ISBN-10: 0316125849

Thriller. Seventeen-year-old Jazz learned everything he knows about murder from the most notorious serial killer of the 21st century: the now-incarcerated Billy Dent, also known as Satan's Eye, Green Jack, Gentle Killer...and to Jazz as "Dear Old Dad." Jazz struggles to convince himself that he's not really like his father, although he does have certain urges. But when bodies begin turning up murdered in ways that mimic Billy's style, Jazz is drawn into the investigation in order to prove his innocence -- to the town and himself. Suspenseful, gory, and more than a bit twisted, this 1st in a series is one that fans of Dan Wells' John Wayne Cleaver novels won't be able to put down.

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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/05/2012
ISBN-13: 9780547668529
ISBN-10: 054766852X

Fiction. Farrah "Digit" Higgins is trying to shed her middle-school nickname now that she's in high school, so she hides the fact that she's a math genius who's already been accepted into MIT. But then Farrah notices some odd strings of numbers in the credits of a TV show and inadvertently cracks a terrorist group's code, and before she knows what's happening, she's working for the FBI...with hot rookie agent John Bennett. Low in plausibility but high in action, intrigue, and romance, A Girl Named Digit is a fun, quick read that's similar to Anna Fienberg's suspenseful, math-related mystery Number 8.

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Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/26/2012
ISBN-13: 9780061953408
ISBN-10: 0061953407

Fiction. Ivy-league-bound honors student Gigi Dubois and her best friends Neerja and Bea are sure that they're on the right path: study, work hard, and get into a school like Princeton, where Neerja's older sister Parad is. But a peek at Parad's old high-school yearbook -- which almost no one signed -- causes them to realize that they're missing what could be the time of their lives. No more! Now dedicated to wringing all the fun, popularity, and romance they can out of high school, Gigi and her BFFs are on a mission.

Publisher: Hyperion
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/15/2012
ISBN-13: 9781423152194
ISBN-10: 1423152190

Historical Spy Thriller. After crash-landing in France in 1943 and being captured by Nazis, a female wireless operator for the British (who goes by Queenie, Eva, Verity, and various other aliases) reveals bits of code in exchange for reprieve from torture...and to postpone her execution. Woven into Verity's confession is a powerful, gritty tale of war, friendship, espionage, and great courage -- one that reviewers describe as "gut-wrenching" (Booklist), "downright sizzling" (Horn Book), "heartbreaking" (VOYA), and "unforgettable" (Kirkus Reviews).