New books (This one’s for the guys)
May 14, 2009
Carter Finally Gets It (YA FIC CRAWFORD)
“Here are five things you should know about Will Carter: 1. He has a stuttering problem, particularly around boobs and belly buttons. 2. He battles Attention Deficit Disorder every minute of every day. Unless he gets distracted. 3. He’s a virgin, mostly because he’s no good at talking to girls (see number 1) . 4. He’s about to start high school. 5. He’s totally not ready.”
The Devil’s Paintbox (YA FIC MCKERNAN)
“In 1865, fifteen-year-old Aiden and his thirteen-year-old sister Maddy, penniless orphans, leave drought-stricken Kansas on a wagon train hoping for a better life in Seattle, but find there are still many hardships to be faced.”
Bloodline (YA FIC MORAN)
“While traveling through early seventh-century Britain trying to stop an impending war, Essa, who bears the blood of native British tribes and of the invading Anglish, makes discoveries that divide his loyalties.”
The Lab (YA FIC HEATH)
“When Agent Six, a member of The Deck, a group fighting against their corrupt society, discovers that he is the product of an illegal experiment by the evil Lab, he takes dangerous steps to discover the truth about himself.”
The Guardian (YA FIC SWEENEY)
“When Hunter, struggling to deal with a harsh, money-grubbing foster mother, three foster sisters, and a school bully, returns to his childhood faith and prays to St. Gabriel, he becomes aware that he does, indeed, have a guardian. But when he learns the truth about his ‘angel,’ he’ll have to decide whether it’s the best thing that ever happened to him or the worst.”
Slathbog’s Gold by M.L. Forman
“When fifteen-year-old orphan Alex Taylor sees an odd sign in a shop window and goes inside to investigate, he is sent on a quest to defeat an evil dragon, and in the process he confronts his fears and learns about his future and his past. ”
Reality Check (YA FIC ABRAHAMS)
“After a knee injury destroys sixteen-year-old Cody’s college hopes, he drops out of high school and gets a job in his small Montana town, but when his ex-girlfriend disappears from her Vermont boarding school, Cody travels cross-country to join the search.”
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