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The adoration of Jenna Fox / Mary E. Pearson
Seventeen-year-old Jenna awakens from a year-long coma to a body and a life she doesn’t recognize. Science fiction, medical thriller.

Audrey, wait! / Robin Benway
When 16-year-old Audrey dumps her band-singer boyfriend, he writes a hit song about their breakup. Now she must fend off the paparazzi and handle the gossip magazines. (amazon.com; 12/04/2009)

Bonechiller / Graham McNamee
In this supernatural thriller set in a remote Canadian town in the dead of winter, four friends encounter a cannibalistic creature that is hunting and killing teens. (Amazon.com; 12/08/09)

The brothers Torres / Coert Voorhees
Frankie, an awkward Hispanic teenager, has a crush on the lovely Rachel. His older brother, Steve, is running with a tough crowd and risking his college scholarship. When Frankie is beaten by a rich white boy, Steve is determined to exact revenge. Received starred Review from School Library Journal.

The fortunes of Indigo Skye / Deb Caletti
Eighteen-year-old Indigo Skye has it all – a loving family, an adoring boyfriend, a job she enjoys. Then a stranger leaves her a $2.5 million tip. As she navigates the advantages and hazards of sudden wealth, Indigo learns that money isn’t everything.

Graceling / Kristin Cashore
Katsa is a “graceling,” a person born with an extraordinary skill. She is a gifted fighter forced to work as a thug for her uncle, the king. Katsa has secretly formed the Council, a league which works for justice.

Impossible / Nancy Werlin
Lucy is destined for madness unless she can perform the three tasks described in the ballad “Scarborough Fair” and break the elfin curse.

The knife of never letting go / Patrick Ness
In Prentisstown, everyone can hear everyone’s thoughts in a cacophony known as Noise. Todd discovers a place of silence and learns a secret that forces him to flee for his life. First book in the Chaos Walking trilogy.

The last knight / Hilari Bell
It is “colder than a witch’s kiss … and blacker than a tax collector’s heart” on the night Sir Michael and his squire, Fisk, rescue Lady Ceciel. Then they learn that she is not a damsel in distress but an accused murderer.

The Maze runner / James Dashner
Thomas remembers only his name when he awakens in the Glade, a place with a maze surrounded by stone doors that open every morning and close every evening.

Muchacho / Louanne Johnson
Eddie Corazon lives in a rough town in New Mexico. On a slippery slope to delinquency, Eddie changes because of Lupe, a beautiful girl with college dreams.

Night road / A.M. Jenkins
Training a vampire isn’t easy.

Playing with matches / Brian Katcher
Leon, seventeen-year-old geek, finds a friend in Melody, an outsider whose face is badly scarred. As their friendship turns to romance, Leon draws the attention of the beautiful Amy.

Princess Ben / Catherine G. Murdock
After Princess Benevolence’s parents and uncle are killed, she is taken in by the queen, her scheming Aunt Sophia. Locked in the tower, Ben discovers an enchanted room and begins to learn the magic that will free her and save her kingdom.

Purple heart / Patricia McCormick
Haunted by the image of a Iraqi boy being shot in the chest, Pvt. Matt Duffy doesn’t feel like a hero.

Slam dunk / Kate Jaimet
Sixteen-year-old Salvador “Slam” Amaro is the assistant coach for the girls’ basketball team. It’s a cushy job until the head coach and the point guard disappear.

Stealing heaven / Elizabeth Scott
Danielle, 18, and her mother move from town to town stealing from rich families. In the latest resort, Dani becomes friends with the target and begins to question her priorities.

Suite Scarlett / Maureen Johnson
Scarlett’s family, owners of the Hopewell Hotel, is struggling financially and has let the staff go. Scarlett is responsible for the Empire Suite and its eccentric occupant, Mrs. Amy Amberson.

Ten cents a dance / Christine Fletcher
Set in 1940’s Chicago. Ruby leaves school to support her family. Trading her dreary mill job for one in a club that pays 10 cents a dance.There, Ruby experiences the glamour of the jazz age and the shadowy world of the mob.

The wild girls / Pat Murphy
Joan and her new friend, Sarah, write stories together. When an entry wins first place in a student contest, they are invited to a summer writing program.