September Fiction

A beautiful lie / Irfan Master

"Everybody lies. We all do it. Many years ago I told one lie that has taken on a life of its own." In India in 1947 the country is coming apart--and so is thirteen-year-old Bilal's life. He is determined to protect his dying father from the news of Partition, news that he knows will break his father's heart. (amazon.com; 9/6/2012)

Chime / Franny Billingsley

Since her stepmother's recent death, 17-year-old Briony Larkin knows that if she can keep two secrets--that she is a witch and that she is responsible for the accident that left Rose, her identical twin, mentally compromised--no other harm will befall her family. The city engineer’s plan to drain the swamp has made the Old Ones unhappy, particularly the Boggy Mun, who has plagued the village's children with swamp cough in retaliation. When Rose's lingering illness turns into a cough, Briony knows that she must do whatever it takes, even revealing her secrets, to save her. (www.amazon.com; 8/25/2012)

 Endlessly / Kiersen White

Evie's paranormal past keeps coming back to haunt her. A new director at the Containment Agency wants to drag her back to headquarters. The Dark Faerie Queen is torturing humans. And supernatural creatures keep insisting that Evie is the only one who can save them from a mysterious, perilous fate.  Seques to Paranormalcy. (www.amazon.com ; 9/5/2012

 

Gilt / Katherine Longshore

A fictionalized account of Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, and her best friend Kitty Tylney. Court life was a swirl of sumptuous gowns, expensive jewels, and elegant parties with a dark underside of intrigue and affairs. And the price for telling the truth – or lies – might be, literally, one’s head.

Hummingbird heart / Robin Stevenson

Sixteen-year-old Dylan has never met her father. And then, out of the blue, he calls. Dylan soon learns that he is seeking a donor for his sick toddler.  Dylan’s mother is upset. But Dylan has questions for her father. And he has surprising answers. (Junior Library Guild; 8/27/2012)

Seize the Storm / Michael Cadnum

Leonard and Claudette have been living the high life, but their daughter, Susannah, and her cousin, Martin, know that the money is gone. When their luxury boat, Athena’s Secret, crosses paths with the speedier Witch Grass, they find a fortune in cash, plus two dead men. The trip that was a goodbye to a way of life might become a goodbye to life itself. (www.amazon.com ; 8/25/2012)

Storybound / Marissa Burt

When Una Fairchild stumbles upon a mysterious book buried deep in the basement of her school library, she doesn’t hesitate to dive in. But Una suddenly finds herself “Written in” to the land of Story—a world filled with Heroes and Villains and fairy-tale characters. But not everything is as magical as it seems. Una must figure out why she has been Written In—and fast—before anyone else discovers her secret. (www.amazon.com; 8/25/2012)

Stronger : a superhuman clash / Michael Carroll

Gethin Rao wants to be like everyone else, but when his superpowers kicked in, he turned blue and grew to 13 feet tall. Treated as a  monster, Gethin runs till he is taken prisoner. When he finally escapes, he falls in with a group of superpowered teens and becomes the one thing he never thought he'd be: a hero. But Gethin learns that being a good guy is a lot more difficult than he thought. (from Amazon.com ; 8/25/2012)

The vindico / Wesley King

The Vindico are a group of supervillains who have been fighting the League of Heroes. They kidnap five teen to train as replacements when they retire--after all, how hard can it be to teach a bunch of angsty teens to be evil?   Fast-paced action, punchy dialogue, and sarcastic, dark  humor. (www.amazon.com; 8/27/2012)