New Books

1. New Books Purchased with Starbooks Funds Mt. Pleasant High School Media Center

2. Sapphique by Catherine Fisher Sequel to Incarceron After his escape from Incarceron, Finn must fight another for his right to the throne while trying to free his imprisoned friends Keiro and Attia and stop Incarceron's quest to be free of its own nature. Fantasy

3. Consumed by Kate Cann Sequel to Possessed A new manager brings many changes to Morton's Keep, capitalizing on its gothic atmosphere and history, but Rayne sees ominous signs indicating that the one thing that has not changed is the evil presence she had thought was destroyed. Fantasy

4. Now You See Her by Joy Fielding Two years after her adult daughter's apparent death in a canoeing accident, Marcy Taggart thinks she sees her while on holiday in Ireland, and frantically tries to find her again, all the while hoping to finally put her own mind at ease. Suspense

5. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand This book tells the gripping true story of a U.S. airman who was the soul survivor when his bomber crashed into the sea during World War II and had to face thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Nonfiction

6. The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman The Red Garden, a sequence of beguiling, linked stories, is rooted in colonial times and reaches into the present. Generation by generation, humans and animals form profound bonds; women’s lives change, somewhat; men go to war; people are poor and in despair; illness and violence rage; strangers find refuge; and love blossoms impossibly, extravagantly, inevitably. Historical

7. Angel by James Patterson This books is the newest in the Maximum Ride series. Heartbroken after her best friend and soul mate, Fang, leaves her flock, Maximum Ride begins to believe the evil scientists trying to convince her she needs to save the world, and that Dylan, the newest member of her flock, is her perfect mate. Fantasy

8. Blessed by Cynthia Leitich Smith Third book in the series Tantalize, Eternal, Blessed Modern bloodsuckers meet Count Dracula himself in this third book of Smith's vampire trilogy. Quincietakes the lead in hunting down slick vampire chef Brad, who initiated her and can therefore seep unwanted into her thoughts and dreams. The former attendants of the vampire king join her in the fight, and tall, heavenly, and handsome guardian angel Zachary returns to save Quincie's compromised soul. Fantasy

9. Tick Tock by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge In another of Patterson’s Michael Bennett series, Detective Bennett joins forces with FBI Agent Beth Peters to root out a terrorist who is threatening New York City with a devastation of the greatest magnitude He must simultaneously sort out his feelings for Beth and protect his 10 adopted children, all while his relationship with his children's nanny, Mary Catherine, takes an unexpected turn. Mystery, Suspense

10. Girl, Stolen by April Henry A trip to the pharmacy turns into a nightmare for Cheyenne Wilder, a blind teenager. Sick with pneumonia, she waits in the backseat of her stepmother's car when someone steals it, unintentionally kidnapping her. Things become even more complicated when the inadvertent kidnapper, Griffin, returns home to his hostile father and his criminal cronies, who have their own designs on Cheyenne after learning that her father is rich. Contemporary fiction

11. The Gift by James Patterson Sequel to Witch & Wizard After escaping imprisonment by the totalitarian regime known as the New Order, siblings Wisty and Whit Allgood, who possess magical powers, establish themselves as leaders of the Resistance, a hidden community of teenagers like themselves, hunted by the state and determined to defy its ban on the arts, magic, and all other forms of creativity. Fantasy

12. Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride This sometimes goofy, sometimes gory novel introduces Sam, a fast-food employee in Seattle who has grown up unaware of his ability to raise the dead. He is a necromancer, part of a world of harbingers, werewolves, satyrs, and one particular necromancer who sees Sam as a threat to his lucrative life-style. Fantasy, Horror

13. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest by Stieg Larsson The last book of the best selling trilogy that includes The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire While recovering in the hospital, LisbethSalander enlists the aid of journalist MikaelBlomkvist to prove her innocent of three murders and identify the corrupt politicians who have allowed her to suffer. We also have the first two books in the trilogy in the media center. Suspense

14. Lockdown By Walter Dean Myers Fourteen-year-old Reese broke into a doctor's office, stole prescription pads, and sold them to a drug dealer. Now he's in a juvenile detention facility in the Bronx, trying to make the right choices, the ones that will bring him an early release date. Reese has a host of things working against him. But then he is assigned to a work release program in a nursing home where he meets a cantankerous old man with his own troubled past. Contemporary fiction

15. Time of Miracles by Anne-Laure Bondoux After the collapse of the Soviet Union, seven-year-old Koumaïl and his guardian, Gloria, flee violent unrest and begin an arduous journey across the Caucasus toward France. That’s where Koumaïl was born, according to Gloria, who describes how she found Koumaïl in the wreckage of a train accident that killed his French mother. Gloria became the boy’s devoted guardian, and Koumaïl recounts their inseparable bond as they risk everything, finding shelter in forests, camps, and gypsy settlements. Historical

16. Ship Breaker By Paolo Bacigalupi This is a fast paced dystopian adventure set on the American Gulf Coast. Nailer’s dirty, dangerous job is to crawl deep into the wrecks of the ancient oil tankers that line the beach, scavenging copper wire to turn over to his crew boss. After a brutal hurricane passes over, Nailer and his friend Pima stumble upon the wreck of a luxurious clipper ship. It's filled with valuable goods—a "Lucky Strike" that could make them rich, if only they can find a safe way to cash it in. But amid the wreckage, they find a girl, barely clinging to life. Fantasy

17. Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta Since his homeland Lumatere was taken over by brutal enemies who slaughtered the royal family, Finnikin has wandered with his mentor, the king's First Man, training in combat and diplomacy to prepare for a new Lumatere. An impenetrable black mist shrouds the kingdom, preventing their return, so Finnikin and Sir Topher seek a new land for the suffering Lumateran exiles. Then a strange message brings them to a cliff-top temple and a young novice, Evanjalin, who propels them on a journey fraught with danger but brings them resolutely toward home. Fantasy

18. I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to John, a fifteen-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien. But someone or something is seeking the six to kill them. Three are dead and John is number four. Now a major motion picture. Fantasy. Science Fiction

19. Odd Is On Our Side by Dean Koontz While the town of Pico Mundo, California, prepares for its annual Halloween festivities, young fry cook Odd Thomas can't shake the feeling that make-believe goblins and ghouls aren't the only things on the prowl. This is a graphic novel based on the Odd Thomas series by Koontz. Graphic novel

20. Awakened by P. C. and Kristin Cast This latest entry in the award-winning series finds a returned Zoey resuming her place as High Priestess at the House of Night, but struggling to maintain a relationship with Stark in spite of Heath's loss, while Stevie Rae's secret bond with Rephaim grows stronger and increasingly dangerous. Fantasy

21. Fall for Anything by Courtney Summers Struggling to understand the reasons behind her successful photographer father's suicide, Eddie Reeves purses a dangerous relationship with one of her father's former students, who seems to know more about Eddie's father than she does. Contemporary fiction

22. Kings of Colorado by David Hilton In the summer of 1963, when he was 13, William Sheppard stabbed his abusive, drunken father in the chest with a pocket knife. Though grievously wounded, the father survived, and his son, as punishment, was sent to the Swope Ranch Boys Reformatory in a remote, mountainous area of Colorado. Decades later, at the age of 62, William recalls his life-changing experiences at the ranch, confirming the prophetic words of one of his best friends there: “None of us will ever be who we were before.” Coming of Age

23. Closer by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams In this the 4th book in the Tunnels series, Will Burrows believes he is safe at the very center of the earth, in a world that no one knows exists. However, the Styx are close behind and will follow him anywhere. Meanwhile on the surface, Drake and some unlikely allies unearth some critical secrets. Fantasy

24. Something Like Hope by Shawn Goodman Shavonne, a fierce, desperate seventeen year-old in juvenile lockup, wants to turn her life around before her eighteenth birthday, but corrupt guards, out-of-control girls, and shadows from her past make her task seem impossible. Contemporary fiction

25. Kick by Walter Dean Myers and Ross Workman This book has an intriguing concept: veteran author Myers paired with a teenage fan to write the story of a soccer player in trouble with the law. In their story, Kevin—the 13-year-old son of a police officer killed on duty—was arrested after crashing his friend's father's car. Gerald Brown, a good-hearted sergeant, agrees to look into the case, finding in Kevin "a young man stumbling toward an uncertain future with a boldness that sometimes wasn't even clear to him." Contemporary fiction

26. Matched by Ally Condie The Society has calculated every aspect of existence--meals, jobs, family, life span, marriage--for its citizens. When Cassia is unexpectedly "matched" with two of her (male) friends, she struggles between a safe, predictable Society life with Xander and the unknown world of passions, choices, and possibly danger in the Outer Provinces with Ky. Condie's dystopian setting is vivid and her story is thought-provoking. Fantasy