New Books February
The big splash
Ferraiolo, Jack D.
New York : Amulet Books, 2008.
Matt Stevens, an average middle schooler with a glib tongue and a knack for solving crimes, uncovers a mystery while working with "the organization," a
mafia-like syndicate run by seventh-grader Vincent "Mr. Biggs" Biggio,
specializing in forged hall passes, test-copying rings, black market candy
selling, and taking out hits with water guns.
Agawam YA Fiction - T FER
Bliss
Myracle, Lauren, 1969-
New York, NY : Amulet Books, 2008.
Having grown up in a California commune, Bliss sees her aloof grandmother's Atlanta world as a foreign country, but she is determined to be
nice as a freshman at an elite high school, which makes her the perfect target
for Sandy, a girl obsessed with the occult.
Agawam YA Fiction - T MYR
Bonechiller
McNamee, Graham.
New York : Wendy Lamb Books, 2008.
Four high school students face off against a soul-stealing beast that has been making young people disappear their small Ontario, Canada, town for
centuries.
Agawam YA Fiction - T MCN
Breaking dawn
Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009.
Although eighteen-year-old Bella joins the dark but seductive world of the immortals by marrying Edward the vampire, her connection to the powerful
werewolf Jacob remains unsevered.
Agawam YA Fiction - T MEY
Chains
Anderson, Laurie Halse.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008.
After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.
Agawam YA Fiction - T AND
Chalice
McKinley, Robin.
New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2008.
A beekeeper by trade, Mirasol's life changes completely when she is named the new Chalice, the most important advisor to the new Master, a former priest
of fire.
Agawam YA Fiction - T MCK
Chosen : a house of night novel
Cast, P. C.
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, c2008.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP CAS
Dead is the new black
Perez, Marlene.
Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2008.
While dealing with her first boyfriend and suddenly being pressed into service as a substitute cheerleader, seventeen-year-old Daisy Giordano, daughter
and sister of psychics but herself a "normal," attempts to help her mother
discover who is behind a series of bizarre attacks on teenage girls in their
little town of Nightshade, California.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP PER
The dragon heir
Chima, Cinda Williams.
New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2008.
"The covenant that was meant to keep the wizard wars at bay has been stolen, and Trinity must prepare for attack. Everyone is doing their part --
Seph is monitoring the Weirwalls; Jack and Ellen are training their ghostly
army; even Anaweir Will and Fitch are setting booby traps around the town's
perimeter. But to Jason Haley, it seems like everyone wants to keep him out of
the action. He may not be the most powerful wizard in Trinity, but he's prepared
to fight for his friends. When Jason finds a powerful talisman --a huge opal
called the Dragonheart--buried in a cave, his role takes on new importance. The
stone seems to sing to Jason's very soul -- showing him that he is meant for
more than anyone guessed. Trinity's guardians take the stone away after they
realize that it may be a weapon powerful enough to save them all. Without any
significant power of his own, and now without the stone, what can Jason possibly
do to help the people he cares about -- and to prove his mettle? Madison Moss
can feel the beating heart of the opal, too. The desire for it surges through
her, drawing her to it. But Maddie has other things besides the Dragonheart on
her mind. She has a secret. Ever since absorbing the magical blow that was meant
to kill Seph, she's been leaking dark powers. Although Maddie herself is immune
to magic, what would her friends think if they knew what kind of evil lay within
her? Trinity's enemies are as enthusiastic about her powers as she is
frightened. They think they can use her to get to the Dragonheart -- and they'll
use anyone Maddie cares about to make her steal the stone for them. Moral
compasses spin out of control as a final battle storms through what was once a
sanctuary for the gifted. With so much to lose, what will Jason and Maddie be
willing to fight for -- and what will they sacrifice? Every man is for himself
in this thrilling conclusion to the Heir trilogy"--Publisher description.
Agawam YA Fiction - T CHI
Eclipse
Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-
Detroit : Thorndike Press, 2009.
Bella must choose between her friendship with Jacob, a werewolf, and her relationship with Edward, a vampire, but when Seattle is ravaged by a mysterious
string of killings, the three of them need to decide whether their personal
lives are more important than the well-being of an entire city.
Agawam YA Fiction - T MEY
Eco-architecture
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, 2008.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T720.47 ECO
Eon : Dragoneye reborn
Goodman, Alison.
New York : Viking, 2008.
Sixteen-year-old Eon hopes to become an apprentice to one of the twelve energy dragons of good fortune and learn to be its main interpreter, but to do
so will require much, including keeping secret that she is a girl.
Agawam YA Fiction - T GOO
Every soul a star
Mass, Wendy, 1967-
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2008.
Ally, Bree, and Jack meet at the one place the Great Eclipse can be seen in totality, each carrying the burden of different personal problems, which
become dim when compared to the task they embark upon and the friendship they
find.
Agawam YA Fiction - T MAS
Gossip girl : a novel
Von Ziegesar, Cecily.
Boston : Little, Brown, c2002.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP VON
Graceling
Cashore, Kristin.
Orlando, FL : Harcourt, 2008.
In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying
Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save
their land from a corrupt king.
Agawam YA Fiction - T CAS
Guardian
Lester, Julius.
New York : Amistad/HarperTeen, 2008.
In a rural southern town in 1946, a white man and his son witness the lynching of an innocent black man. Includes historical note on lynching.
Agawam YA Fiction - T LES
How to ditch your fairy
Larbalestier, Justine.
New York, NY : Bloomsbury Children's Books : Distributed to the trade
by Macmillan, 2008.
In a world in which everyone has a personal fairy who tends to one aspect of daily life, fourteen-year-old Charlie decides she does not want hers--a
parking fairy--and embarks on a series of misadventures designed to rid herself
of the invisible sprite and replace it with a better one, like her friend
Rochelle's shopping fairy.
Agawam YA Fiction - T LAR
The Lincolns : a scrapbook look at Abraham and Mary
Fleming, Candace.
New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2008.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - TB LIN
Morning in a different place
McGuigan, Mary Ann.
Honesdale, Pa. : Front Street, c2009.
In 1963 in the Bronx, New York, eighth-graders Fiona and Yolanda help one another face hard decisions at home despite family and social opposition to
their interracial friendship, but Fiona is on her own when popular classmates
start paying attention to her and give her a glimpse of both a different way of
life and a new kind of hatefulness.
Agawam YA Fiction - T MCG
Must love black
McClymer, Kelly.
New York : Simon Pulse, 2008.
"'MUST LOVE BLACK'? Sounds like a coffee-loving, seclusion-seeking goth girl's dream job. Philippa isn't fazed by the fog-enshrouded mansion on a cliff,
the weirdest twins on the planet, or even the rumors about ghosts, 'cause when
she meets the estate's hot gardener, Philippa's pretty sure she's found her
dream boy, too. Too bad Geoff's already taken...by a girl whose wardrobe is head
-to-toe pink. Still, Philippa can't get Geoff out of her head. What will it take
to lure him to the dark side?"--p. [4] of cover.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP MCC
Nation
Pratchett, Terry.
New York, NY : HarperCollins, c2008.
After a devastating tsunami destroys all that they have ever known, Mau, an island boy, and Daphne, an aristocratic English girl, together with a small
band of refugees, set about rebuilding their community and all the things that
are important in their lives.
Agawam YA Fiction - T PRA
New moon
Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-
Detroit : Thorndike Press, 2009.
When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-
old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn
into a "cult" and changes in terrible ways.
Agawam YA Fiction - T MEY
The outsiders
Hinton, S. E.
New York : Speak, 2006.
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their
adolescent society.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP HIN
Palace of Mirrors
Haddix, Margaret Peterson.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008.
Fourteen-year-old Cecilia has always known she is the true princess of Suala, but when she and her best friend, Harper, decide to speed up her
ascendancy to the throne, they find danger and many imposters who challenge her
claim.
Agawam YA Fiction - T HAD
Privilege
Brian, Kate, 1974-
New York : Simon Pulse, 2008.
"Ariana Osgood rules exclusive Easton Academy--until she was arrested for murdering Thomas Pearson. She's spent the past two years at the Brenda T.
Trumbull Correctional Facility for Women plotting her escape and is determined
to get a second chance at the flamorous life she left behind. And Ariana will do
anything to get her way...."--p. [4] of cover.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP BRI
Prom
Anderson, Laurie Halse.
New York, N.Y. : Speak, 2006, c2005.
Eighteen-year-old Ash wants nothing to do with senior prom, but when disaster strikes and her desperate friend, Nat, needs her help to get it back on
track, Ash's involvement transforms her life.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP AND
Scat
Hiaasen, Carl.
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009.
Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.
Agawam YA Fiction - T HIA
The smile
Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-
New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2008.
In Renaissance Italy, Elisabetta longs for romance, and when Leonardo da Vinci introduces her to Guiliano de Medici, whose family rules Florence but is
about to be deposed, she has no inkling of the romance--and sorrow--that will
ensue.
Agawam YA Fiction - T NAP
Sovay
Rees, Celia.
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009.
In 1794 England, the rich and beautiful Sovay, disguised as a highwayman, acquires papers that could lead to her father's arrest for treason, and soon her
newly-awakened political consciousness leads her and a compatriot to France
during the Revolution.
Agawam YA Fiction - T REE
The stowaway
Salvatore, R. A., 1959-
Renton, WA : Mirrorstone, 2008.
A twelve-year-old orphan who possesses a stone that brings good luck to its owner runs afoul of a terrifying half-demon, but finds an ally in the elf
Drizzt Do'Urden.
Agawam YA Fiction - T SAL
Suite Scarlett
Johnson, Maureen, 1973-
New York : Point, 2008.
Fifteen-year-old Scarlett Marvin is stuck in New York City for the summer working at her quirky family's historic hotel, but her brother's attractive new
friend and a seasonal guest who offers her an intriguing and challenging writing
project improve her outlook.
Agawam YA Fiction - T JOH
The summoning
Armstrong, Kelley.
New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2008.
After fifteen-year-old Chloe starts seeing ghosts and is sent to Lyle House, a mysterious group home for mentally disturbed teenagers, she soon
discovers that neither Lyle House nor its inhabitants are exactly what they seem,
and that she and her new friends are in danger.
Agawam YA Fiction - T ARM
Teen driving
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, 2008.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T363.12 TEE
Tender morsels
Lanagan, Margo, 1960-
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
A young woman who has endured unspeakable cruelties is magically granted a safe haven apart from the real world and allowed to raise her two daughters in
this alternate reality, until the barrier between her world and the real one
begins to break down.
Agawam YA Fiction - T LAN
The devouring
Holt, Simon.
New York : Little, Brown, 2008.
The existence of Vours, supernatural creatures who feast on fear and attack on the eve of the winter solstice, becomes a terrifying reality for
fifteen-year-old Reggie when she begins to suspect that her timid younger
brother might be one of their victims.
Agawam YA Fiction - T HOL
Tiger moon
Michaelis, Antonia.
New York : Amulet Books, 2008.
Sold to be the eighth wife of a rich and cruel merchant, Safia, also called Raka, tries to escape her fate by telling stories of Farhad the thief,
his companion Nitish the white tiger, and their travels across India to retrieve
a famous jewel that will save a kidnapped princess from becoming the bride of a
demon king.
Agawam YA Fiction - T MIC
Top 8
Finn, Katie.
New York, NY : Point, 2008.
When popular high school junior Madison's online profile is hacked, it sends her life into turmoil and forces her to reevaluate some important matters
as she figures out who committed the crime.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP FIN
Ttyl
Myracle, Lauren, 1969-
New York : Amulet Books, 2005, c2004.
Chronicles, in "instant message" format, the day-to-day experiences, feelings, and plans of three friends, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela, as they begin
tenth grade.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP MYR
The Tygrine Cat
Iserles, Inbali.
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008.
Lost and alone, Mati seeks acceptance from a pack of feral cats at Cressida Lock, but in order to defeat the assassin on his trail, Mati must
unlock the secret of his true identity and learn to harness an ancient and
deadly feline power.
Agawam YA Fiction - T ISE
Vampire Academy
Mead, Richelle.
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009.
Two years after a horrible incident made them run away, vampire princess Lissa and her guardian-in-training Rose are found and returned to St. Vladimir's
Academy, where one focuses on mastering magic, the other on physical training,
while both try to avoid the perils of gossip, cliques, gruesome pranks, and
sinister plots.
Agawam YA Fiction - T MEA
Wings
Baker, E. D.
New York : Bloomsbury U.S.A. Childrens Books : Distributed to the
trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2008.
When Tamisin discovers that she is half fairy, she decides to find out more answers directly from the fairies themselves, including her mother, the
fairy queen.
Agawam YA Fiction - T BAK
The year we disappeared : a father - daughter memoir
Busby, Cylin.
New York : Bloomsbury, 2008.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - TB BUS
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