New Fiction in April 2007
Cohn, Rachel. Cupcake. YA/ COH
Former "bad girl" Cyd Charisse moves to New York City to live with her half-brother Danny while exploring career options and various relationships, including the one with Shrimp, who is surfing in New Zealand.
Cooney, Caroline. Enter Three Witches. YA/ COO
A fictional retelling of Macbeth. Mary is a ward of the Macbeth's and is caught up in the power struggle for Cawdor Castle and the Scottish crown.
Corrigan, Eireann. Ordinary Ghosts. YA/ COR
Emil feels invisible at school and at home. When he finds a master key to his private school, he sneaks in to explore, and finds a reason to become visible.
Draper, Sharon M. Copper Sun. YA/ DRA
Amari's perfect life is shattered when her family is murdered. She is dragged aboard a slave ship, sent to the Carolinas, and purchased by a plantation owner as a birthday present for his son. Now all she dreams about is escape.
Hartnett, Sonya. Surrender. YA/ HAR
As he is dying, a twenty-year-old man known as Gabriel recounts his troubled childhood and his strange relationship with a dangerous counterpart named Finnigan.
Limb, Sue. Girl, Going on 17: Pants on fire. YA/ LIM
Jess' seventeenth year is a tumultuous one, due to a series of lies and unfortunate circumstances, including her break-up with Fred, her school detention, and her mother's new romance.
Reinhardt, Dana. Harmless. YA/ REI
Anna, Mariah, and Emma are friends who concoct a story about why they are late getting home one Friday night, a story that will replace their parents' anger with concern. How much harm can one lie do?
Schneider, Robyn. Better Than Yesterday. YA/ SCH
At the elite Hilliard Prep School, the competition is fierce, the gossip is worse, and Blake Dorsey has just arrived back on campus after an unexplained two-year absence.
Thompson, Kate. The New Policeman. YA/ THO
Irish teenager JJ Liddy discovers that time is leaking from his world into Tir na nOg, the land of the fairies, and when he attempts to stop the leak he finds out a lot about his family history, the music that he loves, and a crime his great-grandfather may or may not have committed.
Bibliographic Information ©2007 BWI
Former "bad girl" Cyd Charisse moves to New York City to live with her half-brother Danny while exploring career options and various relationships, including the one with Shrimp, who is surfing in New Zealand.
Cooney, Caroline. Enter Three Witches. YA/ COO
A fictional retelling of Macbeth. Mary is a ward of the Macbeth's and is caught up in the power struggle for Cawdor Castle and the Scottish crown.
Corrigan, Eireann. Ordinary Ghosts. YA/ COR
Emil feels invisible at school and at home. When he finds a master key to his private school, he sneaks in to explore, and finds a reason to become visible.
Draper, Sharon M. Copper Sun. YA/ DRA
Amari's perfect life is shattered when her family is murdered. She is dragged aboard a slave ship, sent to the Carolinas, and purchased by a plantation owner as a birthday present for his son. Now all she dreams about is escape.
Hartnett, Sonya. Surrender. YA/ HAR
As he is dying, a twenty-year-old man known as Gabriel recounts his troubled childhood and his strange relationship with a dangerous counterpart named Finnigan.
Limb, Sue. Girl, Going on 17: Pants on fire. YA/ LIM
Jess' seventeenth year is a tumultuous one, due to a series of lies and unfortunate circumstances, including her break-up with Fred, her school detention, and her mother's new romance.
Reinhardt, Dana. Harmless. YA/ REI
Anna, Mariah, and Emma are friends who concoct a story about why they are late getting home one Friday night, a story that will replace their parents' anger with concern. How much harm can one lie do?
Schneider, Robyn. Better Than Yesterday. YA/ SCH
At the elite Hilliard Prep School, the competition is fierce, the gossip is worse, and Blake Dorsey has just arrived back on campus after an unexplained two-year absence.
Thompson, Kate. The New Policeman. YA/ THO
Irish teenager JJ Liddy discovers that time is leaking from his world into Tir na nOg, the land of the fairies, and when he attempts to stop the leak he finds out a lot about his family history, the music that he loves, and a crime his great-grandfather may or may not have committed.
Bibliographic Information ©2007 BWI
