New Fiction for March
Asher, Jay. Thirteen Reasons Why: A Novel. YA/ ASH
Clay Jenkins returns home to from school to find a mysterious box lying on his porch. Inside he discovers 13 cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker, his classmate and crush who committed suicide two weeks earlier.
Brooks, Martha. Mistik Lake. YA/ BRO
After Odella's mother leaves her, her sisters, and their father in Manitoba and moves to Iceland with another man, she then dies there, and the family finally learns some of the many secrets that have haunted them for two generations.
Cabot, Meg. Princess Mia. YA/ CAB
While Mia tries to get over breaking up with her boyfriend, she discovers a diary kept by a former princess of Genovia from the 1600s, the contents of which could change the fate of her country forever.
Carter, Ally. Cross My Heart And Hope To Spy. YA/ CAR
The Gallagher Girls will need to use all their skills to investigate the Knowlton-Hale boys. Even though they're confident about their guy-spying skills, the playing field is level this time.
Cast, P.C. Betrayed. YA/ CAS
Fledgling vampyre Zoey has managed to settle in at the House of Night. Then the unthinkable happens: human teenagers are being killed, and all the evidence points to the House of Night.
Cast, P.C. Marked. YA/ CAS
Sixteen-year-old Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone the Change, she will train to become an adult vampyre. If she can survive the Change, she then must deal with her special powers.
Felin, M. Touching Snow. YA/ FEL
After her stepfather is arrested for child abuse, thirteen-year-old Karina's home life improves but while the severity of her older sister's injuries and the urging of her younger sister, their uncle, and a friend tempt her to testify against him, her mother and other well-meaning adults pursuade her to claim responsibility.
Gabel, Claudia. In Or Out. YA/ GAB
Marnie and Nola are as opposite as day and night, yet they've always managed to be best friends until they start the ninth grade and Marnie starts to eye the popular crowd.
Gallagher, Liz. The Opposite of Invisible. YA/ GAL
With a chance to be a football player's girlfriend, Alice can be part of the hot crowd - but does she really want to leave a true friend along with her old ways?
Hopkins, Ellen. Burned. YA/ HOP
Raised in a religious but abusive family, Pattyn is sent to live with an aunt in rural Nevada after being caught in a compromising position with a boy. She finds love and acceptance there, but her old demons won't let her go.
Hopkins, Ellen. Glass. YA/ HOP
In this sequel to "Crank", Kristina succumbs once again to her drug addiction, even though she is a new mother and has dreams of becoming a graphic artist.
Johnston, Tony. Bone By Bone By Bone. YA/ JOH
David's father is a doctor, and since he was born has hoped that David will become one too. But when David is studying bones he also secretly teaches his black friend Malcolm, who David's father forbids him to even play with.
Knox, Elizabeth. Dreamquake. YA/ KNO
In the sequel to DREAMHUNTER, Laura struggles to show others the truth about the Place and uncovers a mysterious government plot.
Koertge, Ronald. Strays. YA/ KOE
Sixteen-year-old Ted O’Connor’s parents just died in a fiery car crash, and now he's stuck with a set of semi-psycho foster parents, two foster brothers, and an inner-city high school full of delinquents.
Manning, Sarra. Pretty Things. YA. MAN
During one hot summer, Brie, Charlie, Walker, and Daisy are four hip teens who fall in and out of love, and hate each other. This narrative is pop-culture cool that's brutally honest and laugh-out-loud funny.
Marillier, Juliet. Wildwood Dancing. YA/ MAR
A young adult fairy tale, this tale set in the Transylvanian woods at the castle of Piscul Draculi will leave readers breathless and amazed.
Sharenow, Robert. My Mother the Cheerleader. YA/ SHA
Thirteen-year-old Louise uncovers secrets about her family and her neighborhood during the violent protests over school desegregation in 1960 New Orleans.
Vaught, Susan. Big Fat Manifesto. YA/ VAU
Jamie is a senior in high school and, like so many kids in that year, doing too much-including trying to change the world-and fighting for her rights as a very fat girl.
Zevin, Gabrielle. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac. YA/ ZEV
After a nasty fall, Naomi realizes that she has no memory of the last four years and finds herself reassessing every aspect of her life.
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