More new Fiction for Late May 2008
Avi. Nothing But The Truth :--A Documentary Novel. YA/ AVI
Chronicling the results of a teacher's objections to a 9th grader's humming along with the Star Spangled Banner, it forces the reader to explore issues of perception, reality, bias, and expediency.
Mead, Richelle. Vampire Academy. YA/ MEA
Rose and her best friend, Lissa, become enmeshed in a forbidden romance and a ruthless social scene after they are dragged to a boarding school where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them.
Meyer, Stephenie. The Host. YA/ MEY
Black, Holly. Valiant. YA/ BLA
When teenage Valerie runs away to New York City, she takes up with a gang of squatters in the subway system. In that strange world, she becomes bound into service by a troll who is as hideous as he is honorable.
Coy, John. Box Out. YA/ COY
James, Brian. Thief. YA/ JAM
Malloy, Brian. Twelve Long Months. YA/ MAL
Staples, Suzanne. The House Of Djinn. YA/ STA
Taylor, Theodore. Sniper. YA/ TAY
Fifteen-year-old Ben must cope alone when a mysterious sniper begins shooting the big cats in his family's private zoological preserve.
Wright, Bil. When The Black Girl Sings. YA/ WRI
Lahni feels like an outcast; she is the only African-American student at her private, all-girls prep school, and her adoptive parents are both white. Her parents are getting a divorce, but she finds comfort by singing in the choir.
Adoff, Jaime. The Death of Jayson Porter. YA/ ADO
Bauer, Joan. Best Foot Forward. YA/ BAU
After a life-altering summer on the road, Jenna Boller is dripping with new found maturity. She's got a great job at a shoe store, a best friend who makes her laugh...and then a handsome hunk with a police record walks into her life.
Caletti, Deb. The Fortunes of Indigo Skye. YA/ CAL
Ferguson, Alane. The Circle Of Blood :--A Forensic Mystery. YA/ FER
Pearson, Mary. The Adoration of Jenna Fox. YA/ PEA
Stratton, Allan. Chanda's Wars. YA/ STR
Woodson, Jacqueline. After Tupac & D Foster. YA/ WOO
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