Even MORE new Fiction for June 2008
Alegria, Malin. Sofi Mendoza's Guide To Getting Lost In Mexico. YA/ MAL
Seventeen-year-old, Mexican-American, Sofi Mendoza gets the shock of her life when she is refused re-admittance into the United States after a vacation in Tijuana.
Budhos, Marina. Ask Me No Questions. YA/ BUD
Nadira and her family leave Bangladesh to live illegally for years in New York City on expired visas. After 9/11, they flee to Canada to seek asylum, only to be turned away, resulting in hardship, struggle, and heartache for all of them.
Dean, Claire. Girlwood. YA/ DEA
Polly Greene and her grandmother believe younger sister, Bree, may be hiding in the neighboring Idaho woods; but when they discover a mysterious, hidden grove of larches, Polly and her friends build a shelter for Bree and try to save the grove from developers.
Doctorow, Cory. Little Brother. YA/ DOC
Interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus is released into what is now a police state, and decides to use his expertise.
Ellsworth, Loretta. In Search Of Mockingbird. YA/ ELL
A tattered copy of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is all that connects Erin to her mother, who died when she was a baby. On the eve of her 16th birthday, Erin journeys from Minnesota to Alabama in search of author Harper Lee and answers to her quest.
Johnson, Maureen. Suite Scarlett. YA/ JOH
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.
Meldrum, Christina. Madapple. YA/ MEL
A girl who has been brought up in near isolation is thrown into a twisted web of family secrets and religious fundamentalism when her mother dies and she goes to live with relatives she never knew she had.
Myers, Walter. Sunrise Over Fallujah. YA/ MEY
Robin Perry, from Harlem, is sent to Iraq in 2003 as a member of the Civilian Affairs Battalion, and his time there profoundly changes him.
Schmidt, Gary. Trouble. YA/ SCH
Fourteen-year-old Henry, wishing to honor his brother Franklin's dying wish, sets out to hike Maine's Mount Katahdin with his best friend and dog, but fate adds another companion--the Cambodian refugee accused of fatally injuring Franklin—and reveals troubles that predate the accident.
Shan, Darren. Demon Apocalypse. YA/ SHA
Book 6 in the Demonata series.
Vail, Rachel. Lucky. YA/ VAI
As Phoebe and her clique of privileged girlfriends get ready to graduate from eighth grade, a financial scandal threatens her family's security--as well as Phoebe's social status--but ultimately it teaches her the real meaning of friendship
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