More New Fiction for March 2009
Dana, Barbara. A Voice of Her Own. YA/ DAN
A fictional tale follows what life was like for young Emily Dickinson growing up in mid-19th century New England and the challenges she faced with regard to making her own voice heard as the writer she was destined to become.
Fantaskey, Beth. Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side. YA/ FAN
Seventeen-year-old Jessica, adopted and raised in Pennsylvania, learns that she is descended from a royal line of Romanian vampires and that she is betrothed to a vampire prince, who poses as a foreign exchange student while courting her.
Gilman, David. The Devil’s Breath. YA/ GIL
When fifteen-year-old Max Gordon's environmentalist-adventurer father goes missing while working in Namibia and Max becomes the target of a would-be assassin at his school in England, he decides he must follow his father to Africa and find him before they both are killed.
Hapka, Catherine. Something Borrowed. YA/ HAP
When Ava gets dumped by her boyfriend, she's pretty upset. He wasn't the love of her life or anything, but with her sister's wedding - a.k.a. the social event of the season - just two weeks away, Ava's got to save face by finding someone cute and fun to bring as her date. With the clock ticking and no dates in sight, Ava asks her best friend if she can "borrow" her boyfriend, Jason, for the night. What do you do when Mr. Right is wrapped up in a package that belongs to your best friend?
Myers, Walter Dean. Dope Sick. YA/ MYE
Seeing no way out of his difficult life in Harlem, seventeen-year-old Jeremy "Lil J" Dance flees into a house after a drug deal goes awry and meets a weird man who shows different turning points in Lil J's life when he could have made better choices.
Smith, Sherri L. Flygirl. YA/ SMI
Dreaming of being a pilot her whole life, Ida Mae Jones sees her chance during World War II, but she cannot be accepted into the WASP because she is black, forcing Ida Mae to choose between her racial heritage and chasing her dream.
