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New Books!!

Hey Guys,

Some new books have just been put in the teen zone…

Check out some of these

Fragile Eternity – by Melissa Marr

Seth never expected he would want to settle down with anyone – but that was before Aislinn. She is everything he’d ever dreamed of, and he wants to be with her forever. Forever takes on new meaning, though, when your girlfriend is an immortal faery queen.

Aislinn never expected to rule the very creatures who’d always terrified her – but that was before Keenan. He stole her mortality to make her a monarch, and now she faces challenges and enticements beyond any she’d ever imagined.

In Melissa Marr’s third mesmerizing tale of Faerie, Seth and Aislinn struggle to stay true to themselves and each other in a milieu of shadowy rules and shifting allegiances, where old friends become new enemies and one wrong move could plunge the Earth into chaos.

You Know Where to Find Me – by Rachel Cohn

First cousins Laura and Miles grew up like sisters. Miles thought of Laura as the golden one — smart, beautiful, rich, and popular — while Miles considered herself the unwanted one — an unattractive, underachieving outcast. Laura’s suicide shatters Miles and leaves her feeling completely alone, and sets Miles on a dangerous downward spiral. But in the strength Miles finds in herself and in those she didn’t believe cared about her, she is able to rebuild her life in unexpected ways.

Transformers Omnibus Graphic Novel

This collection of classic Transformers stories delivers massive thrills stretching across both time and space as the heroic Autobots work to stop the machinations of Megatron, Galvatron, and a heap of other Decepticons that put the futures of Earth, Cybertron, and the entire Transformers universe in jeopardy! Includes Best of Dinobots, Space Pirates, and Time Wars.

Reading Rave Book Suggestions

Reading Ravers – anyone stuck on trying to find a good book to read?!?

Here are a few choices that have been certified ‘good’ by other teens…

Marcelo in the Real World – By Francisco X. Stork
Marcelo isn’t your typical seventeen-year-old boy. He refers to himself in the third person, is often confused by verbal metaphors, and isn’t crazy about meeting new people. He has “special interests” in religion, classical music, Halflinger ponies and little else. That’s because Marcelo has an Asperger’s-like condition that limits the natural development of his social skills and causes him to be obsessively interested in only a handful of specific topics. Now his father, a high-powered attorney, wants him to take a summer job at his law firm in the mail room so he can learn how the “real world” works. Reluctantly, Marcelo agrees…

Mortal Engines – By Philip Reeve
Tom and Hester have been thrown together. Truly-thrown out of a city on wheels that’s left them stranded and starving in the middle of nowhere while it hares off after its prey. Hester is desperate for revenge, and Tom is only desperate to get back on board his beloved London. This is a stunning literary debut from Philip Reeve. A novel that defies easy categorisation, it is a gripping adventure story set in an inspired fantasy world, where moving cities trawl the globe. Peopled with convincing and utterly likeable characters, this story is a magical and unique read.

On the Jellicoe Road – by Melina Marchetta
Taylor Markham is seventeen, lives as a boarder at the Jellicoe school in rural New South Wales, can’t remember much of her father and was left on the side of the road by her mother at age 10.

Rescued and raised by Hannah, who lives on the outskirts of the school grounds, Taylor has groomed by her peers and teachers to be a role model for the other students. Now she’s a house captain, with responsibilities and power – but is rather apathetic to both. A role Taylor does relish however, is the Jellicoe school representative on the Secret Underground Club. Elected by her predecessors in an unpopular vote, Taylor must lead her troops in the yearly territory ‘war’ against the local Townies and the visiting army Cadets on the property surrounding the school.

Bloodsong – by Melvin Burgess
In a future dystopian London, peopled with human-animal hybrids and organic machines that can grow their own flesh, 15-year-old Sigurd is determined to recreate the peaceful kingdom his father Sigmund originated, which was bombed out of existence with his father’s assassination. Now England is ruled by a patchwork of squabbling warlords, and to unite them, Sigurd must make a great show of power.

Scott Westerfeld- Leviathan

Check out this clip for the new Scott Westerfeld novel Leviathan

The clip is amazing, and it looks like this new series is going to be a huge hit.

The Scott Westerfeld website is really awesome too, and there is heaps of interesting stuff for fans of his previous “Uglies” series as well.

Check the library catalogue to see which of his books are in at the moment!

New To The Library

If you are looking for the hottest titles this Spring, Mosman Library has you covered.

L.A. Candy by Lauren Conrad ( from the reality show The Hills) tells the story of nineteen-year-old Jane Roberts can’t wait to start living it up. Los Angeles is all about the sweet life: hot clubs, cute guys, designer . . . everything. She may be in L.A. for an internship, but Jane plans to play as hard as she works, and has enlisted her BFF Scarlett to join in the fun. (sounds familiar, doesn’t it?)
When this book was first announced I must admit I was expecting it to be awful, but the first reports are coming back and it’s not half bad. So if you are looking for a fun read about the young and beautiful people in L.A. this is your inside scoop.

Brigands MC is the eleventh novel in the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore. Every CHERUB agent comes from somewhere. Dante Scott still has nightmares about the death of his family, brutally killed by a biker gang. When Dante joins James Adams on a mission to infiltrate the Brigands Motorcycle Club, he’s ready to use everything he’s learned to get revenge on the people who killed his family …
The latest release in Muchamore’s unbelievably popular CHERUB series is getting mixed review, some good, some a little disappointed.

Catching Fire is the eagerly anticipated follow up to Suzanne Collins’ surprise best-seller Hunger Games. This book picks up where the last left off. Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.
So is Catching Fire as good as Hunger Games? Can it live up to the hype? Early reports are yes, yes it can. Catching Fire is meant to be just as fast paced and exciting as her last book. So look out for that one.

Mosman Library has copies of all three books, so why not give them a go. Have you read them? What did you think? Good? Bad? Let us know.
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