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Tiger Trap
Eric Walters
Synopsis:

Sarah and Nicholas Fraser, the irrepressible sister-and-brother duo of Eric Walters's bestselling Tiger by the Tail, Tiger in Trouble, and Tiger Town, are back for a fourth adventure. The kids are already swamped with exotic animals when Mr. McCurdy and Vladimir, the owners of Tiger Town, rescue another truckload of creatures, including two baby kangeroos, a leopard, and a lion.

Always the worrier, Sarah frets about finances and wonders how they'll be able to care for the ever-expanding menagerie. Then a man named Anthony appears on the farm, and Sarah and Nick have a lot more to fear. Who is this newcomer — friend or foe, patron or poacher?

All Sarah knows is that some shady characters are threatening her beloved animals again, a bunch of gun-toting crooks are trying to buy illegal wildlife for zoos, and some sort of parrot disease has put McCurdy's farm under quarantine!

Publication Date: 10/30/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
Sorrel: In the Shadow of the Bear
Synopsis: Clovermead, a shape-shifting fifteen-year-old girl, must not only convince others to join the fight against evil but also rescue the people of her best friend from enslavement.
Publication Date: 10/23/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
The Jaguar Stones: Middleworld
Synopsis: Harry Potter meets Indiana Jones meets Clash of the Titans! Fasten your seat belts for a heart-stopping ride of suspense and terror, set against a background of haunted temples, family secrets, ritual sacrifice, and adolescent angst, as a pampered, pizza-eating Boston teenager fights to survive in the teeming jungle and save the modern world from the Ancient Maya Lords of Death. It transports the reader to a world in which the Maya deities still have power and influence, where time and space are in flux, but where even a fourteen-year-old from the outside can become aware, and find wisdom and love, if he can but open his eyes to the magic around him.
Publication Date: 10/05/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
The Lighthouse Land
Adrian McKinty
Synopsis: The start of an epic sci-fi trilogy with an unforgettable hero

In the first book of this series from acclaimed crime fiction writer Adrian McKinty, Jamie O’Neill and his mother set out for a new home on an island off the coast of Ireland, a windswept place inherited from a long-lost relative. It’s a chance to start again after the cancer that took one of Jamie’s arms. But Muck Island is no sanctuary. Many strange surprises await the O’Neills there, the strangest being the one locked in the top of its ancient lighthouse. Discovering it will send Jamie on an interstellar mission that could change the course of his life, and the universe, forever.

Praise for The Lighthouse Land

“McKinty, previously known for adult crime novels, brings an attuned ear for dialogue and a taut pacing to his first YA outing, the launch title in the Lighthouse Trilogy.” —Publishers Weekly

“This thought-provoking sci-fi adventure offers universal appeal, excitement, and a one-of-a-kind hero whose courage and compassion will inspire any reader.” —Children’s Literature

“Few readers will be able to resist . . . teens will enjoy this first book in a planned trilogy.” —VOYA
Publication Date: 10/01/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
The Lighthouse War
Adrian McKinty
Synopsis: The heart-pounding sequel to The Lighthouse Land

Jamie O’Neill is back on earth, where no one but his best friend, Ramsay, knows he’s the hero of a great war that saved an alien nation. Now he’s back to being a kid with one arm, no girlfriend, and a band that plays bad songs about intergalactic romance. Then news breaks on the Internet: A space probe has picked up a coded message from far across the galaxy. NASA’s best scientists can’t figure out what it says. Only Jamie and Ramsay realize it’s a message from Altair. They’re needed again.

This thrilling sequel to The Lighthouse Land is packed with even more adventure, battles, and humor than its predecessor, and secures Adrian McKinty’s place as one of science fiction’s most exciting new voices.
Publication Date: 10/01/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
Escape From Castle Cant
Leah Palmer Preiss, K.P. Bath
Synopsis: The baron's headstrong daughter Pauline's rescue from Castle Cant by her heroic half-sister Lucy was just the beginning of the madcap adventure launched in The Secret of Castle Cant, K.P. Bath's acclaimed debut novel. Now hungry and homeless, they are left to fend for themselves in the war-torn Barony, which is full of danger and bounty hunters. Can the girls escape to the Outlands to fight the corrupt gum trade that claimed their father's life?
Publication Date: 10/01/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
A Gathering of Gargoyles
Meredith Ann Pierce
Synopsis: Book Two of the Darkangel Trilogy!


Aeriel has broken the spell on the vampiric darkangel known as Irrylath and returned him to his human form, but the White Witch continues to haunt his dreams. To save her love and the world they live in, Aeriel sets off on a quest across the Sea-of-Dust, to solve a mysterious riddle and gather six magical steeds. Pursued by the White Witch and haunted by her six remaining darkangels, the former slave girl seeks out an ancient oracle who may help her find a way to defeat her enemies.
Publication Date: 10/01/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
May Bird, Warrior Princess: Book Three
Synopsis: At Hog Wallow Middle School, May Ellen Bird was always slightly invisible. Then she went on a long trip to the land of the dead, where ghost towns glowed blue in the dark dusk and spooky specters dwelled in cities on the Dead Sea.

Back on Earth at last, May and her hairless cat, Somber Kitty, are now famous, their faces plastered across souvenirs and sportswear that read "May Bird Went to the Land of the Dead and All She Brought Me Was This Lousy T-Shirt." But, finally in the spotlight, May feels more than ever that she doesn't belong. Every night she sits by her bedroom window, gazing at the sky and dreaming of another place, wishing -- despite herself -- to be back among the ghosts.

And then one night she gets her heart's desire in a way she would never have wished for. Only the Ever After isn't anything like the world May left behind three years ago. The spirits have vanished, and the towns -- once full of every manner of things that go bump in the night -- are deserted. Evil Bo Cleevil has made the Ever After as cold as his own frigid soul, and put up a bunch of tacky malls to boot.

Now, with her friends missing and enemies all around her, May must find her way to the edge of the universe, where night swallows the stars, where allies are few and often have bad breath, where endings can also be beginnings, and where the truest hero lurks in the unlikeliest of souls. But Bo Cleevil's got one last trick up his sleeve -- one that no one on Earth is ready for.

With the worlds of the living and the dead in the balance, will May's courage fail her one last time? Or will she finally become the warrior she was always meant to be?
Publication Date: 09/18/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
Drama Club: The Fall Musical
Synopsis: New York Times Bestselling author Peter Lerangis sets the stage in this first book in the Drama Club series. 

It’s a new school year, and for Casey Chang it’s a chance to make a fresh start away from the bad memories in her old town. But for the Drama Club of Ridgefield High, it means a chance to recruit new members. And Brianna Glaser—the Type A co-president of the club—has her sights set on the new girl. But Casey soon finds herself sucked into the excitement and drama. For these kids, Drama Club isn’t just about a school play, it’s about passion and dreams and the future. All Casey wanted was a new life for herself, but Drama Club has opened up a whole new world.


"Overall, a solid and well-cast production."—School Library Journal on The Big Production 
Publication Date: 09/06/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
Drama Club: The Big Production
Synopsis: Rumor has it that there’s a casting director coming to see the Big Spring Musical, Grease, and immediately the drama in Drama Club starts heating up. Auditions are swamped, emotions run high, and everyone is stressing to make sure that every last detail—in both performance and production—is exactly right. Meanwhile, it’s all just a bit too much for Brianna, who takes some desperate measures to keep her head above water. Can the Drama Club nail their performance and keep Brianna from falling apart? And if they do, will the casting director take notice? It could be the chance of a lifetime, and no one wants to be the one to blow it.
Publication Date: 09/06/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
Cirque Du Freak; Lord of the Shadows
Synopsis: "All must fall to the Lord of the Shadows," Steve said softly. "This is my world now, Darren."

Darren Shan is going home - and his world is going to hell. Old enemies await. Scores must be settled. Destiny looks certain to destroy him, and the world is doomed to fall to the Ruler of the Night...
Publication Date: 09/01/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
Fell
David Clement-Davies
Synopsis: The book fans have been waiting for! A sequel to the acclaimed animal fantasy novel The Sight.

With the same bold storytelling that has made The Sight a cult favorite, David Clement-Davies tells the story of Fell, the black wolf whose betrayal of his family in The Sight almost led to the enslavement of all wolves by the evil Morgra. Wandering alone in the forests of Transylvania, lost in the pain of his sister Larka’s death, Fell rejects their shared gift of seeing into the minds of others.. It is only when a message comes from his old friend Skart, the eagle, that Fell begins to accept his destiny: to enter the world of humans and restore a lost girl to her family, thus healing the wounds of a divided kingdom.

In a starred review, Booklist called The Sight, “full-bodied, lyrically told,” School Library Journal called it "quite exciting,” and Voice of Youth Advocates said, “The narrative is rich, complex, and, most importantly, credible.”
Publication Date: 09/01/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
Love, Stargirl
Jerry Spinelli
Synopsis:

The New York Times bestselling sequel to Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli’s modern-day classic Stargirl!

Love, Stargirl picks up a year after Stargirl ends and reveals the new life of the beloved character who moved away so suddenly at the end of Stargirl. The novel takes the form of "the world's longest letter," in diary form, going from date to date through a little more than a year's time. In her writing, Stargirl mixes memories of her bittersweet time in Mica, Arizona, with involvements with new people in her life.

In Love, Stargirl, we hear the voice of Stargirl herself as she reflects on time, life, Leo, and - of course - love.

 

Don’t miss Jerry Spinelli’s latest novel, The Warden’s Daughter, about another girl who can't help but stand out.
 
“Spinelli is a poet of the prepubescent. . . . No writer guides his young characters, and his readers, past these pitfalls and challenges and toward their futures with more compassion.” —The New York Times
 
 

Publication Date: 08/14/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
Vendetta
Chris Humphreys
Synopsis: Book I of the Runestone Saga ends with a terrifying reversal. The grandfather who showed Sky how to use the power of the runes to travel back in time, revealed his secret plans—which turn out to involve murder and possession. Sky must now find a way to fight his powerful teacher—for his cousin's very soul.

And so he travels to Corsica, home of his other forbearers, hoping to find some knowledge, some power. The blood feud of vendetta still runs hot in Sky's family, as does the supernatural power of the MazzeriÑthe Corsican dream hunters of death. Sky must again travel back through time, inhabiting the life of Tza, a fierce girl from the 1500s. As he sinks into Tza's mind, Sky wondersÑare all of his ancestors murderers?

Vendetta is a heady, exciting blend of supernatural possibility and historical truth that will leave readers gasping for the final installment of the trilogy.
Publication Date: 08/14/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
Beyond Cool
Bev Katz Rosenbaum
Synopsis: Still trying to deal with the social ramifications of having been cryogenically frozen for ten years, sixteen-year-old Floe learns that all the "frozen zombies" are showing signs of weak immune systems, and she sets out to find the one scientist most likely to find a cure.
Publication Date: 08/07/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
The Band: Holding On
Debra Garfinkle
Synopsis: The friends in the rock band Amber Road are enjoying success since they have started playing regularly at San Diego's most popular clubs, but jealousy and resentment threaten to destroy their perfect harmony.
Publication Date: 08/07/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series

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