Juvenile Fiction

Grand and Humble
Brent Hartinger
Alternating chapters follow the lives of two very different high school boys, popular Harlan and geeky Manny, whose recent nightmares and premonitions of disaster are linked to mysterious past events. By the author of Last Chance Texaco.
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Between Mom and Jo
Julie Anne Peters
Nick has a three-legged dog named Lucky, some pet fish, and two moms who think he's the greatest kid ever. And he happens to think he has the greatest Moms ever, but everything changes when his birth mom and her wife, Jo, start to have marital problems. Suddenly, Nick is in the middle, and instead of having two Moms to turn to for advice, he has no one.Nick's emotional struggle to redefine his relationships with his parents will remind readers that a family's love can survive even the most difficult times.
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Once Upon Stilettos
Shanna Swendson
Click your heels three times and say, “There’s no place like Bloomies!”Katie Chandler’s life is pure magic–literally. As an executive assistant at Magic, Spells, and Illusions, Inc., she’s seen more than her share of fantastical occurrences. A mere Manhattan mortal, Katie is no wizard, but she’s a wiz at exposing “hokum” pocus, cloaked lies, and deceptive enchantments. And she’s fallen under the all-too-human spell of attraction to Owen, a hunky wizard and coworker. Owen, however, is preoccupied. Someone has broken into his office and disrupted top-secret files, and it reeks of an inside job. CEO Merlin (yes, the Merlin) and taps Katie and her special ability to uncover the magical mole.Keeping her feelings in check while sleuthing alongside Owen, Katie is shocked to discover that her immunity to magic is waning, putting her in grave danger. Soon she’s surrendering to the charms and enchantments of everyone and everything around her, including a killer pair of red stilettos. Katie must now conjure up her natural instincts to get to the bottom of the break-in, regain her power, and win the wizard of her dreams.
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Jack's Knife
Chris Wood, Beverley Wood
Fifteen-year-old Jackson has big dreams fueled by long talks with his elderly next-door neighbor, Al McMann. At 91, McMann has many stories about policing the northwest as a young man. But their friendship worries Jackson's single mom, who finds it "unhealthy." When she insists that Jack break off the friendship and sign up for community baseball instead, he is hurt and angry. When a stray dog turns up, his mother demands they call animal control, and Jack ends up dodging the dogcatcher with his new friend. Ducking through a fence, he stumbles into an unfamiliar place Juneau, Alaska in the mid-1930s, where he’s soon involved with a fledgling law-enforcement team that just might need his help. This new young adult novel from the husband-and-wife team of Chris and Beverley Wood blends a compelling story of a troubled teen and his canine best friend with an exciting time-travel adventure.
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Witch Circle
Susan Vaught, Debbie Federici
When a shapeshifting dwarf kidnaps Todd, Bren, King of the Witches, becomes obsessed with rescuing him, but has no idea where to begin. Bren's also plagued by disturbing visions about the evil Nire escaping from her prison. Meanwhile, girls with special abilities are showing up randomly with magical stones, the klatch witches are attacking the peaceful Dana'Kel priests, and Jazz is having haunting nightmares. It's obvious something dreadful has descended upon L.O.S.T., but what? Soon after, minor quarrels escalate into riots and bloodshed. Even the King and Queen are drawn into a passionate dispute when Jazz accuses Bren of kissing a young woman. Can the witches and magical creatures ever unite together before utter chaos tears apart the witch kingdom?
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John-Browne's Body and Sole
Pearce Jonathan
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The Raven League
Alex Simmons, Bill McCay
When Sherlock Holmes goes missing, Archie Wiggins, an ex-member of the Baker Street Irregulars, believes the Irregulars may have something to do with it, and sets out with other misfits to not only find the famous sleuth, but solve a few murders along the way.
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The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs
Jack Gantos
On an unseasonably warm Easter Sunday, a young girl namedIvy discovers a chilling secret in the basement of the Rumbaughpharmacy across the street from the hotel where she lives withher mother. The discovery reveals a disturbing side to theeccentric lives of family friends Abner and Adolph Rumbaugh,known throughout their small western Pennsylvania townsimply as the Twins. It seems that Ab and Dolph have beencompelled by a powerful mutual love for their deceased motherto do something extraordinary, something that in its owntwisted way bridges the gap between the living and the dead.Immediately, Ivy's discovery provokes the revelation of aRumbaugh family curse, a curse that, as Ivy will learn over thecoming years, holds a strange power over herself and her ownmother.In his third book for young adults, Jack Gantos has scripted acompletely original drama. With gothic flavor and black humor,he depicts a group of people bound together by love,compulsion . . . and a passion for taxidermy.
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Flirt
Nicole Clarke
Trying to sample all that New York City has to offer before her internship at Flirt magazine ends, sixteen-year-old Kiyoko overdoes it and gets in trouble at work and with her housemother, but help from unexpected sources leads her to her one true passion.Trying to sample all that New York City has to offer before her internship at Flirt magazine ends, sixteen-year-old Kiyoko overdoes it and gets in trouble at work, but help from unexpected sources leads her to her one true passion.
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Nothing but the Truth (and a Few White Lies)
Justina Chen Headley
Half Asian and half white, Patty Ho has never felt completely home in her skin. When a Chinese fortuneteller foresees a white guy on Patty's horizon, things go from bad to worse in this debut novel by a bright new talent.