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New @ Your CPL - February 2012

You can also check out the new books for September 2011 | October 2011 | November 2011 | December 2011 | January 2012 | February 2012

My Name is Not Easy Cover My Name Is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson || Alaskans Luke, Chickie, Sonny, Donna, and Amiq relate their experiences in the early 1960s when they are forced to attend a Catholic boarding school where, despite different tribal affiliations, they come to find a sort of family and home. Michael Vey Cover Michael Vey: the Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans || To everyone at Meridian High School, fourteen-year-old Michael Vey is nothing special, just the kid who has Tourette's syndrome. But in truth, Michael is extremely special--he has electric powers. Michael thinks he is unique until he discovers that a cheerleader named Taylor has the same mysterious powers. With the help of Michael's friend, Ostin, the three of them set out to discover how Michael and Taylor ended up with their abilities, and their investigation soon brings them to the attention of a powerful group who wants to control the electric teens--and through them, the world.
Beautiful Chaos Cover Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl || Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms ravage Gatlin as Ethan and Lena struggle to understand and control the impact of Lena's claiming, which is even causing her family members' abilities to dangerously misfire. Midnight Zoo Cover The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett || Twelve-year-old Andrej, nine-year-old Tomas, and their baby sister Wilma flee their Romany encampment when it is attacked by Germans during World War II, and in an abandoned town they find a zoo where the animals tell their stories, helping the children understand what has become of their lives and what it means to be free.
Circle Nine Cover Circle Nine by Anne Heltzel || For seventeen-year-old Abby, the mysterious Sam is her sole companion and her whole life, but although life in his cave-palace seems ideal, she begins to remember her past identity and to question Sam's devotion in the face of an ever-changing reality. Scorpia Rising Cover Scorpia Rising: the Final Mission by Anthony Horowitz || When the world's deadliest terrorist organization, Scorpia, stirs up trouble in the Middle East, it is up to fourteen-year-old M16 agent Alex Rider to thwart their plans.
Iron Knight Cover The Iron Knight by Julia Kagawa || Faery prince Ash--the last remaining son of Mab, Queen of the Unseelie Court--finally gets to tell his story: how he escaped the Winter Court with his life intact and the promise he made to the Iron Queen Iron Witch Cover The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney || Seventeen-year-old Donna Underwood is considered a freak, cursed by the magical heritage that destroyed her alchemist parents, but when vicious wood elves abduct her best friend Navin, Donna must betray all her parents fought for and join the battle between the humans and the fey.
War Horse Cover War Horse by Michael Morpurgo || Joey the horse recalls his experiences growing up on an English farm, his struggle for survival as a cavalry horse during World War I, and his reunion with his beloved master. Prized Cover Prized by Caragh M. O’Brien || Sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone is in the wasteland with nothing but her baby sister, a handful of supplies, and a rumor to guide her when she is captured by the people of Sylum, a dystopian society where she must follow a strict social code or never see her sister again.
InFiltration Cover Infiltration by Sean Rodman || Bex is into urban exploration and knows just about every abandoned building and tunnel in the city A Long Long Sleep Cover A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan || Sixteen-year-old Rosalinda Fitzroy, heir to the multiplanetary corporation UniCorp, is awakened after sixty years in stasis to find that everyone she knew has died. As she tries to make a new life for herself, she learns that she is the target of a robot assassin.
Power Chord Cover Power Chord by Ted Staunton || Fourteen-year-old Ace starts a band and enters them in a songwriting contest only to find out that band member Denny stole the song they were going to play. Steampunk Cover Steampunk! edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant || A collection of fourteen fantasy stories by well-known authors, set in an alternate universe where romance and technology reign and featuring automatons, clockworks, calculating machines, and other marvels that never existed.
KnifePoint Cover Knifepoint by Alex Van Tol || Jill is enduring a brutal summer job on a mountain ranch, guiding wannabe-cowboys on trail rides. On a solo ride with a handsome stranger, she ends up in a fight for her life with no one to help her. Living Rough Cover Living Rough by Cristy Watson || In most ways, Poe is like the other kids in his school. He thinks about girls and tries to avoid teachers. He hangs out at the coffee shop with his best friend after school. He has a loving father who helps him with his homework, but Poe has a secret, and almost every day some small act threatens to expose him.
Goliath Cover Goliath by Scott Westerfeld (Leviathan trilogy; 3) || Alek and Deryn encounter obstacles on the last leg of their round-the-world quest to end World War I, reclaim Alek's throne as prince of Austria, and finally fall in love. Isle of Blood The Isle of Blood by William James Henry, edited by Rick Yancey (Monstrumologist; 3) || When Dr. Warthrop goes hunting for the "Holy Grail of Monstrumology" in 1888, twelve-year-old orphan Will Henry follows him to Socotra, plunging into depths of horror worse than anything he has experienced so far.
Music Was it Cover Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein by Susan Goldman Rubinernstein by Susan Goldman Rubin || Beginning with Lenny’s childhood in Boston and ending with his triumphant conducting debut at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic when he was just twenty-five,  Music Was IT draws readers into the energetic, passionate, challenging, music-filled life of young Leonard Bernstein. Dan Eldon Cover Dan Eldon : Safari as a Way of Life by Jennifer News a Way of Life by Jennifer New || Raised in Kenya, Dan grew up with a unique outlook on life. Through adventurous safaris and crusades around the world, he crafted a philosophy of curiosity, creativity, and charity. This unique visual biography showcases previously unpublished artwork from Dan's acclaimed journals, letters, and snapshots that takes readers on a journey through Dan's life , exploring the impact this remarkable artist made on everyone who has encountered his story.