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New @ Your CPL - October 2011

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Peter Nimble cocver Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier || Raised to be a thief, blind orphan Peter Nimble, age ten, steals from a mysterious stranger three pairs of magical eyes, that lead him to a hidden island where he must decide to become a hero or resume his life of crime. my life undecided cover My Life Undecided by Jessica Brody || Fifteen-year-old Brooklyn has been making bad decisions since, at age two, she became famous for falling down a mine shaft, so she starts a blog to let others make every decision for her, while her community-service hours are devoted to a woman who insists Brooklyn read her "Choose the Story" books.
Flash cover Flash by Michael Cadnum || Relates one momentous day in the lives of five young people in the San Francisco Bay Area, including two teenaged bank robbers, a witness, and a wounded military policeman just back from Iraq. cover Dark Goddess by Sarwat Chadda || Billi SanGreal, a teenaged member of the Knights Templar, must prevent a young girl, who is being hunted by werewolves because of the dangerous powers she possesses, from falling into the hands of the ancient Russian witch, Baba Yaga.
Very Lafreak cover Very LeFreak by Rachel Cohn || Consumed with emailing, online video games, and the many distractions of her electronic gadgets, hyper-frenetic Columbia University freshman Veronica, known as Very LeFreak, enters a rehab facility for the technology-addicted after her professors and classmates stage an intervention. Wolfsbane cover Wolfsbane: a Nightshade Novel by Andrea Cremer || Alpha wolf Calla Tor forges an alliance with her masters' enemies and tries to rescue her pack from imprisonment in Vail.
Accidental cover The Accidental Genius of Weasel High by Rick Detorie || Larkin Pace, a film-obsessed high school freshman, chronicles his experiences as he tries to raise money for a new camcorder and get a date with the girl who has been his best friend since third grade. Tyger Tyger cover Tyger Tyger by Kersten Hamilton || Soon after the mysterious and alluring Finn arrives at her family's home, sixteen-year-old Teagan Wylltson and her disabled brother are drawn into the battle Finn's family has fought since the thirteenth century, when Fionn MacCumhaill angered the goblin king.
Take Me to the river cover Take Me to the River by Will Hobbs || When North Carolina fourteen-year-old Dylan Sands joins his fifteen-year-old cousin Rio in running the Rio Grande River, they face a tropical storm and a fugitive kidnapper. Fallen Grace cover Fallen Grace by Mary Hooper || While orphans Grace and Lily navigate life on the streets of London, they come into contact with a wealthy family who hold the potential to rescue them or ruin their lives forever.
Awaken cover Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky || In the year 2060, when people hardly ever leave the security of their houses and instead do everything online, Madeline Freeman, the seventeen-year-old daughter of the man who created the national digital school attended by all citizens, is wooed by a group of radicals who are trying to get people to "unplug." Blending time The Blending Time by Michael Kinch || In the harsh world of 2069, ravaged by plagues and environmental disasters, friends Jaym, Reya, and D'Shay are chosen to help repopulate Africa as their mandatory Global Alliance work, but civil war and mercenaries opposed to the Blending Program separate them and threaten their very lives.
Black, White, Other cover Black, White, Other by Joan Steinau Lester || Twenty miles from Oakland, California, where fires have led to racial tension, multi-racial fifteen-year-old Nina faces the bigotry of long-time friends, her parents' divorce, and her brother's misbehavior, while learning of her great-great grandmother Sarah's escape from slavery. Carbon Diaries cover The Carbon Diaries 2017 by Saci Lloyd || In 2017, two years after England introduces carbon dioxide rationing to combat climatic change, eighteen-year-old Laura chronicles her first year at a London university as natural disasters and political upheaval disrupt her studies.
Angry Young Man cover Angry Young Man by Chris Lynch || Eighteen-year-old Robert tries to help his half-brother Xan, a seventeen-year-old misfit, to make better choices as he becomes increasingly attracted to a variety of protesters, anarchists, and the like. Bloodthirsty cover Bloodthirsty by Flynn Meaney || Awkward, sun-allergic sixteen-year-old Finbar Frame decides that his only chance to get a girlfriend is to pretend to be a vampire, while his athletic, popular, fraternal twin brother tries to encourage him to be more "normal."
Here Lies Linc cover Here Lies Linc by Delia Ray || While researching a rumored-to-be-haunted grave for a local history project, twelve-year-old Lincoln Crenshaw unearths some startling truths about his own family. Queer Cover Queer: the Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens by Kathy Belge and Marke Bieschke || Addresses some of the challenges faced by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender teens, offering advice on how to come out to family and friends, develop a social life, deal with homophobia, and other topics, and includes personal testimonies.
Ink Blot Cover Inkblot: Drip, Splat and Squish Your Way to Creativity by Margaret Peot || Explains how to change inkblots into works of art and to use them as keys to creativity. s keys to creativity. Odyssey Cover The Odyssey: a Graphic Novel by Gareth Hinds || Retells, in graphic novel format, Homer's epic tale of Odysseus, the ancient Greek hero who encounters witches and other obstacles on his journey home after fighting in the Trojan War.