Twilight (The Mediator #6)

by Meg Cabot: This time it’s life or death.
Suze has gotten used to ghosts. They wake her up in the middle of the night. They haunt her locker at school. She’s even spotted a few down at Carmel Beach. Suze is a mediator, after all, and communicating with the dead is all in a day’s work for her. The last thing she ever expected was to fall in love with one: Jesse, a nineteenth-century hottie.

Superman: True Brit

by Kim "Howard" Johnson and John Cleese: Get ready for Superman: True Brit, an original hardcover graphic novel with a humorous new take on the Superman legend, courtesy of writer Kim "Howard" Johnson (Monty Python: The First 280 Years) with some help in his comics debut from Monty Python's John Cleese (Fawlty Towers, A Fish Called Wanda)! And with art by fan-favorites John Byrne (JLA, DOOM PATROL) & Mark Farmer (JLA: ANOTHER NAIL), this book is sure to be Super! In this veddy British tale, the Last Son of Krypton's rocket ship crash-lands in an English town even smaller than Smallville, where the infant Kal-El is taken in by adoptive parents - the Clarks - who raise their son Colin to hide his powers, because the worst thing anyone can do is stand out in the crowd. But when Colin grows up to become a mild-mannered reporter working for the Daily Smear, a powerful tabloid newspaper dedicated to uncovering the biggest story of the century, he finds that the key to his success may be in going public. What will the neighbors think?

Unexpected Development

by Marlene Perez:
"Mrs. Westland, I'm not sure you really want to get into what I did this summer. Sex, Mrs. Westland. Sex is how I spent my summer."
Megan knows twenty different words for "breasts" and she can recite them alphabetically--but she can't remember the last time a guy gazed into her eyes instead of her chest. Will Jake Darrow be different? Will Megan learn to trust him? It's a problem? Two big problems, actually.
In this funny, romantic, sardonic novel, developments take many unexpected turns.

Beyond the Summerland

by L.B. Graham: It was foretold after Malek's first fall that twice more he would bring war, and that the last time, the very waters of the sea would obey him and fight for him. If this be so, then I cannot imagine how Sulare will escape his wrath...

Girl

by Blake Nelson: (from page 24)
"And everybody made such a big deal about the fact that it was 'sweet sixteen' and it seemed so stupid that a girl has to be sixteen and seventeen and everybody gushes over her like this is the big high point of her life. When boys are sixteen nobody cares. They get drunk and crash their cars and get in any kind of trouble they want. They can have pimples and smell bad because nothing matters for them until they grow up and have important jobs bossing people around. But if you're a girl everybody says you're blossoming, you're so beautiful, here let's take a picture so when you're old and ugly you can look back and remember."

Musashi #9 v.1

by Takahashi Miyuki:
The fast-paced adventures of a 16-year-old super-agent who takes on assassins, terrorists and counter agents! Exotic, smart and lethal, Number Nine is a field operative for an organization committed to fighting injustice. Little is known about "Universal Blue" except that they're the last line of defense against battalions of terrorists and criminals. Even less is known about its field operatives — though it's whispered that they possess the ability to change the course of world history. And Number Nine is one of them.

Tuxedo Gin v.1

by Tokihiko Matsuura:
Meet seventeen-year-old Ginji Kusanagi. Things are going great for him; he's only in high school but he's on the eve of making his debut as a pro-boxer. He's also just met Minako Sasebo, the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, Ginji has an accident and dies...and is then reincarnated into a penguin! Will love be able to bloom between a boxing penguin and a beautiful girl?

Treasure Hunter v.1: Eternal Youth

by Hitoshi Tomizawa:

He is the greatest adventurer that has ever lived! His name is Jubei, and he is the Treasure Hunter!
In his first adventure, Jubei is hired by a mysterious woman to retrieve a mystical food that grants eternal youth. It's a simple job, but when Jubei learns the secret of the special ingredient, he realizes that this job won't be a piece of cake!
In Jubei's next mission, he is recruited to find a powerful statue that grants unlimited power to those who possess it! Will Jubei survive this swashbuckling adventure?

Flame of Recca v. 1

by Nobuyuki Anzai: With skills like fire control at his fingertips, teen ninja Recca can vanquish school bullies while protecting pretty classmate Yanagi Sakoshita. But now he comes face to face with his most formidable foe yet — famed water swordsman Mikagami. Will water douse the flame of Recca, or will the young ninja burn brighter than ever?

Fray: Future Slayer

by Joss Whedon: Hundreds of years in the future, Manhattan has become a deadly slum, run by mutant crime-lords and disinterested cops. Stuck in the middle is a young girl who thought she had no future, but learns she has a great destiny. In a world so poisoned that it doesn't notice the monsters on its streets, how can a street kid like Fray unite a fallen city against a demonic plot to consume mankind?

Hellboy: Seed of Destruction

by Mike Mignola: A murder in a New York wax museum and a missing corpse lead Hellboy and the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense into ancient Romanian castles on the trail of a sleeping legend: the nobleman vampire, Vladimir Guirescu. Nazi scientists, revived in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction, prepare for the return of Rasputin and the end of the world, and Hellboy confronts his purpose on earth.
This is the book that the movie was based on.

Astonishing X-Men: Gifted

by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday: Cyclops and Emma Frost re-form the X-Men with the express purpose of "astonishing" the world. But when breaking news regarding the mutant gene unexpectedly hits the airwaves, will it derail their new plans before they even get started? As demand for the "mutant cure" reaches near-riot levels, the X-Men go head-to-head with the enigmatic Ord, with an unexpected ally - and some unexpected adversaries - tipping the scales!

Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things v. 1

by Ted Naifeh: Courtney is an odd little girl who doesn't quite fit in. When she is shipped off to her uncle's, she must adjust to a whole new school in a neighborhood she isn't entirely comfortable with; however, things quickly take a turn for the better, as she meets the strange and interesting individuals that live in and around her uncle's house. Soon it's clear that she's better off hanging with the Night Things than she is with the stuck-up kids at her school.

Ranma 1/2 v. 1

by Rumiko Takahashi:
One day, teenaged martial artist Ranma Saotome went on a training mission with his father, and ended up taking a dive into some cursed springs at a legendary training ground in China. Now, every time he's splashed with cold water, he changes into a girl. His father, Genma, changes into a panda! To make matters worse, Ranma's supposed to be engaged to a girl who doesn't like him -- or at least says she doesn't. Shampoo's great-grandmother Cologne has every intention of seeing her gret-granddaughter marry Ranma, and to that end, she promises to teach Ryoga an ultimate martial arts move -- the Bakusai Tenketsu or "Breaking Point" technique. Can Ranma defeat his greatest rival for Akane's affection? Or a better question might be, does he even want to?

Cross v. 1

by Sumiko Amakawa: A gothic tale about a young priest with a holy gift that is a blessing--and a curse! All **** breaks loose when our saintly hero exorcises demons, pushing him to the brink of insanity. Will a fated meeting with a mysterious girl make his path easier to navigate...or lead him to the heart of darkness?

Mermaid Saga v.1

by Rumiko Takahashi: Legend has it that if a human eats a mermaid's flesh, they will be granted eternal life. But is that a blessing or a curse? Immortal lovers Yuta and Mana travel through Japan and the centuries longing for a normal life. On their journey, they meet others who have consumed the flesh of a mermaid in hope of becoming immortal. But the powerful substance affects each person differently. Yuta and Mana are two of the lucky ones. Others are fated to die or transform into a savage monster, a "lost soul."

Fade

by Robert Cormier: It is the summer of 1938 when young Paul Moreaux discovers he can “fade.” First bewildered, then thrilled with the power of invisibility, Paul experiments. But his “gift” soon shows him shocking secrets and drives him toward a chilling act.
“Imagine what might happen if Holden Caufield stepped into H. G. Wells’ The Invisible Man, and you’ll have an idea how good Fade is. . . . I was absolutely riveted.”—Stephen King

Dangerous Angels

by Francesca Lia Block: Here in one single volume, Francesca Lia Block's five post-modern fairy tales chronicle the thin line between fear and desire, pain and pleasure, cutting loose and holding on in a world where everyone is vulnerable to the most excruciatingly beautiful and dangerous angel of all--love.

Be More Chill

by Ned Vizzini:
What Ned (who also wrote Teen Angst? Naaah...) has to say about his first novel:
"...Be More Chill (my new book) is the story of a guy who gets a pill that makes him cool. The pill is called a "squip"--it's actually a quantum computer that lives in your brain and gives you real-time social advice. The kid is named Jeremy Heere."
Come in to APL for your very own squip stickers! (ask Jessy)

Because I'm Worth It (a Gossip Girl novel)

by Cecily Von Ziegesar: Here, in novel #4, we find everyone who's anyone in New York City suffering from cabin fever after finishing their college applications. Now it's time for the teens of New York's wealthiest private school to run a little wild.
(This isn't a new Gossip Girl book; it's one we've reordered so more people can read it!)

Holes

by Louis Sachar:
Stanley Yelnats was given a choice. The judge said, "You may go to jail, or you may go to Camp Green Lake." Stanley was from a poor family. He had never been to camp before.
But Stanley is not going where he thinks he is. Camp Green Lake is like no other camp anywhere. It is a bizarre, almost otherworldly place that has no lake and nothing that is green. Nor is it a camp, at least not the kind of camp kids look forward to in the summertime. It is a place that once held "the largest lake in Texas," but today it is only a scorching desert wasteland, dotted with countless holes dug by the boys who live at the camp.

Girls In Pants: the Third Summer of the Sisterhood

by Ann Brashares: Tibby, Carmen, Lena, Bridget and their magical pants are back! It's the summer before they all go to separate colleges, so everything's about to change, and the sisterhood needs the Pants more than ever.

Get info about the upcoming Traveling Pants movie here!

Yes, Your Parents Are Crazy!

by Michael J. Bradley, Ed.D.: In this new companion book to Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy! teen psychologist Michael Bradley turns the tables, talking to teens about parents--why adults behave the way they do,how to handle their parents and other adults in life's confusing and difficult situations.
Call #: 305.235 BRA 2004