Loss by Jackie Morse Kessler
(Riders of the Apocalpyse #3)
Fifteen-year-old Billy
Ballard is the kid that everyone picks on, from the school bullies to
the teachers. But things change drastically when Death tells Billy he
must stand in as Pestilence, the White Rider of the Apocalypse. Now
armed with a Bow that allows him to strike with disease from a distance,
Billy lashes out at his tormentors...and accidentally causes an
outbreak of meningitis. Horrified by his actions, Billy begs Death to
take back the Bow. For that to happen, says Death, Billy must track down
the real White Rider—who is lost in his memories.
In his search,
Billy travels through White Rider’s life: from ancient Phrygia, where
the man called King Mita agrees to wear the White Rider’s Crown, to
Sherwood Forest, where Pestilence figures out how to cheat Death; from
the docks of Alexandria, where cartons of infested grain are being
packed onto a ship that will carry the plague, to the Children’s Crusade
in France—all the way to what may be the end of the world. When Billy
finally finds the White Rider, the teen convinces the man to return to
the real world.
But now the insane White Rider plans to unleash
something awful on humanity—something that could make the Black Death
look like a summer cold. Billy has a choice: he can live his life and
pretend he doesn’t know what’s coming, or he can challenge the White
Rider for his Crown. Does one bullied teenager have the strength to
stand his ground—and the courage to save the world?
Once A Witch by Carolyn MacCullough
(Witch Series #1)
Tamsin Greene comes
from a long line of witches, and she was supposed to be one of the most
Talented among them. But Tamsin's magic never showed up. Now seventeen,
Tamsin attends boarding school in Manhattan, far from her family. But
when a handsome young professor mistakes her for her very Talented
sister, Tamsin agrees to find a lost family heirloom for him.
The
search—and the stranger—will prove to be more sinister than they first
appeared, ultimately sending Tamsin on a treasure hunt through time that
will unlock the secret of her true identity, unearth the sins of her
family, and unleash a power so vengeful that it could destroy them all.
The Hollow by Jessica Verday
(Hollow Series #1)
A love like no other...
When
Abbey's best friend, Kristen, vanishes at the bridge near Sleepy Hollow
Cemetery, everyone else is all too quick to accept that Kristen is
dead...and rumors fly that her death was no accident. Abbey goes through
the motions of mourning her best friend, but privately, she refuses to
believe that Kristen is really gone. Then she meets Caspian, the
gorgeous and mysterious boy who shows up out of nowhere at Kristen's
funeral and keeps reappearing in Abbey's life. Caspian clearly has
secrets of his own, but he's the only person who makes Abbey feel normal
again...but also special.
Just when Abbey starts to feel that
she might survive all this, she learns a secret that makes her question
everything she thought she knew about her best friend. How could Kristen
have kept silent about so much? And could this secret have led to her
death? As Abbey struggles to understand Kristen's betrayal, she uncovers
a frightening truth that nearly unravels her - one that will challenge
her emerging love for Caspian, as well as her own sanity.
Tempest Unleashed by Tracy Deebs
(Tempest Series #2)
Tempest Maguire is
happy with her decision to embrace her mermaid nature and live among her
mother’s clan within the ocean’s depths. Even though training to one
day ascend the throne for the aging mermaid queen is rigorous, she finds
refuge in the arms of Kona, the selkie who first opened her up to her
mermaid side.
But when word comes that one of her brothers has been
gravely injured on land, Tempest immediately rushes to his side—which
also brings her back to her old flame, Mark. And in her absence, a
deadly battle begins raging at the hands of Tempest’s old nemesis, the
sea witch Tiamat. As the dangerous war erupts, Tempest’s two loves—Kona
and Mark, sea and land—will collide for the first time, both to protect
her and to force her to choose.
The International Kissing Club by Ivy Adams
Piper, Cassidy, Mei,
and Izzy have been best friends their whole lives. And they've always
agreed on one goal: to get out of tiny Paris, Texas, and see the world.
The school's foreign exchange program seems like the perfect escape:
Piper will go to the original Paris; Mei will go to China; Cassidy will
go to Australia; and Izzy, unable to afford the program, will stay at
home. To add spice to their semester away, and to stay connected to
their best friends, the girls start The International Kissing Club, a
Facebook page where they can anonymously update one another and brag
about all the amazing guys they're meeting.
After all, these girls are
traveling abroad: amazing guys abound at every turn! But sometimes fun,
flirty vacation flings turn into more serious romances, and sometimes
you don't return from abroad the same person you were. Will the girls'
relationships-and their friendships-be able to survive?
Blood Red Road by Moira Young
(Dust Lands Series #1)
Saba has spent her
whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by constant
sandstorms. The Wrecker civilization has long been destroyed, leaving
only landfills for Saba and her family to scavenge from. That's fine by
her, as long as her beloved twin brother Lugh is around. But when a
monster sandstorm arrives, along with four cloaked horsemen, Saba's
world is shattered. Lugh is captured, and Saba embarks on an epic quest
to get him back.
Suddenly thrown into the lawless, ugly reality of
the world outside of desolate Silverlake, Saba is lost without Lugh to
guide her. So perhaps the most surprising thing of all is what Saba
learns about herself: she's a fierce fighter, an unbeatable survivor,
and a cunning opponent. And she has the power to take down a corrupt
society from the inside. Teamed up with a handsome daredevil named Jack
and a gang of girl revolutionaries called the Free Hawks, Saba stages a
showdown that will change the course of her own civilization.
Lily Dale: Awakening by Wendy Corsi Straub
(Lily Dale Series #1)
Calla thought that her
boyfriend breaking up with her in a text message was the worst thing
that could ever happen to her. But just two weeks later, her mother died
in a freak accident, and life as she knew it was completely over. With
her father heading to California for a new job, they decide that Calla
should spend a few weeks with the grandmother she barely knows while he
gets them set up.
To Calla's shock, her mother's hometown of
Lily Dale is a town full of psychics--including her grandmother.
Suddenly, the fact that her mother never talked about her past takes on
more mysterious overtones. The longer she stays in town, the stranger
things become, as Calla starts to experience unusual and unsettling
events that lead her to wonder whether she has inherited her
grandmother's unique gift. Is it this gift that is making her suspect
that her mother's death was more than an accident, or is it just an
overactive imagination? Staying in Lily Dale is the only way to uncover
the truth. But will Calla be able to deal with what she learns about her
mother's past and her own future?
The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
(The Dark Devine Series #1)
Grace Divine, daughter
of the local pastor, always knew something terrible happened the night
Daniel Kalbi disappeared--the night she found her brother Jude collapsed
on the porch, covered in his own blood--but she has no idea what a
truly monstrous secret that night held.
The memories her family
has tried to bury resurface when Daniel returns, three years later, and
enrolls in Grace and Jude's high school. Despite promising Jude she'll
stay away, Grace cannot deny her attraction to Daniel's shocking
artistic abilities, his way of getting her to look at the world from new
angles, and the strange, hungry glint in his eyes.
The closer
Grace gets to Daniel, the more she jeopardizes her life, as her actions
stir resentment in Jude and drive him to embrace the ancient evil Daniel
unleashed that horrific night. Grace must discover the truth behind the
boy's dark secret...and the cure that can save the ones she loves. But
she may have to lay down the ultimate sacrifice to do it--her soul.
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
Rising sixth grader Miss
Moses LoBeau lives in the small town of Tupelo Landing, NC, where
everyone's business is fair game and no secret is sacred. She washed
ashore in a hurricane eleven years ago, and she's been making waves ever
since. Although Mo hopes someday to find her "upstream mother," she's
found a home with the Colonel--a café owner with a forgotten past of his
own--and Miss Lana, the fabulous café hostess.
She will protect those
she loves with every bit of her strong will and tough attitude. So when a
lawman comes to town asking about a murder, Mo and her best friend,
Dale Earnhardt Johnson III, set out to uncover the truth in hopes of
saving the only family Mo has ever known.