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Bachorz, Pam: Candor, Egmont, September 2009 - Oscar Banks has everything under control. In a town where his father brainwashes everyone, he's found a way to secretly fight the subliminal Messages. He's got them all fooled: Oscar's the top student and the best-behaved teen in town. Nobody knows he's made his own Messages to deprogram his brain. Oscar has even found a way to get rich. For a hefty price, he helps new kids escape Candor, Florida before they're transformed into cookie-cutter teens. But then Nia Silva moves to Candor, and Oscar's carefully-controlled world crumbles.

Bachorz, Pam: Drought, Egmont, January 2011 - Ruby dreams of escaping the Congregation. Escape from slaver Darwin West and his cruel Overseers. Escape from struggling to gather the life-prolonging Water that keeps the Congregants alive—and Darwin rich. Escape from her certain, dreary existence, living as if it’s still the early 1800s, when the Congregation was first enslaved. But if Ruby leaves, the Congregation will die without the secret ingredient to the Water: her blood. So she stays, and prays to their savior Otto, who first gave Water to the Congregants . . . and fathered Ruby before he vanished. A forbidden romance with an Overseer named Ford gives Ruby a different kind of escape. But soon she's forced to choose between love and loyalty. Will she sustain her family's life, or find a new life in the modern world?

Bow, Erin: Plain Kate, Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, September 2010 - Kate’s is a colorful world of brokenhearted magicians, wandering gypsy clans, carved charms and stolen shadows. It’s a dark world of ghosts, fog and questions. It’s a dangerous world of witch burnings, persecution and plague. Her story is a coming-of-age story, a story about family and belonging, trust and betrayal, bravery and sacrifice, death and what lies beyond. Also, there’s a talking cat in it.

Carter, Scott William: The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys, Simon & Schuster, 2010 - Two teenage boys steal their principal's '67 Mustang and go on a road trip that changes their lives.

Cook, Eileen: What Would Emma Do?, Simon Pulse, 2009 - Living in a small conservative town isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and when Emma kisses her best friend’s boyfriend, who she’s known forever, news travels fast. But when the popular girls start having fainting spells and pointing fingers at kids they don’t like to blame them for poisoning them, Emma has to decide whether to come forward and tell the truth she found out only by being at the wrong place at the right time and risk her track scholarship… or live with herself if she chooses to stay silent.

Han, Jenny: The Summer I Turned Pretty, Atheneum, 2009 - Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are just a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the boys that Belly has known since her very first summer—they have been her brother figures, her crushes, and everything in between. But one summer, one terrible and wonderful summer, the more everything changes, the more it all ends up just the way it should have been all along.

Han, Jenny: It's Not Summer Without You, Atheneum, April 2010 - Last year, all of Belly’s dreams came true and the thought of missing a summer in Cousins Beach was inconceivable. But like the rise and fall of the ocean tide, things can change—just like that. Suddenly the time she's always looked forward to most is something she dreads. And when Jeremiah calls to say Conrad has disappeared, Belly must decide how she will spend this summer: chasing after the boy she loves, or finally letting him go.

Han, Jenny: We'll Always Have Summer, Atheneum, May 2011 - Coming soon!

Han, Jenny: Shug, S&S Children's, April 2006 - Annemarie Wilcox, or Shug as her family calls her, is beginning to think there is nothing worse than being twelve. She's too tall, too freckled, and way too flat-chested. Shug is sure there is not one truly amazing thing about her. And now she has to start junior high, where the friends she counts most dear aren't acting so dear anymore—especially Mark, the boy she's known her whole life through. How is a person supposed to prepare for what happens tomorrow when there's just no figuring out today?

Han, Jenny: Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, January 2011 - Clara Lee likes her best friends, her grandpa, kimchi, candy necklaces (her signature look!), and the idea of winning the Little Miss Apple Pie contest. Clara Lee doesn't like her mom's fish soup, bad dreams (but Grandpa says they mean good luck!), speaking in public, or when her little sister is being annoying. One day, after a bad dream, Clara Lee is thrilled to have a whole day of luck (Like!). But then, bad luck starts to follow (Dislike!). When will Clara Lee's luck change again? Will it change in time for the Little Miss Apple Pie contest?

Richards, Alex: Back Talk, FLUX, 2007 - 16 year-old Gemma Winters couldn't be more ecstatic about her summer internship at a hip daytime TV talk show, not to mention living with a real-life celebutante and a millionheiress.  But the glamour fades fast and Gemma must prove that she's more than a small town "photocopy bitch." Debut Author

Summy, Barrie: I So Don't Do Mysteries, Delacorte, 2008 - A 13-year-old is recruited by her mother's ghost to prevent a rhino heist at the zoo. Debut Author

Vivian, Siobhan: A Little Friendly Advice, Push/Scholastic, 2008 - Ruby's turning sixteen, but the day doesn't turn out to be as sweet as it's supposed to be. Her long-lost father shows up, and Ruby doesn't want to have anything to do with him. Instead, she wants to hang out with her friends—loyal Beth, dangerous Katherine, and gossipy Maria. They have plenty of advice for her—about boys, about her dad, about how she should look and what she should be feeling. But really, Ruby doesn't know what to think or feel. Especially when a new boy comes into the picture . . . and Ruby discovers some of her friends aren't as truthful as they say.

Vivian, Siobhan: Same Difference, Push/Scholastic, 2009 - Emily needs a change of scenery. She’s been pegged as the "arty girl" by the kids in school—even her own friends. There’s some truth to that, but there’s more to how she sees the world than painting or drawing, and no one seems to understand. So when Emily gets the chance to go to an art program in Philadelphia for the summer, she jumps at it. A new cast of characters enters her life, and suddenly she has to figure out who she wants to be. The rules may have changed, but the pressures haven’t. With wit and spirit, Emily embarks on a search for identity— but not without experiencing some pain and heartache along the way.

Vivian, Siobhan: Not That Kind of Girl, Push/Scholastic, September 2010 - Natalie Sterling wants to be in control. She wants her friends to be loyal. She wants to be student council president. She wants to find the right guy, not the usual jerk. She wants a good reputation, because she believes it will lead to good things. But life is messy, and it's hard to be in control of it. Not when a pack of freshmen girls is trying to get senior guys to sleep with them. Not when your friends keep secrets from you. Not when the boy you once dismissed ends up being the boy you want to sleep with yourself. Slut or saint? Winner or loser? Natalie is getting tired of these forced choices - and is now going to find a way to live life in the sometimes messy, sometimes wonderful in-between.