Reading is for Real: The Best YA Literature of

2014 SDLA Presentation

Jeanne Conner, Roosevelt High SchoolMary Peters, Lincoln High School

Kerri Smith, Washington High School

Mystery/Thrillers/Action Adventure

Panic by Lauren OliverIn the poor town of Carp, New York, a group of graduating seniors enters a high-stakes game called "Panic" that involves a series of secretive, possibly deadly challenges throughout the summer, with the winner receiving more than $50,000--enough money to start a new life.

Forget Me by Kim HarringtonLife was pretty hard in depressed Rivers End after Stell Pharmaceuticals closed shop. Then Flynn—whos been dating Morgan for a scant three months—is left for dead by a hit-and-run-driver. Three months later, seeking closure, Morgan’s BFF Toni suggests uploading an image to FriendShare. The computer screen shoots back a message to tag the photo as Evan Murphy rather than Flynn Doyle. From

that moment forward, Morgan enters a dangerous adventure of false identities, death threats for whistle-blowing, homesteading on abandoned property, and a cop on the take.

Don’t Look Back by Jennifer L. ArmentroutSeventeen-year-old Sam seems to have everything until she and her best friend, Cassie, disappear one night and now Sam has returned with amnesia, striving to be a much better person and aware that her not remembering may be the only thing keeping Cassie alive.

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart In her fifteenth summer at her family's place on an island off the coast of Massachusetts, Cadence Sinclair suffers a head injury that leaves her with migraines and memory loss. Two year later she and her cousins Mirren and Johnny, as well as Gat Patil, a family friend, try to piece together her memories from the last two years in order to solve a family mystery dealing with the

Sinclair family fortune.

Fiendish by Brenna YovanoffClementine DeVore, seventeen, is determined to learn what happened ten years ago that led to her magical imprisonment and problems in her town, but a dangerous attraction to Fisher, the boy who freed her, town politics, and the terrifying Hollow get in the way.

Fake ID by Lamar Giles Nick Pearson is hiding in plain sight, but his name isn’t really Nick Pearson. He really shouldn’t tell you where he is from or why his family moved to Virginia. He definitely shouldn’t tell you about his friend Eli Cruz and the major conspiracy he was about to uncover when he died, right after he moved to town. Or, about how moving to Stepon changed his life forever.

Mystery/Thrillers/Action Adventure

The Clockwork Scarab by Colleen Gleason- (supernatural mystery)In 1889 London young women are turning up dead, and Evaline Stoker, relative of Bram, and Mina Holmes, niece of Sherlock, are summoned to investigate the clue of the not-so-ancient Egyptian scarabs--but where does a time traveler fit in?z

The Living by Matt de la Pena When a massive earthquake strikes near the California coast, the resulting tidal waves capsized the cruise liner Shy happens to be working on at the time. Stuck out at sea with one other survivor, Shy must find a way to endure what is to come in order to stay alive.

The Rule of Three by Eric Walters Sixteen-year-old Adam Daley's suburban neighborhood bands together for its own survival in a world stricken by a catastrophic blackout.

Avalon by Mindee Arnett Seventeen-year-old Jeth Seagrave works with a team of teenage mercenaries in an attempt to win freedom for his sister and himself.

Welcome to the Dark House by Laurie Faria StolarzFor Ivy Jensen, it’s the eyes of a killer that haunt her nights. For Parker Bradley, it’s bloodthirsty sea serpents that slither in his dreams. For seven essay contestants, it’s their worst nightmares that win them an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at director Justin Blake’s latest, confidential project. Ivy doesn’t even like scary movies, but she’s ready to face her real-world fears, but will she be able to live though facing them.

FantasyHalf Bad by Sally GreenSixteen-year-old Nathan is the son of the most terrifying and violent witch of the twenty-first century. For this reason he has been kept in a cage all his life by the other witches, used as an assassin, and eventually they will kill him. Nathan's only chance at survival is to escape and find his father and get from him the three gifts that every witch is given when he or she turns sixteen.

The Shadow Prince by Bree DespainIn this modern retelling of the Persephone myth, Haden Lord, the disgraced Prince of the Underrealm, is sent to the mortal world to entice a girl into returning with him to the land of the dead.

Defy by Sara LarsonSeventeen-year-old Alexa's parents were killed by a sorcerer during a raid, so she has disguised herself as a boy, joined Antion's army, and earned a place on Prince Damian's guard--but Antion is ruled by an evil king, and "Alex" must find a way to defeat him and protect her prince.

The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski Seventeen-year-old Kestrel, an aristocratic girl who is a member of a warmongering and enslaving empire, purchases a male slave, an act that sets in motion a rebellion that overthrows her world as well as her heart.

The Taking by Kimberly DertingWhen sixteen-year-old Kyra Agnew wakes up behind a Dumpster at the Gas ’n’ Sip, she has no memory of how she got there. With a terrible headache and a major case of déjà vu, she heads home only to discover that five years have passed, but she hasn’t aged a day.  Everything else about Kyra’s old life is different. Her parents are divorced, her boyfriend, Austin, is in college and dating her best friend, and her dad has changed from an uptight neat-freak to a

drunken conspiracy theorist who blames her five-year disappearance on little green men.  Confused and lost, Kyra isn’t sure how to move forward unless she uncovers the truth.

FantasyKiss of Decepton by Mary PearsonIn a society steeped in tradition, Princess Lia’s life follows a preordained course. As First Daughter, she is expected to have the revered gift of sight—but she doesn’t—and she knows her parents are perpetrating a sham when they arrange her marriage to secure an alliance with a neighboring kingdom—to a prince she has never met. On the morning of her wedding, Lia flees to a distant village. She settles into a new life, hopeful when two mysterious and handsome

strangers arrive—and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Deception abounds, and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets—even as she finds herself falling in love.

V is for Villian by Peter MooreBrad has always felt like he doesn't measure up to his older brother Blake or the other kids at Monroe Academy for Powered Teens, a school where most of the students, including Blake, have physical superpowers. But when Brad discovers he has the illegal power of telepathy, he begins hanging around with a group of rebellious students determined to change the system through supervillainy.

Dystopian Reads/Science Fiction In the After by Demitria LunettaIn a post-apocalyptic world where nothing is as it seems, seventeen-year-old Amy and Baby, a child she found while scavenging, struggle to survive while vicious, predatory creatures from another planet roam the Earth.

Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis In a barren world where water is a precious resource, Lynn protects a pond on her property from other people and wildlife alike, preserving every drop for her own use. When large groups of people begin approaching and leave threatening messages, however, Lynn realizes they will stop at nothing to obtain her water, and she will have to fight with all she has to protect it.

Extraction by Stephanie DiazSixteen-year-old Clementine is trapped on the surface of Kiel, where deadly acid rains down into the atmosphere from the nearby moon, held at bay by a force field maintained by the oppressive government. Every year, a few candidates with exceptional intelligence, strength, and obedience are “extracted” from the surface to join the elite citizenry living safely in the planet’s Core. Clementine is one of them, but leaving the surface means leaving her boyfriend, Logan.

Scan by Walter JuryAll Tate's childhood suddenly makes sense to him when aliens in the form of humans attack his school and kill his father. Tate is on the run now with one of his father's inventions. He finds himself in the midst of an inter-species conflict that has lasted centuries, with only his girlfriend and estranged mother for allies. If he cannot figure out what his father's invention does soon, everything will be lost.

Young World by Chris WeitzJefferson, with his childhood friend Donna, leads a tribe of teenagers in New York City on a dangerous quest to find an antidote for a mysterious illness that wiped out all adults and children.

Guys/SportsDivided We Fall by Trent ReedyNational Guard Private First Class Daniel Christopher Wright had everything he could reasonably want--a good girlfriend, a loving mother, great friends. Then the governor of Idaho ordered him to attack the president of the United States, and the president of the United States ordered him to attack the governor of Idaho. Daniel's first shot may very well end America as we know it.

Phoenix Island by John DixonWhen a tough sixteen-year-old boxing champ sentenced to an isolated boot camp discovers it is actually a mercenary training facility turning "throwaway children" into scientifically enhanced killers, he risks everything to save his friends and stop a madman bent on global destruction.

Call Me By Name by John E. Bradley Growing up in Louisiana in the late 1960s, where segregation and prejudice still thrive, two high school football players, one white, one black, become friends, but some changes are too difficult to accept.

Caged Warrior by Alan Lawrence Sitomer From age three, McCutcheon Daniels, now sixteen, has been trained in Mixed Martial Arts and must keep winning to feed his five-year-old sister and father, but chance presents an opportunity to get out of the Detroit slums using his brain instead of his fighting skills.

If You’re Reading This by Trent Reedy - For a responsible sixteen-year-old, Michael Wilson has a lot of problems--his father was killed in Afghanistan in 2005, his overworked and overprotective mother will not talk about their situation, and does not want him playing football, and he has suddenly started to receive letters that his father wrote before his death.

Next by Kevin WaltmanIndiana basketball prodigy Derrick Bowen--D-Bow to his friends--is impatient to start his freshman year, but his coach favors a senior for a guard spot; meanwhile, pressure at home builds for D-Bow to transfer from his neighborhood school to an exclusive prep school.

RomanceTo All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jennifer HanLara Jean has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. One day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh. As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face,

Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all.

What I Thought Was True by Huntley FitzpatrickGwen Castle has never so badly wanted to say good-bye to her island home till the summer of her Biggest Mistake Ever. Cassidy Somers, a rich kid from across the bridge in Stony Bay, takes a job there as the local yard boy, while Gwen hails from a family of fishermen and housecleaners who keep the island's summer people happy. Gwen worries a life of cleaning houses will be her fate too, but just when it looks like she'll never escape

her past (or the island) Gwen's dad gives her some shocking advice. Sparks fly and secret histories come out as Gwen spends a gorgeous, restless summer struggling to resolve what she thought was true.

Before You by Amber HartFaith Watters spent her junior year traveling the world, studying in exquisite places, from the outside her life is picture-perfect. Captain of the dance team, popular, and happy. Too bad it’s all a lie. Eighteen-year-old Diego Alvarez hates his new life in the States, but staying in Cuba is not an option. Diego doesn't stand a chance of fitting in. Nor does he want to. His only concern is staying hidden from his past, a past which if it were to

surface, would cost him everything. At Oviedo High School, it seems that Faith Watters and Diego Alvarez do not belong together. What they get is something different entirely.

The Things You Kiss Goodbye by Leslie ConnorBettina Vasilis can hardly believe it when basketball star Brady Cullen asks her out, and she just about faints when her strict father actually approves of him. When school starts up again, Brady changes. What happened to the sweet boy she fell in love with? Then she meets a hot guy in his twenties, and this “cowboy” is everything Brady is not. Bettina knows that breaking up with Brady would mean giving up her freedom. Still, she can’t

help that she longs for the scent of his auto shop whenever she’s anywhere else. When tragedy strikes, Bettina must tell her family the truth and kiss goodbye the things she thought she knew about herself and the men in her life.

The Promise of Amazing by Robin Constantine Unpopular social misfit Wren Caswell suddenly finds herself in the spotlight when she saves the life of lacrosse jock Grayson Barrett at her family's Arthurian-themed catering hall. Now the two seem connected, but love between two people so obviously star-crossed is not easily won.

Catch a Falling Star by Kim CulbertsonCarter Moon is expecting to spend a quiet summer working in her parents' restaurant and hanging out with her best friends Alien Drake and Chloe--but when a Hollywood company arrives to film a movie, her sleepy California town is suddenly transformed, and Carter finds herself playing an unexpected part in it all.

The Summer I Found You by Jolene PerryKate, seeking distraction from her recent diabetes diagnosis, begins dating Aidan, a young veteran who lost an arm in Afghanistan, and the two soon realize that they might mean more to each other than they first thought.

RomanceA Reason to Breathe by Rebecca DonovanIn the wealthy town of Weslyn, Connecticut, everyone wants to be seen as

fashionable, but Emma Thomas doesn't want to be seen at all--covering up bruises from a less-than-perfect life. That is, until Evan Mathews comes into her life. Now a girl who has spent most of her time trying to be unseen has to find a way to get the love of her life to notice her, and in the process to recognize her own self-worth.

Bright Before Sunrise by Tiffany Schmidt Jonah Prentiss's life in Cross Point is so different from what it was in his old town, which is just down the road. This has made him jaded and aloof, which is the reason why he is the only person who won't give Brighton Waterford the time of day--and that drives Brighton crazy. She is beautiful, well respected, and nice, and won't give up on Jonah.

Breathe, Annie, Breathe by Miranda KenneallyBlaming herself for breaking up with Kyle and perhaps causing his death, Annie decides to train to run the marathon Kyle had wanted to run himself. She finds that no amount of imagining could have prepared her for how grueling a marathon actually is--nor for the possibility of finding love again in her running partner, Jeremiah.

Boys Like You by Juliana StoneWhen Monroe Blackwell, who is spending the summer at her grandmother's Louisiana bed-and-breakfast, meets Nathan Everets, who has a court-appointed job there, they share, and begin to recover from, their respective feelings of loss and guilt.

The Bridge From You to Me by Lisa SchroederAfter moving to a small town in Oregon to live with her aunt and uncle's family following a rift with her mother, seventeen-year-old Lauren begins falling for Colby, a high school football star facing his own struggles.

Love and Other Foreign Words by Erin McCahanJosie sees life in terms of language. She is fluent in the languages of College, Boyfriends, Break-ups, and Beautiful Girls, but when it comes to the language of Love she is barely a beginner. So when a boy says he loves, her she realizes she will have to figure out just how to speak that language, or else face catastrophe.

Hopeless by Colleen HooverUpon meeting Dean Holder, a fellow high school student, Sky resolves to keep her distance due to the bad memories he awakens in her. Over time, Sky manages to confront her feelings and get closer to Dean, but when Dean's own secrets are revealed, Sky finds her ability to trust and open up once again set back.

Searching for Beautiful by Nyrae DawnBefore , Brynn had a group of best friends, a boyfriend who loved her, a growing talent for pottery. She had a life. After, everything was lost. The boy she now knew never loved her. The friends who felt she betrayed their trust. The new life just beginning to grow inside her. Brynn believes her future is as empty as her body until Christian, the boy next door, starts coming around. She meets some new friends at the local community center. But letting someone in isn’t as easy as it seems. Now, can Brynn open up her heart to truly find her life’s own beauty,

when living for the after means letting go of the before.

Realistic Tease by Amanda MacielEmma Putnam is dead, and it's all Sara Wharton's fault. At least, that's what everyone seems to think. Sara, along with her best friend and three other classmates, has been criminally charged for the bullying and harassment that led to Emma's shocking suicide.

No Place by Todd StrasserIt seems like Dan has it all. He's a baseball star who hangs with the popular crowd and dates the hottest girl in school. Then his family loses their home. Forced to move into the town's Tent City, Dan feels his world shifting. His friends try to pretend that everything's cool, but they're not the ones living among the homeless. As Dan struggles to adjust to his new life, he gets involved with the

people who are fighting for better conditions and services for the residents of Tent City. But someone wants Tent City gone, and will stop at nothing until it's destroyed..

Maybe One Day by Melissa KantorZoe and her best friend, Olivia, have always had big plans for the future, none of which included Olivia getting sick. Still, Zoe is determined to put on a brave face and be positive for her friend. Even when she isn't sure what to say. Even when Olivia misses months of school. Even when Zoe starts falling for Calvin, Olivia's crush. The one thing that keeps Zoe moving forward is knowing that Olivia will

beat this, and everything will go back to the way it was before. It has to. Because the alternative is too terrifying for her to even imagine.

Faking Normal by Courtney StevensAlex Littrell copes with the pain of a traumatic experience by self-harming, but when mysterious incomplete song lyrics begin to turn up on her desk at school signed only "Captain Lyric," she finds comfort in completing them. Then Bodee, a boy with painful secrets of his own, moves in with the Littrells, and Alex and Bodee find a source of support in one another.

Torn Away by Jennifer Brown Jersey Cameron has always loved a good storm.. She lives in the Midwest, after all, where the weather is sure to keep you guessing. Jersey knows what to do when the tornado sirens sound, but she never could have prepared for this. When her town is devastated by a tornado, Jersey loses everything. As she struggles to overcome her grief, she's sent to live with relatives she hardly

knows, family who might as well be strangers. In an unfamiliar place, can Jersey discover that even on the darkest of days, there are some things no tornado can destroy?

The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson After Hayley Kincaid and her father move back to their hometown, his memories of war service threaten to destroy their lives.

RealisticLove Letters to the Dead by Ava DellairaLaurel begins writing letters to the dead, including Janis Joplin, Heath Ledger, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, and Amelia Earhart, to come to terms with the death of her sister May and her own adolescent struggles.

The Tyrant’s Daughter by J. C. CarlesonWhen Laila's father, king of an unnamed Middle Eastern country, is killed, she and her mother and brother flee to America to live a life of exile. Only now does Laila learn that her father was not the rightful king, but was seen as a dictator in the American newspapers. She cannot believe it, but she questions the life of ease she enjoyed as a princess--it may have been ill-gotten. When her mother

works with the CIA to regain the throne, Laila wonders which side is the right side.

Random by Tom Leveen Late at night Tori receives a random phone call. It's a wrong number. But the caller seems to want to talk, so she stays on the line. He asks for a single thing—one reason not to kill himself. The request plunges her into confusion. Because if this random caller actually does what he plans, he'll be the second person connected to Tori to take his own life, and he first just might land her in jail.

Some Boys by Patty BlountWhen Grace meets Ian she's afraid. Afraid he'll reject her like the rest of the school, like her own family. After she accuses the town golden boy of rape, everyone turns against Grace. They call her a slut and a liar. But...Ian doesn't. He's funny and kind with secrets of his own. But how do you trust the best friend of the boy who raped you? How do you believe in love?

I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy NelsonJude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both

of them. But three years later, Jude and Noah are barely speaking. Something has happened to wreck the twins in different and dramatic ways . . . until Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy, as well as someone else—an even more unpredictable new force in her life. The early years are Noah's story to tell. The later years are Jude's. What the twins don't realize is that they each have only half the story, and if they could just find their way back to one another, they’d have a chance to remake their world.

Historical Fiction A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller Seventeen-year-old Victoria "Vicky" Darling in the year 1909 has been brought up to be a proper wealthy woman, to be nothing more than a wife and then a mother. Vicky would very much rather become an artist, and when she poses nude for an art class she has been taking in secret she is discovered, and her parents decide to try to marry her off quickly to cover up the shame. However,

Vicky is stubborn, and determines to take her future in her own hands

Brazen by Katherine LongshoreMary Howard, always in the shadow of her powerful family, marries Henry VIII's illegitimate son, Fitz, but their carefree life unravels as Queen Anne Boleyn falls out of favor and they are implicated in horrible rumors.

Humor

Fat Boy vs the Cheerleaders by Geoff HerbachIt's geeks versus jocks in an epic battle of the beverages! The war is ON! Never have the stakes been so high. Never have the trenches been so deep. Never has one soda vending machine been so vital. When the high school cheerleading team takes over the machine's funds previously collected by the pep band, Gabe will not stand for it. Something must be done.

The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy   by Kate Hattemer Ethan and his friends come up with a plan to get rid of the sleazy reality television show that has taken over their arts high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

What We Missed (books that came out after conference last year)

Full Ride by Margaret Haddix  - 2013When Beeca’s father is sent to prison for embezzlement, she and her mother flee their town, started over, and vowed never to let anyone know about their past. Now a senior in high school, Becca has spent the last four years hiding, but when it's time to apply to colleges and for financial aid, her mother gives her a rude awakening. If she applies, her past may be revealed to the world. The

problem is that Becca has already applied for a full-ride scholarship and as she begins to investigation deeper into the secrets of her past, she discovers that she and her mother might be in danger.

Also Known As by Robin Benway- 2013As the active-duty daughter of international spies, sixteen-year-old safecracker Maggie Silver never attended high school so when she and her parents are sent to New York for her first solo assignment, Maggie is introduced to cliques, school lunches, and maybe even a boyfriend

All the Truth That’s in Me by Julie Berry - 2013After two years as a missing person, Judith returns to her small hometown of Roswell Station, and refuses to speak about her ordeal, or about anything--her tongue has been mutilated. Her best friend, who disappeared at the same time, did not return, and now her former friends and even her family seem to revile Judith. When Roswell Station is attacked, Judith finds that she may have

information on the attackers, but that would mean breaking out of her shell of silence.

Muckers by Sandra Neil Wallace - 2013With his small 1950 Arizona mining town about to become a ghost town due to the closing of its money-making mine, young Felix O'Sullivan feels the pressure of being the last quarterback the Muckers will ever have. He might be able to save the town if he can lead the team to a state championship, but to do that the Muckers will have to beat their rivals--and he will have to prove himself to his father.

Inhuman by Kat Falls- 2013

Beyond the Titan wall lies the Feral Zone, and the only people who break quarantine and venture there are the "fetches", who are paid exorbitant sums to bring back items that were left behind when the wall went up--but Delaney McEvoy's father is there and she is being forced to find him and bring him back.

Hysteria by Megan Miranda Mallory killed her boyfriend, Brian. She can't remember the details of that night but everyone knows it was self-defense, so she isn't charged. Mallory still feels Brian's presence in her life, Is it all in her head? Or is it something more? Mallory is sent to Monroe, a fancy prep school where no one knows her, or anything about her past. Then, one of her new classmates turns up dead. As suspicion falls on Mallory, she must find a way to remember the details of both deadly

nights so she can prove her innocence-to herself and others. 

What We Missed (books that came out after conference last year)

Find Me by Romily Bernard - 2013Tessa Wayne's diary somehow ends up in Wick Tate's hands. On it are written the two words "Find Me." Days later Tessa's body is indeed found, leaving Wick to wonder if she could have done something. Using her hacker skills, Wick discovers a shadowy online profile claiming Tessa's murder--and his next target happens to be Wick's sister, Lily. Now things have gotten personal, and Wick

swears to use her skills to bring this murderer down.

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell - 2013Cath is a Simon Snow super fan, who dresses up as characters in his movies with her sister, Wren, for every opening premier. It began as their way for coping with their mother leaving. However, now that the two girls are going to college, Wren has fallen away from the super-fandom the sisters have always bonded over, and

Cath feels like she is adrift. College will force her to determine what she really wants in life, to deal with boys and possible boyfriends, and how to balance her imaginary life in Simon Snow with a real life of her own.

The Killing Woods by Lucy Christopher - 2013When her father, an ex-soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, is arrested for the murder of a teen girl, Emily's efforts to exonerate him take her into the mysterious woods where the victim was last seen alive.

Mojo by Tim Tharp - 2013All Dylan wants is mojo. What is mojo? It's power and respect. It's everything Dylan doesn't have. He gets no respect at school, and when he finds the dead body of a classmate, even the police push him around. All the thanks he gets for trying to help the investigation with his crime drama skills is a new nickname at school: Body Bag. So when Dylan hears about a missing rich girl from the other

side of town, he jumps at the chance to dive into this mystery to gain some of that famed Mojo.

Series Books with New Titles

1. The One (#3 The Elite Series) by Kira Cass 2. Blood of My Blood (#3 Jasper Dent Series) by Barry Lyga3. The Infinite Sea (#2 5th Wave Series) by Rick Yancy4. Deadzone (#2 Blackout Series) by Robinson Wells5. Found (#3 Mickey Bolitar series) by Harlan Coben6. Hunt for Jade Dragon (#4 Michael Vey series) by Richard Paul Evans7. The Revenge of 7 (#5 Loren Legacies Series) by Pittacus Lore 8. Undivided (#4 Unwind Series) by Neil Shusterman (October 14th) 9. Blue Lily, Lily Blue (#3 Dream Thieves serie) by Maggie Stiefvater10. The Retribution (#3 Mara Dyer Series) by Michelle Hodkins (November 4th)11. Winter (#4  Lunar Chonicles) by Melissa Marr (November 24th)12. The Perilous Sea (#2 Elemental Trilogy) by Sherry Thomas13. Sorcerer Heir (#5 Heir Chronicles) by Cinda Williams14. Sinner (#4 Wolves of Mercy Falls Series) by Maggie Stiefvater15. Catalyst (#3 Insignia) by S. J. Kincaid16. Treatment (#2 Program Series) by Suzanne Young17. Dreams of Gods and Monsters (#3 Daughter of Smoke and Bone) by Lani

Taylor18. Raging Star (#3 Dustlands Series) by Moira Young19. City of Heavenly Angels (#6 Mortal Insturments) by Cassandra Clare20. I Am the Mission (#2 Unknown Assasin Series) by Allen Zadoff

21. Girl with the Wind-Up Heart (#4 Steampunk Chronicles) by Cady Cross22. In the End (#2 In the After Series) by Demitria Lunetta

Our Top Ten

(In no particular order)

1.Tease by Amanda Maciel2.Divided We Fall by Trent Reedy3.Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor4.Phoenix Island by John Dixon5.I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson6.Torn Away by Jennifer Brown7.Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski8.What I Thought Was True by Huntley Fitzpatrick9.Half Bad by Sally Green

10. Caged Warrior by Alan Lawerence Sitomer

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