Teen Books, New Books

Bad Romance

By Heather Demetrios

Grace wants out from her life where her stepfather wields fear like a weapon and her mother makes her scrub imaginary dirt off the floors. Enter Gavin: charming, talented, adored. Controlling. Dangerous. Grace is sure it's too good to be true. She has no idea their relationship will become a prison she's unable to escape.

City of Angels

By Kristi Belcamino

"Nikki Black, 17, a self-imposed lone wolf since her mother died, fled suburban Chicago to escape her painful past. But when her so-called boyfriend reveals why he really lured her to Southern California--to star in child porn flicks--she ends up on the streets of L.A. with only the clothes on her back and a twelve-year-old addict named Rain trailing in her shadows. The girls seek refuge at a residential hotel above a punk rock bar in downtown L.A. a few months before the city erupts into chaos during the 1992 riots. At The American Hotel, Nikki makes friends and for the first time in years feels as if she has a real family again. All that changes when Rain disappears. Everyone except Nikki, including the police, thinks Rain succumbed to the seductive allure of addiction and life on the streets. Nikki finds herself fighting for her own life the closer she gets to unveiling a sinister cover-up by a powerful group that secretly controls the city of angels."--Provided by publisher.

Dramatically Ever After

By Isabel Bandeira

"To turn this Shakespearean tragedy into the Academy Award-winning dream Em has written for herself, she enters a speech competition and manages to cinch a spot in the US Youth Change Council national round. She gets to spend a week in Boston and her prayers might be answered if she can kick butt and win one of the national scholarships. Everything seems to be going by the script until she finds out Kris Lambert-senior class president, stuck-up jerk, and her nemesis-is going, too. Cue the dramatic music. In Boston, Kris is different. Nice. Cute, even. But she knows his game way too well-be nice to your opponents and then throw them under the bus on your way to victory. Instead of becoming his next victim, Em decides to turn the tables by putting her acting and flirting skills to work. Unfortunately, as they get close to the final competition and judging, reality and acting start to blur. Can Em use the drama from the stage to get the future she's been dreaming of?"--Provided by publisher.

Juan Pablo and the Butterflies

By JJ Flowers

Juan Pablo and his best friend, Rocio, follow his grandmother's guidance--and the butterfly migration--to Pacific Grove, California, pursued by the drug traffickers he tried to stop in their small Mexican town.

Little Monsters

By Kara Thomas

Kacey is starting a new life in Broken Falls with her father, stepmother, a stepbrother and-- strangest of all-- an adoring younger half sister. She's even welcomed into a tight new circle of friends: Bailey and Jade invite her to do everything with them. Then they start acting distant, and don't invite her to the biggest party of the year. Bailey never makes it home from that party-- and everyone starts looking to the new girl for answers. Sometimes when you're the new girl, you shouldn't trust anyone.-- Adapted from book jacket.

Roar

By Cora Carmack

As the sole heir of Pavan, Aurora's been groomed to be the perfect queen. She's intelligent and brave and honorable. But she's yet to show any trace of the magic she'll need to protect her people. To keep her secret and save her crown, Aurora's mother arranges for her to marry a dark and brooding Stormling prince from another kingdom. At first, the prince seems like the perfect solution to all her problems. He'll guarantee her spot as the next queen and be the champion her people need to remain safe. But the more secrets Aurora uncovers about him, the more a future with him frightens her. When she dons a disguise and sneaks out of the palace one night to spy on him, she stumbles upon a black market dealing in the very thing she lacks--storm magic. And the people selling it? They're not Stormlings. They're storm hunters. Legend says that her ancestors first gained their magic by facing a storm and stealing part of its essence. And when a handsome young storm hunter reveals he was born without magic, but possesses it now, Aurora realizes there's a third option for her future besides ruin or marriage. She might not have magic now, but she can steal it if she's brave enough.-- Adapted from dust jacket.

The Girl in Between

By Sarah Carroll

"A homeless girl and her Ma, always hiding from the authorities, take shelter in an abandoned mill in the center of a big city, but when developers make plans to knock the mill down, everything changes, prompting the girl to wonder what kind of ghosts are haunting both the mill and her mother"-- Provided by publisher.