New Books at Aram Public Library for Teens

More new books for you to enjoy! Remember, if you want to request the book from home, all you need to do is click the link then request it with your library card number and pin. Easy!


Dark Souls by Paula Morris: Sixteen-year-old Miranda Tennant arrives in York, England, with her parents and brother, trying to recover from the terrible accident that killed her best friend, and while in the haunted city she falls in love for the first time as two boys, one also suffering from a great loss and the other a ghost, fight for her attentions.


And Then Things Fall Apart by Arlaina Tibinsky: Devastated by her parents' decision to split up, pressured by her boyfriend to have sex, and saddled with a case of chicken pox, fifteen-year-old Keek finds consolation in her beloved, well-worn copy of Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar."


The Blackhope Enigma by Teresa Flavin: Fourteeen-year-old Sunni, her stepbrother Dean, and an art-student friend trace the footsteps of a labyrinth built in Blackhope Tower by a mysterious and brilliant sixteenth-century artist, and suddenly find themselves trapped inside his enchanted painting, trying desperately to get out.


The Death Catchers by Jennifer Anne Kogler: Through a letter to her English teacher, fourteen-year-old Lizzy Mortimer of Crabapple, California, relates her discovery that she and her eccentric grandmother are kin to Morgan le Faye, charged with saving the last descendant of King Arthur from an untimely death that would endanger the world.


Sweetly by Jackson Pearce: When the owner of a candy shop molds magical treats that instill confidence, bravery, and passion, eighteen-year-old Gretchen's haunted childhood memories of her twin sister's abduction by a witch-like monster begin to fade until girls start vanishing at the annual chocolate festival


Death Sentence: Escape from Furnace #3 by Alexander Gordon Smith: After his failed attempt to escape from Furnace Penitentiary, Alex struggles to survive the bloodstained laboratories beneath where monsters are manufactured, with a death sentence--or worse--hanging over his head.


Cleopatra's Moon by Vicky Shecter: Cleopatra Selene, the only surviving daughter of Cleopatra and Marc Antony, recalls her life of pomp and splendor in Egypt and, after her parents' deaths, capitivity and treachery in Rome.


Between by Jessica Warman: By weaving through her memories and watching the family and friends she left behind, eighteen-year-old Liz Valchar solves the mystery of how her life ended in the Long Island Sound.

New books at the library

Now that summer reading club is over, we're catching up on processing all of the new books that have come in lately. That means, tons of new books for you on the shelves. Here's a glimpse at some of the stuff we're putting out. Links go to the catalog record so you can place a hold on anything that looks good right from home!

Conspiricies by Mercedes Lackey: When a series of magical attacks disrupts Oakhurst Academy, a boarding school for orphaned future magicians, a suspicious alumnus is hired to secure the campus and start training the students for war.



Cryptic Cravings by Ellen Schreiber: Sixteen-year-old Raven, a vampire-obsessed goth girl, is in love with Alexander, a real vampire.

The Lucky Kind by Alyssa B Scheinmel: Having always felt secure within his small family, Manhattan high school junior Nick is unsettled to discover the existence of an older brother that his father put up for adoption many years ago.

Silhouetted by the Blue by Traci L Jones: After the death of her mother in an automobile accident, seventh-grader Serena, who has gotten the lead in her middle school play, is left to handle the day-to-day challenges of caring for herself and her younger brother when their father cannot pull himself out of his depression.

Clean by Amy Reed: A group of teens in a Seattle-area rehabilitation center form an unlikely friendship as they begin to focus less on their own problems with drugs and alcohol by reaching out to help a new member, who seems to have even deeper issues to resolve. If you like Ellen Hopkins, this is a book you must pick up.

The Babysitter Murders by Janet Ruth Young: Imaginative Massachusetts seventeen-year-old Dani Solomon confesses she has been troubled by thoughts of harming Alex, the little boy she loves to babysit, triggering gossip and a media frenzy that makes "Dani Death" the target of an extremist vigilante group.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs: A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very peculiar photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

Wildefire by Karsten Knight: After a killing for which she feels responsible, sixteen-year-old Ashline Wilde moves cross-country to a remote California boarding school, where she learns that she and others have special gifts that can help them save the world, but evil forces are at work to stop them.


Small Town Sinners by Melissa Walker: High school junior Lacey finds herself questioning the evangelical Christian values she has been raised with when a new boy arrives in her small town.

New Books @ APL for Teens

Check out some of the new books that just came in for teens at the library! All links go to our catalog so you can request the books from home. This week, it looks like lots of girl-friendly titles came in, but I promise to showcase tons of great guy books in the next weeks, too (though make sure to check out that awesome sounding baseball book -- the cover of ours looks cooler than the one pictured below)!

Unfriended by Katie Finn: After months of upheaval, seventeen-year-old Madison MacDonald of Putnam, Connecticut, is glad when summer brings some normalcy, but soon her deepening relationship with Nate is putting a strain on her friendships.

Dreams of Significant Girls by Cristina Garcia: In the 1970s, a teenaged Iranian princess, a German-Canadian girl, and a Cuban-Jewish girl from New York City become friends when they spend three summers at a Swiss boarding school.

The Summer I Learned to Fly by Dana Reinhardt: Thirteen-year-old Drew starts the summer of 1986 helping in her mother's cheese shop and dreaming about co-worker Nick, but when her widowed mother begins dating, Drew's father's book of lists, her pet rat, and Emmett, a boy on a quest, help her cope.

Beanball by Gene Fehler: Relates, from diverse points of view, events surrounding the critical injury of popular and talented high school athlete, Luke "Wizard" Wallace, when he is hit in the face by a fastball.

Eye of the Sun by Diane Hofmeyr: When Tuthmosis and Isikara return from Egypt, Tuthmosis's sister-in-law, Nefertiti, is terrified that he has come to usurp his brother's throne, and will stop at nothing to keep the two brothers apart.

Ripple by Mandy Hubbard: Lexi is cursed with a dark secret. Each day she goes to school like a normal teenager, and each night she must swim, or the pain will be unbearable. She is a siren--a deadly mermaid destined to lure men to their watery deaths. After a terrible tragedy, Lexi shut herself off from the world, vowing to protect the ones she loves. But she soon finds herself caught between a new boy at school who may have the power to melt her icy exterior, and a handsome water spirit who says he can break Lexi's curse if she gives up everything else. Lexi is faced with the hardest decision she's ever had to make: the life she's always longed for--or the love she can't live without?

Starstruck by Cyn Balog: Sixteen-year-old Dough is surprised when her long-distance boyfriend returns after four years and still finds her beautiful, despite her seventy-pound weight gain, until Dough learns that he is a member of the Luminati--an ancient cult of astrologers who can manipulate the stars to improve their lives.

New Books @ APL

Looking for a brand new book to read? We've just gotten a ton of new stuff in and it's ready for you to check out. All descriptions are from our catalog. Happy reading!

Almost True by Keran David: Following a fatal stabbing, Ty and his family have been given new identities, but when his mum's boyfriend is killed by attackers, he finds himself torn between wanting to see his girlfriend and afraid that he is confided in her too much.

Withering Tights by Louise Rennison: Self-conscious about her knobby knees but confident in her acting ability, fourteen-year-old Tallulah spends the summer at a Yorkshire performing arts camp that, she is surprised to learn, is for girls only.

Sharks & Boys by Kristen Tracy: Feeling betrayed, fifteen-year-old Enid follows her boyfriend, Wick, from Vermont to Maryland where he and six others they know from twin studies rent a yacht, but after she sneaks aboard a storm sets them adrift without food or water, fighting for survival.

The Day Before by Lisa Schroeder: Sixteen-year-old Amber, hoping to spend one perfect day alone at the beach before her world is turned upside down, meets and feels a strong connection to Cade, who is looking for his own escape, for a very different reason.

Super Human by Michael Carroll: A ragtag group of young superheroes takes on a powerful warrior who is transported from 4,000 years in the past to enslave the modern world.

New Books @ Aram Public Library for Teens

We've gotten a few new books in that might interest you as we gear up for summer reading. Check 'em out. All links go to our catalog record, so you can request the book from home:

Family by Micol Ostow: In the 1960s, seventeen-year-old Melinda leaves an abusive home for San Francisco, meets the charismatic Henry, and follows him to his desert commune where sex and drugs are free, but soon his "family" becomes violent against rich and powerful people and she is compelled to join in.

* This book is loosely based on the Manson family story, and it's told in verse (like Ellen Hopkins).

Future Imperfect by K. Ryer Breese: Seventeen-year-old Ade is addicted to the feeling he gets after knocking himself unconscious brings visions of the future, but when he meets Vauxhall, with whom he knows he will fall in love, he discovers that she also has an addiction and that together they may be able to do the impossible--change the future.

The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow: In 1936 Berlin, fourteen-year-old Karl Stern, considered Jewish despite a non-religious upbringing, learns to box from the legendary Max Schmeling while struggling with the realities of the Holocaust.

Department 19 by Will Hill: After watching his father's brutal murder, sixteen-year-old Jamie Carpenter joins Department 19, a secret government agency, where he learns of the existence of vampires and the history that ties him to the team destined to stop them.

New Teen Books

Don't forget that the Teen Masquerade Ball is THIS SATURDAY f rom 6-8 p.m. You know, AFTER the library is closed. This is just for those age 13-18. We'll have contests, games, and plenty of food and drink for all. We'll make some swanky masks, too. Come dressed in your finest.






While you're waiting to come to our hauntingly fun affair, check out some of the new books in our teen department. All links take you to the catalog.









Blessed by Cynthia Leitich Smith: Even as teenaged Quincie Morris adjusts to her appetites as a neophyte vampire, she must clear her true love, the hybrid-werewolf Kieren, of murder charges; thwart the apocalyptic ambitions of Bradley Sanguini, the vampire-chef who "blessed" her; and keep her dead parents' restaurant up and running before she loses her own soul.








Taking Off by Jenny Moss: In 1985 in Clear Lake, Texas, home of the Johnson Space Center, high school senior Annie Porter struggles with her desire to become a poet, but her resolve to pursue her dream is strengthened when she meets Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher to go intospace.






Good Behavior by Nathan Henry: A memoir of a teen's life in jail. This is a true story.

New Books in the teen area

We've been getting tons of new teen books lately. Here are just a small handful of the ones that have made their way to our shelves. Links go to our catalog for you to request from home, and all summaries are from our catalog. Lots of "girl friendly" books in this bunch, but don't worry guys -- next time you'll see a ton of really cool books up your alley (including one about a mega snow storm).

Sleepless by Cyn Balog: Eron, a supernatural being known as a Sandman whose purpose is to seduce humans to sleep, falls in love with a sad teenaged girl who is mourning her boyfriend's death.

Slice of Cherry by Dia Reeves: Portero, Texas, teens Kit and Fancy Cordelle share their infamous father's fascination with killing, and despite their tendency to shun others they bring two boys with similar tendencies to a world of endless possibilities they have discovered behind a mysterious door.

Smile for the Camera by Kelle James: This non-fiction story is about a girl who leaves her small farm town for New York City in hopes of making it in the modeling world. Hint -- it's not easy!

Dead Beautiful by Yvonne Woon: After her parents die under mysterious circumstances, sixteen-year-old Renee Winters is sent from California to an old-fashioned boarding school in Maine, where she meets a fellow student to whom she seems strangely connected.

New books!

You're still on winter break but getting bored? Try one of these books -- each of these is brand new to our teen section. Descriptions come from our catalog.

Good Fortune by Noni Carter: Brutally kidnapped from her African village and shipped to America, a young girl struggles to come to terms with her new life as a slave, gradually rising from working in the fields to the master's house, secretly learning to read and write, until, risking everything, she escapes to seek freedom in the North.

Dust City by Robert Paul Weston: Henry Whelp, son of the Big Bad Wolf, investigates what happened to the fairies that used to protect humans and animalia, and what role the corporation that manufactures synthetic fairy dust played in his father's crime.

The Properties of Water by Hannah Roberts McKinnon: When her older sister, Marni, is paralyzed jumping off the cliffs into the lake near their house, twelve-year-old Lace feels responsible for the accident and struggles to find a way to help heal her family.

The Less-Dead by April Lurie: Sixteen-year-old Noah Nordstrom, whose father is the host of a popular evangelical Christian radio program, believes that the person who has been killing gay teenagers in the Austin, Texas, foster care system, is a regular caller on his dad's show.

The F Factor by Diane Gonzales Bertrand: Javier Ávila, a smart but clumsy sophomore at St. Peter's High School, thinks it is a mistake when he is placed in the new course, Media Broadcasting, but over the course of the year, he discovers self-confidence, the value of extracurricular activities, and a talent for broadcast journalism.

The Jumbee by Pamela Keyes: Devastated by the death of her Shakespearean-actor father, Esti Legard moves to a tropical island for her senior year in high school, where she finds herself torn between a mysterious, masked mentor and a seductive island boy, as she tries to escape the overpowering shadow of her famous father.

Half Upon a Time by James Riley: In the village of Giant's Hand Jack's grandfather has been pushing him to find a princess and get married, so when a young lady falls out of the sky wearing a shirt that says "Punk Princess," and she tells Jack that her grandmother, who looks suspiciously like the long-missing Snow White, has been kidnapped, Jack decides to help her.

New Books!

Here's a small list of even more new books begging to be read. They're all available right now in our library. Links take you to the catalog, where you can place a hold.

Starcrossed by Elizabeth Bunce: In a kingdom dominated by religious intolerance, 16-year-old Digger, a street thief, has always avoided attention, but when she learns that her friends are plotting against the throne she must decide whether to join them or turn them in.

The Reinvention of Edison Thomas by Jacqueline Houtman: Middle school student Eddy Thomas loves science and inventing, but has trouble with people. Finally he meets some friends who appreciate his abilities and respect his unique view of the world. With their help can he rethink his definition of success?

The Best and Hardest Thing by Pat Brisson: When she is a sophomore in high school, Molly gets rid of her good-girl image but ends up becoming pregnant and having to make some difficult decisions.

Payback Time by Carl Deuker: Overweight, somewhat timid Mitch reluctantly agrees to be the sports reporter for the Lincoln High newspaper because he is determined to be a writer, but he senses a real story in Angel, a talented football player who refuses to stand out on the field--or to discuss his past.

The Enchanted Quest
by Frewin Jones: Princess Tania must travel outside of the Immortal Realm to seek a cure for the plague afflicting her people, while joined in spirit with all of the children of Aurealis to weave a web of protection over the Realm of Faerie.