Books: Bad Kitty   Michelle Jaffe Call Number: Y Jaf Teen: 12 and Up Synopsis: While vacationing with her family in Las Vegas, seventeen-year-old Jasmine stumbles upon a murder mystery that she attempts to solve with the help of her friends, recently arrived from California.   Clay   David Almond Call Number: Y Alm Teen: 12 and Up  Synopsis: The developing relationship between teenager Davie and a mysterious new boy in town morphs into something darker and more sinister when Davie learns firsthand of the boy's supernatural powers.   Darkness Creeping: Twenty Twisted Tales   Neal Shusterman Call Number: Y SS Shusterman Younger Teen: 10 and Up Synopsis: Imagine being trapped forever in someone else’s nightmare, with no means of escape. Or caught on one of the most terrifying roller coasters of all time, when suddenly the tracks ahead just disappear. Enter the world of Darkness Creeping, where hollow-eyed skulls arrive in the mail and nothing is as it seems.   Deadline   Chris Crutcher Call Number: Y Cru Older Teen+ (15 or older)  Synopsis: Given the medical diagnosis of one year to live, high school senior Ben Wolf decides to fulfill his greatest fantasies, ponders his life's purpose and legacy, and converses through dreams with a spiritual guide known as "Hey-Soos."   Glass   Ellen Hopkins Call Number: Y Hop Older Teen+ (15 or older) Synopsis: Crank. Glass. Ice. Crystal. Whatever you call it, it's all the same: a monster. And once it's got hold of you, this monster will never let you go.  How the Hangman Lost His Heart   K. M. Grant Call Number: Y Gra Older Teen+ (15 or older) Synopsis: When her Uncle Frank is executed for treason against England's King George in 1746 and his severed head is mounted on a pike for public viewing, daring Alice tries to reclaim the head for a proper burial, finding an unlikely ally in the soft-hearted executioner, while incurring the wrath of the royal guard. Pulling Princes   Tyne O’Connell Call Number: Y O’Co Teen: 12 and Up Synopsis: Hoping to become more popular at her elegant English boarding school, fifteen-year-old Californian Calypso Kelly invents a fake handsome boyfriend, until she realizes that her wit and skill at fencing may be enough to attract the attention of a real-life handsome prince. Sleeping freshmen never lie   David Lubar Call Number: Y Lub Teen: 12 and Up Synopsis: While navigating his first year of high school and awaiting the birth of his new baby brother, Scott loses old friends and gains some unlikely new ones as he hones his skills as a writer. Stormbreaker   Anthony Horowitz Call Number: Y Hor Younger Teen: 10 and Up Synopsis: After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6. Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher Call Number: Y Ash Older Teen+ (15 or older) Synopsis: When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death. Twilight   Stephanie Meyer Call Number: Y Mey Teen: 12 and Up Synopsis: When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human. Unwind    Neal Shusterman Call Number: Y Shu Older Teen+ (15 or older) Synopsis: In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and, perhaps, save their own lives.   Back