Artemis Fowl on CD

Just in time for the start of summer car trip season, a few more YA books on CD are coming in. This time it's Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer and Artemis Fowl: the Lost Colony also by Eoin Colfer. Great summer listening that the whole family could enjoy!

On the Head of a Pin and Wish House

Only 2 new ones in this latest batch, but they look pretty good. Here they are...

The Wish House by Celia Rees is the story of a 15-year-old who discovers that a rather bohemian family has moved into the previously abandoned house where he has spent a great deal of time in the summers. He becomes enamored of the daughter and involved in the family's mysteries. Looks like one for older readers.

On the Head of a Pin by Mary Beth Miller is the story of how an accidental shooting that leaves the local homecoming queen dead, affects the teens that were involved.

Latest A-List, Meg Cabot, Holly Black and More

Another very diverse pile of books have just hit the YA shelf. Here they are:

Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale by Holly Black

This is the latest installment of the series that began with Tithe and Valiant. In this one Kaye is sent on a nearly impossible quest to try to release Roiben from the spell of the queen of the Seelie Court.

Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot

Popular Katie doesn't consider herself a liar. She just considers telling the truth a little tricky. But things start to look a little bit different to her when an old middle school friend suddenly reappears in town.

Crushed by Laura and Tom McNeal

17-year-old Audrey's life being turned upside down by the arrival of a mysterious new student and the vicious underground school gossip sheet.

Benny and Babe by Eoin Colfer

13-year-old Benny thinks he can take on the world until he meets tough girl Babe, while spending the summer with his grandfather.

The Killer's Tears by Anne-Laure Bondoux

Angel, a wanted murderer kills the parents of a young boy, Paolo, who he then takes in and cares for. When another man, Luis, enters their lives and teaches the boy to read, Angel and Luis find themselves vying for Paolo's love and attention. Angel's later arrest and Paolo's despair at losing him will challenge readers to examine their views on forgiveness and rehabilitation, on whether violence is ever necessary, and on how environment can influence human actions.

Now You See It by Vivian Vande Velde

When Wendy puts on a pair of sunglasses that she finds on the lawn, they not only correct her horrible vision, but allow her to see things that other people can't - like dead people and a time portal.

Inexcusable by Chris Lynch

This book explores the topics of responsibility and rationalization. Is Keir the good guy that he thinks he is, or is he reckless and irresponsible? And are some things absolutely inexcusable?

Runner by Carl Deuker

17-year-old Chance's love of running gets him a high paying job picking up packages, but is the money worth the risk?

Inventing Elliot by Graham Gardner

When Elliot starts at a new school, he is determined to be a tougher person to avoid the bullying he experienced in his old school. When a group of thugs want him to join their group, he must decide what kind of person he really wants to be.

Heart of Glass by Zoey Dean

The latest A-List novel has Anna and Cammie caught trespassing on a celebrity's beach estate.

Series Additions and a Robert Parker

Here's what's new in the YA collection today:

Robert Parker (of the Spenser adult dectective series fame) ventures into the world of YA literature with Edenville Owls, a mystery set in a small New England town in the days just after the end of WWII, narrated by 14-year-old basketball player, Bobby Murphy.

Demon Thief is the second installment of Darren Shan's Demonata series. This one has young Cornelius Fleck, who sees strange lights and hears voices, discovering that he has powers that need to be used to hunt the Demonata.

Physik, book three in Angis Sage's Septimus Heap series. Septimus unseals a neglected room, inadvertently releasing the ghost of an evil queen who lived 500 years earlier and awakens with a diabolical plot to make herself immortal.

Latest Carlson, Horowitz and More

Here's what's new in the last several days:

Nightrise by Anthony Horowitz is the third installment of The Gatekeepers series and continues the struggles of the Gatekeepers against the evil Old Ones.

Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion and Betrayal by Mal Peet interweaves the stories of a Dutch resistance fighter in WWII and his 15-year-old granddaughter, to whom he leaves a box full of clues to his past when he commits suicide in 1995. This one looks very good, but there are holds on it, so I haven't gotten to it yet.

It's Kind of a Funny Story is author Ned Vizzini's humorous account of a New York City teenager's time in a psychiatric hospital after crumbling under the pressure of getting into a fiercely competitive school. Vizzini writes from experience, having spent some time in a psychiatric hospital himself.

Impulse by Ellen Hopkins is written in free verse. It combines the stories of three teens in a psychiatric hospital after attempting suicide. No, we're not suddenly bring tons of books on mental illness. These two just happened to come in at the same time. This one looks much more serious than It's Kind of a Funny Story.

Moon White: Color Me Enchanted is the latest by Melody Carlson. This one has Heather exploring Wiccan spirituality at the urging of her stepmother, but becoming estranged from her Christian friends in the process.

The Trap by John Smelcer is the story of 17-year-old Johnny, an Alaskan Native American, and his grandfather, in alternating chapters. Johnny becomes worried when his grandfather is late coming back from checking his traplines, but it might be disrespectful to begin a search. What he doesn't know is that his grandfather has caught his own leg in one of traps and is just out of reach of his supplies.