Friday, March 21, 2014

New Fiction










Hunger by Michael Grant
Gone; Book Two
Conditions worsen for the remaining young residents of a small California coastal town isolated by supernatural events when their food supplies dwindle and the Darkness underground awakens. –Summary.

Lies by Michael Grant
Gone; Book Three
As conditions worsen in the FAYZ, where supernatural forces have trapped children under the age of fifteen and resources are running out, it becomes tempting to heed the words of a prophet who says that only death will set them free. –Summary.

Plague by Michael Grant
Gone; Book Four
A deadly, flu-like epidemic and a plague of flesh-eating creatures threaten the lives of the children at Perdido Beach while Sam, Astrid, Caine, and Diana each struggle with doubts and uncertainties. –Summary.

Fear by Michael Grant
Gone; Book Five
As the young residents of Perdido Beach begin to better comprehend the truths of who they are and their relationships to one another, the Darkness finds a new way to be born, bringing their understanding of fear to a new level. –Summary.

Light by Michael Grant
Gone; Book Six
Answers to every mystery of the FAYZ are revealed, unexpected heroes emerge as sacrifices are made, and the Darkness is finally conquered by a force even more powerful than itself in this conclusion to this series. –Summary.

Shimmer by Alyson Noel
Riley Bloom; Book Two
Riley, dead at age twelve and now a Soul Catcher, works with her teacher Bodhi to help Rebecca, the daughter of a former plantation owner who, furious about being murdered during a 1733 slave revolt, is keeping those who died with her from crossing over. –Summary

Dreamland by Alyson Noel
Riley Bloom; Book Three
Eager to contact her sister Ever, ghost Riley goes in search of the place where dreams are made, where she finds a renegade ghost boy who has been flouting the rules of Dreamland for decades. –Summary.

Whisper by Alyson Noel
Riley Bloom; Book Four
This time, Riley might really have bitten off more than she's ready for. After practically begging the Council for a more challenging Soul Catch, she is assigned an actual Roman gladiator, Theocoles, the Pillar of Doom. To get through to him, she is transformed into the beautiful and mature teen she's always wanted to be. With a dream this enchanting, will she ever want to leave? –Summary.

The Two Week Wait by Sarah Rayner
"After a health scare, Brighton-based Lou is forced to confront the fact that her time to have a baby is running out. She can't imagine a future without children, but her partner doesn't seem to feel the same way, and she's not sure whether she could go it alone. Meanwhile, in Yorkshire, Cath is longing to start a family with her husband, Rich. No one would be happier to have children than Rich, but Cath is infertile. Could these strangers help one another?" –Back cover.

Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire
Beautiful; Book Two
Can you love someone too much? Travis Maddox learned two things from his mother before she died: Love hard. Fight harder. Here, the life of Travis is full of fast women, underground gambling, and violence. But just when he thinks he is invincible, Abby Abernathy brings him to his knees. Every story has two sides. In Beautiful disaster, Abby had her say. Now it's time to see the story through Travis's eyes. –Summary.