Born of Illusion by Teri Brown
"Set in 1920s New York City, this is the story of
budding magician Anna Van Housen, who has spent her whole life playing sidekick
to her faux-medium mother--and trying to hide the fact the she actually
possesses the very abilities her mother fakes."—WorldCat
First Descent by Pam Withers
“Montana-born
Tex dreams of following in his grandfather's footsteps and kayaking down one of
the world's last unconquered wild rivers. When he finally gets enough sponsors,
Rex heads to South America to tackle the river known as El Furioso. In Columbia
he hires seventeen-year-old Myriam Calambás to be his guide. Myriam longs to
go to a university, become a reporter, and tell the world what is happening to
her world. Can the two avoid the clashes between the paramilitaries who
protect the rich landowners and the guerrillas who are supposed to protect the
poor? And can Tex achieve his dream?”—WorldCat
Nobody’s Secret by Michaela MacColl
“When
fifteen-year-old Emily Dickinson meets a charming, enigmatic young man who
playfully refuses to tell her his name, she is intrigued--so when he is found
dead in her family's pond in Amherst she is determined to discover his secret,
no matter how dangerous it may prove to be.”—WorldCat
The Other Normals by Ned Vizzini
“Gifted
with the unusual ability to embroider the very fabric of life, sixteen-year-old
Adelice is summoned by Manipulation Services to become a Spinster, a move that
will separate her from her beloved family and home forever.”—WorldCat
Pivot Point by Kasie West
Pivot Point; Book One
"A
girl with the power to search alternate futures lives out six weeks of two
different lives in alternating chapters. Both futures hold the potential for
love and loss, and ultimately she is forced to choose which fate she is willing
to live through."—WorldCat
The Reluctant Assassin by Eoin Colfer
W.A.R.P.; Book One
“In Victorian London,
Albert Garrick, an assassin-for-hire, and his reluctant young apprentice,
Riley, are transported via wormhole to modern London, where Riley teams up with
a young FBI agent to stop Garrick from returning to his own time and using his
newly acquired scientific knowledge and power to change the world forever.”—WorldCat
Throne of Glass by Sarah Maas
Throne of Glass; Book One
“After she has served a year of hard labor in
the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, Crown Prince Dorian offers
eighteen-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien her freedom on the condition that
she act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.”—WorldCat
Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst
“When the goddess Bayla fails to take over Liyana's body,
Liyana's people abandon her in the desert to find a more worthy vessel, but she
soon meets Korbyn, who says the souls of seven deities have been stolen and he
needs Liyana's help to find them.”—WorldCat