New Fiction

Armageddon by Thomas E. Sniegoski

The Fallen; Book Five

"The war between Heaven and Hell rages to a dramatic conclusion as Aaron, half angel and half human, fights with the other Nephilim to protect humanity from Satan's wrath." –Publisher.

Best Kept Secret by Amy Hatvany

Cadence didn’t plan on developing a problem with alcohol. It sort of snuck up on her. Her life wasn’t always this way. Not so long ago she was happily married, had an adorable son, and a promising journalism career. But as her marriage crumbled, so did the rest of her life. Logically Cadence knows that she is drinking too much, but it’s only when her ex-husband shows up at her door to take her son away that Cadence realizes what she may ultimately lose. –Summary.

Chosen at Nightfall by C.C. Hunter

Shadow Falls; Book Five

When Kylie Galen left Shadow Falls, she thought it was the hardest decision of her life. Struggling to come to terms with the separation from her loved ones and her chameleon abilities, Kylie returns to the camp where it all began and must choose between the two young men who love her. For Kylie, everything will finally be revealed and nothing will ever be the same. –Summary.

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

Betrothed to the demon who rules her country and trained all her life to kill him, seventeen-year-old Nyx Triskelion must now fulfill her destiny and move to the castle to be his wife. –Summary.

Dismantled by Jennifer McMahon

Calling themselves the Dismantlers, three daring misfits--Henry, Tess, Winnie, and Suz--spend the summer after graduation in a remote cabin in the Vermont woods committing acts of vandalism and plotting elaborate pranks. But everything changes when one particularly twisted experiment ends in Suz's death and the others decide to cover it up. Ten years later when a victim of their past pranks commits suicide, a chain of eerie events threatens to engulf Henry, Tess, and their inquisitive nine-year-old daughter, Emma. –Summary.

Enders by Lissa Price

Sequel to Starters 
"With the Prime Destinations body bank destroyed, Callie no longer has to rent herself out to creepy Enders. But Enders can still get inside her mind and make her do things she doesn't want to do. Like hurt someone she loves." –Publisher.

The Fiery Heart by Richelle Mead

Bloodlines; Book Four

After making a life-changing decision, Sydney Sage, an Alchemist who serves to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires, must tread a careful path as she harnesses her profound magical ability to undermine the way of life she was raised to defend. –Summary.

Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children; Book Two

Having escaped Miss Peregrine's island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London (circa 1940), the "peculiar" capital of the world. –Summary.

Inferno by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Chronicles of Nick; Book Four

As he learns new powers, sixteen-year-old Nick leans towards the dark side and glimpses his future. –Summary.

Revealed by P.C. Cast

House of Night; Book Eleven

Drastically altered after her fall, Neferet is now more dangerous than ever--and her quest for vengeance will wreak havoc on humans, as well as Zoey and her friends. Chaos is loosed in Tulsa and the House of Night is blamed. Can Zoey stop Neferet in time to keep her anger from escalating to full-on war? Or will someone else have to step in to take the fall? –Summary.

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.

New DVDs

Bacteria, Archaebacteria, and the Prokaryotic Domains

“Establishes the importance of bacteria by giving examples of their symbiotic relationships with both plants and animals. This program then looks in detail at both bacteria and archaebacteria and some of the unique habitats in which they live. The program concludes by examining some bacteria that act as human pathogens and others that are beneficial to humans.” –Container.

Deadliest Tornadoes

Looks at the scientists striving to understand the forces at work behind last year's tornado outbreak. Could their work improve tornado prediction in the future? Nova also talks to people whose lives have been upended by these extreme weather events in an effort to learn how we all can protect ourselves and our communities for the future. –Summary.

The Endocrine System: Molecular Messengers, Chemical Control

"First looks at the chemical structure of various hormones, the hormone receptors found on target cells, and the feedback mechanisms that regulate hormone levels. After explaining the difference between exocrine and endocrine glands the program then looks at the various endocrine glands and organs including: the hypothalamus; the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands; the pancreas, testes and ovaries; and organs such as the thymus, kidneys, stomach, small intestine and heart that produce hormones". –Container.

Force of Nature

“David Suzuki, iconic Canadian scientist, educator, broadcaster, and activist, delivers a lecture on the eve of his 75th birthday, which he describes as a distillation of his life and thoughts, his legacy, what he wants to say before he dies. Filmed before a live audience, in front of a memory box of moving, distilled images, he articulates a core, urgent message: the limits of the biosphere have been exhausted and it is imperative that humans rethink their relationship with the natural world.” –Producer.

Global Warming: What’s Up With The Weather?

This DVD examines the science and politics of global warming and actions that may prevent a catastrophe. –Summary.

Megastorm Aftermath: Investigating Hurricane Sandy

Superstorm Sandy cut a path of devastation across the Caribbean and the east coast of the United States, killing hundreds and causing tens of billions of dollars in damage. One year after Sandy's deadly strike, NOVA investigates the critical question raised by this historic storm. –Summary.

The Nervous System: Neurons, Networks, and the Human Brain

"The nervous system: neurons, networks, and the human brain begins by examining the structure and function of neurons; resting, action and post-synaptic potentials; and reflexes and neural networks. The peripheral, somatic, autonomic, sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are introduced before looking at the central nervous system. After describing spinal cord structure and function the program then examines the human brain including the medulla, pons, and cerebellum of the hindbrain; the reticular formation of the midbrain; and the thalamus, limbic system and cerebral cortex of the forebrain." –Container.

Thirteen Days

The film is set during the two-week Cuban missile crisis in October of 1962, and it centers on how President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, and others handled the explosive situation. –Summary.

We Were Children

"As young children, Lyna and Glen were taken from their homes and placed in church-run boarding schools. The trauma of this experience was made worse by years of untold physical, sexual and emotional abuse, the effects of which persist in their adult lives. In this emotional film, the profound impact of the Canadian government's residential school system is conveyed unflinchingly through the eyes of two children who were forced to face hardships beyond their years." –Producer.

Graphic Novels

Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney

Diary of A Wimpy Kid; Book Two

Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries to keep his older brother Rodrick from telling everyone about Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer –Summary.

Diary of A Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney

Diary of A Wimpy Kid; Book Three

Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school –Summary.

Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney

Diary of A Wimpy Kid; Book Four

In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas –Summary.

Diary of A Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney

Diary of A Wimpy Kid; Book Five

Greg Heffley has always been in a hurry to grow up. But is getting older really all it's cracked up to be? Suddenly Greg is dealing with the pressures of boy-girl parties, increased responsibilities, and even the awkward changes that come with getting older –Summary.

The Lost Boy by Greg Ruth

When Nate finds a tape recorder and note addressed to him in his new home, he is thrust into a dark mystery about a boy who went missing long ago, and must team with local girl Tabitha to uncover the truth –Summary.

The Names Yuma by Shin Yoshida and Naohito Miyoshi

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal: Book One

In a futuristic city, augmented reality Duels are all the rage. Duelists, using devices called D-Gazers, can interact with their environment and their opponents as never before. With more awesome monsters and unbelievable cards, the future of Yu-Gi-Oh! starts right here! No one loves Dueling more than Yuma Tsukumo, but unfortunately for him, no one is worse at it! This isn't going to stop Yuma from trying though. When Yuma calls on the memory of his parents during the Duel, a strange being called Astral appears, and the encounter is the start of Yuma's amazing Duel journey!" –p. [4] of cover.

Numbers Hunter!! by Shin Yoshida and Naohito Miyoshi

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal: Book Two

Yuma finds out that the only way to help his brother return to normal is to collect all one hundred Numbers Cards. The power these cards give to the Duelist who wields them is immense, and many other Duelists are seeking them. Yuma must face these "Numbers Hunters," starting with the mysterious Kaito –Summary.

The Second Assassin!! by Shin Yoshida and Naohito Miyoshi

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal: Book Three

"In the Heartland theme park, Yuma (with a little help from Astral) has managed to defeat Captain Corn in an amazing duel, but there are more challenges yet to come! Mr. Heartland is out to capture all of the powerful Numbers cards and destroy Astral's world. If Yuma and his friends won't join him, Mr. Heartland will crush them!" –p. [4] of cover.

Messenger from the Moon!! by Shin Yoshida and Naohito Miyoshi

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal: Book Four

In the city of the future, augmented reality Duelists, using devices called D-Gazers, interact with their environment and their opponents. The mysterious Luna suddenly appears and challenges Shark to a duel. At stake is a new card and a new power! Elsewhere, Yuma and his friends form the Numbers Club, dedicated to finding the powerful Numbers Cards and stopping the plans of the evil Dr. Faker! –Summary.

New Fiction

All The Truth That’s In Me by Julie Berry

“Four years ago, Judith and her best friend disappeared from their town of Roswell Station. Two years ago, only Judith returned, permanently mutilated, reviled and ignored by her friends and family. Unable to speak, Judith lives like a ghost in her own home, silently pouring out her thoughts to the boy who's owned her heart as long as she can remember – even if he doesn't know it – her childhood friend, Lucas. But when Roswell Station is attacked, long-buried secrets come to light, and Judith is forced to choose: continue to live in silence, or recover her voice, even if it means changing her world, and the lives around her, forever” –Jacket.

The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas

A young elemental mage named Iaolanthe Seabourne discovers her shocking power and destiny when she is thrown together with a deposed prince to lead a rebellion against a tyrant –Summary.

The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson

“For the past five years, Hayley Kincaid and her father, Andy, have been on the road, never staying long in one place as he struggles to escape the demons that have tortured him since his return from Iraq. Now they are back in the town where he grew up so Hayley can attend school. Perhaps, for the first time, Hayley can have a normal life, put aside her own painful memories, even have a relationship with Finn, the hot guy who obviously likes her but is hiding secrets of his own” –Amazon.

Love Anthony by Lisa Genova

Two women meet by accident on a Nantucket beach and are drawn into a friendship. Olivia is a young mother whose eight-year-old severely autistic son has recently died. She comes to the island in a trial separation to try and make sense of the tragedy of her Anthony's short life. Beth, a stay-at-home mother of three, is also recently separated after discovering her husband's long-term infidelity –Summary.

The Mermaid Garden by Santa Montefiore

Ten-year-old Floriana is captivated by the magnificent Tuscan villa just outside her small village. She likes to spy into the gardens and imagine that one day she'll live there. When Dante, the son of the villa's powerful owner, invites her inside and shows her the enchanting Mermaid Garden, she knows that her destiny is there, with Dante. But as they grow up, their romance jeopardizes everything they hold most dear. Decades later and hundreds of miles away, a beautiful old country hotel on England's Devon coast has fallen on hard times, and its owner, Marina, advertises for an artist to stay the summer. The man she hires begins to transform the fortunes of the hotel, and her family, but why is he really there? –Summary.

The Promise of Amazing by Robin Constantine

When the passive strategy she has always adopted proves injurious to her heart's goals, ordinary girl Wren inadvertently saves the life of expelled lacrosse player Grayson and embarks on an awkward romance that compels both to start over –Summary.

Rebel Spring by Morgan Rhodes

Falling Kingdoms; Book Two

When the evil King Gaius announces that a road is to be built into the Forbidden Mountains, formally linking all of Mytica together, he sets off a chain of events that will forever change the face of this land, forcing Cleo the dethroned princess, Magnus the reluctant heir, Lucia the haunted sorceress, and Jonas the desperate rebel to take steps they never could have imagined –Summary.

The Rule of Three by Eric Walters

The Neighbourhoods; Book One

“One shocking afternoon, every single machine in sixteen-year-old Adam’s high school computer lab stops working. Outside, cars won’t start, phones are down, and a blackout is widespread. Soon Adam will discover that the problem has paralyzed not just his town but the whole country and beyond. As resources dwindle, crises mount, and chaos descends, he will see that his suburban neighborhood must band together for protection. Violence will erupt and Adam will understand that having a police captain for a mother and a retired government agent living next door are not just the facts of his life but the keys to his survival” –Publisher.

Wild Young Bohemians by Kate Saunders

"Melissa Lamb and her cousin Ernestine are at the centre of the Wild Young Bohemians, an exclusive dining club at Oxford for the beautiful and ambitious. Melissa is in the grip of an obsession. Ernestine, however, mild and practical, does not see through Melissa's ruthless determination to restore her derelict family mansion" – Publisher.

New Fiction

Avalon by Mindee Arnett

Seventeen-year-old Jeth Seagrave, the leader of a ragtag team of teenage mercenaries, skirts the line between honor and the law in an attempt to win freedom for his sister and himself in the form of their parents' old spaceship, Avalon –Summary.

The Chocolate Money by Ashley Prentice Norton

After being raised in 1980s Chicago by a promiscuous mother, Bettina Ballentyne, the daughter of a chocolate heiress struggles to walk the line between self-preservation and self-destruction at an East Coast prep school –Summary.

Cocktails for Three by Madeline Wickham

Roxanne, Maggie and Candice, three women, smart and successful, working in the fast and furious world of magazines, meet for cocktails and gossip once a month. A chance encounter in the cocktail bar sets in train an extraordinary set of events which upsets all their lives and almost destroys their friendship –Summary.

The Gatecrasher by Madeline Wickham

Stunning forty-year-old Fleur crashes funerals in pursuit of wealthy widowers to swindle. When she meets Richard, she finds herself enveloped by his closeknit family--they even welcome her forlorn teenage daughter into the fold. But someone else is also after Richard's fortune –Summary.

Lily-Josephine by Kate Saunders

Lily-Josephine has a talent for love. Willful, enchanting and passionate, she was the centre of a charmed universe -- until her foolish, indulgent father married again. One idyllic summer evening, in 1941, Lily ran from her jealous stepmother. She escaped to find sanctuary, but instead discovered a love far greater than she had ever known –Summary.

Perfect Proposal by Katie Ford

Sophie Apperly has spent her whole life pleasing others and she has had enough. Eagerly swapping Little England for the Big Apple, Sophie heads off to New York to spend some time with a friend. From the moment she hits the bright lights of Manhattan Sophie is determined to enjoy every minute of her adventure. When fate throws her together with Matilda, a New York socialite, Sophie clashes with her grandson; an arrogant young man who later follows Sophie back to England with an unconventional proposal –Summary.

Project Cain by Geoffrey Girard

"Fifteen-year-old Jeff Jacobson learns that not only was he cloned from infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer's blood as part of a top-secret government experiment, but there are other clones like him and he is the only one who can track them down before it is too late" –Publisher.

Summer With My Sister by Lucy Diamond

“Polly has always been the high-flier of the family, with the glamorous city lifestyle to match. Clare is a single mum with two children, struggling to make ends meet in a ramshackle cottage. The two sisters are poles apart and barely on speaking terms. But then Polly’s fortunes change unexpectedly and her world comes crashing down. Left penniless and with nowhere to go, she’s forced back to the village where she and Clare grew up, and the sisters find themselves living together for the first time in years. With an old flame reappearing for Polly, a blossoming new career for Clare and a long-buried family secret in the mix, sparks are sure to fly. Unless the two women have more in common than they first thought?” –Back cover.

Summer’s Child by Diane Chamberlain

Early on the morning of her eleventh birthday, on the beach beside her North Carolina home, Daria Cato receives an unbelievable gift from the sea--an abandoned newborn baby. When the infant's identity cannot be uncovered, she is adopted by Daria's loving family. But her silent secrets continue to haunt Daria. Now, twenty years later, Shelly has grown into an unusual, ethereal young woman whom Daria continues to protect. But when Rory Taylor, a friend from Daria's childhood and now a television producer, returns at Shelly's request to do a story about the circumstances surrounding her birth, something precarious shifts in the small town of Kill Devil Hills..." –Back cover.

CCRSB Teen Reader’s Choice Award

Attention all CEC students! It’s time to participate in the third annual CCRSB Teen Reader's Choice Award. This year's top ten books are as follows:

• The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
• The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider
• Bomb: The Race to Build – And Steal – The World’s Most Powerful Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
• Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
• Every Day by David Levithan  
• Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
• I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
• Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick
• Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong by Prudence Shen and Faith Erin Hicks
• Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Beginning on March 4th, participants are encouraged to read one or more of these books and discuss the titles on an online forum with other CCRSB students. Voting for your favourite book from this list will take place until May 9^th. A winner will be announced on May 20^th. Students will be able to vote electronically online or in the library by paper ballot.

During the May 20^th awards ceremony a draw will be held with the prize being a Cole's gift certificate. This ceremony will take place at noon time (12 p.m.) in the library. 

Students must participate in the TRCA to be eligible for the draw.