New Fiction

The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

The Heroes of Olympus; Book Five

"The Greek and Roman demigods must simultaneously prevent the earth mother, Gaea, from waking and stop war from breaking out at Camp Half-Blood" –Publisher

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven Cycle; Book Three

“Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs. The trick with found things though, is how easily they can be lost.” –WorldCat

Diary of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney

Diary of A Wimpy Kid; Book Nine

“The family road trip is supposed to be a lot of fun…unless, of course, you’re the Heffleys. The journey starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns. Gas station bathrooms, crazed seagulls, a fender bender, and a runaway pig—not exactly Greg Heffley’s idea of a good time. But even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure—and this is one the Heffleys won’t soon forget.” –Back cover

Earth & Sky by Megan Crewe

 “Seventeen-year-old Skylar has always been haunted by fleeting yet powerful feelings that something around her has gone wrong. Those impressions have never seemed to reflect anything real, and have only earned her stares and whispers behind her back. But after she meets a mysterious boy named Win, she learns an unsettling truth: we are not alone on Earth. In fact, visitors from beyond the stars are manipulating our planet and the essential fabric of our world; life as we know it is starting to unravel. And Skylar—and her heightened awareness—just may be the key to our salvation.” –Publisher

Endgame: The Calling by James Frey and Nils Johnson-Shelton

"Twelve teens who have prepared their entire lives for an ancient life-or-death game must finally come to terms with its arrival, forming tenuous alliances and killing each other for the chance to be the last one standing and the winner of the ultimate prize: the ability to save a select group of people from the end of the world" –WorldCat

Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult

"Alice Metcalf was a devoted mother, loving wife and accomplished scientist who studied grief among elephants. Yet it's been a decade since she disappeared under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind her small daughter, husband, and the animals to which she devoted her life. All signs point to abandonment...or worse.  Still Jenna - now 13 years old and truly orphaned by a father maddened by grief - steadfastly refuses to believe in her mother's desertion." –Publisher

The Perilous Sea by Sherry Thomas

The Elemental Trilogy; Book Two

”After spending the summer away from each other, Titus and Iolanthe (still disguised as Archer Fairfax) are eager to return to Eton College to resume their training to fight the Bane. Although no longer bound to Titus by blood oath, Iolanthe is more committed than ever to fulfilling her destiny—especially with the agents of Atlantis quickly closing in. Soon after arriving at school, though, Titus makes a shocking discovery, one that throws into question everything he believed about their mission. Faced with this revelation, Iolanthe struggles to come to terms with her new role, while Titus must choose between following his mother's prophecies—or forging a divergent path to an unknowable future.” –Publisher

The Queen of Zombie Hearts by Gena Showalter

The White Rabbit Chronicles; Book Three

"Alice 'Ali' Bell thinks the worst is behind her. She's ready to take the next step with boyfriend Cole Holland, the leader of the zombie slayers. But Anima Industries, the agency controlling the zombies, launches a sneak attack, killing four of her friends. It's then she realizes that humans can be more dangerous than monsters... and the worst has only begun. As the surviving slayers prepare for war, Ali discovers she, too, can control the zombies. And she isn't the girl she thought she was. She's connected to the woman responsible for killing--and turning--Cole's mother. How can their relationship endure? As secrets come to light, and more slayers are taken or killed, Ali will fight harder than ever to bring down Anima--even sacrificing her own life for those she loves." –Jacket

Unmade by Sarah Rees Brennan

The Lynburn Legacy; Book Three

"Kami Glass and friends battle sorcerers in order to save the sleepy town of Sorry-in-the-Vale while Kami struggles with her own emotions, caught between Ash, the boy who loves her, and Jared, the boy she loves" –WorldCat

Waterfall by Lauren Kate

Teardrop Trilogy; Book Two

“Eureka, a girl whose tears have the power to raise the lost continent of Atlantis and who travels across the ocean with Cat, her family, and Ander, the gorgeous and mysterious Seedbearer who promises to help her, has the chance to save the world might have to give up everything--even love.” –WorldCat

This May I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban emerged as the 2014 Teen Reader's Choice Award Winner. An advocate of women's right to education, Malala was shot in the head in October 2012 while on her way home from school.  Pakistan's army said Friday that it has arrested 10 militants suspected of involvement in the 2012 attack. 

New Fiction

The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness

All Souls Trilogy; Book Three

"After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness's enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew's ancestral home at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches - with one significant exception. But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on even more urgency.”–WorldCat

Diary of A Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney

Diary of A Wimpy Kid; Book Seven

A Valentine's Day dance at Greg's school has turned his world upside down until an unexpected twist gives Greg a partner for the dance and leaves his best friend Rowley the odd man out.  –Summary

Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney

Diary of A Wimpy Kid; Book Eight

"Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?" –Back cover

Deafening by Frances Itani

“Elegantly written and profoundly moving, Frances Itani's debut novel, Deafening, is a tale of virtuosity and power, set on the eve of the Great War and spanning two continents and the life of a young deaf woman in Canada named Grania O'Neill.” –WorldCat

Fatal Majesty by Reay Tannahill

Mary Queen of Scots is the main character in this novel that focuses on her reign, her family battles, her husband's murder, and her marriage to the man who killed him. –Summary

Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James

“What if, hidden in an old attic chest, Jane Austen's memoirs were discovered after hundreds of years? What if those pages revealed the untold story of a life-changing love affair? That's the premise behind this spellbinding novel, which delves into the secrets of Jane Austen's life, giving us untold insights into her mind and heart.” –Back cover

Raging Star by Moira Young

Dustlands; Book Three

Saba leads a group of guerrillas against DeMalo and the Tonton militia, all while contemplating DeMalo's invitation to join him in building a New Eden. –Summary

The Revenge of Seven by Pittacus Lore

Lorien Legacies; Book Five

The worst was supposed to be behind us. We were reunited, reconnecting with our past, training and getting stronger. Then the impossible happened.  We should never have trusted Five. And now Eight is lost forever. They've stolen everything away from me, but finally I have the power to fight back. I am Number Seven.I will make them pay.  –Summary

The Rule of Thoughts by James Dasher

Mortality Doctrine; Book Two

“Michael completed the Path. What he found at the end turned everything he’d ever known about his life—and the world—completely upside down.  He barely survived. But it was the only way VirtNet Security knew to find the cyber-terrorist Kaine—and to make the Sleep safe for gamers once again. Only, the truth Michael discovered about Kaine is more complex than they anticipated, and more terrifying than even the worst of their fears.” –Jacket

To All The Boy’s I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

"What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them... all at once? Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren't love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she's written. One for every boy she's ever loved - five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control." –Publisher

New Biographies

Dancing Under The Red Star by Karl Tobien

Between 1930 and 1932, Henry Ford sent over one hundred of his Detroit employees and their families to live in Gorky, Russia, to operate a new manufacturing facility. This is the true story of one of those families--Carl and Elisabeth Werner and their young daughter Margaret--and their terrifying life in Russia under brutal dictator Joseph Stalin. –Summary

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana is an incredible true account of Kamila Sidiqi who, when her father and brother were forced to flee Kabul, became the sole breadwinner for her five siblings. Armed only with grit and determination, she picked up a needle and thread and created a thriving business of her own and held her family together. –Summary

No One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry Hopkins and Daniel Sugerman

No One Here Gets Out Alive recounts the life and tragic death of singer-songwriter Morrison, examining his recordings and performances with the Doors, as well as his poetry. –Summary

The Sleeping Buddha by Hamida Ghafour

“As Hamida is drawn deeper into her country's present, other members of her family come to life for us – her great-grandfather the Sufi mystic, her poetess grandmother who urged women to unveil, her great-uncle who wrote the first democratic constitution, her brace cousin Bahodine who paid for his views with his life. In her family's past she finds the story of Afghanistan itself. She finds its future in people like the American Beautician teaching women a new kind of independence and the archaeologist digging for his country's lost civilization – in the form of a giant Sleeping Buddha.” –Amazon

Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe

A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars, Stories I Only Tell My Friends chronicles Rob Lowe’s experiences. The actor, political activist and now writer looks back on his travails as a fledgling and misunderstood child actor in Ohio, his transition to the rough, counter-culture free-for-all that was Malibu in the mid-1970s, his wild ride from as teen idol to movie star to his current status as one of Hollywood's top actors. –Summary

New DVDs

A Hero To Me

Diana, a television broadcaster and journalist, sets out to re-trace her famous grandfather's life and confront the controversy that has tainted his war record and dogged his memory for years. Billy Bishop was the most decorated Allied fighter pilot in the first World War. –Summary

The Last Song

“Based on the novel by Nicholas Spark, The Last Song follows Ronnie and her estranged father as he tries to restore the loving relationship they once had. But reconnecting with his rebellious daughter isn't easy, so he chooses the one thing they still have in common – music.” –Amazon

The Perks of Being A Wallflower

“Based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a modern classic that captures the dizzying highs and crushing lows of growing up. Starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope-and the unforgettable friends that help us through life.” –Amazon

Up In The Air

“Ryan Bingham (Academy Award winner George Clooney) is truly living the high life. Flying all over the world on business, he never stops moving...until he meets Alex, a fellow passenger and learns that life isn't about the journey, but the connections we make along the way.” –Amazon.

We Bought A Zoo

“When his teenage son gets into trouble, Benjamin Mee (Matt Damon) gives up a lucrative newspaper job to move his family to the most unlikely of places: a zoo! With help from an eclectic staff, and with many misadventures along the way, Benjamin embarks on a fresh beginning to restore the dilapidated zoo to its former glory, while uniting his family.” –Amazon

New Nonfiction

Is It Just Me? Or is it nuts out there? by Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg uses her trademark humor to examine the growing disrespect and rudeness in society and discusses how a loss of civility diminishes the quality of life. –Summary

Julie & Julia by Julie Powell

“Nearing thirty and trapped in a dead-end secretarial job, Julie Powell resolved to reclaim her life by cooking, in a single year, every one of the 524 recipes in Julia Child's 1961 classic, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Her unexpected reward: not just a newfound respect for calves’ livers and aspic, a new life – lived with gusto.” – Back cover.

Moving Miss Peggy by Robert Benson

“When the vibrant, beloved Miss Peggy began the agonizing descent into the darkness of dementia, her family faced with questions no one can answer. Benson takes an intimate look at what dementia means for a family: how do you organize your mother's new life, how do you move her from her cherished home, how do you come to terms with the fact that a person you love is in a decline from reality.” –WorldCat

Multiple Blessings by Jon & Kate Gosselin

“Three years after giving birth to twin daughters, Kate and Jon Gosselin became pregnant again – with sextuplets. Kate's candid and emotionally-charged book chronicles the exhausting challenges she and Jon faced from the time the babies were conceived through the first two years of their lives, and the faith it took to get through each day.” –Goodreads

The War That Ended Peace by Margaret MacMillan

This work presents a narrative portrait of Europe in the years leading up to World War I that illuminates the political, cultural, and economic factors and contributing personalities that shaped major events. –Summary

New Fiction

Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney

Diary of A Wimpy Kid; Book Six

"Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he’s innocent. Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he’s going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays?" –Back cover

Fan Art by Sarah Tregay

“Senior year is almost over, and Jamie Peterson has a big problem. Not college—that's all set. Not prom—he'll find a date somehow. No, it's the worst problem of all: he's fallen for his best friend. As much as Jamie tries to keep it under wraps, everyone seems to know where his affections lie, and the giggling girls in art class are determined to help Jamie get together with Mason. But Jamie isn't sure if that's what he wants—because as much as Jamie would like to come clean to Mason, what if the truth ruins everything? What if there are no more road trips, taco dinners, or movie nights? Does he dare risk a childhood friendship for romance?” –Jacket

Frozen by Erin Bowman

Taken; Book Two

“Gray Weathersby escaped from the primitive town of Claysoot expecting to find answers, but what he discovered shook him to the core: A ruthless dictator with absolute power. An army of young soldiers blinded by lies. And a growing rebellion determined to fight back. Now Gray has joined a team of rebels on a harsh, icy journey in search of allies who can help them set things right. But in a world built on lies, Gray must constantly question whether an ally – or enemy – is what they seem….”–Jacket

Rumble by Ellen Hopkins

"Eighteen-year-old Matt's atheism is tested when, after a horrific accident of his own making that plunges him into a dark, quiet place, he hears a voice that calls everything he has ever disbelieved into question." –WorldCat

Sanctum by Madeline Roux

Asylum; Book Two

“Dan, Abby, and Jordan remain traumatized by the summer they shared in the Brookline asylum. Much as they'd love to move on, someone is determined to keep the terror alive, sending the teens photos of an old-timey carnival, with no note and no name. Forsaking their plan never to go back, the teens return to New Hampshire College under the guise of a weekend for prospective students, and there they realize that the carnival from the photos is not only real, it's here on campus, apparently for the first time in many years.” –Amazon

Silver Shadows by Richelle Mead

Bloodlines; Book Five

 “Sydney Sage is an Alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. Now in the aftermath of an event that ripped their world apart, Sydney and Adrian struggle to pick up the pieces and find their way back to each other. But first, they have to survive"–Publisher

Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater

Companion to the Shiver trilogy

Cole St. Clair heads to California in order to get Isabel Culpeper back. He doesn't just want her; he needs her. Meanwhile, Isabel is unsuccessfully trying to build a life for herself in Los Angeles. Cole and Isabel share a past but do they have a future? They have the power to love each other and the power to ruin each other. The only thing for certain is that they cannot let go. –Summary

The Soldier’s Wife by Margaret Leroy

"As World War II draws closer and closer to Guernsey, Vivienne de la Mare knows that there will be sacrifices to be made. Not just for herself, but for her two young daughters and for her mother-in-law, for whom she cares while her husband is away fighting. What she does not expect is that she will fall in love with one of the enigmatic German soldiers who take up residence in the house next door to her home." –Publisher

The Underpainter by Jane Urquhart

The memoir of an aging painter who spent his life hoarding other people's experiences which he absorbed into his art, but never gave anything in return, even to the woman who loved him. Heart of granite, or fear of happiness? He himself is unable to decide. –Summary

Wild Decembers by Edna O’Brien

"Wild Decembers charts the quick and critical demise of relations between Joseph Brennan and Mick Bugler, ‘the warring sons of warring sons,' in the countryside of western Ireland." –Jacket

New Fiction

Annabel by Kathleen Winter

“In 1968, into the devastating, spare atmosphere of the remote coastal town of Labrador, Canada, a child is born: a baby who appears to be neither fully boy nor fully girl, but both at once. Only three people are privy to the secret - the baby’s parents, Jacinta and Treadway, and a trusted neighbor and midwife, Thomasina. Though Treadway makes the difficult decision to raise the child as a boy named Wayne, the women continue to quietly nurture the boy’s female side. And as Wayne grows into adulthood within the hyper-masculine hunting society of his father, his shadow-self, a girl he thinks of as “Annabel,” is never entirely extinguished." –Amazon

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

Beth and Jennifer know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. However, they continue sending each other numerous hilarious e-mails, discussing every aspect of their personal lives. Meanwhile, the new Internet security officer can't believe his job requires that he read other people's e-mail. When Lincoln comes across Beth's and Jennifer's messages, he knows he should file a report. But he can't help being entertained by their stories. By the time Lincoln realizes he's falling for Beth, it's seems too late for him to introduce himself. Or is it? –Summary

Beautiful Oblivion by Jamie McGuire

A relationship develops between fiercely independent bartending college student Camille "Cami" Camlin and Big-Man-On-Campus- turned-tattoo-parlor-employee Trenton Maddox. –Summary

City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

Mortal Instruments; Book Six

"Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary's own brother. Nothing in this world can defeat Sebastian--but if they journey to the realm of demons, they just might have a chance." –Publisher

Darcy’s Story by Janet Alymer

This dramatic new interpretation of Jane Austen's masterful novel Pride and Prejudice chronicles the unfolding romance between Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy, and explains the underlying thoughts and feelings and motivations behind Darcy's cold exterior and tells the well-known tale from a different perspective. –Summary

Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

Whisked to Oz by a Kansas twister, Amy Gumm discovers that the magical land has been destroyed by Dorothy's tyrannical rule, a situation that compels Amy to join an order of deposed magic-wielders, who seek to put an end to Dorothy's reign. –Summary

Four: A Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth

“A collection of four pre-Divergent stories plus three additional scenes from Divergent, all told from Tobias's point of view, that follow Tobias's transfer from Abnegation to Dauntless, his Dauntless initiation, the first clues that a foul plan is brewing in the leadership of two factions, and the weeks after he meets Tris Prior.” –WorldCat

Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger

"After they inherit a London flat near Highgate Cemetery from their aunt Elspeth Noblin, two American twin teenagers move in, but they soon discover that much is still alive at Highgate, including, perhaps, their aunt, who can't seem to leave her old life behind." –NoveList

The One by Kiera Cass

Selection; Book Three

As her Selection approaches its finish, America must decide where her heart truly lies--and Prince Maxon must pick one winner to wear the crown. –Summary

The Postmistress by Sarah Blake

In London covering the Blitz with Edward R. Murrow, Frankie Bard meets a Cape Cod doctor in a shelter and promises that she'll deliver a letter for him when she finally returns to the United States. Filled with stunning parallels to today's world, The Postmistress is a sweeping novel about the loss of innocence of two extraordinary women - and of two countries torn apart by war. –Summary

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Fines are currently being waived for overdue books. 

Report cards will not be issued to students who have not returned their library books.

Free Audiobooks

SYNC offers 2 FREE audiobooks each week May 15 - Aug 20, 2014. 

This week it’s politics and war as we head to Rome in the classic Julius Caesar and into the future created by Cristin Terrill in All Our Yesterdays.

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