NBS recommends young adult reads

Beastly

By Alex Flinn

P325

MANILA, Philippines - A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature that walks upright — a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster. You think I’m talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It’s no deformity, no disease. And I’ll stay this way forever—ruined—unless I can break the spell. Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I’ll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I’ll tell you how I became... perfectly beastly.

The Lying Game

By Sara Shepard

P695

I had a life anyone would kill for. Then someone did. The worst part of being dead is that there’s nothing left to live for. No more kisses. No more secrets. No more gossip. It’s enough to kill a girl all over again. But I’m about to get something no one else does—an encore performance, thanks to Emma, the long-lost twin sister I never even got to meet. Now Emma’s desperate to know what happened to me. And the only way to figure it out is to be me—to slip into my old life and piece it all together. But can she laugh at inside jokes with my best friends? Convince my boyfriend she’s the girl he fell in love with? Pretend to be a happy, carefree daughter when she hugs my parents good night? And can she keep up the charade, even after she realizes my murderer is watching her every move?

Delirium

By Lauren Oliver

P629

There was a time when love was the most important thing in the world. People would go to the end of the earth to find it. They would tell lies and even kill for it. Then, at last, they found the cure. Now, everything is different. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Haloway has always looked forward to the day when she’ll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy. But then, with only 95 days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable: she falls in love.

Angelfire

By Courtney Allison Moulton

P629

I stepped forward, watching the creature climb to its feet as it loosed a low and dangerous-sounding growl. I held both of my open palms. The twin Khopesh swords appeared out of nothing in a flash of shimmering light. The curving silver blades glinted brightly. I glanced over at Will. I could now see intricate black tattoos twisting out from beneath his shirt all the way down his right arm to his knuckles. I remembered the beautiful symbols woven into spiraling design because I’d seen them before with different eyes, in another time.

Jane Eyre

By Charlotte Bronte

P315

Born into a poor family and raised by an oppressive aunt, young Jane Eyre becomes the governess at Thornfield Manor to escape the confines of her life. There, her fiery independence clashes with the brooding and mysterious nature of her employer, Mr. Rochester. But what begins as outright loathing slowly evolves into a passionate romance. When a terrible secret from Rochester’s past threatens to tear the two apart, Jane must make an impossible choice: should she follow her heart or walk away and lose her love forever? Unabashedly romantic and utterly enthralling, Jane Eyre endures as one of the greatest love stories of all time. This must-have edition of a timeless classic is beautifully present for a modern teen audience.

The Twelfth Insight: The Hour Decision

By James Redfield

P649

On December 21, 2012, the Mayan calendar will end. Many see it as an apocalyptic sign. But is it? The long-awaited new novel in the beloved Celestine Series, The Twelfth Insight follows our Hero and his close friend Wil as they receive a fragment of a mysterious, ancient manuscript that describes a secret approach to spirituality that is silently arriving in the second decade of the 21st century. To understand its full meaning for mankind, our Hero and Wil begin an urgent search to find the message in its entirety. Confronted by powerful political forces and religious extremists, they must fight to reveal a truth that can transform our lives and our world.