NBS recommends quirky quests

WHO IS AC?

By Hope Larson and Tintin Pantoja

P519

MANILA, Philippines - Meet Lin, a formerly average teenage girl whose cell phone zaps her with magical powers. But just as superpowers can travel through the ether, so can evil. As Lin starts to get a handle on her new abilities (while still observing her curfew!), she realizes she has to go head-to-head with a nefarious villain who spreads his influence through binary code. And as if that weren’t enough, a teen blogger has dubbed her an “anonymous coward!” Can Lin detect the cyber-criminal’s vulnerability, save the day, and restore her reputation?

MAGIC ZERO

By Thomas E. Sniegoski

and Christopher Golden

P245

In Timothy’s world, everyone has magical powers except him. He has spent his entire life as an outcast hidden on a remote island. When he is finally taken back to the city of his birth, Timothy is fascinated by the current of magic that fuels the world and mesmerized by the buildings and orbs that hang weightlessly in the sky. But he is also marked for death. Assassins are watching his every move, and some very powerful people want him destroyed. Timothy can’t imagine what threat he could possibly pose; after all, he wields no power in this world. Or does he?

THE 39 CLUES CAHIILLS

VS. VESPERS, BOOK SIX:

DAY OF DOOM

By David Baldacci

P495

It started with a kidnapping. A shadowy organization known only as the Vespers snatched seven members of the Cahill family and demanded a series of bizarre ransoms from around the world. Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister Amy began a global treasure hunt, determined to bring back whatever Vesper One needed, so long as it kept the hostages safe. But when they deliver the last ransom, Amy and Dan discover Vesper One’s terrifying endgame. The objects he demanded are vital pieces in a Vesper plot that will harm millions of innocent people. Now the two siblings and their friends are in an all-out sprint to stop Vesper One before the whole world goes BOOM.

EMILY THE STRANGE:

PIECE OF MIND

P349

Emily’s Strange To-Do List: lose (and regain) mind, reprogram golem, locate secret book vault, commune with dead dark aunts, rescue cousin Jakey, redecorate souvenir kiosk, thwart thought thief, endure hero worship, grant ancestral enemy’s deepest wish, save cat-napped kitty, summon black rock, defeat shady uncles, and guard family legacy & claim inheritance.

THE SECRET OF WHALE ISLAND

By Thea Stilton

P189

The Thea Sisters are five fun, lively students at Ratford College on Whale Island, who want to be real, live journalists just like their hero, Thea Stilton. Between classes and friendships, love and small fits of jealousy, they’re finding college life is really exciting! In The Secret of Whale Island, it’s the start of the new school year and the students have arrived at Ratford College. Every year at this time, the whales move off the Coast of Whale Island, but this time, a savage killer whale threatens the peace.