September New Books!

The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski

Sixteen-year-old Darcy Jones knows little about her past except that she was abandoned outside a Chicago firehouse at age five. In high school she meets a mysterious friend who helps her to discover things about her past that she is not sure she likes.

Emily’s Dress by Kathryn Burak

A new girl in Amherst, Massachusetts, comes to terms with her mother's suicide and her best friend's disappearance with the help of Emily Dickinson's poetry--and her dress.

Miss Fortune Cookie by Lauren Bjorkman

Erin is a non-Chinese teenager living in San Francisco's Chinatown and ghostwrites an online advice column.

Necromancing the Stone by Lish McBride  (sequel to Hold me Closer)

Six weeks after escaping from the necromancer Douglas, Sam LaCroix is under the protection of the Blackthorn pack of werewolves and fey hounds and unsure if his necromancer rival is dead.

Yo’ Mama! by Onwuchekwa Jemie

A book about raps, toasts, jokes, and children’s rhymes from urban black America

The Sometimes Daughter by Sherri Wood Emmons
Judy is raised by a flower-child mother Cassie. As Judy grows up, she and Cassie must decide how to be a part of each other’s lives.

Good People in an Evil Time by Svetlana Broz
A personal recounting of the lives of the patients of war torn Bosnia told by the granddaughter of former Yugoslav head of state in the 1990s. 

Deadly by Julie Chibbaro
In the early nineteen hundreds, sixteen-year-old Prudence leaves school to take a job assisting the head epidemiologist at New York's Department of Health and Sanitation, investigating the intriguing case of Mary Mallon, also known as Typhoid Mary.

The House of Djinn by Suzanne Fisher Staples
An unexpected death brings Shabanu's daughter, Mumtaz, and nephew, Jameel to Pakistan where they must sacrifice their dreams. 

Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden
Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. This is his story from prison to freedom in South Korea.

Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony

In a love story told in photographs and drawings, Glory, a brilliant piano prodigy, is drawn to Frank, an artistic new boy, and the farther she falls, the deeper she spirals into madness until the only song she is able to play is “Chopsticks.”

The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers

Sixteen year old Jessie is struggling to find her own identity as she is surrounded by a force of nature that will threaten the future of mankind: a a genetically engineered virus, known as Maternal Death Syndrome, which destroys pregnant women and their unborn children.

Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley

Seventeen-year-old Cullen’s summer in Arkansas is marked by his counsin’s death by overdoes, an alleged spotting of a woodpecker thought to be extinct, failed romances, and his younger brother’s sudden disappearance.

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big-league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended

Why we Broke Up by Daniel Handler

Sixteen-year-old Min Grreen writes a letter to Ed Slaterton in which she breaks up with him, documenting their relationship and how items in the box tell the end.

A Million Heavens by John Brandon

A comatose piano prodigy is attended by his gruff father, a motley vigil of devotees, a disconsolate wolf, and a would-be-angel who determinedly writes songs that could free him.

Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler

Hudson Avery gave up a promising competetive ice skating career after her parents divorced when she was fourteen years old and now spends her time baking cupcakes and helping out in her mother's upstate New York diner, but when she gets a chance at a scholarship and starts coaching the boys' hockey team, she realizes that she is not through with ice skating after all.

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Fire (Sequel to Graceling) by Kristin Cashore

In a kingdom called the Dells, Fire is the last human-shaped monster, with unimaginable beauty and the ability to control the minds of those around her, but even with these gifts she cannot escape the strife that overcomes her world.

I’m Not Her by Janet Gurtler

Tess is the exact opposite of her beautiful, athletic sister. And that's okay. Kristina is the sporty one, Tess is the smart one, and they each have their place. Until Kristina is diagnosed with cancer…

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Waging a fierce competition for which they have trained since childhood, circus magicians Celia and Marco unexpectedly fall in love with each other and share a fantastical romance that manifests in fateful ways.