Salem City Library

The Alchemy of Forever (An Incarnation Novel) by Avery Williams

greencsi — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:03:58 +0000

Seraphina Ames has lived six hundred years due to a method of alchemy, discovered by her boyfriend Cyrus, that allows them to swap bodies with other humans, taking their lives in the process. After vowing to stop killing, Sera accidentally takes over the body of a sixteen-year-old girl who was in a car crash. Sera loves her new life and falls for a guy, but Cyrus threatens everything.

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

greencsi — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:02:51 +0000

Hadley and Oliver fall in love on the flight from New York to London, but after a cinematic kiss they lose track of each other at the airport until fate brings them back together on a very momentous day.

Prized (Birthmarked Trilogy Bk 2) by Caragh M. O’Brien

greencsi — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:01:29 +0000

Sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone is in the wasteland with nothing but her baby sister, a handful of supplies, and a rumor to guide her when she is captured by the people of Sylum, a dystopian society where she must follow a strict social code or never see her sister again.

Death Cloud (Sherlock Holmes: The Legend Begins) by Andrew Lane

greencsi — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:59:41 +0000

In 1868, with his army officer father suddenly posted to India, and his mother mysteriously “unwell,” fourteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes is sent to stay with his eccentric uncle and aunt in their vast house in Hampshire, where he uncovers his first murder and a diabolical villain.

Return to Exile (Hunter Chronicles Snare 1) by E.J. Patten

greencsi — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:58:07 +0000

On the eve of his twelfth birthday, Sky, who has studied traps, puzzles, science, and the secret lore of the Hunters of Legend, realizes his destiny as a monster hunter.

The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht

greencsi — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:56:34 +0000

Natalia, a young doctor on a medical mission to an orphanage in the Balkans, ponders the mystery of her beloved grandfather’s recent death. She finds the answers she seeks in the story of an abused deaf-mute woman in the village of his childhood who formed a bond with a tiger that escaped from the zoo following the German bombardment in 1941.

My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson

greencsi — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:55:37 +0000

Alaskans Luke, Chickie, Sonny, Donna, and Amiq relate their experiences in the early 1960s when they are forced to attend a Catholic boarding school where, despite different tribal affiliations, they come to find a sort of family and home.

In the Shadow of the Lamp by Susanne Dunlap

greencsi — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:54:28 +0000

Sixteen-year-old Molly Fraser works as a nurse with Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War to earn a salary to help her family survive in nineteenth-century England.

Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading by Tom Greenwald

greencsi — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:53:23 +0000

Middle schooler Charlie Joe is proud of his success at avoiding reading, but eventually his schemes go too far.

Is everyone hanging out without me? (and other concerns) by Mindy Kaling

greencsi — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:52:28 +0000

Kaling shares her observations, fears, and opinions about a wide-ranging list of the topics she thinks about the most. From her favorite types of guys to life in the “The Office” writers’ room, her book is full of personal stories and laugh-out-loud philosophies.