New+Books

New Books to the STACSS library collection



Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher
====High school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing seven cassette tapes recorded by his crush, Hannah Baker, who committed suicide, and spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death. ====



End of Days by Eric Walters
====It’s 2012 and the world’s most renowned astrophysicists, astronomers, and theoretical mathematicians have all mysteriously and shockingly died within the same twelve-month period. But as these scientists discover, none of them are really dead after all. They have been taken hostage by alien forces. While their family and friends are mourning their passing back on Earth, these men and women of science must face the ultimate battle. Wait! Could a sixteen year old with rare gifts be the last and possibly only hope they have to triumph over evil and return themselves — and the Earth — to safety? ==== 

Secret Society by Tom Dolby
====Three Manhattan teens, Phoebe, Nick, and Lauren, are initiated into an age-old secret society that offers them the fulfillment of their wildest dreams but demands their undying loyalty, while Nick's friend Patch, an aspiring filmmaker, tries to document the society's activities. ====



I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
====In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a fifteen-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien. ====

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====Fifteen-year-old Willow Kingswell has been listening to her Nana's tales of faeries and enchanted kingdoms for as long as she can remember. But when she is magically transported to the realm of Mistolear, she is stunned to learn that the stories were true, and that she is actually a princess. Suddenly, Willow has to fit into a royal family she didn't know she had, deal with customs she doesn't understand and sort out her feelings for Brand, the handsome knight who has sworn to protect her.On top of everything, she may also be the key to saving Mistolear from a terrifying spell. The nefarious faerie prince Nezeral has pitted two kingdoms against each other in a life-or-death chess match, in which people are the game pieces. As a pawn, Willow now glows with the light of the game and must find the courage and cleverness to battle Nezeral before her loved ones fall. Could a meager pawn really be the most powerful piece on the board? ====