New titles added in October 2017

Realistic Fiction

Grendel’s guide to love and war (Apr 2017)
Author: Kaplan, A. E.

Description:A teen misfit resolves to defeat a local bully who upsets the senior community by constantly throwing wild parties, an effort that is complicated by the teen’s father’s PTSD, his unrequited feelings for the bully’s sister and an existential crisis related to his mother’s death.

Dan versus nature (Apr 2016)
Author:Calame, Don

Description: Follows the story of a teen graphic novel artist whose mother sends him on a survivalist camping trip to bond with his soon-to-be-stepdad, a haphazard journey marked by pranks, his germaphobe best friend, an attractive girl and the loss of their guide.

Historical Fiction

Refugee (Jul 2017)
Author:Gratz, Alan, 1972-

Description: Separated by decades, Josef, a Jew living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a girl trying to escape unrest in 1994 Cuba; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence, embark on journeys in search of refuge.

Romance

Once and for all (Jun 2017)
Author:Dessen, Sarah

Description: Cynical about happy endings, Louna, the daughter of a wedding planner, initally holds Ambrose at arm’s length, but Ambrose has finally found someone to save him from his serial dating ways, and he’s not about be discouraged.