GHOSTS OF WAR: THE TRUE STORY OF A 19-YEAR-OLD GI, Ryan Smithson
Ryan Smithson joined the Army Reserve when he was just out of high school. He was deployed to Iraq two years later as an engineer. In this memoir he gives readers a glimpse of his experience and how it changed the way he felt about being an American.
CHAINS, Laurie Halse Anderson
As the Revolutionary War begins, life is not easy for Isabel and her sister Ruth. They are promised freedom upon the death of their master, but instead of being released, they find themselves the property of the Locktons, a cruel couple from New York. But Isabel soon meets Curzon, a slave with ties to the Patriots. He encourages her to spy on her masters, convincing her that the knowledge she gains will help lead her to freedom.
THE GHOST OF GRAYLOCK, Dan Poblocki
Graylock Hall was meant to be a place of healing, a place where teenagers with mental disorders could be cared for. But when patients start to die under mysterious circumstances, the night nurse was arrested and the hospital was shut down. Years later, rumors fly that the now-abandoned building is haunted. So naturally Neil Cady decides to check it out for himself. But nothing could've prepared him for what he was about to find, and furthermore for what follows him home.
I HUNT KILLERS, Barry Lyga
Growing up with the most wanted serial killer of the 21st century as a father, everyday was "Take Your Son to Work Day" for Jazz. But it's been a while since he's seen his Dear Old Dad. Daddy's been spending some time in prison. And he's still there...right? When bodies start piling up in Jazz's small rural town, Jazz thinks has an idea of who the killer is. But no, when it's revealed that his father is still locked up securely, the fingers start pointing. In an effort to clear his name, Jazz covertly starts his own search for the new serial killer.
THE ANGEL EXPERIMENT, James Patterson
Max and her flock look like humans. At least, when they keep their wings tucked in under their jackets. The six children were subjects of a cruel experiment in which avian DNA was combined with their human DNA in a secret lab facility called the School. There, they were poked, prodded, tested, and tortured in order for scientists to find out the limits of genetic engineering. So when the Max and her flock finally escape, they're never looking back. But they just might have to, when the youngest member, Angel, is kidnapped by School agents. Soon they find that they might just have to dive headfirst back in to the world they so desperately ran from in order to save her.