| How to Salsa in a Sari by Dona Sarker
First, Issa Mazumder's nerdy boyfriend dumps her for popular princess Cat Morena - as if Cat even likes him. She just hates Issa. And for good reason: Issa finds out that her mother not only has been dating Cat's dad, but is going to marry him. That means they're moving into Cat's huge house. And not only is Issa's stepsister-to-be a total beyotch, she has no respect for Issa's Indian and African-American heritage. But Issa gets some tough advice: if she wants Cat Morena to welcome her traditions, Issa had better learn how to salsa in a sari. (Kimani Press)
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| Shrink to Fit by Dona Sarker
Losing weight is the solution to all basketball-star Leah Mandeville's problems, or so she thinks. Getting superthin will:
a) help her jump shot
b) make her look like America's Next Top Model
c) get the attention of the high school hottie who ignores any girl with a little junk in the trunk
And it's working, isn't it? Her boo is now crushing on her. Everyone says how good she looks. But the problem is that Leah doesn't feel good. And her life is taking a huge turn for the worse, despite her new "perfect body." (Kimani Press)
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| Shift by Jennifer Bradbury
When Chris Collins and Winston Coggans take off on a post-graduation cross-country bike trek, Chris's hopes are high. He's looking forward to seeing the country, dodging a dull summer at a minimum wage job, and having one final adventure with his oldest friend. The journey from Hurricane, West Virginia to the coast of Washington state delivers all those things... and more.
So much more that when Chris returns home withour Win at the end of the summer, he's certain their 10 year friendship is all bus over. But when an FBI agent begins asking questions - and raising suspicions about Chris - he learns that saying goodbye to a friend like Win is never as simple as riding away. Shift offers and adventure story and a missing persons tale spinning around a single question: What happens when you outgrow your best friend? (Jennifer Bradbury)
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| The Humming of Numbers by Joni Sensel
Life in a tenth-century Celtic abbey isn't terribly exciting most days. Still, Aidan is ready to take his monastic vows, knowing this will bring him closer to his dream of painting illuminated texts. Then a new person enters the abbey, and Aiden's world is turned upside down. Not only is Lana a girl - and a beautiful, feisty one at that - but she hums of the number eleven. Aidan has the ability to hear the humming of numbers, a buzzing energy given off by living things. Until now, he's never met a person with a number higher than ten. Aidan is transfixed by the mysterious girl, and tormented. How can he become a monk when his mind is filled with impure thoughts? Before he can begin to sort out his feelings, the Vikings raid. Only Aidan and Lana can save the village from certain, violent death - and only if they learn to trust themselves. ( Henry Holt and Company)
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| An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. He's also a washedup child prodigy with ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a passion for anagrams, and an overweight, Judge Judy-obsessed best friend. Colin's on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which will predict the future of all relationships, transform him from a fading prodigy into a true genius, and finally win him the girl.
Letting expectations go and allowing love in are at the heart of Colin's hilarious quest to find his missing piece and avenge dumpees everywhere. (Dutton Books)
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| Stravaganza: City of Secrets by Mary Hoffman
When Matt turns seventeen and acquires an old, leather-bound book, he's surprised by how drawn he is to it, especially since Matt is dyslexic and doesn't like to read. But the book turns out to be more powerful than he could have imagined: it is his talisman as a Stravagante, a person who can travel through time and place to a country called Talia, which is much like Italy. He is transported to Padavia University, where he meets other Stravaganti - including Luciano, a young man who's left his old world behind to live in Talia permanently, and Arianna, a beautiful duchessa in disguise as a boy. Together the three must fight the ambitious and dangerous di Chimici family, who are on the verge of making a terrifying breakthrough into our modern world. Full of intrigue, adventure and magic, City of Secrets is an electrifying and highly anticipated new novel in Mary Hoffman's Stravaganza series. (Bloomsbury)
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