Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

One morning, after a perfectly ordinary party, Tana wakes up surrounded by corpses. The only other survivors of this massacre are he exasperatingly endearing ex-boyfriend, infected and on the edge, and a mysterious boy burdened with a terrible secret. Shaken and determined,Tana enters a race against the clock to save the three of them the only way she knows how: by going straight to the wicked, opulent heart of Coldtown itself.

Half A Chance by Cynthia Lords

A moving new middle-grade novel from the Newbery Honor author of RULES.

When Lucy's family moves to an old house on a lake, Lucy tries to see her new home through her camera's lens, as her father has taught her-- he's a famous photographer, away on a shoot. Will her photos ever meet his high standards? When she discovers that he's judging a photo contest, Lucy decides to enter anonymously. She wants to find out if her eye for photography is really special -- or only good enough.

As she seeks out subjects for her photos, Lucy gets to know Nate, the boy next door. But slowly the camera reveals what Nate doesn't want to see: his grandmother's memory is slipping away, and with it much of what he cherishes about his summers on the lake. This summer, Nate will learn about the power of art to show truth. And Lucy will learn how beauty can change lives . . . including her own.

Muckers by Sandra Wallace

"Inspired by a true story"--"When your town's about to crumble, youdig deeper into the muck and find a way to win"--Felix O'Sullivan,standing in the shadow of his dead brother, an angry, distant father,and racial tension, must lead the last-ever Muckers high school footballteam to the state championship before a mine closing shuts down hisentire town.

The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan

A historical fiction graphic novel that tells the tale of a boy inDust Bowl America--   Eleven-year-old Jack Clark struggles with everydayobstacles while his family and community contend with the challengesbrought on by the Dust Bowl in 1937 Kansas

The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Applet

Twelve-year-old Chap Brayburn, ancient Sugar Man, and hisraccoon-brother Swamp Scouts Bingo and J'miah try to save BayouTourterelle from feral pigs Clydine and Buzzie, greedy Sunny BoyBeaucoup, and world-class alligator wrestler and would-be land developerJaeger Stitch.