February Picks

• All Star Superman (Teen Graphic Novels/Superman) by Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely
  Superman pays a high price when he rescues some astronauts stranded on the sun’s surface in these beautifully illustrated tales.
• A Bit Haywire (Teen Graphic Novels/Huddleston) by Courtney Huddleston and Scott Zirkel
  What’s a ten-year-old boy to do when he discovers he can fly…but only with his eyes shut?
• The Hero’s Trail: A Guide for a Heroic Life (Teen Nonfiction/170.44/Bar) by T.A. Barron
  Explore how you can live a heroic life by looking at the characteristics shared by real-life heroes.
• Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Life in the Big City (Teen Graphic Novels/Busiek) by Kurt Busiek & Brent Eric Anderson
  Superheroes are common residents of Astro City and this volume gives you a taste of their day-to-day lives.
• Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil (Teen Graphic Novels/Smith) by Jeff Smith
  An orphan discovers he can turn into Captain Marvel just by saying “Shazam!” and he uses his newfound abilities to fight off an alien invasion.
• Ultimate Spider-Man: Power & Responsibility (Teen Graphic Novels/Spider-Man) by Bill Jemas & Brian Michael Bendis
  Smart teenager Peter Parker is bitten by a spider, giving him strange new powers along with weighty responsibilities in this re-telling of Spider-Man’s origin.

March Picks

• Dragon’s Keep (Teen Fiction/Carey) by Janet Lee Carey
  Rosalind, a fourteen-year-old-princess in 12th century England, hides the fact that one of her fingers is a dragon’s talon as she attempts to redeem her family‘s name and bring peace to her kingdom.
• Eragon (Teen Fiction/Paolini) by Christopher Paolini
  A young man‘s life is changed forever after he bonds with a dragon and joins the resistance to fight the reign of their evil king.
• The Lightning Thief (Teen Fiction/Riordan) by Rick Riordan
  Percy Jackson’s discipline problems at school seem trivial after he discovers he’s the son of an actual Greek god, and then the modern-day youth takes on a mission to prevent a disastrous war between the gods.
• Ruins of Gorlan (Teen Fiction/Flanagan) by John Flanagan
  Will, an orphan, is devastated when he is denied admission to battle school and finds his only option is to become an apprentice to a mysterious Ranger, but his opinion changes when the Ranger skills he learns prove invaluable.
• Sabriel (Teen Fiction/Nix) by Garth Nix
  The daughter of a necromancer travels to the land of the dead in an attempt to save her father.
• Wolf Brother (Teen Fiction/Paver) by Michelle Paver
  Tarak and his wolf friend track a bear possessed by a demon in order to protect his clan in this adventure set 6,000 years in the past.

April Picks

• Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love, and Learning (Teen Nonfiction/158.128/Chi)
  These stories, written just for teenagers, examine respect for oneself, the nature of friendship, and other important issues.
• A Girl Named Disaster (Teen Fiction/Farmer, Nancy)
  by Nancy Farmer
  Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, begins what’s supposed to be a two-day journey by boat from her home in Mozambique to her father in Zimbabwe and instead must survive a year-long journey.
• Gutsy Girls: Young Women Who Dare (Teen Nonfiction/305.242/Sch) by Tina Schwager & Michele Schuerger
  Twenty-five exemplary women, aged 14–24, are profiled in this collection of their inspiring feats.
• The Hero Project: 2 Teens. 1 Notebook. 13 Extraordinary Interviews (Teen Nonfiction/Biography/920.009/Hat) by Robert Hatch and William Hatch
  Lance Armstrong, Jimmy Carter, and Orson Scott Card are among the interviewees in this insightful book in which two teen brothers questioned their heroes, one-on-one.
• It’s Your World--If You Don’t Like It, Change It: Activism for Teenagers (Teen Nonfiction/371.81/Hal) by Mikki Halpin
  Teens can work for positive change in their communities and schools, and this book helps by detailing how.
• Jackie’s Nine: Jackie Robinson’s Values to Live By: Courage, Determination, Teamwork, Persistence, Integrity, Citizenship, Justice, Commitment, Excellence (Teen Nonfiction/796.357/Robinson) by Sharon Robinson
  This heartfelt tribute to the baseball hero and civil rights leader focuses on the values Jackie Robinson held that helped him achieve his goals.