Diamand, Emily. Raiders’ Ransom. Scholastic, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) SF
In 22nd-century Great Britain, where climate change has caused vast flooding, the piratical Reavers kidnap the Prime Minister's daughter and thirteen-year-old Lilly Melkun, an English fisher-girl, takes her seacat on a daring rescue attempt, with a mysterious talking jewel from a past computer age tucked in her belt as ransom. Sequel: Flood and Fire, 2011.
DiTerlizzi, Tony. The Search for WondLa. Simon & Schuster, 2010. (Gr. 4-6) SF
Living in isolation with a robot on what appears to be an alien world populated with bizarre life forms, a twelve-year-old human girl called Eva Nine sets out on a journey to find others like her. Features "augmented reality" pages, in which readers with a webcam can access additional information about Eva Nine's world.
Dixon, Heather. Entwined. Greenwillow, 2011. (Gr. 7-10) FAN
Confined to their dreary castle while mourning their mother's death, Princess Azalea and her eleven sisters join The Keeper, who is trapped in a magic passageway, in a nightly dance that soon becomes nightmarish.
D'Lacey, Chris. Fire Eternal. Scholastic, 2008. (Gr. 7+) FAN
As the weather grows wilder and the ice caps melt, Arctic bears starve, dragons awake, the earth goddess Gaia becomes restless, and Alexa, the daughter of best-selling author David Rain, uses her special abilities in an attempt to save the world from theforces of evil. Previous titles in the Last Dragon Chronicles: #1 The Fire Within, 2005; #2 Icefire, 2006; #3 Firestar, 2007. Sequels: #5 Dark Fire, 2010; #6 Fire World, 2011.
D’Lacey, Chris. The Dragons of Wayward Crescent: # 1 Gruffen. Orchard, 2009. (Gr. 4-6). FAN
Lucy thinks there is a monster lurking outside her bedroom window, so her mother makes a dragon out of clay to protect her while she sleeps. Sequel: Gauge, 2010.
Doctorow, Cory. For the Win. Tor Teen, 2010. (Gr. 8+) SF
Four teenagers, each of whom is a talented player of massively-multiplayer online games, become involved in the difficulties that threaten to tear the world of virtual gaming reality apart--all are involved in a conspiracy to crash the world economy of all the virtual worlds at once, a Ponzi scheme combined with a brilliant hack that ends up being the biggest and most entertaining game of all.
Dokey, Cameron. The World Above. Simon Pulse, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
When her twin brother, Jack, disappears after scaling a magical beanstalk in an effort to reclaim their destitute family's riches, Gen enters the mysterious "Land Above" and confronts a dangerous giant, in a reimagining of the classic tale, "Jack and the Beanstalk."
Dolamore, Jaclyn. Between the Sea and Sky. Bloomsbury, forthcoming 10/2011. (Gr. 8+) FAN
Esmerine, a mermaid, grows close to her childhood playmate Alander, a winged man, when they join forces to find her sister Dosia, who has reportedly eloped with a human despite the sisters' vow to always keep the sea and its people first in their hearts.
Dolamore, Jaclyn. Magic Under Stone. Bloomsbury, forthcoming 4/2012. (Gr. 8+) FAN
For star-crossed lovers Nimira and Erris, there can be no happily ever after until Erris is freed from the clockwork form in which his soul is trapped. And so they go in search of the sorcerer Ordoria Valdana, hoping he will know how to grant Erris real life again. When they learn that Valdana has mysteriously vanished, it's not long before Nimira decides to take matters into her own hands-and begins to study the sorcerer's spell books in secret. Yet even as she begins to understand the power and limitations of sorcery, it becomes clear that freeing Erris will bring danger-if not out-and-out war-as factions within the faerie world are prepared to stop at nothing to prevent him from regaining the throne.
Dowell. Frances O'Roark. Falling In. Atheneum, 2010. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Middle-schooler Isabelle Bean follows a mouse's squeak into a closet and falls into a parallel universe where the children believe she is the witch they have feared for years, finally come to devour them.
Duane, Diane. A Wizard of Mars. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Joining an elite team to investigate the mysterious "message in a bottle" that holds clues to the long-lost inhabitants of Mars, Kit and Nita are astonished when a life form from another era emerges from the bottle and reveals a Martian plan for interplanetary war. Previous titles in the Young Wizards series: #1 So You Want to Be a Wizard, 1983; #2 Deep Wizardry, 1985; #3 High Wizardry, 1990; #4 A Wizard Abroad, 1993; #5 The Wizard’s Dilemma, 2001; #6 A Wizard Alone, 2002 ; #7 Wizard’s Holiday, 2003; #8 Wizards at War, 2005.
Duane, Diane. Omnitopia Dawn. Daw, 2010. (A/YA) SF
Dev Logan, the genius programmer responsible for a popular, massive multiplayer online game, Omnitopia, guards a secret about his invention--it is no longer simply a program, it has become sentient. Sequel: Omnitopia East Wind, forthcoming 8/2011.
Dunmore, Helen. The Tide Knot. Harpercollins, 2008. (Gr. 5-9) FAN
As they search for their missing father near their Cornwall home, Sapphy and her brother Conor learn about their family's connection to the domains of air and of water. Sequel to: Ingo, 2006. Sequels: The Deep, 2009 and The Crossing of Ingo, 2011.
Dunkle, Clare B. The House of Dead Maids. Holt, 2010. (Gr. 8+) PARANORMAL
Eleven-year-old Tabby Aykroyd, who would later serve as housekeeper for thirty years to the Brèonte sisters, is taken from an orphanage to a ghost-filled house, where she and a wild young boy are needed for a pagan ritual.
Durst, Sarah Beth. Enchanted Ivy. Margaret K. McElderry, 2010. (Gr. 8+) FAN
Meeting a powerful alumni group that promises her entry into Princeton University if she can pass a secret test, 16-year-old Lily discovers a magical, alternate-world Princeton and is placed at the fateful center of a power struggle between both worlds.
Durst, Sarah Beth. Drink, Slay, Love. Margaret K. McElderry, forthcoming 9/2011. (Gr. 8 +) SUPERNATURAL
What happens when a vampire is stabbed through the heart by a were-unicorn? She suddenly develops a very inconvenient conscience.
Ephron, Delia. The Girl with the Mermaid Hair. HarperTeen, 2010. (Gr. 7-10) FAN
A vain teenage girl is obsessed with beauty and perfection until she uncovers a devastating family secret.
Fagan, Deva The Magical Misadventures of Prunella Bogthistle. Holt, 2010. (Gr. 4-6+) FAN
The personal quests of a young witch who aspires to be a villain and a young thief who is determined to become a hero intersect in a swampy bog.
Fagan, Deva. Circus Galacticus. Harcourt, forthcoming 11/2011. (Gr. 7+) SF
Trix can deal with being an orphan charity case at a snotty boarding school. She can hold her own when everyone else tells her not to dream big dreams. She can even fight back against the mysterious stranger in a silver mask who tries to steal the meteorite her parents trusted her to protect.
Falkner, Brian. Brain Jack. Random House, 2010. (Gr. 8+) SF
Las Vegas is gone—destroyed in a terrorist attack. Black Hawk helicopters patrol the skies over New York City. And immersive online gaming is the most dangerous street drug around. In this dystopic near-future, technology has leapt forward once again, and neuro-headsets have replaced computer keyboards. Just slip on a headset, and it’s the Internet at the speed of thought.
Falls, Kat. Dark Life. Scholastic, 2010. (Gr. 5-8) SF
Working on his family's undersea farm all his life, Ty is challenged to thwart a band of outlaws who the government claims is destroying underwater territories, an effort for which he teams up with a Topside girl who is searching for her prospector brother. Sequel: Rip Tide, forthcoming 8/2011.
Fantaskey, Beth. Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side. Harcourt, 2009. (Gr. 7+) SUPERNATURAL
Jessica, who was adopted and raised in Pennsylvania, learns that she is descended from a royal line of Romanian vampires and that she is betrothed to a vampire prince, who poses as a foreign exchange student while courting her. Sequel: Jessica Rules the Dark Side, forthcoming 1/2012.
Fantaskey, Beth. Jekel Loves Hyde. Harcourt, 2010. (Gr. 10+) PARANORMAL
As seventeen-year-old Jill Jekel and classmate Tristen Hyde work together on a chemistry project, hoping to win a scholarship for her and a cure for his curse, they also uncover family secrets and a chemistry of their own.
Feasey, Steve. Wereling. Feiwel & Friends 2010. (Gr. 8+) SUPERNATURAL
Fourteen-year-old Trey Laporte?s ordinary life is wrenched apart when he discovers that he is the last hereditary werewolf and that the most evil bloodthirsty vampire known to the netherworld wants him dead. Sequels: Dark Moon, 2011; Blood Wolf, forthcoming 12/2011.
Ferraiolo, Jack. Sidekicks. Amulet, 2011. (Gr. 7-10) FAN
Scott Hutchinson, aka Bright Boy, the sidekick of Phantom Justice, begins to question how long he can remain in the shadow of the superhero after discovering that his nemesis, supervillain sidekick Monkeywrench, might be one of the most popular kids at his school.
Fforde, Jasper. One of Our Thursdays Is Missing. Viking, 2011. (A/YA) FAN/SF
It is fourteen years since Thursday Next pegged out at the 1988 SuperHoop, and the Special Operations Network has been disbanded. Using Swindon's Acme Carpets as a front, Thursday and her colleagues Bowden, Stig and Spike continue their same professions, but illegally (from the website: www.thursdaynext.com). Previous titles: #1 The Eyre Affair, 2002; #2 Lost in a Good Book, 2003; #3 The Well of Lost Plots, 2004; and #4 Something Rotten, 2004; #5 Thursday Next: First Among Sequels, 2007.
Fisher, Catherine. Incarceron. Dial, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a young prisoner escape. Sequel: Sapphique, 2010.
Fisher, Catherine. The Dark City. Dial, 2011. (Gr. 6+) FAN
Sixteen-year-old Raffi, Master Galen, and a mysterious traveler, Carys, enter the ruined city of Tasceron seeking a relic that may save the world, while evading the Watch, a brutal organization opposed to the Order to which Raffi and Galen belong. Sequels in the Relic Master series: The Lost Heiress, 2011; The Hidden Coronet, 2011; The Margrave, 2011.
Fitzpatrick, Becca. Hush, Hush. Simon & Schuster, 2009. (Gr. 8+) SUPERNATURAL
High school sophomore Nora has always been very cautious in her relationships, but when Patch, who has a dark side she can sense, enrolls at her school, she is mysteriously and strongly drawn to him, despite warnings from her best friend, the school counselor, and her own instincts. Sequels: Crecendo, 2010; Silence, forthcoming 10/2011.
Flanagan, John. The Battle for Skandia (#4). Philomel, 2008. (Gr. 5-9) FAN
After Ranger's apprentice Will battles Temujai warriors to rescue Evanlyn, Will's kingdom of Skandia joins forces with rival kingdom Araluen to defeat a common enemy. Previous titles in the Ranger’s Apprentice series: #1 The Ruins of Gorlan, 2005; #2 The Burning Bridge, 2006; #3 The Icebound Land, 2007; Sequels: #5 The Sorcerer of the North, 2008; #6 Erak’s Ransom, 2010; #7 The Kings of Clonmel, 2010; #8 Halt’s Peril, 2010; #9 The Emperor of Nihon-Ja, 2011; #10 The Outcasts, forthcoming 11/2011.
Fletcher, Susan. Ancient, Strange, and Lovely. Atheneum, 2010. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Fourteen-year-old Bryn must try to find a way to save a baby dragon from a dangerous modern world that seems to have no place for something so ancient. Previous titles in The Dragon Chronicles: Dragon’s Milk, 1989; Flight of the Dragon Kyn, 1991; Sign of the Dove, 1996.
Flinn, Alex. Cloaked. Harperteen, 2011. (Gr. 6-9+) FAN
Seventeen-year-old Johnny is approached at his family's struggling shoe repair shop in a Miami, Florida, hotel by Alorian Princess Victoriana, who asks him to find her brother who was turned into a frog.
Flinn, Alex. Bewitching: The Kendra Chronicles. Harperteen, forthcoming 2/2012. (Gr. 8+) FAN
Friesner, Esther. Spirit’s Princess. Random House, forthcoming 4/2012.
Himiko the beloved daughter of a chieftain in third century Japan has always been special. The day she was born there was a devastating earthquake, and the tribe's shamaness had an amazing vision revealing the young girl's future—one day this privledged child will be the spiritual and tribal leader over all of the tribes. Book One revolves around the events of Himiko's early teen years—her shaman lessons, friendships, contact with other tribes, and journey to save her family after a series of tragic events.
Funke, Cornelia. Reckless. Little Brown, 2010. (Gr. 6+) FAN
Jacob and Will Reckless have looked out for each other ever since their father disappeared, but when Jacob discovers a magical mirror that transports him to a warring world populated by witches, giants, and ogres, he keeps it to himself until Will follows him one day, with dire consequences.
Garcia, Kami and Margaret Stohl. Beautiful Creatures. Little Brown, 2009. (Gr. 9+) FAN
In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday. Sequels: Beautiful Darkness, 2010; Beautiful Chaos, forthcoming 10/2011.
Gardner, Lyn. Into the Woods, David Fickling Books, 2007.
When their parents die and the three sisters are put under the care of the sinister Dr. DeWilde, Storm, Aurora, and Anything flee into the wood in the hopes of finding a better life, but dangerous encounters with kidnappers and hungry wolves make their trek to find a place to call home more treacherous than they could have ever imagined. Sequel: Out of the Woods, 2010.
Gensler, Sonia. The Revenant. Knopf, 2011. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Willie, having accepted a teaching job at the Cherokee Female Seminary under the name of a classmate, begins to question her belief in ghosts and is forced to face her past when strange things start happening at the school and she hears students discussing the death of a girl who is rumored to haunt the room in which Willie is staying.
George, Jessica Day. Tuesdays at the Castle. Bloomsbury, forthcoming 10/2011. (Gr. 4-6) FAN
Tuesdays at Castle Glower are Princess Celie's favorite days. That's because on Tuesdays the castle adds a new room, a turret, or sometimes even an entire wing. No one ever knows what the castle will do next, and no one-other than Celie, that is-takes the time to map out the new additions. But when King and Queen Glower are ambushed and their fate is unknown, it's up to Celie, with her secret knowledge of the castle's never-ending twists and turns, to protect their home and save their kingdom.
George, Jessica Day. Princess of the Midnight Ball. Bloomsbury, 2009. (Gr. 6+) FAN
As one of the princesses forced to dance every night at the midnight balls for the King Under Stone, Rose and her soldier, Galen, work together to break the evil curse--using a magic invisibility cloak and their true love to fight their foes in the dark halls in which she has been imprisoned. Companion novel: Princess of Glass, 2010.
Ghislain, Gary. How I Stole Johnny Depp's Alien Girlfriend. Chronicle Books, 2011. (Gr. 9+) SF
David, the son of a famous psychologist, falls in love with Zelda, a new patient who believes she is from outer space, and soon they are tearing through Paris in search of Johnny Depp, so that she can take him to her home planet.
Gidwitz, Adam. A Tale Dark & Grimm. Dutton, 2010. (Gr. 4-6) FAN
Follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering such wicked creatures as witches, along with kindly strangers and other helpful folk. Based in part on the Grimms' fairy tales Faithful Johannes, Hansel and Gretel, The seven ravens, Brother and sister, The robber bridegroom, and The devil and his three golden hairs.
Gier, Kerstin. Ruby Red (Ruby Red Trilogy #1) Henry Holt, 2011. (Gr. 7-10) FAN
Sixteen-year-old Gwyneth Shepherd unexpectedly travels through time to the eighteenth century, and she must find out why her mother lied about her date of birth to hide her ability, research her history, and work with Gideon, another time traveler.
Gill, David. Black Hole Sun. Greenwillow, 2010. (Gr. 8+) SF
On the planet Mars, 16-year-old Durango and his crew of mercenaries are hired by the settlers of a mining community to protect their most valuable resource from a feral band of marauders
Goodman, Alison. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn. Viking, 2008. (Gr. 8+) FAN
Living a secret life as boy named Eon in order to gain knowledge in the ancient art of Dragon Magic in the hopes of one day becoming a Dragoneye, sixteen-year-old Eona gets her chance to demonstrate her skills at the Imperial Court and discovers a dangerous enemy, Lord Ido, in her midst. Sequel: Eona, 2011.
Golding, Julia. The Silver Sea. Marshall Cavendish, 2010. (Gr. 8+) FAN
When pirates raid a village in ninth-century Norway, eighteen-year-old Toki is captured as a prize, while Freydis, his younger sister, is taken to a friendly village where she and her African slave, Enno, learn that their fates are linked by prophecy.
Golden, Christopher and Tim Lebbon. The Wild. (The Secret Journeys of Jack London Book 1) HarperCollins, 2011. (Gr. 8+) PARANORMAL
Seventeen-year-old Jack London makes the arduous journey to the Yukon's gold fields in 1893, becoming increasingly uneasy about supernatural forces in the wilderness that seem to have taken a special interest in him. Sequel: The Sea Wolves, forthcoming 3/2012.
Gordon, Roderick. Tunnels. Chicken House, 2008. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
When his father goes missing and he begins to delve into an archaeological dig to uncover clues, Will Burrows discovers a strange subterranean society where enslaved citizens live under the control of a cruel sect and so now must convince some of them to begin a revolt in order to free themselves and his father in the process. Sequels: Deeper, 2009; Freefall, 2010; Closer, 2011.
Goto, Hiromi. Half World. Viking, 2010. (Gr. 6+) PARANORMAL
The human daughter of parents from the Half World, a limbo between Earth and the afterlife, Melanie Tamaki is forced to follow her missing mother to Half World, from which neither may return alive.
Grabenstein, Chris. The Crossroads. Random House, 2008. (Gr. 6+) SUPERNATURAL
When eleven-year-old Zack Jennings moves to Connecticut with his father and new stepmother, they must deal with the ghosts left behind by a terrible accident, as well as another kind of ghost from Zack's past. Sequels: The Hanging Hill, 2010; The Black Heart Crypt, forcoming 8/2011.
Grant, Michael. Hunger. Katherine Tegen Books, 2009. (Gr. 7+) SF
Conditions worsen for the remaining young residents of a small California coastal town isolated by supernatural events when their food supplies dwindle and the Darkness underground awakens. Previous title: Gone, 2008. Sequels: Lies, 2010; Plague, 2011; Fear, forthcoming 4/2012.
Grant, Michael. The Magnificent 12: The Call. Katherine Tegen Books, 2010. (Gr. 6+) FAN
A seemingly average twelve-year-old learns that he is destined to gather a team of similarly gifted children to try to save the world from a nameless evil, which is threatening to reappear after having been imprisoned for three thousand years. Sequel: The Trap, forthcoming 8/2011.
Grant, Sara. Dark Parties. Little Brown, 2011. (Gr. 8+) SF
Sixteen-year-old Neva, born and raised under the electrified Protectosphere that was built when civilization collapsed in violent warfare, puts her friends, family, and life at risk when she tries to find out if their world is built on a complex series of lies and deceptions.
Gratton, Tessa. Blood Magic. Random House, 2011. (Gr. 10+) FAN
In Yaleylah, Missouri, teens Silla and Nick, drawn together by loss and a shared family history of blood magic practitioners, are plunged into a world of dark magic as they try to unravel the mystery of Silla's parents' apparent murder-suicide.
Gray, Claudia. Evernight. Harperteen, 2008. (Gr. 8+) SUPERNATURAL
Sixteen-year-old Bianca, a new girl at the sinister Evernight boarding school, finds herself drawn to another outsider, Lucas, but dark forces threaten to tear them apart and destroy Bianca's entire world. Sequels: Stargazer, 2009; Hourglass, 2010; Afterlife, 2011.
Griffo, Michael. Unnatural: An Archangel Academy Novel. Kensington, 2011. (Gr. 9+) Paranormal
Michael Howard finally feels like he fits in after being moved from his hometown in Nebraska to attend Archangel Academy in northwestern England, but when he learns that his friend Ronan is a vampire, he realizes it is only the beginning of the secrets that exist in this new place.
Griffin, Adele. Tighter. Knopf, 2011. (Gr. 9+) Paranormal
Based on Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw," tells the story of Jamie Atkinson's summer spent as a nanny in a small Rhode Island beach town, where she begins to fear that the estate may be haunted, especially after she learns of two deaths that occurred there the previous summer.
Guibord, Maurissa. Warped. Delacorte, 2011. (Gr. 8+) FAN
When seventeen-year-old Tessa Brody comes into possession of an ancient unicorn tapestry, she is plummeted into sixteenth-century England, where her life is intertwined with that of a handsome nobleman who is desperately trying to escape a terrible fate.
Haarsma, P. J. Softwire: Wormhole Pirates on Orbis 3. Candlewick, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) SF
At the start of their third rotation of service, Johnny Turnbull, his sister Ketheria, and friends face pirates who seem to know Johnny and want him to deliver a mysterious message. Previous titles: #1 Virus on Orbis 1, 2006; #2 Betrayal on Orbis 2, 2008. Sequel: #4 Awakening on Orbis 4, 2010.
Haberdasher, Violet. Knightley Academy. Aladdin, 2010. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
In an alternate Victorian England, fourteen-year-old orphan Henry Grim, a maltreated servant at an exclusive school for the "sons of Gentry and Quality," begins a new life when he unexpectedly becomes the first commoner to be accepted at Knightley Academy, a prestigious boarding school for knights. Sequel: The Secret Prince, 2011.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Found. Simon & Schuster, 2008. (Gr. 5-8) SF
When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time. Sequels: Sent, 2009; Sabotaged, 2010; Torn, forthcoming 8/2011.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. The Always War. Simon & Schuster, forthcoming 11/2011. (Gr. 7+) SF
In a war-torn future United States, fifteen-year-old Tessa, her childhood friend Gideon, now a traumatized military hero, and Dek, a streetwise orphan, enter enemy territory and discover the shocking truth about a war that began more than seventy-five years earlier.
Hahn, Mary Downing. The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall. Clarion, 2010. (Gr. 4-6) SUPERNATURAL
In the nineteenth century, ten-year-old Florence Crutchfield leaves a London orphanage to live with her great-uncle, great-aunt, and sickly cousin James, but she soon realizes the home has another resident, who means to do her and James harm.
Hale, Dean and Shannon Hale. Rapunzel’s Revenge. Bloomsbury, 2008. (Gr.7+) FAN
Using her long, braided hair as a lasso, Rapunzel teams up with a wild outlaw named Jack and heads west to start a brand new life filled with grand adventures and crazy characters in this colorful graphic novel. Sequel: Calamity Jack, 2010.
Hall, Teri. The Line. Dial, 2010. (Gr. 5-8) SF
In a futuristic United States enclosed within an invisible barrier reputed to shut out bizarre creatures and superhumans who were transformed by an enemy weapon, Rachel receives a mysterious cry for help from the other side of the barrier that forces her to make a difficult choice. Sequel: Away, forthcoming 9/2011.
Hamilton, Kersten. Tyger Tyger: A Goblin Wars Book. Clarion, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Soon after the mysterious and alluring Finn arrives at her family's home, sixteen-year-old Teagan Wylltson and her disabled brother are drawn into the battle Finn's family has fought since the thirteenth century, when Fionn MacCumhaill angered the goblin king. Sequel: In the Forest of the Night, forthcoming 10/2011.
Hand, Elizabeth. Wonderwall. Viking, 2010. (Gr. 10+) FAN
After Meredith's girlfriend commits suicide, she abandons art school and goes home to Washington, D.C., intending to kill herself, but a chance street encounter leads her to create a painting that acts as a magical passage through which the young, nineteenth-century French poet Arthur Rimbaud emerges, and both their lives are changed. Sequel: Radiant Days, forthcoming 4/2012.
Hand, Elizabeth. Illyria. Viking, 2010. (Gr. 9+) SUPERNATURAL
Sharing twin souls and a first love, cousins Madeleine and Rogan, the descendants of a famous actress, are cast in a school production of Twelfth Night that forces them to confront their respective strengths and future prospects.
Hardinge, Frances. Fly Trap. Harpercollins, 2010. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Adventurous orphan Mosca Mye, her savage goose, Saracen, and their sometimes-loyal companion, Eponymous Clent, become embroiled in the intrigues of Toll, a town that changes entirely as day turns to night. Sequel to: Fly by Night, 2006.
Hardy, Janice. The Shifter. Blazer & Bray, 2009. (Gr. 8+) FAN
Nya, a 15-year-old war orphan, becomes a pawn in a bigger political game when her uncanny--and dangerous--ability to draw out people's pain and transfer it to someone else turns out to be the only weapon she has to save her sister. Sequels: Blue Fire, 2010; Darkfall, forthcoming 10/2011.
Harland, Richard. Worldshaker. Simon & Schuster, 2010. (Gr. 6+) SF
Col Porpentine is being groomed as the next Commander of Worldshaker, a juggernaut where elite families live on the upper decks while the Filthies toil below, but when he meets Riff, a Filthy girl, he discovers how ignorant he is. Sequel: Liberator, 2012.
Harrington, Kim. Clarity. Point, 2011. (Gr. 8+) Paranormal
Sixteen-year-old Clare Fern, a member of a family of psychics, helps the mayor and a skeptical detective solve a murder in a Cape Cod town during the height of tourist season--with her brother a prime suspect. Sequel: Perception, forthcoming 3/2012.
Harris, Carrie. Bad Taste in Boys. Delacorte, 2011. (Gr. 7+) Paranormal
Future physician Kate Grable is horrified when her high school's football coach gives team members steroids, but the drugs turn players into zombies and Kate must find an antidote before the flesh-eating monsters get to her or her friends.
Harrison, Kim. Something Deadly This Way Comes . HarperCollins, 2011. (Gr. 9+) Paranormal
Technically dead seventeen-year-old Madison must choose between reclaiming her body and continuing as Dark Timekeeper, struggling in the war between Light and Dark reapers while trying to change the rules. Previous titles in the Madison Avery series: Once Dead, Twice Shy, 2009; Early to Death, Early to Rise, 2010.
Harrison, Lisi. Monster High. Poppy, 2010. (Gr. 8+) SUPERNATURAL
Frankie Stein was created in a laboratory, and when she enters Mount Hood High School camouflaged as a "normi," all she wants is to fit in, but it takes the help of another new student who believes that everyone should be treated equally before Frankie even has a chance. Sequels: The Ghoul Next Door, 2011; Where There’s a Wolf, There’s a Way, forthcoming 9/2011.
Harrison, Mette Ivie. The Princess and the Hound. Eos, 2007. (Gr. 7+) FAN
This lovely romantic fantasy is set against the backdrop of a world where animal magic is considered evil and its practioners persecuted. Prince George hides his animal magic as he travels to a rival kingdom to court Princess Beatrice. She is stiff and proud; her huge hound is warm and loving. Both have secrets which must be revealed for true love to flourish. Sequels: The Princess and the Bear, 2009; The Princess and the Snowbird, 2010.
Harrison, Mette Ivie. Tris and Izzie. Egmont, 10/2011. (Gr. 8+) FAN
Harrison, Michelle. 13 Treasures. Little Brown, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Bedeviled by evil fairies that only she can see, thirteen-year-old Tanya is sent to stay with her cold and distant grandmother at Elvesden Manor, where she and the caretaker's son solve a disturbing mystery that leads them to the discovery that Tanya's life is in danger. Sequel: 13 Curses, 2011.
Hautman, Pete. The Obsidian Blade. Candlewick, forthcoming 4/2012. (Gr. 9+) SF
Harvey, Alyxandra. Hearts at Stake: Drake Chronicles, 1. Walker, 2010. (Gr. 8+) SUPERNATURAL
As her momentous sixteenth birthday approaches, Solange Drake, the only born female vampire in 900 years, is protected by her large family of brothers and her human best friend Lucy from increasingly persistent attempts on her life by the powerful vampire queen and her followers. Sequels: Blood Feud, 2010; Out for Blood, 2010; Bleeding Hearts, forthcoming 1/2012.
Harvery, Alyxanda. Haunting Violet. Walker, 2011. (Gr. 8+) SUPERNATURAL
Sixteen-year-old Violet Willoughby has been part of her mother's Spiritualist scam since she was nine, but during an 1872 house party in Hampshire, England, she is horrified to learn that she can actually see ghosts, one of whom wants Violet to solve her murder.
Hawkins, Rachel. Hex Hall #1. Hyperion, 2010. (Gr. 7+) PARANORMAL
After a prom-night spell goes badly wrong, witch Sophie Mercer is exiled to an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, supernaturally gifted teenagers, where she learns that an unknown predator has been attacking students. Sequels: Demonglass, 2011; Spellbound, forthcoming 3/2012.
Hawthorne, Rachel. Dark Guardian: #1 Moonlight. Hyperion, 2009. (Gr. 7+) PARANORMAL
Waiting for the moment when Kayla discovers her hidden power of being able to turn into a wolf, Lucas keeps his distance from her until the time is right to reveal the special bond they share and the dangers he knows they shall soon face in the days ahead. Sequels: #2 Full Moon, 2009; #3 Dark of the Moon, 2009; #4 Shadow of the Moon, 2010.
Hayter, Rhonda. The Witchy Worries of Abbie Adams. Dial, 2010. (Gr. 4-6) FAN
Fifth-grader Abbie, descended from a long line of witches, tries to keep her family's magic powers secret from everyone she knows until her father brings home a kitten with some very unusual characteristics.
Healey, Karen. Guardian of the Dead. Little Brown, 2010. (Gr. 9+) PARANORMAL
Eighteen-year-old New Zealand boarding school student Ellie Spencer must use her rusty tae kwon do skills and new-found magic to try to stop a fairy-like race of creatures from Maori myth and legend that is plotting to kill millions of humans in order to regain their lost immortality.
Henderson, Jason. Vampire Rising. Harperteen, 2010. (Gr. 7+) PARANORMAL
At a boarding school in Switzerland, fourteen-year-old Alex Van Helsing learns that vampires are real, that he has a natural ability to sense them, and that an agency called the Polidorium has been helping his family fight them since 1821. Sequel: Voice of the Undead, 2011.
Hennesy, Carolyn. Pandora Gets Jealous. Bloomsbury, 2008. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Thirteen-year-old Pandy is hauled before Zeus and given six months to gather all of the evils that were released when the box she brought to school as her annual project was accidentally opened. Sequels: Pandora Gets Vain, 2008; Pandora Gets Lazy, 2009; Pandora Gets Heart, 2010; Pandora Gets Angry, 2011.
Higgins, F. E. The Lunatic Curse. Feiwel & Friends, 2011. (Gr. 6+) FAN
The town of Opum Oppidulum is home to the freezing Lake Beluarum and its rumored monster. On an island at the center of the lake is an asylum; no one has ever escaped it. So how will Rex, whose father, Ambrose Grammaticus, has been imprisoned there under false pretenses, prove that Ambrose is not insane? Previous titles: The Black Book of Secrets, 2007; The Bone Magician, 2008; The Eyeball Collector, 2009.
Hobb, Robin. Dragon Keeper. Eos, 2010. (A/YA) FAN
Trader's wife Alise and 16-year-old Thymara must join the caravan traveling up the toxic and inhospitable Rain Wild River, with the aim of relocating weakened dragons from outside their home town of Cassarick to the long-lost city of Kelsingra. Sequels: Dragon Haven, 2010; City of Dragons, forthcoming 2/2012.
Hoffman, Alice. Green Witch. Scholastic, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
A year after her world was nearly destroyed, Green has become the one villagers turn to for aid, but Green will need the help of other women who are believed to be witches if she is to find her best friend and her one true love. Sequel to: Green Angel, 2003. Sequel: Green Heart, forthcoming 2/2012.
Hoffman, Mary. City of Secrets. Bloomsbury, 2008. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Seventeen-year-old Matt, painfully dyslexic and insecure, discovers that he can travel between worlds after being transported to Talia, where he joins Luciano and other Stravaganti in trying to prevent the di Chimici family's breakthrough into our world. Previous titles in the Stravaganza series: #1 City of Masks, 2002; #2 City of Stars, 2003; #3 City of Flowers, 2005. Sequel: # 5 City of Ships, 2010.
Hoffman, Nina Kiriki. Thresholds. Viking, 2010. (Gr. 8+) FAN/SF
Relocating with her family to a new home in Oregon, Maya is astonished to discover that the kids in a nearby apartment building perform magic and use portals to visit other worlds, a situation that is complicated by a need for secrecy and Maya's efforts to safeguard an alien. Sequel: Meeting, forthcoming 8/2011.
Holt, K. A. Brains for Lunch: A Zombie Novel in Haiku. Roaring Brook, 2010. (Gr. 5-8) PARANORMAL
At a middle school where zombies, blood-sucking chupacabras, and humans never mingle, "lifer" Siobhan and Loeb, a zombie who likes to write haiku, share an attraction. Story written entirely in haiku.
Holt, Simon. The Devouring. Little Brown, 2008. (Gr. 10+) PARANORMAL
The existence of Vours, supernatural creatures who feast on fear and attack on the eve of the winter solstice, becomes a terrifying reality for fifteen-year-old Reggie when she begins to suspect that her timid younger brother might be one of their victims. Sequels: Soulstice, 2009; Fearscape, 2010.
Hopkinson, Nalo. The Chaos. Margaret K. McElderry, forthcoming 4/2012. (Gr. 9+) SF
Toronto sixteen-year-old Scotch may have to acknowledge her own limitations and come to terms with her mixed Jamaican, white, and black heritage if she is to stop the Chaos that has claimed her brother and made much of the world crazy.
Howell, Troy. The Dragon of Cripple Creek. Amulet Books, 2011. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
When Kat, her father, and brother visit an old gold mine that has been turned into an amusement park, she falls down a shaft and meets an ancient dragon, the last of his kind, and inadvertently triggers a twenty-first century gold rush.
Hubbard, Mandy. Ripple. Razorbill, 2011. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Lexi is cursed by the siren's song and, after having to kill the last boy she loved, has cut herself off from making friends or falling in love, until one boy manages to break down the walls she has built around her heart, but when Lexi is offered a chance to live a normal life if she only gives him up, she must decide if it is worth the cost.
Hudson, Tara. Hereafter. HarperTeen, 2011. (Gr. 7-9) Paranormal
Amelia, long a ghost, forms a strong bond with eighteen-year-old Joshua, who nearly drowned where she did and who awakens in her long-forgotten senses and memories even as Eli, a spirit, tries to draw her away.
Hughes, Mark Peter. A Crack in the Sky. Random House, 2010. (Gr.5-8) SF
In a post-apocalyptic world, thirteen-year-old Eli, part of the most powerful family in the world, keeps noticing problems with the operations of his domed city but his family denies them, while in the surrounding desert, the Outsiders struggle to survive while awaiting a prophesied savior.
Humphreys, C. C. The Hunt of the Unicorn. Knopf, 2011. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Despite strange dreams and her ailing father's firm belief in the family lore of a long-ago ancestor's connection to the mythical unicorn, Elayne, a fifteen- year-old New Yorker, remains skeptical until, a school visit to the unicorn tapestries in the Cloisters leads her into a tumultuous world where she must fulfill the legacy of her ancestors by taming a unicorn and bringing a tyrant to justice.
Hunter, Erin. Warriors: Omen of the Stars: The Fourth Apprentice. Harpercollins, 2009. (Gr. 5-8)
A mysterious prophecy has been foretold--an omen that will change the warrior Clans forever--but in order to pave the path, three young cats must delve deeply into their Clan's past. Sequels: Fading Echoes, 2010; Night Whispers, 2010; Sign of the Moon, 2011.
Hunter, Erin. Seeker. Harpercollins, 2008. (Gr. 6-9). FAN
Taken away from their families when they were young cubs, a black bear, a polar bear, and grizzly bear are suddenly brought together to complete a dangerous quest in the hopes of figuring out where their true destiny lies after so many years away from the ones they love. Sequels: Great Bear Lake, 2009; Smoke Mountain, 2009; Last Wilderness, 2010; Fire in the Sky, 2010; Spirits in the Stars, 2011.
Hurd, Thacher. Bongo Fishing. Henry Holt, 2011. (Gr. 4-7) SF
Berkeley, California, middle-schooler Jason Jameson has a close encounter of the fun kind when Sam, a bluish alien from the Pleiades, arrives in a 1960 Dodge Dart spaceship and invites Jason to go fishing.
Hurley, Tonya. Ghostgirl. Little Brown, 2008. (Gr. 9+) PARANORMAL
Having been unpopular and practically invisible by those around her when she was alive, Charlotte Usher's world changes dramatically after she suddenly dies and ends up as a ghost lingering in a place somewhere between the living and the dead. Sequels: Homecoming, 2009; Lovesick, 2010.
Jacques, Brian. Doomwyte. Philomel, 2008. (Gr. 5+) FAN
The Redwallers face some of their most dangerous villains yet in a treacherous hunt for long-lost treasure. Previous titles: #1 Redwall, 1986; #2 Mossflower, 1988; #3 Mattimeo, 1990; #4 Mariel of Redwall, 1992; #5 Salamandastron, 1993; #6 Martin the Warrior, 1994; #7 The Bellmaker, 1995; #8 Outcast of Redwall, 1996; #9 The Pearl’s of Lutra, 1997; #10 The Long Patrol, 1998; #11 Marlfox, 1998; #12 The Legend of Luke, 1999; #13 Lord Brocktree, 2000; #14 Taggerung: a Tale from Redwall, 2001; #15 Triss, 2002; #16 Loamhedge, 2003; #17 High Rhulian, 2005; #18 Eulalia! 2007. Sequels: The Sable Queen, 2010; The Rogue Crew, 2011.
Jennewein, James. Runewarriors: Dane and the Shield of Odin. Laura Geringer Books, 2008. (Gr. 7+) FAN
In an ancient and mystical time, fourteen-year-old Dane joins forces with his rival, Jarl the Fair, to retrieve the Shield of Odin and Astrid, the girl they love, from the tyrant Thidrick, fulfilling a destiny long foretold. Sequels: Sword of Doom, 2010; Ship of the Dead, 2011.
Jinks, Catherine. Evil Genius. Harcourt, 2007. (Gr. 7+) SF
Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy.
Sequels: Genius Squad, 2008; Genius Wars, 2010.
Jinks, Catherine. The Reformed Vampire Support Group. Harcourt, 2009. (Gr. 7+) PARANORMAL
Fifteen-year-old vampire Nina has been stuck for fifty-one years in a boring support group for vampires, and nothing exciting has ever happened to them--until one of them is murdered and the others must try to solve the crime. Companion novel: The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group, 2011.
Johnson, Christine. Claire De Lune. SimonPulse, 2010. (Gr. 9+) PARANORMAL
Astonished to discover she is the latest in a line of female werewolves, 16-year-old Claire hides her lupine identity from her boyfriend, whose father is a werewolf hunter, and resolves to help her pack defeat a human-killing rogue werewolf. Sequel: Nocturne, forthcoming 8/2011.
Jones, Carrie. Need. Bloomsbury, 2008. (Gr. 10+) FAN
When her family falls apart and she is sent to live with her grandmother in a rural town in Maine, Zara begins to feel as though she may be able to start life anew--until a stalking pixie with bad intentions makes himself known and causes chaos in her emotionally fragile world. Sequels: Captivate, 2010; Entice, 2010.
Jones, Carrie. After Obsession. Bloomsbury, forthcoming 9/2011. (Gr. 10) PARANORMAL
When Alan, a half-Navajo in touch with the spiritual mysticism of his ancestors, meets Aimee, a gifted psychic in his new high school, they realize they've had precognitive dreams of each other and that they must confront an evil spirit that has been responsible for mysterious deaths in the river in their small Maine town for hundreds of years and which is now haunting Alan's cousin Courtney.
Jones, Diana Wynne. Enchanted Glass. Harpercollins, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
After his grandfather dies, Andrew Hope inherits a house and surrounding land in an English village, but things become very complicated when young orphan Aidan shows up and suddenly a host of variously magical townsfolk and interlopers start intruding on their lives.
Jones, Frewin. The Faerie Path. Eos, 2007. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Anita, an ordinary sixteen-year-old girl, is transported from modern-day London to the realm of Faerie where she discovers that she is Princess Tania, the long-lost daughter of King Oberon and Queen Titania. Sequels: #2 The Lost Queen, 2007; #3 The Sorcerer King, 2008; #4 The Immortal Realm, 2009; #5 The Enchanted Quest, 2010; #6 The Charmed Return, 2011.
Jones, Frewin. Warrior Princess: The Emerald Flame. Harperteen, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Branwen has accepted the role of Chosen One, and now, with a growing army including her half-owl half-human friend Rhodri and the dashing yet maddening Iwan, she must overcome terrifying odds if she is to succeed in saving Wales from the Saxon invaders.
Kade, Stacey. Queen of the Dead. Hyperion, 2011. (Gr. 8+) Paranormal
Will gets involved with The Order, a group consisting of ghost-talkers like himself, as he continues to help spirits into the light, while Alona, his vain, self-centered, and cranky spirit guide begins to learn the value of helping others. Previous title: The Ghost and the Goth, 2010.
Karr, Julia. XVI. Speak, 2011. (Gr. 9+) SF
At fifteen, Nina Oberon lives in a totalitarian future society in which all girls are required to get a Governing Council-ordered "XVI" wrist tattoo on their sixteenth birthdays, announcing to the world that they are ready for sex, a claim Nina is not prepared to make, and when her mother is attacked right before Nina's birthday, she reveals a shocking truth with her dying breaths and Nina is left to care for her younger sister and try to discover who she really is, all the while staying one step ahead of her mother's killer.
Kate, Lauren. Passion. Random House, 2011. (Gr. 7+) Paranormal
Reveals background information about the lives of Luce and her fallen angel boyfriend, Daniel, and provides insight into centuries' worth of dangerous love. Previous titles: Fallen, 2009; Torment, 2010. Newest title: Fallen in Love, forthcoming 1/2012.
Kay, Guy Gavriel. Under Heaven. Roc, 2010. (A/YA) FAN
Shen Tai, a general serving the Emperor of Kitai, receives 250 Sardian horses, an unthinkable gift fit to overwhelm an emperor, and travels to claim the horses in person.
Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Invincible. Griffin, 2011. (Gr. 9+) Paranormal
Teenager Nick Gautier, having survived a zombie attack, deals with a principal who does not like him, a coach who is trying to recruit him, and a girl with secrets, while struggling to raise the dead before his soul is claimed by demons and shape-shifters. Previous title in The Chronicles of Nick: Infinity, 2010. Sequel: Infamous, forthcoming 3/2012.
Kerr, P. B. The Day of the Djinn Warriors. Orchard, 2008. (Gr. 6+) FAN
While traveling around the globe in order to rescue their mother from the Blue Djinn of Babylon, twins John and Philippa discover that an evil force has put a spell on a battalion of terra-cotta warriors created by a Chinese emperor and now must find a way to put their planned reign of destruction in check before the entire world is ruined forever. Previous titles in The Children of the Lamp series: #1 The Akhenaten Adventure, 2004; #2 The Blue Djinn of Babylon, 2006; #3 The King Cobra of Kathmando, 2007; #4 The Day of the Djinn Warrior, 2008; #5 The Eye of the Forest, 2009; #6 The Five Fakirs of Faizabad, 2010; #7 The Grave Robbers of Genghis Khan, forthcoming 11/2011.
Kessler, Liz. Philippa Fisher’s Fairy Godsister. Candlewick, 2008. (Gr.4-6) FAN
This is the story of two girls, one of whom happens to be a fairy. Sequels: Philippa Fisher and the Dream-Maker’s Daughter, 2009; Philippa Fisher and the Stone Fairy's Promise, 2010.
Kessler, Liz. A Year without Autumn. Candlewick, forthcoming 10/2011. (Gr. 6+) SF
Twelve-year-old Jenni's much-anticipated vacation with her family and best friend Autumn goes awry when an old elevator transports her to a future in which everything has changed, and she must not only return to her time but find a way to prevent what she has seen from coming true.
Kiernan, Celine. The Poison Throne. Orbit, 2010. (A/YA) FAN
Fifteen-year-old Wynter Moorehawke faces a terrible choice: bow to the king's will while tending to her ailing father; or risk assassination, torture and imprisonment to join her friend Razi and the mysterious Christopher Garron in their efforts to restore the kingdom to its former stability. Sequels: The Crowded Shadows, 2010; The Rebel Prince, 2010.
Kimmel, Elizabeth. Suddenly Supernatural: School Spirit. Little Brown, 2008. (Gr. 4-6) SUPERNATURAL
Like her mother, a professional medium, Kat has been able to see dead people since turning thirteen, and although they would prefer to be normal, Kat and her best friend come to terms with their own talents while helping free the spirit of a girl trapped at their middle school. Sequels: Scaredy Kat, 2009; Unhappy Medium, 2009; Crossing Over, 2010.
Kirby, Matthew J. Icefall. Scholastic, forthcoming 10/2011.
Princess Solveig and her siblings are trapped in a hidden fortress tucked between towering mountains and a frozen fjord, along with her best friend and an army of restless soldiers, all awaiting news of the king's victory in battle, but as they wait for winter's end and the all-encompassing ice to break, acts of treachery make it clear that a traitor lurks in their midst.
Kirk, Daniel. Elf Realm. Abrams, 2008. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
When Matt and his family move to a new development, they stumble into the middle of massive upheaval in the Fairy world, and as the elves' territory disintegrates and dark factions try to seize control, an apprentice mage sees in Matt the key to saving the realms from destruction. When Matt and his family move to a new development, they stumble into the middle of massive upheaval in the Fairy world, and as the elves' territory disintegrates and dark factions try to seize control, an apprentice mage sees in Matt the key to saving the realms from destruction. Sequels: The High Road, 2009; The Road’s End, 2011.
Kittredge, Caitlin. The Iron Thorn. Delecorte, 2011. (Gr. 8+) FAN
In the city of Lovecraft, the Proctors rule and a great Engine turns below the streets, grinding any resistance to their order to dust. The necrovirus is blamed for Lovecraft's epidemic of madness, for the strange and eldritch creatures that roam the streets after dark, and for everything that the city leaders deem Heretical—born of the belief in magic and witchcraft. And for Aoife Grayson, her time is growing shorter by the day. Sequel: The Nightmare Garden, forthcoming 2/2012.
Kizer, Amber. Wildcat Fireflies: A Meridian Novel. Delacorte, 2011. (Gr. 9+) Paranormal
Teenaged Meridian Sozu, a half-human, half-angel link between the living and the dead known as a Fenestra, hits the road with Tens, her love and sworn protector, in hopes of finding another person with Meridian's ability to help souls transition safely into the afterlife. Previous title: Meridian, 2009.
Klimo, Kate. The Dragon in the Sock Drawer. Random House, 2008. (Gr. 3-5) FAN
Cousins Jesse and Daisy always knew they would have a magical adventure, but they are not prepared when the "thunder egg" Jesse has found turns out to be a dragon egg that is about to hatch. Sequels: The Dragon in the Driveway, /2009; The Dragon in the Library, 2010; The Dragon in the Volcano, 2011.
Klimo, Kate. Daughter of the Centaurs. Random House, forthcoming, 1/2012. (Gr. 8+)
Malora knows what she was born to be: a horse wrangler and a hunter, just like her father. But when her people are massacred by batlike monsters called Leatherwings, Malora will need her horse skills just to survive. The last living human, Malora roams the wilderness at the head of a band of magnificent horses, relying only on her own wits, strength, and courage. When she is captured by a group of centaurs and taken to their city, Malora must decide whether the comforts of her new home and family are worth the parts of herself she must sacrifice to keep them.
Knight, E. E. Dragon Strike. Roc, 2008. (A/YA) FAN
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