Camping in the wilderness for two weeks?

Taking a terribly long trip in the car with your parents and sibs?

Lounging by the pool for the endless days of summer?

You might want a quick, exciting book to read!

Acceleration by Graham McNamee Duncan finds the diary of a serial killer to be, and sets out to find and stop him.
(YA FIC MCNAMEE, G)

Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn A boy is plucked from life in his remote and peaceful village and becomes a pawn in a treacherous political scheme. (YA FIC HEARN, L)

Airborn by Kenneth Oppel When the airship Aurora is forced to land on an uncharted island, Matt & Kate must battle pirates and strange winged creatures in order to return their damaged ship to its voyage in the sky. (YA FIC OPPEL, K)

Alex Rider Adventures by Anthony Horowitz A series for spies: Alex Rider is a 13 year old international man of mystery. He dodges bullets, battles bad guys, flirts with pretty girls, and tries to stop the half baked plots of various mad men.
(YA PAPERBACK COLLECTION)

The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings edited by Scott Allie Eight gloriously gory scary tales to spice up a summer night.
(YA S DAR)

Doing It by Melvin Burgess How do you get a teacher to stop flirting with you? And how can you get your girlfriend to go all the way? Three friends search for solutions in the often confusing world of sex and love. (YA FIC BURGESS, M)

Dragon and Thief by Timothy Zahn Jack, who has spent most of his young life on the run from interplanetary law, must depend on a strange dragon-like alien that needs his body as a host in order to survive. (YA SF ZAHN, T)

Impact Zone by Todd Strasser A series for surfers: Kai, a handsome, motherless 15 year old surfer, leaves the waves of Hawaii behind to live in New York with his deadbeat father and repulsive stepbrother. (YA FIC STRASSER, T)

Jumper by Steven Gould Davy discovers by accident that he can teleport – move from place to place instantly at will. This allows him to escape his brutal drunken abusive father, and eventually leads to a life of crime. But the government, and some terrorists, are on to his power… (YA FIC GOULD, S)

Lost and Found by Alan Dean Foster Kidnapped by a starship bound for deep space, Marcus learns that he is to be sold to a wealthy collector as a native from a primitive planet and befriends a talking dog named George, who becomes an ally in their plan to escape. (YA SF FOSTER, A)

Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman by Eleanor Updale After his life is saved by a young physician, a thief utilizes the knowledge he gains in prison and from the scientific lectures he attends as the physician's case study exhibit to create a new, highly successful, double life for himself. (YA FIC UPDALE, E)

Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve It’s a bleak future where cities move, hunt, capture, and consume each other. In London, Tom saves his hero, a respected official, only to be mysteriously betrayed by him, thrown off the city, and left for dead. (YA FIC REEVE, P)

Rock Star Superstar by Blake Nelson Music is Pete’s life. But his days of music geekdom seem to be ending after he joins a rock band that appears to be on its way to stardom. Will he become a rock god? Can he handle the pressure of show biz?
(YA FIC NELSON, B)

Sign of the Qin by L.G. Bass In long-ago China, Prince Zong, the mortal young lord chosen to save humankind from destruction, joins two outlaws to fight the Lord of the Dead and his demon hordes. (YA FIC BASS, L)

Silverfin by Charlie Higson Young James Bond must battle against an insane arms dealer who, by using killer eels, is attempting to create a race of indestructible soldiers. First in a new series. (YA FIC HIGSON, C)

Slalom by S.L. Rottman Sandro’s dreams of being a champion skier are put into risk by the return of his father after many years’ absence. (YA FIC ROTTMAN,S)

Spy High by A.J. Butcher A series for spies: What looks like a normal private school on the outside is actually a school for spies in training. There students learn about martial arts, futuristic gadgetry, and how to stop the usual crazies from taking over the world. (YA FIC BUTCHER, A)

Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman Dating is hard enough. Vince’s dad is in the mob. And the girl he’s crushing on – her dad is the FBI agent bugging their house! (YA FIC KORMAN, G)

Thirsty by M.T. Anderson Chris’s day to day problems – divorcing parents, a bully for an older brother, a fight with his best friend – become less and less important after he wakes up one morning with a taste for human blood. (YA FIC ANDERSON, M)

24 Girls in 7 Days by Alex Bradley After Jack loses his date for the prom, his friends set up him with 24 different girls in a week. (YA BRADLEY, A)

13 April 2006