Skater Kaylee Hensler might not be Miss Popular, but there are some friends a girl can do without. When the decaying ghost of a murdered girl decides they need to be total BFF s, Kaylee will sacrifice the trust of her family, her swim coach s respect, and any hope of a date for the Harvest Dance.   And oh yeah... discover that super-evil entities are nothing at all like they are on TV or in the movies Aside from seriously bad attitudes, they not only like to kill...but replay the killing again and again for all eternity. To avoid that fate, she ll have to rely on her wheelchair-bound friend Davey, the mysterious Madame Maggie, and the surprising depth of her own power.  Will Kaylee survive, or will she become someone else's DFF: Dead Friend Forever?

DFF: Dead Friends Forever

J.R. Turner

Quake

It's an election year and Senator Ben "Pitchfork" Stevens from Texas made a campaign promise to stop illegal immigration. He virtually has. Problem is, people trying to cross the border keep disappearing. That's a dilemma for 15-year-old Austin Pierce whose father is a political consultant involved with the senator and whose best friend, Rico Alvarez, happens to be in the United States illegally. After Rico's family voluntarily deports, Austin discovers that Rico's beautiful cousin Veronica helps people cross over illegally. He faces a decision: should he help his friends or help the FBI to stop the senator's evil ways? Either path could lead to danger, even death.

Betrayed: The Austin Files #1

Sam Morton

Killer cows! They're big! They're angry! They smell bad! They're coming!    The only thing standing in their way is a lonely 14-year-old, whether he's ready or not...    Randy Meyer is the new kid in Satus Creek, a tiny farm town where nothing ever happens, and his days are filled with tedium. Then one summer afternoon, a meteor crashes nearby. It's just the first in a series of events that will not only change his life, but threaten the entire planet. Soon after, vicious cows are on the rampage all over the country, and they're not of this Earth!    Armed with a newly-discovered flying saucer he doesn't know how to fly, and a misfit group of new friends he doesn't entirely trust, Randy is forced to grow up fast if he's going to make decisions that will not only help him fit-in with his new peers, but save the world from a fate worse than death!

Killer Cows

D.M. Anderson

Teen & Young Adult

For more than twenty years West Canvia and Lemuria have battled one another in a constant war. From the safety of his laboratory, weapons designer Thomas Riley has cleverly and proudly empowered the West Canvian forces with his brilliant designs. But when a risky alchemy experiment goes horribly wrong, Thomas and his wily assistant, Cynthia Bassett, are thrust onto the front lines of battle. Forced into shaky alliances with murderous sky pirates in a deadly race to kidnap the only man who can undo the damage-the mad genius behind Lemuria's cunning armaments-Thomas' own genius is put to the ultimate test.

Thomas Riley

Nick Valentino

ASSIGNMENT DETAILS LOCATION: Rochester, New York to Brisbane, Australia ISSUED TO: Mel: tough 15-year-old female spy ASSETS AND PERSONNEL: Thomas Syme [AKA: Shadow] principal of Watson Institute and Mel's guardian Ray: meteorology prodigy and Mel's best friend Caidy: jealous student who may know more than she's letting on Bonnie Robar: Ray's mom, also a meteorologist, whose whereabouts are unknown and who may have left behind a project with dangerous potential. MISSION: Follow the trail of stolen birth certificates (including Ray's) which uncovers a plot that involves more than anyone had anticipated.

Rain

Kieryn Nicolas