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Last Wave By Paul Hayden

Seventeen-year-old Matt “Owl” Owen is living in the heyday between school and the rest of his life. He has his friends, the beach, and the surf — and the big event on his calendar is a date with Hayley Churchill, an absolute goddess. When she asked him to take her to Stink’s eighteenth birthday, Owl thought he’d die. Is it possible his best friend’s sister has finally come to her senses, or is Owl just putting himself on?

It’s supposed to be the best summer of his life, a final hurrah before Owl and his buddies are forced to grow up and start the next phase of life, but he and his surfing crew are about to get dragged kicking and screaming into the adult world — and nothing will ever be the same again.

The Lost Voyage of John Cabot By Henry Garfield

1498. Sebastian Cabot age fifteen, can only wait and wonder. His famous father has abandoned him at home in Bristol, England, but has taken the boy’s older and younger brothers, Ludovico and Sancio, on his second voyage in search of the Asian mainland. On his first journey, sailing north across the Western Ocean in 1497, John Cabot had discovered the New Found Land. He returned to England a hero.

Five years earlier, Spain had given Christopher Columbus a similar welcome. He had found Asia, he claimed. And by a southern route.

Cabot was skeptical and set out to the north again to prove his old friend a fraud.

But silence followed.

Now, Sebastian and history are confronted with a tantalizing mystery. What has become of Cabot’s second endeavor? Letters to the boy from fourteen-year-old Sancio tell of a fearsome storm and its aftermath. They, and the surprising climax to Sebastian’s and Sancio’s shared story, make for unforgettable voyaging.

Extreme Danger By Franklin W. Dixon

ATAC BRIEFING FOR AGENTS FRANK AND JOE HARDY

MISSION: To find the mastermind behind a possible attack at the Big Air Games.

LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA.

POTENTIAL VICTIMS: Top extreme athletes in the country. Thousands of spectators.

SUSPECTS: There may be a group of extremists working together. There may be just one.

Killing Britney By Sean Olin

Britney is the girl everyone loves to hate.

Ever since Britney transformed herself from freak-and-geek to the most popular girl at school, her life has been touched by tragedy. First it was her mom, who drowned on a family rafting trip. Then her hockey-star boyfriend, Ricky, was killed in a hit-and-run.

When the deaths continue to pile up, everyone fears for Britney. Sure she’s popular, blond, and fabulous.

But is that enough reason for someone to want to…kill her?

The Rock Orchard: A Novel By Paula Wall

Some women can touch a man and heal like Jesus. The man who sees sunrise from a Belle woman’s bed will swear he’s been born again.

When it came to men, Charlotte Belle strictly ascribed to the law of catch and release. As soon as she could get a man out of her bed, she threw him back in the stream. No, Charlotte did not need a man. She had money. She had her driver, Mr. Nalls, for heavy lifting. Sex? Her pond was well stocked. What else does a woman need a man for? And so it comes as quite a surprise to Charlotte that she can not stop thinking about the Reverend Thomas Jones.

In The Rock Orchard, debut novelist Paula Wall uses sexy, lyrical prose — and throws in a dash of magic — to create a truly unique and hysterical love story.

Jude By Kate Morgenroth

When fifteen-year-old Jude’s father is brutally murdered, Jude is a witness. But to save his own life, he can’t tell the police what he knows. Still, Jude is determined to clear his name and win the approval of his mother — the district attorney he has not seen since he was an infant.

At the urging of his mother’s longtime companion, Jude agrees to a crazy scheme to protect her political future. But what Jude doesn’t know is that there are buried secrets that will require him to sacrifice more than he ever dreamed. And his search for approval will turn into one for revenge.

Ordinary People: Our Story By Family Osbourne

In their own words (and we all know how colorful those can be), the five members of the notorious Osbourne clan tell the amazing story of the first family of rock.

• OZZY talks about his first beer, his legendary career,and why he’s the only sane member of the Osbourne family.

• SHARON explains the root of her shopaholic nature, the ups and downs of being married to Ozzy, and what it’s like to battle cancer and host a talk show.

• AIMEE reveals why she opted out of MTV’s The Osbournes, why she thinks her mother’s in denial, and why her father destroyed himself with drugs.

• KELLY offers cutting thoughts on sibling relationships and growing up Osbourne as well as on life as a fledgling rock star.

• JACK shares stories about life without privacy (“What’s privacy?”) and his stint in rehab — and claims he’s the only sane one in the family.

IF YOU THOUGHT YOU ALREADY KNEW THE OSBOURNES, THINK AGAIN!

Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two Edited By James L. Harmon

Take Their Advice:

Camille Paglia • Wayne Koestenbaum • Jonathan Ames • Jennifer Belle • Howard Zinn • Joe Dallesandro • Bruce LaBruce • Dr. Laura Schlessinger • Tom Robbins • Judith Butler • Martha Nussbaum Horst • William S. Burroughs • Larry Niven • Veruschka • Lydia Lunch • Spalding Gray • Eileen Myles • Roger Scruton • Ken Kesey Mary Gaitskill • Richard Powers • Mark Dery • Florence King • Mark Simpson • Bob Shacochis • Joanna Scott • Quentin Crisp • Carolyn Chute • Michael Thomas Ford • Alexander Theroux • George Saunders • Charles Baxter • Ian Shoales • Fay Weldon • Bruce Benderson • Scott Russell Sanders • John Shirley • Dr. John Money • Cindy Sherman • Richard Meltzer • Gene Wolfe • Abbie Hoffman • Diane Wakowski • Richard Taylor • Bette Davis • Arthur Nersesian • Jim Harrison • Martha Gellhorn • Lucius Shepard • Dan Jenkins • Steve Stern • Murray Bookchin • John Zerzan • Maurice Vellekoop • Joel-Peter Witkin • Stewart Home • Maxx Ardman • Katharine Hepburn • Bret Lott • Lynda Barry • Alain de Botton • Mary McCarthy • Hakim Bey • Anita O’Day • Chris Kraus • R. U. Sirius • C. D. Payne W. V. Quine • Rita Dove • Robert Creeley • Valerie Martin • Paul Krassner • Alphonso Lingis • Mark Helprin • John Rechy • Ram Dass • William T. Vollmann • and Bettie Page

To Catch a Prince By Gillian McKnight

Two stepsisters…
one summer in London…
one heir to the throne.
The race is on.

Helene Masterson and Alexis Worth are best friends who also happen to be stepsisters. When Helene lands a chance-of-a-lifetime summer internship in London, Alexis simply has to go too–and she takes her gigantic crush on a certain prince with her. To make their summer royally interesting, punky Helene and preppy Alexis make a bet that could change their lives forever: Which one will hook Prince William by summer’s end? These forever friends learn that competition can be fun, but when it gets out of control, their friendship is tested. No doubt these girls are in for one fun and crazy summer!

Seven Tears into the Sea By Terri Farley

Beckon the sea,
I’ll come to thee….
Shed seven tears,
perchance seven years….

At the age of ten, Gwen Cooke had a strange encounter with a boy with dark, slightly tilted eyes. He came to her on the beach, whispered strange words in her ear, and then disappeared. Shortly thereafter, her family moved away from their seaside home and Gwen never saw the boy again.

Now seventeen, Gwen is returning to her childhood home. Her nana asked her to come. But Gwen knows it’s time to go back for another reason: She yearns for the sea. Perhaps the sea itself is calling to her. Perhaps the memory of the boy and his haunting words are drawing her back to the place they met. Perhaps it’s time for her to face her destiny.