What's New At The Library - Early February 2019

More new books have just hit our shelves at the Yuma County Library and here are three that we think are definitely worth checking out!

The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi: Best-selling author Roshani Chokshi offers up the beginning of a brand new series. In the Paris of the late 1800's, treasure hunter Severin Montagnet-Alaire has just been offered the chance to claim his inheritance by member of a powerful secret society - the Order of Babel. But in order to succeed he must team up with a group of gifted misfits and try to stay alive long enough to find a mysterious treasure the Order needs. If you liked Court of Miracles or Six of Crows, this one is for you.

Let's Go Swimming on Doomsday by Natlie C. Anderson: Abdi is a 16 year old living in Somalia and trying to live a normal life. That all changes when his family is kidnapped and Abdi is forced to become a child soldier by the kidnappers, a terrorist group known as Al Shabaab who train him to become a suicide bomber. He manages to survive and escape only to become a homeless fugitive, hunted by both Al Shabaab and the police. The book is not for the faint-hearted, but it will definitely keep you gripped from start to finish.

The Lying Woods by Ashley Elston: Owen Foster has always been a privileged rich kid, growing up in New Orleans and attending all the best schools and going to all the best parties - until the day he learns his dad is a crook , and all the money his family has was being embezzled from his dad's company. His dad disappears before he can be brought to justice and now, in his Senior year of High School, Owen has become the most hated kid at his school, has had to get a job for the first time in his life, and what's worse, someone his dad ripped off wants Owen and his mother dead.

To find these books at your nearest library branch, click on the titled for a link to the library catalog. And stop by your closest library's teen room to see what else is on the shelf!

Recommended Reads: Dead Girls Don't Lie

If you love mysteries, and are looking for something with a great plot twist, we recommend Dead Girls Don't Lie by Jennifer Shaw Wolf.
It's not a new book, it's been out since 2013, but it is definitely one we would call a "hidden gem."

The plot goes like this: Jaycee had a best friend named Rachel. They grew up together in a really small town, and were pretty much inseparable until Rachel (who is half Mexican in a town where being Mexican is NOT considered a good thing to be) started hanging out with some local gang members and changing basically everything about herself and keeping secrets from Jaycee. Then something horrible happens: Rachel is shot dead, in what SEEMS to be a gang-related drive-by shooting. This is the second gang-related death of a teenager in the small town - the first was a teenage boy who had been hanging out with Rachel and her gang friends.
Then Jaycee gets a text - from Rachel. The text basically lets Jaycee known that Rachel's death is not what it seems to be, and that a lot of people in town are keeping some really dark secrets, including Rachel and Jaycee's mutual crush and his two brothers (one of whom is a Sheriff). Rachel's message tells Jaycee the only person who can be trusted is a guy named Eduardo, a known gang member with a rap sheet. Jaycee knows she needs to figure out what really happened to her BFF, but she is not only dealing with her first real relationship, but she's hiding some secrets herself - and if they get out her life could be in danger too.

This book is definitely a mystery with a lot of twists and turns. It kept me guessing until almost the very end, and then the twist ending was totally unexpected. It is available to check out from the library in both regular book and e-book here: Dead Girls Don't Lie at YCLD.

Official Rating: We give it 3 out of 4 Booker Bears!

Reviewed by: Elia, Teen Services Manager