Here is the reveal for the latest Tag Line survey posted via the Library's Facebook page. These titles are new arrivals to our Young Adult collection and contain plenty of zombie, vampire hunter, space mission action and more to keep you entertained.
Wired by Robin WassermanCall #: Y WASSERM
Tag Line: Humanity is the past. She is the future.(Skinned trilogy, book 3) Lia is back at home, pretending to be the perfect daughter, but she has become the public face of the mech, devoting her life to convincing the world that she and other like her deserve to exist, until shocking truths are revealed, forcing her to make a life-changing decision.Blood Feud by Ayxandra HarveyCall #: Y HARVEY
Tag Line: Love is the best revenge.(The Drake Chronicles series) As the clans gather for the coronation of the next vampire queen, new alliances are beginning to form and the power of the clan leaders is threatened by a would-be usurper.Z by Michael Thomas FordCall #: Y FORD
Tag Line: In the game of zombie hunting there can only be one winner.In the year 2032, after a virus that turned people into zombies has been eradicated, Josh is invited to join an underground gaming society, where the gamers hunt zombies and the action is more dangerous than it seems.Crusade by Nancy Holder & Debbie ViguieCall #: Y HOLDER
Tag Line: The Cursed Ones are here. Prepare for battle.An international team of six teenaged vampire hunters, trained in Salamanca, Spain, goes to New Orleans seeking to rescue team-member Jenn's younger sister as the vampires escalate their efforts to take over the Earth.Black Hole Sun by David MacInnis GillCall #: Y GILL
Tag Line: He's lost his family. He's lost his crew. He's got the scars to prove it. You don't want to mess with Durango.On the planet Mars, sixteen-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.
Another crop of YA books has arrived at MPL. Some titles have interesting tag lines, but are the stories any good? Guess you'll have to read and find out.
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff
Call #: Y YOVANOF
Tag Line: Something's rotten beneath the town of Gentry.
Sixteen-year-old Mackie Doyle knows that he replaced a human child when he was just an infant, and when a friend's sister disappears he goes against his family's and town's deliberate denial of the problem to confront the beings that dwell under the town, tampering with human lives.
Solitary: Escape from Furnace by Alexander Gordon Smith
Call #: Y SMITH
Tag Line: In Furnace Penitentiary, secret horrors are breaking free.
(Escape from Furnace series, book 2) Imprisoned for a murder he did not commit, fourteen-year-old Alex Sawyer thinks that he has escaped the hellish Furnace Penitentiary, but instead he winds up in solitary confinement, where new horrors await him.
King of Ithaka by Tracy Barrett
Call #: Y BARRETT
Tag Line: How far would you go to find the father you've never known?
When sixteen-year-old Telemachos and his two best friends, one a centaur, leave their life of privilege to undertake a quest to find Telemachos's father Odysseus, they learn much along the way about what it means to be a man and a king.
Grace by Elizabeth Scott
Call #: Y SCOTT
Tag Line: An unwilling terrorist. A chilling near future. One chance left.
Sixteen-year-old Grace travels on a decrepit train toward a border that may not exist, recalling events that brought her to choose life over being a suicide bomber, and dreaming of freedom from the extremist religion-based government of Keran Berj.
Trash by Andy Mulligan
Call #: Y MULLIGA
Tag Line: Pick it up and keep it hidden."My name is Rapheal Fernandez, and I am a dumpsite boy. People say to me, 'I guess you just never know what you'll find sifting through rubbish. Maybe one day you'll find something nice.' then one day I did." Fourteen-year-olds Raphael and Gardo team up with a younger boy, Rat, to figure out the mysteries surrounding a bag Raphael finds during their daily life of sorting through trash in a third-world country's dump.
Tag lines. Those little catch-phrases, slogans, and one-liners designed to pique curiosity and entice you to buy-in are everywhere -- even on books. Yesterday I posted this informal poll on Facebook:Without knowing author or title, which tag line interests you the most?
a) Family. It's not always a perfect fit.
b) In the trance, there is a vision... in the vision, only danger.
c) A piece of furniture stands between you and adulthood.
d) What fragment of truth will be mine?
It was interesting to see what people selected based solely on tag line offerings. I wonder how different the answers might have been with the addition of title and summary information. Ready for the title reveal? Well, here it is!Fixing Delilah by Sarah OcklerCall #: Y OCKLERTag Line: Family. It's not always a perfect fit.
When Delilah, her mother, and her aunt spend the summer in Vermont settling Delilah's estranged grandmother's estate, long-held family secrets are painfully brought to light and Delilah finally learns some difficult truths about her family's past.
Trance by Linda GerberCall #: Y GERBER
Tag Line: In the trance, there is a vision... in the vision, only danger.Ashlyn was unable to use her visions of the future to save her mother's life, but as she begins to understand and control them somewhat, she realizes that love interest Jake is the subject of her most recent trances.
The Kid Table by Andrea SeigelCall #: Y SEIGELTag Line: A piece of furniture stands between you and adulthood.Explores the quirky dynamics in an extended family full of close-knit cousins who both help and hinder each other as they celebrate holidays and momentous occasions together.
The Beginner's Guide to Living by Lia HillsCall #: Y HILLS
Tag Line: What fragment of truth will be mine?
Struggling to cope with his mother's sudden death and growing feelings of isolation from his father and brother, seventeen-year-old Will turns to philosophy for answers to life's biggest questions, while finding some solace in a new love.
