A Brief History of Montmary, by Michelle Cooper: On her sixteenth birthday in 1936, Sophia begins a diary of life in a fictional island country off the coast of Spain, where she is among the last descendants of an impoverished royal family trying to hold their nation together on the eve of the second World War.
Paper Towns, by John Green: One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.
Scarlett Fever, by Maureen Johnson: Fifteen-year-old Scarlett, who is beginning to get over her break-up with Eric, stays busy as assistant to her theatrical-agent friend who is not only promoting Scarlett's brother Spencer, but also a new client whose bad-boy brother has transferred to Scarlett's school. This is the sequel to Suite Scarlett.
Mort, by Terry Pratchett: In this Discworld installment, Death comes to Mort with an offer he can't refuse. As Death's apprentice, he'll have free board and lodging, use of the company horse, and he won't need time off for family funerals. The position is everything Mort thought he'd ever wanted, until he discovers that this perfect job can be a killer on his love life.
Yotsuba&!, volume 2 byKiyohiko Azuma: In this volume of the popular all-ages manga series, Yotsuba hasn't gotten much smarter, and her neighbors still haven't gotten used to this wacky tike's exploits.
