Alex Unlimited: The Vosarak Code, by Dan Jolley (Tokyopop, 2007)

Alexandra Benno’s unique gift to sift through infinite probabilities and summon specialized, idealized doppelgangers from other dimensions has made her indispensable as a secret agent. The problem? Her alternate selves get all the credit, leaving her feeling jealous and put-out. … Continue reading

Timetripper Book One: Yestermorrow, by Stefan Petrucha (Razorbill, 2006)

Harry Keller sees the world in a way no one else can. Able to both see and affect the threads of peoples’ pasts, presents and futures, he gets caught up in a bizarre time-traveling adventure to save those he knows … Continue reading

The Last Days, by Scott Westerfeld (Razorbill, 2006)

In this sequel to Peeps, the end of the world is at hand, with a plague turning people into cannibalistic vampires, even as ancient, evil creatures stir far beneath the Earth’s surface. In New York, five teens start a rock … Continue reading

The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen, by M. T. Anderson (Harcourt, 2006)

It’s the return of Jasper Dash (Boy Technonaut), Katie Mulligan (Heroine of Horror Hollow) and utterly normal Lily Gefelty (all three last seen in Whales on Stilts!), as their vacation to the Moose Tongue Lodge throws them headfirst in a … Continue reading

Uglies #3: Specials, by Scott Westerfeld (Simon and Schuster, 2006)

After being both a rebellious Ugly and a bubble-headed Pretty, now Tally is one of the Specials, augmented humans who maintain the dubious status quo. She’ll have to overcome her programming and defy her masters if she wants to effect … Continue reading

Skybreaker, by Kenneth Oppel (Eos, 2006)

This sequel to Airborn finds our hero, Matt Cruse, teaming up with an arrogant airship captain, an intriguing gypsy girl, and an scholarly heiress as they search for the legendary lost Hyperion, a ghost ship rumored to contain great treasures … Continue reading

Life As We Knew It, by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Harcourt, 2006)

A teenage girl chronicles the end of civilization as she knows it, after a meteor strike changes the moon’s orbit, causing massive destruction around the globe. She alternately copes with, and complains her way through the worst year in recorded … Continue reading

Larklight, by Phillip Reeve (Bloomsbury, 2006)

In an alternate Victorian era, the English have conquered the solar system, but something old and nasty is about to challenge that dominance. Caught right in the middle of a mysterious plot to conquer the universe are Myrtle and Art … Continue reading

Journey Between Worlds, by Sylvia Louise Engdahl (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2006)

In this reprint of a book originally published in 1970, a teenage girl is forced to leave behind everything she knows when her father takes her to Mars for an extended vacation which later turns into an indefinite stay. As … Continue reading

Chance Fortune and the Outlaws, by Shane Berryhill (Starscape Books, 2006)

After his application to an exclusive school for superhumans is rejected due to his lack of powers, Joshua Blevins reinvents himself as Chance Fortune, lack-manipulating adventurer and gets in. However, getting in turns out to be the easy part. Now … Continue reading