The Bar Code Tattoo, by Suzanne Weyn (Scholastic Point, 2004)

Only a few decades from now, the world has become a lot darker. As old social systems collapsed, the international corporation known as Global-1 took over, gradually gaining influence in every walk of life. And now their power is finally … Continue reading

The Adventures of Charley Tooth, by L.B. Richards (Dorchester Vortex, 2004)

In the blink of an eye, everyday, ordinary nice-guy Charley Tooth is abducted from Earth by a bizarre grouping of aliens, and forced to perform for their entertainment. That’s just the beginning of a series of increasingly strange and illogical … Continue reading

SuperWhat? By Jax Abbott (Dorchester Smooch, 2004)

When Jessie Drummond develops superpowers during English class on the first day at her new high school, she figures her social life is doomed. After all, she was supposed to be the normal one in a family of secret superheroes, … Continue reading

Super 16, by Jax Abbott (Dorchester Smooch, 2005)

Welcome to the life of Jessie Drummond, teenage superhero-in-training. Just a few days shy of her sixteenth birthday, she’s the only person she knows who has to juggle a social life and training to get control over her emerging superpowers. … Continue reading

Spy High: Mission One, Chaos Rising, and The Serpent Scenario, A.J. Butcher (Little, Brown and Company, 2004)

Book One: Mission One In the next century, the world’s greatest secret agents all come from one place: Deveraux Academy, known affectionately to its student body as Spy High. Here, away from the prying eyes of a world ever more … Continue reading

So Yesterday, by Scott Westerfeld (Razorbill, 2004)

Hunter’s a trendsetter, a cool-hunter, one of those people responsible for finding the Next Big Thing and turning a cool idea (an Innovation) into a fad, or even a trend. Employed by various corporations to help catch the wave of … Continue reading

Singing the Dogstar Blues, by Alison Goodman (Firebird, 2004)

Joss Aaaronson just doesn’t fit in, and she doesn’t care. Smart-mouthed, highly intelligent, and fiercely independent, she’s the daughter of a prominent celebrity and a sperm donor in a not-so-near future, six years after the world was changed by the … Continue reading

River Rats, by Caroline Stevermer (Harcourt, 2005)

In the future, after much of civilization has been wiped out by the holocaust known as the Flash, a group of teenage orphans travel the length of the Mississippi River in an ancient, yet serviceable steamboat, making ends meet through … Continue reading

Pretties, by Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse, 2005)

Following the events of the previous book, Tally Youngblood has returned to the city in which she grew up, voluntarily submitting to the operation all people undergo when they turn sixteen. Tally’s one of the very few who know, however, … Continue reading

Peeps, by Scott Westerfeld (Razorbill, 2005)

Cal doesn’t exactly have a normal job. He works for the Night Watch, a secret organization existing undetected in the bowels of the New York City government. They’re a shadowy group whose role is to hunt down, trap, and secure … Continue reading