By Maggie Stiefvater

It is the first day of November and so, today, someone will die. Even under the brightest sun, the frigid autumn sea is all the colors of the night: dark blue and black and brown. I watch the ever-changing patterns in the sand as it's pummeled by countless hooves. They run the horses on the beach, a pale road between the black water and the chalk cliffs. It is never safe, but it's never so dangerous as today, race day.

By Mal Peet

Clem, a working-class boy living in government-assisted housing, and Frankie, the daughter of a wealthy landowner, must keep their relationship secret. If it's discovered, their world will be blown apart. But unknown to them, President John F. Kennedy and the Russian leader, Nikita Khruschev, are shaping up to do just that -- blow the world apart -- as the two leaders fight over a small island in the Caribbean Sea, leading up to the events that will late be known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. For Frankie and Clem, "time, like everything else, is against them."

By Vera Brosgol

Of all the things Anya expected to find at the bottom of an old well, a new friend wasn't one of them. Especially not a new friend who's been dead for a century. Falling down a well is bad enough, but Anya's normal life might actually be worse. She's embarrassed by her family, self-conscious about her body, and she's pretty much given up on fitting in at school. A new friend -- even a dead one -- is just what she needs. But Anya's new BFF isn't kidding about the "forever" part...

By Jim Ottaviani
Illustrated by Leland Myrick

Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988) was one of the great minds -- and great personalities -- of the twentieth century. A Nobel-Prize winning physicist, he was also a safecracker, an adventurer, a musician, and world-class reconteur. In this new biography, writer Jim Ottaviani and artist Leland Myrick capture this colorful life in vivid graphic novel form. Funny, challenging, and moving, Feynman is a significant new look at a beloved icon.