New & Notable in the Teen Section

I've read a couple of new books from the Teen section recently that I've been raving about to the Teen Book Club members. The first one is Every Day by David Levithan. Every Day is about a being called A who wakes up every day in a different person's body. A has no control over what person's life he will be living next, and A just drifts from day to day until... A falls in love with a girl named Rhiannon. As A's feelings for Rhiannon deepen and A has to go to greater and greater lengths to see her every day, things get more and more complicated. You'll have to read the book to find out how it all gets resolved. Most teens who like romance (especially paranormal romance) stories will like this.

I also just read Gordon Korman's newest book Ungifted. It's about an eighth grade boy named Donovan who accidentally ends up in The Academy, a school for exceptional and gifted children. Donovan wants to stay at the Academy for as long as possible (the reason becomes clear in the hilarious first chapter of the book) but how long will the Academy's teaching staff wait for Donovan to show his "exceptional" qualities? Fans of Korman's amazing No More Dead Dogs will absolutely love this, as well as any middle school kid who likes realistic fiction.