This week's picks are from authors I have read and loved in the past. Enjoy!

For Young Adult Readers...

Barbarian (Sons of the Dark Book #1) by Lynne Ewing
Escape (Sons of the Dark Book #2) by Lynne Ewing
Available August 31, 2004
A bad-boy spin off to the best-selling teen series Daughters of the Moon. Four guys living in Los Angeles: A rock star, a rebel, an artist, and a shaman. Like most students at Turney High School, they're just trying to survive. But for these four--Renegades on the run from the sinister world of Nefandus--survival means learning how to control their powers and fulfill their destiny as The Sons of the Dark. The teens at my library love the Daughters of the Moon series, and I expect Sons of the Dark to be just a popular with them. Hopefully snag the interest of our boys as well.

For Adult Readers...

Hawkes Harbor by S. E. Hinton
Available August 31, 2004
Back after a twenty year break, this is the author's first novel for adults. An orphan and a bastard, Jamie Sommers grew up knowing he had no hope of heaven. Conceived in adultery and born in sin, Jamie was destined to repeat the sins of his parents - or so the nuns told him. And he proved them right. Taking to sea, Jamie sought out danger and adventure in exotic ports all over the world as a smuggler, gunrunner, and murderer. Tough enough to handle anything, he's survived foreign prisons, pirates, and a shark attack. But in a quiet seaside town in Delaware, Jamie discovered something that was enough to drive him insane and change his life forever. For it was in Hawkes Harbor that Jamie came face to face with the ultimate evil.

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