Brown, Pierce

AMANECER ROJO

Red Rising

PB (ML39826) 2014 9788427208384 $23.99

544 pp.

Ideas like freedom and equality died with the planet Earth.  Now, on Mars, there exists a strict caste system that is represented by colors.  Gold belongs to the governing elite.  Darrow is not gold; he is red.  To survive, he must hide this without forgetting that each death, each step in the battle, is for liberty.

Sepetys, Ruta

EL COLOR DE LOS SUEÑOS

Out of the Easy

PB (MAE39960) 2014 8416087075/9788416087075 $13.99

320 pp.

Set in 1950s New Orleans, this novel, based on actual events, introduces the world to Josie Moraine, a girl who yearns for a better life from what she has lived in the seedy French Quarter of that time.  Mistreated by her prostitute mother, she finds solace in books and in a host of colorful characters who try to make her dreams come true.

Risley, Alexandra

EL REINO DE LAS ALMAS ROBADAS

The Kingdom of Stolen Souls

PB (PLE39987) 2014 9788415880943 $20.99

286 pp.

When Raven's roommate Shadowis found bleeding in the dorm's bathroom, everyone suspects suicide.  One year later, while on vacation, Raven is run over.  When she crosses the threshold between life and death, she sees Shadow.  She tries to reach her, but all she manages to do is to get lost in a dark forest.  She finds herself trapped in the kingdom of stolen souls.  Is there any way to escape?

Plum, Amy

SI DIERA MI VIDA

If I Should Die

PB (LSD19519) 2014 8415854234/9788415854234 $24.99

348 pp.

Kate does not want to lose any more loved ones and she loves Victor.  He who has waited centuries to find her sees that a person they both trusted has caused him to lose her again.  Their enemy wants to rule over the immortals and she will stop at nothing.  Kate has decided she is willing to do anything to get Victor back.