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Library Loot is co-sponsored by   The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader  and  A Striped Armchair . When I put these titles on my list for requests I didn't think they'd become available so quickly. I just picked up And Then Everything Unraveled  and   Sisters Red.   And Then Everything Unraveled by Jennifer Sturman Publisher:  Point Date:  July 2009 Page Count:  244 Reading Level:  YA Summary:   Delia Truesdale has no idea her life's about to change forever. She's too busy enjoying the California summer. Her Internet tycoon mother, T.K. Truesdale, is out of town, and that means Delia can spend all her time at the beach, surfing. That is, until everything unravels.  Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce Date: June 2010 Page Count: 328 Reading Level: YA Scarlett March lives to hunt the Fenris--the werewolves that took her eye when she was defending her sister Rosie from a brutal attack. Armed with a razor-sharp hatchet and ...

One title we're anxiously awaiting is The Devouring 3: Fearcape by Simon Holt. We love the colors used on these covers, especially this one. Here's the summary: The Vours: evil, demonic beings that inhabit human bodies on Sorry Night, the darkest hours of the Winter Solstice. It's been a year since Reggie first discovered the Vours, and the Winter Solstice is approaching once again. It will be another night of unspeakable horror for those unlucky enough to be taken by the Vours, because this time, she won't be able to stop them. The Vours have imprisoned Reggie in a psychiatric hospital, where she is subjected to a daily routine of unfathomably sadistic experiments. Her life is a living Hell, but she won't give up. They attacked her brother. They killed her friend. And Reggie will never stop fighting back. The very first book, The Devouring , was a deliciously dark and creepy story. We may have covered our eyes in parts but that doesn't mean we put the boo...

This week's teaser is from Holly Cupala's "Tell Me a Secret."  "I crumbled right there on the porch, which rattled with music and the wild laughter still echoing in the bedroom. Something drastic was in order. Tears sprang from nowhere, and I couldn't stop them."   (Page 57, ARC edition) Reading level: Young Adult Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: HarperTeen (June 22, 2010) It's tough living in the shadow of a dead girl. . . . In the five years since her bad-girl sister Xanda's death, Miranda Mathison has wondered about the secret her sister took to the grave, and what really happened the night she died. Now, just as Miranda is on the cusp of her dreams—a best friend to unlock her sister's world, a ticket to art school, and a boyfriend to fly her away from it all—Miranda has a secret all her own. When two lines on a pregnancy test confirm her worst fears, Miranda is stripped of her former life. She must make a choice with tremend...