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This week’s releases are listed by category: Young Adult Fiction, General Fiction and Nonfiction. On-sale dates are indicated in parentheses.

Notable New Releases for the week of December 17th:

Young Adult Fiction

• Deadly Little Lessons (Touch Series #5) by Laurie Faria Stolarz (12/18/2012) — Finishing her junior year of high school, Camelia leaves family and boyfriend drama behind to attend a summer arts program in Rhode Island, where she must use her power of psychometry to help find a missing girl.

• The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken (12/18/2012) — Sixteen-year-old Ruby breaks out of a government-run ‘rehabilitation camp’ for teens who acquired dangerous powers after surviving a virus that wiped out most American children. “Ruby is a strong and sympathetic heroine, and the story’s quick-paced action leads to a heartbreaking cliffhanger that will have readers eager for the next book in this planned trilogy.” — Publishers Weekly

• The Vincent Brothers by Abbi Glines (12/18/2012) — Sawyer, having had his heart broken after Ashton left him for his best friend, finds a fling with Ashton’s cousin, Lana, who has always been attracted to Sawyer, becoming more complicated when it turns into a game of seduction between them.

General Fiction

This is a particularly slow week; there are no general fiction titles of note being released this week.

Nonfiction

• A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II by Adam Makos (12/19/2012)

• Networking Is Dead: Making Connections That Matter by Melissa G Wilson (12/18/2012)

• The Beatles, God and The Bible by Ray Comfort (12/18/2012)

• The Pointblank Directive: Three Generals and the Untold Story of the Daring Plan that Saved D-Day by L. Keeney (12/18/2012)

• Britain Begins by Barry Cunliffe (12/21/2012)

• Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips by Michael G. Ankerich (12/20/2012)

• Underwater Eden: Saving the Last Coral Wilderness on Earth by Gregory S. Stone (12/21/2012)

• Iron Man: Rudolf Berthold: Germany’s Indomitable Fighter Ace of World War I by Peter Kilduff (12/19/2012)