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THE POET X – ELIZABETH ACEVEDO
NOVEL IN VERSE – SLAM POETRY – COMING OF
AGE
Awards:
• National Book Award
• Golden Kite Award Honor Winner
• Michael L. Prinz Award for Excellence in Young
Literature
• Pura Belpre Award
For fans of:
• Jacqueline Woodson
• Meg Medina
• Jason Reynolds
When Xiomara Batista, who pours all her frustrations and passion into poetry, is
invited to join the school slam poetry club, she struggles with her mother's
expectations and her need to be heard.
AN ASSASSIN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND TREASON – VIRGINIA BOECKER HISTORICAL FICTION – ROMANCE – ROYALTY Perfect for fans of: • Cynthia Hand - My Lady Jane • Mackenzie Lee - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue Shakespeare in Love meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith in this witty and thrilling story of star-crossed assassins in Elizabethan England. In the early sixteen-hundreds, two star-crossed assassins, nineteen-year-old Toby and seventeen-year- old Kit, go undercover as actors in a Shakespeare play in a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth.
THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF THE MAKING OF THE EVE OF DESTRUCTION - AMY BRASHEAR HISTORICAL FICTION – NUCLEAR WAR - HUMOR In 1984, while grappling with her parents' divorce and her mother's remarriage to an African-American man, sixteen-year-old Laura wins a walk-on role in the nuclear holocaust movie being filmed in her Arkansas town, but when thescripted nuclear explosion occurs, nobody seems to know if a real nuclear bomb has detonated or not. Inspired by a real event.
PASSENGER BY ALEXANDRA BRACKEN TIME TRAVEL – ADVENTURE - ROMANCE Outlander meets Great and Terrible Beauty When a violin prodigy who has lost everything wakes up on a ship in another time, a man who wants to escape a life of servitude is forced to confront his past while keeping his former captors from claiming a stolen object of untold value.
THE BOMBS THAT BROUGHT US TOGETHER –
BRIAN CONAGHAN
DYSTOPIAN – ADVENTURE – SURVIVAL -
FRIENDSHIP
Fourteen-year-old Charlie Law has lived in Little
Town, on the border with Old Country, all his life.
He knows the rules: no going out after dark; no
drinking; no litter; no fighting. You don't want to
get on the wrong side of the people who run Little
Town. When he meets Pavel Duda, a refugee from
Old Country, the rules start to get broken.
Then the bombs come, and the soldiers from Old
Country, and Little Town changes for ever.
Sometimes, to keep the people you love safe, you
have to do bad things. As Little Town's rules
crumble, Charlie is sucked into a dangerous game.
There's a gun, and a bad man, and his closest
friend, and his dearest enemy.
HERE TO STAY – SARA FARIZAN HUMOR – REALISTIC FICTION – BULLYING – ARAB AMERICANS Bijan Majidi is: • Shy around girls • Really into comics • Decent at basketball Bijan Majidi is not: • A terrorist When a cyberbully sends the entire high school a picture of basketball hero Bijan Majidi, photo-shopped to look like a terrorist, the school administration promises to find and punish the culprit, but Bijan just wants to pretend the incident never happened and move on.
THE SEVEN TOMENTS OF AMY AND CRAIG – DON ZOLIDIS HUMOR – COMING OF AGE - ROMANCE For readers who like John Hughes movies A coming-of-age story set in 1994 Wisconsin, chronicling the on-again-off-again relationship of Amy and Craig, who come to understand each other better through multiple disastrous breakups Seven heartbreaks. Seven joys. Told nonsequentially, acclaimed playwright Don Zolidis's debut novel is a brutally funny, bittersweet taste of the utterly unique and utterly universal experience of first love.
WORDS ON BATHROOM WALLS – JULIA WALTON
MENTAL ILLNESS – DATING – REALISTIC
FICTION
Awards and Honors:
• ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book
• CBC's 2018 Teen Choice Book Awards Nominee *
Fans of:
• More Happy Than Not
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• It's Kind of a Funny Story
• Flowers for Algernon
• I'll Give You the Sun
• A Monster Calls
Soon to be a major motion picture!
Adam is a pretty regular teen--he's just navigating
high school life while living with paranoid schizophrenia.
His hallucinations include a cast of characters that range from the good (beautiful
Rebecca) to the bad (angry Mob Boss) to the just plain weird (polite naked guy).
An experimental drug promises to help him hide his illness from the world. When
Adam meets Maya, a fiercely intelligent girl, he desperately wants to be the normal,
great guy that she thinks he is. But as the miracle drug begins to fail, how long can
he keep this secret from the girl of his dreams?
WILD BIRD – WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN REALISTIC FICTION – TROUBLED TEENS - SURVIVAL A remarkable portrait of a girl who has hit rock bottom but begins a climb back to herself at a wilderness survival camp. 3:47 a.m. That’s when they come for Wren Clemmens. She’s hustled out of her house and into a waiting car, then a plane, and then taken on a forced march into the desert. This is what happens to kids who’ve gone so far off the rails, their parents don’t know what to do with them anymore. This is wilderness therapy camp. Eight weeks of survivalist camping in the desert. Eight weeks to turn your life around. Yeah, right. The Wren who arrives in the Utah desert is angry and bitter, and blaming everyone but herself. But angry can’t put up a tent. And bitter won’t start a fire. Wren’s going to have to admit she needs help if she’s going to survive.
WE’LL FLY AWAY – BRYAN BLISS
REALISTIC FICTION – ABUSE – SPORTS -
INCARCERATION
Awards and Honors
• National Book Award Longlist
• Booklist Editors’ Choice
• CYBILS Young Adult Fiction Finalist
• Nerdy Book Club Award for Best Young Adult Fiction
• Paste Magazine Best Book
• Publishers Weekly starred review
• Booklist starred review
For fans of:
• Jason Reynolds
• Marieke Nijkamp
• NPR’s Serial podcast
Luke and Toby have always had each other’s backs. But then
one choice—or maybe it is a series of choices—sets them
down an irrevocable path. We’ll Fly Away weaves together Luke and Toby’s senior year of high
school with letters Luke writes to Toby later—from death row.
Best friends since childhood, Luke and Toby have dreamed of one thing: getting out of their
dead-end town. Soon they finally will, riding the tails of Luke’s wrestling scholarship, never
looking back. If they don’t drift apart first. If Toby’s abusive dad, or Luke’s unreliable mom,
or anything else their complicated lives throw at them doesn’t get in the way.WE ARE OKAY – NINA LACOUR
REALISTIC FICTION – COMING OF AGE – GRIEF
Awards and Honors:
•Michael L. Printz Award For Excellence In Young
Literature
•Mildred L. Batchelder Awards
You go through life thinking there’s so much you need. . .
. Until you leave with only your phone, your wallet, and a
picture of your mother. Marin hasn’t spoken to anyone
from her old life since the day she left everything
behind. No one knows the truth about those final
weeks. Not even her best friend Mabel. But even
thousands of miles away from the California coast, at
college in New York, Marin still feels the pull of the life
and tragedy she’s tried to outrun. Now, months later, alone in an emptied dorm for
winter break, Marin waits. Mabel is coming to visit and Marin will be forced to face
everything that’s been left unsaid and finally confront the loneliness that has made
a home in her heart.THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL – MAUREEN GOO
HUMOR – ROMANCE – SUMMER STORIES
Awards and Honors
• An NPR Best Book of 2018
• A Boston Globe Best Children's Book of 2018
• A We Need Diverse Books 2018 Must-Read
• A TAYSHAS 2019 Reading List Book
A laugh-out-loud story of love, new friendships, and one
unique food truck.
Clara Shin lives for pranks and disruption. When she
takes one joke too far, her dad sentences her to a
summer working on his food truck, the KoBra, alongside
her uptight classmate Rose Carver. Not the carefree summer Clara had imagined.
But maybe Rose isn't so bad. Maybe the boy named Hamlet (yes, Hamlet) crushing
on her is pretty cute. Maybe Clara actually feels invested in her dad’s business. What
if taking this summer seriously means that Clara has to leave her old self behind?
.MIDNIGHT AT THE ELECTRIC – JODI LYNN
ANDERSON
HISTORICAL FICTION – TIME TRAVEL –
COMING OF AGE
Awards and Honors:
• 6 Starred Reviews – Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, BCCB, School
Library Journal, Shelf Awareness
• New York Public Library Best Book of 2017
An epic tale—told through three unforgettable points of view—and a
masterful exploration of how love, determination, and hope can change
a person's fate.
2065: Adri has been handpicked to live on Mars. But weeks before
launch, she discovers the journal of a girl who lived in her house more
than a hundred years ago and is immediately drawn into the mystery
surrounding her fate.
1934: Amid the fear and uncertainty of the Dust Bowl, Catherine’s family’s situation is growing dire. She
must find the courage to sacrifice everything she loves in order to save the one person she loves most.
1919: In the recovery following World War I, Lenore tries to come to terms with her grief for her
brother, a fallen British soldier, and plans to sail from England to America. But can she make it that far?
While their stories span thousands of miles and multiple generations, Lenore, Catherine, and Adri’s fates
are entwined in ways both heartbreaking and hopeful.THE STRANGE FASCINATIONS OF NOAH
HYPNOTIK – DAVID ARNOLD
MAGICAL REALISM – MALE PROTAG –
FRIENDSHIP
This is Noah Oakman → sixteen, Bowie believer, concise
historian, disillusioned swimmer, son, brother, friend.
Then Noah → gets hypnotized.
Now Noah → sees changes: his mother has a scar on
her face that wasn’t there before; his old dog, who
once walked with a limp, is suddenly lithe; his best
friend, a lifelong DC Comics disciple, now rotates in the
Marvel universe. Subtle behaviors, bits of history, plans
for the future—everything in Noah’s world has been
rewritten. Everything except his Strange Fascinations . . .
This stunning surrealist portrait is a story about all the ways we hurt our friends
without knowing it, and all the ways they stick around to save us.GRACE AND FURY – TRACY BANGHART
FANTASY – ADVENTURE – POLITICAL INTRIGUE
For Fans of:
• Suzanne Young – The Selection
• Dhonielle Clayton – The Belles
• Stephanie Garber – Caraval
• Margaret Atwood – The Handmaids Tale
Serina Tessaro has been groomed her whole life to become a
Grace--someone to stand by the heir to the throne as a
shining, subjugated example of the perfect woman. It's her
chance to secure a better life for her family, and to keep her
headstrong and rebellious younger sister, Nomi, out of trouble.
But when Nomi catches the Heir's eye instead, Serina is the
one who takes the fall for the dangerous secret her sister
has been hiding.
Trapped in a life she never wanted, Nomi has only one option: surrender to her role as a Grace
until she can use her position to save Serina. But this is easier said than done.... A traitor
walks the halls of the palazzo, and deception lurks in every corner.
Meanwhile Serina is running out of time. Imprisoned on an island where she must fight to the
death to survive, surrounded by women stronger than she is, one wrong move could cost her
everything. There is no room for weakness on Mount Ruin, especially weaknesses of the heart.EMERGENCY CONTACT – MARY H.K. CHOI
REALISTIC FICTION - ROMANCE
For fans of:
• Eleanor & Park
• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
• Nicola Yoon
For Penny Lee, high school was a total nonevent. Her friends
were okay, her grades were fine, and while she’d somehow
landed a boyfriend, they never managed to know much about
each other. Now Penny is heading to college in Austin, Texas,
to learn how to become a writer. It’s seventy-nine miles and a
zillion light years away from everything she can’t wait to
leave behind.
Sam’s stuck. Literally, figuratively, emotionally, financially. He
works at a café and sleeps there too, on a mattress on the
floor of an empty storage room upstairs. He knows that this is the god-awful chapter of his
life that will serve as inspiration for when he’s a famous movie director but right this second
the seventeen bucks in his checking account and his dying laptop are really testing him.
When Sam and Penny cross paths it’s less meet-cute and more a collision of unbearable
awkwardness. Still, they swap numbers and stay in touch—via text—and soon become digitally
inseparable, sharing their deepest anxieties and secret dreams without the humiliating
weirdness of having to, you know, see each other.THE LOVE LETTERS OF ABELARD AND LILY –
LAURA CREEDLE
ROMANCE – HUMOR
Perfect for fans of:
• Eleanor and Park
• Marcelo in the Real World.
When Lily Michaels-Ryan ditches her ADHD meds and
lands in detention with Abelard, she’s intrigued—he
seems thirty seconds behind, while she feels thirty
seconds ahead. It doesn't hurt that he’s
brilliant and beautiful.
When Abelard posts a quote from The Letters of
Abelard and Heloise online, their mutual affinity for ancient love letters connects
them. The two fall for each other. Hard. But is it enough to bridge their differences
in person?
This hilarious, heartbreaking story of human connection between two neurodivergent
teens creates characters that will stay with you long after you finish reading.DOWN AND ACROSS – ARVIN AHMADI
HUMOR – COMING OF AGE / SELF DISCOVERY –
FRIENDSHIP
Scott Ferdowsi has a track record of quitting. His best
friends know exactly what they want to do with the
rest of their lives, but Scott can hardly commit to a
breakfast cereal, let alone a passion. With college
applications looming and his parents pushing him to
settle on a “practical” career, Scott sneaks off to
Washington, DC, seeking guidance from a famous
psychologist who claims to know the secret to success.
He never expects an adventure to unfold. But that’s
what Scott gets when he meets a ballsy college
student whose life ambition is to write crossword puzzles. When the bicycle she lends
him gets Scott into a high-speed chase, he knows he’s in for the ride of his life.
Soon, Scott finds himself sneaking into bars, attempting to pick up girls at the
National Zoo, and even giving the crossword thing a try—all while opening his eyes
to fundamental truths about who he is and who he wants to be.THE HISTORY OF JANE DOE – MICHAEL
BELANGER
REALISTIC FICTION – COMING OF AGE - LOVE
History buff Ray knows everything about the peculiar
legends and lore of his rural Connecticut hometown.
Burgerville's past is riddled with green cow sightings
and human groundhogs, but the most interesting thing
about the present is the new girl--we'll call her Jane
Doe.
Inscrutable, cool, and above all mysterious, Jane seems
as determined to hide her past as Ray is to uncover it.
As fascination turns to friendship and then to
something more, Ray is certain he knows Jane's
darkest, most painful secrets and Jane herself--from past to present. But when the
unthinkable happens, Ray is forced to acknowledge that perhaps history can only tell
us so much.SKY IN THE DEEP – ADRIENNE YOUNG EPIC FANTASY – LEGENDS / MYTHS / FABLES Part Wonder Woman, part Vikings—and all heart Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient, rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield—her brother, fighting with the enemy—the brother she watched die five years ago. Faced with her brother's betrayal, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbor is an enemy, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But when the Riki village is raided by a ruthless clan thought to be a legend, Eelyn is even more desperate to get back to her beloved family. She is given no choice but to trust Fiske, her brother’s friend, who sees her as a threat. They must do the impossible: unite the clans to fight together, or risk being slaughtered one by one. Driven by a love for her clan and her growing love for Fiske, Eelyn must confront her own definition of loyalty and family while daring to put her faith in the people she’s spent her life hating.
STRANGE THE DREAMER – LAINI TAYLOR
EPIC FANTASY – MYTHICAL FICTION
Awards and Honors:
• Michael L. Printz Award For Excellence In Young
Literature
• New York Times bestseller
• NPR Best Book
• Goodreads Best YA Fantasy and Science Fiction
The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way
around--and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior
librarian, has always feared that his dream chose
poorly. Since he was five years old, he's been obsessed
with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross
half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the
form of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to
seize his chance or lose his dream forever.
What happened in Weep two hundred years ago to cut it off from the rest of the
world? And who is the blue-skinned goddess who appears in Lazlo's dreams?.SPONTANEOUS – AARON STARMER REALISTIC FICTION – HUMOR – FICTION TO FILM With all the perfectly lovely young adult novels out there, you decided to check this one out? It’s got spontaneously combusting teenagers in it, dude. Not the slow burning type either. We’re talking the randomly exploding variety. Seniors in high school just walking along, heading to class, whistling Beyoncé, when—WA-BAM!— they’re suddenly dripping off the lockers. Is that really something you’re into? Confession: I’m actually kinda into that too. So, now that we’ve established we’re both thoroughly weird and, I assume, thoroughly open-minded, we can give it shot, right? Let’s at least read the opening chapters of this bad-boy and see if it features some of the more intriguing elements such as... • Exploding teenagers (obviously). • Self-driving Priuses. • Hallucinogenic mushrooms. • Rogue FBI agents. • Pyromaniacal boyfriends. • Mad scientists. • Triplet toddlers in powder blue suits. • Homecoming. • Amur leopards and doomsday preppers. • Spring break. • A foul-mouthed female POTUS. • Prom. • Ashtanga yoga. • And … Jennifer Lawrence. • Youtube sensations. Notice how I put Jennifer Lawrence last. She’s in the book, so it’s not cheating. And hey, if it takes America’s most beloved movie star to sell this thing, then that’s what it takes. So, in closing: Jennifer Lawrence.
WILDER – ANDREW SIMONET
REALISTIC FICTION – SCHOOL STORIES -
BULLYING
I met Melissa in the rubber room, a.k.a. in-school suspension. And
that’s not her real name.
She had secrets, I had enemies.
“People are either useful or dangerous,” she said. “One or the other.”
“Which one am I?” I said.
“You’re both.”
Meili was right. (That’s her real name.)
You can solve a lot of problems if you don’t mind getting hurt.
Jason Wilder is in permanent in-school suspension for fighting. Meili
Wen gets there by breaking a girl’s finger. Jason and Meili don’t just
connect; they collide. Two people who would never cross paths—
outsiders from radically different backgrounds—they form an exhiliarating, unpredictable bond. When
circumstances push, they push back. There’s no plan. And there’s no stopping.
"I am so crap. How can you stand being with me? Don’t answer that or I will crash this thing with both
of us on it, swear to god, are you ready?”
Yes. No. Didn’t matter.
I reached both arms around Meili’s waist as we zoomed down the hill.DRY – NEAL SHUSTERMAN
APOCALYPTIC FICTION – DROUGHT -
ADVENTURE
Awards and Honors:
• Starred Reviews: Publishers Weekly, School Library
Journal, Kirkus Reviews
When the California drought escalates to catastrophic
proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death
decisions for her family in this harrowing story of
survival from New York Times bestselling author Neal
Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman.
The drought—or the Tap-Out, as everyone calls it—
has been going on for a while now. Everyone’s lives have
become an endless list of don’ts: don’t water the lawn,
don’t fill up your pool, don’t take long showers.
Until the taps run dry.
Suddenly, Alyssa’s quiet suburban street spirals into a warzone of desperation;
neighbors and families turned against each other on the hunt for water. And when
her parents don’t return and her life—and the life of her brother—is threatened,
Alyssa has to make impossible choices if she’s going to survive.IN HER SKIN – KIM SAVAGE THRILLER – SUSPENSE – CRIME Fifteen-year-old con artist Jo Chastain takes on her biggest heist yet—impersonating a missing girl. Life on the streets of Boston these past few years hasn’t been easy, and she hopes to cash in on a little safety, some security. She finds her opportunity with the Lovecrafts, a wealthy family tied to the unsolved disappearance of Vivienne Weir, who vanished when she was nine. When Jo takes on Vivi’s identity and stages the girl’s miraculous return, the Lovecrafts welcome her with open arms. They give her everything she could want: love, money, and proximity to their intoxicating and unpredictable daughter, Temple. But nothing is as it seems in the Lovecraft household—and some secrets refuse to stay buried. When hidden crimes come to the surface and lines of deception begin to blur, Jo must choose to either hold on to an illusion of safety or escape the danger around her before it’s too late.
AMERICANIZED – SARA SAEDI NONFICTION – IMMIGRANTS – HUMOR Awards and Honors: • Features on NPR’s Fresh Air • NY Public Library’s Best book of the Year • Chicago Public Library Best of the Best book selection • School Library Journal Best Book of the Year • Four Starred Reviews! Perfect for fans of: • Mindy Kaililng • Trevor Noah The hilarious, poignant, and true story of one teen's experience growing up in America as an undocumented immigrant from the Middle East. At thirteen, bright-eyed, straight-A student Sara Saedi uncovered a terrible family secret: she was breaking the law simply by living in the United States. Only two years old when her parents fled Iran, she didn't learn of her undocumented status until her older sister wanted to apply for an after- school job, but couldn't because she didn't have a Social Security number. In development as a television series from Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine production company and ABC Studios!
NYXIA – SCOTT REINTGEN
SCIENCE FICTION – THRILLER – ADVENTURE
For fans of:
• The Maze Runner
• Illuminae
• The 100
What would you be willing to risk for a lifetime of fortune?
Emmett Atwater isn’t just leaving Detroit; he’s leaving
Earth. Why the Babel Corporation recruited him is a mystery,
but the number of zeroes on their contract has him boarding
their lightship and hoping to return to Earth with enough
money to take care of his family.
Forever.
Before long, Emmett discovers that he is one of ten recruits,
all of whom have troubled pasts and are a long way from
home. Now each recruit must earn the right to travel down to the planet of Eden—a planet
that Babel has kept hidden—where they will mine a substance called Nyxia that has quietly
become the most valuable material in the universe.
But Babel’s ship is full of secrets. And Emmett will face the ultimate choice: win the fortune
at any cost, or find a way to fight that won’t forever compromise what it means to be
human.GEEKARELLA – ASHLEY PORTON
ROMANCE – COSPLAY NERDS – MODERN FAIRY
TALES
Geek girl Elle Wittimer lives and breathes Starfield, the
classic sci-fi series she grew up watching with her late
father. So when she sees a cosplay contest for a new
Starfield movie, she has to enter. The prize? An
invitation to the ExcelsiCon Cosplay Ball, and a meet-
and-greet with the actor slated to play Federation
Prince Carmindor in the reboot. With savings from her
gig at the Magic Pumpkin food truck (and her dad’s old
costume), Elle’s determined to win…unless her
stepsisters get there first.
Teen actor Darien Freeman used to live for cons—before he was famous. Now
they’re nothing but autographs and awkward meet-and-greets. Playing Carmindor is
all he’s ever wanted, but the Starfield fandom has written him off as just another
dumb heartthrob. As ExcelsiCon draws near, Darien feels more and more like a fake—
until he meets a girl who shows him otherwise.YOU BRING THE DISTANT NEAR – MITALI
PERKINS
HUMOROUS - INDIAN AMERICANS -
GENERATIONAL
Awards and Honors:
• A 2017 National Book Award Longlist Title
• Six starred reviews
• A School Library Journal's Best Books of 2017
• A New York City Public Library's Notable 50 Best Books for Teens
• South Asia Book Award Winner
Told in alternating teen voices across three
generations, You Bring the Distant Near explores
sisterhood, first loves, friendship, and the inheritance of
culture--for better or worse.
From a grandmother worried that her children are
losing their Indian identity to a daughter wrapped up in a forbidden biracial love
affair to a granddaughter social-activist fighting to preserve Bengali tigers,
award-winning author Mitali Perkins weaves together the threads of a family
growing into an American identity.
Here is a sweeping story of five women at once intimately relatable and yet entirely
new.SWEET BLACK WAVES – KRISTINA PEREZ
FANTASY – MAGIC – STAR CROSSED LOVERS –
RETELLING OF LEGEND
For fans of:
• Kristin Cashore - Graceling
• Jessica Leake - Beyond a Darkened Shore
As best friend and lady-in-waiting to the princess,
Branwen is guided by two principles: devotion to her
homeland and hatred for the raiders who killed her
parents. When she unknowingly saves the life of her
enemy, he awakens her ancient healing magic and opens
her heart. Branwen begins to dream of peace, but the
princess she serves is not so easily convinced. Fighting
for what's right, even as her powers grow, will set Branwen against her best friend
and the only man she's ever loved.
Inspired by the legend of Tristan and Eseult.ANGER IS A GIFT – MARK OSHIRO
REALISTIC FICTION – PANIC DISORDERS –
GRIEF – LGBTQ
Awards and Honors:
• 2019 ALA Schneider Family Book Award Teen Winner
• Buzzfeed's 24 Best YA Books of 2018
• Vulture's 38 Best LGBTQ YA Novels
• Book Riot's Best Books 2018
Moss Jeffries is many things—considerate student, devoted
son, loyal friend and affectionate boyfriend, enthusiastic nerd.
But sometimes Moss still wishes he could be someone else—
someone without panic attacks, someone whose father was
still alive, someone who hadn’t become a rallying point for a
community because of one horrible night.
And most of all, he wishes he didn’t feel so stuck.
Moss can’t even escape at school—he and his friends are subject to the lack of funds and
crumbling infrastructure at West Oakland High, as well as constant intimidation by the
resource officer stationed in their halls. That was even before the new regulations—it seems
sometimes that the students are treated more like criminals. Something will have to
change—but who will listen to a group of teens?
When tensions hit a fever pitch and tragedy strikes again, Moss must face a difficult choice:
give in to fear and hate or realize that anger can actually be a gift.SOULPRINT – MEGAN MIRANDA
ROMANCE – SCIENCE FICTION
Seventeen-year-old Alina Chase has spent her entire
life imprisoned on a secluded island—not for a crime she
committed in this lifetime, but one done by her past
self. Her very soul is like a fingerprint, carried from one
life to the next—and Alina is sick of being guilty.
Aided by three teens with their own ulterior motives,
Alina manages to escape. Although she's not sure she
can trust any of them, she soon finds herself drawn to
Cameron, the most enigmatic and alluring of the trio.
But when she uncovers clues from her past life, secrets
begin to unravel and Alina must figure out whether
she's more than the soul she inherited, or if she's fated to repeat history.SHATTER ME – TAHREH MAFI
DYSTOPIAN – ROMANCE
One touch is all it takes. One touch, and Juliette
Ferrars can leave a fully grown man gasping for air.
One touch, and she can kill.
No one knows why Juliette has such incredible power.
It feels like a curse, a burden that one person alone
could never bear. But The Reestablishment sees it as a
gift, sees her as an opportunity. An opportunity for a
deadly weapon.
Juliette has never fought for herself before. But when
she’s reunited with the one person who ever cared
about her, she finds a strength she never knew she
had.THE STATE OF GRACE – RACHEL LUCAS
HUMOR – COMING OF AGE – SPECIAL NEEDS
Whip-smart, hilarious, and unapologetically honest, a
heartwarming story of one girl trying to work out
where she fits in, and whether she even wants to.
“Sometimes I feel like everyone else was handed a copy
of the rules for life and mine got lost.”
Grace has Asperger's and her own way of looking at
the world. She's got a horse and a best friend who
understand her, and that's pretty much all she needs.
But when Grace kisses Gabe and things start to
change at home, the world doesn't make much sense to
her any more.
Suddenly everything threatens to fall apart, and it's up to Grace to fix it on her
own.THE GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO VICE AND VIRTUE
– MACKENZI LEE
HISTORICAL FICTION – ROMANCE – LGBTQ
For fans of:
• Jane Austen
• Oscar Wilde
• Indiana Jones
• Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Awards and Nominations:
• Kirkus Prize nominee
• Stonewall Honor winner
• 5 starred reviews!
• A New York Times bestseller!
• NPR’s Best Books 2017
• New York Public Library’s Best Books
“Monty” Montague doesn’t care that his roguish passions are
far from suitable for the gentleman he was born to be. But
as Monty embarks on his grand tour of Europe, his quests for pleasure and vice are in danger
of coming to an end. Not only does his father expect him to take over the family’s estate upon
his return, but Monty is also nursing an impossible crush on his best friend and traveling
companion, Percy. So Monty vows to make this yearlong escapade one last hedonistic hurrah
and flirt with Percy from Paris to Rome. But when one of Monty’s reckless decisions turns
their trip abroad into a harrowing manhunt, it calls into question everything he knows,
including his relationship with the boy he adores.THE DIABOLIC – S.J. KINCAID
SCIENCE FICTION – COURTS AND COURTIERS –
ADVENTURE
Soon to be movie! Red Queen meets The Hunger Games
A Diabolic is ruthless. A Diabolic is powerful. A Diabolic has a single
task: Kill in order to protect the person you’ve been created for.
Nemesis is a Diabolic, a humanoid teenager created to protect a
galactic senator’s daughter, Sidonia. The two have grown up side by
side, but are in no way sisters. Nemesis is expected to give her life for
Sidonia, and she would do so gladly. She would also take as many lives
as necessary to keep Sidonia safe.
When the power-mad Emperor learns Sidonia’s father is participating
in a rebellion, he summons Sidonia to the Galactic court. She is to serve
as a hostage. Now, there is only one way for Nemesis to protect
Sidonia. She must become her. Nemesis travels to the court disguised
as Sidonia—a killing machine masquerading in a world of corrupt
politicians and two-faced senators’ children. It’s a nest of vipers with threats on every side, but Nemesis
must keep her true abilities a secret or risk everything.
As the Empire begins to fracture and rebellion looms closer, Nemesis learns there is something more to
her than just deadly force. She finds a humanity truer than what she encounters from most humans.
Amidst all the danger, action, and intrigue, her humanity just might be the thing that saves her life—
and the empire.ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – GREGORY SCOTT
KATSOULIS
DYSTOPIAN – FREEDOM OF SPEECH –
REVOLUTIONS
In a world where every word and gesture is copyrighted,
patented or trademarked, one girl elects to remain silent.
Speth Jime is anxious to deliver her Last Day speech and
celebrate her transition into adulthood. The moment she
turns fifteen, Speth must pay for every word she speaks, for
every nod, for every scream and even every gesture of
affection. She’s been raised to know the consequences of
falling into debt, and can’t begin to imagine the pain of having
her eyes shocked for speaking words that she’s unable to
afford.
But when Speth’s friend Beecher commits suicide rather
than work off his family’s crippling debt, she can’t express her shock and dismay without
breaking her Last Day contract and sending her family into Collection. Rather than read her
speech—rather than say anything at all—she closes her mouth and vows never to speak
again, sparking a movement that threatens to destroy her, her family and the entire city
around them.TRULY DEVIOUS – MAUREEN JOHNSON
MYSTERY – PRIVATE SCHOOLS -
Awards and Honors:
• Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2018
• Junior Library Guild Selection
• 2019 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Nomination
• 2019 ALA's Best Fiction for Young Adults Nomination
Perfect for fans of:
• Agatha Christie
• E. Lockhart.
Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the
brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert
Ellingham, an early twentieth century tycoon, who wanted to make a
wonderful place full of riddles, twisting pathways, and gardens. "A
place," he said, "where learning is a game."
Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter were
kidnapped. The only real clue was a mocking riddle listing methods of
murder, signed with the frightening pseudonym "Truly, Devious." It became one of the great unsolved
crimes of American history.
True-crime aficionado Stevie Bell is set to begin her first year at Ellingham Academy, and she has an
ambitious plan: She will solve this cold case. That is, she will solve the case when she gets a grip on her
demanding new school life and her housemates: the inventor, the novelist, the actor, the artist, and the
jokester. But something strange is happening. Truly Devious makes a surprise return, and death revisits
Ellingham Academy. The past has crawled out of its grave. Someone has gotten away with murder.WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU DEMONS – JENNIFER
HONEYBOURN
HUMOR – PARANORMAL ROMANCE
Some people have school spirit.
Shelby Black has real ones.
Shelby Black has spent the past six months training to
be an exorcist. Her great-uncle Roy—a Catholic priest—
has put her through exorcist boot camp hell, hoping to
develop her talent, but ohmygod, he still doesn’t trust
her to do an exorcism on her own.
High school is hard enough without having to explain
that you fight demons for a living, so Shelby keeps her
extracurricular activity to herself. The last thing she
wants is for her crush, Spencer, to find out what she
does in her off time.
But Shelby knows how to keep a secret—even a big one. Like the fact that her
mom left under mysterious circumstances and it’s all her fault. Shelby is hellbent on
finding her mom, no matter what it costs her—even if what it ends up costing her
is her soul AND a relationship with Spencer.PICTURE US IN THE LIGHT – KELLY LOY
GILBERT
IMMIGRANTS – FAMILY HISTORY – LGBTQ
Danny Cheng has always known his parents have secrets. But
when he discovers a taped-up box in his father's closet filled
with old letters and a file on a powerful Silicon Valley family,
he realizes there's much more to his family's past than he
ever imagined.
Danny has been an artist for as long as he can remember and
it seems his path is set, with a scholarship to RISD and his
family's blessing to pursue the career he's always dreamed of.
Still, contemplating a future without his best friend, Harry
Wong, by his side makes Danny feel a panic he can barely put
into words. Harry and Danny's lives are deeply intertwined and
as they approach the one-year anniversary of a tragedy that
shook their friend group to its core, Danny can't stop asking himself if Harry is truly in love
with his girlfriend, Regina Chan.
When Danny digs deeper into his parents' past, he uncovers a secret that disturbs the
foundations of his family history and the carefully constructed façade his parents have
maintained begins to crumble. With everything he loves in danger of being stripped away,
Danny must face the ghosts of the past in order to build a future that belongs to him.AMERICAN ROAD TRIP – PATRICK FLORES-SCOTT
REALISTIC FICTION – FAMILY – MENTAL
ILLNESS
For Fans of -Laurie Halse Anderson’s The Impossible
Knife of Memory
A heartwrenching YA coming of age story about three
siblings on a roadtrip in search of healing.
With a strong family, the best friend a guy could ask for,
and a budding romance with the girl of his dreams, life
shows promise for Teodoro “T” Avila. But he takes
some hard hits the summer before senior year when his
nearly perfect brother, Manny, returns from a tour in
Iraq with a devastating case of PTSD. In a desperate
effort to save Manny from himself and pull their family back together, T’s fiery
sister, Xochitl, hoodwinks her brothers into a cathartic road trip.INK IRON AND GLASS – GWENDOLYN CLARE
FANTASY – STEAMPUNK/ALTERNATE HISTORY –
POLITICAL CONSPIRACY
Can she write a world gone wrong?
A certain pen, a certain book, and a certain person can
craft entirely new worlds through a branch of science
called scriptology. Elsa comes from one such world that
was written into creation, where her mother—a noted
scriptologist—constantly alters and expands their
reality.
But when her home is attacked and her mother
kidnapped, Elsa is forced to cross into the real world
and use her own scriptology gifts to find her. In an
alternative Victorian Italy, Elsa finds a secret society of young scientists with a gift
for mechanics, alchemy, or scriptology—and meets Leo, a gorgeous mechanist with a
smart mouth and tragic past. She recruits the help of these fellow geniuses just as
an assassin arrives on their doorstep.FRESHMEN – TOM ELLEN & LUCY IVISON HUMOR – REALISTIC FICTION – SCHOOL STORY For fans of: • Emergency Contact • Broad City • The Bold Type Getting in is just the beginning. Phoebe can't wait to get to college. On her own, discovering new things, no curfew . . . she'll be free. And she'll be totally different: cooler, prettier, smarter . . . the perfect potential girlfriend. Convenient: the only person from her high school also going to York is her longtime crush, Luke. Luke didn't set out to redefine himself, but as soon as he arrives on campus, he finds himself dumping his long-term long-distance girlfriend. And the changes don't stop there. In fact, being on a soccer team is the only thing that stays the same. Just when things start looking up (and Phoebe and Luke start hooking up), drama looms on the horizon. Rumors swirl about the Wall of Shame, a secret text chain run by Luke's soccer team, filled with compromising photos of girls. As the women on campus determine to expose the team and shut down the account, Luke and Phoebe find themselves grappling with confusing feelings and wondering how they'll ever make it through freshman year.
THE SUMMER OF BROKEN THINGS – MARGARET
PETERSON HADDIX
FRIENDSHIP – FAMILY SECRETS
Fourteen-year-old Avery Armisted is athletic, rich, and
pretty. Sixteen-year-old Kayla Butts is known as “butt-
girl” at school. The two girls were friends as little kids,
but that’s ancient history now. So it’s a huge surprise
when Avery’s father offers to bring Kayla along on a
summer trip to Spain. Avery is horrified that her
father thinks he can choose her friends—and make her
miss soccer camp. Kayla struggles just to imagine
leaving the confines of her small town.
But in Spain, the two uncover a secret their families
had hidden from both of them their entire lives. Maybe the girls can put aside their
differences and work through it together. Or maybe the lies and betrayal will only
push them—and their families—farther apart.MORE THAN WE CAN TELL – BRIGID KEMMERER
REALISTIC FICTION – ADOPTION –
CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
For fans of:
• A Boy Called It by Dave Pelzer
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
With loving adoptive parents by his side, Rev Fletcher
has managed to keep the demons of his past at bay. . .
until he gets a letter from his abusive father and the
trauma of his childhood comes hurtling back.
Emma Blue's parents are constantly fighting, and her
only escape is the computer game she built from
scratch. But when a cruel online troll's harassment
escalates, she not only loses confidence but starts to
fear for her safety.
When Rev and Emma meet, they're both longing to lift the burden of their secrets.
They connect instantly and deeply, promising to help each other no matter what.
But soon Rev and Emma's secrets threaten to crush them, and they'll need more
than a promise to find their way out.A BLADE SO BLACK – L.L. MCKINNEY URBAN FANTASY – ZOMBIES – CLASSIC RETELLING – ROMANCE The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills. Yet even warriors have a curfew. Life in real-world Atlanta isn't always so simple, as Alice juggles an overprotective mom, a high-maintenance best friend, and a slipping GPA. Keeping the Nightmares at bay is turning into a full-time job. But when Alice's handsome and mysterious mentor is poisoned, she has to find the antidote by venturing deeper into Wonderland than she’s ever gone before. And she'll need to use everything she's learned in both worlds to keep from losing her head . . . literally.
THIS STORY IS A LIE – TOM POLLOCK THRILLER – MENTAL ILLNESS For fans of: • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time • John le Carré About a teen math prodigy with an extreme anxiety disorder who finds himself caught in a web of lies and conspiracies after an assassination attempt on his mother. Seventeen-year-old Peter Blankman is a math genius. He also suffers from devastating panic attacks. Pete gets through each day with the help of his mother—a famous scientist—and his beloved twin sister, Bel. But when his mom is nearly assassinated in front of his eyes and Bel disappears, Pete finds himself on the run. Dragged into a world where state and family secrets intertwine, Pete must use his extraordinary analytical skills to find his missing sister and track down the people who attacked his mother. But his greatest battle will be with the enemy inside: the constant terror that threatens to overwhelm him.
MUN MUN – JESSE ANDREWS
DYSTOPIA – WEALTH – HUMOR
In an alternate reality a lot like our world, every person’s
physical size is directly proportional to their wealth. The
poorest of the poor are the size of rats, and billionaires are
the size of skyscrapers.
Warner and his sister Prayer are destitute—and tiny. Their
size is not just demeaning, but dangerous: day and night they
face mortal dangers that bigger richer people don’t ever
have to think about, from being mauled by cats to their
house getting stepped on. There are no cars or phones built
small enough for them, or schools or hospitals, for that
matter—there’s no point, when no one that little has any
purchasing power, and when salaried doctors and teachers
would never fit in buildings so small. Warner and Prayer know
their only hope is to scale up, but how can two littlepoors survive in a world built against
them?
A brilliant, warm, funny trip, unlike anything else out there, and a social novel for our time in
the tradition of 1984 or Invisible Man. Inequality is made intensely visceral by an adventure
and tragedy both hilarious and heartbreaking.THE HOUSE OF ONE THOUSAND EYES – MICHELLE
BARKER
HISTORICAL FICTION – COMMUNISM –
ORPHANS
Who can Lena trust to help her find out the truth?
Life in East Germany in the early 1980s is not easy for most
people, but for Lena, it’s particularly hard. After the death
of her parents in a factory explosion and time spent in a
psychiatric hospital recovering from the trauma, she is sent
to live with her stern aunt, a devoted member of the ruling
Communist Party. Visits with her beloved Uncle Erich, a best-
selling author, are her only respite.
One night, her uncle disappears without a trace. Gone also
are all his belongings, his books, and even his birth records.
Lena is desperate to know what happened to him, but it’s as
if he never existed. The worst thing, however, is that she cannot discuss her uncle or her
attempts to find him with anyone, not even her best friends. There are government spies
everywhere. But Lena is unafraid and refuses to give up her search, regardless of the
consequences.
This searing novel about defiance, courage, and determination takes readers into the chilling
world of a society ruled by autocratic despots, where nothing is what it seems.A QUIET KIND OF THUNDER – SARA BARNARD
ROMANCE – DISABILITIES
Perfect for fans of:
• Morgan Matson
• Jandy Nelson.
• John Green - Turtles All the Way Down
A girl who can’t speak and a boy who can’t hear go on a journey of
self-discovery and find support with each other in this gripping,
emotionally resonant novel.
Steffi doesn’t talk, but she has so much to say.
Rhys can’t hear, but he can listen.
Steffi has been a selective mute for most of her life. The condition’s
name has always felt ironic to her, because she certainly does not
“select” not to speak. In fact, she would give anything to be able to
speak as easily and often as everyone around her can. She suffers
from crippling anxiety, and uncontrollably, in most situations simply
can’t open her mouth to get out the words.
Steffi’s been silent for so long that she feels completely invisible. But Rhys, the new boy at school, sees
her. He’s deaf, and her knowledge of basic sign language means that she’s assigned to help him acclimate.
To Rhys, it doesn’t matter that Steffi doesn’t talk. As they find ways to communicate, Steffi discovers
that she does have a voice, and that she’s falling in love with the one person who makes her feel brave
enough to use it. But as she starts to overcome a lifelong challenge, she’ll soon confront questions about
the nature of her own identity and the very essence of what it is to know another person.IN OTHER LANDS – SARA REES BRENNAN FANTASY – COMING OF AGE For fans of: • Maggie Stiefvater – Raven Cycle • Terry Pratchett • William Goldman – The Princess Bride • For Harry Potter graduates, ready to move into the adult world Despite his aversion to war, work, and most people (human or otherwise), teenaged Elliott, a human transported to a fantasy world where he attends a school for warriors and diplomatic advisers, finds that two unlikely ideas, friendship and world peace, may actually be possbile. The Borderlands aren’t like anywhere else. Don’t try to smuggle a phone or any other piece of technology over the wall that marks the Border — unless you enjoy a fireworks display in your backpack. (Ballpoint pens are okay.) There are elves, harpies, and — best of all as far as Elliot is concerned — mermaids. It’s a novel about surviving four years in the most unusual of schools, about friendship, falling in love, diplomacy, and finding your own place in the world — even if it means giving up your phone.
THE APOCALYPSE OF ELENA MENDOZA – SHAUD DAVID HUTCHINSON FANTASY – APOCALYPTIC FICTION – HUMOR Sixteen-year-old Elena Mendoza is the product of a virgin birth. This can be scientifically explained (it’s called parthenogenesis), but what can’t be explained is how Elena is able to heal Freddie, the girl she’s had a crush on for years, from a gunshot wound in a Starbucks parking lot. Or why the boy who shot Freddie, David Combs, disappeared from the same parking lot minutes later after getting sucked up into the clouds. Other things that can’t be explained are the talking girl on the front of a tampon box, or the reasons that David Combs shot Freddie in the first place. As more unbelievable things occur, and Elena continues to perform miracles, the only remaining explanation is the least logical of all—that the world is actually coming to an end, and Elena is possibly the only one who can do something about it.
DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY – ADIB
KHORRAM
REALISTIC FICTION – IRANIAN AMERICAN -
HUMOR
Awards and Honors
• Winner of the William C. Morris Debut Award
For fans of:
• Adam Silvera
• John Corey Whaley
Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran.
Hilarious and heartbreaking, this unforgettable debut introduces a
brilliant new voice in contemporary YA.
Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more
about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. He’s a Fractional
Persian—half, his mom’s side—and his first-ever trip to Iran is
about to change his life.
Darius has never really fit in at home, and he’s sure things are going to be the same in Iran. His clinical
depression doesn’t exactly help matters, and trying to explain his medication to his grandparents only
makes things harder. Then Darius meets Sohrab, the boy next door, and everything changes. Soon, they’re
spending their days together, playing soccer, eating faludeh, and talking for hours on a secret rooftop
overlooking the city’s skyline. Sohrab calls him Darioush—the original Persian version of his name—and
Darius has never felt more like himself than he does now that he’s Darioush to Sohrab.GENUINE FRAUD – E. LOCKHART THRILLER – MYSTERY – FICTION TO FILM Imogen is a runaway heiress, an orphan, a cook, and a cheat. Jule is a fighter, a social chameleon, and an athlete. An intense friendship. A disappearance. A murder, or maybe two. A bad romance, or maybe three. Blunt objects, disguises, blood, and chocolate. The American dream, superheroes, spies, and villains. A girl who refuses to give people what they want from her. A girl who refuses to be the person she once was.
DEAR READER – MARY O’CONNELL ADVENTURE – CLASSIC REIMAGINED – COMING OF AGE Gilmore Girls meets Wuthering Heights, a modern-day take on Emily Brontë’s classic novel. For seventeen-year-old Flannery Fields, the only respite from the plaid-skirted mean girls at Sacred Heart High School is her beloved teacher Miss Sweeney’s AP English class. But when Miss Sweeney doesn't show up to teach Flannery's favorite book, Wuthering Heights, leaving behind her purse, Flannery knows something is wrong. The police are called, and Flannery gives them everything—except Miss Sweeney's copy of Wuthering Heights. This she holds onto. And good thing she does, because when she opens it, it has somehow transformed into Miss Sweeney's real-time diary. It seems Miss Sweeney is in New York City—and she's in trouble. So Flannery does something very unFlannery-like: she skips school and sets out for Manhattan, with the book as her guide.
DENTON LITTLE’S DEATHDATE – LANCE RUBIN
HUMOR – DEATH – MALE PROTAG.
Get ready to die laughing: this is an outrageously funny
ride through the last hours of a teenager’s life as he
searches for love, meaning, answers, and (just maybe) a
way to live on.
In a world exactly like our own except that everyone
knows the day on which they will die. For Denton, that’s
in just two days—the day of his senior prom. Despite
his early deathdate, Denton has always wanted to live
a normal life, but his final days are filled with dramatic
firsts. First hangover. First sex. First love triangle—
as the first sex seems to have happened not with his
adoring girlfriend, but with his best friend’s hostile
sister. (Though he’s not totally sure—see, first hangover.) His anxiety builds when
he discovers a strange purple rash making its way up his body. Is this what will kill
him? And then a strange man shows up at his funeral, claiming to have known
Denton’s long-deceased mother, and warning him to beware of suspicious government
characters. . . . Suddenly Denton’s life is filled with mysterious questions and precious
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