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Out of Control

Sarah Alderson - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover

A girl looking to escape her past in New York City ends up on the run from a dangerous conspiracy in this sizzling, high-stakes novel.When seventeen-year-old Liva came to New York City, all she wanted was to escape the painful memories of her past and finally find a fresh start. Her hopes...
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The Leaving

Tara Altebrando - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book

Eleven years ago, six kindergartners went missing without a trace. After all that time, the people left behind moved on, or tried to. Until today. Today five of those kids return. They're sixteen, and they are . . . fine. Scarlett comes home and finds a mom she barely recognizes,...
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The Detour

S. A. Bodeen - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

Livvy Flynn is a big deal - she's a New York Times-bestselling author whose YA fiction has sold all over the world. She's rich, she's famous, she's gorgeous, and she's full of herself. When she's invited to an A-list writer's conference, she decides to accept...
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No Such Person

Caroline B. Cooney - Delacorte Press
Format: Print book

From the author of the multimillion-copy bestseller The Face on the Milk Carton, comes a new riveting page-turner.Murder. One of the Allerdon sisters has been charged with a pre-meditated killing and taken to jail. It doesn't seem possible--but it's happening. What was supposed to be a typical...
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The Rules for Disappearing

Ashley Elston - Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

She's been six different people in six different places: Madeline in Ohio, Isabelle in Missouri, Olivia in Kentucky . . . But now that she's been transplanted to rural Louisiana, she has decided that this fake identity will be her last. Witness Protection has taken nearly everything...
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Dangerous Lies

Becca Fitzpatrick - Simon & Schuster BFYR
Format: Print book

A teen is forced to make a fresh start after witnessing a violent crime - but love and danger find her anyway in this novel from Becca Fitzpatrick, the New York Times bestselling author of the Hush, Hush saga.Stella Gordon's life is a lie. She does not belong in Thunder Basin, Nebraska....
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The Cipher

John C. Ford - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"Ford's The Cipher is a thrill-a-minute ride. A very cool read."--David Baldacci You think your emails are private?Your credit card number is secure?That stock trades, government secrets, and nuclear codes are safe?...th1nk aga1n.Robert "Smiles" Smylie is not a genius....
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Conversion

Katherine Howe - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane comes a chilling mystery - Prep meets The Crucible. It's senior year at St. Joan's Academy, and school is a pressure cooker. College applications, the battle for valedictorian, deciphering boys'...
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There Will Be Lies

Nick Lake - Bloomsbury Usa
Format: Book

In four hours, Shelby Jane Cooper will be struck by a car.Shortly after, she and her mother will leave the hospital and set out on a winding journey toward the Grand Canyon.All Shelby knows is that they're running from dangers only her mother understands. And the further they travel, the more...
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When

Victoria Laurie - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

Maddie Fynn is a shy high school junior, cursed with an eerie intuitive ability: she sees a series of unique digits hovering above the foreheads of each person she encounters. Her earliest memories are marked by these numbers, but it takes her father's premature death for Maddie and her family...
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Now You See Her

LISA LEIGHTON - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

A fast-paced and thrilling mystery, Now You See Her is a contemporary YA novel about a high school girl who switches bodies with her tennis rival after an accident - and must now unravel the secrets of their impossible connection.AMELIA has always felt like happiness is a serve she can't...
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Genuine Fraud

E LOCKHART - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!From the author of We Were Liars, which John Green called "utterly unforgettable," comes a masterful new psychological suspense novel - the story of a young woman whose diabolical smarts are her ticket into a charmed life. But how many...
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One of Us Is Lying

Karen M. McManus - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

Pay close attention and you might solve this. On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule. Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess. Nate, the criminal, is already on probation...
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Two Can Keep a Secret

Karen M. McManus - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

"When it comes to YA suspense, Karen M. McManus is in a league of her own. Fresh off her best-selling breakout One of Us Is Lying . . . the author has returned with a juicy second novel. It's even better than what came before." --EWThe New York Times bestselling...
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Kiss Kill Vanish

Jessica Martinez - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

Love. Betrayal. Murder.Valentina is living a charmed, glittering life in Miami - falling in love for the first time, showered with gifts and affection by her father, surrounded by friends - when one shocking moment shatters everything she thought she knew about herself, her boyfriend, and her world....
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Surrounded By Sharks

Michael Northrop - Scholastic, Incorporated
Format: Hardcover

A thrilling survival story from Michael Northrop, the acclaimed author of Trapped. He couldn't sleep. That's how it all started. When Davey wakes, just as the sun is rising, he can't wait to slip out of the crammed hotel room he's sharing with his family. Leave it to his parents...
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Pretending to Be Erica

Michelle Painchaud - Viking
Format: Print book

We Were Liars meets Heist Society in a riveting debut!Seventeen-year-old Violet's entire life has revolved around one thing: becoming Erica Silverman, an heiress kidnapped at age five and never seen again. Violet's father, the best con man in Las Vegas, has a plan, chilling...
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Never Missing, Never Found

Amanda Panitch - Random House
Format: Print book

A juicy thriller about a girl who returned from the missing. . . . Hand to fans of We Were Liars, Bone Gap, and Vanishing Girls. Some choices change everything. Scarlett chose to run. And the consequences will be deadly. Stolen from her family as a young girl, Scarlett...
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Uncaged

John Sandford - Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Format: Print book

A New York Times bestseller! John Sandford and Michele Cook debut a high-octane thriller series about a ruthless corporation, unspeakable experiments, and a fight to expose the truth. Perfect for fans of James Dashner's The Maze Runner. Shay Remby arrives in Hollywood with $58 and a handmade...
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Pretty Fierce

Kieran Scott - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Print book

An action-packed, edge-of-your-seat novel about a teen who, when backed into a corner, fights back, from the author of What Waits in the WoodsKaia has been on the run her whole life. The daughter of professional assassins, she knows danger-and she'll do anything to survive. After her parents...
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Fire & Flood

Victoria Scott - Scholastic Press, 2014.
Format: Print book

What would you do to save someone you love?Time is slipping away. . . .Tella Holloway is losing it. Her brother is sick, and when a dozen doctors can't determine what's wrong, her parents decide to move to the middle of nowhere for the fresh air. She's lost her friends, her parents...
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Disappeared

Francisco X Stork - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover

Four Months Ago Sara Zapata's best friend disappeared, kidnapped by the web of criminals who terrorize Juarez.Four Hours Ago Sara received a death threat -- and with it, a clue to the place where her friend is locked away.Four Weeks Ago Emiliano Zapata fell in love with Perla Rubi, who will...
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Sadie

COURTNEY SUMMERS - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller! An Edgar Award Winner! A BOOKLIST Top 10 YA Book for Adult Readers One of the Best YA Novels of 2018 by Publishers WeeklyOne of B&N Teen Blog's Best YA Books of 2018Bustle's Best Young Adult Books of 2018Good Morning America's...
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Bad Call

Stephen Wallenfels - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

It was supposed to be epic. During a late-night poker game, tennis teammates Colin, Ceo, Grahame, and Rhody make a pact to go on a camping trip in Yosemite National Park. And poker vows can't be broken. So the first sign that they should ditch the plan is when Rhody backs...
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Code Name Verity

Elizabeth Wein - Hyperion
Format: Print book

Oct. 11th, 1943-A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun.When "Verity" is arrested by the Gestapo, she's sure she doesn't stand...
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The Cheerleaders

Kara Thomas - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

"A little bit Riverdale and a little bit Veronica Mars, The Cheerleaders is a twisty page-turner that will have you doubting every character you meet--and everything you think you know." --Riley Sager, bestselling author of Final GirlsFrom the author...
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Lies I Told

Michelle Zink - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Grace Fontaine has everything: beauty, money, confidence, and the perfect family. But it's all a lie.Grace has been adopted into a family of thieves who con affluent people out of money, jewelry, art, and anything else of value. Grace has never had any difficulty pulling off a job,...
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