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The Lost Souls of Benzaiten

Kelly Murashige - Soho Teen
Format: Hardcover

This heartfelt and quirky young adult fantasy debut follows a young outcast on a journey of transformation . . . into a robot vacuum cleaner.. A fresh twist on Japanese mythology that doubles as a deep, honest dive into mental health.. "I wish to become one of those round vacuum cleaner...
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Death at Morning House

Maureen Johnson - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Praise for NINE LIARS: "The exploration of the importance of friendship adds emotional vulnerability to this book, which has a well-developed sense of place and features the series signature humor and layered mystery elements. Immersive and genre-savvy." Kirkus Reviews(starred...
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Here I Am

Shaunta Grimes - AW Teen
Format: Hardcover

An honest, uplifting story about learning to live in the body you're born with.. When seventeen-year-old Marcella Boucher asks Lou Duncan to her high school's "reverse prom" she expects a few snickers. After all, no one else knows that outside school the star football...
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I Will Never Leave You

Kara A. Kennedy - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

This emotional debut thriller follows a teen girl being haunted by the ghost of her toxic ex-girlfriend, who gives her a chilling ultimatum - help her possess another girl or go down for her murder.. "A blistering exploration of the ugliest and tenderest parts of love, Kennedy turns...
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Trespass Against Us

Leon Kemp - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Ace of Spades and The Taking of Jake Livingston, this young adult horror debut follows a group of teens as they visit an abandoned reform school - and then return two years later to confront the supernatural evil they awoke there. Two years ago, four friends went into...
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Unbecoming

Seema Yasmin - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Two Muslim teens in Texas fight for access to abortion while one harbors a painful secret in this funny and heartfelt near-future speculative novel perfect for fans of Unpregnant.. In a not-too-distant America, abortions are prosecuted and the right to choose is no longer an option. But best...
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The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé - Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover

13 SCARY STORIES. 13 AUTHORS OF COLOR. 13 TIMES WE SURVIVED... THE FIRST KILL.. The White Guy Dies First includes thirteen scary stories by all-star contributors and this time, the white guy dies first. . Killer clowns, a hungry hedge maze, and rich kids who got bored. Friendly cannibals,...
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Such Charming Liars

Karen M. McManus - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

The newest mystery from the author One of Us Is Lying, the Queen of thrillers, Karen M. McManus! When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final job, the heist gets deadly and dangerously personal.. For all of Kat's life, it's just been her and her mother, Jamie - except for the forty-eight...
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The Second Chance of Darius Logan

David F. Walker - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Eisner award-winning author David F. Walker explodes onto the YA literary scene with a remarkable story about justice and second chances and all the ways we can make our own world in the image of our dreams.Darius Logan is far from a hero. Since his parents were killed, he has spent most...
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Sleep Like Death

Kalynn Bayron - Bloomsbury YA
Format: Hardcover

Cinderella is dead, but Snow White fights on . . .. New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron makes her highly anticipated return to the realm of fairy tales with this thrilling twist on the classic story of Snow White.. Princess Eve was raised with one purpose: to destroy the Knight....
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Rise

Freya Finch - Disney Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

The action and adventure of Percy Jackson meets the complex heroines of The Cruel Prince as a family of valkyries fight to stop Ragnarok.. For seventeen-year-old Bryn, being the youngest, messiest, most rebellious sister in a family of valkyries isn't easy. Especially considering home...
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Break to You

Neal Shusterman - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author of Scythe and Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman, here with coauthors Debra Young and Michelle Knowlden, tells an intense yet tender story of two teens, trapped in impossible circumstances and unjust systems, willing to risk everything for love - no matter the consequences....
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We Shall Be Monsters

Tara Sim - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover

Frankenstein meets Indian mythology in this twisty, darkly atmospheric fantasy where the real horrors are not the monsters you face, but the ones you create.. "One of the most unique and intelligent books I've read. . . Alluring, completely enthralling, and masterfully rendered."...
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49 Miles Alone

Natalie D. Richards - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of Five Total Strangers and Seven Dirty Secrets, a tense new thriller!Four days alone in the desert. Except they're not as alone as they think.A year ago, Katie and her cousin Aster survived a night that left their world and easy friendship...
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Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orisha, 3)

Tomi Adeyemi - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Featuring gorgeous spray-painted and stenciled edges, dazzling metallic foil designs on the jacket and case, and an exclusive endpaper map that reveals new unexplored territories, Tomi Adeyemi's #1 New York Times-bestselling Legacy of Orïsha series comes to an earth-shaking conclusion.New...
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Grief in the Fourth Dimension: A Novel

Jennifer Yu - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover

Jennifer Yu's Grief in the Fourth Dimension is a moving and unique speculative YA novel about the afterlife and the unexpected connections that can be made in death. In life, high school classmates Caroline Davison and Kenny Zhou existed in separate universes - Caroline in one of softball...
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Six of Sorrow

Amanda Linsmeier - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

Sixteen years ago, six girls were born on the same day - and now, on their birthday, one of them is missing. From the author of Starlings comes a story about small-towns, friendships, and the terrifying things your parents don't tell you, that's perfect for fans of Yellowjackets.....
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Dead Girls Talking

Megan Cooley Peterson - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

The town of Wolf Ridge calls him The Smiley Face Killer. Bettina Holland calls him her father.. Everyone knows Bettina's father was the one who murdered her mother a decade ago. It's the subject of podcasts, murder tours, and even a highly anticipated docuseries. But after growing...
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Not About a Boy

Myah Hollis - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

"This debut is a gritty teen drama full of mature themes that unfurl in compassionate ways and will resonate with many readers...Heartbreaking and powerful." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Euphoria meets Girl in Pieces in this coming-of-age story of a girl trying to put a grief-stricken...
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Girls Like Her

Melanie Sumrow - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover

A raw, gripping, authentic, and boldly original novel about a fifteen-year-old Texas girl set to stand trial for murder - and the one person who might be able to help her clear her name.A wealthy businessman is dead, and fifteen-year-old Ruby Monroe is in a Dallas jail awaiting trial for his murder....
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Girls Who Burn

MK Pagano - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover

Jessica Goodman meets Jesse Q. Sutanto in this twisty enemies-to-lovers thriller, full of secrets, privilege, and murder.. Eighteen-year-old Addie Blackwood regrets nothing more than one horrible, mistake-filled night last summer. Hours after she hurled the worst words she could think of at her sister,...
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A Magic Fierce and Bright

Hemant Nayak - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A young technomancer teams up with a handsome thief to save her sister in this propulsive, magic-filled young adult fantasy that is perfect for fans of Gearbreakers and Iron Widow.. Adya wants nothing more than to be left alone. Content to be loyal to no one but herself in the isolated...
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The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

Josh Galarza - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Mark Oshiro and Adam Silvera comes a fiercely funny and hopeful story of one boy's attempts to keep everything under control while life has other plans.. Ever since cancer invaded his adoptive mother's life, Brett feels like he's losing everything, most of all control....
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The Grandest Game (Volume 1) (The Grandest Game, 1)

Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Get ready for a new series that brings readers deeper into the lush, romantic, and puzzle-filled world of the #1 bestselling Inheritance Games series (over 3 million copies sold!) , set a year after we last saw Avery and the Hawthornes.. Seven tickets. An island of dreams. The chance of a lifetime.....
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So Witches We Became

Jill Baguchinsky - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A queer, feminist spin on Stephen King's The Mist, this ode to female-rage is a perfect pick for fans of She Is a Haunting, and a reminder that if "boys will be boys", girls will fight back. For high school senior Nell and her friends, a vacation house on a private Florida...
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Heiress Takes All

Emily Wibberley - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The Inheritance Games meets Ocean's 11 in this thrilling YA adventure about a vengeful daughter determined to pull off the perfect heist in the midst of her father's wedding.. Seventeen-year-old Olivia Owens isn't thrilled that her dad's getting remarried...again. She's...
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If You Can't Take the Heat

Michael Ruhlman - Penguin Workshop
Format: Hardcover

From James Beard award-winning author Michael Ruhlman, a coming-of-age story about finding a new life and love in the kitchen ... and trying not to get burned along the way.. When high school football star Theo Claverback breaks his leg just weeks after a devastating break-up, he's...
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Stepping Off

Jordan Sonnenblick - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Jesse Dienstag's favorite sweatshirt says, "The real world isn't real." That's the slogan of the vacation-home community in Pennsylvania where his family has always spent every vacation and weekend for as long as he can remember. In the summer of 2019, as Jesse is about...
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With Love, Miss Americanah

Jane Igharo - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

With Love, Miss Americanah -- the Young Adult contemporary romance debut from Jane Igharo -- sees a teenager move from Nigeria to America and navigate her senior year with the help of classic teen movies and a new crush, all while working through grief and the rigid expectations of her mother.....
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One Killer Problem

Justine Pucella Winans - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

A darkly funny and thoroughly queer mystery thriller with a touch of camp, for fans of Kara Thomas and Kit Frick by way of Only Murders in the Building.When Gianna "Gigi" Ricci lands in detention again, she doesn't expect the glorified study hall to be her alibi.But when she and her friends...
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Four Eids and a Funeral

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

Ex-best friends, Tiwa and Said, must work together to save their Islamic Center from demolition, in this romantic story of rekindling and rebuilding by award-winning authors Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé & Adiba Jaigirdar! These days, Said Hossain spends most of his time away at boarding...
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Better Must Come

Desmond Hall - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Hardcover

Barely Missing Everything meets American Street in this fiercely evocative, action-packed young adult thriller that looks at the darker side of light-filled Jamaica and how a tragedy and missing drug money helplessly entangles the lives of two teens who want to change their fate. Deja is a "barrel...
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Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet: A Novel

Molly Morris - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

Every ten years in the strange little town of Lennon, California, one person is chosen to return from the dead ... . Wilson Moss entered the town's top-secret contest in the hopes of resurrecting her ex-best friend Annie LeBlanc, but that doesn't mean she thought she'd actually...
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Now, Conjurers

Freddie Kölsch - Union Square & Co.
Format: Hardcover

Following the murder of their leader and friend, a tight-knit coven of queer teens takes on a wish-granting demon lurking in their town, weaving together murder mystery with the occult in this YA horror novel perfect for fans of V. E. Schwab and Leigh Bardugo books. . NOW PAY ATTENTION,...
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Where Wolves Don't Die

Anton Treuer - Levine Querido
Format: Hardcover

Ezra Cloud hates living in Northeast Minneapolis. His father is a professor of their language, Ojibwe, at a local college, so they have to be there. But Ezra hates the dirty, polluted snow around them. He hates being away from the rez at Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation. And he hates...
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Louder Than Words

Ashley Woodfolk - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

This amazing collaboration brings together two inspirational Black artists, NYT bestselling author Ashley Woodfolk and actress Lexi Underwood, for a story about the transformative power of art as protest and its capacity to change the world.When Jordyn Jones transfers to Edgewood High,...
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Of Jade and Dragons

Amber Chen - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Mulan meets Iron Widow in this thrilling silkpunk fantasy about a girl who must disguise herself as a boy and enter the famed and dangerous Engineer's Guild trials to unravel the mystery of her father's murder.. Eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying dreams of becoming a world-class engineer...
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Moonstorm

Yoon Ha Lee - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

In a society where conformity is valued above all else, a teen girl training to become an Imperial pilot is forced to return to her rebel roots to save her world in this adrenaline-fueled sci-fi adventure - perfect for fans of Iron Widow and Skyward!. Hwa Young was just ten years old when...
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Lockjaw

Matteo L. Cerilli - Tundra Books
Format: Hardcover

Death is neither the beginning nor the end for the children of Bridlington in this debut trans YA horror book for fans of Rory Power and Danielle Vega.. Chuck Warren died tragically at the old abandoned mill, but Paz Espino knows it was no accident - there's a monster under the town,...
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Have You Seen This Girl

Nita Tyndall - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Courtney Summers and Tess Sharpe will devour this standalone YA thriller following a nonbinary teen investigating a series of copycat murders targeting girls in their small town - murders based on their serial killer dad's MO.Another girl has gone missing in Cardinal Creek.Sid...
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Malicia

Steven dos Santos - Page Street YA
Format: Hardcover

Four friends, three days, two lovers, and one very haunted theme park. On a stormy Halloween weekend, Ray enlists his best friends Joaquin, Sofia, and Isabella to help him make a documentary of Malicia, the abandoned theme park off the coast of the Dominican Republic where his mother and brother...
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Spilled Ink

Nadia Hashimi - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover

In this insightful and affecting YA novel by well-loved author of books for adults and middle graders Nadia Hashimi, an Afghan American teenager's small town is thrown into controversy and violence when her brother, taking a stand against hatred, plays a prank that some think went too far ... When...
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Of Jade and Dragons

Amber Chen - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Mulan meets Iron Widow in this thrilling silkpunk fantasy about a girl who must disguise herself as a boy and enter the famed and dangerous Engineer's Guild trials to unravel the mystery of her father's murder.. Eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying dreams of becoming a world-class engineer...
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Seasick

Kristin Cast - Listening Library
Format: Hardcover

There's a killer on board a luxury yacht, and two former friends must team up to figure out which of their privileged classmates has a penchant for murder before they become victims themselves. Don't miss out on this gripping thriller from New York Times bestselling authors Kristin...
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The Black Girl Survives in This One: Horror Stories

Desiree S. Evans - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

A YA anthology of horror stories centering Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, and who survive to the end . Be warned, dear reader: The Black girls survive in this one.Celebrating a new generation of bestselling and acclaimed Black writers, The Black Girl Survives...
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Rules for Camouflage

Kirstin Cronn-Mills - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Atypical meets Every Last Word in this relatable and heartfelt coming of age story about a neurodivergent teen navigating school, friendships and first love. Evvie Chambers is doing her best to skate through the last month of high school to graduation. The only thing standing in her way is a biology...
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Kill Her Twice

Stacey Lee - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Downstairs Girl comes a YA murder mystery noir set in 1930s Los Angeles's Chinatown.. "A captivating and crackling noir full of suspenseful twists. Readers will fall in love with the Chow sisters and their quest for the truth."...
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Out of Blue Comes Green

M.E. Corey - Page Street YA
Format: Hardcover

Kinkade wants what every other teenage boy wants: a girlfriend and a successful rock band but that's not as easy as it sounds.. After a killer school talent show performance in full masculine presentation, trans boy Kinkade is quickly knocked back down to earth when his crush rejects...
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This Book Won't Burn

Samira Ahmed - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspense novel about book banning, activism, and standing up for what you believe. After her dad abruptly abandons her family and her mom moves them a million miles from their Chicago home, Noor...
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The Brightwood Code

Monica Hesse - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In a breathless, haunting, and rich historical mystery, New York Times bestselling author Monica Hesse speaks to the depths of trauma and the power of memory. Seven months ago, Edda was on the World War I front lines as one of two hundred "Hello Girls," female switchboard operators...
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The Dare

Natasha Preston - Delacorte Press
Format: Paperback

#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Preston is back with another pulse-pounding, twisty read! Would you accept the dare? In Marley's town, seniors are given a prank as a rite of passage ... a dare, if you will. The dares start out simple ... egging houses, balloons...
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Looking for Smoke

K. A. Cobell - Heartdrum
Format: Hardcover

In her powerful debut novel, Looking for Smoke, author K. A. Cobell (Blackfeet) weaves loss, betrayal, and complex characters into a thriller that will illuminate, surprise, and engage readers until the final word. A must-pick for readers who enjoy books by Angeline Boulley and Karen...
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The Quince Project: A Novel

Jessica Parra - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

Most Anticipated by HipLatina . Castillo Torres, Student Body Association event chair and serial planner, could use a fairy godmother. After a disastrous mishap at her sister's quinceañera and her mother's unexpected passing, all of Cas's plans are crumbling. So when a local...
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Furious

Jamie Pacton - Page Street YA
Format: Hardcover

There's nothing more thrilling than being behind the wheel when the flag drops, a stretch of track ahead and her foot on the gas. Racing is in Jojo's blood. Or at least . . . it was.. Jojo Emerson-Boyd should be on the fast track to her own wildly successful racing career. Instead,...
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