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The Collectors: an Anthology
A.S. King - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King and an all-star team of contributors including Anna-Marie McLemore and Jason Reynolds, an anthology of stories about remarkable people and their strange and surprising collections.. From David Levithan's story about a non-binary kid collecting... |
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Salt the Water
Candice Iloh - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Cerulean Gene is free everywhere except school, where they're known for repeatedly challenging authority. Raised in a free-spirited home by two loving parents who encourage Cerulean to be their full self, they've got big dreams of moving cross-country to live off the grid with their... |
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All My Rage: A Novel
Sabaa Tahir - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover
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Lahore, Pakistan. Then.Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Cloud's Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Juniper, California. Now.Salahudin and Noor... |
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Icebreaker
A. L. Graziadei
Format: Book
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Seventeen-year-old Mickey James III is a college freshman, a brother to five sisters, and a hockey legacy. With a father and a grandfather who have gone down in NHL history, Mickey is almost guaranteed the league's top draft spot.
The only person standing in his way is Jaysen... |
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When the Angels Left the Old Country
Sacha Lamb - Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook
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In publishing-speak, here's what we at the LQ office sometimes describe as the Queer lovechild of Sholem Aleichem and Philip Roth: Uriel the angel and Little Ash (short for Ashmedai) are the only two supernatural creatures in their shtetl (which is so tiny, it doesn't have a name... |
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Scout's Honor
Lily Anderson
Format: Book
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Prudence Perry is a third-generation Ladybird Scout who must battle literal (and figurative) monsters and the weight of her legacy in this YA paranormal perfect for fans of Stranger Things and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Sixteen-year-old Prudence Perry is a legacy Ladybird Scout, born... |
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Queer Ducks
Eliot Schrefer - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover
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This groundbreaking illustrated YA nonfiction title from two-time National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer is a well-researched and teen-friendly exploration of the gamut of queer behaviors observed in animals.A quiet revolution has been underway... |
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Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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As a biracial, unenrolled tribal member and the product of a scandal, eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. Daunis dreams of studying medicine, but when her family is struck by tragedy, she puts her future on hold... |
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Concrete Rose
Angie Thomas - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover
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International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood.If there's one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it's that a real man takes care... |
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo
Format: Hardcover
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"That book. It was about two women, and they fell in love with each other." And then Lily asked the question that had taken root in her, that was even now unfurling its leaves and demanding to be shown the sun: "Have you ever heard of such a thing?"Seventeen-year-old... |
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Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People
Kekla Magoon - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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In this comprehensive, inspiring, and all-too-relevant history of the Black Panther Party, Kekla Magoon introduces readers to the Panthers' community activism, grounded in the concept of self-defense, which taught Black Americans how to protect and support themselves in a country that... |
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Starfish
Lisa Fipps - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover
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Ever since Ellie wore a whale swimsuit and made a big splash at her fifth birthday party, she's been bullied about her weight. To cope, she tries to live by the Fat Girl Rules--like "no making waves," "avoid eating in public," and "don't move so fast that... |
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Everything Sad Is Untrue:
Daniel Nayeri - Levine Querido
Format: Hardcover
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At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Daniel") stands, trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says. To them he is a dark-skinned, hairy-armed boy with a big butt whose lunch smells funny; who makes... |
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Apple:
Eric Gansworth
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How about a book that makes you barge into your boss's office to read a page of poetry from? That you dream of? That every movie, song, book, moment that follows continues to evoke in some way?The term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. I |
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Dragon Hoops
Gene Luen Yang - First Second
Format: Hardcover
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In his latest graphic novel, Dragon Hoops, New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang turns the spotlight on his life, his family, and the high school where he teaches.Gene understands stories -- comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero... |
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Every Body Looking
Candice Iloh - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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"Candice Iloh's beautifully crafted narrative about family, belonging, sexuality, and telling our deepest truths in order to be whole is at once immensely readable and ultimately healing." - Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times Bestselling Author of Brown Girl Dreaming"An... |
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We Are Not Free
Traci Chee - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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"All around me, my friends are talking, joking, laughing. Outside is the camp, the barbed wire, the guard towers, the city, the country that hates us. We are not free. But we are not alone." From New York Times best-selling and acclaimed author Traci Chee comes We Are Not Free,... |
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Dig
A.S. King - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Acclaimed master of the YA novel A.S. King's eleventh book is a surreal and searing dive into the tangled secrets of a wealthy white family in suburban Pennsylvania and the terrible cost the family's children pay to maintain the family name.The Shoveler, the Freak, CanIHelpYou?, Loretta... |
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Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
Mariko Tamaki - First Second
Format: Hardcover
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Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Riley's dream girl: charming, confident, and SO cute. There's just one problem: Laura Dean is maybe not the greatest girlfriend.Reeling from her latest break up, Freddy's best friend, Doodle, introduces her to the Seek-Her,... |
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Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir
Nikki Grimes - Wordsong
Format: Hardcover
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"This powerful story, told with the music of poetry and the blade of truth, will help your heart grow."--Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Speak and Shout"[A] testimony and a triumph."--Jason Reynolds, author of Long Way DownIn her own voice, acclaimed... |
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The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
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A National Book Award Longlist title!Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times-bestselling novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth.... |
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Damsel
Elana K Arnold - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover
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*A 2019 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book*A dark, twisted, unforgettable fairy tale from Elana K. Arnold, author of the National Book Award finalist What Girls Are Made OfThe rite has existed for as long as anyone can remember: When the king dies, his son the prince must venture out into... |
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A Heart in a Body in the World
Deb Caletti - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover
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"This is one for the ages." - Gayle Forman, author of the #1 bestseller If I Stay "A book everyone should read right now." - The New York Times Book Review "A vital and heartbreaking story that brings together the #MeToo movement, the effects of gun violence,... |
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I, Claudia
Mary McCoy - Carolrhoda Lab
Format: Hardcover
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Disaffected amateur historian Claudia McCarthy never expected to be in charge of Imperial Day Academy, but by accident, design, or scheme, she is pulled into the tumultuous and high-profile world of the Senate and Honor Council. Suddenly, Claudia is wielding power over her fellow students... |
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We Are Okay
Nina Lacour - Dutton
Format: Print book
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From the award-winning author of Hold Still comes an achingly beautiful novel about grief and the enduring power of friendship. "Exquisite." - Kirkus, starred review "LaCour paints a captivating depiction of loss, bewilderment, and emotional paralysis . . . raw and beautiful."... |
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Long Way Down
JASON REYNOLDS - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Format: Hardcover
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A Newbery Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Honor Book A Printz Honor Book A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner for Young Adult Literature Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature Winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award An Edgar Award Winner for Best Young... |
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The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas - Balzer & Bray
Format: Paperback
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Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police... |
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Strange the Dreamer
Laini Taylor - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book
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A breathtaking new novel by National Book Award finalist and "New York Times" bestselling author Laini Taylor"Strange the Dreamer" is the story of: the aftermath of a war between gods and men. a mysterious city stripped of its name. a mythic hero with blood on his hands.... |
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Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers
Deborah Heiligman - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Printz Honor Book * YALSA Nonfiction Award Winner * Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner * SCBWI Golden Kite Winner * Cybils Senior High Nonfiction Award WinnerFrom the author of National Book Award finalist Charles and Emma comes an incredible story of brotherly love.The deep... |
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March: Book Three
Nate Powell - Top Shelf Productions
Format: Paperback
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2016 National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature2017 Printz Award Winner2017 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner2017 Sibert Medal Winner2017 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Winner2017 Walter Award Winner"One of the Best Books of 2016" - Publishers WeeklyWelcome... |
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Asking For It
Louise O'Neill - Quercus
Format: Print book
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Emma O'Donovan is eighteen, beautiful, and fearless. It's the beginning of summer in a quiet Irish town and tonight she and her friends have dressed to impress. Everyone is at the party, and all eyes are on Emma. The next morning Emma's parents discover her collapsed on the doorstop of their... |
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Scythe
Neal Shusterman - Simon & Schuster Books
Format: Print book
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Two teens are forced to murder - maybe each other - in the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shusterman, author of the New York Times bestselling Unwind dystology.In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ("gleaned")... |
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The Sun Is Also a Star
Nicola Yoon - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover
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Soon to be a major motion picture starring Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton! The #1 New York Times bestseller and National Book Award Finalist from the bestselling author of Everything, Everything will have you falling in love with Natasha and Daniel as they fall in love with... |
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The Passion of Dolssa
Julie Gardner Berry - Viking
Format: Print book
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"I must write this account, and when I have finished, I will burn it. "Buried deep within the archives of a convent in medieval France is an untold story of love, loss, and wonder and the two girls at the heart of it all. Dolssa is an upper-crust city girl with a secret lover... |
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Bone Gap
Laura Ruby - Balzer Bray
Format: Print book
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National Book Award Finalist"Ruby's novel deserves to be read and reread. It is powerful, beautiful, extraordinary." - School Library JournalEveryone knows Bone Gap is full of gaps.So when young, beautiful Roza went missing, the people of Bone Gap weren't surprised. But Finn... |
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Out of Darkness
Ashley Hope PeÌrez - Carolrhoda Lab TM
Format: Hardcover
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A 2016 Michael L. Printz Honor Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year2016 Toms Rivera Book Award Winner "[This] layered tale of color lines, love and struggle in an East Texas oil town is a pit-in-the-stomach family drama that goes... |
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I'll Give You the Sun
Jandy Nelson - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times Bestselling story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, Nicola Yoon, Jonathan Tropper, Emma Straub, and Rainbow Rowell "We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same... |
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This One Summer
Mariko Tamaki - First Second
Format: Paperback
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A New York Times bestsellerA 2015 Caldecott Honor BookA 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor BookAn Eisner Award WinnerEvery summer, Rose goes with her mom and dad to a lake house in Awago Beach. It's their getaway, their refuge. Rosie's friend Windy is always there, too, like the little sister... |
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Grasshopper Jungle
Andrew Smith - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor BookWinner of the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction"Grasshopper Jungle is a rollicking tale that is simultaneously creepy and hilarious. Its propulsive plot would be delightful enough on its own, but Smiths ability to blend teenage drama into... |
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The Carnival at Bray
Jessie Ann Foley - Elephant Rock Productions, Inc.
Format: Paperback
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ALA 2015 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults Chicago Weekly Best Books of 2014 A Michael L. Printz Honor Award Winner Winner, 2014 Helen Sheehan YA Book Prize Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2014 Finalist, William C. Morris Award It's 1993, and Generation X pulses to the beat of Kurt... |
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Midwinterblood
Marcus Sedgwick - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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Seven stories of passion and love separated by centuries but mysteriously intertwined--this is a tale of horror and beauty, tenderness and sacrifice. An archaeologist who unearths a mysterious artifact, an airman who finds himself far from home, a painter, a ghost, a vampire, and a Viking:... |
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Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover
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#1 New York Times Best Seller!"Eleanor & Park reminded me not just what it's like to be young and in love with a girl, but also what it's like to be young and in love with a book."-John Green, The New York Times Book ReviewBono met his wife in high school, Park says.So... |
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In Darkness
Nick Lake - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Book
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A stunning tour-de-force set in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake. "Shorty" is a Haitian boy trapped in the ruins of a hospital when the earth explodes around him. Surrounded by lifeless bodies and growing desperately weak from lack of food and water, death seems imminent.... |
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Benjamin Alire Sáenz - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Hardcover
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A lyrical novel about family and friendship from critically acclaimed author Benjamin Alire Sáenz. Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing... |
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Code Name Verity
Elizabeth Wein - Hyperion
Format: Print book
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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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Where Things Come Back
John Corey Whaley - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Title: Where Things Come Back <>Binding: Hardcover <>Author: JohnCoreyWhaley <>Publisher: AtheneumBooks |
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Why We Broke Up
Daniel Handler - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Im telling you why we broke up, Ed. Im writing it in this letter, the whole truth of why it happened.Min Green and Ed Slaterton are breaking up, so Min is writing Ed a letter and giving him a box. Inside the box is why they broke up. Two bottle caps, a movie ticket, a folded note, a box of matches,... |
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The Scorpio Races
Maggie Stiefvater - Scholastic Paperbacks; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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A spellbinding novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater.Some race to win. Others race to survive.It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders... |
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Ship Breaker
Paolo Bacigalupi - Little, Brown
Format: Paperback
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A gritty, high-stakes adventure set in a futuristic world where oil is scarce, but loyalty is scarcer.In America's Gulf Coast region, grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts by crews of young people. Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper... |
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Please Ignore Vera Dietz
A.S. King - Ember
Format: Paperback
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Veras spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn. And over the years shes kept a lot of his secrets. Even after he betrayed her. Even after he ruined everything. So when Charlie dies in dark circumstances, Vera knows a lot more than anyone - the kids at school,... |
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Going Bovine
Libba Bray - Delacorte Press
Format: Paperback
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Can Cameron find what he's looking for?All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school - and life in general - with a minimum of effort. It's not a lot to ask. But that's before he's given some bad news: he's sick and he's going to die. Which totally... |
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Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
Deborah Heiligman - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species, his revolutionary tract on evolution and the fundamental ideas involved, in 1859. Nearly 150 years later, the theory of evolution continues to create tension between the scientific and religious communities. Challenges about teaching... |
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Jellicoe Road
Melina Marchetta - HarperTeen
Format: Print book
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"What do you want from me?" he asks. What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him. More. Abandoned by her mother on Jellicoe Road when she was eleven, Taylor Markham, now seventeen, is finally being confronted with her past. But as the reluctant leader of her boarding... |
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
E Lockhart - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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The hilarious and razor-sharp story of how one girl went from geek to patriarchy-smashing criminal mastermind in two short years, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud.Frankie Landau-Banks at age 14:Debate Club.Her fathers "bunny rabbit."A... |
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The White Darkness
Geraldine Mccaughrean - HarperTeen; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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I have been in love with Titus Oates for quite a while nowwhich is ridiculous since hes been dead for ninety years But look at it this way In ninety years Ill be dead too and the age difference wont matter Sym is not your average teenage girl She is obsessed with the Antarctic and the brave... |
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American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang - First Second
Format: Hardcover
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A tour-de-force by rising indy comics star Gene Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that hes the only Chinese-American student at his new school; the powerful Monkey... |
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An Abundance of Katherines
John Green - Speak; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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From the 1 bestselling author of The Fault in Our StarsMichael L. Printz Honor BookLos Angeles Times Book Prize FinalistWhen it comes to relationships, Colin Singletons type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times,... |
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The Book Thief Movie tie:BOOK THIEF {Book Thief}:
Markus Zusak
Format: Hardcover
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The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that will be in movie theaters on November 15, 2013, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become... |
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Looking for Alaska Deluxe Edition
John Green - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A gorgeous collectors edition of the critically acclaimed debut novel by John Green, #1 bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our StarsA perfect gift for every fan, this deluxe hardcover features a stunning special edition jacket and 50 pages of all-new exclusive... |
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How I Live Now
Meg Rosoff - Wendy Lamb Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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Every war has turning points and every person tooFifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins shes never met three boys near her age and their little sister Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives The next day bombs go off as London... |
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The First Part Last (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)
Angela Johnson - Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover
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This little thing with the perfect face and hands doing nothing but counting on me. And me wanting nothing else but to run crying into my own mom's room and have her do the whole thing. It's not going to happen.... Bobby is your classic urban teenaged boy -- impulsive, eager, restless.... |
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The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
Carolyn Mackler - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Paperback
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A Michael L. Printz Honor Book * An ALA Best Book for Young Adults * A YALSA Teens' Top Ten Book * An NYPL Book for the Teen AgeCarolyn Mackler's Printz Honor book--starring the unforgettably funny, body-conscious Virginia Shreves--returns in this 15th anniversary edition featuring... |
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Postcards From No Mans Land
Aidan Chambers - Speak
Format: Paperback
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Seventeen-year-old Jacob Todd is about to discover himself. Jacobs plan is to go to Amsterdam to honor his grandfather who died during World War II. He expects to go, set flowers on his grandfathers tombstone, and explore the city. But nothing goes as planned. Jacob isnt prepared for love&150or... |
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The house of the scorpion
Nancy Farmer - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover(Repackage)
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Matteo Alacran was not Born; He was Harvested. His DNA came from El Patron, lord of a country called Opium -- a strip of poppy fields lying between the United States and what was once called Mexico. Matt's first cell split and divided inside a petri dish. Then he was placed in the womb... |
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Hole in My Life
Jack Gantos - Square Fish; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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Becoming a writer the hard wayIn the summer of 1971, Jack Gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a way out of a dead-end job. For ten thousand dollars, he recklessly agreed to help sail a sixty-foot yacht loaded with a ton of hashish from the Virgin... |
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A Step from Heaven
Na An - Atheneum
Format: Print book
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From master storyteller An Na comes the Printz Award-winning novel about a Korean girl who tells her firsthand account of trying to find her place and identity in America from the day she leaves Korea as a child to her rocky journey through the teenage years.At age four, Young Ju moves... |
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Kit's Wilderness
David Almond - Dell Laurel-Leaf
Format: Paperback
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The Printz Award-winning classic gets a new look.Written in haunting, lyrical prose, Kit's Wilderness examines the bonds of family from one generation to the next, and explores how meaning and beauty can be revealed from the depths of darkness.The Watson family moves to Stoneygate,... |
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Monster
Walter Dean Myers
Format: Paperback
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While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken. |
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Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson - Square Fish
Format: Paperback
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Freshman year at Merryweather High is not going well for Melinda Sordino. She busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, and now her friends - and even strangers - all hate her. So she stops trying, stops talking. She retreats into her head, and all the lies and hypocrisies of high... |
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