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Ophelia After All

Racquel Marie - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

A teen girl navigates friendship drama, the end of high school, and discovering her queerness in Ophelia After All, a hilarious and heartfelt contemporary YA debut by author Racquel Marie.Ophelia Rojas knows what she likes: her best friends, Cuban food, rose-gardening, and boys - way too many...
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The Luis Ortega Survival Club

Sonora Reyes - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of the National Book Award Finalist The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School comes a revenge story told with nuance, heart, and the possibility of healing. An ideal next read for fans of Laurie Halse Anderson.Ariana Ruiz wants to be noticed. But as an autistic...
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Iron Widow

Xiran Jay Zhao - Penguin Teen Canada
Format: Paperback

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller!. Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid's Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers.. The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens...
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Avatar, The Last Airbender: The Rise of Kyoshi

F. C. Yee
Format: Hardcover

F. C. Yee's The Rise of Kyoshi delves into the story of Kyoshi, the Earth Kingdom-born Avatar. The longest-living Avatar in this beloved world's history, Kyoshi established the brave and respected Kyoshi Warriors, but also founded the secretive Dai Li, which led to the corr
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They Hate Each Other

Amanda Woody - ‎Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Jonah and Dylan get along like oil and water. Until a fake dating ploy gives them new perspective, and they realize that "falling for your enemy" isn't as impossible as it seems.There are plenty of words Jonah Collins could use to describe Dylan Ramírez. "Arrogant,"...
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The Nature of Witches

Rachel Griffin - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

One of the Most Anticipated Young Adult Debuts of 2021! From a stunning new voice in YA comes the fierce, romantic story about a world on the brink of destruction, the one witch who holds the power to save it, and the choice that could cost her everything she loves. For centuries, witches...
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Girl, Serpent, Thorn

Melissa Bashardoust - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

A captivating and utterly original fairy tale about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch, and who discovers what power might lie in such a curse...There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived her life...
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Six of Crows

Leigh Bardugo - Square Fish
Format: Paperback

A #1 New York Times-bestseller Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price -- and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams....
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Half Bad

Sally Green - Speak; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

"Highly entertaining and dangerously addictive" - Time magazine"A bewitching new thriller." - The Wall Street JournalIn modern-day England, witches live alongside humans: White witches, who are good; Black witches, who are evil; and sixteen-year-old Nathan, who is both....
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The No-Girlfriend Rule

Christen Randall - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Julie Murphy meets Casey McQuiston in this unforgettable queer romance about a teen girl whose foray into fantasy tabletop roleplaying brings her new confidence, true friends, and a shot at real, swoon-worthy love.. Hollis Beckwith isn't trying to get a girl - she's just trying...
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Forever Is Now

Mariama J. Lockington - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

A poignant and lyrical young adult novel-in-verse about a Black teen coming of age in an anxiety-inducing world, from the author of For Black Girls Like Me and In the Key of Us.. I'm safe here.. That's how Sadie feels, on a perfect summer day, wrapped in her girlfriend's arms....
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Imogen, Obviously

Becky Albertalli - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover

With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestseller Becky Albertalli explores the nuances of sexuality, identity, and friendship in this timely new novel.Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she's got the World's Greatest Ally title locked down.She's never missed...
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The Drowning Summer

Christine Lynn Herman - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Book

A gorgeously atmospheric contemporary fantasy by the author ofThe Devouring GrayandThe Deck of Omens.Six years ago, three Long Island teenagers were murdered - their drowned bodies discovered with sand dollars placed over their eyes. The mystery of the drowning summer was never solved,...

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Harley Quinn: Reckoning

Rachael Allen - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Book

When Harleen Quinzel scores an internship in a psych lab at Gotham University, she's more than ecstatic; she's desperate to make a Big Scientific Discovery that will land her a full-ride college scholarship and get her away from her abusive father. But...

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Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster

Andrea Mosqueda - ‎Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

In this voice-driven young adult debut by Andrea Mosqueda, Maggie Gonzalez needs a date to her sister's quinceañera - and fast. Growing up in Texas's Rio Grande Valley, Maggie Gonzalez has always been a little messy, but she's okay with that. After all, she has a great family,...
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The Girls I've Been

Tess Sharpe
Format: Book

Nora OMalleys been a lot of girls. As the daughter of a con-artist who targets criminal men, she grew up as her mothers protg. But when mom fell for the mark instead of conning him, Nora pulled the ultimate con: escape. For five years Noras been playing at normal. But she needs to dust...
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Who I Was with Her

Nita Tyndall - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

- New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Glasgow There are two things that Corinne Parker knows to be true: that she is in love with Maggie Bailey, the captain of the rival high school's cross-country team and her secret girlfriend of a year, and that she isn't ready for anyone...
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Off the Record

Camryn Garrett
Format: Book

Ever since seventeen-year-old Josie Wright can remember, writing has been her identity, the thing that grounds her when everything else is a garbage fire. So when she wins a contest to write a celebrity profile for Deep Focus magazine, she’s equal parts excited...
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Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating

Adiba Jaigirdar - Page Street Kids
Format: Hardcover

Everyone likes Humaira "Hani" Khan -- she's easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they invalidate her identity, saying she can't be bi if she's only dated guys. Panicked, Hani blurts out that she's...
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Faith: Taking Flight

Julie Murphy - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover

From Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin', comes the first in a two-book origin story of Faith, a groundbreaking, plus-sized superhero from the Valiant Entertainment comics.Faith Herbert is a pretty regular teen. When she's not hanging out with her two best...
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They Both Die at the End

ADAM SILVERA - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Adam Silvera reminds us that there's no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable day.New York Times bestseller! 4 starred reviews!On September 5, a little after midnight,...
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

MACKENZI LEE - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

A Kirkus Prize nominee and Stonewall Honor winner with 5 starred reviews! A New York Times bestseller! Named one of the best books of 2017 by NPR and the New York Public Library!"The queer teen historical you didn't know was missing from your life." - Teen Vogue"A stunning...
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The Disasters

M. K. England - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

The Breakfast Club meets Guardians of the Galaxy in this YA sci-fi adventure by debut author M. K. England.Hotshot pilot Nax Hall has a history of making poor life choices. So it's not exactly a surprise when he's kicked out of the elite Ellis Station Academy in less than twenty-four hours....
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This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

Kacen Callender
Format: Book

~Lambda Literary Award finalist for the best LGBT YA novel of 2018~A fresh, charming rom-com perfect for fans of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Boy Meets Boy about Nathan Bird, who has sworn off happy endings but is sorely tested when his former best friend, Ollie, moves back...

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Labyrinth Lost

Zoraida Córdova - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Print book

"Enchanting and complex. Every page is filled with magic." -- Danielle Paige, New York Times best-selling author of Dorothy Must DieNothing says Happy Birthday like summoning the spirits of your dead relatives. Alex is a bruja, the most powerful witch in a generation...and she hates...
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In Other Lands

Sarah Rees Brennan - Big Mouth House
Format: Hardcover

Sometimes it's not the kid you expect who falls through to magicland, sometimes it's . . . Elliott. He's grumpy, nerdy, and appalled by both the dearth of technology and the levels of fit-ness involved in swinging swords around. He's a little enchanted by the elves and mermaids. De-spite...
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Radio Silence

Alice Oseman - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed creator of the Heartstopper series comes a smartly crafted contemporary YA novel, perfect for readers who love Rainbow Rowells Fangirl. This is an utterly captivating and authentic teen novel from the author of Solitaire, which VOYA said "could put her among...
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