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No Such Person
No Such Person

Caroline B. Cooney · Delacorte Press
Pages: 246
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 Giver Movie Tie-In Edition
The Giver Movie Tie-In Edition

Lois Lowry · Harcourt Brace and Company
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Now a major motion picture, Lois Lowry's 1994 Newbery Medal-winning tale has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on Jonas who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment...
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Illusion: Chronicles of Nick
Illusion: Chronicles of Nick

Sherrilyn Kenyon · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

Be careful what you wish for. . . You just might get it. Nick Gautier is tired of his destiny. He doesn't want to be the son of a demon who's fated to end the world. Nor does he want to see another demon or other preternatural creature who wants to kill or enslave him. He just wants...
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Skyscraping
Skyscraping

Cordelia Jensen · Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pages: 347
Format: Print book

A heartrending, bold novel in verse about family, identity, and forgiveness Mira is just beginning her senior year of high school when she discovers her father with his male lover. Her world-and everything she thought she knew about her family-is shattered instantly. Unable to comprehend...
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Every Last Promise
Every Last Promise

Kristin Halbrook · Harper Teen
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Perfect for fans of Laurie Halse Anderson and Gayle Forman, Every Last Promise is a provocative and emotional novel about a girl who must decide between keeping quiet and speaking up after witnessing a classmate's sexual assault.Kayla saw something at the party that she wasn't supposed...
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Black Ice
Black Ice

Becca Fitzpatrick · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Danger is hard to resist in this sexy thriller from Becca Fitzpatrick, the New York Times bestselling author of the Hush, Hush saga.Britt Pheiffer has trained to backpack the Teton Range, but she isn't prepared when her ex-boyfriend, who still haunts her every thought, wants to join...
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What Waits in the Woods
What Waits in the Woods

Kieran Scott · Point, 2015. ©2015
Pages: 270
Format: Print book

Seeing things. You were just seeing things.For city girl Callie Velasquez, nothing sounds more terrifying than a night out in the wilderness. But, wanting to bond with her popular new friends, Lissa and Penelope, she agrees to join them on a camping trip. At least Callie's sweet new boyfriend,...
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The Perfectionists
The Perfectionists

Sara Shepard · Harpercollins
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

You don't have to be good to be perfect.From Sara Shepard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pretty Little Liars series, comes another series full of juicy secrets, nail-biting suspense, and beautiful girls who will do anything to hide the ugly truth.Ava, Caitlin, Mackenzie, Julie,...
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A Little in Love
A Little in Love

Susan E. Fletcher · Chicken House
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Inspired by Victor Hugo's classic, Les Miserables, A Little in Love beautifully conveys the heartbreaking story of street girl Eponine.Paris, 1832A girl lies alone in the darkness, clutching a letter to her heart.Eponine remembers being a child: her swing and the peach tree, and the baby...
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Rat Runners
Rat Runners

Oisín McGann · Open Road Media Teen & Tween
Format: Print book

If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear . . .Four young thieves, one simple mission: Steal a black-leather box from the daughter of a murdered scientist without anyone noticing. But WatchWorld controls London now, and the organization knows everything.Every major street is monitored...
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Side Effects May Vary
Side Effects May Vary

Julie Murphy · Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

For fans of John Green and Rainbow Rowell comes this powerful novel about a girl with cancer who creates a take-no-prisoners bucket list that sets off a war at school - only to discover she's gone into remission.When sixteen-year-old Alice is diagnosed with leukemia, she vows to spend...
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Nantucket Red
Nantucket Red

Leila Howland · Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

Cricket Thompson's lifetime of overachieving has paid off: she's headed to Brown University in the fall, with a spot on the lacrosse team and a scholarship that covers almost everything. Who knew living in the dorm cost money? An Ivy League education seems to mean living at home...
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Malala Yousafzai: Education Activist
Malala Yousafzai: Education Activist

Rebecca Rowell · ABDO
Pages: 112
Format: Library Binding

Book by Rowell, Rebecca
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When Mr. Dog Bites
When Mr. Dog Bites

Brian Conaghan · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

All Dylan Mint has ever wanted is to keep his Tourette's in check and live life as a "normal" teenager. The swearing, the tics, the howling "dog" that escapes when things are at their worst--nothing about Tourette's makes it easy to meet cute girls or have normal...
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The The Raven King
The The Raven King

Maggie Stiefvater · Scholastic US
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

All her life, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love's death. She doesn't believe in true love and never thought this would be a problem, but as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore. In a starred review...
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