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Graduation Day

Joelle Charbonneau · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

She wants to put an end to the TestingIn a scarred and brutal future, The United Commonwealth teeters on the brink of all-out civil war. The rebel resistance plots against a government that rules with cruelty and cunning. Gifted student and Testing survivor, Cia Vale, vows to fight. But she can't...
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The Categorical Universe of Candice Phee

Barry Jonsberg · Chronicle Books
Pages: 242
Format: Print book

Candice Phee isn't a typical twelve-year-old girl. She has more than her fair share of quirks, but she also has the very best of intentions and an unwavering determination to make sure everyone around her is happy - which is no easy feat when dealing with a pet fish with an identity crisis,...
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My Daily Diet: Dairy

Rosa Waters · Mason Crest; 1 edition
Format: Book

With healthy eating becoming an ever-greater concern for parents and educators, many young people have a concept of 'eating right' but not a vision of what that looks like in practice. This series gives young readers the health information and practical tools they need to make better food...
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Not Otherwise Specified

Hannah Moskowitz · Simon Pulse
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Break and Teeth comes a raw and honest exploration of complicated identities in a novel about a girl living on the fringe of every fringe group in her small town.Etta is tired of dealing with all of the labels and categories that seem so important to everyone...
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The Way We Bared Our Souls

Willa Strayhorn · Razorbill
Format: Hardcover

If you could trade your biggest burden for someone else's, would you do it? Five teenagers sit around a bonfire in the middle of the New Mexico desert. They don't know it yet, but they are about to make the biggest sacrifice of their lives. Lo has a family history of MS, and is starting...
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Fat Boy vs. the Cheerleaders

Geoff Herbach · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 311
Format: Print book

From Geoff Herbach, the award-winning author of the hit young adult novels Stupid Fast and Nothing Special, comes a tale that will resonate with fat kids, nerds, dorks, gamers, geeks and teen outcasts of all kinds-an authentically funny story for anyone who has suffered from teasing and bullying...
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Basher Science: Microbiology

Simon Basher · Kingfisher
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

This latest book from the Basher Science series investigates the unseen world of microbes. Basher's distinctive style presents key microbes as characters with their own voice and personality. Microbiology investigates the "teensy tykes" such as algae and bacteria that are all around...
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Careers in Biotechnology

Bonnie Szumski · Referencepoint Press
Format: Hardcover

From School Library Journal Gr 9 Up-As teenagers prepare for college, they are also thinking about life after university. These books take a field or industry-fashion, for example-and break down several different jobs in that area. Each job has its own chapter that describes...
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Bad Luck Girl: The American Fairy Trilogy Book 3

Sarah Zettel · Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Libba Bray's The Diviners will love the blend of fantasy and jazz-hot Chicago in this stylish series.After rescuing her parents from the Seelie king at Hearst Castle, Callie is caught up in the war between the fairies of the Midnight Throne and the Sunlit Kingdoms. By accident,...
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Frenzy

Robert Lettrick · Disney/Hyperion Books
Pages: 298
Format: Print book

Camp Harmony. A place to relax, swim in the river, and stage epic water fights. A time to escape and admire the outdoors. That was how Heath Lambert wanted to spend his summer. But nobody told him that he would spend it running for his life. Almost every animal in the surrounding forest-thousands...
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