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Wrong About the Guy

Claire LaZebnik · HarperTeen
Format: eBook

This contemporary twist on Jane Austen's Emma features the signature wit and swoon-worthy romance of beloved author Claire LaZebnik's other fan favorites Epic Fail, The Trouble with Flirting, and The Last Best Kiss.Ellie Withers is definitely not spoiled, so she wishes that George...
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Gena/Finn

Hannah Moskowitz · Chronicle Books
Format: Print book

Gena and Finn would have never met but for their mutual love for the popular show Up Below. Regardless of their differences - Gena is a recent high school graduate whose social life largely takes place online, while Finn is in her early twenties, job hunting and contemplating marriage with...
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Now Is Everything

AMY GILES · HarperTeen
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Read the book New York Times bestselling author Amber Smith calls "powerful and haunting," and acclaimed author Peter Brown Hoffmeister calls "beautiful and sad." Now Is Everything is a stirring debut novel told in alternating THEN and NOW chapters, perfect for Sarah...
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Please Excuse This Poem: 100 New Poets for the Next Generation

Brett Fletcher Lauer · Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

One hundred poems. One hundred voices. One hundred different points of view. Here is a cross-section of American poetry as it is right now - full of grit and love, sparkling with humor, searing the heart, smashing through boundaries on every page. Please Excuse This Poem features one hundred...
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The Fixes: A Novel

Owen Matthews · HarperTeen
Pages: 515
Format: Print book

5 . . . 4 . . . 3 . . . 2 . . . Eric Connelly is crumbling under the weight of his dad's expectations. He can't seem to live up to the "Connelly Man" standards - but when he meets the mysterious, free-spirited Jordan Grant, his dad's rules seem so much less important than they...
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Dreamfall

Amy Plum · HarperTeen
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover

"Remarkable, riveting, disorienting and dark." - Madeleine Roux, New York Times bestselling author of the Asylum seriesA Nightmare on Elm Street meets Inception in this gripping psychological thriller from international bestselling author Amy Plum. Seven teenagers who suffer...
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The Smithsonian Book of Air & Space Trivia

Amy Pastan · Smithsonian Books
Format: Print book

Who was the first person to dine in space? How long was the Wright brotherss first successful flight? What famous aircraft was named after a grape-flavored soft drink? What toy based on an animated film accompanied astronauts on a shuttle mission in 2000? These questions and many more are answered...
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My Love Story!!, Vol. 2

Kazune Kawahara · VIZ Media LLC
Format: Book

Takeo Goda is a giant guy with a giant heart. Too bad the girls don't want him! (They want his good-looking best friend, Sunakawa.) Used to being on the sidelines, Takeo simply stands tall and accepts his fate. But one day when he saves a girl named Yamato from a harasser on the train,...
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Capricious

Gabrielle Prendergast · Orca Book Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Ellas grade-eleven year was a disaster Audacious, but as summer approaches, things are looking up. Shes back together with her brooding boyfriend, Samir, although they both want to keep that a secret. Shes also best buddies with David and still not entirely sure about making him boyfriend...
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Visitors

Orson Scott Card · Simon Pulse
Pages: 598
Format: Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling author of Ender's Game comes the riveting finale to the story of Rigg, a teenager who possesses a secret talent that allows him to see the paths of people's pasts.In Pathfinder, Rigg joined forces with another teen with special talents on a quest...
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The Walk On

John Feinstein · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 359
Format: Paperback

Bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein kicks off a new series for middle grade featuring Alex Myers, a student athlete who tries to take on the sports establishment in his new town. Alex Myers is a quarterback, but from the first day of football practice, it's clear that that position...
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1 Year, 100 Pounds: My Journey to a Better, Happier Life

Whitney Holcombe · Simon Pulse/Beyond Words
Pages: 195
Format: Paperback

Part cheerleader, part drill sergeant, Whitney Holcombe chronicles how to transition from "the fat girl" to being a healthy, confident young woman.At age fourteen, Whitney Holcombe stepped onto her bathroom scale and a number glared up at her: 230. That number controlled her life...
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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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Expansion pack.

Clancy Teitelbaum · Epic Pr
Pages: 200
Format: Print book

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Sparrow

Sarah Moon · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Sparrow has always had a difficult time making friends. She would always rather have stayed home on the weekends with her mother, an affluent IT Executive at a Brooklyn bank, reading, or watching the birds, then playing with other kids. And that's made school a lonely experience for her....
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