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Colorblind: A Novel

Leah Harper Bowron · SparkPress
Pages: 169
Format: Paperback

The time is 1968. The place is Montgomery, Alabama. The story is one of resilience in the face of discrimination and bullying. Using the racially charged word "Negro," two Caucasian boys repeatedly bully Miss Annie Loomis--the first African-American teacher at the all-white Wyatt...
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Ranger's early years.

John A Flanagan · Philomel Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

John Flanagan, author of the bestselling Ranger's Apprentice fantasy adventure epic, delivers a second prequel to Ruins of Gorlan, the novel that started it all, with Halt and Crowley preparing for war against a near-unstoppable enemy

When the former Baron Morgarath escaped to avoid...
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Running Full Tilt

Michael Currinder · Charlesbridge Teen
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A debut novel that sensitively and memorably depicts a teen runner's relationship with his autistic older brother.

Like most siblings, Leo and Caleb have a complicated relationship. But Caleb's violent outbursts literally send Leo running. When the family is forced to relocate due to Caleb's...
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Below: Broken Sky Chronicles, Book 1

Jason Chabot · Turner Publishing Company
Pages: 308
Format: Print book

No one but the dead dare venture Below . . . The first volume in this thrilling trilogy opens on the barren plains of Below, where Hokk and his fox sidekick, Nym, live in exile amid the remnants of our modern age. Overhead, on the floating islands of Above, Elia is trapped in a life of endless...
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Into the Hurricane

NEIL CONNELLY · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

TWO PEOPLE WITH LOSSES

Eli and Max both have good reasons to go to the lighthouse on Shackles Island. For Max, it's an old vacation spot, the rare location where she has only good memories -- so it's the right place to scatter her dad's ashes. For Eli, it's the highest point near...
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The Mosaic

Nina Berkhout · Groundwood Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Twyla Jane Lee has one goal. To finish senior year so she can get out of her military hometown of Halo, Montana. But to graduate, she needs to complete forty hours of community service, and that means helping out a rude and reclusive former Marine named Gabriel Finch.

A young veteran...

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Everything, Everything

Nicola Yoon · Delacorte Press
Format: Print book

The Instant #1 New York Times BestsellerIf you love Eleanor and Park, Hazel and Augustus, and Mia and Adam, you'll love the story of Maddy, a girl who's literally allergic to the outside world, and Olly, the boy who moves in next door . . . and becomes the greatest risk she's...
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I'll find you

Amanda Searcy · Delacorte Press

"A psychological thriller following two teen girls, one from a Texas border town hoping to outrun her past and another from Washington state who fears for her future in a public housing complex; when their worlds collide, only one girl will make it out alive"--
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Empire of Dust

Eleanor Herman · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 372
Format: Print book

In Macedon, war rises like smoke, forbidden romance blooms and ancient magic tempered with rage threatens to turn an empire to dust

After winning his first battle, Prince Alexander fights to become the ruler his kingdom demands - but the line between leader and tyrant blurs with...

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Hip-Hop Dance

Audrey Deangelis · Essential Library
Pages: 112
Format: Library Binding

Since its introduction in the 1970s, hip-hop has become a way of life. This title takes an inside look at hip-hop dance. Hip-Hop Danceexamines the origins of many styles of hip-hop dance, such as breaking and locking and popping, and explores how they burst into the mainstream and went...
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New Moon

Stephenie Meyer · Little, Brown; 1st edition
Format: Paperback

Legions of readers entranced by Twilight are hungry for more and they won't be disappointed. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist. The "star-crossed" lovers theme continues as Bella and Edward...
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East Africa

Annelise Hobbs · Mason Crest Publishers
Pages: 80
Format: Hardcover

East Africa is a large area spanning the most easterly region of the African continent. Countries of this region include Burundi, Comoros and Mayotte, Djibouti, Kenya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Somalia, Runion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, and Uganda. Renowned for its concentrations...
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The Secret Diary of Lydia Bennet

Natasha Farrant · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 318
Format: Print book

Lydia is the youngest of the five Bennet girls. She's stubborn, never listens, and can't seem to keep her mouth shut--not that she would want to anyway. She's bored with her country life and wishes her older sisters would pay her attention . . . for once!

Luckily, the handsome Wickham...
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Vassa in the night

Sarah Porter · Tor Teen
Pages: 303
Format: Print book

"A dark, thoroughly modern fairy tale crackling with wit and magical mayhem." -- Leigh Bardugo, New York Times bestselling author of Shadow and Bone

"An enchantingly twisted modern fairy tale, perfect for those who prefer Grimm to Disney. Inventive,...

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