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Katherine Howe · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 402
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane comes a chilling mystery - Prep meets The Crucible. It's senior year at St. Joan's Academy, and school is a pressure cooker. College applications, the battle for valedictorian, deciphering boys'...
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The Crescent Stone

Matt Mikalatos · Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Pages: 424
Format: Paperback

A girl with a deadly lung disease . . .A boy with a tragic past . . .A land where the sun never sets but darkness still creeps in . . .A bargain that brings life, but may cost more than anyone can imagine . . .Madeline Oliver has never wanted for anything, but now she would give anything...
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Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy

Cassandra Clare · Margaret Mcelderry Bks
Pages: 672
Format: Print book

The New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling collection of short stories chronicling the adventures of Simon Lewis as he trains to become a Shadowhunter is now available in print for the first time with ten brand-new comic illustrations!Simon Lewis has been a human and a vampire, and now he is becoming...
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The Other Side of Lost

JESSI KIRBY · HarperTeen
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Girl Online meets Wild in this emotionally charged story of girl who takes to the wilderness to rediscover herself and escape the superficial persona she created on social media. Mari Turner's life is perfect. That is, at least, to her thousands of followers who have helped her become an internet...
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A Land of Permanent Goodbyes

Atia Abawi · Philomel Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
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Four-Four-Two

Dean Hughes · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 268
Format: Print book

From the author of Soldier Boys and Search and Destroy comes a thought-provoking, action-packed page-turner based on the little-known history of the Japanese Americans who fought with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II.Yuki Nakahara is an American. But it's the start of World...
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Blood Family

Anne Fine · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, this dark and gripping novel tells the tragic story of a smart, sweet child poisoned by circumstance as he struggles to escape the horrors of his childhood.Edward is four years old when he is locked away with his mother by her abusive, alcoholic partner,...
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The Murderer's Ape

Jakob Wegelius · Delacorte Press
Pages: 588
Format: Print book

A captivating story about dark truths and heinous crimes as well as unexpected friendships, with detailed black-and-white illustrations throughout. Perfect for fans of mystery and detective stories. Sally Jones is not only a loyal friend, she's an extraordinary individual. In overalls or in a maharaja's...
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The Thickety: Well of Witches

J A White · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 512
Format: Print book

J. A. White's The Thickety: Well of Witches is an epic quest into an enchanted kingdom with new kinds of magic, an old enemy, and only one way out. Fans of Neil Gaiman will love this third novel in the spectacular and twisty fantasy series that has readers and reviewers raving.Kara...
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The Silence of Six

E C Myers · Adaptive Studios
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

"WHAT IS THE SILENCE OF SIX, AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?" These are the last words uttered by 17-year-old Max Stein's best friend Evan just moments before he kills himself after hacking into the live-streaming Presidential debate at their high school. Haunted by the unforgettable...
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Artemis Fowl The Eternity Code Graphic Novel

Eoin Colfer · Disney Hyperion Books
Pages: 1
Format: Hardcover

Artemis Fowl is going straight...as soon as he pulls off the most brilliant criminal feat of his career. But his last job plan goes awry, leaving his loyal bodyguard, Butler, mortally injured. Artemis's only hope of saving his friend is to enlist the help of his old rival, Captain Holly...
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Starflight

Melissa Landers · Disney Pr
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Solara Brooks needs a fresh start, someplace where nobody cares about the engine grease beneath her fingernails or the felony tattoos across her knuckles. The outer realm may be lawless, but it's not like the law has ever been on her side. Still, off-world travel doesn't come cheap; Solara...
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Nemesis

Brendan Reichs · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

Orphan Black meets Lord of the Flies in this riveting new thriller from the co-author of the Virals series. It's been happening since Min was eight. Every two years, on her birthday, a strange man finds her and murders her in cold blood. But hours later, she wakes up in a clearing just...
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And I Darken

Kiersten White · Delacorte Press
Pages: 486
Format: Print book

This vividly rendered novel reads like HBO's Game of Thrones . . . if it were set in the Ottoman Empire. Ambitious in scope and intimate in execution, the story's atmospheric setting is rife with political intrigue, with a deftly plotted narrative driven by fiercely passionate characters....
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Downdrift: A Novel

JOHANNA DRUCKER · Three Rooms Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Narrated by an Archaeon, a 3.8 billion year old species, the oldest on earth, Downdrift is a work of speculative eco-fiction that describes the impact of ecological pressures on animals that are adopting human behaviors, with droll and sometimes alarming, results. The book follows a year...
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