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The Crown's Fate

Evelyn Skye · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

The gorgeous and darkly compelling sequel to The Crown's Game - perfect for fans of Red Queen and Shadow and Bone. Magic is growing, shadows are rising, and the throne is at stake ... Russia is on the brink of great change. Pasha's coronation approaches, and Vika is now the Imperial Enchanter,...
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Mars One

Jonathan Maberry · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

Go on the adventure of a lifetime with a teen and his family after they are selected to colonize Mars in this thrilling new novel from multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jonathan Maberry.Tristan has known that he and his family were going to be on the first mission to colonize Mars...
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Welcome to Wonderland #2: Beach Party Surf Monkey

Chris Grabenstein · Random House
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

From Chris Grabenstein, the bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library and coauthor with James Patterson of I Funny, House of Robots, and Treasure Hunters, comes the second hilarious, fun-in-the-sun adventure in his new illustrated series about all the wacky things that...
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Charlotte Sometimes

PENELOPE FARMER · NEW YORK REVIEW Books
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

The time-travelling classic about boarding school life, the First World War and the fear of forgetting who you really are. "'Suppose you got stuck in here, and Clare there in your time. Just suppose you did?'" Charlotte Makepeace's first day at boarding school is a bewildering...
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Bleach, Vol. 3

Tite Kubo · VIZ Media LLC; 1st edition
Format: Paperback

Hot-tempered 15-year-old Ichigo Kurosaki, the hero of the popular fantasy-adventure Bleach, has the unsettling ability to see spirits who are unable to rest in peace. His sixth sense leads him to Rukia, a Soul Reaper who destroys Hollows soul-devouring monsters and ensures the deceased...
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Warriors: A Vision of Shadows #3: Shattered Sky

Erin Hunter · HarperCollins
Pages: 285
Format: Hardcover

Erin Hunter's #1 bestselling Warriors series continues in A Vision of Shadows #3: Shattered Sky. This edition includes a double-sided jacket with a bonus poster!ShadowClan has fallen. A group of rogues now rules the pine forest, and their cruel leader, Darktail, will not stop until he has conquered...
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Tell Me Three Things

Julie Buxbaum · Ember
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

A New York Times Bestseller "Here are three things about this book: (1) It's . . . funny and romantic; (2) the mystery at the heart of the story will keep you turning the pages; (3) I have a feeling you'll be very happy you read it." - Jennifer E. Smith, author of The Statistical...
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The Pain Eater

Beth Goobie · Second Story Press
Pages: 244
Format: Print book

Not one word about that night and what had been done to her had ever passed Maddy Malone's lips. She'd been frantic to tell at first. But then had come the shame, and the intimidation from the boys who raped her. Now it's a new school year, and Maddy hopes she can continue to hide,...
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The Upside of Unrequited

Becky Albertalli · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

"Heart-fluttering, honest, and hilarious. I can't stop hugging this book." - Stephanie Perkins, New York Times bestselling author of Anna and the French Kiss"I have such a crush on this book! Not only is this one a must read, but it's a must re-read." - Julie Murphy,...
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Missing

Kelley Armstrong · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 377
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Jennifer Donnelly will flock to the new romantic thriller from #1 New York Timesbestselling author Kelley Armstrong. The only thing Winter Crane likes about Reeve's End is that soon she'll leave it. Like her best friend did. Like her sister did. Like most of the teens born in town...
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The Whole Thing Together

Ann Brashares · Delacorte Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

#1 New York Times bestselling author Ann Brashares's The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series was a worldwide phenomenon, and she's back with a beautifully written novel about love, class differences, and betrayal playing out over the course of a fractured American family's Long Island...
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Between Two Skies

Joanne O'Sullivan · Candlewick Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Hurricane Katrina sets a teenage girl adrift. But a new life - and the promise of love - emerges in this rich, highly readable debut.Bayou Perdu, a tiny fishing town way, way down in Louisiana, is home to sixteen-year-old Evangeline Riley. She has her best friends, Kendra and Danielle;...
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All In

Jennifer Barnes · Hyperion
Pages: 378
Format: Print book

Three casinos. Three bodies. Three days. After a string of brutal murders in Las Vegas, Cassie Hobbes and the Naturals are called in to investigate. But even with the team's unique profiling talents, these murders seem baffling: unlike many serial killers, this one uses different methods...
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Geekerella

Ashley Poston · Quirk Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Cinderella goes to the con in this fandom-fueled twist on the classic fairy tale. Geek girl Elle Wittimer lives and breathes Starfield, the classic sci-fi series she grew up watching with her late father. So when she sees a cosplay contest for a new Starfield movie, she has to enter....
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The Adjustment

Suzanne Young · Simon Pulse
Pages: 408
Format: Hardcover

How do you go back to a life you can't remember? Find out in this follow up to the New York Times bestselling The Program and The Treatment.Tatum Masterson never went through The Program. She never had her memory stripped, never had to fight to remain herself. But when Weston, her longtime...
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Pretty Hands & Sweet Feet

Quarto Publishing Limited · Quarto Publishing Group
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

With more than 25 easy-to-follow, step-by-step nail art tutorials, Pretty Hands & Sweet Feet will inspire aspiring nail artists to arrive in stylefrom their fingers to their toes!
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Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugees

Mary Beth Leatherdale · Annick Press
Pages: 56
Format: Paperback

The phenomenon of desperate refugees risking their lives to reach safety is not new. For hundreds of years, people have left behind family, friends, and all they know in hope of a better life. This book presents five true stories about young people who lived through the harrowing experience...
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A Dog in the Cave: The Wolves Who Made Us Human

Kay Frydenborg · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

We know dogs are our best animal friends, but have you ever thought about what that might mean? Fossils show we've shared our work and homes with dogs for tens of thousands of years. Now there's growing evidence that we influenced dogs' evolution - and they, in turn, changed ours. Even...
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California Dreamin': Cass Elliot Before the Mamas & the Papas

Pnlope Bagieu · First Second
Pages: 266
Format: Hardcover

It's Mama Cass as you've never known her, in this poignant graphic novel about the remarkable vocalist who rocketed The Mamas & the Papas to stardom. Before she was the legendary Mama Cass of the folk group The Mamas and the Papas, Ellen Cohen was a teen girl from Baltimore with an incredible...
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How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child

Sandra Uwiringiyimana · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

This profoundly moving memoir is the remarkable and inspiring true story of Sandra Uwiringyimana, a girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who tells the tale of how she survived a massacre, immigrated to America, and overcame her trauma through art and activism.Sandra was just ten years...
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Black History in Its Own Words

Ron Wimberly · Image Comics
Pages: 88
Format: Print book

A look at Black History framed by those who made it. BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN ITS OWN WORDS presents quotes of dozens of black luminaries with portraits & illustrations by Ronald Wimberly. Featuring the memorable words and depictions of Angela Davis, Jean-Michael Basquiat, Kanye West,...
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