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96 Words for Love

Rachel Roy · jimmy patterson
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

James Patterson Presents a modern retelling of a classic Indian legend, 96 Words for Love is a touching coming-of-age story that reads like Eat, Pray, Love for teens.Ever since her acceptance to UCLA, 17-year-old Raya Liston has been quietly freaking out. She feels simultaneously lost and trapped...
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Fish in a Tree

Lynda Mullaly Hunt · Nancy Paulsen Books
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller!The author of the beloved One for the Murphys gives readers an emotionally-charged, uplifting novel that will speak to anyone who's ever thought there was something wrong with them because they didn't fit in. "Everybody is smart in different ways. But if you judge...
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Rescued

Eliot Schrefer · Scholastic Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

The third entry in the taut, heart-wrenching quartet that made Eliot Schrefer a two-time National Book Award finalist introduces us to an orangutan held captive in suburban America.
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A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel

Hope Larson · Margaret Ferguson
Pages: 392
Format: Print book

The world already knows Meg and Charles Wallace Murry, Calvin O'Keefe, and the three Mrs--Who, Whatsit, and Which--the memorable and wonderful characters who fight off a dark force and save our universe in the Newbery award-winning classic A Wrinkle in Time. But in 50 years of publication,...
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The Impostor Queen

Sarah Fine · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

The elders chose Elli to be queen, but they chose wrong in this beautifully crafted novel in the tradition of Kristin Cashore and Victoria Aveyard.Sixteen-year-old Elli was a small child when the Elders of Kupari chose her to succeed the Valtia, the queen who wields infinitely powerful...
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The Kiss of Deception

Mary Pearson · Henry Holt
Pages: 489
Format: Book

In a society steeped in tradition, Princess Lia's life follows a preordained course. As First Daughter, she is expected to have the revered gift of sight -- but she doesn't -- and she knows her parents are perpetrating a sham when they arrange her marriage to secure an alliance with a neighboring...
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The Monstrous Child

Francesca Simon · Faber & Faber
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

A stunning, operatic, epic drama, like no other. Meet Hel, an ordinary teenager - and goddess of the Underworld. Why is life so unfair? Hel tries to make the best of it, creating gleaming halls in her dark kingdom and welcoming the dead who she is forced to host for eternity. Until eternity...
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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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Small Spaces

Katherine Arden · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling adult author of The Bear and the Nightingale makes her middle grade debut with a creepy, spellbinding ghost story in the tradition of R. L. Stine destined to become a classic. When eleven-year-old Ollie lost her mother in a plane crash, she sought solace in her books. So when...
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Dangerous Lies

Becca Fitzpatrick · Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

A teen is forced to make a fresh start after witnessing a violent crime - but love and danger find her anyway in this novel from Becca Fitzpatrick, the New York Times bestselling author of the Hush, Hush saga.Stella Gordon's life is a lie. She does not belong in Thunder Basin, Nebraska....
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Eden Conquered

JOELLE CHARBONNEAU · HarperTeen
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The electrifying conclusion to the Dividing Eden series by the New York Times bestselling author of the Testing trilogy, Joelle Charbonneau.The Trials of Virtuous Succession have ended. Prince Andreus is king - and Princess Carys is dead.But even as he's haunted by what he did to win the throne,...
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Steadfast

Claudia Gray · HarperTeen
Pages: 346
Format: Hardcover

The second book in the dazzling Spellcaster series from New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray is perfect for fans of the Beautiful Creatures and Hex Hall series.Nadia, Mateo, and Verlaine saved Captive's Sound from the dark Sorceress Elizabeth ... or so they thought. Despite their...
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Girl out of Water

Laura Silverman · Sourcebooks
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

Fans of Jenny Han and Sarah Dessen will fall in love this contemporary debut about finding yourself-and finding love-in unexpected places.Ocean breeze in her hair and sand between her toes, Anise can't wait to spend the summer before her senior year surfing and hanging out on the beach...
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The Bitter Side of Sweet

Tara Sullivan · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Linda Sue Park and A Long Way Gone, two young boys must escape a life of slavery in modern-day Ivory CoastFifteen-year-old Amadou counts the things that matter. For two years what has mattered are the number of cacao pods he and his younger brother, Seydou, can chop down in a day....
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Cold Calls

Charles Benoit · Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

Three high school students - Eric, Shelly, and Fatima - have one thing in common: "I know your secret." Each one is blackmailed into bullying specifically targeted schoolmates by a mysterious caller who whispers from their cell phones and holds carefully guarded secrets over...
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