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Pride

IBI ZOBOI · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Pride and Prejudice gets remixed in this smart, funny, gorgeous retelling of the classic, starring all characters of color, from Ibi Zoboi, National Book Award finalist and author of American Street.Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots....
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Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel

VAL EMMICH · Poppy
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Dear Evan Hansen, Today's going to be an amazing day and here's why ... When a letter that was never meant to be seen by anyone draws high school senior Evan Hansen into a family's griefover the loss of their son, he is given the chance of a lifetime: to belong. He just has to stick to a lie he never...
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Odd One Out

Nic Stone · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin comes this illuminating exploration of old friendships, new crushes, and the path to self-discovery. Told in three voices, Nic Stone's new book is sure to please fans of Becky Albertalli, Nicola Yoon, and Jason Reynolds.Courtney...
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What If It's Us

BECKY ALBERTALLI · HarperTeen
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

Critically acclaimed and bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera combine their talents in this smart, funny, heartfelt collaboration about two very different boys who can't decide if the universe is pushing them together - or pulling them apart.ARTHUR is only in New York for the summer,...
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Bridge of Clay

RANDOM HOUSE. · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

An unforgettable and sweeping family saga from Markus Zusak, the storyteller who gave us the extraordinary bestseller THE BOOK THIEF, lauded by the New York Times as "the kind of book that can be lifechanging." The breathtaking story of five brothers who bring each other up in a world...
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A Very Large Expanse of Sea

NOT AVAILABLE. · HarperTeen
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Shatter Me series comes a powerful, heartrending contemporary novel about fear, first love, and the devastating impact of prejudice.It's 2002, a year after 9/11. It's an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially...
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(Don't) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health

Kelly Jensen · Algonquin Young Readers
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Who's Crazy? What does it mean to be crazy? Is using the word crazy offensive? What happens when such a label gets attached to your everyday experiences? In order to understand mental health, we need to talk openly about it. Because there's no single definition of crazy, there's no single...
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Unpunished Murder: Massacre at Colfax and the Quest for Justice

LAWRENCE GOLDSTONE · Scholastic Nonfiction
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

On Easter Sunday of 1873, just eight years after the Civil War ended, a band of white supremacists marched into Grant Parish, Louisiana, and massacred over one hundred unarmed African Americans. The court case that followed reached the highest court in the land. Yet, following one of the most...
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The Towering Sky

KATHARINE MCGEE · HarperCollins
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

The final book in Katharine McGee's epic New York Times bestselling Thousandth Floor seriesWhen you have everything, you have everything to lose. Welcome back to New York, 2119. A skyscraper city, fueled by impossible dreams.Leda just wants to move on from what happened in Dubai. Until...
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Impostors

SCOTT WESTERFELD · Scholastic Press
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Frey and Rafi are inseparable . . . two edges of the same knife. But Frey's very existence is a secret. Frey is Rafi's twin sister - and her body double. Their powerful father has many enemies, and the world has grown dangerous as the old order falls apart. So while Rafi was raised to be the perfect...
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Wildcard

MARIE LU · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Return to the immersive, action-packed world of Warcross in this thrilling sequel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie LuEmika Chen barely made it out of the Warcross Championships alive. Now that she knows the truth behind Hideo's new NeuroLink algorithm, she can no longer trust...
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Fawkes: A Novel

Nadine Brandes · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Thomas Fawkes is turning to stone, and the only cure to the Stone Plague is to join his father's plot to assassinate the king of England.Silent wars leave the most carnage. The wars that are never declared, but are carried out in dark alleys with masks and hidden knives. Wars where color...
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The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

Kiersten White · Delacorte Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The Frankenstein legend as you've never seen it before, as told by New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White! You will not be able to put down this stunning and dark reimagining of the Mary Shelley classic told from the point of view of Elizabeth, Victor Frankenstein's adopted sister,...
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A Map of Days

ANONYMOUS. · Dutton Books for Young Readers
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The #1 bestselling series returns with a thrilling new story arc set in America!Vintage photographs reveal the never-before-seen world of peculiar America with a stunning addition - full-color images.Having defeated the monstrous threat that nearly destroyed the peculiar world, Jacob Portman...
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Girls of Paper and Fire

NATASHA NGAN · JIMMY PATTERSON
Format: Print book

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The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy

MACKENZI LEE · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

In this highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, Felicity Montague must use all her womanly wits and wiles to achieve her dreams of becoming a doctor - even if she has to scheme her way across Europe to do it. A must-have for fans...
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Someday

DAVID LEVITHAN · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The sequel to the New York Times bestseller Every Day, soon to be a major motion picture starring Angourie Rice.Every day a new body. Every day a new life. Every day a new choice. For as long as A can remember, life has meant waking up in a different person's body every day, forced to live...
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The Sacrifice Box

MARTIN STEWART · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A horror story about friendship, growing up, and finding a place in the world: Gremlins meets The Breakfast Club by way of Stephen King and Stranger Things.In the summer of 1982, five friends discover an ancient stone box hidden deep in the woods. They seal inside of it treasured objects...
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Damsel

Elana K Arnold · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A dark, twisted, unforgettable fairy tale from Elana K. Arnold, author of the National Book Award finalist What Girls Are Made OfThe rite has existed for as long as anyone can remember: When the king dies, his son the prince must venture out into the gray lands, slay a fierce dragon, and rescue...
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Archenemies (Renegades Series #2)

MARISSA MEYER · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

The Renegades Trilogy continues, in this fiercely awaited second installment after the New York Times-bestselling Renegades by Marissa Meyer, author of the Lunar Chronicles. Time is running out.Together, they can save the world.But they each other's worst nightmare.Nova's double life is about...
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The Good Demon

Jimmy Cajoleas · Amulet Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Clare has been miserable since her exorcism. The preacher that rid her of evil didn't understand that her demon - simply known as Her - was like a sister to Clare. Now, Clare will do almost anything to get Her back. After a chance encounter with the son of the preacher who exorcised her,...
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Dry

Neal Shusterman · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death decisions for her family in this harrowing story of survival from New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman.The drought - or the Tap-Out, as everyone...
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The Perfect Candidate

Peter Stone · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From debut author Peter Stone comes a heart-stopping, pulse-pounding political thriller that's perfect for fans of Ally Carter and House of Cards. When recent high school graduate Cameron Carter lands an internship with Congressman Billy Beck in Washington, DC, he thinks it is his ticket...
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I, Claudia

Mary McCoy · Carolrhoda Lab
Pages: 424
Format: Hardcover

Disaffected amateur historian Claudia McCarthy never expected to be in charge of Imperial Day Academy, but by accident, design, or scheme, she is pulled into the tumultuous and high-profile world of the Senate and Honor Council. Suddenly, Claudia is wielding power over her fellow students...
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Broken Things

LAUREN OLIVER · HarperCollins
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

It's been five years since Summer Marks was brutally murdered in the woods. Everyone thinks Mia and Brynn killed their best friend. That driven by their obsession with a novel called The Way into Lovelorn the three girls had imagined themselves into the magical world where their fantasies...
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Give the Dark My Love

Beth Revis · Razorbill
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A young alchemist turns to dark magic when a deadly plague sweeps through her homeland in this epic fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Beth Revis.Seventeen-year-old Nedra Brysstain leaves her home in the rural, northern territories of Lunar Island to attend the prestigious Yugen...
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Sadie

COURTNEY SUMMERS · Wednesday Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"Summers has pulled no punches when it comes to diving into the darker side of teen lives." -- BustleA gripping novel about the depth of a sister's love; poised to be the next book you won't be able to stop talking about.A missing girl on a journey of revenge and a Serial -- like...
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Escaping From Houdini

KERRI MANISCALCO · jimmy patterson
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling series that started with Stalking Jack the Ripper and Hunting Prince Dracula continues in this third bloody installment! A luxurious ocean liner becomes a floating prison of madness and horror when passengers are murdered one by one...with nowhere to run from...
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And The Ocean Was Our Sky

PATRICK NESS · HarperTeen
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Monster Calls comes a richly illustrated and lyrical tale, one that asks harrowing questions about power, loyalty, obsession, and the monsters we make of others.With harpoons strapped to their backs, the proud whales of Bathsheba's pod live...
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