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Project Paper Doll: The Rules

Stacey Kade · Disney-Hyperion; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

1. Never trust anyone.2. Remember they are always searching.3. Don't get involved.4. Keep your head down.5. Don't fall in love.Five simple rules. Ariane Tucker has followed them since the night she escaped from the genetics lab where she was created, the result...
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A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery

Albert Marrin · Random House Children's Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

John Brown is a man of many legacies, from hero, freedom fighter, and martyr, to liar, fanatic, and "the father of American terrorism." Some have said that it was his seizure of the arsenal at Harper's Ferry that rendered the Civil War inevitable.Deeply religious, Brown believed...
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Death Marked

Leah Cypess · Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

A young sorceress's entire life has been shaped to destroy the empire controlling her world. She could change history. But everything she thinks she knows is a lie. The sequel to the critically acclaimed Death Sworn will thrill fans of Leigh Bardugo and Robin LaFevers.At seventeen,...
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Shattered

Mari Mancusi · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 392
Format: Hardcover

A girl at the end of the world. Two brothers fighting for opposite sides. And a dragon who can save them all...Or set the world on fire.Trinity's world changed forever the day she stole Emmy's egg. Now she's on the run with the last living dragon and twin brothers from a war-torn...
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The Story of the Denver Broncos

Nate Frisch · Creative Education
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

No professional sports league in America can match the popularity of the National Football League, and no books can match the drama and excitement of NFL Today! This hit series has been fully revised and updated to encapsulate the origins, stars, and unforgettable moments of all 32 NFL teams,...
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The Chase: Trusting God with Your Happily Ever After

Kyle Kupecky · Fleming H. Revell Company
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Kyle and Kelsey Kupecky couldn't have dreamed a better love story for themselves had it been scripted by a bestselling novelist like Kelsey's mom, Karen Kingsbury. In fact, if you asked them, Kyle and Kelsey would name God as the author of their story. And they're glad they...
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Apple and Rain

Sarah Crossan · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

When Apple's mother returns after eleven years of absence, Apple feels almost whole again. In order to heal completely, her mother will have to answer one burning question: Why did she abandon her? But just like the stormy Christmas Eve when she left, her mother's homecoming is bittersweet....
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Solitaire

Alice Oseman · Harper Teen
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

In Solitaire, Alice Oseman has brought to life a vivid, clever, and heartfelt portrayal of what it's like to be a teenager today. This stunning debut novel - which the Times (London) called "The Catcher in the Rye for the digital age" - is perfect for fans of Melina Marchetta,...
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Hostage Three

Nick Lake · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the Michael L. Printz award–winning novel In Darkness comes a critically-acclaimed, fast-paced thriller that’s as dangerous as the seas on which it’s set.The last thing Amy planned to do this summer was sail around the world trapped on a yacht with her father...
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The You I've Never Known

Ellen Hopkins · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 590
Format: Print book

How do you live your life if your past is based on a lie? A new novel in both verse and prose from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Ellen Hopkins.For as long as she can remember, it's been just Ariel and Dad. Ariel's mom disappeared when she was a baby. Dad says home is wherever the two of them...
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Party Games: A Fear Street Novel

R. L. Stine · St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover

R.L. Stine's hugely successful young adult horror series Fear Street is back with the first new book in almost 2 decades. With more than 80 million copies sold around the world, Fear Street is one of the bestselling young adult series of all time. Now, with Party Games, R.L. Stine revives...
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Romancing the dark in the city of light

Ann Jacobus · St. Martin's Griffin, 2015.
Pages: 276
Format: Print book

"A troubled American teen, living in Paris, is torn between two boys, one of whom encourages her to embrace life, while the other--dark, dangerous, and attractive--urges her to embrace her fatal flaws"--
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From Above: A Riley Donovan mystery

Norah McClintock · Orca Book Publishers
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

When a football player from Riley Donovan's school falls to his death from the top of a recreation center, a hunch makes her wonder if he was pushed. But who would do such a thing, and why? Riley's detective aunt tells Riley to leave it alone, but that's not in Riley's nature....
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This is Our Story

Ashley Elston · Hyperion
Pages: 312
Format: Print book

No one knows what happened that morning at River Point. Five boys went hunting. Four came back. The boys won't say who fired the shot that killed their friend, Grant; the evidence shows it could have been any one of them. Kate Marino's senior year internship at the District Attorney's Office...
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Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets

Evan Roskos · HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

2014 Morris Award finalist “I hate myself but I love Walt Whitman, the kook. Always positive. I need to be more positive, so I wake myself up every morning with a song of myself.” Sixteen-year-old James Whitman has been yawping (à la Whitman) at his abusive father ever...
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