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Gracefully Grayson

Ami Polonsky · Hyperion
Pages: 243
Format: Hardcover

"Grayson, a transgender twelve-year-old, learns to accept her true identity and share it with the world"--
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A History of Glitter and Blood

Hannah Moskowitz · Chronicle Books
Pages: 274
Format: Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Beckan and her friends are the only fairies brave enough to stay in Ferrum when war breaks out. Now there is tension between the immortal fairies, the subterranean gnomes, and the mysterious tightropers who arrived to liberate the fairies. But when Beckan's clan is forced...
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Quarantine #2: The Saints

Lex Thomas · EgmontUSA
Format: Hardcover

A cross between the Gone series and Lord of the Flies, Quarantine #2: The Saints continues this frenetically paced and scary young adult series that illustrates just how deadly high school can be.Nothing was worse than being locked in--until they opened the door...McKinley High has been...
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The Dead I Know

Scot Gardner · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 201
Format: Print book

Aaron Rowe walks in his sleep and haunted by dreams he can't explain and memories he can't recover. Death doesn't scare him - his new job with a funeral director may even be his salvation. But if he doesn't discover the truth about his hidden past soon, he may fall asleep one night and never...
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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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Guardians of the Galaxy by Abnett & Lanning: The Complete Collection Volume 1

Dan Abnett · Marvel Enterprises
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback

With the fabric of the universe torn, all that stands between us and invading horrors is a team of cosmic misfits. Led by Star-Lord, the newly-minted Guardians of the Galaxy include a who's who of the mightiest -and most bizarre - protectors the stars have ever seen! Rocket Raccoon,...
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Immigration Issues in America

Michelle Denton · Lucent Press
Pages: 112
Format: Library Binding

Every wave of immigrants entering the United States has faced prejudice. As each group gradually assimilates into the dominant culture, it becomes easy to forget the anger that was previously directed at them. People always believe that the next group of immigrants poses a more severe threat...
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Let's Talk About Love

CLAIRE KANN · Swoon Reads
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Striking a perfect balance between heartfelt emotions and spot-on humor, this debut features a pop-culture enthusiast protagonist with an unforgettable voice sure to resonate with readers.Alice had her whole summer planned. Nonstop all-you-can-eat buffets while marathoning her favorite...
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As She Ascends

JODI MEADOWS · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover

"A fiercely imagined world!" - Mary E. Pearson, New York Times bestselling author of the Remnant ChroniclesFrom the New York Times bestselling co-author of My Plain Jane comes the second book in a smoldering fantasy trilogy about a girl who must embrace her latent power or lose...
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Now Is Everything

AMY GILES · HarperTeen
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Read the book New York Times bestselling author Amber Smith calls "powerful and haunting," and acclaimed author Peter Brown Hoffmeister calls "beautiful and sad." Now Is Everything is a stirring debut novel told in alternating THEN and NOW chapters, perfect for Sarah...
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Six Feet Over It

Jennifer Longo · Random House Childrens Books
Pages: 341
Format: Book

This unforgettable new voice in contemporary YA is perfect for fans of John Green, Libba Bray, and Jennifer Niven. " " Like nothing you ve read before. " Bustle. com"" "" Darkly funny and deeply moving. An original, memorable voice. "Jennifer L. Holm,...
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Freya

Matthew Laurence · Imprint
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Freya is the myth. Freya is the legend. And she's about to make one hell of a comeback. There's far more to Sara Vanadi than meets the eye. In her prime, she was Freya, the Norse goddess of love, beauty, war, and death - though that past hardly seems to matter now. For an ancient goddess...
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From This Moment

Lauren Barnholdt · Harper Teen
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Each book in The Moment of Truth trilogy is told from the perspective of former best friends Lyla, Aven, and Quinn. When they were freshman, they wrote emails to themselves about one thing they hoped to accomplish before they graduate. Over the course of the series, which takes place on their...
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Goldenhand

Garth Nix · Harper
Pages: 344
Format: Print book

The long-awaited fifth installment in Garth Nix's New York Times bestselling Old Kingdom series, for readers who enjoy series by Rae Carson, Kristin Cashore, Scott Westerfeld, and Cassandra Clare.Goldenhand takes place six months after the events of Abhorsen and follows the novella Nicholas...
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Lies We Tell Ourselves

Robin Talley · Harlequin Books Teen
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

In 1959 Virginia, the lives of two girls on opposite sides of the battle for civil rights will be changed forever. Sarah Dunbar is one of the first black students to attend the previously all-white Jefferson High School. An honors student at her old school, she is put into remedial classes,...
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