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The Light Between Worlds

LAURA E WEYMOUTH · HarperTeen
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

What happens when you return to the real world after being in a fantastical one like Narnia? This YA debut by Laura E. Weymouth is perfect for fans of Melissa Albert's The Hazel Wood and Lev Grossman's The Magicians.

Six years ago, sisters Evelyn and Philippa Hapwell were swept...

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Providence

Lisa Colozza Cocca · Merit Press
Pages: 256
Format: Book

The eldest of ten children on a dirt-poor farm, Becky trudges through life as a full-time babysitter, trying to avoid her father's periodic violent rages. When the family's barn burns down, her father lays the blame on Becky, and her own mother tells her to run for it. Run she does,...
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Stepsister

Jennifer Donnelly · Scholastic Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Don't just fracture the fairy tale. Shatter it.

Isabelle should be blissfully happy - she's about to win the handsome prince. Except Isabelle isn't the beautiful girl who lost the glass slipper and captured the prince's heart. She's the ugly stepsister who's cut off her toes to fit into...
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Sorceress

Claudia Gray · HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

The triumphant conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Claudia Grays dazzling Spellcaster series.To save the lives of countless people in Captives Sound, Nadia swore herself to the One Beneath—to black magic. Her plan, and the towns only hope, is for Nadia to learn enough sorcery...
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Girl Last Seen

Anne Greenwood Brown · Albert Whitman & Company
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover

Kadence Mulligan's star was rising. She and her best friend, Lauren DeSanto, watched their songs go viral on YouTube, then she launched a solo career when a nasty throat infection paralyzed Lauren's vocal chords. Everyone knows Lauren and Kadence had a major falling-out over Kady's boyfriend....
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Polar Explorer

Jade Hameister · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Polar Explorer is an inspiring and empowering story by sixteen-year-old Jade Hameister, chronicling her feat of being the youngest person to complete the Polar Hat Trick...
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Compulsion

Martina Boone · Simon & Schuster Books
Pages: 433
Format: Hardcover

Three plantations. Two wishes. One ancient curse.
All her life, Barrie Watson has been a virtual prisoner in the house where she lived with her shut-in mother. When her mother dies, Barrie promises to put some mileage on her stiletto heels. But she finds a new kind of prison at her aunt's...
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The Last Star: The Final Book of The 5th Wave

Richard Yancey · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

The highly-anticipated finale to the "New York Times "bestselling 5th Wave series The enemy is Other. The enemy is us. They re down here, they re up there, they re nowhere. They want the Earth, they want us to have it. They came to wipe us out, they came to save us. But beneath...
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What Degree Do I Need to Pursue a Career in Business?

Tamra Orr · Rosen Young Adult
Format: Hardcover

This book is a handy and useful guide to assessing students skills, desires, and aptitudeand then focusing on the business degree or degrees required to set them on the career path that's right for them.
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The Stars of Summer: An All Four Stars Book

Tara Dairman · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover

"A scrumptious gem of a story!" - Jennifer A. Nielsen, New York Times bestselling author of The False Prince for All Four Stars

In this charming sequel to All Four Stars, eleven-year-old foodie Gladys Gatsby now has her first published review...
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Galaxy Girls: 50 Amazing Stories of Women in Space

LIBBY JACKSON · Harper Design
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Filled with beautiful full-color illustrations, a groundbreaking compendium honoring the amazing true stories of fifty inspirational women who helped fuel some of the greatest achievements in space exploration from the nineteenth century to today - including Hidden Figure's Mary Jackson...
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Scary out there

Jonathan Maberry · SSBFYR
Pages: 498
Format: Print book

"Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jonathan Maberry compiles more than twenty stories and poems--written by members of the Horror Writers Association--in this terrifying collection about worst fears"--
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A Sense of the Infinite

Hilary T. Smith · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

By the author of the critically acclaimed Wild Awake, a beautiful coming-of-age story about deep friendship, the weight of secrets, and the healing power of nature.

It's senior year of high school, and Annabeth is ready - ready for everything she and her best friend, Noe, have...

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Now a Major Motion Picture

Cori McCarthy · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

Their fantasy is her reality in this bright and uplifting contemporary coming-of-age novel by the acclaimed author of Breaking Sky and You Were Here.

Iris Thorne wants to blaze her own path. That's easier said than done when you're the granddaughter of M. E. Thorne, famous author...

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Freedom Trials

Meredith Tate · Page Street Publishing
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Evelyn Summers is imprisoned for a crime that was wiped from her memory.

In order for Evelyn to be released, she -- along with other "reformed" prisoners -- must pass seven mental, physical, and virtual challenges known as the Freedom Trials. One mistake means execution...

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