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Mindfulness for Teen Depression: A Workbook for Improving Your Mood

Mitch R Abblett · New Harbinger Pub
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

In Mindfulness for Teen Depression, two teen experts offer powerful tools based in mindfulness and positive psychology to help you ease symptoms, work through troubling thoughts and feelings, and thrive in all aspects of life. If you're a teen with depression, you may often feel sad,...
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The Liberators

Chris Lynch · Scholastic Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

"All the sizzle, chaos, noise and scariness of war is clay in the hands of ace storyteller Lynch." -- Kirkus ReviewsChris Lynch concludes his gritty, thoughtful, and critically acclaimed WWII fiction series -- providing entirely new insight into "The Good War."The US Marines...
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Welcome to the Dark House

Laurie Faria Stolarz · Disney-Hyperion; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Whats your worst nightmare? For Ivy Jensen, its the eyes of a killer that haunt her nights. For Parker Bradley, its bloodthirsty sea serpents that slither in his dreams. And for seven essay contestants, its their worst nightmares that win them an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at director...
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The Devil's Engine: Hellwalkers

ALEXANDER GORDON SMITH · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Fury, The Devil's Engine: Hellwalkers concludes an explosive trilogy about the secret battle for control of an all-powerful ancient machine which can grant you anything you wish for, in exchange for your soul.

In the third and final book of Alexander...

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The Loose Ends List

Carrie Firestone · Little
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

A refreshing, funny, and moving debut novel about first loves, last wishes, and letting go. Seventeen-year-old Maddie O'Neill Levine lives a charmed life, and is primed to spend the perfect pre-college summer with her best friends and young-at-heart socialite grandmother (also Maddie's...
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Thick as Thieves

NOT AVAILABLE. · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Discover the world of the Queen's Thief

Thick as Thieves is the eagerly anticipated new stand-alone novel set in the world of the Queen's Thief. New York Times-bestselling author Megan Whalen Turner's entrancing and award-winning Queen's Thief novels bring to life the world of the epics...

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The War Outside

Monica Hesse · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A stunning novel of conviction, friendship, and betrayal from Monica Hesse, the Edgar Award-winning and bestselling author of Girl in the Blue Coat

It's 1944, and World War II is raging across Europe and the Pacific. The war seemed far away from Margot in Iowa and Haruko in Colorado--until...
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Wolf Hollow

Lauren Wolk · Dutton Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A 2017 Newbery Honor Book
New York Times Bestseller

A young girl's kindness, compassion, and honesty overcome bullying.

* An NPR Best Book of the Year
* A BOOKLIST Best Book of the Year
* An Entertainment Weekly Best Middle Grade Book...
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Lost

KRISTIN CAST · Blackstone Publishing
Format: Hardcover

[Young Adult Fiction (Ages 12-17) ]

Things have settled down at the Tulsa House of Night since Zoey and the gang closed the tear between worlds and sent Other Kevin back to the Other World. Neferet hasn't stirred. Damien and Jack are falling in love all over again. Stevie Rae and Rephaim...
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Half a World Away

Cynthia Kadohata · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A kid who considers himself an epic fail discovers the transformative power of love when he deals with adoption in this novel from Cynthia Kadohata, winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award. Eleven-year-old Jaden is adopted, and he knows hes an epic fail. Thats why his family...
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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...
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Binge Drinking

James Bow · Crabtree Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

From School Library Journal Gr 7 Up - Tackling sensitive and timely topics with a blend of the scientific and the anecdotal, this well-designed, accessible series emphasizes the idea that knowledge is power by giving young adults tools for assessing...
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Girls Like Us

Gail Giles · Candlewick Press
Pages: 210
Format: Print book

A 2015 Schneider Family Book Award Winner

With gentle humor and unflinching realism, Gail Giles tells the gritty, ultimately hopeful story of two special ed teenagers entering the adult world.

We understand stuff. We just learn it slow. And most of what we understand is that...
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Beastkeeper

Cat Hellisen · Henry Holt
Pages: 197
Format: Print book

Sarah has always been on the move. Her mother hates the cold, so every few months her parents pack their bags and drag her off after the sun. She's grown up lonely and longing for magic. She doesn't know that it's magic her parents are running from.

When Sarah's mother walks out on their...

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Riverkeep

Martin J Stewart · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

A stunning debut perfect for fans of Patrick Ness and Neil Gaiman!

The Danék is a wild, treacherous river, and the Fobisher family has tended it for generations - clearing it of ice and weed, making sure boats can get through, and fishing corpses from its bleak depths. Wulliam's...
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