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Dumplin'

Julie Murphy · Balzer Bray
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

#1 New York Times BestsellerFor fans of John Green, Rainbow Rowell, and Sarah Dessen comes this powerful novel with a fearless heroine - self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson - from Julie Murphy, the acclaimed author of Side Effects May Vary. With starry Texas nights, red candy suckers,...
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Vow of Thieves

Mary E. Pearson · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

Vow of Thieves is the thrilling sequel to Dance of Thieves, set in the same world as Mary E. Pearson's New York Times-bestselling Remnant Chronicles.Kazi and Jase have survived, stronger and more in love than ever. Their new life now lies before them -- the Ballengers will be outlaws no longer,...
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Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge A Crash of Fate

Zoraida Cordova · Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}span.s1 {font-kerning: none}Izzy and Jules were best friends until Izzy's family abruptly left Batuu when she was six. But now she's back, and Jules, the boy who never left, is unsure what...
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Fangirl: A Novel

Rainbow Rowell · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 438
Format: Hardcover

In Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life--and she's really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it's what got them...
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Mirror in the Sky

ADITI KHORANA · Razorbill
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

Another Earth meets Perks of Being a Wallflower in this thoughtful, mesemerizing debut and subject of a TedX talk about the discovery of a mirror planet to Earth and how it dramatically changes the course of one Indian-American girl's junior year."[O]ne of the most powerful reads...
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What Goes Up

Katie Kennedy · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pages: 327
Format: Hardcover

Rosa and Eddie are among hundreds of teens applying to NASA's mysterious Interworlds Agency. They're not exactly sure what the top-secret program entails, but they know they want in. Rosa has her brilliant parents' legacies to live up to, and Eddie has nowhere else to go--he's certainly...
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The Librarian of Auschwitz

Antonio Iturbe · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother...
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Fandom: Fic Writers, Vidders, Gamers, Artists, and Cosplayers

Francesca DiPiazza · Twenty First Century Books
Pages: 120
Format: Library Binding

Have you ever finished a book or TV series and wished for more? Created stories, art, or videos based on a game? Dressed up as your favorite character? If so, you've entered fandom. Fan writers expand and mix up stories, like sending the Star Trek crew to Hogwarts. Cosplayers sew Star Wars...
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Defy the Stars

Claudia Gray · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Lost Stars and Bloodline comes a thrilling sci-fi adventure that Kass Morgan, bestselling author of The 100 series, calls "startlingly original and achingly romantic...nothing short of masterful."She's a soldier -- Noemi...
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The Black God's Drums

P Djeli Clark · Tor.com
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Rising SFF star P. Djèlí Clark brings an alternate New Orleans of orisha, airships, and adventure to life in his immersive debut novella The Black God's DrumsIn an alternate New Orleans caught in the tangle of the American Civil War, the wall-scaling girl named Creeper yearns to escape...
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