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Take the Fall

Emily Hainsworth · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

Twin Peaks meets Thirteen Reasons Why in this gripping and evocative tale of one girl unraveling the mystery of her best friend's murder, from acclaimed author Emily Hainsworth. WHO KILLED GRETCHEN MEYER?Fear grips the residents of Hidden Falls the night Sonia Feldman and her best friend,...
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Perfect Ten

L PHILIPS · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Who is Sam Raines's Perfect Ten? It's been two years since Sam broke up with the only other eligible gay guy in his high school, so to say he's been going through a romantic drought is the understatement of the decade. When Meg, his ex-Catholic-turned-Wiccan best friend, suggests performing...
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The Siren

Kiera Cass · HarperTeen
Pages: 327
Format: Print book

From Kiera Cass, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Selection series, comes a captivating stand-alone fantasy romance.Kahlen is a Siren, bound to serve the Ocean by luring humans to watery graves with her voice, which is deadly to any human who hears it. Akinli is human - a kind,...
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The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found

Martin W Sandler · Candlewick
Pages: 170
Format: Hardcover

The exciting true story of the captaincy, wreck, and discovery of the Whydah - the only pirate ship ever found - and the incredible mysteries it revealed.The 1650s to the 1730s marked the golden age of piracy, when fearsome pirates like Blackbeard ruled the waves, seeking not only treasure...
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The Siren

Kiera Cass · Findaway World, LLC
Format: Audiobook

From Kiera Cass, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Selection series, comes a captivating stand-alone fantasy romance.Kahlen is a Siren, bound to serve the Ocean by luring humans to watery graves with her voice, which is deadly to any human who hears it. Akinli is human a kind,...
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How to Make a Wish

Ashley Herring Blake · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Grace, tough and wise, has nearly given up on wishes, thanks to a childhood spent with her unpredictable, larger-than-life mother. But this summer, Grace meets Eva, a girl who believes in dreams, despite her own difficult circumstances. One fateful evening, Eva climbs through a window...
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Who killed christopher goodman

Allan Wolf · Candlewick
Pages: 269
Format: Hardcover

Inspired by a tragic true event in his past, Allan Wolf examines the circumstances of one boy's inexplicable murder and the fateful summer leading up to it.Everybody likes Chris Goodman. Sure, he's a little odd. He wears those funny bell-bottoms and he really likes the word ennui and he shakes...
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The Smell of Other People's Houses

Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

In Alaska, 1970, being a teenager here isn't like being a teenager anywhere else. This deeply moving and authentic debut is for fans of Rainbow Rowell, Louise Erdrich, Sherman Alexie, and Benjamin Alire Saenz. Intertwining stories of love, tragedy, wild luck, and salvation on the edge of America's...
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She's So Boss

Stacey Kravetz · Quercus
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Whether you already have an idea for a business or you're mulling how to turn the things you enjoy into a self-sustaining enterprise, this book will connect the dots. From inspiration to execution, there are concrete steps every young entrepreneur, creator, or leader needs to take,...
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The Way I Used to Be

Amber Smith · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

In the tradition of Speak, this extraordinary debut novel shares the unforgettable story of a young woman as she struggles to find strength in the aftermath of an assault.Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn't change who she was. But the night her brother's...
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And I Darken

Kiersten White · Delacorte Press
Pages: 498
Format: eBook

This vividly rendered novel reads like HBO's Game of Thrones . . . if it were set in the Ottoman Empire. Ambitious in scope and intimate in execution, the story's atmospheric setting is rife with political intrigue, with a deftly plotted narrative driven by fiercely passionate characters....
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The Dark Days Pact

Alison Goodman · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 490
Format: Hardcover

Sequel to New York Times bestselling author Alison Goodman's acclaimed The Dark Days Club - a smashing combination of Buffy and Jane Austen! Summer, 1812. After the scandalous events at her presentation ball in London, Lady Helen has taken refuge at the fashionable seaside resort of Brighton,...
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The Serpent King

Jeff Zentner · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

"The Serpent King is a book you won't be able to resist or forget. The Southern boy in me savored every syllable and the reader in me fell in love with every page." - John Corey Whaley, National Book Award finalist and Printz Award winner Dill has had to wrestle with vipers...
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A Court of Wings and Ruin

SARAH J MAAS · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pages: 720
Format: Hardcover

Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's maneuverings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit-and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well.As...
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