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The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

Benjamin Alire Sa?enz · Clarion Books
Pages: 445
Format: Hardcover

"Friendships, family, grief, joy, rage, faith, doubt, poetry, and love - this complex and sensitive book has room for every aspect of growing up!" - Margarita Engle, Newbery Honor-Winning author of The Surrender Tree Sal used to know his place with his adoptive gay father,...
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Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961

LARRY DANE BRIMNER · Calkins Creek
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

On May 4, 1961, a group of thirteen black and white civil rights activists launched the Freedom Ride, aiming to challenge the practice of segregation on buses and at bus terminal facilities in the South. The Ride would last twelve days. Despite the fact that segregation on buses crossing...
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Jerkbait

Mia Siegert · Jolly Fish Pr
Pages: 350
Format: Print book

Even though they're identical, Tristan isn't close to his twin Robbie at all - until Robbie tries to kill himself. Forced to share a room to prevent Robbie from hurting himself, the brothers begin to feel the weight of each other's lives on the ice, and off. Tristan starts seeing...
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9 Days and 9 Nights

KATIE COTUGNO · Balzer Bray
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

In this sequel to the New York Times bestseller 99 Days, perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Morgan Matson, Molly Barlow finds herself in Europe on her summer vacation, desperately trying to forget everything that happened a year ago. But over the course of nine days and nine nights, her whole...
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Obsidio

AMIE KAUFMAN · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover

From bestselling author duo Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff comes the exciting finale in the trilogy that broke the mold and has been called "stylistically mesmerizing" and "out-of-this-world-awesome."Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks...
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Once Upon a Time in the North: His Dark Materials

Philip Pullman · Yearling
Pages: 126
Format: Paperback

***** THE BOOK OF DUST, the long-awaited new novel from Philip Pullman set in the world of His Dark Materials, has been hailed by the New York Times as "A stunning achievement"*****In this prequel episode from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials universe, Lee Scoresby--Texan...
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Bounce

Megan Shull · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 373
Format: Hardcover

The author of The Swap, which is now a Disney Channel Original Movie, delivers another hilarious, heartwarming, and empowering story about a girl who relives the same day over and over again - each time as someone new. Megan Shull's new novel is perfect for fans of Wendy Mass, Holly Goldberg...
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Strange the Dreamer

Laini Taylor · Little, Brown Young Readers
Format: Audiobook

A breathtaking new novel by National Book Award finalist and "New York Times" bestselling author Laini Taylor"Strange the Dreamer" is the story of: the aftermath of a war between gods and men. a mysterious city stripped of its name. a mythic hero with blood on his hands....
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Death Valley National Park

Nate Frisch · Creative Paperbacks
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

From School Library Journal Gr 4-7-This series delivers the next best thing to traveling to the national parks in person. Informative and visually stunning, each title provides a level of access report writers will appreciate. Features covered include each park's history,...
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Italy

Jane Kohen Winter · Benchmark Books; 3 edition
Format: Book

Book by Winter, Jane Kohen, Jermyn, Leslie, Spilling, Jo-Ann
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The Lazarus Game

Stephen J. Valentine · Cedar Fort Publishing & Media
Format: Print book

An amazing new video game has the power to resurrect the brightest minds of the past and see what they'd create in the modern world. There's just one catch: it requires another person's soul. Carter Chance, who is a teenage genius, must find a way to stop his generation from...
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Perfect

Cecelia Ahern · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

In this thrilling sequel to Flawed, Celestine must make a choice: save just herself or risk her own life to save all Flawed people. Celestine North lives in a society that demands perfection. After she was branded Flawed by a morality court, Celestine's life has completely fractured--all...
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The Hired Girl

Laura Amy Schlitz · Candlewick Press
Pages: 387
Format: Print book

Winner of the 2016 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction A 2016 Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Award Winner Winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award for Children's and Young Adult LiteratureNewbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her delicious wit and keen eye to early...
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Taiwan

Barbara A Somervill · Children's Press, An Imprint of Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Take a trip around the world with the latest entries in the Enchantment of the World series! Readers are transported to distant lands with the fascinating text and attention-grabbing photos in these books. Each country's culture, history, and geography are explored in detail, allowing...
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Royal Bastards

Andrew Shvarts · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 346
Format: Hardcover

"Jon Snow won't be the only 'bastard' whose name readers will remember." -Entertainment Weekly Being a bastard blows. Tilla would know. Her father, Lord Kent of the Western Province, loved her as a child, but cast her aside as soon as he had trueborn children.At sixteen, Tilla...
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