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That's Not What Happened

Kody Keplinger · Scholastic Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

It's been three years since the Virgil County High School Massacre. Three years since my best friend, Sarah, was killed in a bathroom stall during the mass shooting. Everyone knows Sarah's story--that she died proclaiming her faith.But it's not true.I know because I was with her when she died....
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Spindle Fire

Lexa Hillyer · HarperTeen
Pages: 355
Format: Hardcover

Half sisters Isabelle and Aurora are polar opposites: Isabelle is the king's headstrong illegitimate daughter, whose sight was tithed by faeries; Aurora, beautiful and sheltered, was tithed her sense of touch and her voice on the same day. Despite their differences, the sisters have always...
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The Great Hunt

Wendy Higgins · Harpercollins, 2016.
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

Wendy Higgins, the author of the New York Times bestselling Sweet Evil series, reimagines a classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale with The Great Hunt, a dramatic, romance-filled fantasy with rugged hunters, romantic tension, and a princess willing to risk all to save her kingdom.When a monstrous...
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Summer Bird Blue

Akemi Dawn Bowman · Simon Pulse
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

A mixed race teen struggles to find her way back to her love of music in the wake of her sister's tragic death in this incisive, lyrical novel that's perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jennifer Niven, by the author of William C. Morris Award finalist Starfish.Rumi Seto spends a lot of time...
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Love, Hate and Other Filters

Samira Ahmed · Soho Teen
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

In this unforgettable debut, a Muslim teen copes with Islamophobia, cultural divides among peers and parents, and a reality she can neither explain nor escape. American-born seventeen-year-old Maya Aziz is torn between worlds. There's the proper one her parents expect for their good Indian...
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Vermont

Ann Heinrichs · Childrens Pr; Revised edition
Format: Book

The third series of America the Beautiful is back in a revised edition. The books in this series are bursting with fascinating facts, updated statistics, and brand-new full-color photographs. America the Beautiful's dynamic design and editorial approach to the geography, history, people,...
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Better Off Friends

Elizabeth Eulberg · Scholastic
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY . . . for teens, from romantic comedy star Elizabeth Eulberg.For Macallan and Levi, it was friends at first sight. Everyone says guys and girls can't be just friends, but these two are. They hang out after school, share tons of inside jokes, their families are super...
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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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Please Don't Tell

Laura Tims · Harper Teen
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Debut author Laura Tims writes an intense and utterly gripping contemporary YA tale perfect for fans of Pretty Little Liars. Joy has done everything to protect her twin sister...including murder.Joy killed Adam Gordon for what he did to her sister, Grace. At least, that's what she thinks...
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The Darkest Corners

Kara Thomas · Delacorte Press
Pages: 327
Format: Print book

"Gripping from start to finish . . . with twists that left me shocked." - Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen For fans of Gillian Flynn and Pretty Little Liars, The Darkest Corners is a psychological thriller about the lies little girls tell, and the deadly...
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Like a river glorious.

Rae Carson · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

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Burn

Julianna Baggott · Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

The stunning conclusion to the trilogy that began with Pure, recommended by People for those who loved The Hunger Games With his father now dead, Partridge has assumed leadership of the Dome, one of the last few refuges from the ravaged wastelands of the outside world. At first, Partridge...
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Things I Should Have Known

Claire Scovell LaZebnik · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

An unforgettable story about autism, sisterhood, and first love that's perfect for fans of Jenny Han, Sophie Kinsella, and Sarah Dessen. New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things Julie Buxbaum raved: "I couldn't put it down." Meet Chloe Mitchell, a popular Los Angeles...
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Lucky in Love

Kasie West · Point
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Maddie doesn't believe in luck. She's all about hard work and planning ahead. But one night, on a whim, she buys a lottery ticket. And then, to her astonishment --She wins!In a flash, Maddie's life is unrecognizable. No more stressing about college scholarships. Suddenly, she's talking...
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The Hate U Give

A C THOMAS · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

A National Book Award Longlist title with eight starred reviews! #1 New York Times Bestseller!"Absolutely riveting!" - Jason Reynolds"Stunning." - John Green"This story is necessary. This story is important." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Heartbreakingly...
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