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The Next Together

Lauren James · Sky Pony Pr
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

Katherine and Matthew are destined to be born again and again, century after century. Each time they are total strangers thrust together under unusual circumstances. Each time their presence changes history for the better. And each time they fall hopelessly in love, only to be tragically...
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Sometimes You Win--Sometimes You Learn for Teens: How to Turn a Loss into a Win

John C. Maxwell · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

#1 New York Times bestselling author John C. Maxwell brings his common sense self-help lessons to teens!Any setback--a championship loss, a bad grade, a botched audition-can be seen as a step forward when teens possess the right tools to turn that loss into a gain of knowledge. Drawing...
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Tell Me Something Real

Calla Devlin · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 290
Format: Print book

"The three Babcock sisters must travel to a Mexican clinic across the border so their mother, ill with leukemia, can receive alternative treatments. The sisters' world is about to shatter under the weight of an incomprehensible betrayal. . . an illness far more insidious than cancer...
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What I Thought Was True

Huntley Fitzpatrick · Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to My Life Next Door is a magnetic, push-me-pull-me summer romance for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han.Gwen Castle's Biggest Mistake Ever, Cassidy Somers, is slumming it as a yard boy on her idyllic Nantucket-esque island this summer. He's a rich...
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Dead Girls Society

Michelle Krys · Delacorte Press
Pages: 292
Format: Print book

A girl accepts a mysterious invitation to play a deadly game in this suspense-filled thriller from the author of HEXED--perfect for fans of NERVE by Jeanne Ryan and Lauren Oliver's PANIC.You are cordially invited to participate in a game of thrills and dares. Tell no one, and come alone....
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13 Little Blue Envelopes

Maureen Johnson · Harpercollins
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson's funny, heartbreaking, and utterly romantic tale gets a great new cover!Ginny Blackstone never thought she'd spend her summer vacation backpacking across Europe. But that was before she received the first little blue envelope from...
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The Lonely Ones

Kelsey Sutton · Philomel Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

When your only friend is your own endless imagination, how do you escape your mind and connect to the world around you? With parents too busy to pay her attention, an older brother and sister who would rather spend their time with friends, and peers who oscillate between picking on her and simply...
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This is the Part Where You Laugh

Peter Brown Hoffmeister · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 331
Format: Print book

"So real it hurts." - David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author of Kids of AppetiteFans of Andrew Smith and Matt de la Pena will be captivated by this summer-in-the-life of a teenage guy growing up in a trailer park in Eugene, Oregon. Travis plans to spend the summer as follows:...
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Mother-Daughter Book Camp

Heather Vogel Frederick · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 321
Format: Print book

Spend one last summer with the Mother-Daughter Book Club at camp in this bittersweet conclusion to Heather Vogel Frederick s beloved and bestselling series. After so many summers together, Emma, Jess, Megan, Becca, and Cassidy are reunited for one final hurrah before they go their separate...
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Maybe One Day

Melissa Kantor · HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014.
Pages: 405
Format: eBook

In the tradition of The Fault in Our Stars, critically acclaimed author Melissa Kantor masterfully captures the joy of friendship, the agony of loss, and the unique experience of being a teenager in this poignant new novel about a girl grappling with her best friend's life-threatening illness....
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Kingdom of Ash and Briars

Hannah West · Holiday House
Pages: 358
Format: Print book

Bristal, an orphaned kitchen maid, lands in a gritty fairy tale gone wrong when she discovers she is an elicromancer with a knack for shape-shifting. An ancient breed of immortal magic beings, elicromancers have been winnowed down to merely two - now three - after centuries of bloody conflict...
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Rebels Like Us

Liz Reinhardt · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 490
Format: Hardcover

"It's not like I never thought about being mixed race. I guess it was just that, in Brooklyn, everyone was competing to be unique or surprising. By comparison, I was boring, seriously. Really boring." Culture shock knocks city girl Agnes "Nes" Murphy-Pujols off-kilter...
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Class Election

Neil Swaab · Amulet Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Middle school expert Max Corrigan is back in the second book of this hilarious middle-grade series, and he wants YOU to run for class president. This book by comic artist Neil Swaab, which follows the hit first book, The Secrets to Ruling School, is a perfect read in advance of the 2016...
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The Problem with Forever

Jennifer L. Armentrout · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 474
Format: Print book

"Heartbreakingly real ... a remarkable novel about the power of first love and the courage it takes to face your fears. " - Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling authorFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes a riveting story about friendship,...
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