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Midnight Sun

TRISH COOK · Poppy
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

A heartbreaking tale of love, loss and one nearly perfect summer - perfect for fans of The Fault In Our Stars and Everything, Everything. Seventeen-year-old Katie Price has a rare disease that makes exposure to even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Confined to her house during the day,...
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Give Me Some Truth

ERIC GANSWORTH · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Carson Mastick is entering his senior year of high school and desperate to make his mark, on the reservation and off. A rock band -- and winning the local Battle of the Bands, with its first prize of a trip to New York City -- is his best shot. But things keep getting in the way. Small...
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Wolves & Roses

Christina Bauer · Monster House Books, LLC
Pages: 292
Format: Paperback

Seventeen-year-old Bryar Rose has a problem. She's descended from one of the three magical races - shifters, fairies, or witches. That makes her one of the Magicorum, and Magicorum always follow a fairy tale life template. In Bryar's case, that template should be Sleeping Beauty. "Should"...
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Lost Girls

Merrie Destefano · Entangled Teen
Pages: 360
Format: Print book

Yesterday, Rachel went to sleep listening to Taylor Swift, curled up in her grammy's quilt, worrying about geometry. Today, she woke up in a ditch, bloodied, bruised, and missing a year of her life.She doesn't recognize the person she's become: She's popular. She wears nothing...
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27 Hours

TRISTINA WRIGHT · Entangled
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Rumor Mora fears two things: hellhounds too strong for him to kill, and failure. Jude Welton has two dreams: for humans to stop killing monsters, and for his strange abilities to vanish.But in no reality should a boy raised to love monsters fall for a boy raised to kill them.Nyx Llorca...
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Waterfire Saga, Book Four Sea Spell

Jennifer Donnelly · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 357
Format: Print book

At the end of "Dark Tide, " Book 3 in the Waterfire Saga, Astrid leaves her mermaid friends to confront her ancestor, Orfeo, the evil force behind the rise of the monster Abbadon. Orfeo possesses one of the six talismans that the merls need in order to keep the monster locked...
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Speak of Me As I Am

Sonia Belasco · Philomel Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A moving story of grief, honesty, and the healing power of art - the ties that bind us together, even when those we love are gone.Melanie and Damon are both living in the shadow of loss. For Melanie, it's the loss of her larger-than-life artist mother, taken by cancer well before her time....
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Neverworld Wake

Marisha Pessl · Delacorte Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Enter a realm where fears are physical and memories come alive in this absorbing psychological suspense thriller, from acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Special Topics in Calamity Physics and Night Film.Once upon a time, back at Darrow-Harker School, Beatrice Hartley and her five...
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The Disappearance of Ember Crow: The Tribe, Book Two

Ambelin Kwaymullina · Candlewick Press
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

In this fast-paced sequel to The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf, Ashala and her friends face a new danger from the least expected source - one of their own.After a daring raid on Detention Center 3 to rescue their trapped peers, Ashala Wolf and her Tribe of fellow Illegals - children...
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Fragments of the Lost

Megan Miranda · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls and The Perfect Stranger comes a suspenseful psychological mystery about one girl's search to uncover the truth behind her ex-boyfriend's death. Perfect for fans of We Were Liars and 13 Reasons Why.Jessa Whitworth knew...
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The Winter Horses

Philip Kerr · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Kindle Edition

From Philip Kerr theNew York Timesbestselling author of the Bernie Gunther novels comes a breathtaking journey of survival in the dark days of WWII in Ukraine a country that remains tumultuous today This inspiring tale captures the power of the human spirit and is perfect for fans ofThe...
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Take the Key and Lock Her Up

Ally Carter · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter returns with the third entry in this runaway series. For the past three years, Grace Blakely has been desperate to find out the truth about her mother's murder. She thought it would bring her peace. She thought it would lead her to answers....
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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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Children of Eden: A Novel

Joey Graceffa · Atria/Keywords Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Joey Graceffa has captured the hearts of millions of teens and young adults through his playful, sweet, and inspirational YouTube presence. Already a bestselling author with his memoir, In Real Life, Joey now presents his first novel, Children of Eden.Rowan...
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Bubonic Panic: When Plague Invaded America

Gail Jarrow · Calkins Creek Books
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover

In March 1900, San Francisco's health department investigated a strange and horrible death in Chinatown. A man had died of bubonic plague, one of the world's deadliest diseases. But how could that be possible? Bubonic Panic tells the true story of America's first plague epidemic - the public...
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