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Desert Tales

Melissa Marr · HarperCollins
Format: Paperback

Return to the world of Melissa Marrs bestselling series and discover how the events of Wicked Lovely set a different faery tale in motion. . . . Originally presented as a manga series and now available for the first time as a stand-alone novel, Desert Tales combines tentative romance, outward...
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Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity

Dave Roman · First Second
Pages: 185
Format: Paperback

Hakata Soy's past life as the leader of a futuristic super team won't stay in the past The former space hero is doing his best to keep his head down at Astronaut Academy. Things aren't going so great, though. The most popular girl in school has it in for him. His best friend won't return...
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Chaotic Good

WHITNEY GARDNER · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Cosplay, comic shops, and college applications collide in this illustrated novel, perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Noelle Steveson!Cameron's cosplay creations are finally starting to earn her attention--attention she hopes to use to get into the CalArts costume design department...
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The Waking Dark

Robin Wasserman · Random House Children's Books
Pages: 454
Format: Book

The Waking Dark is "a horror story worthy of Stephen King" (Booklist) and "a book you won't soon forget" (Cassandra Clare, author of the Mortal Instruments series) - perfect for readers of Gillian Flynn and Rick Yancey. They called it the killing day. Twelve people...
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Ruby Redfort Look Into My Eyes

Lauren Child · Candlewick Press
Pages: 383
Format: eBook

"Sardonic narration will grab readers from the get-go, and puzzles laced throughout will intrigue those who share Ruby's passion for solving mysteries." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) Everyone knows that Clarice Bean is exceptionordinarily keen on the Ruby Redfort books....
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The X-Files Origins: Devil's Advocate

Jonathan Maberry · Imprint
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

How did Dana Scully become a skeptic?Read this dark thriller to find out why millions of people became obsessed with The X-Files. In the spring of 1979, fifteen-year-old Dana Scully has bigger problems than being the new girl in school. Dana has always had dreams. Sometimes they've even...
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Hey, Kiddo

Jarrett J. Krosoczka · Graphix
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where...
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The Pregnancy Project: A Memoir

Gaby Rodriguez · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Kindle Edition

When Gaby faked a pregnancy to challenge stereotypes, she also changed her life. A compelling memoir from an inspirational teenage activist.Growing up, Gaby Rodriguez was often told she would end up a teen mom. After all, her mother and her older sisters had gotten pregnant as teenagers;...
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The Thousandth Floor

Katharine McGee · Harper
Pages: 441
Format: Print book

New York Times bestsellerNew York City as you've never seen it before. A thousand-story tower stretching into the sky. A glittering vision of the future, where anything is possible - if you want it enough.Welcome to Manhattan, 2118.A hundred years in the future, New York is a city of innovation...
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Road Trip

Jim Paulsen · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 114
Format: Print book

Dad and Ben haven't been getting along recently and Dad hopes a road trip to rescue a border collie will help them reconnect. But Ben is on to Dad's plan and invites Ben's thuggish buddy, Theo. The family dog, Atticus, comes along too and the story is told by Ben and Atticus. When their...
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Sekret

Lindsay Smith · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

An empty mind is a safe mind. Yulia's father always taught her to hide her thoughts and control her emotions to survive the harsh realities of Soviet Russia. But when she's captured by the KGB and forced to work as a psychic spy with a mission to undermine the U.S. space program,...
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GIRL: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You

Karen Rayne · Magination Press
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback

GIRL: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You is an inclusive growing-up guide for teen girls with information on gender and identity, dating and romance, relationships, and sex. It gives teen girls practical information that is uncensored, factual, and unbiased, and aims to help readers develop...
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Revealed: A House of Night Novel

P. C. Cast · St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Revealed is the spellbinding eleventh and penultimate installment in the 1 New York Times bestselling vampyre series by PC and Kristin Cast.Drastically altered after her fall at the end of Hidden, Neferet is now more dangerous than ever--and her quest for vengeance will wreak havoc on humans,...
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