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The Traitor Prince

C J REDWINE · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

A dark epic fantasy inspired by The Prince and the Pauper and the fairy tale The False Prince, from bestselling author C.J. Redwine. A thrilling companion book in the Ravenspire series, The Traitor Prince is perfect for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses series and The Wrath and the Dawn...
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The Battle of the Labyrinth

Rick Riordan · Hyperion Books for Children
Pages: 361
Format: Hardcover

As an incoming freshman, Percy isn't expecting his high school orientation to be any fun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to worse. In this fourth installment of the blockbuster series, time is running...
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

J. K. Rowling · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 870
Format: Print book

There is a door at the end of a silent corridor. And it's haunting Harry Potter's dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror? Here are just a few things on Harry's mind: * A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a personality like poisoned...
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Discrimination (Opposing Viewpoints)

Jacqueline Langwith · Greenhaven
Pages: 247
Format: Hardcover

Grade 7 Up—These books cover their topics in pro and con articles written by experts in the field or journalists with relevant experience. Clearly written, well researched, and far reaching, Discrimination explores the problem in its many forms. Individual chapters examine whether...
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Seriously Shifted

Tina Connolly · Tor Teen
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Tina Connolly's Seriously Shifted is a sparkling new adventure about teen witch Camellia and her mother, wicked witch Sarmine, introduced to readers in Seriously Wicked.Teenage witch Cam isn't crazy about the idea of learning magic. She'd rather be no witch than a bad one. But when...
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Enchantée

Gita Trelease · Flatiron Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

Love. Magic. Revolution...Enchantée is Gita Trelease's imaginative debut fantasy about an impoverished magician desperate to provide for her beloved sister on the eve of the French Revolution."Deliciously addictive." -- Stephanie Garber, author of Caraval"A heady, sparkling...
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The True Adventures of Nicolo Zen

Nicholas Christopher · Ember
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

A richly detailed historical novel from master storyteller Nicholas Christopher that School Library Journal calls "[A] lush tale of music, magic, and intrigue"! Nicolò Zen is all alone in 1700s Venice, save for his clarinet, which a mysterious magician had enchanted, allowing...
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Melonhead And The Later Gator Plan

Katy Kelly · Delacorte Press,
Format: Print book

While visiting his grandparents' retirement community in Florida, ten-year-old Adam "Melonhead" Melon, accompanied by his best friend Sam, invents the Alligator Distractor.
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The Clockwork Scarab: A Stoker & Holmes Novel

Colleen Gleason · Chronicle Books
Pages: 350
Format: Print book

"The mishmash of popular tropes (steampunk! vampires! Sherlock Holmes!) will bring readers in, but it's the friendship between the two girls that will keep them."--Kirkus ReviewsEvaline Stoker and Mina Holmes never meant to get into the family business. But when you're...
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Wicked Cruel

Rich Wallace · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

Everyone's heard an urban legend before. They're stories that get passed from kid to kid, and nobody can quite remember where the story originated. Sometimes the story changes. Sometimes details are added, or dropped. But one thing's for sure: nobody can ever prove whether the story...
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Laugh with the Moon

Shana Burg · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

Laugh with the Moon is on the Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List.  Thirteen-year-old Clare Silver is stuck. Stuck in denial about her mother’s recent death. Stuck in the African jungle for sixty-four days without phone reception. Stuck with her father, a doctor who seems able...
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I Have Lost My Way

GAYLE FORMAN · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A powerful display of empathy and friendship from the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of If I Stay.Around the time that Freya looses her voice while recording her debut album, Harun is making plans to run away from home to find the boy that he loves, and Nathaniel is arriving in New York...
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The Midnights

Sarah Nicole Smetana · HarperTeen
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

This voice-driven coming-of-age YA novel is perfect for fans of Katie Cotugno and Playlist for the Dead.Susannah Hayes has never been in the spotlight, but she dreams of following her father, a former rock star, onto the stage. As senior year begins, she's more interested in composing impressive...
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A Spark of Light: A Novel

JODI PICOULT · Ballantine Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis."Picoult at her fearless best . . . Timely, balanced and certain to inspire debate." - The Washington...
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