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A Poison Dark and Drowning

Jessica Cluess · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

"Devastatingly magical and monstrously romantic. I can't decide if this book stole my heart or ripped it out of my chest." - Stephanie Garber, author of Caraval The magicians want her to lead. The sorcerers want her to lie. The demons want her blood. Henrietta wants to save...
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I Am Princess X

Cherie Priest · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 227
Format: Print book

Once upon a time, two best friends created a princess together. Libby drew the pictures, May wrote the tales, and their heroine, Princess X, slayed all the dragons and scaled all the mountains their imaginations could conjure. Once upon a few years later, Libby was in the car with her mom,...
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And I Darken

Kiersten White · Delacorte Press
Pages: 486
Format: Print book

This vividly rendered novel reads like HBO's Game of Thrones . . . if it were set in the Ottoman Empire. Ambitious in scope and intimate in execution, the story's atmospheric setting is rife with political intrigue, with a deftly plotted narrative driven by fiercely passionate characters....
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The Vicar's Daughter

Josi S Kilpack · Shadow Mountain
Pages: 317
Format: Paperback

Cassie, the youngest of six daughters in the Wilton family, is bold, bright, and ready to enter society. There's only one problem: her older sister Lenora, whose extreme shyness prevents her from attending many social events. Lenora is now entering her third season, and since their father...
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Boy Robot

Simon Curtis · Simon Pulse
Pages: 415
Format: Print book

Seventeen-year-old Isaak discovers the truth about his origin and the underground forces that must come together to fight against a secret government organization formed to eradicate those like him in this high-octane science fiction debut.There once was a boy who was made, not created....
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How to Make a Wish

Ashley Herring Blake · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Grace, tough and wise, has nearly given up on wishes, thanks to a childhood spent with her unpredictable, larger-than-life mother. But this summer, Grace meets Eva, a girl who believes in dreams, despite her own difficult circumstances. One fateful evening, Eva climbs through a window...
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Strange Fire

Tommy Wallach · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

For teens who grew up reading and adoring The Giver and The City of Ember. Oregon Trail meets Westworld in this epic new trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of We All Looked Up, Tommy Wallach.Knowledge has always been the enemy of faith. They said that the first generation...
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The Throne of Fire

Rick Riordan · Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

In this exciting second installment of the three-book series, Carter and Sadie, offspring of the brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane, embark on a worldwide search for the Book of Ra, but the House of Life and the gods of chaos are determined to stop them.,
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Twilight

Stephenie Meyer

The #1 New York Times bestseller is available for the first time in a mass market paperback edition, featuring a striking movie tie-in cover. Bella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made.
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Careers in Health Care

Barbara Sheen · Referencepoint Press
Format: Hardcover

From School Library Journal Gr 9 Up-As teenagers prepare for college, they are also thinking about life after university. These books take a field or industry-fashion, for example-and break down several different jobs in that area. Each job has its own chapter that describes...
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When the Earth Shakes: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis

Simon Winchester · Viking
Pages: 71
Format: Print book

Earthquakes,volcanoes,tsunamis.Headline-making natural disasters with devastating consequences for millions of people. But what do we actually know about these literally earth-shaking events?New York Times bestselling author, explorer, journalist, and geologist Simon Winchester - who's...
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The First Time She Drowned

Kerry Kletter · Speak
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

The beautiful struggle of a girl desperate for the one relationship that has caused her the most pain. In "one of the most lyrical novels I've ever read. Haunting and exquisite." - Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also...
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Expelled

James Patterson · jimmy patterson
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A secret Twitter accountAn anonymous photoEveryone is a suspect Will Foster's Twitter account used to be anonymous--until someone posted The Photo that got him and three other students expelled, their futures ruined forever. But who took the picture, and why are they being targeted?To uncover...
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American Street

Ibi Zoboi · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

American Street is an evocative and powerful coming-of-age story perfect for fans of Everything, Everything; Bone Gap; and All American Boys. In this stunning debut novel, Pushcart-nominated author Ibi Zoboi draws on her own experience as a young Haitian immigrant, infusing this lyrical...
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Dreamland Burning

Jennifer Latham · Little
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Some bodies won't stay buried.Some stories need to be told. When seventeen-year-old Rowan Chase finds a skeleton on her family's property, she has no idea that investigating the brutal century-old murder will lead to a summer of painful discoveries about the past... and the present.Nearly...
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