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Phoebe Will Destroy You

Blake Nelson · Simon Pulse
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Girl, Boy, and Paranoid Park comes a new novel about the obsessive vortex of falling in love in an impossible time and place.

The summer I was seventeen I met this girl ...

Nick has the best of moms and the worst of moms. On the upside,...
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Esports: The Ultimate Guide

Scholastic · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

An exciting new insider's guide to all the biggest and best competitive games and esports teams and players.

An in-depth, insider's guide to the fastest-growing sport on the face of the planet: esports! From ESPN to the biggest sporting arenas in the world, esports has officially...
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180 Seconds

Jessica Park · Skyscape
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback

Some people live their entire lives without changing their perspective. For Allison Dennis, all it takes is 180 seconds ... After a life spent bouncing from one foster home to the next, Allison is determined to keep others at arm's length. Adopted at sixteen, she knows better than to believe...
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Borrowed

Lucia DiStefano · Elephant Rock Productions, Inc.
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

Love, mystery, and danger collide in this new literary thriller with the dark heart of a Gillian Flynn novel and the lyrical prose of Jandy Nelson's I'll Give You the Sun. A triumph of authenticity, grace, and nail-biting suspense, Lucia DiStefano's ingenious debut is an unflinching,...
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Parental Death: The Ultimate Teen Guide

MICHELLE SHREEVE · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

According to a recent U.S. census, approximately 2.5 million children under the age of eighteen have experienced the death of a parent. Losing a parent at such a young age can have devastating consequences. Beyond the grief children and young adults experience, they can be at risk for many...
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Odd & True

CAT WINTERS · Amulet Books
Pages: 358
Format: Hardcover

Trudchen grew up hearing Odette's stories of their monster-slaying mother and a magician's curse. But now that Tru's older, she's starting to wonder if her older sister's tales were just comforting lies, especially because there's nothing fantastic about her own life - permanently disabled...
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Project You: More than 50 Ways to Calm Down, De-Stress, and Feel Great

Aubre Andrus · Switch Press
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Find your balance. Make a protein-packed smoothie to energize for a busy day. Center yourself after a stressful week by taking five minutes to write in your journal. Strengthen your body and calm your mind with simple yoga poses and breathing techniques. Craft a vision board to help...
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Be the One: Six True Stories of Teens Overcoming Hardship with Hope

BYRON PITTS · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Emmy Award-winning ABC News chief national correspondent and Nightline coanchor, Byron Pitts shares the heartbreaking and inspiring stories of six young people who overcame impossible circumstances with extraordinary perseverance.

Abuse.
Bullying.
War.
Drug Addiction.
...
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My Teenage Life in Brazil

Jim Whiting · Mason Crest
Pages: 64
Format: Library Binding

CUSTOMS AND CULTURES OF THE WORLD12 titles64 pages eachWhat better guides to help students learn about the world than teens of the world? This unique series looks at 12 countries, one of which is the Navajo Nation inside the United States, through the eyes of both expert authors and real-life...
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The Librarian of Auschwitz

Antonio Iturbe · Thorndike Press Large Print
Format: Library Binding

Received 4 Starred Reviews Based on the real-life experience of Dita Kraus, imprisoned in Auschwitz by the Nazis, this is the incredible story of a fourteen-year-old girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust. Out of one of the darkest chapters of human...
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The Best Medicine

Christine Hamill · Annick Press
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback

Philip Wright is twelve years old and life is pretty good. He has a comfortable relationship with his mother and gets reasonably good grades - in spite of girl problems, teacher problems, bully problems and - well, poetry problems.Philip's happy-go-lucky life is disrupted when his mother...
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The Acadia Files: Book Three, Winter Science

Katie Coppens · Tilbury House Publishers
Pages: 88
Format: Hardcover

In Book Three of the Acadia Files series, Acadia Greene carries her search for answers into winter.

A melting snowman leads her -- of course! -- to explore climate change and how to reduce her carbon footprint. The helium balloons at her eleventh birthday party beg questions -- naturally!...

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Careers in Gaming

Laura Roberts · Referencepoint Press
Pages: 80
Format: Hardcover

Careers in video gaming are some of the most creative and challenging technical careers in the United States today. Comments from people in the industry, current statistics and forecasts, and realistic descriptions provide a useful look at video gaming jobs ranging from animators to programmers...
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The Wonder of Us

Kim A Culbertson · Point
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover

Riya and Abby are:

Best friends.

Complete opposites.

Living on different continents.

Currently mad at each other.

About to travel around Europe.



Riya moved to Berlin, Germany, with her family for junior year, while Abby stayed behind in their...
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You Too?: 25 Voices Share Their #MeToo Stories

Janet Gurtler · Inkyard Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A timely and heartfelt collection of essays inspired by the #MeToo movement, edited by acclaimed author Janet Gurtler. Featuring Beth Revis, Mackenzi Lee, Ellen Hopkins, Saundra Mitchell, Jennifer Brown, Cheryl Rainfield and many more.When #MeToo went viral, Janet Gurtler was among the millions...
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