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Roses and Radicals: The Epic Story of How American Women Won the Right to Vote

Susan Zimet - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The United States of America is almost 250 years old, but American women won the right to vote less than a hundred years ago.And when the controversial nineteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution-the one granting suffrage to women-was finally ratified in 1920, it passed by a mere one-vote...
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The Year I Stopped Trying

Katie Heaney - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Mary is having an existential crisis. She's a good student, she never gets in trouble, and she is searching for the meaning of life. She always thought she'd find it in a perfect score on the SATs. But by junior year, Mary isn't so sure anymore.The first time, it's an accident....
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All of Our Demise

AMANDA FOODY - ?Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover

All of Our Demise is the epic conclusion to Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman's New York Times bestselling All of Us Villains duology."I feel like I should warn you: this is going to be absolutely brutal."For the first time in this ancient, bloodstained story, the tournament...
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I Am Hexed Volume 1 (I Am Hexed, 1)

Kirsten Thompson - Rocketship Entertainment
Format: Hardcover

I Am Hexed is a supernatural political thriller. There's magic, mystery, personal drama, and an accidentally carnivorous plant. Witches have been a part of the political fabric of Washington D.C. since it was founded. It's only since the 1960s that witches stood together and fought...
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Alone Out Here

Riley Redgate - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

What do you stand for, when you're one of the last left standing?The year is 2072. Soon a volcanic eruption will trigger catastrophic devastation, and the only way out is up.While the world's leaders, scientists, and engineers oversee the frantic production of a space fleet meant...
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Bodyguard: Survival

Chris Bradford - Philomel Books
Format: Paperback

Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
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Between Before and After (Blink)

Maureen Doyle McQuerry - Blink
Format: Hardcover

A mother being dragged ever deeper into the icy waters of depression. A daughter who finds a devastating secret about a shadowy past buried in her moms dresser. And the key to unlocking a long-hidden family mystery that could save or destroy much more than their two lives. Fourteen-year-old...
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Conquering Negative Body Image

Viola Jones - Rosen Publishing
Format: Print book

Approximately a half million U.S. teens struggle with eating disorders, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. The bodys transition from childhood to adulthood can be confusing and even traumatic. It is during adolescence that many of us develop negative body images, which...
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Whistling in the Dark

SHIRLEY HUGHES - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Legendary author Shirley Hughes draws on her young teenage memories for a compelling novel of friendship and mysteries set in Liverpool during the Blitz.Liverpool, 1940: Thirteen-year-old Joan's home is under constant threat from the Nazis' terrifying nightly air raids. Everyone...
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Elatsoe

Darcie Little Badger - Levine Querido
Format: Paperback

A National Indie BestsellerTIME's Best 100 Fantasy Books of All TimeAn NPR Best Book of 2020A BOOKLIST 's Top 10 First Novel for YouthA BookPage Best Book of 2020A CPL "Best of the Best" BookA Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2020A Buzzfeed Best YA SFF Book of 2020A Shelf...
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