Back Teens | May Newsletter

SelectReads News
Simple News Pro
  Teens  
The Impostor Queen

Sarah Fine - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Book

The elders chose Elli to be queen, but they chose wrong in this beautifully crafted novel in the tradition of Kristin Cashore and Victoria Aveyard.

Sixteen-year-old Elli was a small child when the Elders of Kupari chose her to succeed the Valtia, the queen who wields infinitely...

Read More check catalog
 
 
The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart

Chesil - Soho Teen
Format: Hardcover

Now in translation for the first time, the award-winning debut that broke literary ground in Japan explores diaspora, prejudice, and the complexities of a teen girl's experience growing up as a Zainichi Korean, reminiscent of Min Jin Lee's classic Pachinko and Sandra Cisneros's...
Read More check catalog
 
 
I Miss You, I Hate This

Sara Saedi - Poppy
Format: Hardcover

The lives of high school seniors Parisa Naficy and Gabriela Gonzales couldn't be more different. Parisa, an earnest and privileged Iranian American, struggles to live up to her own impossible standards. Gabriela, a cynical Mexican American, has all the confidence Parisa lacks but none...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Genesis Wars: An Infinity Courts Novel

Akemi Dawn Bowman - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Book

Black Mirror meets Marie Lu's Warcross in Nami's continuing adventures as she fights to free her friends in this high-stakes sequel to The Infinity Courts by award-winning author Akemi Dawn Bowman. 

Read More check catalog
 
 
The Betrayed

Kiera Cass - HarperTeen
Format: Book

Adjusting to life in Isolte after fleeing Coroa, Hollis must help the Eastoffe family unseat a tyrannical king before war erupts.

Read More check catalog
 
 
The Island

Natasha Preston - Delacorte Press
Format: Paperback

A visit to a private amusement park is the trip of a lifetime for a group of teen influencers, until they learn that getting off the island alive is not part of the plan.

Read More check catalog
 
 
Diamond City: A Novel

Francesca Flores - Wednesday Books
Format: Book

Diamond City is an action-packed young adult fantasy by debut author Francesca Flores about a girl who perseveres through poverty, violence, and loss to achieve a future for herself. Good things don't happen to girls who come from nothing...unless they risk everything. 

Meet...

Read More check catalog
 
 
Raising the Horseman

Serena Valentino - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times best-selling author of Disney's Villains series comes a ghostly new stand-alone novel that reimagines The Legend of Sleepy Hollow through the eyes of a modern teen. The two-hundredth anniversary of the Headless Horseman's legendary haunting of Sleepy Hollow...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Two Truths and a Lie

April Henry - Christy Ottaviano Books
Format: Book

A group of teens are trapped in an old motel with a murderer in this chilling YA mystery by New York Timesbestselling author April Henry.

Nell has always wanted to be an actor, but doubts her ability. As a member of her school's theater program, she prefers working backstage....

Read More check catalog