• The War Outside
  • Author: Monica Hesse
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young...
  • A stunning novel of conviction, friendship, and betrayal from Monica Hesse, the Edgar Award-winning and bestselling author of Girl in the Blue Coat

    It's 1944, and World War II is raging across Europe and the Pacific. The war seemed far away from Margot in Iowa and Haruko in Colorado--until they were uprooted...
  • The Truth and Lies of Ella Black
  • Author: Emily Barr
  • Publisher: Philomel Books
  • From the author of the "unputdownable" international hit The One Memory of Flora Banks comes a fast-paced cross-continental journey of identity, family, darkness and light, and the ways in which we define ourselves.Ella Black has always had dark inclinations. She's successfully hidden her evil alter ego from...
  • Orphaned
  • Author: ELIOT SCHREFER
  • Publisher: Scholastic Press
  • Before humans, and before human history, there were the apes.Snub is a young gorilla, living in the heart of what will eventually be known as Africa. She is jealous of her mother's new baby . . . and restless in her need to explore. When a natural disaster shakes up her family, Snub finds herself as the guardian of her young...
  • All Is Fair
  • Author: Dee Garretson
  • Publisher: Swoon Reads
  • Lady Mina Tretheway knows she's destined for greater things than her fancy boarding school, where she's being taught to be a proper English lady. It's 1918, and war is raging across Europe. Unlike her father and brother, who are able to assist in the war effort, Mina is stuck sorting out which fork should be used...
  • Bloom
  • Author: Kevin Panetta
  • Publisher: First Second

  • Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band -- if he can just persuade his dad to let him quit his job at their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away over rising dough and hot ovens. But while interviewing...

  • Even If I Fall
  • Author: Abigail Johnson
  • Publisher: Inkyard Press
  • Brooke and Heath should never have become friends, let alone fallen in love

    A year ago, Brooke Covington lost everything when her beloved older brother, Jason, confessed to the murder of his best friend, Calvin. Brooke and her family became social pariahs, broken and unable to console one another. Brooke's only...
  • Dear Ally, How Do You Write a Book
  • Author: Ally Carter
  • Publisher: Scholastic Press
  • Have you always wanted to write a book, but don't know where to start? Or maybe you're really great at writing the first few chapters . . . but you never quite make it to the end? Or do you finally have a finished manuscript, but you're not sure what to do next? Fear not -- if you have writing-related questions,...
  • Cold Day in the Sun
  • Author: Sara Biren
  • Publisher: Amulet Books
  • Holland Delviss wants to be known for her talent as a hockey player, not a hockey player who happens to be a girl. But when her school team is selected to be featured and televised as part of HockeyFest, her status as the only girl on the boys' team makes her the lead story. Not everyone is thrilled with Holland's...
  • Following
  • Author: Jeffry W. Johnston
  • Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
  • Rear Window meets Serial in this riveting new thriller from Edgar Award-nominated author that follows Alden as he tries to solve a crime only he believes was committed. Alden likes to follow people. He's not trying to be a creep, he just wants to be an investigator someday, and it's good practice.But spying on people...
  • Fake News: Separating Truth from...
  • Author: Michael Miller
  • Publisher: Twenty First Century...

  • While popularized by President Donald Trump, the term "fake news" actually originated toward the end of the 19th century, in an era of rampant yellow journalism. Since then, it has come to encompass a broad universe of news stories and marketing strategies ranging from outright lies, propaganda, and conspiracy...