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All books are available from our library.
Digital formats may also be available. If they are, the abbreviations are:
O/LA = Overdrive/Libby audiobook
O/LE = Overdrive/Libby e-book
HA = Hoopla audiobook
HE = Hoopla e-book
HV = Hoopla video
F = Freading e-book
XE = Axis 360 e-book
Author | Title | Digital Formats Available |
Adeyemi | Children of Blood and Bone | O/LE, O/LA, HA |
Adler | That Way Madness Lies | |
Anderson | Speak | O/LE, O/LA |
Andrews | Me, Earl and the Dying Girl | O/LE, O/LA, HE, F |
Aveyard | Red Queen (series) | O/LE, O/LA, HA |
Bauer | Hope Was Here | O/LA |
Brashares | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (series) | O/LE, O/LA |
Bray | A Great and Terrible Beauty | O/LE, O/LA |
Cabot | Princess Diaries (series) | O/LE, O/LA, H/E, F |
Cass | The Selection (series) | O/LE, O/LA, HA |
Colfer | Artemis Fowl (series) | O/LE, O/LA, HE |
Collins | The Hunger Games Trilogy | O/LE, O/LA, HE, HA |
Cooney | The Face on the Milk Carton | O/LE, HA |
Cormier | The Chocolate War | O/LA, HA |
Dessen | Keeping the Moon | O/LE , HA |
Donnelly | Deep Blue (series) | HE |
Feinstein | The Walk On | HA |
Garber | Caraval | OL/E, O/LA, HA |
Han | To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (series) | O/LE, O/LA, HA |
Hinton | The Outsiders | O/LE, O/LA |
Horowitz | Alex Rider (series) | O/LA, HA |
Hur | The Forest of Stolen Girls | |
Inzana | Ichiro (graphic novel) | HE |
Kinsella | Finding Audrey | O/LE, O/LA |
Lee | Luck of the Titanic | |
Lockhart | We Were Liars | O/LE. O/LA |
Lu | Legend (series) | O/LE, O/LA |
Meyer | Cinder (series) | O/LE, O/LA, HA |
Murphy | Dumplin’ | O/LE, O/LA, HE, HA, F |
Patterson | Maximum Ride (series) | O/LE, O/LA |
Picoult | Between the Lines | O/LE, O/LA, HA |
Pullman | The Golden Compass (series) | O/LE, O/LA |
Scott | The Alchemyst | O/LE, O/LA |
Sepetys | Salt to the Sea: A Novel | O/LE, O/LA |
Shusterman | Scythe | O/LE, HA |
Thomas | The Hate U Give | O/LE, O/LA, HE, HA, F |
Thomas | Lost in the Never Woods | |
Tolkien | Lord of the Rings Trilogy | O/LE, O/LA, HA |
Turk | The Other Side of Perfect | |
West | Sunkissed | |
Westerfeld | Uglies (series) | O/LE |
Yoon | Everything, Everything | O/LE, O/LA |
Bardugo, Leigh. Six of Crows
Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price–and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone. Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first.
Bauer, Joan. Backwater
While compiling a genealogy of her family of successful attorneys, sixteen-year-old history buff Ivy Breedlove treks into the mountain wilderness to interview a reclusive aunt with whom she identifies and who in turn helps her to truly know herself and her family.
Bowman, Erin. Vengeance Road
When her father is killed by the notorious Rose Riders for a mysterious journal that reveals the secret location of a gold mine, eighteen-year-old Kate Thompson disguises herself as a boy and takes to the gritty plains looking for answers–and justice.
Cashore, Kristin. Graceling
In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.
Clare, Cassandra. City of Bones
Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizarre world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.
Colfer, Eoin. Artemis Fowl Series
Artemis combines James Bond with an IQ beyond Einstein’s, the astuteness of Sherlock Homes and the attitude of Attila the Hun. Toss in a world of technologically superior fairies, clever and lively plots laced with action and humor for a wild, riveting read. (Titles include: Artemis Fowl; The Arctic Incident; The Eternity Code; The Opal Deception; The Lost Colony; The Time Paradox)
Courage, Nick. Storm Blown
A little rain and wind don’t worry Alejo–they’re just part of life at the beach. As his padrino says, as long as there are birds in the waves, it’s safe. When people start evacuating, though, Alejo realizes things might be worse than he thought. And they are. A hurricane is headed straight for Puerto Rico.
Dashner, James. The Maze Runner
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. Hes surrounded by strangersboys whose memories are also gone.
Davies, Stephen. Outlaw: A Novel
The children of Britain’s ambassador to Burkina Faso, fifteen-year-old Jake, who loves technology and adventure, and thirteen-year-old Kas, a budding social activist, are abducted and spend time in the Sahara desert with Yakuuba Sor, who some call a terrorist but others consider a modern-day Robin Hood.
Farmer, Nancy. A Girl Named Disaster
While journeying to Zimbabwe from Mozambique, eleven-year-old Nhamo struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.
Greci, Paul. The Wild Lands
Natural disasters and a breakdown of civilization have cut off Alaska from the world and destroyed its landscape. Now, as food runs out and the few who remain turn on each other, Travis and his younger sister, Jess, must cross hundreds of miles in search of civilization.
Griffin, Paul. Skyjacked
Cassie, Tim, Emily, Brandon, and Jay are on their way back from a camping trip, flying from Idaho to New York City on Cassie’s family’s private plane. This might be a usual thing for the others, but for Jay, it’s only his second time ever on a plane. And what starts as a normal flight soon veers desperately out of control. One of the regular pilots is sick, so there’s a replacement. Cassie has suddenly fallen ill for no reason. And Jay notices the plane is flying west instead of east.
Grant, Michael. Gone
In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have “The Power” and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not.
Graudin, Ryan. Wolf by Wolf
In a world where the Axis powers won WWII, the Axis Tour, an annual motorcycle race across the continents, gives death camp survivor Yael the chance to win the race and assassinate Hitler in the process.
Higson, Charles. Silverfin: a James Bond Adventure
Fans have a chance to read about the teenage life of one of the most famous fictional characters of all time. From the opening scene where a boy disappears in a Scottish loch, to the thrilling conclusion, this exciting novel holds the reader’s attention.(Additional titles in series include: Blood Fever; Double or Die)
Hobbs, Will. Far North
After the destruction of their floatplane, sixteen-year-old Gabe and his Dene friend, Raymond, struggle to survive a winter in the wilderness of the Northwest Territories.
Hobbs, Will. Jason’s Gold
When news of the discovery of gold in Canada’s Yukon Territory in 1897 reaches fifteen-year-old Jason, he embarks on a 5,000-mile journey to strike it rich. (sequel is Down the Yukon)
Hobbs, Will.Take Me to the River
When North Carolina fourteen-year-old Dylan Sands joins his fifteen-year-old cousin Rio in running the Rio Grande River, they face a tropical storm and a fugitive kidnapper.
Holmes, Kathryn. The distance between lost and found
Sophomore Hallie Calhoun, her former friend Jonah, and new friend Rachel leave a church youth group hike in the Great Smoky Mountains and become lost for five days, struggling to survive as Hallie finally speaks about the incident that made her a social pariah and Jonah admits why it hurt him so much.
Horowitz, Anthony. Alex Rider Series
Nonstop thrillers featuring Alex Rider, a 14-year old member of the British Secret Service. (Titles include: Stormbreaker; Point Blank; Skelton Key; Eagle Strike; Scorpia; Ark Angel; Snakehead)
Jinks, Catherine. Evil Genius
Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy. A no-holds-barred roller coaster ride. (Additional titles in series: Genius Squad)
Morgan, Cass. The 100
When 100 juvenile delinquents are sent on a mission to recolonize Earth, they get a second chance at freedom, friendship, and love, as they fight to survive in a dangerous new world.
Nielsen, Jennifer A. The False Prince
In the country of Carthya, a devious nobleman engages four orphans in a brutal competition to be selected to impersonate the king’s long-missing son in an effort to avoid a civil war.
Paulsen, Gary. Brian’s Hunt, Brian’s Return, and The River
The further adventures of Brian from “Hatchet” as he returns to the wilderness and faces many more challenges.
Paulsen, Gary. Woods Runner.
From his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, thirteen-year-old Samuel, who is a highly-skilled woodsman, sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents from the band of British soldiers and Indians who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their community. Includes historical notes.
Pfeffer, Susan Beth. This world we live in
When the moon’s gravitational pull increases, causing massive natural disasters on earth, Miranda and her family struggle to survive in a world without cities or sunlight, and wonder if anyone else in still alive.
Poalini, Christopher. Eragon
In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.
Pratchett, Terry. Nation
After a devastating tsunami destroys all that they have ever known, Mau, an island boy, and Daphne, an aristocratic English girl, together with a small band of refugees, set about rebuilding their community and all the things that are important in their lives.
Pullman, Phillip. The Golden Compass
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.
Rhodes, Morgan. Falling Kingdoms
After centuries of peace, the three kingdoms of Mytica stand on the brink of war. As rulers struggle for power, the lives of their subjects are brutally transformed and four key players find their fates forever intertwined amidst betrayal, murder, secret alliances, and even unforseen love.
Ritter, William. Jackaby
Newly arrived in 1892 New England, Abigail Rook becomes assistant to R.F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with the ability to see supernatural beings, and she helps him delve into a case of serial murder which, Jackaby is convinced, is due to a nonhuman creature.
Stievfater, Maggie. The Raven Boys
Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent’s only gift seems to be that she makes other people’s talents stronger, and when she meets Gansey, one of the Raven Boys from the expensive Aglionby Academy, she discovers that he has talents of his own–and that together their talents are a dangerous mix.
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to share in an adventure from which he may never return.
Yancey, Richard. The 5th Wave
Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.
Yancey, Richard. The Monstrumologist
A gothic tour de force that explores the darkest heart of man and monster and asks the question: When does man become the very thing he hunts?
3/23/20
WHERE TO FIND YOUR BOOK:
BOOKS WITH A CALL NUMBER BEGINNING WITH “J” ARE IN THE CHILDREN’S DEPARTMENT, BOOKS BEGINNING WITH “YA” ARE IN THE TEEN ZONE, AND BOOKS WITH NO LETTER PRECEDING THE DEWEY NUMBER ARE UPSTAIRS IN THE ADULT DEPARTMENT
Abigail Adams
Bober, Natalie. Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution. J 973.44 (Adams) Bob
Anderson, Laurie Halse
Shout. YA 811.54 (Anderson) AndAziz Ansari
Niver, Heather Moore. 791.45 Niv
Jane Austen
Reef, Catherine. Jane Austen: A Life Revealed. YA 823.7 (Austen) Ree
Ishmael Beah
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. 966.404 (Bea) Bea
Simone Biles
Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance. YA 796.44 (Biles) Bil
Anne, Charlotte and Emily Bronte
Reef, Catherine. The Bronte Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily and Anne. YA 823.8 Ree
Rachel Carson
Levine, Ellen. Up Close: Rachel Carson: A Twentieth-century Life. J 574.092 (Carson) Lev
Coco Chanel
Gaines, Ann. Coco Chanel. YA 746.92092 (Chanel) Gai
Sarah Louise Delany and Dr. A Elizabeth Delany
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years. 929.2 (Delany) Del
Walt Disney
Sheen, Barbara. Walt Disney. YA 791.43 (Disney) She
Gabby Douglas
Grace, Gold & Glory: My Leap of Faith. 796.44 (Douglas) Dou
Frederick Douglass
Burchard, Peter. Frederick Douglass: For the Great Family of Man. J 305.896 (Douglass) Bur
Daniel Ellsberg
Sheinkin, Steve. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War.YA 959.704 She
Anne Frank
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition. 940.5318 (Frank) Fra
Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe
Stanmyre, Jackie F. Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe: Breaking Down Tennis’s Color Barrier. YA 796.342 Sta
Marion “Strong Medicine” Gould
Hearth, Amy Hill. “Strong Medicine” Speaks: A Native American Elder Has Her Say. 974.00497 (Strong Medicine) Hea
Lady Gaga
Coulman, Laura. Lady Gaga: Strange and Beautiful: The Fabulous Style of Lady Gaga. YA 784.54 (Lady Gaga) Cou
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Herbert, Emily. Lady Gaga: Behind the Fame. YA 784.54 (Lady Gaga) Her
Ulysses Grant and Robert E. Lee
Archer, Jules. A House Divided: The Lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. YA 973.7 Arc
Laurie Hernandez
I Got This: To Gold and Beyond. J 796.44 (Hernandez) Her
Laura Hillman
Hillman, Laura. I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schinler’s List Survivor. YA 940.5318 (Hillman) Hil
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
To The Mountaintop: My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement. YA 070.92 Hun
Whitney Houston
Heppermann, Christine. Whitney Houston: Recording Artist & Actress. YA 784.54 (Houston) Hep
Steve Jobs
Hartland, Jessie. Steve Jobs: Insanely Great. YA 338.761 (Jobs) Har
Jon Krakauer
Into the Wild. 917.9804 Kra
Harper Lee
Shields, Charles J. I am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee. YA 813.54 (Lee) Shi
Abraham Lincoln
Holzer, Harold. Father Abraham: Lincoln and His Sons. YA 973.7 (Lincoln) Hol
Sonia Manzano
Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx. YA 791.45 (Manzano) Man
Walter Dean Myers
Bad Boy: A Memoir. J 813.54 Mye or YA 813.54 (Myers) Mye
Barack Obama
Thomas, Garen Eileen. Yes We Can: A Biography of President Barack Obama. J 973.932 (Obama) Tho
Allan Pinkerton
Seiple, Samantha. Lincoln’s Spymaster: Allan Pinkerton, America’s First Private Eye. YA 363.28 Sei
Sally Ride
O’ Shaughnessy, Tam E. Sally Ride: A Photobiography of America’s Pioneering Woman in Space. YA 629.45 (Ride) O’Sha
Dmitri Shostakovich
Anderson, M.T. Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad.YA 780.92 And
Sonia Sotomayor
My Beloved World. 347.7326 (Sotomayor) Sot
Ida B. Wells
Fradin, Dennis B. Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. J 323.092 (Wells) Fra
Sachiko Yasui
Stelson, Caren Barzelay. Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story. YA 940.54 (Yasui) Ste
Minamoto Yoshitsune
Turner, Pamela S. Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune. YA 952.01092 (Minamoto) Tur
Louis Zamperini
Hillenbrand, Laura. Unbroken: An Olympian’s Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive. Original edition: 940.5472(Zamperini) Hil, YA edition: YA 940.5472 (Zamperini) Hil
03/24/20
Please note that these books are not all in the YA section. The location is listed in parenthesis, following the title of the book.
Abbott, Megan. The Fever. (Adult fiction Abb)
The Nash family is close-knit. Tom is a popular teacher, father of two teens: Eli, a hockey star and girl magnet, and his sister Deenie, a diligent student. Their seeming stability, however, is thrown into chaos when Deenie’s best friend is struck by a terrifying, unexplained seizure in class. Rumors of a hazardous outbreak spread through the family, school and community.
Ali, S.K. Saints and Misfits. (YA fiction Ali)
There are three kinds of people in my world:
1. Saints, those special people moving the world forward. Sometimes you glaze over them. Or, at least, I do. They’re in your face so much, you can’t see them, like how you can’t see your nose.
2. Misfits, people who don’t belong. Like me & the way I don’t fit into Dad’s brand-new family or in the leftover one composed of Mom and my older brother, Mama’s-Boy-Muhammad.
3. Monsters. Well, monsters wearing saint masks, like in Flannery O’Connor’s stories. Like the monster at my mosque. People think he’s holy, untouchable, but nobody has seen under the mask. Except me.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls. (YA fiction And)
Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in fragile bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the thinnest. But then Cassie suffers the ultimate loss—her life—and Lia is left behind, haunted by her friend’s memory and racked with guilt for not being able to help save her.
Blake, Ashley Herring. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World. (J fiction Bla)
When a tornado rips through town, twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen’s house is destroyed and her family of five is displaced. Ivy feels invisible and ignored in the aftermath of the storm–and what’s worse, her notebook filled with secret drawings of girls holding hands has gone missing. Mysteriously, Ivy’s drawings begin to reappear in her locker with notes from someone telling her to open up about her identity. Ivy thinks–and hopes–that this someone might be her classmate, another girl for whom Ivy has begun to develop a crush. Will Ivy find the strength and courage to follow her true feelings?
Blume, Judy. Tiger Eyes. (J fiction Blu)
Davey Wexler has never felt so alone. Her father has just been killed—shot in a holdup at the 7-Eleven near their home. And now her mother has transplanted her and her little brother, Jason, to Los Alamos, New Mexico, to stay with family and recover. But Davey is withdrawn, full of rage and fear and loneliness. Then one day, while exploring a canyon, she meets an older boy who calls himself Wolf. Wolf is the only one who understands her—the only one who can read her sad eyes. And he is the one who helps her realize that she must find a way to move forward with her life.
LaCour, Nina. We Are Okay. (YA fiction LaC)
After leaving her life behind to go to college in New York, Marin must face the truth about the tragedy that happened in the final weeks of summer when her friend Mabel comes to visit.
Mathieu, Jennifer. Moxie. (YA fiction Mat)
MOXIE GIRLS FIGHT BACK! Vivian Carter is fed up. Fed up with an administration at her high school that thinks the football team can do no wrong. Fed up with sexist dress codes, hallway harassment, and gross comments from guys during class. But most of all, Viv Carter is fed up with always following the rules. Viv’s mom was a tough-as-nails, punk rock Riot Grrrl in the ’90s, and now Viv takes a page from her mother’s past and creates a feminist zine that she distributes anonymously to her classmates. She’s just blowing off steam, but other girls respond. As Viv forges friendships with other young women across the divides of cliques and popularity rankings, she realizes that what she has started is nothing short of a girl revolution.
Medina, Meg. Burn Baby Burn. (YA fiction Med)
Nora Lopez is seventeen during the infamous New York summer of 1977, when the city is besieged by arson, a massive blackout, and a serial killer named Son of Sam who shoots young women on the streets. Nora’s family life isn’t going so well either: her bullying brother, Hector, is growing more threatening by the day, her mother is helpless and falling behind on the rent, and her father calls only on holidays. All Nora wants is to turn eighteen and be on her own. And while there is a cute new guy who started working with her at the deli, is dating even worth the risk when the killer likes picking off couples who stay out too late?
McGinnis, Mindy. Female of the Species. (YA fiction McG)
Alex Craft knows how to kill someone. And she doesn’t feel bad about it.
Three years ago, when her older sister, Anna, was murdered and the killer walked free, Alex uncaged the language she knows best—the language of violence.
While her own crime goes unpunished, Alex knows she can’t be trusted among other people. Not with Jack, the star athlete who wants to really know her but still feels guilty over the role he played the night Anna’s body was discovered. And not with Peekay, the preacher’s kid with a defiant streak who befriends Alex while they volunteer at an animal shelter. Not anyone.
As their senior year unfolds, Alex’s darker nature breaks out, setting these three teens on a collision course that will change their lives forever.
Murphy, Julie. Dumplin’. (YA fiction Mur)
Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body.
With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked . . . until Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn’t surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back.
Quintero, Isabel. Gabi, A Girl in Pieces. (YA fiction Qui)
Gabi Hernandez chronicles her last year in high school in her diary: college applications, Cindy’s pregnancy, Sebastian’s coming out, the cute boys, her father’s meth habit, and the food she craves. And best of all, the poetry that helps forge her identity.
Sanchez, Erika. L. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. (YA fiction San)
Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents’ house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family. But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga’s role.
Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too. Instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed.
Suma, Nova Ren. The Walls Around Us. (YA fiction Sum)
The Walls Around Us is a ghostly story of suspense told in two voices–one still living and one dead. On the outside, there’s Violet, an eighteen-year-old ballerina days away from the life of her dreams when something threatens to expose the shocking truth of her achievement. On the inside, within the walls of a girls’ juvenile detention center, there’s Amber, locked up for so long she can’t imagine freedom. Tying these two worlds together is Orianna, who holds the key to unlocking all the girls’ darkest mysteries: What really happened on the night Orianna stepped between Violet and her tormentors? What really happened on two strange nights at Aurora Hills? Will Amber and Violet and Orianna ever get the justice they deserve–in this life or in another one?
Tamika, Mariko & Jillian. This One Summer. (YAGN Tam)
Every summer, Rose goes with her mom and dad to a lake house in Awago Beach. It’s their getaway, their refuge. Rosie’s friend Windy is always there, too, like the little sister she never had. But this summer is different. Rose’s mom and dad won’t stop fighting, and when Rose and Windy seek a distraction from the drama, they find themselves with a whole new set of problems. One of the local teens – just a couple of years older than Rose and Windy – is caught up in something bad… Something life threatening. It’s a summer of secrets, and sorrow, and growing up, and it’s a good thing Rose and Windy have each other.
Watson, Renee. Piecing Me Together. (YA fiction Wat)
Jade believes she must get out of her poor neighborhood if she’s ever going to succeed. Her mother tells her to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way. And Jade has: every day she rides the bus away from her friends and to the private school where she feels like an outsider, but where she has plenty of opportunities. But some opportunities she doesn’t really welcome, like an invitation to join Women to Women, a mentorship program for “at-risk” girls. Just because her mentor is black and graduated from the same high school doesn’t mean she understands where Jade is coming from. She’s tired of being singled out as someone who needs help, someone people want to fix. Jade wants to speak, to create, to express her joys and sorrows, her pain and her hope. Maybe there are some things she could show other women about understanding the world and finding ways to be real, to make a difference.
Woodson, Jacqueline. Brown Girl Dreaming. (YA 811.54 (Woodson) Woo)
Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child’s soul as she searches for her place in the world.
3/25/20
Feed by M.T. Anderson (YA paperback)
In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
In a futuristic world, teen Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl. Winner of the 2011 Michael Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature.
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
In the not-so-distant future, most of America’s children have died; but those who live find that they have psychic abilities that range from moving objects to getting inside people’s minds. Sixteen-year-old Ruby, using her powers as an Orange, has escaped the survivor facility she has lived in for six years. Now Ruby intends to keep her secret, even from new friends, including handsome Liam, persnickety Chubs, and the mute but sweet, young Zu. This ragged band searches the Virginia countryside in hopes of finding the Slip Kid, who seems to have outsmarted the government. Instead they find trouble on almost every turn of the page, but eventually discover what seems to be a youth utopia. (Bk 1 of trilogy)
The Selection by Kiera Cass
Sixteen-year-old America Singer is living in the caste-divided nation of Illéa, which formed after the war that destroyed the United States. America is chosen to compete in the Selection–a contest to see which girl can win the heart of Illéa’s prince–but all she really wants is a chance for a future with her secret love, Aspen, who is a caste below her. (Bk 1 of 5)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss’s skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister’s place. (Bk 1 of trilogy)
Matched by Ally Condie
All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates everything: when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, whom to marry. When she is Matched with her best friend Xander, things couldn’t be more perfect. But why did her neighbor Ky’s face show up on her match disk as well? (Bk 1 of trilogy)
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
For the Win by Cory Doctorow
In a future where poor children and teenagers work for corrupt bosses as gold farmers, finding valuable items inside massively-multiplayer online games, a small group of teenagers work to unionize and escape this near-slavery.
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.
Gone by Michael Grant (YA Paperback)
In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have “The Power” and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not. (Bk 1 of series) Bk 2 Hunger; Bk 3 Lies; Bk 4 Plague; Bk 5 Fear
Legend by Marie Lu
In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy. (Bk 1 of trilogy)
Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson
In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family’s struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
Exiled from her safe home in the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria finds herself in the outer wastelands known as the Death Shop. If the cannibals don’t get her, the violent energy storms will. There she meets a savage, an Outsider named Perry – wild, dangerous – who is her only chance of survival. Perry needs Aria, too, and they are forced into an unlikely alliance that will determine the fate of all who live under the never sky.
Divergent by Veronica Roth
In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed (‘gleaned’) by professional reapers (‘scythes’). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe–a position neither of them wants. The one who becomes a scythe must kill the one who doesn’t.
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (YA Paperback)
In Tally’s world, everyone gets to be transformed from ugly to gorgeous on their sixteenth birthday, but Tally’s friend Shay would rather risk life on the outside than be operated on, and when she runs away, the authorities make Tally find her friend and turn her in.
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Adeyemi, Tomi. Children of Blood and Bone
Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope. Now Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy.
Ahdieh, Renee. Flame in the Mist
The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place&;she may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy, her future has always been out of her hands. At just seventeen years old, Mariko is promised to Minamoto Raiden, the son of the emperor’s favorite consort&;a political marriage that will elevate her family’s standing. But en route to the imperial city of Inako, Mariko narrowly escapes a bloody ambush by a dangerous gang of bandits known as the Black Clan, who she learns has been hired to kill her before she reaches the palace.
Aveyard, Victoria. Red Queen
When her latent supernatural powers manifest in front of a noble court, Mare, a thief in a world divided between commoners and superhumans, is forced to assume the role of lost princess before risking everything to help a growing rebellion. (book one of the Red Queen trilogy)
Baldacci, David. The Finisher
When Quentin Herms is chased from his village into the Quag, a dark forest filled with terrifying beasts and murderous Outliers, Vega uses her skills as a talented decoder to uncover dangerous secrets.
Bardugo, Leigh. Shadow and Bone
Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.
Bardugo, Leigh. Six of Crows
Six dangerous outcasts must learn to work together after they are offered an impossible heist that can save the world from destruction.
Barron, T.A. Child of the Dark Prophecy
Enter a world of magical delights with a cadre of characters ranging from fairies and tree spirits to an eagle-man with a startling screech. (Sequel: Shadows on the Stars)
Black, Holly. The Cruel Prince
Jude, seventeen and mortal, gets tangled in palace intrigues while trying to win a place in the treacherous High Court of Faerie, where she and her sisters have lived for a decade.
Blake, Kendare. Three Dark Crowns
In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born: three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. Katharine is a poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a stomachache. Arsinoe, a naturalist, is said to have the ability to bloom the reddest rose and control the fiercest of lions. But becoming the Queen Crowned isn&;t solely a matter of royal birth. Each sister has to fight for it. And it’s not just a game of win or lose; it’s life or death. The night the sisters turn sixteen, the battle begins. The last queen standing gets the crown.
Bray, Libba. The Diviners
Evangeline O’Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and sent off to the bustling streets of New York City–and she is ecstatic. It’s 1926, and New York is filled with speakeasies, Ziegfeld girls, and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is that she has to live with her uncle Will and his unhealthy obsession with the occult. Evie worries he’ll discover her darkest secret: a supernatural power that has only brought her trouble so far.
Cashore, Kristin. Graceling
In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.
Chokshi, Roshani. The Gilded Wolves
It’s 1889. Paris is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. Here, no one keeps tabs on dark truths better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. When the elite, ever-powerful Order of Babel coerces him to help them on a mission, Séverin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance.
Clare, Cassandra. City of Bones
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder― much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It’s hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing―not even a smear of blood―to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?
Clayton, Dhonielle. The Belles
Camellia Beauregard is a Belle. In the opulent world of Orleans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. In Orleans, the people are born gray, they are born damned, and only with the help of a Belle and her talents can they transform and be made beautiful. But it’s not enough for Camellia to be just a Belle. She wants to be the favorite, the Belle chosen by the Queen of Orleans to live in the royal palace, to tend to the royal family and their court, to be recognized as the most talented Belle in the land.
Colfer, Eoin. The Wish List
Shortly after breaking into the home of elderly Lowrie McCall, teenagers Meg and Belch are killed in an explosion. Bad guy Belch goes straight to hell, but Meg’s fate in the afterlife is more uncertain. She is given the opportunity to redeem herself by returning to earth and helping Lowrie achieve some of his final wishes.
Dashner, James. The Maze Runner
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
Dennard, Susan. Truthwitch
Young witches Safiya and Iseult have a habit of finding trouble. After clashing with a powerful Guildmaster and his ruthless Bloodwitch bodyguard, the friends are forced to flee their home.
Donnelly, Jennifer. Deep Blue
Uncovering an ancient evil, Serafina, a mermaid of the Mediterranean Sea, searches for five other mermaid heroines who are scattered across the six seas, to save their hidden world.
Grey, Melissa. The Girl at Midnight
A girl who’s adopted and raised by a race of creatures with feathers for hair and magic in their veins becomes involved in an ancient war and a centuries-old love, discovering startling truths about the world she lives in.
Goodmand, Alice. The Dark Days Club
London, April 1812. On the eve of eighteen-year-old Lady Helen Wrexhall’s presentation to the queen, one of her family’s housemaids disappears-and Helen is drawn into the shadows of Regency London. There, she meets Lord Carlston, one of the few who can stop the perpetrators: a cabal of demons infiltrating every level of society.
Haddix, Margaret. Just Ella
In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming’s proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape.
Hand, Cynthia. My Lady Jane
At sixteen, Lady Jane Grey is about to be married off to a stranger and caught up in a conspiracy to rob her cousin, King Edward, of his throne. But those trifling problems aren’t for Jane to worry about. Jane is about to become the Queen of England.
Ireland, Justina. Dread Nation
Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania derailing the War Between the States and changing the nation forever. In this new America, safety for all depends on the work of a few, and laws like the Native and Negro Education Act require certain children attend combat schools to learn to put down the dead.
LaFevers, Robin. Grave Mercy
Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny.
Lu, Marie. The Young Elites
Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings. Adelina’s black hair turned silver, her lashes went pale, and now she has only a jagged scar where her left eye once was. Her cruel father believes she is a malfetto, an abomination, ruining their family’s good name and standing in the way of their fortune. But some of the fever’s survivors are rumored to possess more than just scars; they are believed to have mysterious and powerful gifts, and though their identities remain secret, they have come to be called the Young Elites.
Maxwell, Lisa. The Last Magician
Any Mageus who enters Manhattan becomes trapped by the Brink, a dark energy barrier that confines them to the island. Crossing it means losing their power—and often their lives.
MacHale, D.J. Pendragon
Fourteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon is not like the other boys his age. His uncle Press is a Traveler, and, as Bobby has learned, that means Uncle Press is responsible, through his journeys, for solving interdimensional conflict wherever he encounters it. His mission is nothing less than to save the universe from ultimate evil. And he’s taking Bobby along for the ride.
McKinley, Robin. Chalice
A beekeeper by trade, Mirasol’s life changes completely when she is named the new Chalice, the most important advisor to the new Master, a former priest of fire.
McKinney, L.L. A Blade so Black
The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she’s trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills. Yet even warriors have a curfew.
Meyer, Marissa. Cinder
As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story.
Meyer, Marissa. Renegades
In a ruined world where humans with extraordinary abilities have become the world’s champions of justice, a vengeance-seeking girl and a justice-seeking boy team up against a villain who has the power to destroy everything they have worked to protect.
Mull, Brandon. Fablehaven series
When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents’ estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming.
Napoli, Donna Jo. Spinners
Elaborates on the events recounted in the fairy tale, “Rumpelstiltskin,” in which a strange little man helps a miller’s daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.
Napoli, Donna Jo. Zel
Based on the fairy tale Rapunzel, the story is told in alternating chapters from the point of view of Zel, her mother, and the prince, and delves into the psychological motivations of the characters.
Paige, Danielle. Dorothy Must Die
Whisked to Oz by a Kansas twister, Amy Gumm discovers that the magical land has been destroyed by Dorothy’s tyrannical rule, a situation that compels Amy to join an order of deposed magic-wielders who seek to put an end to Dorothy’s reign.
Paolini, Christopher. Eragon
In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters. (first book in the Inheritance series)
Pearson, Mary E. Kiss of Deception
In a society steeped in tradition, Princess Lia’s life follows a preordained course. As First Daughter, she is expected to have the revered gift of sight—but she doesn’t—and she knows her parents are perpetrating a sham when they arrange her marriage to secure an alliance with a neighboring kingdom—to a prince she has never met. On the morning of her wedding, Lia flees to a distant village. She settles into a new life, hopeful when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive—and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Deception abounds, and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets—even as she finds herself falling in love.
Pierce, Tamora
Bestselling author, Pierce consistently produces excellent work. Her detailed settings are fascinating, and her knack for establishing powerful relationships between her characters is unrivaled. Look for a wide selection of her books in both hardcover and paperback, including these series: Protector of the Small, The Circle of Magic, The Immortals.
Pratchett, Terry. A Hat Full of Sky
Tiffany Aching, a young witch-in-training, learns about magic and responsibility as she battles a disembodied monster with the assistance of the six-inch-high Wee Free Men and Mistress Weatherwax, the greatest witch in the world.
Pullman, Philip. The Golden Compass
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North (Sequel: The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass).
Riggs, Ransom. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there. (First book in Miss Peregrine series)
Rhodes, Morgan. Falling Kingdoms
After centuries of peace, the three kingdoms of Mytica stand on the brink of war. As rulers struggle for power, the lives of their subjects are brutally transformed and four key players find their fates forever intertwined amidst betrayal, murder, secret alliances, and even unforeseen love.
Rowell, Rainbow. Carry On
During his last year at Watford School of Magicks, Simon Snow, the Chosen One, faces a magic-eating monster wearing his face, a break-up, and a missing nemesis.
Scott, Michael. The Alchemyst
Having discovered the secret to eternal youth, 14th-century alchemist Nicholas Flamel and his wife are alive and well in present-day San Francisco, California. But they won’t stay well if 15-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman don’t fulfill their prophesied role of either saving or destroying the world, starting by getting back an ancient text stolen from Flamel’s bookstore. (Book one in the Secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel series)
Stiefvater, Maggie. The Raven Boys
Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.
Tahir, Sabaa. An Ember in the Ashes
Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear. It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They’ve seen what happens to those who do. But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy.
Taylor, Laini. Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Seventeen-year-old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters–the chimaerae who form the only family she has ever known.
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. From Sauron’s fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, his power spread far and wide. Sauron gathered all the Great Rings to him, but always he searched for the One Ring that would complete his dominion. When Bilbo reached his eleventy-first birthday he disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom.
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Anderson, Laurie Halse. Fever 1793
In 1793 Philadelphia, fourteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.
Anderson, M.T. The Astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: The pox party
At the dawn of the Revolutionary War, young Octavian is raised in highly unusual circumstances at the Novanglian College of Lucidity. Though the scholars give him a first-rate education, they also monitor him closely…too closely. As he grows older, Octavian learns the horrifying truth of his situation, and that truth leads him to question his understanding of himself and the Revolution: if the Patriots can fight for their freedom, why can’t he fight for his?
Avi. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Charlotte Doyle, a proper young lady, is sailing from England to America in 1832 and finds she is the only female passenger on board. When the crew mutinies, she becomes embroiled in the battle for power and the struggle for survival.
Berry, Julie. The Lovely War
They are Hazel, James, Aubrey, and Colette. A classical pianist from London, a British would-be architect-turned-soldier, a Harlem-born ragtime genius in the U.S. Army, and a Belgian orphan with a gorgeous voice and a devastating past. Their story, as told by goddess Aphrodite, who must spin the tale or face judgment on Mount Olympus, is filled with hope and heartbreak, prejudice and passion, and reveals that, though War is a formidable force, it’s no match for the transcendent power of Love.
Blackwood, Gary. The Year of the Hangman
In 1777, having been kidnapped and taken forcibly from England to the American colonies, fifteen year-old Creighton becomes part of developments in the political unrest there that may spell defeat for the patriots and change the course of history.
Blundell, Judy. What I Saw and How I Lied
In 1947, with her jovial stepfather Joe back from the war and family life returning to normal, teenage Evie, smitten by the handsome young ex-GI who seems to have a secret hold on Joe, finds herself caught in a complicated web of lies whose devastating outcome change her life and that of her family forever.
Carson, Rae. Walk on Earth a Stranger
A young woman who possesses a supernatural ability to sense the presence of gold disguises herself as a boy and seeks safety and romance in California.
Cooper, Michelle. A brief history of Montmaray
On her sixteenth birthday in 1936, Sophia begins a diary of life in a fictional island country off the coast of Spain, where she is among the last descendants of an impoverished royal family trying to hold their nation together on the eve of the second World War.
Courtenay, Bryce. The Power of One
Follows Peekay, a white British boy in South Africa during World War II, between the ages of five and eleven, as he survives an abusive boarding school and goes on to succeed in life and the boxing ring, with help from a chicken, a boxer, a pianist, black African prisoners, and many others.
De la Cruz, Melissa. Alex & Eliza
When Alex and Eliza meet one fateful night, so begins an epic love story that would forever change the course of American history.
Donnelly, Jennifer. A Northern Light
In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story.
Draper, Sharon M. Copper Sun
Two fifteen-year-old girls–one a slave and the other an indentured servant–escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.
Elliot, Laura. Hamilton and Peggy!
When a flirtatious aide-de-camp, Alexander Hamilton, writes to Peggy asking for her help in wooing the earnest Eliza, Peggy finds herself unable to deny such an impassioned plea. A fast friendship forms between the two, but Alexander is caught in the same war as her father, and the danger to all their lives is real.
Elliott, L.M. Under a War-Torn Sky
After his plane is shot down by Hitler’s Luftwaffe, nineteen-year-old Henry Forester of Richmond, Virginia, strives to walk across occupied France, with the help of the French Resistance, in hopes of rejoining his unit.
Godbersen, Anna. The Luxe
In Manhattan in 1899, five teens of different social classes lead dangerously scandalous lives, despite the strict rules of society and the best-laid plans of parents and others.
Gratz, Allen. Prisoner B-3087
As a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, Yanek is at the mercy of the Nazis who have taken over. Everything he has, and everyone he loves, have been snatched brutally from him. And then Yanek himself is taken prisoner — his arm tattooed with the words PRISONER B-3087.
Greene, Bette. Summer of My German Soldier
When German prisoners of war are brought to her Arkansas town during World War II, twelve-year-old Patty, a Jewish girl, befriends one of them and must deal with the consequences of that friendship.
Lee, Mackenzi. The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
Henry (Monty) Montague doesn’t care that his roguish passions are far from suitable for the gentleman he was born to be. But as Monty embarks on his grand tour of Europe, his quests for pleasure and vice are in danger of coming to an end. Not only does his father expect him to take over the family’s estate upon his return, but Monty is also nursing an impossible crush on his best friend and traveling companion, Percy. So Monty vows to make this year long escapade one last hedonistic hurrah and flirt with Percy from Paris to Rome. But when one of Monty’s reckless decisions turns their trip abroad into a harrowing manhunt, it calls into question everything he knows, including his relationship with the boy he adores.
Lee, Stacey. Under a Painted Sky
It’s 1849 in Missouri and Chinese American Samantha is in trouble. Her father’s shop burned down, he died in the blaze, and she is wanted for murder after killing a man who tried to rape her. Luckily, plucky Annamae, a slave, helps her escape. A runaway slave and a Chinese girl would stick out like a sore thumb on the Oregon Trail, so they disguise themselves as boys—Andy and Sammy—and try to lie low as they make their way to California.
Lee, Stacey. The Downstairs Girl
By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady’s maid for the cruel daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for the genteel Southern lady, “Dear Miss Sweetie.” When her column becomes wildly popular, she uses the power of the pen to address some of society’s ills, but she’s not prepared for the backlash that follows when her column challenges fixed ideas about race and gender.
Lu, Marie. The Kingdom of Back
Born with a gift for music, Nannerl Mozart has just one wish–to be remembered forever. But even as she delights audiences with her masterful playing, she has little hope she’ll ever become the acclaimed composer she longs to be. She is a young woman in 18th century Europe, and that means composing is forbidden to her. She will perform only until she reaches a marriageable age–her tyrannical father has made that much clear.
Maniscalco, Kerri. Stalking Jack the Ripper
Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord’s daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life. Against her stern father’s wishes and society’s expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle’s laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine.
Matas, Carol. In My Enemy’s House
When German soldiers arrive in Zloczow during World War II, a young Jewish girl must decide whether or not to conceal her identity and work for a Nazi in Germany in order to survive.
Medina, Meg. Burn Baby Burn
Nora Lopez is seventeen during the infamous New York summer of 1977, when the city is besieged by arson, a massive blackout, and a serial killer named Son of Sam who shoots young women on the streets. Nora’s family life isn’t going so well either: her bullying brother, Hector, is growing more threatening by the day, her mother is helpless and falling behind on the rent, and her father calls only on holidays. All Nora wants is to turn eighteen and be on her own.
Meyer, Carolyn. Doomed Queen Anne
In 1520, thirteen-year-old Anne Boleyn, jealous of her older sister’s beauty and position at court, declares that she will one day be queen of England, and that her sister will kneel at her feet.
Myers, Walter Dean. Invasion
Josiah Wedgewood and Marcus Perry were friends in Virginia, but now that they are both involved in the Normandy invasion, the differences in their positions is uncomfortable, for Josiah is a white infantryman and Marcus is a black transport driver, the only role the segregated army will allow him.
Namioka, Lensey. Ties that Bind, Ties that Break : a Novel
Ailin is spirited–her family thinks uncontrollable–even at age five, in her family’s compound in China in 1911, she doesn’t want to have her feet bound, especially after Second Sister shows Ailin her own bound feet and tells her how much it hurts. As she grows, her life takes a different turn when she defies the traditions.
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Blizzard’s Wake
In March of 1941, when a severe blizzard suddenly hits Bismarck, North Dakota, a girl trying to save her stranded father and brother inadvertently helps the man who killed her mother four years before.
Nazemian, Abdi. Like a Love Story
It’s 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing. Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He’s terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he’s gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media’s images of men dying of AIDS. Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen, a gay man with AIDS who devotes his time to activism as a member of ACT UP. Judy has never imagined finding romance…until she falls for Reza and they start dating.
Paulsen, Gary. Woods Runner
From his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, thirteen-year-old Samuel, who is a highly-skilled woodsman, sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents from the band of British soldiers and Indians who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their community. Includes historical notes.
Peck, Richard. The River Between Us
During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois.
Peck, Richard. The Teacher’s Funeral : a Comedy in Three Parts
In rural Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell’s dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching at his one-room schoolhouse after mean, old Myrt Arbuckle “hauls off and dies.”
Preus, Margi. The bamboo sword
In Japan in 1853, at the time of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry’s visit to Japan, Yoshi, a young Japanese boy who dreams of becoming a samurai one day, learns about America from Majiro and has adventures with Jack, a young cabin boy aboard one of the U.S. ships. Includes historical notes and glossary.
Rinaldi, Ann. Nine Days a Queen
Lady Jane Grey, who at sixteen was Queen of England for nine days before being executed, recounts her life story from the age of nine.
Rinaldi, Ann. The Redheaded Princess
In 1542, nine-year-old Lady Elizabeth lives on an estate near London, striving to get back into the good graces of her father, King Henry VIII, and as the years pass she faces his death and those of other close relatives until she finds herself next in line to ascend the throne of England in 1558.
Schlitz, Laura Amy. The Hired Girl
Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs chronicles her life in a journal when she leaves her family’s farm in Pennsylvania to work as a hired girl in Baltimore in the summer of 1911.
Schwartz, Virginia. If I Just had Two Wings
In 1861, thirteen-year-old Phoebe runs away from her master’s Alabama plantation and joins four other slaves as they journey to Canada on the Underground Railroad.
Sepetys, Ruta. Salt to the Sea : a Novel
Titanic. Lusitania. Wilhelm Gustloff. All major maritime disasters, yet the last is virtually unknown. Ruta Sepetys changes that in her gripping historical novel. Told in short snippets, Salt to the Sea rotates between four narrators attempting to escape various tragedies in 1945 Europe. As World War II draws to a close, the refugees try to escape the war’s final dangers, only to find themselves aboard a ship with a target on its hull.
Sepetys, Ruta. The Fountains of Silence
Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming promise of sunshine and wine. Among them is eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson, the son of an oil tycoon, who arrives in Madrid with his parents hoping to connect with the country of his mother’s birth through the lens of his camera. Photography–and fate–introduce him to Ana, whose family’s interweaving obstacles reveal the lingering grasp of the Spanish Civil War–as well as chilling definitions of fortune and fear. Daniel’s photographs leave him with uncomfortable questions amidst shadows of danger. He is backed into a corner of difficult decisions to protect those he loves. Lives and hearts collide, revealing an incredibly dark side to the sunny Spanish city.
Smith, Sherri L. Flygirl
During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl “passes” for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Spinelli, Jerry. Milkweed : a novel
Captures the hardships and cruelty of life in the ghettos of Warsaw during the Nazi occupation of World War II, through the eyes of a Jewish orphan who must use all his wits and courage to survive unimaginable events and circumstances.
Taylor, Mildred. The Land
After the Civil War Paul, the son of a white father and a black mother, finds himself caught between the two worlds of colored folks and white folks as he pursues his dream of owning land of his own. (Prequel to Newberry Medal Winner Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry)
Wein, Elizabeth. Black Dove, White Raven
Having moved to Ethiopia to avoid the prejudices of 1930s America, Emilia Menotti, her black adoptive brother Teo, and their mother Rhoda, a stunt pilot, are devoted to their new country even after war with Italy looms, drawing the teens into the conflict.
Wein, Elizabeth. Code Name Verity
In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she can.
White, Kiersten. And I Darken
NO ONE EXPECTS A PRINCESS TO BE BRUTAL. And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their father to be raised in the Ottoman courts, Lada has known that being ruthless is the key to survival. She and Radu are doomed to act as pawns in a vicious game, an unseen sword hovering over their every move. For the lineage that makes them special also makes them targets.
Yolen, Jane. Girl in a Cage
As English armies invade Scotland in 1306, eleven-year-old Princess Marjorie, daughter of the newly crowned Scottish king, Robert the Bruce, is captured by England’s King Edward Longshanks and held in a cage on public display.
Yolen, Jane. Sword of the Rightful King
Merlinnus the magician devises a way for King Arthur to prove himself the rightful king of England–pulling a sword from a stone–but trouble arises when someone else removes the sword first.
Young, Adrienne. The Girl the Sea Gave Back
Tova lives amongst the Svell, the people who found her washed ashore as a child and use her for her gift as a Truthtongue, but when two neighboring clans bury their age-old blood feud and join together as one, her world is dangerously close to collapse.
Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel–a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
All titles can be found in the Young Adult Section. Unless otherwise noted, title listed are HARDCOVER books.
4/7/20
Albertelli, Becky. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight.
Andrews, Jesse. Me & Earl & the Dying Girl : a novel
Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
Barry, Dave. The Worst Class Trip Ever
When the eighth grade civics class of Miami’s Culver Middle School goes on a trip to Washington, D.C., Wyatt Palmer finds himself in deep trouble before the plane even lands because his best friend, Matt, has decided the men sitting behind them are terrorists and it is up to the boys to stop them.
Bauer, Joan. Rules of the Road
Jenna Boller, the star employee at Gladstone’s Shoe Store in Chicago, is a very tall sixteen-year-old who really stands out in a crowd, but when Madeline Gladstone hires Jenna to drive her cross country to save her business, she learns the rules of the road, as well as the rules of life.
Cabot, Meg. All-American Girl
A sophomore girl stops a presidential assassination attempt, is appointed Teen Ambassador to the United Nations, and catches the eye of the very cute First Son. A hilarious, page-turning fantasy about an outsider who is thrown into the glamorous spotlight.
Cabot, Meg. Teen Idol
When teenage heartthrob Luke Stryker shows up at a small-town Indiana high school to do research for a movie role, he persuades junior Jenny Greenley to use her considerable talents to try to change things at school for the better.
Crawford, Brent. Carter Finally Gets It
Awkward freshman Will Carter endures many painful moments during his first year of high school before realizing that nothing good comes easily, focus is everything, and the payoff is usually incredible. It’s a pitch-perfect comedy about girls, football, girls, swimming, girls, drama club, and girls.
David, Keren. Lia’s guide to winning the lottery
Lia wonders if the millionaire lifestyle is all it’s cracked up to be after jealous kids at school set up a “We Hate Lia Latimer” group on Facebook, she is sued by her best friend’s mother, and her sister Natalie goes missing.
DeVillers, Julia. How My Private, Personal Journal Became a Bestseller
A young woman accidentally turns in a private story from her journal instead of an English assignment and becomes a best-selling author almost overnight.
Easton, T.S. Boys don’t knit (in public)
After a brush with the law, Ben, a dyed-in-the-wool worrier, must take up a new hobby and chooses knitting, an activity at which he excels but must try to keep secret from his friends, enemies, and sports-obsessed father.
Garfinkle, D. L. Storky: How I Lost My Nickname and Won the Girl
Fourteen-year-old high school student Michael “Storky” Pomerantz’s journal describes his freshman year, from dealing with his mother’s dating his dentist to attempting to win the heart of the girl he loves.
Green, John. An Abundance of Katherines
When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact.
Hand, Cynthia. My Lady Jane
Edward (long live the king) is the King of England. He’s also dying, which is inconvenient, as he’s only sixteen and he’d much rather be planning for his first kiss than considering who will inherit his crown…
Jane (reads too many books) is Edward’s cousin, and far more interested in books than romance. Unfortunately for Jane, Edward has arranged to marry her off to secure the line of succession. And there’s something a little odd about her intended…
Herbach, Geoff. Fat Boy vs. the Cheerleaders
The war is ON! Never have the stakes been so high. Never have the trenches been so deep. Never has one soda vending machine been so vital. When the high school cheerleading team takes over the machine’s funds previously collected by the pep band, Gabe will not stand for it. Something must be done.
Kinard, Kami. The boy problem : (notes and predictions of Tabitha Reddy)
Twelve-year-old Tabitha believes in signs and predictions, and, inspired by her best friend Kara, she is looking for the signs that will point her to the right boyfriend–and predict a successful conclusion to her quest.
Korman, Gordon. No More Dead Dogs
Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well.
Korman, Gordon. Son of the Mob
Seventeen-year-old Vince’s life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent. (Next in series – Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle)
LaZebnik, Claire. Epic Fail (paperback)
In this modern take on “Pride and Prejudice,” Elise Benton, who has just moved to California, is a junior at an exclusive prep school where, in spite of her initial bad impression, she finds herself attracted to the moody and handsome son of Hollywood’s most famous celebrity couple.
Leavitt, Lindsey. Princess for hire
Desi Bascomb has been longing for a bit of glamour in her Idaho life, so when a flawlessly dressed woman steps out of an iridescent bubble and wants to know if Desi would like to become a substitute princess, she of course agrees.
Lieb, Josh. I’m a genius of unspeakable evil and I want to be your class president
Omaha, Nebraska, twelve-year-old Oliver Watson has everyone convinced that he is extremely stupid and lazy, but he is actually a very wealthy, evil genius, and when he decides to run for seventh-grade class president, nothing will stand in his way.
Limb, Sue. Girl 15, Charming but Insane
Fifteen-year-old Jess, living with her mum, separated from her father in Cornwall, and with a best friend who seems to do everything perfectly, finds her own assets through humor.
Mackler, Carolyn. The Earth, My butt, and Other Big Round Things
Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.
Mlynowski, Sarah. Bras & Broomsticks
Living in New York City with her mother and her younger sister, Miri, fourteen-year-old Rachel tries to persuade Miri, who has recently become a witch, to help her become popular at school and to try to stop their divorced father’s wedding.
Pinkwater, Daniel. The Education of Robert Nifkin
Set in the 1950s in Chicago, Robert Nifkin tells his highly unorthodox high school experiences in the form of a college application essay.
Pratchett, Terry. Dodger
In an alternative version of Victorian London, a seventeen-year-old Dodger, a cunning and cheeky street urchin, unexpectedly rises in life when he saves a mysterious girl, meets Charles Dickens, and unintentionally puts a stop to the murders of Sweeny Todd.
Pratchett, Terry. Wee Free Men
A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of six-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister invasion from Fairyland.
Rennison, Louise. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie. (First in the series)
Smith, Andrew. Winger
Filled with hand-drawn info-graphics and illustrations and told in a pitch-perfect voice, this realistic depiction of a teen’s experience strikes an exceptional balance of hilarious and heartbreaking.
All titles can be found in the Young Adult Section. Unless otherwise noted, titles listed are HARDCOVER books.
4/13/20
Albertelli, Becky. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight.
Andrews, Jesse. Me & Earl & the Dying Girl : a novel
Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
Barry, Dave. The Worst Class Trip Ever
When the eighth grade civics class of Miami’s Culver Middle School goes on a trip to Washington, D.C., Wyatt Palmer finds himself in deep trouble before the plane even lands because his best friend, Matt, has decided the men sitting behind them are terrorists and it is up to the boys to stop them.
Bauer, Joan. Rules of the Road
Jenna Boller, the star employee at Gladstone’s Shoe Store in Chicago, is a very tall sixteen-year-old who really stands out in a crowd, but when Madeline Gladstone hires Jenna to drive her cross country to save her business, she learns the rules of the road, as well as the rules of life.
Cabot, Meg. All-American Girl
A sophomore girl stops a presidential assassination attempt, is appointed Teen Ambassador to the United Nations, and catches the eye of the very cute First Son. A hilarious, page-turning fantasy about an outsider who is thrown into the glamorous spotlight.
Cabot, Meg. Teen Idol
When teenage heartthrob Luke Stryker shows up at a small-town Indiana high school to do research for a movie role, he persuades junior Jenny Greenley to use her considerable talents to try to change things at school for the better.
Crawford, Brent. Carter Finally Gets It
Awkward freshman Will Carter endures many painful moments during his first year of high school before realizing that nothing good comes easily, focus is everything, and the payoff is usually incredible. It’s a pitch-perfect comedy about girls, football, girls, swimming, girls, drama club, and girls.
David, Keren. Lia’s guide to winning the lottery
Lia wonders if the millionaire lifestyle is all it’s cracked up to be after jealous kids at school set up a “We Hate Lia Latimer” group on Facebook, she is sued by her best friend’s mother, and her sister Natalie goes missing.
DeVillers, Julia. How My Private, Personal Journal Became a Bestseller
A young woman accidentally turns in a private story from her journal instead of an English assignment and becomes a best-selling author almost overnight.
Easton, T.S. Boys don’t knit (in public)
After a brush with the law, Ben, a dyed-in-the-wool worrier, must take up a new hobby and chooses knitting, an activity at which he excels but must try to keep secret from his friends, enemies, and sports-obsessed father.
Garfinkle, D. L. Storky: How I Lost My Nickname and Won the Girl
Fourteen-year-old high school student Michael “Storky” Pomerantz’s journal describes his freshman year, from dealing with his mother’s dating his dentist to attempting to win the heart of the girl he loves.
Green, John. An Abundance of Katherines
When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact.
Hand, Cynthia. My Lady Jane
Edward (long live the king) is the King of England. He’s also dying, which is inconvenient, as he’s only sixteen and he’d much rather be planning for his first kiss than considering who will inherit his crown…
Jane (reads too many books) is Edward’s cousin, and far more interested in books than romance. Unfortunately for Jane, Edward has arranged to marry her off to secure the line of succession. And there’s something a little odd about her intended…
Herbach, Geoff. Fat Boy vs. the Cheerleaders
The war is ON! Never have the stakes been so high. Never have the trenches been so deep. Never has one soda vending machine been so vital. When the high school cheerleading team takes over the machine’s funds previously collected by the pep band, Gabe will not stand for it. Something must be done.
Kinard, Kami. The boy problem : (notes and predictions of Tabitha Reddy)
Twelve-year-old Tabitha believes in signs and predictions, and, inspired by her best friend Kara, she is looking for the signs that will point her to the right boyfriend–and predict a successful conclusion to her quest.
Korman, Gordon. No More Dead Dogs
Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well.
Korman, Gordon. Son of the Mob
Seventeen-year-old Vince’s life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent. (Next in series – Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle)
LaZebnik, Claire. Epic Fail (paperback)
In this modern take on “Pride and Prejudice,” Elise Benton, who has just moved to California, is a junior at an exclusive prep school where, in spite of her initial bad impression, she finds herself attracted to the moody and handsome son of Hollywood’s most famous celebrity couple.
Leavitt, Lindsey. Princess for hire
Desi Bascomb has been longing for a bit of glamour in her Idaho life, so when a flawlessly dressed woman steps out of an iridescent bubble and wants to know if Desi would like to become a substitute princess, she of course agrees.
Lieb, Josh. I’m a genius of unspeakable evil and I want to be your class president
Omaha, Nebraska, twelve-year-old Oliver Watson has everyone convinced that he is extremely stupid and lazy, but he is actually a very wealthy, evil genius, and when he decides to run for seventh-grade class president, nothing will stand in his way.
Limb, Sue. Girl 15, Charming but Insane
Fifteen-year-old Jess, living with her mum, separated from her father in Cornwall, and with a best friend who seems to do everything perfectly, finds her own assets through humor.
Mackler, Carolyn. The Earth, My butt, and Other Big Round Things
Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.
Mlynowski, Sarah. Bras & Broomsticks
Living in New York City with her mother and her younger sister, Miri, fourteen-year-old Rachel tries to persuade Miri, who has recently become a witch, to help her become popular at school and to try to stop their divorced father’s wedding.
Pinkwater, Daniel. The Education of Robert Nifkin
Set in the 1950s in Chicago, Robert Nifkin tells his highly unorthodox high school experiences in the form of a college application essay.
Pratchett, Terry. Dodger
In an alternative version of Victorian London, a seventeen-year-old Dodger, a cunning and cheeky street urchin, unexpectedly rises in life when he saves a mysterious girl, meets Charles Dickens, and unintentionally puts a stop to the murders of Sweeny Todd.
Pratchett, Terry. Wee Free Men
A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of six-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister invasion from Fairyland.
Rennison, Louise. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie. (First in the series)
Smith, Andrew. Winger
Filled with hand-drawn info-graphics and illustrations and told in a pitch-perfect voice, this realistic depiction of a teen’s experience strikes an exceptional balance of hilarious and heartbreaking.
All titles can be found in the Young Adult Section. Unless otherwise noted, titles listed are HARDCOVER books.
4/13/20
Armentrout, Jennifer L. Don’t look back
Seventeen-year-old Sam seems to have everything until she and her best friend, Cassie, disappear one night and now Sam has returned with amnesia, striving to be a much better person and aware that her not remembering may be the only thing keeping Cassie alive.
Carter, Ally. All Fall Down
Grace Blakely is absolutely certain of three things: 1. She is not crazy. 2. Her mother was murdered. 3. Someday she is going to find the killer and make him pay.
As certain as Grace is about these facts, nobody else believes her.
Cavallaro, Brittany. A Study in Charlotte
When a Sherringford student dies under suspicious circumstances, ripped straight from the most terrifying of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Jamie can no longer afford to keep his distance from Charlotte Holmes. Jamie and Charlotte are being framed for murder, and only Charlotte can clear their names. But danger is mounting and nowhere is safe—and the only people they can trust are each other.
Coben, Harlan. Shelter
After tragic events tear Mickey Bolitar away from his parents, he is forced to live with his estranged Uncle Myron and switch high schools, where he finds both friends and enemies, but when his new girlfriend, Ashley, vanishes, he follows her trail into a seedy underworld that reveals she is not what she seems to be.
Cooney, Caroline. No Such Person
A sibling rivalry between a free-spirited younger sister and her success-driven older sister escalates into tragedy and mystery for a family during a lakeside summer.
Crutcher, Chris. Period .8
Period 8 has always been a safe haven and high school senior Paulie “The Bomb” Baum a constant attendee, but as Paulie, Hannah, their friends, and a sympathetic teacher try to unravel the mystery of a missing classmate, the ultimate bully takes aim at the school.
Feinstein, John. Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery (paperback)
As winners of a writing contest, eighth-graders Steven and Susan travel to the NCAA Final Four as journalists where the two uncover a plot to fix the championship game.
Green, John. Paper Towns (paperback)
One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin “Q” Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q’s neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.
Hiaasen, Carl. Skink–No Surrender
With the help of an eccentric ex-governor, a teenaged boy searches for his missing cousin in the Florida wilds.
Howland, Ethan. The Lobster War
Although he fears being in the water, sixteen-year-old Dain is determined to be a professional lobsterman, despite pressure from his older brother and widowed mother that he attend college instead, and despite the fact that someone is sabotaging his lobster traps.
Jackson, Tiffany. Monday’s Not Coming
Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. Claudia and Monday have always been inseparable—more sisters than friends. So when Monday doesn’t turn up for the first day of school, Claudia’s worried. When she doesn’t show for the second day, or second week, Claudia knows that something is wrong.
Jaffe, Michele. Bad kitty
While vacationing with her family in Las Vegas, seventeen-year-old Jasmine stumbles upon a murder mystery that she attempts to solve with the help of her friends, recently arrived from California.
Johnson, Maureen. Truly Devious
True-crime aficionado Stevie Bell is set to begin her first year at Ellingham Academy, and she has an ambitious plan: She will solve the school’s cold case. That is, she will solve the case when she gets a grip on her demanding new school life and her housemates: the inventor, the novelist, the actor, the artist, and the jokester. But something strange is happening.
Lane, Andy. Death Cloud
In 1868, with his army officer father suddenly posted to India, and his mother mysteriously “unwell,” fourteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes is sent to stay with his eccentric uncle and aunt in their vast house in Hampshire, where he uncovers his first murderand a diabolical villain.
Latham, Jennifer. Scarlett undercover
Scarlett, a sixteen-year-old private detective in the fictional city of Las Almas, finds herself at the center of a mysterious case–involving ancient curses, priceless artifacts, and jinn–as she discovers that her own family secrets may have more to do with the situation than she thinks.
Lockhart, E. Genuine Fraud
Imogen is a runaway heiress, an orphan, a cook, and a cheat. Jule is a fighter, a social chameleon, and an athlete. An intense friendship. A disappearance. A murder, or maybe two.
Lockhart, E. We Were Liars
A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret.
MacColl, Michaela. Always Emily : a novel of intrigue and romance
Young Emily and Charlotte Brontè stride across the moors trying to learn the identities of a mysterious camper and a hysterical woman, as well as the reason for their brother’s suspicious behavior.
McManus, Karen. One of Us is Lying
The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars, One of Us Is Lying is the story of what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.
Mele, Dana. People Like Us
Kay Donovan may have skeletons in her closet, but the past is past, and she’s reinvented herself entirely. Now she’s a star soccer player whose group of gorgeous friends run their private school with effortless popularity and acerbic wit. But when a girl’s body is found in the lake, Kay’s carefully constructed life begins to topple.
Nixon, Joan Lowery. Nightmare
Emily is sent to a camp for underachievers where she discovers a murderer on the staff who might provide an explanation for her recurring nightmares.
Parker, Robert B. The boxer and the spy
Fifteen-year-old Terry, an aspiring boxer, uncovers the mystery behind the unexpected death of a classmate.
Preus, Margi. Enchantment Lake : a Northwoods mystery
Francie, seventeen, leaves summer school and auditions in New York City for Enchantment Lake in the woods of northern Minnesota when her great-aunts call and ask for her help investigating a mystery that centers on a road no one wants built, and on the legendary treasure said to be under enchantment.
Ruby, Laura. Bone Gap
As we follow the stories of Finn, Roza, and the people of Bone Gap—their melancholy pasts, their terrifying presents, their uncertain futures—acclaimed author Laura Ruby weaves a heartbreaking tale of love and loss, magic and mystery, regret and forgiveness—a story about how the face the world sees is never the sum of who we are.
Ruby, Lois. Rebel spirits
Sixteen-year-old Lorelei is not happy when her family moves into an old bed-and-breakfast in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania–and that is before she meets the Civil War ghost, Nathaniel, who needs her help, and discovers that some of the hotel staff are not what they seem to be.
Sorrells, Walter. Fake ID
After a lifetime of moving and assuming new identities, sixteen-year-old Chass begins to piece together the disturbing past that haunts her and her mother and which involves a mysterious tape, a deceased popular singer, and the secrets of several people in a small Alabama town. (First in series – next book: Club Dread)
Summers, Courtney. Sadie
A missing girl on a journey of revenge. A Serial like podcast following the clues she’s left behind. And an ending you won’t be able to stop talking about.
Thomas, Kara. The Cheerleaders
There are no more cheerleaders in Sunnybrook, but that doesn’t mean anyone else is safe.
Tromly, Stephanie. Trouble is a friend of mine
After meeting the compelling misfit Philip, Zoe soon finds herself in a series of hilarious and dangerous situations as they investigate a local teenage girl’s kidnapping that may be related to the disappearance of his kid sister eight years ago.
Werlin, Nancy. Double Helix (paperback)
Eighteen-year-old Eli discovers a shocking secret about his life and his family while working for a Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose specialty is genetic engineering.
All titles can be found in the Young Adult Section. Unless otherwise noted, titles listed are HARDCOVER books.
4/14/20
Anderson, Laurie. The Impossible Knife of Memory
Haley tries to make her way through school and a first romance, while trying to help her father, a veteran with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Anderson, Laurie. Speak
Melinda is a friendless outcast, because she busted a party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. Only her art class offers any solace, and it is through her work on an art project that she is finally able to face what really happened at that terrible party.
Andrews, Jesse. Me, Earl & the Dying Girl
Greg Gaines has only one friend, Earl, and together they spend their time making movies, their own incomprehensible versions of Coppola and Herzog cult classics.Until Greg’s mother forces him to rekindle his childhood friendship with Rachel.
Bauer, Joan. Hope Was Here
When Hope and her aunt move to small-town Wisconsin to take over the local diner, Hope’s not sure what to expect. But what they find is that the owner, G.T., isn’t quite ready to give up yet – in fact, he’s decided to run for mayor against a corrupt candidate. And as Hope starts to make her place at the diner, she also finds herself caught up in G.T.’s campaign – particularly his visions for the future.
Brashares, Ann. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Nobody knows why, but the pants fit everyone perfectly. Over a few bags of cheese puffs, Carmen, Lina, Tibby, and Bee decide to form a sisterhood and take the vow of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. The next morning, they say good-bye and then the journey of the pants — and the most memorable summer of their lives — begins.
Cameron, Peter. Someday This Pain Will be Useful to You
James Sveck is a sophisticated, vulnerable young man with a deep appreciation for the world and no idea how to live in it. He rejects all of the assumptions around him–including the expectation that he will go to college in the fall. He would prefer to move to an old house in a small town somewhere in the Midwest, butnothing turns out how he’d expected.
Chbosky, Stephen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Perks follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes.
Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War
Refusing to sell chocolates in the annual Trinity school fund-raiser may not seem like a radical thing to do. But when Jerry challenges a secret school society called The Vigils, his defiant act turns into an all-out war. Now the only question is: Who will survive?
Creech, Sharon. Bloomability
Kidnapped! The kidnappers are actually her Aunt Sandy and Uncle Max, but that doesn’t matter to Dinnie. Dinnie is used to change-with her family constantly moving from state to state while her father searches for one new “opportunity” after another. But when her aunt and uncle whisk her away to an international school in Lugano, Switzerland, Dinnie feels that this might be one “opportunity” that isn’t right for her.
Crutcher, Chris. Ironman
Bo has been at war with his father for as long as he can remember. The rage he feels gives him the energy as a triathlete to press his body to the limit, but it also translates into angry outbursts toward his teachers. Now dangerously close to expulsion from school, Bo has been assigned to Anger Management sessions with the school “truants.”
Dessen, Sarah. Keeping the Moon
Colie expects the worst when she’s sent to spend the summer with her eccentric aunt Mira while her mother, queen of the television infomercial, tours Europe.But then she lands a job at the Last Chance Cafe and meets fellow waitresses Morgan and Isabel, best friends with a loving yet volatile relationship. Wacky yet wise, Morgan and Isabel help Colie see herself in a new way.
Dessen, Sarah. Along for the Ride
It’s been so long since Auden slept at night. Ever since her parents’ divorce—or since the fighting started. Now she has the chance to spend a carefree summer with her dad and his new family in the charming beach town where they live.She meets Eli, an intriguing loner and a fellow insomniac who becomes her guide to the nocturnal world of the town. Together they embark on parallel quests.
Feinstein, John. The Walk On
Alex Myers is a quarterback, but from the first day of football practice, it’s clear that that position is very much filled by the coach’s son, Matt.Alex finally gets a chance to show what he can do when Matt is injured, but just when his star is rising, Alex gets blindsided—the state has started drug testing, and Alex’s test comes back positive for steroids.
Forman, Gayle. If I Stay
Seventeen-year-old Mia is faced with some tough choices: Stay true to her first love—music—even if it means losing her boyfriend and leaving her family and friends behind?Then one February morning Mia goes for a drive with her family, and in an instant, everything changes. Suddenly, all the choices are gone, except one. And it’s the only one that matters.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Takeoffs and Landings
Ever since their father’s sudden death eight years ago, Chuck and Lori’s mom has spent most of her time on the road as a motivational speaker, leaving them and their younger siblings in the care of their grandparents. But this trip is different; this time, their mother has invited Chuck and Lori along in an attempt to reconnect with her eldest — and now most distant — children.
Han, Jenny. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
Lara Jean has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister’s ex-boyfriend, Josh.
Holt, Kimberley. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Nothing ever happens in Toby’s small Texas town until this summer. Their sleepy town is about to get a jolt with the arrival of Zachary Beaver, billed as the fattest boy in the world. Toby is in for a summer unlike any other, a summer sure to change his life.
Kinsella, Sophie. Finding Audrey
An anxiety disorder disrupts fourteen-year-old Audrey’s daily life. She has been making slow but steady progress with Dr. Sarah, but when Audrey meets Linus, her brother’s gaming teammate, she is energized. She connects with him. As their friendship deepens and her recovery gains momentum, a sweet romantic connection develops, one that helps not just Audrey but also her entire family.
Klass, David. You Don’t Know Me
John (“My father named me after a toilet!”) wrestles with the certainty that no one really knows him not in his miserable home, and certainly not at school. His home life is not great: his father ran off years ago, so he’s being raised by his mother, who works long hours, and by her boyfriend, whom John calls “the man who is not and never will be my father.”
Lockhart, E. We Were Liars
A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island.A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.A revolution. An accident. A secret.Lies upon lies. True love.The truth.Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.
Myers, Walter Dean. Monster
Sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon is on trial for murder. A Harlem drugstore owner was shot and killed in his store, and the word is that Steve served as the lookout.Guilty or innocent, Steve becomes a pawn in the hands of “the system,” cluttered with cynical authority figures and unscrupulous inmates, who will turn in anyone to shorten their own sentences.
Nelson, Jandy. I’ll Give You the Sun
Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But three years later, Jude and Noah are barely speaking.
Niven, Jennifer. All the Bright Places
When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders” of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries.
Perkins, Stephanie. Anna and the French Kiss
Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris–until she meets Étienne St. Clair.
Peters, Julie Anne. Define “Normal”
This thoughtful, wry story is about two girls–a “punk” and a “priss”–who find themselves facing each other in a peer-counseling program and discover that they have some surprising things in common.
Rottman, S.L. Hero
15-year-old Sean’s got no one to look up to, and nothing left to lose-until he’s arrested. The only way for Sean to pay his dues is to perform community service on Mr. Hassler’s farm. He can do just what he has to, or he can confront the mess his life has become.
Rowell, Rainbow. Eleanor and Park
Set over the course of one school year, this is the story of two star-crossed sixteen-year-olds—smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.
Rowell, Rainbow. Fangirl
Cath and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving.Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words.
Thomas, Angie. The Hate U Give
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.
Welch, Jenna Evans. Love & Gelato
Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father isn’t around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is get back home.
Yoon, Nicola. Everything, Everything
Madeline is allergic to the world. She hasn’t left her house in seventeen years. But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door and a teenage boy appears. His name is Olly.Madeline is certain she is going to fall in love with Olly and it’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.
Yoon, Nicola. The Sun is Also a Star
It is Natasha’s last day in New York City, where she has lived for 10 years. Her family is being deported to Jamaica after her father’s arrest for drunk driving. Natasha is scouring the city for a chance to stay in the United States legally. Meanwhile, Daniel is on his way to an interview as part of his application process to Yale. He is under great pressure to get in because his parents are adamant that he become a doctor. Events slowly conspire to bring the two together.
4/16/20
Landscape with Invisible Hand by M.T. Anderson
When jobs typically done by humans are replaced with alien technology, Adam’s parents have no money for food, clean water, or medicine, forcing Adam and his girlfriend Chloe to get creative.
Ship Breaker by Poalo Bacigalupi
In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.
Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza
When their paths cross after a brutal attack Aly is falsely accused of making on Rhee, they are forced to work together to save their own lives and the universe.
Honor Among Thieves by Rachel Caine
Zara seizes the chance to flee Earth’s dangers, but when she meets Nadim, the alien ship she’s assigned, Zara starts to feel at home for the first time. But nothing could have prepared her for the dark, ominous truths that lurk behind the alluring glitter of starlight.
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (Adult SF)
Child hero Ender Wiggin must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Adult Fiction)
Set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots, entire planets are inspired by Blade Runner, and flying DeLoreans achieve light speed.
The Maze Runner by James Dashner (Paperback)
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
Invictus by Ryan Graudin
A group of time-traveling teens races through history to try to stop time and the multiverse from unraveling.
Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray
Teenaged soldier Noemi and an enemy robot, Abel, who is programmed to obey her commands, set out on an interstellar quest to save her home planet, Earth colony Genesis.
Star Wars: Lost Stars by Claudia Gray
Teenaged soldier Noemi and an enemy robot, Abel, who is programmed to obey her commands, set out on an interstellar quest to save her home planet, Earth colony Genesis.
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Paperback)
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family’s farm, until another “third” convinces him that the government is wrong.
Dune by Frank Herbert (Adult SF)
Set in the distant future amidst a feudal interstellar society in which noble houses, in control of individual planets, owe allegiance to the Padishah Emperor, Dune tells the story of young Paul Atreides, whose noble family accepts the stewardship of the desert planet Arrakis.
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
The planet Kerenza is attacked, and Kady and Ezra find themselves on a space fleet fleeing the enemy, while their ship’s artificial intelligence system and a deadly plague may be the end of them all.
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the Academy would touch…
Unearthed by Amie Kaufman and Megan Spooner
When Earth intercepts a message from a long-extinct alien race, it seems like the solution the planet has been waiting for. The Undying’s advanced technology has the potential to undo environmental damage and turn lives around, and Gaia, their former home planet, is a treasure trove waiting to be uncovered.
LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff
Eve isn’t looking for secrets—she’s too busy looking over her shoulder. The robot gladiator she’s just spent six months building has been reduced to a smoking wreck, and the only thing keeping her Grandpa from the grave was the fistful of credits she just lost to the bookies. To top it off, she’s discovered she can destroy electronics with the power of her mind, and the puritanical Brotherhood are building a coffin her size. If she’s ever had a worse day, Eve can’t remember it.
The Thousandth Floor by Katherine McGee
A thousand-story tower stretching into the sky. A glittering vision of the future where anything is possible—if you want it enough. WELCOME TO MANHATTAN, 2118.
A hundred years in the future, New York is a city of innovation and dreams. Everyone there wants something…and everyone has something to lose.
Starflight by Melissa Landers (Paperback)
Former high school enemies Solara Brooks and Doran Spaulding must team up when they find themselves aboard a renegade spaceship.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story.
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (YA paperback)
Prentisstown isn’t like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else’s thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee—whose thoughts Todd can hear too, whether he wants to or not—stumble upon an area of complete silence. They find that in a town where privacy is impossible, something terrible has been hidden—a secret so awful that Todd and Manchee must run for their lives.
Replica by Lauren Oliver
In a book that invites readers to start at either end or alternate between perspectives, Lyra and Gemma get the chance to escape from the protective environments in which they were raised while uncovering secrets about the bioresearch facility that connects them.
Life As We Knew It by Pfeffer (Paperback)
Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family’s struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
Want by Cindy Pon
Jason Zhou is trying to survive in Taipei, a city plagued by pollution and viruses, but when he discovers the elite are using their wealth to evade the deadly effects, he knows he must do whatever is necessary to fight the corruption and save his city.
Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston
Seventeen-year-old Ana is a scoundrel by nurture and an outlaw by nature. Found as a child drifting through space with a sentient android called D09, Ana was saved by a fearsome space captain and the grizzled crew she now calls family. But D09one of the last remaining illegal Metalshas been glitching, and Ana will stop at nothing to find a way to fix him.
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
Defeated, crushed, and driven almost to extinction, the remnants of the human race are trapped on a planet that is constantly attacked by mysterious alien starfighters. Spensa, a teenage girl living among them, longs to be a pilot. When she discovers the wreckage of an ancient ship, she realizes this dream might be possible—assuming she can repair the ship, navigate flight school, and (perhaps most importantly) persuade the strange machine to help her. Because this ship, uniquely, appears to have a soul.
Otherworld by Jason Segel
The company says Otherworld is amazing like nothing you’ve ever seen before. They say its addictive that you’ll want to stay forever. They promise Otherworld will make all your dreams come true. Simon thought Otherworld was a game. Turns out he knew nothing. Otherworld is the next phase of reality. Its everything you’ve ever wanted. And its about to change humanity forever.
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to take over the globe using mechanical machinery, forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the British Air Service, is learning to fly genetically-engineered beasts.
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.
4/27/20
YA Fic Aft After : nineteen stories of apocalypse and dystopia
An anthology of nineteen tales by well-known authors of young adult and adult literature which explore the lives of teens raised after a catastrophe, either in the first few years after the change or in the distant future.
YA Fic Awo A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales
Popular young adult authors have put a spin on 13 favorite fairy tales, moving them to contemporary settings with surprising endings.
YA Fic Bec Because You Love to Hate Me : 13 tales of villany
These fractured, unconventional spins on classics like “Medusa,” Sherlock Holmes, and “Jack and the Beanstalk” provide a behind-the-curtain look at villains’ acts of vengeance, defiance, and rage–and the pain, heartbreak, and sorrow that spurned them on. No fairy tale will ever seem quite the same again!
YA Fic Fre Fresh Ink : an anthology
Careful–you are holding fresh ink. And not hot-off-the-press, still-drying-in-your-hands ink. Instead, you are holding twelve stories with endings that are still being written–whose next chapters are up to you. Because these stories are meant to be read. And shared.
YA Fic Gai M is for Magic
Each story has some engagement with the fantastic. There are stories about talking with girls, with ghosts, with knights in armor, and with aliens. Science fiction and fantasy fans will find much to delight them.
YA Fic Hal Half-Human
A collection of stories about such creatures as mermaids and centaurs, who are part-human and part-animal or part-plant, and their struggles to understand their true identity.
YA Fic McK Water : tales of elemental spirits
Presents six short stories about the mythical creatures associated with the element of water.
YA Fic Mee Meet Cute : some people are destined to meet
Whether or not you believe in fate, or luck, or love at first sight, every romance has to start somewhere. MEET CUTE is an anthology of original short stories featuring tales of “how they first met” from some of today’s most popular YA authors.
YA Fic One One Hot Second : Stories about Desire
A collection of eleven stories by award-winning authors that explore the many varieties of teenage desire, including first crushes, first kisses, and first times.
YA Fic Own Owning it : stories about teens with disabilities
Presents ten stories of teenagers facing all of the usual challenges of school, parents, boyfriends and girlfriends, plus the additional complications that come with having a physical or psychological disability.
YA Fic Per My true love gave to me : twelve holiday stories
Whether you enjoy celebrating Christmas or Hanukkah, Winter Solstice or New Years, there’s something here for everyone. So curl up by the fireplace and get cozy. You have twelve reasons this season to stay indoors and fall in love.
YA Fic PerSummer Days and Summer Nights : twelve love stories
Maybe it’s the long, lazy days, or maybe it’s the heat making everyone a little bit crazy. Whatever the reason, summer is the perfect time for love to bloom. Summer Days & Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories, written by twelve bestselling young adult writers and edited by the international bestselling author Stephanie Perkins, will have you dreaming of sunset strolls by the lake. So set out your beach chair and grab your sunglasses. You have twelve reasons this summer to soak up the sun and fall in love.
YA Fic Pic Pick-up game : a full day of full court
There’s a basketball court known as “The Cage” at the corner of New York City’s West 4th Street and Sixth Avenue; it’s busy all day with fiercely competitive pick-up games. That real-life court is the setting for these nine fictional stories that share many of the same characters (but are written by different authors). With drama both on and off the court, these realistic vignettes have action that will thrill hoops fans and great characters to draw in those who know nothing about the game.
YA Fic Ste Steampunk! : an anthology of fantastically rich and strange stories
A collection of fourteen fantasy stories by well-known authors, set in the age of steam engines and featuring automatons, clockworks, calculating machines, and other marvels that never existed.
YA Fic Suc Such a Pretty Face: Short Stories about Beauty
Wild, funny, and thought-provoking, this anthology’s stories, contributed by well-known authors for teens, challenge readers to reconsider their notions of beauty.
YA Fic Thi 13 : thirteen stories that capture the agony and ecstasy of being thirteen
Collects thirteen stories about moments in a teen’s life, such as a first kiss and obsessing over a pair of special sneakers, by various authors, including Laura Godwin and Stephen Roos.
YA Fic Thr Three Sides of a Heart : stories about love triangles
A teen girl who offers kissing lessons. Zombies in the Civil War South. The girl next door, the boy who loves her, and the girl who loves them both. Vampires at a boarding school. Three teens fighting monsters in an abandoned video rental store. Literally the last three people on the planet.
YA Fic Unn Unnatural Creatures
A collection of sixteen stories introduces a host of strange, wondrous beings that have never existed anywhere but in the imagination, with stories from Neil Gaiman, Diana Wynne Jones, and E. Nesbit
All titles can be found in the Young Adult Section. Unless otherwise noted, title listed are HARDCOVER books.
4/15/20
Berne, Emma Carlson. Under Pressure (paperback)
A few weeks before a scout from her preferred college is to visit, Elise turns to shady performance supplements when she sees that some of her teammates are outplaying her in spite of her hard work
Carter, Alden. Bull Catcher
Pete and Jeff continue their friendship and love of baseball as they progress from ninth grade through high school in their small Wisconsin town.
Deuker, Carl. High Heat
When sophomore Shane Hunter’s father is arrested for money laundering at his Lexus dealership, the star pitcher’s life of affluence and private school begins to fall apart.
Deuker, Carl. Painting the Black
When star athlete Josh Daniels moves in across the street, Remy Ward doesn’t realize how much his life will change during his senior year at Seattle’s Crown Hill High.
Deuker, Carl. Runner
Living with his alcoholic father on a broken-down sailboat on Puget Sound has been hard on seventeen-year-old Chance Taylor, but when his love of running leads to a high-paying job, he quickly learns that the money is not worth the risk.
Dygard, Thomas. Second Stringer
Fate presents second-string quarterback Kevin Taylor an opportunity of a lifetime when, in the first game of their senior year, perennially superior Rob Montgomery injures his knee, placing Kevin in the high-pressure position of leading a team that’s expecting a championship season.
Esckilsen, Erik. Offsides
Tom Gray, a Mohawk Indian and star soccer player, moves to a new high school and refuses to play for the Warriors with their insulting mascot.
Eulo, Elena. Mixed-Up Doubles
With the help of an unlikely new friend, ninth grader Hank tries to adjust to his parents’ recent divorce and works toward his dream of being a successful tennis player.
Feinstein, John. Change-up : mystery at the World Series
While covering baseball’s World Series between the Washington Nationals and the Boston Red Sox, teenage sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol investigate a rookie pitcher whose evasive answers during an interview reveal more than a few contradictions in his life story.
Feinstein, John. Foul Trouble
College recruiters are clambering to sign up Terrell Jamerson, the #1 high school basketball player in the country. But not all of these recruiters are straight shooters, and Terrell will have to think fast if he wants to stay in the game.
Feinstein, John. The Walk-On
After moving to a new town his freshman year in high school, Alex Myers is happy to win a spot on the varsity team as a quarterback but must deal with the idea of not playing for two years since the first-string quarterback is not only a local hero, he is also the son of the corrupt head coach.
Halpin, Brendan. Shutout
Fourteen-year-old Amanda and her best friend Lena start high school looking forward to playing on the varsity soccer team, but when Lena makes varsity and Amanda only makes junior varsity, their long friendship rapidly changes.
Hazuka, Tom. Last chance for first (paperback)
Robby doesn’t smile so much when Jim, his best friend and co-captain of the soccer team, is suspended from the team for drinking, the sadistic coach finally crosses the line in practice, and the girl he’s interested in turns out to be eccentric and unpredictable, with a bad secret.
Johnson, Scott. Safe at Second
Paulie Lockwood’s best friend Todd Bannister is destined for the major leagues until a line drive to the head causes him to lose an eye and they both must find a new future for themselves.
Lipsyte, Robert. Center Field
Mike lives for baseball and hopes to follow his idol into the major leagues one day, but he is distracted by a new player who might take his place in center field, an ankle injury, problems at home, and a growing awareness that something sinister is happening at school.
Lynch, Chris. Hit Count
Arlo Brodie loves being at the heart of the action on the football field, and while his dad cheers him on, his mother quotes head injury statistics and refuses to watch, but Arlo’s winning plays, the cheering crowds, and the adrenaline rush are enough to convince him that everything is OK, in spite of the pain, the pounding, the dizziness, and the confusion.
Myers, Walter Dean. Game
If Harlem high school senior Drew Lawson is going to realize his dream of playing college, then professional, basketball, he will have to improve at being coached and being a team player, especially after a new–white–student threatens to take the scouts’ attention away from him.
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Dairy queen : a novel
After spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school’s rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her.
Padian, Maria. Out of nowhere
“Grades, sports, and girls have always come easy to me,” muses Tom Bouchard, captain of his high-school soccer team. What happens when, out of nowhere , a phenomenally talented soccer player named Saeed joins the team? Quite a lot, actually.
Peck, Robert Newton. Extra Innings
After a tragic airplane crash that claims the lives of most of his family, sixteen-year-old Tate goes to live with his wealthy great-grandfather and his adopted black great-aunt Vidalia and he finds unexpected solace in the stories of her childhood spent travelling with a Depression-era Negro baseball team.
Reynolds, Jason. Ghost
Running. That’s all that Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever known. But never for a track team. Nope, his game has always been ball. But when Ghost impulsively challenges an elite sprinter to a race — and wins — the Olympic medalist track coach sees he has something: crazy natural talent.
Ritter, John. Over the Wall
Thirteen-year-old Tyler, who has trouble controlling his anger, spends an important summer with his cousins in New York City, playing baseball and sorting out how he feels about violence, war, and in particular the Vietnamese conflict that took his grandfather’s life.
Smith, Andrew. Winger
Two years younger than his classmates at a prestigious boarding school, fourteen-year-old Ryan Dean West grapples with living in the dorm for troublemakers, falling for his female best friend who thinks of him as just a kid, and playing wing on the Varsity rugby team with some of his frightening new dorm-mates.
Volponi, Paul. The Final Four
Four players at the Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament struggle with the pressures of tournament play and the expectations of society at large.
Wallace, Rich. Losing is Not an Option
Eleven episodes in the life of a young man, from sneaking into his tenth football game in a row with his best friend in sixth grade to running his last high school race, the Pennsylvania state championships.
Wallace, Rich. Playing Without the Ball
Feeling abandoned by his parents, who have gone their separate ways and left him behind in a small Pennsylvania town, seventeen-year-old Jay finds hope for the future in a church-sponsored basketball team and a female friend.
Weaver, Will. Hard Ball
Billy Baggs takes on his arch-rival, King Kenwood, and tackles inner issues that pose an even greater threat to both boys. This is the third book in the series about the baseball star Billy Baggs. It is another powerful story.
Zadoff, Allen. Food, girls, and other things I can’t have
Sophomore Andy Zansky, the second fattest student at his high school, is more or less resigned to participating in the Model UN with his friend Eytan. But when he instead joins the varsity football team on a whim — mainly to attract the attention of his crush, new girl April — Andy is stunned by how quickly his life changes.
All titles can be found in the Young Adult Section. Unless otherwise noted, titles listed are HARDCOVER books.
4/23/20
YA 331.4 Reb In their shoes : extraordinary women describe their amazing careers by Deborah Reber.
An array of careers are presented through a realistic examination of the work involved by professional women in their chosen occupations, including stories from actor Maura Tierney, editor Susan Schultz, and television series creator Shonda Rhimes.
YA 331.702 Dev Extraordinary jobs for creative people. by Devantier, A., & Turkington, C.A.
In this book, there is a brief introduction discussing whether to pursue a creative arts career and where creative people might work (ad agencies, magazines, etc.). The rest of the book is an alphabetical listing of possible creative careers, running from animator through gravestone carver and ending with yarn hand-dyer. Each career has an “at a glance” section with information such as salary range and education needed, an example of an actual person who does the job, and a longer discussion of the career.
YA 331.702 Mor Undecided : navigating life and learning after high school by Genevieve Morgan.
A comprehensive handbook for high school teens who have not yet established their post-graduation path outlines options ranging from training programs and the military to community colleges and universities to help students decide which course is best for them.
YA 371.95 Gal The gifted teen survival guide : smart, sharp, and ready for (almost) anything by Judy Galbraith.
Discusses what the label “gifted” means, and covers such issues as intelligence testing, educational options, and relationships with parents and friends.
YA 371.9574 Ber College planning for gifted students: choosing and getting into the right college by
Berger, S. L.
This book discusses the special challenges facing families of gifted students as they prepare for college. While at first it may seem easy for gifted students to apply and get accepted to college, this book highlights some of the difficult situations families may face, including underachieving students, gifted students with disabilities, and heightened sensitivity to expectations.
YA 378.1 Ehr Writing a successful college application essay by George Ehrenhaft.
Discusses the qualities of effective college application essays and offers tips on topics, rewriting, editing, and proofreading.
YA 378.161 Sha Admission possible : the “dare to be yourself” guide for getting into the best colleges for you by Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz.
A guide to college admissions provides advice for getting ahead in the process, featuring checklists, action plans, worksheets, and timelines that help the student manage the college search and application process in a stress-free manner.
YA 378.1616 Fis Fiske real college essays that work by Edward B. Fiske, Bruce G. Hammond.
Provides tips on writing a college essay, including ones on such topics as science fiction, hobbies, community service, and significant experiences. Includes samples written with all degrees of proficiency and describes how to edit an essay, from initial draft to final submission.
YA 378.198 Brev How to college : what to know before you go (and when you’re there) by Andrea Brenner
Professors Andrea Malkin Brenner and Lara Schwartz guide first-year students and their families through the transition process, during the summer after high school graduation and throughout the school year, preparing students to succeed and thrive as they transition and adapt to college.
YA 378.198 DaS Your first year of college : from classroom to dorm room by Maria DaSilva-Gordon.
A guide to help students succeed during the first year of college, covering topics such as academics, extracurricular activities, living arrangements, health, money management, and the temptations of sex, drugs, and drinking.
YA 378.198 New How to win at college : simple rules for success from star students by Cal Newport.
Draws on firsthand interviews with outstanding students at universities across the country to examine the secrets of a successful college career, introducing seventy-five simple rules designed to assist students ace their classes, assume leadership positions, build a superb résumé, define their life goals, and have fun at the same time.
YA 378.198 Par My college tips: written by a college student, for college students! by Parker, J.
Friendly, rather casual book full of lists of ten tips for all sorts of situations encountered in college. It has an air of informality. Some of the advice seems suspect: “Bringing your own computer might be more of a pain than a convenience,” or “Most women like the old-fashion style of dating,” but it might be fun to browse.
YA 378.73 Gre The kids’ college almanac : a first look at college by Barbara C. Greenfeld and Robert A. Weinstein.
Directed to middle-school students who are contemplating going to college, uses a question-and-answer format to introduce such topics as college selection, costs, financial aid, and the application and admission process.
YA 794.8 Rob Careers in Gaming by Laura Roberts.
Shares useful information on careers in the gaming industry, including game developer, programmer, and animator.
(There are many other books in the adult non-fiction section upstairs)
4/28/20
All books can be found on the second floor.
Fiction
Abercrombie, Joe | Half the World (Bk 2, Shattered Sea Trilogy) | Fic Abe |
Ackerman, Elliot | Green on Blue | Fic Ack |
Adams, Douglas | The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (in Science Fiction) | SF Ada |
Blume, Judy | In the Unlikely Event | Fic Blu |
Choi, Ann Y. K. | Kay’s Lucky Coin Variety | Fic Cho |
Cline, Ernest | Armada | Fic Cli |
Crucet, Jennine Capo | Make Your Home Among Strangers | Fic Cru |
DeAngelis, Camille | Bones & All | Fic DeA |
Gaiman, Neil | American Gods | Fic Gai |
Gaitskill, Mary | The Mare | Fic Gai |
Gattis, Ryan | All Involved | Fic Gat |
Greenridge, Kaitlyn | We Love You Charlie Freeman | Fic Gre |
Kutsukake, Lynne | The Translation of Love | Fic Kut |
Newman, Sandra | The Country of Ice Cream Star | Fic New |
Novic, Sara | Girl at War | Fic Nov |
Parker, Amy | Beasts and Children (short stories) | Fic Par |
Parssinen, Keija | The Unraveling of Mercy Louis | Fic Par |
Smith, Neil | Boo | Fic Smi |
Solomon, Asali | Disgruntled | Fic Sol |
Thornton, Mark R. | Kid Moses | Fic Tho |
Wong, David | Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits | Fic Won |
Non-fiction
Cisneros, Sandra | A House of My Own: Stories from My Life | NF 813.54 (Cisneros) Cis |
Coates, Ta-Nehisi | Between the World and Me | NF 305.8009 (Coates) Coa |
Montgomery, Sy | The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness | NF 594.56 Mon |
Padilla Peralta, Dan-el | Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League | NF 305.8687 (Padilla) Pad |
Ronson, Jon | So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed | NF 152.4 Ron |
Stanton, Brandon | Humans of New York: Stories | NF 974.71 Sta |
Tanenbaum, Leora | I Am Not a Slut: Slut-shaming in the Age of the Internet | NF 305.2308 Tan |