Explode Your Holds With Even More New Fiction!

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Check out what's new in a wide variety of materials, from Continued Series to Speculative Fiction and Audiobooks as well:

Continued Series Fiction:

Tales from the Shadowhunter Academytales-from-the-shadowhunter-academy by Cassandra Clare (Companion to the Mortal Instruments series)

These ten moving and hilarious short stories give a satisfying epilogue to the Mortal Instruments series and provide tantalizing glimpses of what's in store in the Dark Artifices.

Blood for Bloodblood-for-blood by Ryan Groudin (Sequel to Wolf by Wolf)

In this alternate version of the 1950s, after the Axis powers win World War II, Yael, a Jewish skinshifter, fails in her mission to kill Hitler and finds herself being hunted while trying to finish what she started.

trouble-makes-a-comebackTrouble Makes A Comeback by Stephanie Tromly (Sequel to Trouble Is a Friend of Mine)

After Zoe Webster's friend Philip Digby--the weird, manic and brilliant teen sleuth Digby--left town, Zoe experimented with being a "normal" high schooler--but now Digby is back needing help, and not just to find his sister.

fate-of-flamesFate of Flames by Sarah Raughley (Book One in the Effigies Series)

Before they can save the world from the monstrous phantoms, four girls who have the power to control the classical elements: earth, air, fire, and water must first try to figure out how to work together.

Wings of the Wickedwings-of-the-wicked by Courtney Allison Moulton (An Angelfire Novel)

Seventeen-year-old Ellie, who has the reincarnated soul of an ancient reaper-slayer, falls in love with her immortal guardian angel, Will, while fighting monstrous creatures who devour humans and send their souls to Hell.

Speculative Fiction:

saving-hamletSaving Hamlet by Molly Booth

"Fifteen-year-old Emma is acting as stage manager for her school's production of Hamlet when she finds herself transported to the original staging of Hamlet in Shakespearean England.

the-infinity-of-you-and-meThe Infinity of You and Me by J. Q. Doyle

Almost fifteen, Alicia is smart and funny with a deep connection to the poet Sylvia Plath, but she's ultimately failing at life. With a laundry list of diagnoses, she hallucinates different worlds--strange, decaying, otherworldly yet undeniably real worlds that are completely unlike her own with her single mom and one true friend. In one particularly vivid hallucination, Alicia is drawn to a boy her own age named Jax who's trapped in a dying universe. Days later, her long-lost father shows up at her birthday party, telling her that the hallucinations aren't hallucinations, but real worlds; she and Jax are bound by a strange past and intertwining present. This leads her on a journey to find out who she is while trying to save the people and worlds she loves. J.Q. Coyle's The Infinity of You & Me is a wild ride through unruly hearts and vivid worlds guaranteed to captivate.

glitterGlitter by Apilynne Pike

A teenager living in an alternate-history futuristic Versailles must escape its walls by selling a happy-enducing makeup called Glitter.

scytheScythe by Neal Schusterman

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.

Realistic Fiction:

jess-chunk-and-the-road-trip-to-infinityJess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity by Kristin Elizabeth Clark

A male-to-female trans teen, Jess, and her male best friend, Chunk, take a road trip across country to attend Jess's father's wedding to her mother's former best friend.

until-i-breakUntil I Break by Kara Bietz

High school athletes and neighbors Sam and Ace are involved in a school shooting when the antagonism they feel for each other reaches a climax.

riding-chanceRiding Chance by Christine Kendall

Since his mother died, thirteen-year-old Troy has been skipping school and hanging out with the wrong crowd, and now he and his friend Foster have been sentenced to work in the local Philadelphia stables. At first he is apprehensive around the horses, but soon he bonds with a mare named Chance, and discovers the sport of polo--but also makes some new enemies.

you-in-five-actsYou in Five Acts by Una La Marche

At a prestigious New York City performing arts school, five friends connect over one dream of stardom. But for Joy, Diego, Liv, Ethan and Dave, that dream falters under the pressure of second-semester, Senior year. Ambitions shift and change, new emotions rush to the surface, and a sense of urgency pulses between them: Their time together is running out. Diego hopes to get out of the friend zone. Liv wants to escape, losing herself in fantasies of the new guy. Ethan conspires to turn his muse into his girlfriend. Dave pines for the drama queen. And if Joy doesn't open her eyes, she could lose the love that's been in front of her all along. An epic ensemble piece in the vein of Fame and Let's Get Lost , You in Five Acts is a eulogy for a friendship -- the heartbreaks, the betrayals, the inside jokes, the remember-whens. And the tragedy that changed everything.

wreckedWrecked by Maria Padian

Offers a kaleidoscopic view of a sexual assault on a college campus that will leave readers thinking about how memory and identity, what's at stake, and who sits in judgment shape what we all decide to believe about the truth.

this-adventure-endsThis Adventure Ends by Emma Mills

Sloane isn't expecting to fall in with a group of friends when she moves from New York to Florida--especially not a group of friends so intense, so in love, so all-consuming.

Mystery & Thrillers:

this-is-our-storyThis Is Our Story by Ashley Elston

When a hunting accident claims a boy's life, his best friends all come under suspicion.

my-sister-rosaMy Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier

When his father's business takes the family to New York City, a seventeen-year-old Australian boy must balance his desire to protect his ten-year-old sister, a diagnosable psychopath, from the world with the desperate need to protect the world from her.

in-case-you-missed-itIn Case You Missed It by Sarah Darer Littman

Sammy Wallach's plans for the end of her junior year include sneaking out to the city to see her favorite band and getting Jamie Moss to ask her to the faux prom, but when the international bank her father works for is hacked she suddenly finds her and her family's whole digital world, emails, photos, journal, exposed for everyone to see--and the repercussions are making all their lives a misery.

Romance:

the-lovely-recklessThe Lovely Reckless by Kami Garcia

Romeo and Juliet meets The Fast and the Furious in this edgy romance set in the suburbs of Washington, DC.

the-nerdy-and-the-dirtyThe Nerdy and the Dirty by B. T. Gottfred

Pen Lupo is sick and tired of hiding who she is. On the outside, Pen is popular, quiet, and deferential to her boyfriend. On the inside, however, Pen is honest, opinionated--and not quite sure that she's like other girls. Do they have urges like she does? His classmates may consider him a nerd, but Benedict Pendleton knows he's destined for great things. All he has to do is find a worthy girlfriend, and his social station will be secured. Sure, Benedict is different--but that's what he likes about himself. When fate intervenes, both Pen and Benedict end up at the same vacation resort for winter break. Despite their differences, the two are drawn together. But is there such a thing as happily ever after for a nympho and a nerd?

im-not-your-manic-pixie-dream-girlI’m Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl by Gretchen McNeil

Beatrice Maria Estrella Giovannini is starting senior year at the top of her class, she's a shoo-in for a scholarship to MIT, and she's got a new boyfriend she's crazy about. But all through high school Bea and her best friends, Spencer and Gabe, have been the targets of horrific bullying. So Bea uses her math skills to come up with a 100% mathematically guaranteed path to social happiness in high school. When her boyfriend Jesse dumps her for Toile, the quirky new girl at school, Bea reinvents herself as Trixie, a manic pixie dream girl in order to win Jesse back.

our-chemical-heartsOur Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland

When high school senior Henry Page meets Grace Town, he finally experiences the ups and downs of first love.

Audiobooks:

lady-renegades-cdLady Renegades by Rachel Hawkins (Book 3 in the Rebel Belle Series)

Just as Harper Price starts coming to terms with new her role in David Stark's life, he escapes and her world goes crazy all over again.