Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore As World War I raged across the globe, hundreds of young women toiled away at the radium-dial factories, where they painted clock faces with a mysterious new substance called radium. Assured by their bosses that the luminous material was safe, the women themselves shone brightly in the dark, […]
Ginger Kid: Mostly True Tales from a Former Nerd by Steve Hofstetter In Ginger Kid, popular comedian Steve Hofstetter grapples with life after seventh grade… when his world fell apart. Formatted as a series of personal essays, Steve walks his readers through awkward early dating, family turbulence, and the revenge of the bullied nerds.
All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages by Saundra Mitchell (ed.) Seventeen young adult authors across the queer spectrum have come together to create a collection of beautifully written diverse historical fiction for teens. From a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood set in war-torn 1870s Mexico featuring a transgender soldier, to two girls falling in […]
Radical Element: Twelve Stories of Daredevils, Debutantes, and Other Dauntless Girls by Jessica Spotswood (ed.) An anthology of historical short stories features a diverse array of girls standing up for themselves and their beliefs, forging their own paths while resisting society’s expectations.
Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston (Heart of Iron #1) 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 D09, one of the last remaining illegal Metals […]
This summer, SYNC will be providing two free teen audiobooks each week from April 26th to July 25th. Each week will focus on a specific theme, pairing a classic YA title with a more modern YA title. These two titles will be available to download for free this week only (from 6/21 to 6/27) at the SYNC website. The ninth week […]
Feeder by Patrick Weekes Lori Fisher hunts monsters, aided by an interdimensional creature called Handler, but when she stumbles across the Nix, a kidnapped group of mutant teens, she becomes the hunted.
Cadaver & Queen by Alisa Kwitney When Elizabeth Lavenza enrolled at Ingold as its first female medical student, she knew she wouldn’t have an easy time. From class demands to being an outsider among her male cohorts, she’ll have to go above and beyond to prove herself. So when she stumbles across what appears to be a faulty Bio-Mechanical—one of […]
Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw Three sisters, drowned as witches in Sparrow, Oregon, in the 1800s, return each summer for revenge but Penny, seventeen, is determined to stop them to save the boy she loves.
I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman Freya lost her voice while recording her debut album. Harun is making plans to run away from everyone he has ever loved. Nathaniel arrives in New York City with a backpack, a desperate plan, and nothing left to lose. When a fateful accident draws these three strangers together, their secrets start to […]
