The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 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. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him […]
Dear Martin by Nic Stone Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera On September fifth, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They‘re going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they‘re both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There’s an app for that. It’s called the Last Friend, and through it, […]
Scythe by Neal Shusterman A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: Humanity has conquered all those things and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life, and they are commanded to do so in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to […]
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez 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 […]
The Fates Divide by Veronica Roth (Carve the Mark #2) As Lazmet ignites a barbaric war, Cyra and Akos are desperate to stop him at any cost. For Cyra, that could mean taking the life of the man who may–or may not–be her father. For Akos, it could mean giving his own.
Genesis by Brendan Reichs (Project Nemesis #2) Min, Noah, and the sophomores of Fire Lake must fight to survive in the second phase of Project Nemesis.
I Have the Right To by Chessy Prout In 2014, Chessy Prout was a freshman at St. Paul’s school, a prestigious boarding school in New Hampshire when a senior boy sexually assaulted her as part of a ritualized game of conquest. Chessy bravely reported her assault to the police and testified against her attacker in court. Then, in the face of unfathomable backlash from her once trusted school community, she […]
The Traitor’s Game by Jennifer Nielsen (Traitor’s Game #1) Kestra tries to foil her kidnappers’ plot, by force, cunning, or any means necessary. As motives shift and secrets emerge, both will have to decide what–and who–it is they’re fighting for.
Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller The first book in this new duology features a compelling gender-fluid highway robber who seeks to become one of the queen’s personal assassins out of revenge.
