The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on theroad, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck can really get.
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Legacy of Orisha #1) 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.
Light Filters In: Poems by Caroline Kaufman In the vein of poetry collections like Milk and Honey and Adultolescence, this compilation of short, powerful poems from teen Instagram sensation @poeticpoison perfectly captures the human experience. In Light Filters In, Caroline Kaufman–known as @poeticpoison–does what she does best: reflects our own experiences back at us and makes us feel less alone, one exquisite and insightful piece […]
Pacifica by Kristen Simmons After surviving overcrowding, disease, and unemployment, five hundred lottery winners are promised a new start on Pacifica, but Marin Carey, corsario royalty, knows no island paradise exists.
Paper Butterflies by Lisa Heathfield June is physically and emotionally abused by her stepmother, and the only person June feels safe telling is her friend Blister. He helps her believe she can escape her nightmare situation. But when a shocking tragedy occurs June finds herself trapped, potentially forever.
More Than We Can Tell by Brigid Kemmerer When Rev Fletcher and Emma Blue meet, they both long to share secrets, his of being abused by his birth father, hers of her parents’ failing marriage and an online troll who truly frightens her.
A Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi After their home in Syria is bombed, Tareq, his father, and his younger sister seek refuge, first with extended family in Raqqa, a stronghold for the militant group, Daesh, and then abroad.
Blood of a Thousand Stars by Rhoda Belleza (Empress of a Thousand Skies #2) A family divided. A galaxy at war. A sacrifice in blood to unite them all.
The Good Times Are Killing Me by Lynda Barry Young Edna Arkins lives in a neighborhood that is rapidly changing, thanks to white flight from urban Seattle in the late 1960s. As the world changes around her, Edna is exposed to the callous racism of adults; sometimes subtle and other times blatant, but always stinging. At the heart of The Good Times Are Killing Me is the forbidden friendship between Edna who is white and Bonna Willis who is […]
The Forgotten Book by Mechthild Glaser Emma is used to things going her way. Her father is headmaster of her prestigious boarding school, her friends take her advice as gospel, and she’s convinced that a relationship with her long-time crush is on the horizon. As it turns out, Emma hasn’t seen anything yet. When she finds an old book in an abandoned library, things […]
