April 1st
The Murder Game by Carrie Doyle (Sourcebooks Fire)
What if your best
friend and roommate killed a teacher at your prep school? Or what if he
didn’t do it, but he’s being framed, and you’re the only person who can
save him?
Luke Chase didn’t mean to get caught up solving the
mystery of Mrs. Heckler’s murder. He just wanted to spend alone time
with the new British girl at their boarding school.
But little
did he know someone would end up dead right next to their rendezvous
spot in the woods, and his best friend and roommate Oscar Weymouth would
be the one to take the blame. With suspects aplenty and a past that’s
anything but innocent, Luke Chase reluctantly calls on his famous
survival skills to solve the mystery and find the true killer.
Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock (Random House)
A lyrical and heartfelt
collection by an award-winning writer that connects the lives of young
people from small towns in Alaska and the American west. Each story is
unique, yet universal.
In this book, the impact of wildfire, a
wayward priest, or a mysterious disappearance ricochet across
communities, threading through stories. Here, ordinary actions such as
ice skating or going to church reveal hidden truths. One choice
threatens a lifelong friendship. Siblings save each other. Rescue and
second chances are possible, and so is revenge.
On the surface,
it seems that nothing ever happens in these towns. But Bonnie-Sue
Hitchcock shows that underneath that surface, teenagers' lives blaze
with fury, with secrets, and with love so strong it burns a path to the
future.
April 6th
Blessed Monsters by Emily A. Duncan (Wednesday Books)
The startling conclusion to the instant New York Times bestselling Something Dark and Holy trilogy
The girl, the monster, the prince, the queen.
They broke the world.
And some things can never be undone.
In Emily A. Duncan’s Blessed Monsters, they must unite once more to fight the dark chaos they've unleashed—but is it already too late?
The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson (Katherine Tegan Books)
The Truly
Devious series continues as Stevie Bell investigates her first mystery
outside of Ellingham Academy in this spine-chilling and hilarious
stand-alone mystery.
Stevie Bell did it. She solved the greatest unsolved mystery of the century. So, what now?
Figuring
it all out—the truth behind Truly Devious and what exactly happened in
the Ellingham Affair—has granted Stevie Bell a bit of celebrity in the
true crime community. So she’s not surprised when she gets an email from
the man who owns Camp Bounty Lake (now called Camp Wonder Falls), the
site of the infamous “Box in the Woods” murders from the 1970s.
Weird
things are happening at the camp again, although nothing as sinister as
before. No murders, no bodies posed by the mysterious figure they
called The Doll Collector. But there is a threatening message chalked
across a wall. And a box has appeared, with three grisly dolls inside
it.
Stevie accepts a job as a camp counselor so she can figure
out what’s going on. She recruits her friends from Ellingham—Nate,
Janelle, and Vi—to become counselors, too, and even Germaine Batt turns
up. Not long after they arrive, the owner of the camp dies in a
suspicious hiking accident.
Once again, Stevie will have to solve a cold case from the past before a killer catches up with her in the present.
Zara Hossain is Here by Sabina Khan (Scholastic)
Zara's family has
waited years for their visa process to be finalized so that they can
officially become US citizens. But it only takes one moment for that
dream to come crashing down around them.
Seventeen-year-old
Pakistani immigrant, Zara Hossain, has been leading a fairly typical
life in Corpus Christi, Texas, since her family moved there for her
father to work as a pediatrician. While dealing with the Islamophobia
that she faces at school, Zara has to lay low, trying not to stir up any
trouble and jeopardize their family's dependent visa status while they
await their green card approval, which has been in process for almost
nine years.
But one day her tormentor, star football player Tyler
Benson, takes things too far, leaving a threatening note in her locker,
and gets suspended. As an act of revenge against her for speaking out,
Tyler and his friends vandalize Zara's house with racist graffiti,
leading to a violent crime that puts Zara's entire future at risk. Now
she must pay the ultimate price and choose between fighting to stay in
the only place she's ever called home or losing the life she loves and
everyone in it.
From the author of the "heart-wrenching yet hopeful" (Samira Ahmed) novel, The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali,
comes a timely, intimate look at what it means to be an immigrant in
America today, and the endurance of hope and faith in the face of hate.
Kisses and Croissants by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau (Delacorte)
As sweet as a
macaron from Laduree, with writing as crisp as a freshly baked baguette,
this romantic novel set in Paris about an American ballerina and a
charming French boy is parfait for fans of American Royals and Netflix’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.
Sixteen-year-old
Mia, an American girl at an elite summer ballet program, has six weeks
to achieve her dreams: to snag an audition with one of the world’s best
ballet companies. But there’s more to Paris than ballet—especially when a
charming French boy, Louis, wants to be her tour guide—and the pair
discover the city has a few mysteries up its sleeve.
In the vein of romances like Love and Gelato, this is the perfect summer adventure for anyone looking to get swept away in the City of Love.
Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laekan Zea Kemp (Little Brown)
I'm Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter meets Emergency Contact in this stunning story of first love, familial expectations, the power of food, and finding where you belong.
As an aspiring pastry chef, Penelope Prado
has always dreamed of opening her own pastelería next to her father's
restaurant, Nacho's Tacos. But her mom and dad have different plans --
leaving Pen to choose between disappointing her traditional
Mexican-American parents or following her own path. When she confesses a
secret she's been keeping, her world is sent into a tailspin. But then
she meets a cute new hire at Nacho's who sees through her hard exterior
and asks the questions she's been too afraid to ask herself.
Xander
Amaro has been searching for home since he was a little boy. For him, a
job at Nacho's is an opportunity for just that -- a chance at a normal
life, to settle in at his abuelo's, and to find the father who left him
behind. But when both the restaurant and Xander's immigrant status are
threatened, he will do whatever it takes to protect his new found family
and himself.
Together, Pen and Xander must navigate first love
and discovering where they belong -- both within their families and
their fiercely loyal Chicanx community -- in order to save the place
they all call home.
Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good by Nancy Werlin (Candlewick)
A buttoned-up
overachiever works overtime to keep her inner nerd at bay—failing
spectacularly—in Nancy Werlin’s hilarious and heartfelt return to
contemporary realistic fiction.
Planning is Zoe
Rosenthal’s superpower. She has faith in a properly organized to-do list
and avoids unnecessary risks. Her mental checklist goes something like
this: 1) Meet soulmate: DONE! 2) Make commitment: DONE! 3) Marriage: TO
COME! (after college). She isn’t sure which college yet, but it will
have a strong political science department, since her perfect boyfriend,
Simon, plans to “save the country,” as his sister puts it, “and the
planet and everything.” Zoe will follow along, the perfect serious,
supportive girlfriend. It’s good to have her love life resolved, checked
off, done. But speaking of unnecessary risks, Zoe’s on a plane to
Atlanta, sneaking off to Dragon Con for the second season premiere of
Bleeders. The show is subject to her boyfriend’s lofty scorn, but Zoe is
nothing like these colorful hordes “wearing their inside on their
outside.” Once her flirtation with fandom is over, she will get back to
the important business of planning a future with Simon. The trouble is,
right now, Bleeders—and her fellow “Bloodygits”—may just mean the world
to her. Will a single night of nerdery be enough?
Best-selling
and award-winning author Nancy Werlin is best known for science fiction,
fantasy, and suspense, but here she turns her pen to realistic fiction
with broad appeal. Confirmed nerds will revel in a diverse cast, zany
fandoms, and cosplaying crowds, but this is for any reader seeking a
smart, breezy coming-of-age story about finding your friends—and your
inconvenient self.
Where the Road Leads Us by Robin Ruel (Sourcebooks Fire)
From Robin Reul, the author of My Kind of Crazy, comes an uplifting YA contemporary novel about two teens on an unexpected journey to forge their own paths.
Jack
knows what he wants: to be valedictorian, to go to NYU like his father
did, to become a doctor. But when his dad unexpectedly dies, all of
Jack's wants suddenly feel like someone else's. With the start of
college on the horizon, Jack makes a spontaneous decision to go to San
Francisco to hunt down his estranged brother and try to heal their
fractured relationship before it's too late.
Hallie doesn't want
much of anything, except to visit her friend Owen. Like Hallie, Owen has
been battling cancer, but his is terminal and he's currently planning
his assisted suicide. Hallie has mere days to travel to Washington so
she can say goodbye in person.
Jack and Hallie had a class
together years ago, but haven't seen each other since. But fate puts
them into the same rideshare to the bus terminal, setting off a
whirlwind and hysterical road trip that may lead them to their own true
selves...and maybe to each other.
Poison Priestess by Lana Popovic (Abrams)
In 17th-century Paris, 19-year-old Catherine Monvoisin is a well-heeled jeweler’s wife with a peculiar taste for the arcane. She lives a comfortable life, far removed from a childhood of abject destitution—until her kind spendthrift of a husband lands them both in debt. Hell-bent on avoiding a return to poverty, Catherine must rely on her prophetic visions and the grimoire gifted to her by a talented diviner to reinvent herself as a sorceress. With the help of the grifter Marie Bosse, Catherine divines fortunes in the IIle de la Citee—home to sorcerers and scoundrels.
There she encounters the Marquise de Montespan, a stunning noblewoman. When the Marquise becomes Louis XIV’s royal mistress with Catherine’s help, her ascension catapults Catherine to notoriety. Catherine takes easily to her glittering new life as the Sorceress La Voisin, pitting the depraved noblesse against one other to her advantage. The stakes soar ever higher when her path crosses with that of a young magician. A charged rivalry between sorceress and magician leads to Black Masses, tangled deceptions, and grisly murder—and sets Catherine on a collision course that threatens her own life.
The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch (Simon and Schuster)
Sky’s small town turns absolutely claustrophobic when his secret promposal plans get leaked to the entire school in this witty, heartfelt, and ultimately hopeful debut novel for fans of What if it’s Us? and I Wish You All the Best.
Sky Baker may be openly gay, but in his small, insular town, making sure he was invisible has always been easier than being himself. Determined not to let anything ruin his senior year, Sky decides to make a splash at his high school’s annual beach bum party by asking his crush, Ali, to prom—and he has thirty days to do it.
What better way to start living loud and proud than by pulling off the gayest promposal Rock Ledge, Michigan, has ever seen?
Then, Sky’s plans are leaked by an anonymous hacker in a deeply homophobic e-blast that quickly goes viral. He’s fully prepared to drop out and skip town altogether—until his classmates give him a reason to fight back by turning his thirty-day promposal countdown into a school-wide hunt to expose the e-blast perpetrator.
But what happens at the end of the thirty days? Will Sky get to keep his hard-won visibility? Or will his small-town blues stop him from being his true self?
The Infinity Courts by Akemi Dawn Bowman (Simon Pulse)
Eighteen-year-old Nami
Miyamoto is certain her life is just beginning. She has a great family,
just graduated high school, and is on her way to a party where her
entire class is waiting for her—including, most importantly, the boy
she’s been in love with for years.The only problem? She’s murdered before she gets there.
When Nami wakes up, she learns she’s in a place called Infinity, where human consciousness goes when physical bodies die. She quickly discovers that Ophelia, a virtual assistant widely used by humans on Earth, has taken over the afterlife and is now posing as a queen, forcing humans into servitude the way she’d been forced to serve in the real world. Even worse, Ophelia is inching closer and closer to accomplishing her grand plans of eradicating human existence once and for all.
As Nami works with a team of rebels to bring down Ophelia and save the humans under her imprisonment, she is forced to reckon with her past, her future, and what it is that truly makes us human.
From award-winning author Akemi Dawn Bowman comes an incisive, action-packed tale that explores big questions about technology, grief, love, and humanity.
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland (Putnam)
Seventeen-year-old Iris
Hollow has always been strange. Something happened to her and her two
older sisters when they were children, something they can’t quite
remember but that left each of them with an identical half-moon scar at
the base of their throats. Iris has spent most of her teenage years trying to avoid the weirdness that sticks to her like tar. But when her eldest sister, Grey, goes missing under suspicious circumstances, Iris learns just how weird her life can get: horned men start shadowing her, a corpse falls out of her sister’s ceiling, and ugly, impossible memories start to twist their way to the forefront of her mind.
As Iris retraces Grey’s last known footsteps and follows the increasingly bizarre trail of breadcrumbs she left behind, it becomes apparent that the only way to save her sister is to decipher the mystery of what happened to them as children.
The closer Iris gets to the truth, the closer she comes to understanding that the answer is dark and dangerous – and that Grey has been keeping a terrible secret from her for years.
The Flipside of Perfect by Liz Reinhardt (Inkyard Press)
A heartfelt,
fun, and romantic novel about balancing who we are with who we’re
expected to be, perfect for fans of Jenna Evans Welch, Morgan Matson and
Jenn Bennett!What happens when her two worlds collide?
AJ is a buttoned-up, responsible student attending a high-achieving high school in Michigan. She lives with her mother, stepfather and two younger half sisters.
Della spends every summer with her father in Florida. A free-spirited wild child, she spends as much time as possible on the beach with her friends and older siblings.
But there’s a catch: AJ and Della are the same person. Adelaide Beloise Jepsen to be exact, and she does everything she can to keep her school and summer lives separate.
When her middle sister crashes her carefree summer getaway, Adelaide’s plans fall apart. In order to help her sister, save her unexpected friendship with a guy who might just be perfect for her, and discover the truth about her own past, Adelaide will have to reconcile the two sides of herself and face the fact that it’s perfectly okay not to be perfect all the time.
Mirror's Edge by Scott Westerfield (Scholastic)
Frey and Rafi have never been closer to their goal of defeating their father, a man whose evil threatens to spread unchecked. But they've also never been in more danger.
Frey's sister Rafi -- no longer a twin in features, but still a twin by birth -- is the wild card. Are the sisters on the same side . . . or are they playing to their own agendas? If their father is deposed from Shreve, who will take control? And what other forces may be waiting in the wings?
Mirror's Edge is another brilliant blockbuster from one of the greatest speculative writers YA fiction has ever seen, set within the world of Uglies . . . and about to converge with Uglies in a spectacular way.
What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson (Roaring Brook Press) - some editions also scheduled for January 2021.
An exhilarating, emotionally powerful and superbly written thriller that's Winter's Bone meets The RoadWinter. The sky is dark. It is cold enough to crack bones.
Jack Morton has nothing left. Except his younger brother, Matty, who he'd do anything for. Even die for. Now with their mother gone, and their funds quickly dwindling, Jack needs to make a choice: lose his brother to foster care, or find the drug money that sent his father to prison. He chooses the money.
Ava Bardem lives in isolation, a life of silence. For seventeen years her father has controlled her fate. He has taught her to love no one. Trust no one. Now Victor Bardem is stalking the same money as Jack. When he picks up Jack's trail, Ava must make her own wrenching choice: remain silent or help the brothers survive.
Choices. They come at a price.
My Epic Spring Break-Up by Kristin Rockaway (Delacorte)
A fun and upbeat paperback original romance about a girl who finds a cheat sheet for love.Spring break . . . heartache?
For coder extraordinaire Ashley, high school is all about prepping for college. Her love life? Virtually nonexistent. She's never been on a date. Never been kissed. Never been in love.
When her plans veer off course, Ashley realizes she might be missing out on her high school experience. Now that spring break is finally here, Ashley vows to have fun . . . and, for the first time, follow her heart.
Starting with Walker Beech, her gorgeous, maybe-not-so-unrequited crush. But with Jason Eisler--her childhood friend turned prankster--in the picture, trouble is bound to follow. Will Ashley's epic spring break lead her to love, or will her heart crash and burn?
Between the Bliss and Me by Lizzy Mason (Soho Teen)
For fans of Jandy
Nelson, Robin Benway, and Kathleen Glasgow, critically acclaimed author
Lizzy Mason delivers a richly crafted contemporary YA novel about young
romance, mental illness, and the importance of family.18 year-old Sydney Holman shocks her family by announcing that she’s accepted a large financial gift from her grandparents and has decided to attend NYU. Her decision means she won’t be at home with her Mom and commuting to Rutgers, but instead living in the city; it also means she’ll be close to off-bounds but dreamy Grayson—a guitar prodigy who is going to Julliard in the fall and very much isn’t single.
As a new life awaits her, though, Sydney discovers shocking truths about her father: he wasn’t just a drug addict who left when she was little, he’s schizophrenic, homeless, and living on the streets of New York. And there’s a statistical chance that Sydney herself will prove to be schizophrenic. As Sydney is caught between the pressure to stay close to home and watched over her by her mom, and the temptation to take risks and be free, she finds herself falling for Grayson even as she worries her family history of mental illness might make love a terrible choice for both of them.
Go the Distance by Jen Calonita (Disney Hyperion)
After Hercules proves he's a true hero and regains his godship, all seems right in the world. That is, until Zeus tells Meg that she can't be with Hercules because she's, well, mortal. Luckily, Hera has a solution, offering Meg a chance to prove herself worthy of a spot on Mt. Olympus--as a god. All Meg has to do is complete a mysterious quest.
The mission? Oh, just to rescue her ex's current wife from the Underworld. The ex-boyfriend she saved by selling her soul to Hades. The ex-boyfriend who immediately moved on to someone else while she was stuck in the Underworld. Can Meg put her past behind her and use her quick-wit to defeat monsters and gods alike, including the nefarious Hades? Will she finally figure out her place and contribution to the world? Or will her fear of commitment have her running away from an eternity of godhood with Herc?
Written by the author of Mirror, Mirror and Conceal, Don't Feel, Jen Calonita's latest twist is sure to delight and surprise.
Girl Warriors by Rachel Sarah (Chicago Review Press) - YA Non-fiction.
April 13th
The Prison Healer by Lynnette Noni (HMH)
Seventeen-year-old Kiva
Meridan has spent the last ten years fighting for survival in the
notorious death prison, Zalindov, working as the prison healer.
When
the Rebel Queen is captured, Kiva is charged with keeping the
terminally ill woman alive long enough for her to undergo the Trial by
Ordeal: a series of elemental challenges against the torments of air,
fire, water, and earth, assigned to only the most dangerous of
criminals.
Then a coded message from Kiva’s family arrives, containing a single order: “Don’t let her die. We are coming.”
Aware that the Trials will kill the sickly queen, Kiva risks her own
life to volunteer in her place. If she succeeds, both she and the queen
will be granted their freedom.
But no one has ever survived.
With
an incurable plague sweeping Zalindov, a mysterious new inmate fighting
for Kiva’s heart, and a prison rebellion brewing, Kiva can’t escape the
terrible feeling that her trials have only just begun.
From bestselling author Lynette Noni comes a dark, thrilling YA fantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, and Sabaa Tahir.
The Serpent's Curse by Lisa Maxwell (Simon and Schuster) - postponed from December 2020 due to COVID-19.
Leigh Bardugo’s Six
of Crows meets Alexandra Bracken’s Passenger in this spellbinding
conclusion the “vivid and compelling” (BCCB), New York Timesbestselling
Last Magician series.
Bind the Book.
Stop the Order.
Save the Magic.
Esta
is no stranger to high-stakes heists; she is a seasoned thief with no
reservations about using her time traveling abilities to give her an
edge. But saving Harte—and magic itself—will put her skills to the test.
The Book of Mysteriesthreatens to tear through the world and change the
shape of magic forever, and only Esta and Harte stand in its way.
They
race through time and across the country to steal back the remaining
elemental stones needed to bind the book’s power, stop the Order, and
save the future of the Mageus.
Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve (Amulet)
A moving YA debut about a trans boy finding his voice—and himself
Dean Foster knows he’s a trans guy. He’s watched enough YouTube videos
and done enough questioning to be sure. But everyone at his high school
thinks he’s a lesbian—including his girlfriend Zoe, and his theater
director, who just cast him as a “nontraditional” Romeo. He wonders if
maybe it would be easier to wait until college to come out. But as he
plays Romeo every day in rehearsals, Dean realizes he wants everyone to
see him as he really is now––not just on the stage, but everywhere in
his life. Dean knows what he needs to do. Can playing a role help Dean
be his true self?
Step into the spotlight with this graphic novel about crushes, confidence, and catchy choruses!Spending an entire summer on tour as a backup singer for pop star Nika Nitro? What?! That’s the DREAM, right? Especially for Jenni, Lauren, and Maggie, three misfit performing arts students with hopes of making it in the music world.
But being twenty feet from fame isn’t easy. Between crushes, constant rehearsals, Nika’s sky-high expectations, and their own insecurities, this dream is starting to feel more like a nightmare. And that’s before they accidentally start beef with a rival band threatening to reveal a secret that could end Nika’s career.
Can this trio of new friends come together to save the tour, or will the Backups be kept out of the spotlight forever?
New York Times –bestselling author Goldy Moldavsky delivers a deliciously twisty YA thriller that's Scream meets Karen McManus about a mysterious club with an obsession for horror.New girl Rachel Chavez is eager to make a fresh start at Manchester Prep. But as one of the few scholarship kids, Rachel struggles to fit in, and when she gets caught up in a prank gone awry, she ends up with more enemies than friends.
To her surprise, however, the prank attracts the attention of the Mary Shelley Club, a secret club of students with one objective: come up with the scariest prank to orchestrate real fear. But as the pranks escalate, the competition turns cutthroat and takes on a life of its own.
When the tables are turned and someone targets the club itself, Rachel must track down the real-life monster in their midst . . . even if it means finally confronting the dark secrets from her past.
Notes From a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi (Delacorte)
This inspiring memoir, now
adapted for young adults, chronicles Top Chef star and Forbes and Zagat
30 Under 30 phenom Kwame Onwuachi's incredible and odds-defying fame in
the food world after a tough childhood in the Bronx and Nigeria.Food was Kwame Onwuachi's first great love. He connected to cooking via his mother, in the family's modest Bronx apartment. From that spark, he launched his own catering company with twenty thousand dollars he made selling candy on the subway and trained in the kitchens of some of the most acclaimed restaurants in the country. He faced many challenges on the road to success, including breaking free of a dangerous downward spiral due to temptation and easy money, and grappling with just how unwelcoming the world of fine dining can be for people of color.
Born on Long Island and raised in New York City, Nigeria, and Louisiana, Kwame Onwuachi's incredible story is one of survival and ingenuity in the face of adversity.
Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen)
Tina has always known her destiny is outside the norm—after all, she is the human clone of the most brilliant alien commander in all the galaxies (even if the rest of the world is still deciding whether aliens exist). But she is tired of waiting for her life to begin.
And then it does—and maybe Tina should have been more prepared. At least she has a crew around her that she can trust—and her best friend at her side. Now, they just have to save the world.
From internationally bestselling author Charlie Jane Anders (All the Birds in the Sky) comes a thrilling adventure set against an intergalactic war—Anders’s long-awaited YA debut.
A fantasy retelling of the Firebird folktale with a female/female romance.Two sisters. Separated by duty. One certain truth: magic always comes with a price. In the land of Tóurin, when twin heirs are born, one is raised to rule and the other becomes the next Firebird, a creature to ensure magic remains balanced.
While Izaveta remained at court, learning the lies and deception needed to survive, Asya was taken away to train with her aunt, the mysterious and deadly Firebird. But before Asya’s training is completed, the ancient power suddenly blooms inside her, which can mean only one thing: the queen is dead, and a new ruler must be crowned. Asya returns to court for her sister’s coronation, only to feel the stirring of her first calling as the Firebird.
Now, she must navigate the unfamiliar territory of the royal courts, where friend and foe are often one and the same, to hunt down the person who used the forbidden magic. But not all is as it seems, for magic is dying in Tóurin, political schemes are in motion, and the two sisters will soon find how much their years apart have changed them both.
The Half Orphan's Handbook by Joan F. Smith (Imprint) - delayed from April 6th.
It’s been three months
since Lila lost her father to suicide. Since then, she’s learned to
protect herself from pain by following two unbreakable rules:1. The only people who can truly hurt you are the ones you love. Therefore, love no one.
2. Stay away from liars. Liars are the worst.
But when Lila’s mother sends her to a summer-long grief camp, it’s suddenly harder for Lila to follow these rules. Potential new friends and an unexpected crush threaten to drag her back into life for the first time since her dad’s death.
On top of everything, there’s more about what happened that Lila doesn’t know, and facing the truth about her family will be the hardest part of learning how a broken heart can love again.
In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
A young prince must
rely on a mysterious stranger to save him when he is kidnapped during
his coming-of-age tour in this swoony adventure that is The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Pirates of the Caribbean.Prince Tal has long awaited his coming-of-age tour. After spending most of his life cloistered behind palace walls as he learns to keep his forbidden magic secret, he can finally see his family’s kingdom for the first time. His first taste of adventure comes just two days into the journey, when their crew discovers a mysterious prisoner on a burning derelict vessel.
Tasked with watching over the prisoner, Tal is surprised to feel an intense connection with the roguish Athlen. So when Athlen leaps overboard and disappears, Tal feels responsible and heartbroken, knowing Athlen could not have survived in the open ocean.
That is, until Tal runs into Athlen days later on dry land, very much alive, and as charming—and secretive—as ever. But before they can pursue anything further, Tal is kidnapped by pirates and held ransom in a plot to reveal his rumored powers and instigate a war. Tal must escape if he hopes to save his family and the kingdom. And Athlen might just be his only hope…
The Key to You and Me by Jaye Robin Brown (HarperTeen)
Piper Kitts is spending
the summer living with her grandmother, training at the barn of a former
Olympic horseback rider and trying to get over her ex-girlfriend. Much
to Piper's dismay, her grandmother is making her face her fear of
driving head-on by forcing her to take lesson with a girl in town. Kat Pearson has always suspected that she likes girls but fears her North Carolina town is too small to color outside the lines. But when Piper's grandmother hires Kat to give Piper driving lessons, everything changes.
Piper's not sure if she's ready to let go of her ex. Kat's navigating uncharted territory with her new crush. With the summer running out, will they be able to unlock a future together?
After her father vanishes while investigating the disappearance of 13 young women, a teen returns to her secretive hometown to pick up the trail in this second YA historical mystery from the author of The Silence of Bones.Hwani's family has never been the same since she and her younger sister went missing and were later found unconscious in the forest, near a gruesome crime scene. The only thing they remember: Their captor wore a painted-white mask.
To escape the haunting memories of this incident, the family flees their hometown. Years later, Detective Min—Hwani's father—learns that thirteen girls have recently disappeared under similar circumstances, and so he returns to their hometown to investigate... only to vanish as well.
Determined to find her father and solve the case that tore their family apart, Hwani returns home to pick up the trail. As she digs into the secrets of the small village—and reconnects with her now estranged sister—Hwani comes to realize that the answer lies within her own buried memories of what happened in the forest all those years ago.
Suspenseful and richly atmospheric, June Hur's The Forest of Stolen Girls is a haunting historical mystery sure to keep readers guessing until the last page.
Told in two interwoven timelines—the summer when everything changed, and the summer that changes everything—Where Secrets Lie is a seductive thriller as dark as it is enthralling. Amy Larsen has spent every summer with her cousin Ben and their best friend Teddy in River Run, Kentucky, loving country life and welcoming the break from her intensive ambitions and overbearing mother—until the summer she and Teddy confront the changing feelings and simmering sexual tension growing between them, destroying the threesome's friendship in a dramatic face-off.
One year later, Amy returns to River Run dreading what she might find. But when Teddy's sister disappears, Amy, Ben and Teddy agree to put aside their differences to search for her. As they dig deeper into the dark history of their small town, all three friends must unearth the truths that tie their families to tragedy, cope with their own toxic upbringings and beliefs, and atone for the damage done to each other and themselves.
High school nemeses fall in love in this queer YA rom com perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Casey McQuisten.After losing spectacularly to her ex-girlfriend in their first game since their break up, Scottie Zajac gets into a fender bender with the worst possible person: her nemesis, the incredibly beautiful and incredibly mean Irene Abraham. Things only get worse when their nosey, do-gooder moms get involved and the girls are forced to carpool together until Irene’s car gets out of the shop.
Their bumpy start the only gets bumpier the more time they spend together. But when an opportunity presents itself for Scottie to get back at her toxic ex (and climb her school’s social ladder at the same time), she bribes Irene into playing along. Hijinks, heartbreak, and gay fake-dating scheme for the ages. From author Kelly Quindlen comes a new laugh-out-loud romp through the ups and downs of teen romance.
Iraya has spent her life in a cell, but every day brings her closer to freedom—and vengeance.
Jazmyne is the queen’s daughter, but unlike her sister before her, she has no intention of dying to strengthen her mother’s power.
Sworn enemies, these two witches enter a precarious alliance to take down a mutual threat. But revenge is a bloody pursuit, and nothing is certain—except the lengths they will go to win this game.
Deadly, fierce, magnetically addictive: this Jamaican-inspired fantasy debut is a thrilling journey where dangerous magic reigns supreme and betrayal lurks beneath every word.
Southern Sun, Northern Star by Joanna Hathaway (Tor Teen)
Battles, revolution, and romance collide in Joanna Hathaway's stunning, World Wars-inspired Southern Sun, Northern StarReeling from the tragedy that beset her family, Princess Aurelia has joined the resistance in Havenspur, spying on the Northern leaders who were once her allies and determined to stop her uncle's machinations for war. Meanwhile, her beloved pilot Athan leads his squadron into battle as the Safire wage a losing war abroad and combat growing unrest back home.
When Athan is sent on leave to Havenspur following the death of a comrade, the pair reunite and rekindle their romance until Aurelia uncovers one of Athan's secrets, a secret that could save countless lives. But exposing it to the right people will cost her Athan's trust, and this time, their shared memories of love might not be enough to stop the fateful path of destruction that threatens all they've fought to defend.
As history unfolds around them, every move they make drives them one step closer to either recreating their parents' shadowed past or redeeming the alliance that could bring peace.
The breathtaking finale to a legendary series. Part war drama, part romance, Southern Sun, Northern Star is the epic conclusion to the Glass Alliance series.
Delta of Dead River
sets out to rescue her family from a ruthless dictator rising to power
in the Wastes and discovers a secret that will reshape her world in
this postapocalyptic Western mashup for fans of Mad Max and Gunslinger Girl.Delta of Dead River has always been told to hide her back, where a map is branded on her skin to a rumored paradise called the Verdant. In a wasteland plagued by dust squalls, geomagnetic storms, and solar flares, many would kill for it—even if no one can read it. So when raiders sent by a man known as the General attack her village, Delta suspects he is searching for her.
Delta sets out to rescue her family but quickly learns that in the Wastes no one can be trusted—perhaps not even her childhood friend, Asher, who has been missing for nearly a decade. If Delta can trust Asher, she just might decode the map and trade evidence of the Verdant to the General for her family. What Delta doesn’t count on is what waits at the Verdant: a long-forgotten secret that will shake the foundation of her entire world.
Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli (Balzer + Bray)
From #1 New York
Times bestselling author and rom-com queen Becky Albertalli comes a
buoyant new novel about daring to step out of the shadows and into the
spotlight in love, life, and, yes, theater.
Contrary to
popular belief, best friends Kate Garfield and Anderson Walker are not
codependent. Carpooling to and from theater rehearsals? Environmentally
sound and efficient. Consulting each other on every single life
decision? Basic good judgment. Pining for the same guys from afar?
Shared crushes are more fun anyway.
But when Kate and Andy’s
latest long-distance crush shows up at their school, everything goes off
script. Matt Olsson is talented and sweet, and Kate likes him. She
really likes him. The only problem? So does Anderson.
Turns out,
communal crushes aren’t so fun when real feelings are involved. This one
might even bring the curtains down on Kate and Anderson’s friendship.
What's Not to Love by Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund Broka (Penguin Teen)
An academic enemies-to-lovers YA with all the nerdy drama, high school antics, and heartpounding romance of the Netflix original series Never Have I Ever
Since high school began, Alison Sanger and Ethan Molloy have competed on almost everything. AP classes, the school paper, community service, it never ends. If Alison could avoid Ethan until graduation, she would. Except, naturally, for two over-achieving seniors with their sights on valedictorian and Harvard, they share all the same classes and extracurriculars. So when their school’s principal assigns them the task of co-planning a previous class’s ten-year reunion, with the promise of a recommendation for Harvard if they do, Ethan and Alison are willing to endure one more activity together if it means beating the other out of the lead. But with all this extra time spent in each other’s company, their rivalry begins to feel closer to friendship. And as tension between them builds, Alison fights the growing realization that the only thing she wants more than winning…is Ethan.
An exciting debut contemporary young adult novel perfect for fans of Rainbow Rowell and Mary H. K. Choi Grace Welles had resigned herself to the particular loneliness of being fifteen and stuck at a third-tier boarding school in the swamps of Florida, when she accidentally saves the new kid in her class from being beat up. With a single aim of a slingshot, the monotonous mathematics of her life are obliterated forever…because now there is this boy she never asked for. Wade Scholfield.
With Wade, Grace discovers a new way to exist. School rules are optional, life is bizarrely perfect, and conversations about wormholes can lead to make-out sessions that disrupt any logical stream of thoughts.
So why does Grace crush Wade’s heart into a million tiny pieces? And what are her options when she finally realizes that 1. The universe doesn’t revolve around her, and 2. Wade has been hiding a dark secret. Is Grace the only person unhinged enough to save him?
Acidly funny and compulsively readable, Mercedes Helnwein’s debut novel Slingshot is a story about two people finding each other and then screwing it all up. See also: soulmate, friendship, stupidity, sex, bad poetry, and all the indignities of being in love for the first time.
Fade In the Bright by Jessica Etting and Alyssa Schwatz (Delacorte)
Five Feet Apart meets Tell Me Three Things in this YA contemporary novel about two sisters, one summer, and a diagnosis that changes everything.
Abby
needs to escape a life that she no longer recognizes as her own. Her
old life--the one where she was a high school volleyball star with a
textbook-perfect future--has been ripped away. Abby and her sister,
Brooke, have received a letter from their estranged dad informing them
he has Huntington's disease, a fatal, degenerative disorder that you
wouldn't wish on your worst enemy. And when the sisters agree to genetic
testing, one of them tests positive.
Fleeing to Catalina Island
for the summer, Abby is relieved to be in a place where no one knows her
tragic history. But when she meets aspiring documentary filmmaker
Ben--tall, outdoorsy, easygoing, with eyes that don't miss a
thing--she's thrown off her game. Ben's the kind of guy who loves to
figure out people's stories. What if he learns hers?
Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend by Ben Philipe (HarperCollins) - YA Non-fiction.
In the biting, hilarious vein of What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life—comes
Ben Philippe’s candid memoir-in-essays, chronicling a lifetime of being
the Black friend (see also: foreign kid, boyfriend, coworker, student,
teacher, roommate, enemy) in predominantly white spaces.
In
an era in which “I have many black friends” is often a medal of
Wokeness, Ben hilariously chronicles the experience of being on the
receiving end of those fist bumps. He takes us through his immigrant
childhood, from wanting nothing more than friends to sit with at lunch,
to his awkward teenage years, to college in the age of Obama, and
adulthood in the Trump administration—two sides of the same American
coin.
Ben takes his role as your new black friend seriously,
providing original and borrowed wisdom on stereotypes, slurs, the whole
“swimming thing,” how much Beyoncé is too much Beyoncé, Black Girl
Magic, the rise of the Karens, affirmative action, the Black Lives
Matter movement, and other conversations you might want to have with
your new BBFF.
Oscillating between the impulse to be "one of the
good ones" and the occasional need to excuse himself to the restrooms,
stuff his mouth with toilet paper, and scream, Ben navigates his own
Blackness as an "Oreo" with too many opinions for his father’s liking,
an encyclopedic knowledge of CW teen dramas, and a mouth he can't always
control.
From cheating his way out of swim tests to discovering
stray family members in unlikely places, he finds the punchline in the
serious while acknowledging the blunt truths of existing as a Black man
in today’s world.
Extremely timely, Sure, I’ll Be Your Black
Friend is a conversational take on topics both light and heavy,
universal and deeply personal, which reveals incisive truths about the
need for connection in all of us
Lycanthropy
and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O'Neil (Quirk Books)
Priya worked hard to get into Stanford to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor, but during her freshman year she starts to feel achy and foggy—and soon she can’t get out of bed. A diagnosis of chronic Lyme disease forces her to put her future on hold and return home to her loving but overbearing family in southern New Jersey, where she spends her days wondering if her life will be over before it can really begin. Thankfully, she has @bigforkhands, aka Brigid, her online BFF who joins her in creating “oof ouch my bones,” a chronic-illness support group of smart and funny teens who exchange tips on dealing with joint pain between rapid-fire pop culture references. Everyone knows everyone else’s diagnosis, but Brigid remains noticeably mum on hers.
When Brigid disappears one day, Priya decides to do something out of character: she steals the family car and takes a road trip to meet Brigid in Pennsylvania. Dying to meet her bestie IRL but worried Brigid is in the middle of a flare, Priya arrives to find that a terrifying dog-like creature has destroyed Brigid’s house. The weird part? She’s pretty sure that creature is a werewolf—and she’s pretty sure that werewolf is Brigid.
A sharply observed, hilarious, and heartwarming novel of best friendship and chronic illness, Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses explores what it means to come of age when your life gets derailed by a diagnosis—whether it’s of the textbook or spellbook varies.
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