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By Anna Meriano. 2022
A sweet and nerdy contemporary YA novel set in the world of marching band perfect for fans of Late to…
the Party, Fat Chance, Charlie Vega and Kate in Waiting.Yasmín Treviño didn&’t have much of a freshman year thanks to Hurricane Humphrey, but she&’s ready to take sophomore year by storm. That means mastering the marching side of marching band—fast!—so she can outshine her BFF Sofia as top of the flute section, earn first chair, and impress both her future college admission boards and her comfortably unattainable drum major crush Gilberto Reyes. But Yasmín steps off on the wrong foot when she reports an anonymous gossip Instagram account harassing new band members and accidentally gets the entire low brass section suspended from extracurriculars. With no low brass section, the band is doomed, so Yasmín decides to take things into her own hands, learn to play the tuba, and lead a gaggle of rowdy freshman boys who are just as green to marching and playing as she is. She&’ll happily wrestle an ancient school tuba if it means fixing the mess she might have caused. But when the secret gossip Instagram escalates their campaign of harassment and Yasmín's friendship with Sofia deteriorates, things at school might be too hard to bear. Luckily, the support of Yasmín&’s new section—especially introverted section leader Bloom, a sweet ace and aro-spectrum boy—might just turn things around.By K. J. Reilly. 2022
The Perks of Being a Wallflower meets The End of the F***ing World in this dark young adult comedy about…
four unlikely friends dealing with the messy side of grief who embark on a road trip to Graceland.Asher Hunting wants revenge. Specifically, he wants revenge on the drunk driver who killed his mom and got off on a technicality. No one seems to think this is healthy, though, which is how he ends up in a bereavement group (well, bereavement groups. He goes to several.) It&’s there he makes some unexpected friends: There&’s Sloane, who lost her dad to cancer; Will, who lost his little brother to a different kind of cancer; and eighty-year-old Henry, who was married to his wife for fifty years until she decided to die on her own terms. And it&’s these three who Asher invites on a road trip from New Jersey to Graceland. Asher doesn&’t tell them that he&’s planning to steal his dad&’s car, or the real reason that he wants to go to Tennessee (spoiler alert: it&’s revenge)—but then again, the others don&’t share their reasons for going, either. Complete with unexpected revelations, lots of chicken Caesar salads at roadside restaurants, a stolen motorcycle, and an epic kiss at a rest stop minimart, what begins as the road trip to revenge might just turn into a path towards forgiveness.By Olivia Abtahi. 2022
Finding her voice takes on a whole new meaning when fourteen-year-old Azar Rossi sets out to win her local Battle…
of the Bands contest in this heartfelt and hilarious contemporary YA.Fourteen-year-old Azar Rossi&’s first year of high school has mostly been silent, and intentionally so. After a bad case of colic as a baby, Azar&’s vocal folds are shredded—full of nodules that give her a rasp the envy of a chain-smoking bullfrog. Her classmates might just think she&’s quiet, but Azar is saving her voice for when it really counts and talking to her classmates is not medically advisable or even high on her list.When she hears about a local Battle of the Bands contest, it&’s something she can&’t resist. Azar loves music, loves songwriting, but with her vocal folds the way they are, there's no way she can sing her songs on stage. Then she hears lacrosse hottie, Ebenezer Lloyd Hollins the Fifth, aka Eben, singing from the locker room. She&’s transfixed. He's just the person she needs. His voice + her lyrics = Battle of the Bands magic. But getting a band together means Azar has a lot of talking to do and new friends to make. For the chance to stand on stage with Eben it might all just be worth it.By Amy Reed. 2017
“A call-to-action to everyone out there who wants to fight back.” —Bustle “Subversive anti-sexism—just try to put it down.” —Kirkus…
Reviews (starred review) “Cuts straight to the core of rape culture—masterfully fierce, stirring, and deeply empowering.” —Amber Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Way I Used to Be Three misfits come together to avenge the rape of a fellow classmate and in the process trigger a change in the misogynist culture at their high school transforming the lives of everyone around them in this searing and timely story.Who are the Nowhere Girls? They’re everygirl. But they start with just three: Grace Salter is the new girl in town, whose family was run out of their former community after her southern Baptist preacher mom turned into a radical liberal after falling off a horse and bumping her head. Rosina Suarez is the queer punk girl in a conservative Mexican immigrant family, who dreams of a life playing music instead of babysitting her gaggle of cousins and waitressing at her uncle’s restaurant. Erin Delillo is obsessed with two things: marine biology and Star Trek: The Next Generation, but they aren’t enough to distract her from her suspicion that she may in fact be an android. When Grace learns that Lucy Moynihan, the former occupant of her new home, was run out of town for having accused the popular guys at school of gang rape, she’s incensed that Lucy never had justice. For their own personal reasons, Rosina and Erin feel equally deeply about Lucy’s tragedy, so they form an anonymous group of girls at Prescott High to resist the sexist culture at their school, which includes boycotting sex of any kind with the male students. Told in alternating perspectives, this groundbreaking novel is an indictment of rape culture and explores with bold honesty the deepest questions about teen girls and sexuality.By Karen M. McManus. 2022
From #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying comes a new page-turning mystery. Be sure…
to keep your friends close . . . and your secrets closer. Four years ago, Brynn left Saint Ambrose School following the shocking murder of her favorite teacher—a story that made headlines after the teacher’s body was found by three Saint Ambrose students in the woods behind their school. The case was never solved. Now that Brynn is moving home and starting her dream internship at a true-crime show, she’s determined to find out what really happened. The kids who found Mr. Larkin are her way in, and her ex–best friend, Tripp Talbot, was one of them. Without his account of events, the other two kids might have gone down for Mr. Larkin’s murder—but instead, thanks to Tripp, they're now at the top of the Saint Ambrose social pyramid. Tripp’s friends have never forgotten what Tripp did for them that day, and neither has he. Just like he hasn’t forgotten that everything he told the police was a lie. Digging into the past is bound to shake up the present, and when Brynn begins to investigate what happened in the woods that day, she uncovers secrets that might change everything—about Saint Ambrose, about Mr. Larkin, and about her ex-best friend, Tripp Talbot. Four years ago someone got away with murder. More terrifying is that they might be closer than anyone thinks. New York Times BestsellerBy Vanessa Lafleur. 2022
Who can you trust when everyone is hiding something?After Charlie's worst fears of being discovered by the Defiance become a…
reality, he is forced to choose between protecting his family and being pulled back into the treachery he hoped he had escaped.For Rochelle, the stakes are higher than ever and the pressure to finish what her dad started pulls her away from her family and friends.In book three of the Hope for the Best series, Charles and Rochelle must each prepare for the worst and accept the consequences of their actions before they lose everyone they love forever.By Jodi Lynn Anderson. 2022
With writing that sparks off the page, New York Times bestselling author Jodi Lynn Anderson tells a story of saints…
and floods, secrets and truths, rage and love—and the bravery it takes to bet your whole life on a new kind of hope.The day the train fell in the lake, Cassie stopped believing in much of anything, despite growing up in a devout Catholic family. Then she set her mind to forgetting the strange boy named Elias who was with her when it happened. When Elias comes back to town after many years away, Cassie finds herself talked into sneaking out at night to follow him ghost-hunting—though she knows better than to believe they will find any spirits. Still, the more time she spends with Elias—with his questions, his rebelliousness, his imagination that is so much bigger than the box she has made for herself—the more Cassie thinks that even in a world that seems broken beyond repair, there just may be something worth believing in.An unmissable novel for fans of Nina LaCour and Jandy Nelson!By Erin Jade Lange. 2022
This hilarious, fresh take on a classic vampire tale follows a pair of hundred-year-old teenage vampires who are turned mortal…
and must face the greatest nightmare of all—high school.Charlie and her brother, Reg, have been vampires for… a very long time. For a century, they enjoyed the glitz and glamour of life as members of the wealthiest vampire clan. But now, after one careless mistake, they’ve been expelled from the vampire community and dumped in the middle of Nowhere, Iowa to live as mortals.Suddenly Charlie has to deal with zits, tears, and—worst of all—high school. But things start to change when she and Reg find a group of friends, including the deliciously good-looking Dexter. And though Charlie would give anything to be vampire again, she begins to appreciate some of the new experiences that humanity brings too.But nothing could make them forget the life they’ve left behind. When they’re offered a second shot at immortality, Charlie is desperate to seize it. It’ll just mean a total betrayal of all her new friends, who will have their minds wiped of their memories of her. She can handle that if it means she can live forever… right? Don’t miss this unique, laugh-out-loud funny novel by acclaimed author Erin Jade Lange!By Lygia Day Peñaflor. 2022
You meets To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before in this twisted, tragic love story that follows Holy Family High School’s cutest couple—as…
told through the eyes of the classmate who’s stalking them.Laney Villanueva and Nico Fiore are the perfect couple: beautiful, popular, talented, and hopelessly in love. Everyone looks up to them at Holy Family High School.But Rafi doesn’t just admire them. She watches them. She’s drawn to them.Intent on becoming their closest friend, Rafi weaves her way into their lives. She starts small: taking photos of the senior class for the yearbook, joining Laney’s club, and babysitting Nico's little sister. And it works—soon they invite her to parties, take her on joyrides, and ask her for favors. Rafi’s actions quickly turn invasive, delving deeper and deeper until she’s consumed by their most intimate secrets.When tragedy strikes the young lovers, Rafi’s obsession spirals, and she will do anything to keep the perfect couple together. Anything . . .By Ana Punset. 2018
«Pensar que estoy cruzando el Atlántico para pasar un año entero en Nueva York me ilusiona y me hunde al…
mismo tiempo. Sí, estoy deseando empezar las clases en la mejor academia de arte del país. Sí, me muero por vivir en una resi en Brooklyn. Pero no, no quiero separarme de mis amigas, ni que piensen que este viaje es una excusa para alejarme de... él.» #NewYorkAcademy Gracias a su blog de poesía, a Sofía le han dado una beca para hacer un curso de escritura en una prestigiosa academia americana. Ni más ni menos que en Nueva York. ¡Increíble! Los cambios le dan algo de miedo. Y conocer a gente no es lo que mejor se le da... Cuando Sofía llega a su nuevo hogar, una residencia para estudiantes, conoce a un montón de chicos y chicas que como ella han sido becados por sus diferentes disciplinas artísticas: baile, fotografía, pintura, interpretación... Sofía todavía no lo sabe, pero sus compañeros de residencia se van a convertir en personas indispensables a lo largo del año que le va a cambiar la vida.By Ana Punset. 2018
«Pensar que estic creuant l'Atlàntic per passar un any sencer a Nova York m'il·lusiona però també m'enfonsa. Sí, em moro…
de ganes de començar les classes a la millor academia d'art del país. Sí, és increïble pugui viure en una resi a Brooklyn. Però no, no vull separar-me de les meves amigues, ni vull que es pensin que aquest viatge és una excusa per allunyar-me... d'ell.» #NewYorkAcademy Gràcies al seu blog de poesia, a la Sofia li han donat una beca per fer un curs d'escriptura en una prestigiosa acadèmia americana. Ni més ni menys que a Nova York! Increïble! La Sofia es mor de ganes d'anar a aquesta acadèmia per convertir-se en una gran escriptora, però la veritat és que els canvis li fan una mica de por. I conèixer a gent no és un dels seus punts forts, precisament... Quan la Sofia arriba a la seva nova llar, una residència per a estudiants, coneix a un munt de nois i noies que, comella han, estat becats per les seves diferents disciplines artístiques: ball, fotografia, pintura, interpretació... La Sofia encara no ho sap, però els seus companys de residència estan a punt de convertir-se en persones indispensables al llarg de l'any que li canviarà la vida.By Abdi Nazemian. 2017
The Authentics is a fresh, funny, and insightful novel about culture, love, and family—the kind we are born into and…
the ones we create.Daria Esfandyar is Iranian-American and proud of her heritage, unlike some of the “Nose Jobs” in the clique led by her former best friend, Heidi Javadi. Daria and her friends call themselves the Authentics, because they pride themselves on always keeping it real.But in the course of researching a school project, Daria learns something shocking about her past, which launches her on a journey of self-discovery. It seems everyone is keeping secrets. And it’s getting harder to know who she even is any longer.With infighting among the Authentics, her mother planning an over-the-top sweet sixteen party, and a romance that should be totally off limits, Daria doesn’t have time for this identity crisis. As everything in her life is spinning out of control—can she figure out how to stay true to herself?By Douglas Rees. 2018
Funny and smart with all the angst and sass of adolescence and a colorful cast of characters, this is a…
refreshing contemporary coming-of-age YA about one Greek-American girl's odyssey home. Sixteen-year-old Elektra Kamenides is well on her way to becoming a proper southern belle in the small Mississippi college town she calls home. That is, until her mother decides to uproot her and her kid sister Thalia and start over in California. They leave behind Elektra's father--a professor and leading expert on Greek mythology, and Elektra can't understand why. For her, life is tragedy, and all signs point to her family being cursed. Their journey ends in Guadalupe Slough, a community of old Chicano families and oddball drifters sandwiched between San José and the southern shores of San Francisco Bay. The houseboat that her mother has bought, sight unseen, is really just an ancient trailer parked on a barge and sunk into a mudflat. What would Odysseus do? Elektra asks herself. Determined to get back to Mississippi at all costs, she'll beg, lie, and steal to get there. But things are not always what they seem, and home is wherever you decide to make it.By Laura Hopper. 2017
Janey King’s priorities used to be clear: track, school, friends, and family. But when seventeen-year-old Janey learns that her seemingly…
happy parents are getting divorced, her world starts to shift. Back at school, Luke Hallstrom, an adorable senior, pursues Janey, and she realizes that she has two new priorities to consider: love and sex. Inspired by Judy Blume’s classic Forever, I Never features a perfect, delicious, almost-to-good-to-be-true high school relationship . . . and it doesn’t shy away from the details. Destined to be passed from teen to teen, this is a young adult debut that will get readers talking.By Brenda Rufener. 2018
P Linden Rose has a big secret she is homeless and living in the halls of her small-town…
high school P Her position as school blog editor her best friends Ham and Seung and the promise of a future far away are what keep Linden under the radar and moving forward P But when cool-girl Bea comes to school with a bloody lip the damage hits too close to home P Linden begins looking at Bea s life and soon her investigation prompts people to pay more attention P And attention is the last thing she needs P Linden knows the only way to put a stop to the violence is to tell Bea s story and come to terms with her own painful past P Even if that means breaking her rules for survival and jeopardizing the secrets she s worked so hard to keepBy Kimberly McCreight. 2018
The much-anticipated final book in New York Times bestselling author Kimberly McCreight’s Outliers trilogy. KEEP YOUR ENEMIES CLOSE.Wylie is finally…
out of the detention center, but that doesn’t mean she’s safe. As much as she wants to forget everything that's happened and return to her normal life, Wylie knows that true freedom means discovering, once and for all, who is hunting the girls who are Outliers—and why.Armed with only a few clues and a handful of trusted allies, Wylie sets out to separate fact from fiction. But soon she is unearthing long-buried secrets and finds herself entangled in a conspiracy that is much bigger and more dangerous than she ever could have imagined. Worse yet, the nearer Wylie gets to discovering the truth, the closer her enemies get to silencing her and the other girls. This time, maybe forever.In the explosive conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Kimberly McCreight’s Outliers series, Wylie learns that when danger lurks in unexpected places, fighting for who and what you believe in can matter even more than you realized . . . and that trusting yourself might be the one thing that saves you.By Cecilia Curbelo. 2013
La vida de Sofía, de 14 años, parece perfecta. Sin embargo, en la intimidad de su casa es simplemente Sofi.…
¿Cuál es la verdadera Sofía?, ¿qué terrible secreto esconde en el altillo de su hogar? Micaela abre su Twitter y se encuentra con una palabra que la destruye: TRAIDORA. Lo peor es que esa acusación proviene de su mejor amiga, Constanza. A partir de ese momento, Mica intenta recomponer la historia que la llevó a actuar como actuó. En ese camino de recuerdos y pensamientos, de luchas y confesiones, saldrán a la luz secretos muy dolorosos. ¿Qué hará al final? ¡Su destino depende de lo que tú decidasque ella haga!By Stephanie Oakes. 2017
Code Name Verity meets I Am the Messenger in this riveting YA novel from Morris Award finalist Stephanie Oakes, in…
which three points of view are woven together in a story that's part Cold War mystery, part contemporary coming-of-age, and completely unputdownable. Molly Mavity is not a normal teenage girl. For one thing, her father is a convicted murderer, and his execution date is fast approaching. For another, Molly refuses to believe that her mother is dead, and she waits for the day when they’ll be reunited . . . despite all evidence that this will never happen. Pepper Al-Yusef is not your average teenage boy. A Kuwaiti immigrant with epilepsy, serious girl problems, and the most useless seizure dog in existence, he has to write a series of essays over the summer . . . or fail out of school. And Ava Dreyman—the brave and beautiful East German resistance fighter whose murder at seventeen led to the destruction of the Berlin Wall—is unlike anyone you’ve met before. When Molly gets a package leading her to Pepper, they’re tasked with solving a decades-old mystery: find out who killed Ava, back in 1989. Using Ava’s diary for clues, Molly and Pepper realize there’s more to her life—and death—than meets the eye. Someone is lying to them. And someone out there is guiding them along, desperate for answers. At turns heart-racing, hilarious, and heartbreaking, The Arsonist is an intricate tapestry—of love, loss, and the mysterious connections between us all.By Jeff Strand. 2018
A new hilarious novel from the author of The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever and Stranger Things Have Happened. Rod's life…
doesn't suck. If you ask him, it's pretty awesome. He may not be popular, but he and his best friends play in a band that has a standing gig. Yeah, it's Monday night and they don't get paid, but they can turn the volume up as loud as they want. And Rod's girlfriend is hot, smart, and believes in their band—believes in Rod. Aside from a winning lottery ticket, what more could he ask for? Answer: A different cousin. When Rod's scheming, two-faced cousin Blake moves in for the semester, Rod tries to keep calm. Blake seems to have everyone else fooled with good manners and suave smile, except Rod knows better. Blake is taking over his room, taking over his band, taking over his life! But Rod's not about to give up without a fight. Game on. May the best prankster win...By Lisa Williamson. 2016
David Piper has always been an outsider. His parents think he's gay. The school bully thinks he's a freak. Only…
his two best friends know the real truth: David wants to be a girl. On the first day at his new school Leo Denton has one goal: to be invisible. Attracting the attention of the most beautiful girl in his class is definitely not part of that plan. When Leo stands up for David in a fight, an unlikely friendship forms. But things are about to get messy. Because at Eden Park School secrets have a funny habit of not staying secret for long , and soon everyone knows that Leo used to be a girl. As David prepares to come out to his family and transition into life as a girl and Leo wrestles with figuring out how to deal with people who try to define him through his history, they find in each other the friendship and support they need to navigate life as transgender teens as well as the courage to decide for themselves what normal really means.