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Fiction
Indivisible by Daniel AlemanAn American-born teen and his younger sister scramble to keep their family together when they return home from school one day to find that their undocumented parents have been arrested by ICE and are facing possible deportation.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9780759556058
Publication Date: 2021-05-04
Off the Record by Camryn GarrettWinning a contest to write a celebrity profile for a professional magazine, 17-year-old Josie enters a rising star's world of tours, production stress and eccentric stylists before a young actress's terrible secret leads to a difficult choice.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781984830005
Publication Date: 2021-05-18
Rise to the Sun by Leah JohnsonAn encounter at a music festival brings together two strangers-Toni, who is grieving the loss of her roadie father, and Olivia, a hopeless romantic-changing both of their lives forever.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781338662238
Publication Date: 2021-07-06
Tremendous Things by Susin NielsenA high school band musician still smarting from a public embarrassment two years earlier is supported by loyal friends in his attempts to win the affections of a young woman in Paris during a student-exchange trip in the City of Lights. By the award-winning author of Word Nerd.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781524768393
Publication Date: 2021-05-25
Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan MatsonSneaking away from their suburban homes to spend a night in New York City, theater kids Kat and Stevie endure misadventures involving broken phones, family drama, old flames, terrible plays, crashed parties and a world-class museum.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781481498982
Publication Date: 2021-05-04
That Weekend by Kara ThomasAfter Claire wakes up alone on a mountain with no memory of how she got there, she learns her best friend Kat and Kat's boyfriend are missing and Kat's past is full of secrets.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781524718374
Publication Date: 2021-06-29
Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love by Jared ReckWhen his life is invaded by the overachieving Lou, who ropes him into helping her gain her Girl Scout Gold Award, high school senior and food truck operator Oscar finds his future going in a very different direction than planned.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781524716127
Publication Date: 2021-06-08
The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan HeAwakening on an abandoned island with no memory of how she was marooned, Cee embarks on a desperate search for her sister, while STEM prodigy Kasey begins to question her life in Earth's last unpolluted city.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781250258564
Publication Date: 2021-05-04
Broken Web by Lori M. LeeHiding her true identity as a soulrender to avoid execution, Sirscha finds herself caught between a war brewing the east and the Soulless, who are waiting in the west, which causes her to question who her enemies really are.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781645672104
Publication Date: 2021-06-15
Instructions for Dancing by Nicola YoonExperiencing visions of heartbreak and trying to understand why this is happening, Evie signs up for lessons at a dance studio, where she falls for her dance partner, forcing her to question all she thought she knew about life and love.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781524718961
Publication Date: 2021-06-01
From Little Tokyo, with Love by Sarah KuhnGrowing up under the care of a loving aunt, an orphaned judo student with a mixed heritage reevaluates her perspectives on happy endings while searching for evidence proving that she is related to a famous rom-com celebrity.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9780593327487
Publication Date: 2021-05-11
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth LimThe exiled Princess Shiori must unravel the curse that turned her six brothers into cranes, and she is assisted by her spurned betrothed, a capricious dragon, and a paper bird brought to life by her own magic.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9780593300923
Publication Date: 2021-07-06
Speak for Yourself by Lana Wood JohnsonWhile trying to win State at the Scholastic Exposition with her brilliant new app, Skylar is asked to play matchmaker for her teammates Zane and Joey, but finds herself falling for Zane in the process.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781338660401
Publication Date: 2021-06-01
The Great Destroyers by Caroline Tung RichmondJo Linden lives in a world where there are no atomic weapons, and the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union is played out in the Pax Games, fought with powerful robotic mecha war machines operated by young pilots; Jo needs the prize money to save her father's mecha repair shop, and keep what is left of her family together, but when competing pilots start dying from poisoning, Jo finds herself caught up in Cold War politics and political conspiracy and she discovers that it is not only her family's survival at stake-she may have to prevent World War III.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781338266740
Publication Date: 2021-08-03
Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana MikutaA Gearbreaker, Eris Shindanai destroys giant mechanized weapons called Windups from the inside until one of her missions goes awry and she finds herself in prison facing off against a cybernetically enhanced Windup pilot.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781250269508
Publication Date: 2021-06-29
Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon SmartA tale inspired by Jamaican culture follows the rivalry of two witches who set aside their differences to become unlikely allies against an increasingly violent enemy.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9780062945983
Publication Date: 2021-04-20
Rainbow in the Dark by Sean McGintyHigh school senior Rainbow is trapped with three other teams in a game-like world that may or may not be real, in this darkly comic novel about identity, giving up and finding your way home.
--From TitlePeel
ISBN: 9780358380375
Publication Date: 2021-08-10
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-ÍyímídéA contemporary thriller by a debut author follows two Niveus Private Academy students who, selected to be part of the elite school's senior class prefects, are pitted against an anonymous bully who reveals all of their secrets.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781250800817
Publication Date: 2021-06-01
All's Well by Mona AwadA college professor with chronic back pain, painkiller dependence and a failed marriage meets three strange benefactors who know her past and offer her a tantalizing future in this new novel from the critically-acclaimed author of Bunny.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781982169664
Publication Date: 2021-08-03
The Wild Ones by Nafiza AzadAfter Paheli escapes a terrible fate, a magical boy gives her access to the Between, allowing her to collect other women of color, hurt by men, and lead them when the boy is in peril.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781534484962
Publication Date: 2021-08-03
This Poison Heart by Kalynn BayronWhile learning to control her gift, the ability to grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms, Briseis must use her powers to save her family from a centuries-old curse as dark forces surround her.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781547603909
Publication Date: 2021-06-29
Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton; Tiffany D. Jackson; Nic Stone; Angie Thomas; Ashley Woodfolk; Nicola YoonSix critically acclaimed, best-selling and award-winning authors celebrate Black teen love in this interlinked novel of heartwarming and hilarious stories that shine a bright light through the dark.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9780063088092
Publication Date: 2021-06-22
The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass"When a murderous ghost begins to haunt sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston, high school soon becomes a different kind of survival game"
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781984812537
Publication Date: 2021-07-13
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila HarrisTired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books, 26-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is thrilled when Harlem-born and bred Hazel is hired until she after a string uncomfortable events, is elevated to Office Darling, leaving Nella in the dust.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781982160135
Publication Date: 2021-06-01
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady HendrixA real-life "final girl"- the one girl always left standing at the end of a horror movie - Lynette Tarkington, who survived a massacre 22 years ago, along with five other final girls, works to overcome her past until someone becomes determined to take their lives apart again, piece by piece.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9780593201237
Publication Date: 2021-07-13
Fiction continued
Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly JacksonPip reluctantly dons her detective cap once again when the police refuse to help search for a friend who goes missing on the night their community hosts a memorial for the victims of the murder case she and Ravi solved a year earlier.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781984896414
Publication Date: 2021-03-02
Tokyo Ever After by Emiko JeanAfter learning that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan, Izumi travels to Tokyo, where she discovers that Japanese imperial life-complete with designer clothes, court intrigue, paparazzi scandals, and a forbidden romance with her handsome but stoic bodyguard-is a tough fit for the outspoken and irreverant eighteen-year-old from northern California.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781250766601
Publication Date: 2021-05-18
Kisses and Croissants by Anne-Sophie JouhanneauAttending an elite summer program in Paris in the hope of landing an audition with one of the world's leading dance companies, a 16-year-old ballerina bonds with a charming local who introduces her to the City of Lights and its unexpected mysteries.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9780593173589
Publication Date: 2021-04-06
Billy Summers by Stephen King"When Billy Summers was twelve years old, He shot and killed his mother's boyfriend after he kicked Billy's sister to death. At 17, he enlisted in the army. At 18, he was a sniper in Iraq and involved in the deadly battle to recapture Fallujah. For nearly twenty years, he's worked as a paid assassin. He's a good guy in a bad job, and he wants out. He takes on a very complicated, very lucrative job that he hopes will be his last. He's got a perfect new identity lined up and a scrupulously orchestrated, flawless escape plan. And then something happens that changes everything for Billy. A stranger needs rescuing, and Billy sacrifices the safety of his own perfectly devised new life to offer her protection. And then the two of them-the most compelling and surprising duo in King fiction-set out on one last mission, to rectify the injustices of one extraordinarily evil man"--Provided by publisher.
ISBN: 9781982173616
Publication Date: 2021-08-03
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee"Noah Ramirez thinks he's an expert on romance. He has to be for his popular blog, the Meet Cute Diary, a collection of trans happily ever afters. There's just one problem; all the stories are fake...When a troll exposes the blog as fiction, Noah's worldunravels. The only way to save the Diary is to convince everyone that the stories are true, but he doesn't have any proof. Then Drew walks into Noah's life, and the pieces fall into place"
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9780063038837
Publication Date: 2021-05-04
Bad Witch Burning by Jessica LewisDesperate to make money, Katrell accidentally raises someone from the dead, discovering that a live body is worth a lot more than a dead apparition, but she soon learns that magic isn't free and dark forces are coming to collect.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9780593177402
Publication Date: 2021-08-24
So Many Beginnings: a Little Women Remix by Bethany C. MorrowAt the Freedman's Colony of Roanoke Island, a haven for the recently emancipated, the four March sisters-Meg, Joanna, Bethlehem, and Amethyst-come into their own as independent young Black women together facing love, sickness, heartbreak, and new horizons.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781250761217
Publication Date: 2021-09-07
Better Than the Movies by Lynn PainterEnlisting the help of her cute but annoying next-door neighbor in the hope of snagging an unlikely prom date with a crush who has just moved back into town, Liz discovers that she is becoming unexpectedly more attracted to her mischievous new friend.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781534467620
Publication Date: 2021-05-04
The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie PerkinsWhen two girls go backpacking deep in the woods of the Pisgah National Forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains, things go very wrong when they cross paths with a serial killer.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9780525426028
Publication Date: 2021-08-31
Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah PriceA first entry in a murder-mystery trilogy inspired by three of Jane Austen's classic novels follows the efforts of an aspiring lawyer who would prove herself to the heir of a prestigious firm.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9780062889805
Publication Date: 2021-04-06
Blood Like Magic by Liselle SamburyAfter failing to come into her powers, sixteen-year-old Voya-a Black witch living in near-future Toronto-is forced to choose between losing her family's magic forever, a heritage steeped in centuries of blood and survival, or murdering her first love, a boy who is supposedly her genetic match.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781534465282
Publication Date: 2021-06-15
Call Me Athena by Colby Cedar Smith"This enchanting novel in verse captures one woman's struggle for equality, independence, and identity as a Greek immigrant in troubled 1930s America"--Provided by the publisher.
ISBN: 9781524865603
Publication Date: 2021-08-17
On the Hook by Francisco X. StorkLiving in fear after a gang leader's younger brother threatens to kill him, a talented young chess player who works to help support his family makes a difficult decision to protect the safety of a loved one. By the award-winning author of Marcelo in the Real World.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781338692150
Publication Date: 2021-05-18
Love and Other Natural Disasters by Misa SugiuraWhen the gorgeous and glamorous Willow enlists her to pose as her new girlfriend to make her ex jealous, Nozomi Nagai plans to show Willow that she's better than a stand-in and turn their fauxmance into something real.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9780062991232
Publication Date: 2021-06-08
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker"Thirty years ago, a teenage Vincent King was sent to prison. But now, he's served his sentence and is returning to his hometown. The hometown where his childhood best friend, Walk, is now the chief of police. The town where his childhood sweetheart, Star Radley, still lives. The same Star Radley whose sister he killed. Duchess, Star's daughter, is a self-proclaimed outlaw. She needs to be. Who else is going to take care of her and her five-year-old brother? Star is still dazzling, still beautiful, but she hasn't shined as bright since Vincent was sent away. Too often it's Duchess and Walk who are the ones taking care of her. But when Duchess exacts her own vigilante revenge, she will set into motion a series of events that threatens not only her own family, but everyone she grows close to. A crime thriller that will break your heart and a literary novel with a mystery at its core, We Begin at the End unforgettably examines how the choices we make can nudge us into the dangerous ground between good and evil"
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781250759665
Publication Date: 2021-03-02
Night, Neon by Joyce Carol OatesPresents nine tales of psyches pushed to their limits by the expectations of everyday life-from a woman who gets lost on her drive home to her plush suburban home and ends up breaking into a stranger's house, to a first-person account of a cloned 1940s magazine pinup girl being sold at auction and embodying America's ideals of beauty and womanhood.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781613162309
Publication Date: 2021-08-03
My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones"Jade Daniels is an angry, half-Indian outcast with an abusive father, an absent mother, and an entire town that wants nothing to do with her. She lives in her own world, a world in which protection comes from an unusual source: horror movies...especially the ones where a masked killer seeks revenge on a world that wronged them. And Jade narrates the quirky history of Proofrock as if it is one of those movies. But when blood actually starts to spill into the waters of Indian Lake, she pulls us into her dizzying, encyclopedic mind of blood and masked murderers, and predicts exactly how the plot will unfold. Yet, even as Jade drags us into her dark fever dream, a surprising and intimate portrait emerges...a portrait of the scared and traumatized little girl beneath the Jason Voorhees mask: angry, yes, but also a girl who easily cries, fiercely loves, and desperately wants a home. A girl whose feelings are too big for her body. My Heart Is a Chainsaw is her story, her homage to horror and revenge and triumph"--From the publisher's web site.
ISBN: 9781982137632
Publication Date: 2021-08-31
Things We Couldn't Say by Jay ColesJust as Gio is getting his life together, he must deal with the return of his mother, who abandoned the family years ago, while dealing with his crush on a basketball player who is giving him mixed signals.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781338734188
Publication Date: 2021-09-21
We Light up the Sky by Lilliam Rivera"Three Latinx teenagers struggle to deal with encounters with an alien, and try to warn the world of the possibility of an alien invasion"--Provided by the publisher.
ISBN: 9781547603763
Publication Date: 2021-10-26
Not Here to Be Liked by Michelle QuachWhen her essay about sexism goes viral, Eliza Quan finds herself at the helm of a feminist movement she never meant to start and forced to work side-by-side against her enemy to demonstrate civility, which leads to something unexpected.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9780063038363
Publication Date: 2021-09-14
The Corpse Queen by Heather M. HerrmanOrphaned seventeen-year-old Molly Green is eager to start a new life in her aunt's lucrative business selling corpses to medical students, but she quickly becomes entangled in a murderer's plans.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781984816702
Publication Date: 2021-09-14
The Bronzed Beasts by Roshani Chokshi"Returning to the dark and glamorous 19th century world of her New York Times instant bestseller, The Gilded Wolves, Roshani Chokshi dazzles us with the final riveting tale as full of mystery and danger as ever in The Bronzed Beasts. After Séverin's seeming betrayal, the crew is fractured. Armed with only a handful of hints, Enrique, Laila, Hypnos and Zofia must find their way through the snarled, haunted waterways of Venice, Italy to locate Séverin. Meanwhile, Séverin must balance the deranged whims of the Patriarch of the Fallen House and discover the location of a temple beneath a plague island where the Divine Lyre can be played and all that he desires will come to pass. With only ten days until Laila expires, the crew will face plague pits and deadly masquerades, unearthly songs and the shining steps of a temple whose powers might offer divinity itself...but at a price they may not be willing to pay"--Provided by the publisher.
ISBN: 9781250144607
Publication Date: 2021-09-21
Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren BlackwoodAs a debtera, nineteen-year-old Andromeda performs exorcisms to cleanse households of the Evil Eye, but when she agrees to work for handsome, young heir Magnus Rochester, her job becomes truly terrifying.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781250787101
Publication Date: 2021-10-19
A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger"Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories. Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he's been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake. Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli's best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven't been in centuries. And there are some who will kill to keep them apart"--Provided by publisher.
ISBN: 9781646140923
Publication Date: 2021-11-23
Graphic Novels
Run by John Lewis; Andrew AydinThis astounding graphic novel tells the story of an often overlooked chapter of civil rights history through the eyes of Congressman John Lewis-one of the "Big Six" leaders of groups who organized the 1963 March on Washington.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781419730696
Publication Date: 2021-08-03
Djeliya by Juni Ba (Artist)Follows the adventures of Mansou, last prince of a dying kingdom, and Awa, his loyal Djeliya, or royal storyteller, as they journey to meet the great wizard who destroyed their world.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781952203244
Publication Date: 2021-07-06
Cheer Up by Crystal Frasier; Val Wise (Illustrator); Oscar O. Jupiter (Letterer (comics))"Annie is a smart, antisocial lesbian starting her senior year of high school who's under pressure to join the cheerleader squad to make friends and round out her college applications. Her former friend BeBe is a people-pleaser, a trans girl who must keep her parents happy with her grades and social life to keep their support of her transition. Through the rigors of squad training and amped up social pressures...the two girls rekindle a friendship they thought they'd lost"
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781620109557
Publication Date: 2021-08-10
The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor by Shaenon K. Garrity; Christopher Baldwin (Illustrator)After she saves a man from drowning, Haley wakes up in a pocket universe that appears as a gothic estate and helps three brothers whose job it is to protect her world against a penultimate evil.
--From TitlePeek
ISBN: 9781534460874
Publication Date: 2021-07-20
Himawari House by Harmony Becker"When Nao returns to Tokyo to reconnect with her Japanese heritage, she books a yearlong stay at the Himawari sharehouse. There she meets Hyejung and Tina, two other girls who came to Japan to freely forge their own paths. The trio live together, share meals, and even attend the same Japanese-language school, which results in them becoming fast friends. But will they be able to hold one another up as life tests them with new loves, old heartbreaks, and the everyday challenges of being fish out of water?"--Back cover.