Young adult fiction

  • Under rose-tainted skies

    Creator

    Gornall, Louise

    Abstract

    Norah has agoraphobia and OCD. When groceries are left on the porch, she can't step out to get them. Struggling to snag the bags with a stick, she meets Luke. He's sweet and funny, and he just caught her fishing for groceries. Because of course he did. Norah can't leave the house, but can she let someone in' As their friendship grows deeper, Norah realizes Luke deserves a normal girl. One who can lie on the front lawn and look up at the stars. One who isn't so screwed up.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Boston, Mass

    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

    Non spécifié
  • But then I came back

    Creator

    Laure, Estelle

    Abstract

    Gayle Forman meets Francesca Lia Block in this dazzling story about two coma girls and the boy who connects their lives. From the author of This Raging Light, a debut that New York Times bestselling author Morgan Matson calls "remarkable.""Something does exist. I saw. It's a place. Like this but different.""Okay, so let's say we do reach her, that something like that is even possible. Then what'""Then we ask her to come back."Eden: As far as coma patients go, Eden's lucky. She woke up.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Boston, Mass

    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

    Non spécifié
  • Flicker and mist

    Creator

    Thompson, Mary G.

    Abstract

    Romance, intrigue, and plenty of action are woven into a rich and suspenseful narrative in this powerful YA fantasy. The mixed-race heroine Myra is a Flickerkin and can flicker (become invisible) at will. She hasn't cultivated or revealed this ability, since Flickerkin are persecuted as potential criminals and spies. When invisible people become tricksters and then murderers, Myra's Flickerkin heritage becomes a deadly secret, putting her relationship with the leader's son'and her own life'in jeopardy.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Boston, Mass

    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

    Non spécifié
  • Scion of the fox

    Creator

    Beiko, S. M.

    Abstract

    As the winter ice begins to thaw, the fury of a demon builds - all because one girl couldn't stay dead ... Roan Harken considers herself a typical high school student - dead parents, an infected eyeball, and living in the house of her estranged, currently comatose grandmother (well, maybe not so typical) - but she's uncovering the depth of the secrets her family left behind. Saved from the grasp of Death itself by a powerful fox spirit named Sil, Roan must harness mysterious ancient power ... and quickly.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto, Ont.

    ECW Press

    Non spécifié
  • The fallen kingdom

    Creator

    May, Elizabeth

    Abstract

    The long-awaited final book in the Falconer trilogy is an imaginative tour-de-force that will thrill fans of the series. Aileana Kameron, resurrected by ancient fae magic, returns to the world she once knew with no memory of her past and with dangerous powers she struggles to control. Desperate to break the curse that pits two factions of the fae against each other in a struggle that will decide the fate of the human and fae worlds, her only hope is hidden in an ancient book guarded by the legendary Morrigan, a faery of immense power and cruelty.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    San Francisco, Calif

    Chronicle Books LLC

    Non spécifié
  • Get it together, delilah

    Creator

    Gough, Erin

    Abstract

    Seventeen-year-old Delilah Green wouldn't have chosen to do her last year of school this way, but she figures it's working fine. While her dad goes on a trip to fix his broken heart after her mom left him for another man, Del manages the family cafe. Easy, she thinks.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    San Francisco, Calif

    Chronicle Books LLC

    Non spécifié
  • Piper perish

    Creator

    Cagan, Kayla

    Abstract

    Piper Perish inhales air and exhales art. The sooner she and her best friends can get out of Houston and get to New York City, the better. Art school has been Piper's dream her whole life, and now that senior year is halfway over, she's never felt more ready. But in the final months before graduation, things are weird with her friends and stressful with three different guys, and Piper's sister's tyrannical mental state seems to thwart every attempt at happiness for the close-knit Perish family. Piper's art just might be enough to get her out.

    Publisher (Source)

    San Francisco, Calif

    Chronicle Books LLC

    Non spécifié
  • Loving vs. virginia a documentary novel of the landmark civil rights case

    Creator

    Powell, Patricia Hruby

    Abstract

    From acclaimed author Patricia Hruby Powell comes the story of a landmark civil rights case, told in spare and gorgeous verse. In 1955, in Caroline County, Virginia, amidst segregation and prejudice, injustice and cruelty, two teenagers fell in love. Their life together broke the law, but their determination would change it. Richard and Mildred Loving were at the heart of a Supreme Court case that legalized marriage between races, and a story of the devoted couple who faced discrimination, fought it, and won.

    Publisher (Source)

    San Francisco, Calif

    Chronicle Books LLC

    Non spécifié
  • Tower of dawn

    Creator

    Maas, Sarah J.

    Abstract

    In the next installment of the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series, follow Chaol on his sweeping journey to a distant empire.Chaol Westfall has always defined himself by his unwavering loyalty, his strength, and his position as the Captain of the Guard. But all of that has changed since the glass castle shattered, since his men were slaughtered, since the King of Adarlan spared him from a killing blow, but left his body broken.His only shot at recovery lies with the legendary healers of the Torre Cesme in Antica--the stronghold of the southern continent's mighty empire.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Bloomsbury

    Non spécifié
  • A court of wings and ruin

    Creator

    Maas, Sarah J.

    Abstract

    Looming war threatens all Feyre holds dear in the third volume of the #1 New York Times bestselling A Court of Thorns and Roses series.Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's maneuverings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit-and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well.As war bears down upon them all, Feyre must decide who to trust amongst the dazzling and lethal High Lords-and hunt for allies in unexpected places.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Bloomsbury

    Non spécifié