Young adult fiction

  • The easy part of impossible

    Creator

    Tomp, Sarah Wones

    Abstract

    After an injury forces Ria off the diving team, an unexpected friendship with Cotton, a guy on the autism spectrum, helps her come to terms with the abusive relationship she's been in with her former coach. Ria Williams was an elite diver on track for the Olympics. As someone who struggled in school, largely due to her ADHD, diving was the one place Ria could shine. But while her parents were focused on the trophies, no one noticed how Coach Benny's strict rules and punishments controlled every aspect of Ria's life. The harder he was on her, the sharper her focus.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    HarperTeen

    Non spécifié
  • The downstairs girl

    Creator

    Lee, Stacey

    Abstract

    From the critically-acclaimed author of Under a Painted Sky and Outrun the Moon and founding member of We Need Diverse Books comes a powerful novel about identity, betrayal, and the meaning of family. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    [Old Saybrook (Conn.)]

    Tantor Audio

    Non spécifié
  • The crown

    Creator

    Cass, Kiera

    Abstract

    Kiera Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series has captured the hearts of readers from its very first page. Now the end of the journey is here. Prepare to be swept off your feet by The Crown--the eagerly awaited, wonderfully romantic fifth and final book in the Selection series. In The Heir, a new era dawned in the world of The Selection. Twenty years have passed since America Singer and Prince Maxon fell in love, and their daughter is the first princess to hold a Selection of her own.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    HarperTeen

    Non spécifié
  • The cousins

    Creator

    McManus, Karen M.

    Abstract

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying comes your next obsession. You'll never feel the same about family again. Milly, Aubrey, and Jonah Story are cousins, but they barely know each another, and they've never even met their grandmother. Rich and reclusive, she disinherited their parents before they were born. So when they each receive a letter inviting them to work at her island resort for the summer, they're surprised ... and curious. Their parents are all clear on one point--not going is not an option.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Listening Library (Audio)

    Non spécifié
  • The color of lies

    Creator

    Lyons, CJ

    Abstract

    High school senior Ella Cleary, whose synesthesia causes her to see colors with each interaction, must question everything she knows about her life when journalism student Alec investigates her parents' death.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Blink

    Non spécifié
  • The case for Jamie

    Creator

    Cavallaro, Brittany

    Abstract

    The hotly anticipated and explosive third book in the New York Times bestselling Charlotte Holmes series. It's been a year since the shocking death of August Moriarty, and Jamie and Charlotte haven't spoken. Jamie is going through the motions at Sherringford, trying to finish his senior year without incident, with a nice girlfriend he can't seem to fall for. Charlotte is on the run, from Lucien Moriarty and from her own mistakes. No one has seen her since that fateful night on the lawn in Sussex--and Charlotte wants it that way. She knows she isn't safe to be around.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York, NY]

    HarperCollins

    Non spécifié
  • The brilliant death

    Creator

    Capetta, Amy Rose

    Abstract

    Teodora di Sangro is used to hiding her magical ability to transform enemies into music boxes and mirrors. Nobody knows she's a strega--and she aims to keep it that way. The she meets Cielo--and everything changes. A strega who can effortlessly swap back and forth between female and male, human and animal, Cielo shows Teodora what her life could be like if she masters the power she's been keeping secret.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Listening Library (Audio)

    Non spécifié
  • The book thief

    Creator

    Zusak, Markus

    Abstract

    A young adult novel about how a young girl's love of books helps a community survive World War II and the Holocaust. It's just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. Set during World War II in Germany, this groundbreaking novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist--books.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York, N.Y.]

    Listening Library

    Non spécifié
  • The bone houses

    Creator

    Lloyd-Jones, Emily

    Abstract

    Seventeen-year-old Aderyn ("Ryn") only cares about two things: her family and her family's graveyard. And right now, both are in dire straits. Since the death of their parents, Ryn and her siblings have been scraping together a meager existence as gravediggers in the remote village of Colbren, which sits at the foot of a harsh and deadly mountain range that was once home to the fae. The problem with being a gravedigger in Colbren, though, is that the dead don't always stay dead.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Hachette Audio

    Non spécifié
  • The astonishing color of after

    Creator

    Pan, Emily X. R.

    Abstract

    Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird. Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing after ghosts, uncovering family secrets, and forging a new relationship with her grandparents. And as she grieves, she must try to reconcile the fact that on the same day she kissed her best friend and longtime secret crush, Axel, her mother was taking her own life.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Ashland

    Hachette Book Group

    Non spécifié