Young adult fiction

  • Orphan train

    Creator

    Kline, Christina Baker

    Abstract

    The #1 New York Times Bestseller. Now featuring a sneak peek at Christina's forthcoming novel The Exiles, coming August 2020. "A lovely novel about the search for family that also happens to illuminate a fascinating and forgotten chapter of America's history. Beautiful." —Ann Packer. Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by pure luck.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    William Morrow

    Not specified
  • Rani Choudhury must die

    Creator

    Jaigirdar, Adiba

    Abstract

    Ex-best-friends-turned-rivals team up to beat and expose the guy they've been dating, in this romance perfect for fans of She Gets the Girl and "highly recommended" by School Library Journal in a starred review! Meghna Rahman is tired of constantly being compared to her infuriatingly perfect ex-best friend, Rani, who always makes it into the Young Scientist Exhibition. This year, Meghna is finally accepted into the competition, but doesn't make it to the final round like her boyfriend Zak does. And, of course, Rani too.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Feiwel & Friends

    Not specified
  • Ruin road

    Creator

    Giles, Lamar

    Abstract

    "My twin, Lamar, is a phenomenal innovative storyteller... A true king!" —Tiffany D. Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Grown and The Weight of Blood. Sometimes a little fear is a good thing... Cade Webster lives between worlds. He's a standout football star at the right school but lives in the wrong neighborhood—if you let his classmates tell it. Everywhere but home, people are afraid of him for one reason or another. Afraid he's too big, too fast, too ambitious, too Black.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.I.]

    Scholastic Inc.

    Not specified
  • Rules for rule breaking

    Creator

    Tucker, Talia

    Abstract

    Booksmart meets Never Have I Ever in this debut YA rom-com about two Korean American teens forced into a shared college visit road trip where they discover that the reasons they’ve been rivals their entire lives might actually be signs they’re a perfect pair. Winter Park and Bobby Bae are Korean American high school juniors whose families have been friends since the kids were making crayon art. They, however, are repulsed by each other. Winter is MIT-bound, comfortable keeping people at arm’s length, and known by others as responsible, though she has a desire to let loose.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Kokila

    Not specified
  • Running full tilt

    Creator

    Currinder, Michael

    Abstract

    "A fast-paced convincing drama of a young runner whose legs circle him back to the many conflicts he is trying to escape." —Jack Gantos, Newbery Medal-winning author of Dead End in Norvelt. An honest and sensitive debut that memorably captures a teen runner’s relationship with his brother and his brother’s experience of autism. Like many siblings, Leo and Caleb have a complicated relationship. But Caleb's violent outbursts literally send Leo running.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Watertown, MA

    Charlesbridge

    Not specified
  • Shadow speaker : The desert magician's duology, book 1

    Creator

    Okorafor, Nnedi

    Abstract

    Amazon Editor's Pick, Best SFF September 2023 • The Strand, Science Fiction Pick of the Month October 2023. Deluxe, expanded edition of an out-of-print early novel from Africanfuturist luminary Nnedi Okorafor, with a brand-new introduction from the author. Niger, West Africa, 2074. It is an era of tainted technology and mysterious mysticism. A great change has happened all over the planet, and the laws of physics aren’t what they used to be. Within all this, I introduce you to Ejii Ugabe, a child of the worst type of politician.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    DAW

    Not specified
  • Signed sealed dead

    Creator

    Murphy, Cynthia

    Abstract

    From the author of the BookTok sensation Win Lose Kill Die, comes an explosive mystery about a teenager whose true-crime obsession hits a little too close to home when she begins receiving cryptic messages after moving into a new house. "Deliciously twisted fun!"—Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying. When true-crime obsessed Paige, along with her family, move across the Atlantic to her father's eerie hometown, it's not long before she uncovers the town's dark history—a string of unsolved murders and disappearances in the 90s.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    Random House Children's Books

    Not specified
  • Silent sister

    Creator

    Davidhizar, Megan

    Abstract

    The must-read suspense novel of the summer about a mysterious sister's disappearance, her biggest betrayal, and a deadly truth screaming to come out. Two sisters went missing on their class trip—Grace, the outgoing athlete who is friends with just about everyone, and Maddy, the wallflower wilting in her sister’s shadow who'd rather absorb herself in her journal than talk to her classmates. But when Grace is found—injured, with no memory of what happened—everybody thinks she’s lying. It’s hard not to look guilty with Maddy’s blood on her clothes.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Delacorte Press

    Not specified
  • Sixteen souls

    Creator

    Talbot, Rosie

    Abstract

    The spooky, swoony YA debut by BookTok star Rosie Talbot (@Merrowchild)—the "TikTok Made Me Buy It" sensation dubbed Heartstopper with ghosts! Perfect for fans of V. E. Schwab and Aiden Thomas. Sixteen-year-old Charlie Frith has problems. His crush is dating someone else, his sisters have glitter-bombed his prosthesis (again), and he's a seer-of-spirits in York, the most haunted city in England, and all his friends are ghosts. To make matters worse, it seems that famous spirits are mysteriously vanishing from York's haunted streets and alleys.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York, NY

    Scholastic Inc.

    Not specified
  • Sleep like death

    Creator

    Bayron, Kalynn

    Abstract

    Cinderella is dead, but Snow White fights on . . . New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron makes her highly anticipated return to the realm of fairy tales with this thrilling twist on the classic story of Snow White. Princess Eve was raised with one purpose: to destroy the Knight. Far too many subjects of Queen's Bridge have been devastated by this evil sorcerer's trickery. Eve's own unique magic—the ability to conjure weapons from nature—makes her a worthy adversary. As she approaches her seventeenth birthday, Eve is ready to battle.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Bloomsbury Publishing USA

    Not specified