Young adult fiction

  • Magic dark and strange

    Creator

    Powell, Kelly

    Abstract

    The Bone Witch meets Sherlock Holmes in this thrilling historical fantasy about a girl with the ability to raise the dead who must delve into her city's dangerous magical underworld to stop a series of murders. Catherine Daly has an unusual talent. By day she works for a printer. But by night, she awakens the dead for a few precious moments with loved ones seeking a final goodbye. But this magic comes with a price: for every hour that a ghost is brought back, Catherine loses an hour from her own life.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Old Saybrook

    Tantor Audio

    Not specified
  • Lucy in the sky

    Creator

    Anonymous

    Abstract

    A riveting first-person tale of addiction, in the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Jay's Journal. The author of this diary began journaling on her sixteenth birthday. She lived in an upper middle-class neighborhood in Santa Monica with her mom, dad, and Berkeley-bound older brother. She was a good girl, living a good life... but one party changed everything. One party, where she took one taste-and liked it. Really liked it. Social drinking and drugging lead to more, faster, harder... She convinced herself that she was no different from anyone else who liked to party.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Old Saybrook

    Tantor Audio

    Not specified
  • A deadly education : Scholomance, book 1

    Creator

    Novik, Naomi

    Abstract

    New York Times Bestseller. From the author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver comes the story of an unwilling dark sorceress who is destined to rewrite the rules of magic. “The dark school of magic I’ve been waiting for.” —Katherine Arden, author of the Winternight Trilogy. I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my life. Everyone loves Orion Lake. Everyone else, that is. Far as I’m concerned, he can keep his flashy combat magic to himself. I’m not joining his pack of adoring fans. I don’t need help surviving the Scholomance, even if they do.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Random House Audio

    Not specified
  • Little family

    Creator

    Beah, Ishmael

    Abstract

    From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of A Long Way Gone. A powerful novel about young people living at the margins of society, struggling to replace the homes they have lost with the one they have created together. Hidden away from a harsh outside world, five young people have improvised a home in an abandoned airplane, a relic of their country's tumultuous past. Elimane, the bookworm, is as street-smart as he is wise. Clever Khoudiemata maneuvers to keep the younger kids—athletic, pragmatic Ndevui, thoughtful Kpindi, and especially their newest member, Namsa—safe and fed.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Penguin Audio

    Not specified
  • Paul, big, and small

    Creator

    Robb, David Glen

    Abstract

    A trio of high school outcasts—Paul, Big, and Small—face the complicated world of predators and prey in high school and come to realize that overcoming life's challenges will take more than perseverance. Paul Adams is the shortest kid at his high school, and the school bullies relentlessly pick on him. He spends the entire day wishing school would end so he can escape to his favorite sport of rock climbing. This is the only place where he feels in control, competent, and free, despite the inherent fear. Lily Small is athletic, attractive, and, despite her last name, is actually very tall.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Salt Lake City

    Shadow Mountain

    Not specified
  • Most likely

    Creator

    Watson, Sarah

    Abstract

    From the creator of the hit TV series The Bold Type comes an empowering and heartfelt novel about a future female president's senior year of high school. Ava, CJ, Jordan, and Martha (listed in alphabetical order out of fairness) have been friends since kindergarten. Now they're in their senior year, facing their biggest fears about growing up and growing apart. But there's more than just college on the horizon. One of these girls is destined to become the president of the United States. The mystery, of course, is which girl gets the gig.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Ashland

    New York

    Poppy

    Little, Brown and Company

    Not specified
  • The winter duke

    Creator

    Bartlett, Claire Eliza

    Abstract

    She survived the curse. Now she must survive the throne. All Ekata wants is to stay alive—and the chance to prove herself as a scholar. Once Ekata's brother is finally named heir to the dukedom of Kylma Above, there will be nothing to keep her at home with her murderous family. Not her books or her experiments, not her family's icy castle atop a frozen lake, not even the tantalizingly close Kylma Below, a mesmerizing underwater kingdom that provides her family with magic.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Little, Brown and Company

    Not specified
  • Midnight sun : The twilight saga, book 5

    Creator

    Meyer, Stephenie

    Abstract

    It's here! #1 bestselling author Stephenie Meyer makes a triumphant return to the world of Twilight with this highly-anticipated companion: the iconic love story of Bella and Edward told from the vampire's point of view. When Edward Cullen and Bella Swan met in Twilight , an iconic love story was born. But until now, fans have heard only Bella's side of the story. At last, readers can experience Edward's version in the long-awaited companion novel, Midnight Sun . This unforgettable tale as told through Edward's eyes takes on a new and decidedly dark twist.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Little, Brown and Company

    Not specified
  • The inheritance games : Inheritance games, book 1

    Creator

    Barnes, Jennifer Lynn

    Abstract

    A Cinderella story with deadly stakes and thrilling twists, perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and Knives Out. Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why—or even who Tobias Hawthorne is. To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man's touch—and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Little, Brown and Company

    Not specified
  • Agnes at the end of the world

    Creator

    Mcwilliams, Kelly

    Abstract

    The Village meets Octavia Butler's After the Fire in this unique, voice-driven novel from Kelly McWilliams. Agnes loves her home of Red Creek—its quiet, sunny mornings, its dusty roads, and its God. There, she cares tirelessly for her younger siblings and follows the town's strict laws. What she doesn't know is that Red Creek is a cult, controlled by a madman who calls himself a prophet. Then Agnes meets Danny, an Outsider boy, and begins to question what is and isn't a sin.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Ashland

    Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

    Not specified