Tiger’s life is cast into the shadows, her heart full of grief. Tiger and her mother have relied on one another to survive the absence of Tiger’s father and their financial worries — their bond stronger than most mothers and daughters’. But when tragedy strikes, Tiger is left alone, strangled by guilt and destitute. Just […]
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Fragmented memories. Blood. A blade. And then darkness. The Hummingbird Dagger provides the intrigue of Sherlock Holmes and the eerie and sinister atmosphere of Stalking Jack the Ripper. With both a mysterious backstory and plenty of suspense, The Hummingbird Dagger by Cindy Anstey is a thriller that teen audiences are certain to enjoy. Violence, lies, […]
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Victoria Lee’s The Fever King delivers a powerful, haunting, and inventive new perspective on a possible future for America, one filled with death and magic. From the perspective of a teen named Noam, Lee takes readers on a journey that is both relevant and otherworldly, a truly original and thoughtful fictional tale. Noam is alone […]
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Max and Jordan don’t meet on a blind date or at a coffee shop or in any romantic situation at all. Their love story begins on a food truck. The Music of What Happens is a feel-good, romantic, and thoughtful look at love and family, the difficulty of sexuality, and the damaging effects of the […]
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Stella and Will both suffer from Cystic Fibrosis—CF for short. Confined to the hospital and only experiencing the world from behind window panes, the two form an unlikely bond—one that could leave them both heartbroken and increasing the risks of their illnesses. Forbidden love, the pain of sickness, and the power of friendship are all […]
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Alex’s life is about to unravel. His family dynamics are complicated at best, the men in his family have begun dying at young ages without explanation, and a series of unexplained disappearances have appeared around the world, supposedly due to aliens. In Constantine Singer’s Strange Days, readers are brought into a dangerous world full of […]
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Jessica Brody, author of Boys of Summer and Unremembered, brings YA audiences a novel about rekindled love, unconventional family situations, and a classic romantic road trip. Telling the story of a young girl who is set on taking back control of her life with the help of an unlikely companion, Brody speaks to the pain […]
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Does love just happen, or are certain loves just meant to be? Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera’s new YA novel, What If It’s Us, follows the love that sparks between two teens boys who meet at the post office, a seemingly random event. What If It’s Us celebrates the spontaneity of young love, the courage […]
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“During our relationships, those periods of calm and joy between the inevitable periods of disaster and doom that followed, things were awesome. At least at the beginning.” —Don Zolidis Craig and Amy are on one moment and off the next, a rollercoaster of teen angst. In The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig, Don Zolidis tells […]
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