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In this dazzling finale to the trilogy that began with the New York Times bestselling Alex & Eliza: A Love Story, the curtain closes on the epic romance of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler
1785. New York, New York.
The award-winning author of You Bring the Distant Near explores identity, homecoming, and the legacy of assault in this personal and ambitious new novel.
Katina King is the reigning teen jujitsu champion of Northern California, but she’s having trouble fighting off the secrets in her past.
“I’m pretty sure I’m the only guy in my school who can replace a faulty kick-down switch and also create the perfect smoky eye.”
The Weyward family has been haunted by a curse for generations—if a Weyward falls in love before their seventeenth birthday, the person they love dies.
“An evocative story of the thrills of first love and the anguish of first loss. This will break you and heal you.”—Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin’
King Arthur as you've never imagined! This bold, sizzling YA retells the popular legend with the Once and Future King as a teenage girl -- and she has a universe to save.$17.99ISBN: 9780735228078Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Dial Books - April 9th, 2019In this enormously funny, smart, and moving contemporary YA novel, fighting for the thing you love doesn't always turn out like in the movies.
"Hilarious, big-hearted, poignant...An unadulterated triumph." --Jeff Zentner, author of The Serpent King$17.99ISBN: 9780762465477Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Running Press Kids - April 9th, 2019A Guyanese girl must find the balance between her parents' "old world" expectations and traditions while pursuing her dream of being a great trumpeter in this contemporary, coming-of-age story, written by an #OwnVoices author.
$17.99ISBN: 9780763697563Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Candlewick - April 16th, 2019In a novel in two voices, a popular teen and an artistic loner forge an unlikely bond — and create an entire universe — via texts. But how long before the real world invades Starworld?
$17.99ISBN: 9780807515518Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: AW Teen - April 9th, 2019"Deep world-building, magical family secrets, and intricate palace politics—Descendant of the Crane soars from page one. Its twists and treacheries kept me guessing until the very end."—Rachel Hartman, New York Times bestselling author of Seraphina
Tyrants cut out hearts. Rulers sacrifice their own.
$18.99ISBN: 9781250195661Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Wednesday Books - April 2nd, 2019An instant New York Times bestseller!
“Prepare for a snow-frosted, blood-drenched fairy tale where the monsters steal your heart and love ends up being the nightmare.” - Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Gilded Wolves and The Star-Touched Queen$19.99ISBN: 9781250307460Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) - March 26th, 2019Nahoko Uehashi's The Beast Player is an epic YA fantasy about a girl with a special power to communicate with magical beasts and the warring kingdom only she can save.
$17.99ISBN: 9781328594433Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Versify - April 2nd, 2019“In a searing indictment of silent complicity, White Rose shines a light on one remarkable young woman’s insistence on the power of truth, no matter the cost. A timely call to resistance.” – Joy McCullough, author of Blood Water Paint
“White Rose is a resonant testament to courage.$17.99ISBN: 9781328987594Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: HMH Books for Young Readers - March 26th, 2019Bestselling author David Elliott explores how Joan of Arc changed the course of history and remains a figure of fascination centuries after her extraordinary life and death.$18.99ISBN: 9781335017567Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Inkyard Press - March 26th, 2019The Social Network gets a romantic twist in this fresh and engaging new read from the author of Frat Girl, Kiley Roache.
$18.99ISBN: 9781368024969Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Disney-Hyperion - April 2nd, 2019"Fans of The Raven Boys and Stranger Things rejoice: This is your new obsession."-Claire Legrand, New York Times best-selling author of Furyborn$17.99ISBN: 9781419733628Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Harry N. Abrams - April 16th, 2019$24.99ISBN: 9781481495080Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Margaret K. McElderry Books - April 9th, 2019From #1 New York Times bestseller Cassandra Clare and award-winner Wesley Chu comes the first book in a new series that follows High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood as they tour the world after the Mortal War.
$19.99ISBN: 9781534410633Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Simon Pulse - March 26th, 2019“Not to be missed!” —Marissa Meyer, New York Times bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles
“An explosion of emotion, intrigue, romance, and revolution.” —Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series
In the tradition of The Lunar Chronicles, this sweeping reimagining of Les Misérables<$18.99ISBN: 9781534419520Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - April 16th, 2019A high school outcast spends his life hoping to be abducted by aliens in this funny, quirky novel about finding your footing in a world that sometimes feels like Mars.
Convinced his mother has been abducted by aliens, Charlie Dickens spends his nights with an eye out for UFOs, hoping to join her. After all, she said the aliens would come back for him.$18.99ISBN: 9781534425149Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Simon Pulse - April 16th, 2019After an awkward first encounter, Birdie and Daniel are forced to work together in a Seattle hotel where a famous author leads a mysterious and secluded life in this romantic contemporary novel from the author of Alex, Approximately.
Mystery-book aficionado Birdie Lindberg has an overactive imagination.$17.95ISBN: 9781616208608Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Algonquin Young Readers - April 9th, 2019A powerful story of love, identity, and the price of fitting in or speaking out.
“The story may be set in the past, but it couldn’t be a more timely reminder that true courage comes not from fitting in, but from purposefully standing out . . .$18.99ISBN: 9781683690962Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Quirk Books - April 2nd, 2019The Prince and the Pauper gets a Geekerella-style makeover in this witty and heartfelt novel for those who believe in the magic of fandom.
$18.99ISBN: 9781338212266Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Scholastic Press - March 26th, 2019Have you always wanted to write a book, but don't know where to start? Or maybe you're really great at writing the first few chapters . . . but you never quite make it to the end? Or do you finally have a finished manuscript, but you're not sure what to do next? Fear not -- if you have writing-related questions, this book has answers!
$18.99ISBN: 9781101934753Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Delacorte Press - April 9th, 2019From the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces comes a novel about love and loss and learning how to continue when it feels like you're surrounded by darkness that Karen M. McManus, the New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying, calls "rare and powerful."
$17.99ISBN: 9781250174895Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Swoon Reads - April 16th, 2019From the author of Suitors and Sabotage comes a suspenseful and enthralling new Regency novel, perfect for readers who like their Jane Austen classics with a side of mystery and murder.
$17.99ISBN: 9780316522694Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 19th, 2019Rebellions are built on hope.
Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are forced into an internment camp for Muslim American citizens.$17.99ISBN: 9780374305475Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - March 19th, 2019Everyone has a fear of missing out on something—a party, a basketball game, a hangout after school. But what if it’s life that you’ll be missing out on?
$17.99ISBN: 9780823440207Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Holiday House - March 19th, 2019Emeline's quiet village has three important rules:
Don't look at the shadows.
Don't cross the river.
And don't enter the forest.$18.99ISBN: 9781250101631Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Imprint - March 19th, 2019A vivid, evocative YA lesbian romance about how the universe is full of second chances
Ryann Bird dreams of traveling across the stars. But a career in space isn’t an option for a girl who lives in a trailer park on the “wrong” side of town. So Ryann becomes her circumstances and settles for acting out and skipping school to hang out with her delinquent friends.
$18.99ISBN: 9781534426139Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Simon Pulse - March 19th, 2019Westworld meets The Handmaid’s Tale in this start to a thrilling, subversive near future series from New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Young about a girls-only private high school that is far more than it appears to be.
Some of the prettiest flowers have the sharpest thorns.
The Girls of Innovations Academy are beautiful and well-beha$17.99ISBN: 9780735228771Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Dial Books - March 19th, 2019Music has always been Ruby's first love. But has it ever loved her back?
Slip behind the scenes of the classical music world one hot, anything-can-happen, New York City summer.
"Delightful...Hits all the right notes." --Mackenzi Lee, author of The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue$17.99ISBN: 9780062422316Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: HarperTeen - March 19th, 2019Fans of Danielle Paige, Marissa Meyer, and Alex Flinn will devour New York Times bestselling author Meagan Spooner’s next fierce fairy tale-inspired story, which Illuminae author Amie Kaufman calls “a kick-ass, gender-flipped feminist retelling.”
Robin of Locksley is dead.
$17.99ISBN: 9780670012107Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Viking Books for Young Readers - March 12th, 2019The New York Times bestselling poetic memoir and call to action from the award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson!
$17.99ISBN: 9780062748379Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Katherine Tegen Books - March 5th, 2019“One of the best love stories I’ve ever read.” —Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give
$17.99ISBN: 9781419733673Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Harry N. Abrams - March 12th, 2019$17.99ISBN: 9780316415385Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Poppy - March 12th, 2019A classic romantic tale with a modern twist, this dazzling Indies Introduce pick follows two New York teenagers as they secretly fall in love for the first time.$17.99ISBN: 9780451480712Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Razorbill - March 12th, 2019"Exciting, heartbreaking, and far from ordinary." --Kirkus
Emily Henry is "one of YA's preeminent voices....an exquisite, genre-bending novel. --Booklist$17.99ISBN: 9780525581161Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Delacorte Press - March 12th, 2019Pan's Labyrinth meets The Hazel Wood in this novel about a girl with terrifying visions and a wish-granting witch whose lives collide in the most unexpected of ways.
"Bewitching, sensuous, and spiked with the unexpected--The Waking Forest is a fever dream you won't ever want to leave."-Joan He, author of The Descendent of the Crane$17.99ISBN: 9780062847195Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Katherine Tegen Books - March 12th, 2019An Amazon Best Book of the Month! A captivating and powerful exploration of the opioid crisis—the deadliest drug epidemic in American history—through the eyes of a college-bound softball star. Edgar Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis delivers a visceral and necessary novel about addiction, family, friendship, and hope.
$18.99ISBN: 9781442421097Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - March 12th, 2019An ocelot. A slave. An angel thief.
Multiple perspectives spanning across time are united through themes of freedom, hope, and faith in a most unusual and epic novel from Newbery Honor–winning author and National Book Award finalist Kathi Appelt.
Sixteen-year-old Cade Curtis is an angel thief.$18.99ISBN: 9780451469939Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Viking Books for Young Readers - March 5th, 2019Read the novel New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network Kate Quinn called "easily one of the best novels I have read all year!" A sweeping, multi-layered romance set in the perilous days of World Wars I and II, where gods hold the fates--and the hearts--of four mortals in their hands.
$17.99ISBN: 9780525513926Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers - February 26th, 2019Four dead queens. Three days to catch a killer. Two forbidden romances.
One shocking twist you won’t see coming.$17.99ISBN: 9780062691316Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Katherine Tegen Books - February 26th, 2019“We Set the Dark on Fire burns bright. It will light the way for a new generation of rebels and lovers.” —NPR.org
“Mejia pens a compelling, gripping story that mirrors real world issues of immigration and equality.” —Buzzfeed
Five starred reviews!!
$18.99ISBN: 9780399549656Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Random House Books for Young Readers - March 5th, 2019THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES!
DC Icons continues with the coming-of-age story of the world's first super hero, SUPERMAN, from Newbery award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author MATT DE LA PEÑA.
When the dawn breaks, a hero rises.$17.99ISBN: 9781524720209Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Crown Books for Young Readers - February 26th, 2019"Anyone can break your heart--Jeff Zentner can also make you laugh out loud!" --RAINBOW ROWELL, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Carry On and Eleanor & Park
$17.99ISBN: 9781484728482Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Freeform - March 5th, 2019In this sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel, The Belles, Camellia Beaureguard, the former favorite Belle, must race against time to find the ailing Princess Charlotte, who has disappeared without a trace.$17.99ISBN: 9780062865670Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Balzer + Bray - March 5th, 2019“Funny, engrossing, and one-of-a-kind. If You’re Out There completely swept me away.” —Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Leah on the Offbeat
$17.99ISBN: 9780062658067Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: HarperTeen - March 5th, 2019Packed with action and unexpected twists, this addictive page-turner is perfect for fans of Illuminae and Defy the Stars!
When Jo steps onto planet Tau Ceti e for the first time, she’s ready to put the past behind her and begin again. After all, as a pioneer, she has the job of helping build a new home away from Earth.
$17.99ISBN: 9780062471383Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: HarperTeen - March 5th, 2019For fans of Red Queen and Grave Mercy comes the captivating sequel to the Renaissance France-inspired epic fantasy The Queen’s Rising.
$17.99ISBN: 9781250189943Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Feiwel & Friends - February 26th, 2019An eighteen-year-old chieftain's daughter must find a way to kill her village’s oppressive deity if she ever wants to return home in Warrior of the Wild, the Viking-inspired YA standalone fantasy from Tricia Levenseller, author of Daughter of the Pirate King.
How do you kill a god?$17.99ISBN: 9781338139150Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Point - February 26th, 2019Your secret's safe...until it's not.
Ivy's always preferred to lay low, unlike her best friend Harold, who has taken up a hundred activities as sophomore year begins. But Ivy has her own distraction: the new anonymous art-sharing app, VEIL.
$17.99ISBN: 9781338285369Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: David Fickling Books - February 26th, 2019Mike is the imaginary friend and projection of a repressed wish that won't go away until Floyd confronts both his greatest fear and greatest desire: to succeed.$18.99ISBN: 9781481472142Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - March 5th, 2019The Outsiders meets Mad Max: Fury Road in this fast-paced dystopian novel about sisterhood and the cruel choices people are forced to make in order to survive.
At night, Las Mal Criadas own these streets.
Sixteen-year-old Nalah leads the fiercest all-girl crew in Mega City.$17.99ISBN: 9780735231894Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Dutton Books for Young Readers - February 19th, 2019"I love this book so very much."—Robin LaFevers, New York Times bestselling author of the His Fair Assassin trilogy
Romantic high fantasy from the bestselling author of Star Wars: Ahsoka and Exit, Pursued by a Bear.$17.99ISBN: 9780062571021Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Katherine Tegen Books - February 19th, 2019Savvy criminal turned skilled Leviathan pilot Zara Cole finds new friends and clashes with bitter enemies in the second book of this action-packed series from New York Times bestselling authors Rachel Caine and Ann Aguirre that’s perfect for fans of The 100 and The Fifth Wave.
$18.99ISBN: 9781616959876Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Soho Teen - February 19th, 2019The Art of Losing is a compelling debut that explores issues of addiction, sisterhood, and loss.
$18.99ISBN: 9781481498579Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Simon Pulse - February 19th, 2019**Hypable’s Most Anticipated Queer YA Books of 2019**Book Riot’s 25 YA Book to Add to Your Winter TBR and Most Anticipated 2019 LGBTQ Reads**BookBub’s Best Teen Books Coming Out in 2019**
“A fearless and brutal look at friendships...you will laugh, rage, and mourn its loss when it’s over.” —Justina Ireland, New Yor$17.99ISBN: 9780062679628Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: HarperTeen - February 12th, 2019ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE. IF YOU HURT US, WE’RE COMING FOR YOU.
Moxie meets Female of the Species in this powerful, thrilling, and deeply resonant novel about a secret society of girls who plot revenge on the men who hurt them.
$19.99ISBN: 9781534424623Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Simon Pulse - February 12th, 2019An Ember in the Ashes meets Three Dark Crowns in this lush debut fantasy novel about a girl who disguises herself as a boy to join a secret group of warriors that ride phoenixes into battle.
I had a sister, once…
In a world ruled by fierce warrior queens, a grand empire was built upon the backs of Phoenix Riders—legendary heroes who so$18.99ISBN: 9781626723641Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Roaring Brook Press - February 12th, 2019A sweet, funny contemporary teen romance for the inner geek in all of us from graphic novelist Faith Erin Hicks.
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