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Cover: Sometimes the Girl
Starred Review & Award Count 2
Spring 2025

Sometimes the Girl

Eighteen-year-old Holiday needs to sort her life out. She's still shaken from her brother's recent suicide attempt; still pining over her ex, Maya; and still struggling to write again after… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2025
Cover: The Red Car to Hollywood
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Spring 2025

The Red Car to Hollywood

Los Angeles, 1924 Sixteen-year-old Ruby Chan considers herself a modern, independent American girl. But when her secret relationship with a white boy implodes—and then is revealed to her very Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2025
Fall 2024

Here Goes Nothing

A fun yet thought-provoking modern reimagining of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Eighteen-year-old Beatrice has never been a fan of her neighbor Bennie, but when Beatrice's beloved… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2024
Fall 2024

They Thought They Buried Us

Horror fan and aspiring film director Yuiza gets a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. As one of the few students of color at Our Lady of… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: Eyes Open
Starred Review & Award Count 2

Eyes Open

Portugal, 1967. Sónia thinks she knows what her future holds. She’ll become a poet, and together she and her artist boyfriend, Zé Miguel, will rise above the government restrictions that… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: Pangu's Shadow
Starred Review & Award Count 1 1

Pangu's Shadow

There are no second chances in the Pangu Star System. Ver and Aryl, apprentices at the most prestigious biology lab among the system’s moons, know this better than anyone. They’ve left… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: All the Things We Never Said
Starred Review & Award Count 1

All the Things We Never Said

Sixteen-year-old Mehreen is overwhelmed by her anxiety and depression, and she doesn't believe anyone in her life will understand if she tries to talk about it. She's been thinking about… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

Gallows Hill

Salem, Massachusetts - 1692 Thomas is marked as an outcast the moment he steps off the ship from England. As a Quaker, he’s outnumbered and distrusted by Salem’s Puritans. And as an orphan… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

The Weight of Everything

It’s been six months since Sarah’s mom died. Three months since her dad fell apart. Sarah has left her fine arts boarding school to take care of her dad and her little brother, and now she’s… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent

Eighteen-year-old Del is in a healthier place than she was a year and a half ago: She’s sober, getting treatment for her depression and anxiety, and volunteering at a suicide-prevention… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Torch
Starred Review & Award Count 4 4

Torch

Three teens struggle to carve out futures for themselves under a totalitarian regime. Czechoslovakia, 1969 Seventeen-year-old Pavol has watched his country's freedoms disappear in the wake of Read More →

  • Lexile: 760
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Funeral Girl
Starred Review & Award Count 2

Funeral Girl

Sixteen-year-old Georgia Richter feels conflicted about the funeral home her parents run—especially because she has the ability to summon ghosts. With one touch of any body that passes… Read More →

  • Lexile: 720
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Gold Mountain
Starred Review & Award Count 1 1

Gold Mountain

Working on the Transcontinental Railroad promises a fortune—for those who survive. Growing up in 1860s China, Tam Ling Fan has lived a life of comfort. Her father is wealthy enough to… Read More →

  • Lexile: 960
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: The Deep Blue Between
Starred Review & Award Count 1 1

The Deep Blue Between

Twin sisters Hassana and Husseina have always shared their lives. But after a raid on their village in 1892, the twins are torn apart. Taken in different directions, far from their home in… Read More →

  • Lexile: 850
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Just Ash
Starred Review & Award Count 1 1

Just Ash

Ashley "Ash" Bishop has always known who he is: a guy who loves soccer, has a crush on his friend Michelle, and is fascinated by the gruesome history of his hometown—Salem, Massachusetts.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 730
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2021
Cover: Where I Belong
Starred Review & Award Count 2 5

Where I Belong

A Pura Belpré Honor Book An immigrant teen fights for her family, her future, and the place she calls home. In the spring of 2018, Guatemalan American high school senior Milagros "Millie"… Read More →

  • Lexile: 740
  • ATOS: 4.9
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2021
Cover: The Secret Life of Kitty Granger
Starred Review & Award Count 2

The Secret Life of Kitty Granger

Sixteen-year-old Kitty Granger has always known that others consider her peculiar. She hates noise and crowds, tends to fixate on patterns, and often feels acutely aware of her surroundings… Read More →

  • Lexile: 720
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2021
Cover: Like Spilled Water
Starred Review & Award Count 1 2

Like Spilled Water

Nineteen-year-old Na has always lived in the shadow of her younger brother, Bao-bao, her parents' cherished son. Years ago, Na's parents left her in the countryside and went to work in the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 830
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2020

How to Live on the Edge

Eighteen-year-old Cayenne barely remembers her mother, who died of breast cancer when Cayenne was four. The women in her family have a history of dying young. Cayenne figures she'll meet the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 710
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2020

Somebody Told Me

"A compelling narrative layered with intersections of gender, sexuality, and spirituality."—Booklist After an assault, bigender seventeen-year-old Aleks/Alexis is looking for a fresh… Read More →

  • Lexile: 600
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2020
Cover: Open Fire
Starred Review & Award Count 1 1

Open Fire

A dramatic page-turner that captures the devastating toll of war and the impact of women's struggles and solidarity, through the lens of a little-known slice of history. In 1917, Russia is… Read More →

  • Lexile: 740
  • ATOS: 5.3
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2020
Cover: Fugly
Starred Review & Award Count 1

Fugly

A wrenchingly honest, thought-provoking exploration of a girl judged and dismissed by society who must break the cycle of shaming that traps her in her real life and comforts her in her… Read More →

  • Lexile: 730
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2019

Panic

A page-turning story about a teen's struggle to overcome her fears on her quest for truth, strength, and stardom. Madelaine loves music, loves the stage, and loves performing. When she finds… Read More →

  • Lexile: 600
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2019
Cover: The Truth Is
Starred Review & Award Count 1

The Truth Is

Named one of the best YA Latinx books of 2019 by Remezcla and HipLatina. A Bustle Book Club Selection A powerful exploration of love, identity, and self-worth through the eyes of a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 610
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2019