New YA Books
June 2023
Becoming a queen
by Dan Clay

After a devastating tragedy, gay teen Mark Davis harnesses the power of drag, which becomes an unexpected outlet for his grief and an opportunity to see others as fully as he wants to be seen.
One of us is back
by Karen M. McManus

Back home for the summer, the Bayview Four find history repeating itself when they are targeted by someone unexpected who forces them to play a deadly game that reveals even more secrets. 
Chaos & flame
by Tessa Gratton

To save her adoptive Kraken father from House Dragon, Darling Seabreak must join forces with the enemy, the dutiful War Prince for House Dragon, to survive the fiery prophecies and ancient blood magic threatening to devastate their entire world. 
Into the light
by Mark Oshiro

Two outcasts, Eli and Manny, find their lives intersecting in unimaginable ways when the reported discovery of an unidentified body draws them into facing their biggest fears and confronting their own identity?—?and who they are allowed to be. 
Dear Medusa / : A Novel in Verse
by Olivia A. Cole

This intense and intimate novel-in-verse follows 16-year-old Alicia, who feels isolated and alone after being sexually abused by a teacher then cast as the slut who asked for it, until she receives mysterious letters hinting at another victim, forcing her to face her trauma and fight back. 
The sea of monsters
by Rick Riordan

When Camp Half-Blood, the only safe haven for demigods, nears the verge of being overrun by mythological monsters, Percy and his friends must venture to find his best friend Grover, who is prisoner on an island somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle, and then set out to save the Camp. 
Funeral songs for dying girls
by Cherie Dimaline

To save her father's job at the crematorium and the only home she's ever known, Winifred and her con-artist cousin start offering ghost tours until Winifred meets an actual ghost who causes her to question everything she believes about life, love and death. 
Imogen, obviously
by Becky Albertalli

Pretending to be her queer best friend Lili's former girlfriend, heterosexual Imogen Scott spends a lot of time with Lili's friend Tessa and starts to wonder if her truth was ever all that straight to begin with. 
The immeasurable depth of you
by Maria Ingrande Mora

After her mother interprets one of her blog posts as a suicide note, 15-year-old death-obsessed Brynn is banished to stay with her father who lives“off the grid” in the Florida mangroves, where she must confront her worst fears to save the girl with whom she has fallen in love. 
Money out loud : all the financial stuff no one taught us
by Berna Anat

From budgeting and money to debt and investing, this not-so-serious guide from the Financial Hype Woman explains the basics of personal finance to empower teens and young adults to shape their futures and change their world.
The sinister booksellers of Bath
by Garth Nix

Merlin, his sister Vivien, and an art student struggling with her magical heritage follow a newly discovered sorcerous map to a place separated from this world and guarded by monstrous living statues, where they must stop a murderous Ancient Sovereign from killing again. 
Where to start : a survival guide to anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges
by Gemma Correll

The nation's leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to helping those living with mental illness provides clear, honest, jargon-free information for anyone struggling emotionally and looking for help. 
When you wish upon a star : what if the Blue Fairy wasn't supposed to help Pinocchio?
by Elizabeth Lim

To settle an old score, the Blue Fairy and her sister, the Scarlet Fairy, place a good old-fashioned bet as Pinocchio and Geppetto's fate hangs in the balance while trying to find a way back to each other with no strings attached. 
Manslaughter Park
by Tirzah Price

When her beloved uncle Sir Thomas Bertram dies in a tragic accident, aspiring artist Fanny Price finds evidence of foul play, drawing her into London's high society where a surprising twist of fate forever changes her life as she seeks justice. 
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