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This Book Won't Burn
by Samira Ahmed
Upon moving from Chicago to small-town Illinois, Noor planned to keep a low profile until graduation. Instead, she risks becoming the target of racist and Islamophobic hate when she and her new friends challenge their school’s book bans. Read-alikes: Julia Walton’s On the Subject of Unmentionable Things; Xixi Tian’s This Place is Still Beautiful.
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| Looking for Smoke by K.A. CobellShortly after a giveaway ceremony on the Blackfeet Reservation, a girl named Samantha is found murdered. All four people in the giveaway group are suspects, and proving their innocence means spilling secrets and upending relationships. Read-alikes: Angeline Boulley's Warrior Girl Unearthed; Jenny Ferguson's Those Pink Mountain Nights. |
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Eddy, Eddy
by Kate De Goldi
"To break free of the eccentric uncle who raised him, Catholic-school dropout Eddy starts his own dog-walking and pet-sitting business, meeting an unforgettable cast of characters while navigating the ruins of his hometown—and his personal life—after the deadly 2011 earthquakes in Christ Church, New Zealand."
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Wild dreamers
by Margarita Engle
Living out of their car ever since her militant father became one of the FBI's most wanted, Ana meets Leandro, who struggles with crippling anxiety, and forming an instant connection, they fight to protect wildlife and heal from their troubled pasts.
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The forest of stolen girls
by June Hur
When her detective father goes missing while investigating the disappearance of 13 young women, including her sister, Hwani returns to their early 15th-century village in Korea to uncover dark community secrets. By the author of The Silence of Bones.
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Song of the six realms
by Judy I. Lin
"A talented young musician with no family and no patron, Xue accepts an offer from the mysterious Duke Meng only to discover he's the Duke of Dreams, one of the divine rulers of the Celestial Realm who needs her help to stop an impending war."
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Dark parts of the universe
by Samuel Miller
"While playing an app-based adventure game, Willie, his brother Bones and their friend Sarai stumble upon the dead body of Sarai's stepfather, and as wilder and stranger things being to appear, a much deeper mystery about their small town is unlocked. Simultaneous eBook."
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The kill factor
by Ben Oliver
"A contestant on a brand-new game show offering young criminals the chance at freedom and a cash prize by winning over viewers, Emerson desperately needs the money to save her family, but little does she know that winning is her only chance at survival because losing means death."
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| The Deep Dark by Molly Knox OstertagMagdalena’s routine involves caring for her grandmother, working at a diner, and making blood sacrifices to appease the monster in her basement. The romance blossoming between Magdalena and her childhood friend Nessa makes Magdalena’s deadly secret increasingly hard to keep. Read-alikes: Bones Leopard’s Save Yourself!; Rebecca Mahoney’s The Memory Eater. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books for age 14 and up!
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