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| Internmentby Samira AhmedThe setting: a frightening near-future U.S. in which Muslim Americans are forced into internment camps.
What happens: Wrenched from her home after she and her family are imprisoned, strong-willed 17-year-old Layla Amin becomes a leader for the resistance, risking everything to take down the camp and shatter the silence that allows violent injustice to go unchecked.
Is it for you? While some readers might find the premise too disturbing, others will be riveted by the brave, authentic heroine. |
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| We Rule the Nightby Claire Eliza BartlettWhat it’s about: Linnâe is a general’s daughter who disguised herself so she could join the army. Revna is a so-called traitor’s daughter who was caught using illegal magic. Their dislike is mutual, but when they’re both recruited to an all-female regiment that flies living metal planes into battle, their lives depend on their ability to share a cockpit.
Read it for: an unlikely but powerful friendship and an imaginative, Russian-inspired fantasy world. |
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You'd Be Mineby Erin HahnStarring: Annie Mathers, America’s sweetheart and heir to a country music legacy full of all the things her Gran warned her about. Superstar Clay Coolidge is most definitely going to end up one of those things. What it's about: The daughter of two tragically deceased stars reluctantly agrees to join the summer tour of a pop idol who needs her to join him to prevent him from being dropped by his music label. But this arrangement gets complicated by fan speculation about a romance between them.
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| Night Musicby Jenn Marie ThorneStarring: classical pianist Ruby, who just bombed her audition for the music school where her famous composer father teaches, and musical prodigy Oscar, who just scored a chance to study with Ruby's dad for the summer.
What it’s about: Even though Ruby needs to figure out who she is outside of the music world, and Oscar shouldn’t risk his career by dating his mentor’s daughter, their connection is undeniable.
For fans of: thoughtful, captivating contemporary romance. |
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The Waking Forestby Alyssa WeesThe setting: The waking forest has secrets. To Rhea, it appears like a mirage, dark and dense, at the very edge of her backyard. But when she reaches out to touch it, the forest vanishes. What it's about: Rhea is desperate to know more about the mysterious waking forest, until she finds a peculiar boy who offers to reveal its secrets, if she plays a game, and a witch, who sits on her throne waiting for dreaming children to beg her to grant their wishes.
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| Avalon by Mindee ArnettWhat it’s about: Mercenary Jeth Seagrave is determined to buy back his parents’ spaceship from a ruthless crime boss -- so determined that he and his renegade crew take a job in the dangerous, unpredictable Belgrave Quadrant.
Who it’s for: Bursting with high-octane action, this series opener (followed by Polaris) will grab readers who love space westerns, heist stories, and chosen families.
Try this next: M.K. England’s The Disasters. |
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| Contagion by Erin BowmanFeaturing: microbiology intern Thea, former military pilot Nova, and their teammates on the rescue ship sent to answer a distress call from a mining crew on the planet Achlys.
What happens: By the time the team arrives on Achlys, there's nothing left but piles of corpses and an ominous note. Can they discover what killed the drill crew without meeting the same fate? Multiple perspectives heighten the suspense in this horror/science fiction hybrid.
Look for: the sequel, Immunity, on shelves this July. |
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| Defy the Stars by Claudia GrayWhat it’s about: While fighting to protect her home planet from Earth colonizers, pilot Noemi discovers Abel, an abandoned, highly advanced Earth mech who might prove to be a crucial ally.
Why you might like it: Alternating narration allows you to see both sides of Noemi and Abel’s evolving relationship -- and the complicated moral dilemma that comes with it.
Series alert: this gripping science fiction story continues in Defy the Worlds and Defy the Fates. |
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These Broken Stars by Amie KaufmanWhat it's about: Luxury spaceliner Icarus suddenly plummets from hyperspace into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive – alone. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a cynical war hero. Both journey across the eerie deserted terrain for help. Everything changes when they uncover the truth.
Series Alert: The Starbound Trilogy: Three worlds. Three love stories. One enemy.
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Starflight by Melissa LandersStarring: Solar Brooks. Just out of the orphanage, she needs a fresh start in a place where nobody cares about the engine grease beneath her fingernails or the felony tattoos across her knuckles. What it's about: Desperate to relocate to an off-world place, Solara indentures herself to a rich bully who pretends to be her servant on a starship full of eccentric crewmates after he is framed for conspiracy on Earth. Looking for more: Try the sequel, Starfall.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for age 14 and up!
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