| Ariel Crashes a Train by Olivia A. ColeIf Ariel doesn't complete her tapping, counting, and chanting rituals, the violent "crocodile" in her mind might take over. Thankfully, Ariel’s older sister Mandy recognizes these behaviors as symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. This compassionate novel in verse traces an honest journey to self-acceptance. |
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| The Encanto's Daughter by Melissa de la CruzAfter MJ's father dies, she inherits the throne as ruler of the Encantos, fairies from Filipino mythology. But MJ lives in California with her human mother, so she has a lot to learn about controlling a magical kingdom and her own powers. Read-alikes: Julie Kagawa’s The Iron King; Tahereh Mafi’s This Woven Kingdom. |
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Nightbane
by Alex Aster
In the wake of a crushing betrayal, Isla frequents Lightlark's seductive haunts instead of fulfilling her duties but is soon forced to weigh her responsibility to her people against the whims of the most dangerous traitor of all—her heart.
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Thieves' gambit
by Kayvion Lewis
To save her mother's life, 17-year-old Ross Quest enters the Thieves' Gambit, a series of dangerous, international heists where the grand prize is a wish for anything in the world, forcing her to decide who to con and who to trust before time runs out.
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Foul heart huntman
by Chloe Gong
In 1932 Shanghai, when her identity as the infamous Lady Fortune is exposed, Rosalind Lang sets out on a national tour as a front to save Orion, but when the tour goes wrong, she must not only save the man she loves but also an entire nation.
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Six truths and a lie
by Ream Shukairy
Told in their separate voices, six Muslim teens are falsely accused of an alleged attack on a Los Angeles beach and must trust or turn their backs on each other to prove their innocence
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The revenge game
by Jordyn Taylor
When she learns about the King's Cup—a competition the guys at her boarding school started in order to judge who has the greatest sexual prowess—hopeless romantic Alyson starts the Queen's Cup with the other girls to reclaim their power, which threatens her own happily-ever-after.
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The only girl in town
by Allyson Braithwaite Condie
When every single person in her small town of Lithia disappears, July Fielding finds her only chance at finding them is through a series of objects, each a reminder of the people she loves most, and a mysterious message: GET TH3M BACK.
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This golden state
by Marit Weisenberg
Seventeen-year-old Poppy takes a home DNA test and unravels her parents' identities and their decades of careful work to keep their family anonymous, allowing the past to come dangerously close to catching up to them
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I Must Betray You
by Ruta Sepetys
The set-up: Cristian Florescu, a 17-year-old Romanian, is coerced into spying on an American diplomat family in exchange for medicine for his sick grandfather. Instead of complying, he attempts to undermine the dictator terrorizing his country.
How it’s told: from Cristian’s point of view, interspersed with his poetry and secret police memos.
Is it for you? This suspenseful and thought-provoking ‘80s-set thriller reverberates with a hopeful message about young people’s power to create political change.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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