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Wearing my mother's heart
by Sophia Thakur
Taking readers on an emotionally charged journey through the lives of women in the past and considering what it means to be a woman today, this powerful new poetry collection touches upon topics such as identity, race, politics, mental health and self-love.
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| Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda ChengA workshop offering Sunny Lee potential K-pop stardom reunites her with Candie, her former bandmate. Candie may know how Sunny’s best friend mysteriously died, and she may also be behind the twisted turn the workshop takes. Read-alikes: Jamison Shea’s I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me; Joelle Wellington’s Their Vicious Games. |
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| Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex CroucherCamelot’s Princess Gwendoline and Arthur, descendent of Mordred, accept their betrothal despite hating each other. This arrangement gets further complicated after Art makes out with a servant boy and Gwen falls for England’s only female knight. Read-alikes: Robin Schneider’s The Other Merlin; Amy Rose Capetta and Cory McCarthy’s Once and Future. |
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| Godly Heathens by H.E. EdgmonA beautiful new classmate tells Gem, a nonbinary Seminole teen, that the two of them are reincarnated gods and soulmates. And they’ve got some serious enemies. This twisty dark fantasy with morally gray characters explores issues of mental health and identity. |
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| Pritty by Keith F. MillerBookish romantic Jay catches the attention of rough-around-the-edges gang member Leroy, placing both boys at risk. This emotional novel follows both of their perspectives through love, betrayal, and forgiveness in their richly drawn Georgia community. Read-alikes: Charles A. Bush’s Every Variable of Us; Kacen Callender’s Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution. |
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| Forest Hills Bootleg Society by Dave BakerOutcasts Kelly, Brooke, Maggie, and Melissa shake things up at their Christian boarding school when one scandalous bootleg anime DVD turns into a business venture. Will success change their friendships? Fans of coming-of-age stories and queer romance will enjoy this witty graphic novel. |
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Anne of Greenville
by Mariko Tamaki
"An ABBA-loving singer/actor/writer of disco-operas, queer, Japanese American Anne starts a new school in middle-of-nowhere Greenville after a series of dramatic and unfortunate events and quickly finds herself wrapped up in a love triangle she never expected. 50,000 first printing."
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Enola Holmes and the black barouche
by Nancy Springer
The younger sister of Sherlock Holmes, Enola Holmes needs help from her brother to investigate the Earl of Dunhench, whose wives, including their client's sister, have met their demise under mysterious circumstances. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Something like gravity
by Amber Smith
A near-fatal car accident between neighbors leads a transgender youth to fall in love for the first time with a girl who is mourning the loss of a sibling. By the best-selling author of The Way I Used to Be. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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| Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories by Yamile Saied MéndezVampires, brujas, shape-shifters, and forest creatures lurk in this immersive short story anthology celebrating horror from Latin American cultures. Readers won’t want to miss chilling tales from popular authors like Chantel Acevedo and Claribel A. Ortega. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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