NEW TEEN BOOKS
June, 2021
REAL LIFE
It sounded better in my head
by Nina Kenwood

Baffled by her parents’ seeming lack of distress over their divorce, Natalie hides her romantic dreams from a secret crush who has started dating her best friend, a situation that is further complicated by an unexpected new relationship. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
Where we are
by Alison McGhee

When her best friend goes missing while trying to rescue his parents from an underground cult leader, a girl who tries to keep a low profile about her last surviving relative’s death until she turns 18 holds to her faith in her friend to find him and aid his escape. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
If I tell you the truth
by Jasmin Kaur

Kiran flees her home in Punjab for a fresh start in Canada after a sexual assault leaves her pregnant with a daughter, Sahaara, but when Sahaara learns the truth about Kiran's past, she feels compelled to seek justice, even if it means challenging a powerful and dangerous man
Goodbye from nowhere
by Sara Zarr

After his parents want him to keep the secret of his mother's affair from the rest of the family so that they can celebrate a big summer reunion, Kyle has to decide what his true obligations are to everyone he cares for
Charming as a verb
by Ben Philippe

Hiding less-than-honest business practices behind his charming smile and Ivy League ambition, a popular Haitian-American star debater is blackmailed by an intense classmate who wants to improve her image at school. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
How it all blew up
by Arvin Ahmadi

Fleeing to Rome in the wake of coming out to his Muslim family, a failed relationship and blackmail, 18-year-old Amir Azadi embarks on a more authentic life with new friends and dates in the Sistine Chapel before an encounter with a U.S. Customs officer places his hard-won freedom at risk. By the author of Girl Gone Viral. Simultaneous eBook.
FANTASY
If these wings could fly
by Kyrie McCauley

A metaphorical tribute to the power of sisterhood in the face of domestic violence follows the experiences of a teen whose community ignores her father’s escalating behavior, which forces her to choose between her college ambitions and her siblings. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
Ink in the blood
by Kim Smejkal

In a lushly dark fantasy debut, two members of a highly respected religion discover after a decade of servitude that their faith is built on deceptions that strip away individual freedoms, a realization that compels them to escape with a traveling theater troupe. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
Wicked as you wish
by Rin Chupeco

Exiled in Arizona far from the magical kingdom of Avalon, a royal prince hides his true identity while working with a secretive spell breaker and a ragtag band of friends to prepare for a world-changing showdown.
Dark and deepest red
by Anna-Marie McLemore

Trapped in a pair of red shoes that compel her to dance uncontrollably, Rosella is drawn to a youth of questionable intent whose family was blamed for witchcraft centuries earlier. By the award-winning author of When the Moon Was Ours. Simultaneous eBook.
Deeplight
by Frances Hardinge

Discovering the still-beating heart of a formidable deity believed long dead, 15-year-old Hark races to keep the dangerous object out of the hands of smugglers, scientists and cult fanatics in the hope of saving a best friend’s life. By the award-winning author of The Lie Tree.
The valley and the flood
by Rebecca Mahoney

"When Rose Colter hears a voicemail from her own phone playing on her car radio, she follows the broadcast to the small town of Lotus Valley, where she discovers that she's the prophesied bringer of a catastrophic flood"
SCIENCE FICTION
The electric kingdom
by David Arnold

After a deadly Fly Flu spreads throughout the world, survivors Nico, her dog, young artist Kit, and the mysterious Deliverer roam the earth, seeking to evade the Flies and find a place where life and love can thrive again
Skyhunter
by Marie Lu

Talin is a Striker, a member of an elite fighting force that stands as the last defense for Mara, the only free nation in the world, but when a mysterious prisoner is brought from the front to Mara's capital, Talin senses there is more to him than meets the eye
The Infinity courts
by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Waking up in the afterlife after being murdered en route to her graduation party, Nami discovers that the world where consciousness goes after death has been taken over by a genocidal artificial-intelligence entity. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
Forget this ever happened
by Cassandra Rose Clarke

"Set in 1993, teenage Claire navigates the eerie town of Indianola, Texas, where a fissure in time and space has made nothing is as it seems"
Goddess in the machine
by Lora Beth Johnson

Awakening from a cryogenic sleep 1,000 years later than planned, Andra is heralded as a goddess on a dying planet under the rule of a vicious monarch before teaming up with an exiled prince to help him claim his throne. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
HISTORICAL
Red stars : the case of Victor and Nadya's notebooks
by Davide Morosinotto

A middle grade mystery adventure told through diary entries, maps and photos depicts the harrowing journey of two siblings who become separated when the Nazis declare war on the Soviet Union and their city evacuates its children on trains meant to carry them to safety. Simultaneous eBook. Maps.
The lady's guide to petticoats and piracy
by Mackenzi Lee

A highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue finds Felicity Montague traveling incognito with a mysterious benefactor in the hope of securing a job assisting her idol, Dr. Alexander Pratt, who is marrying her former best friend. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook
Hood
by Jenny Elder Moke

Arrested by royal soldiers for defending innocent villages, a girl raised within the sheltered walls of a convent is targeted by ruthless King John’s right-hand enforcer before her mother sends her to seek help from the father she has never met, Robin Hood. 25,000 first printing.

NON-FICTION
Astrophotography
The rise and fall of Charles Lindbergh
Jane against the world : Roe v. Wade and the fight for reproductive rights
True or false : a CIA analyst's guide to spotting fake news
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Slaughterhouse-five : or the children's crusade: a duty-dance with death
The legend of Korra : ruins of the empire
Flamer
Witchlight
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