Back to School
Where sleeping girls lie
by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Starting her junior year of high school at the prestigious Alfred Nobel Academy, Sade Hussein decides to investigate when her roommate Elizabeth goes missing and is plunged into a world of dark secrets?—?ones that rival even her own. Simultaneous eBook.
This book won't burn
by Samira Ahmed

"After her dad abruptly abandons her family, Noor Khan is forced to start the last quarter of her senior year at a new school and plans to keep her head down until she discovers hundreds of books being removed from the library and speaks up to effect change. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook."
We don't have time for this
by Brianna Craft

Co-president of her high school's environmental justice club, Isa Brown wants to make real change but her infuriating co-president, hustler Darius Freeman, wants to do things his own way, and as they constantly clash over everything, both their hearts and their communities are at risk.
Run like a girl
by Amaka Egbe

"Dera Edwards knows her life is over when she's shipped off to live with her estranged father in the middle of White Suburbia. To make matters worse, Dera learns that her new school doesn't have a girls' track team, shattering her dreams of getting a track scholarship and, one day, competing in the Olympics. Not one to give up easily, Dera joins the boys' team instead. But while she has the school administration's blessing, her new teammates and classmates are less than welcoming. Between that and her frustratingly distant father, Dera is positive her junior year is ruined. Just as she starts to accept her status as an outsider, Dera's approached by her classmate Rosalyn, who wants to feature Dera's story in her blog. Eager to change the narrative and spend more time with Rosalyn's gorgeous cousin Gael-also known as one of the few teammates who will talk to her-Dera agrees. But when she goes viral and gains attention across the state, Dera's new notoriety opens the door for trolls both online and at school"
Every star that falls
by Michael Thomas Ford

In this much-anticipated follow-up to Suicide Notes, Jeff, who is now home from the psych hospital after a suicide attempt, returns to school, feeling stronger and more comfortable being his true self, but finds it hard to come back to an old life when he has a new perspective on it. Simultaneous eBook.
Throwback
by Maurene Goo

Sent back to the‘90s where she finds herself in high school with her 17-year-old mother, Samantha Kang finds the right romance at the wrong time while trying to fit into an analog world and make things right with her mom. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
The first thing about you
by Chaz Hayden

"Starting a new high school, Harris, a 15-year-old with spinal muscular atrophy, is armed with his favorite getting-to-know-you question and a new nurse by his side, who gives him the confidence to make a new friend and pursue the girl of his dreams. Simultaneous eBook."
On again, awkward again
by Erin Entrada Kelly

High school freshmen, Pacy and Cecil, share a look of love at first sight that sparks a series of mistakes and awkward interactions that become part of their love story
All my bests
by Britnee Meiser

High school brings change for Immie and Jack as Jack becomes a star soccer player and Immie meets new friends, and they must see if their friendship, and maybe more, can survive, in a story told through playlists and memories. Simultaneous and eBook.
The Closest Thing to a Normal Life
by Michael Méndez Guevara

There's nothing remotely normal about seventeen-year-old Ethan-Matthew Cruz Canton's life. His parents, journalists working in Spain, were killed in a terrorist attack. Now he lives with his grandparents in San Antonio and is a senior attending the same high school his father did. Narrated in the young man's perceptive, witty voice, the novel opens with his plan to keep his head down, make it until June and then follow his parents' footsteps to Northwestern University's journalism program.
That devil, ambition
by Linsey Miller

"There is only one school worth graduating from, and it creates as many magicians as it does graves... First in his class and last in his noble line, Fabian Galloway's only hope of a good future is passing his elite school's honors class. It's only offered to the best thirteen students, and those students have a single assignment: kill their professor. If they succeed, their student debt is forgiven. However, if an assassination attempt fails or the professor is alive at the end of the year, the students' lives are forfeit. And dealing with the professor, a devil summoned solely to kill or be killed, is no easy task. Fabian isn't worried, though. He trusts his best friends--softhearted math genius Credence and absent-minded but insightful Euphemia--to help. After all, that's why he befriended them. As the months pass and their professor remains impossibly alive, the trio must use every asset they have to survive. Or else failure will be on their academic records--and their tombstones--forever"
On the Bright Side
by Anna Sortino

When eighteen-year-old Ellie's Deaf boarding school shuts down, she attends a public high school where she struggles to adjust, but finds an ally in Jackson, a soccer player going through a disability diagnosis of his own.
About the Boy
by Leah Nicole Whitcomb

Sixteen-year-old Naima Jones can't do anything right. She fidgets in class, misinterprets social cues, and cries frequently. On top of that, her mom expects Naima to "control herself" and not get in trouble during her junior year. An impossible ask! Naima tries to honor her mom's rule to avoid her disappointment but fails miserably thanks to Kamron Barksdale, the new kid and golden boy who upstages her in AP Biology. After a heated classroom debate, Naima yells at Kamron and lands herself in the principal's office. As fate would have it--or rather her AP Bio teacher--Naima is forced to be Kamron's lab partner. Her future as an honor student rides on her getting along with him long enough to get an A.
The homecoming war
by Addie Woolridge

"When her high school is combined with their Davies High rival, Hirono High School class president Meg Williams finds her life plan threatened by the queen mean girl and Davies High class president Chris Chaves, on whom she develops a crush that tests her loyalty. Original. Simultaneous eBook."
Graphic Novels
Twelfth grade night / : Twelfth Grade Night
by Molly Booth

"Arriving at Arden High for a fresh start, Vi helps plan the school's Twelfth Grade Night dance with a gorgeous poet-slash-influencer and unexpectedly finds herself in the midst of a love triangle. 20,000 first printing. Simultaneous. Illustrations."
Huda F are you?
by Huda Fahmy

Huda F. is starting high school in a new town and needs to figure out where she fits in.
Buzz!
by Ananth Hirsh

"Webster's first day of high school goes off the rails when he ends up at a back-alley rumble... FOR UNDERGROUND SPELLING! (What??) He's dubbed the Golden Kid, and from that moment on he's drawn into the world of underground spelling bees, where letters fly like shurikens and defeat is never an option. His talent is recognized by the mysterious and dashing Outlaw King, Khan, and the suave and plucky Black Queen, Bonnie, and they introduce to him the new challenge of no-holds-barred competitive spelling"
Shonen note : boy soprano. 1
by Yuhki Kamatani

"Yutaka Aoi is sweet, sensitive, and loves singing...so much so that he can't help but be brought to tears whenever he listens to beautiful music. He also has a talent few boys have: he can sing soprano. So when Yutaka overhears his middle school's choirgroup perform, he can't resist joining in. Inspired by the angelic sound of Yutaka's voice, the choir eagerly accepts him into their ranks. But when Yutaka's voice begins to change as he enters puberty, the journey ahead will be one of self-discovery andreflection for not only himself, but also for those around him"
The god of high school
by Yongje Park

"Competing for the grand prize of "any wish granted" Mori, along with two other South Korean fighters he befriends, enters the ring, unaware of the clandestine sinister organizations and their true intentions behind the tournament. Things are heating up as the God of High School tournament moves into the quarterfinals, and Mori Jin's fellow South Koreans have some tough challenges ahead. Mira Yoo takes on the only other female participant in the competition, a high level wrestler, while Daewi Han faces off against a genius fighter who can predict his every move. Meanwhile, Mori Jin reveals his secret weapon: a super rare, super strong style of Taekwondo"
Ruridragon 1
by Masaoki Shindo

Just after starting high school, Ruri gets hit with the biggest reveal of her life--she's a dragon! Well, a half dragon. Her mom admits Ruri inherited her draconic traits from her father, who, yes, is actually a dragon. As if dealing with curious classmates wasn't already challenging enough, Ruri and her dragon genes literally turn up the heat in the middle of a lecture. Her ordinary life is about to be anything but!