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Give up the night
by P. C. Cast
Wren Nightingale, unexpectedly gaining elemental powers on her eighteenth birthday, faces deception and danger as she seeks to restore fractured magick while navigating conflicting factions and the complexities of her ally Lee Young's struggles within a mystical hierarchy
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| A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth LimAfter Truyan’s father disappears, she supports her family by forging artwork. If marrying cursed half-dragon, half-human Elang might help her to locate her father, she’ll take that risk, too. This adventurous fantasy with a slow burn romance infuses a traditional "Beauty and the Beast" tale with Chinese mythology. |
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| We Could Be Magic by Marissa Meyer; illustrated by Joelle MurrayTabitha dreams of working as a princess during her summer at Sommerland theme park. Her reality? Working at the nacho stand. But character attendant James’ belief in Tabi changes everything. This upbeat graphic novel by the author of the popular Lunar Chronicles and Renegades series will draw fans of Disney magic. |
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| Best of All Worlds by Kenneth OppelXavier went to sleep at a lake house with his family, and woke up on a farm under an impenetrable dome. He’s surviving just fine until another family shows up, who may pose a greater threat than whoever put them all in this predicament. Read-alikes: Marieke Nijkamp’s At the End of Everything; Laura Bates’ No Accident. |
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| This Moth Saw Brightness by A.A. VacharatParticipating in a university’s clinical study on teen health sounds good to Wayne (who goes by D), especially after his crush Jane joins. When things turn strange, D teams up with his best friend and Jane to investigate the sinister motivations behind the research. This thought-provoking thriller is unputdownable. |
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What the Woods Took
by Courtney Gould
Revive, a wilderness therapy program, promises to rehabilitate the so-called “troubled teens” taken there without consent. The mysteriously missing counselors could be part of the therapy, but the monsters lurking in the woods are definitely not. Read-alikes: C.G. Drews’ Don’t Let the Forest In; Sarah Hollowell’s What Stalks Among Us.
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| The Brightwood Code by Monica HesseIn 1918, phone line operator Edda forgot a secret code, and 34 United States soldiers perished. Back home, an anonymous phone caller reciting the code prompts Edda and her neighbor Theo to uncover what the caller wants. This suspenseful mystery sheds light on a little-known aspect of World War I history. |
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A Cruel Thirst
by Angela Montoya
Carolina is determined to prove she can hunt vampires as well as men. Lalo, a recently-turned vampire, seeks to cure himself. Together, they could rid the world of monsters, if their attraction to each other doesn’t destroy them first. Read-alikes: Renée Ahdieh’s The Beautiful; Romina Garber’s Castle of the Cursed.
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| Brownstone by Samuel TeerIn 1995, Almudena spends the summer with the father she’s never met. Despite not speaking the same language, they build a relationship while renovating the rundown building where he lives. This moving graphic novel’s theme of transformation plays out in Almudena’s life and her father’s gentrifying neighborhood.
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Visitations
by Corey Egbert
"Corey's mom has always made him feel safe. Especially after his parents' divorce, and the dreaded visitations with his dad begin. But as Corey grows older, he can't ignore his mother's increasingly wild accusations. Her insistence that Corey act as his sister's protector. Her declaration that Corey's father is the devil. Soon, she whisks Corey and his sister away from their home and into the boiling Nevada desert. There, they struggle to survive with little food and the police on their trail. Meanwhile,under the night sky, Corey is visited by a flickering ghost, a girl who urges him to fight for a different world"
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Contact your librarian for more great books for age 14 and up!
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