Young Adult

Hoodie Rosen’s life isn’t that bad. Sure, his entire Orthodox Jewish community has just picked up and moved to the quiet, mostly non-Jewish town of Tregaron, but Hoodie's world hasn’t changed that much. That is, until he meets and falls for Anna-Marie Diaz-O’Leary – who happens to be the daughter of the obstinate mayor trying to keep Hoodie’s community out of the town. And things only get more complicated when Tregaron is struck by a series of antisemitic crimes that quickly escalate to deadly violence. Wry, witty and great for classroom discussions.

The third installment in the popular, award-winning Song of the Lioness series finds newly knighted Alanna of Trebond seeking adventure in the vast desert at the edge of Tortall.
When the local Bazhir people discover her, they charge her with trespassing and sentence her to a duel to the death. But when Alanna wins, she’s inducted into the tribe – and soon after, she becomes the tribe’s first female shaman. Students devour these books.

Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her twelfth birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have immigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace and the government’s secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected opposition to Trujillo’s iron-fisted rule. Using the strength and courage of her family, Anita must overcome her fears and fly to freedom, leaving all that she once knew behind.

When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change. Soon, he and his best friend Rafe discover a link between one of the old books and a long-ago event that none of the grown-ups want to talk about. The two boys start asking questions whose answers will transform not only their own futures, but the town itself.

When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!), who you gonna call? An elite team of crime-fighting underdogs, that's who! The Misfits are on the case in this hilarious introduction to a series from Newbery Honoree Yee and Caldecott Medalist Santat.

Wrenching novel about one boy’s struggle to survive ten concentration camps during the Holocaust. Based on the inspiring true life story of Jack Gruener.

The first part of a trilogy where some of Disney’s most notorious villains meet a dark world in this glitter fairy tale-inspired crime series that reimagines the origins of infamous villains like Maleficent, Ursula and Captain Hook – among others.

Jarli only narrowly escaped death after his world-shattering app made him infamous. Now there’s a new foe afoot and Jarli is far from safe in this thrilling sequel to The Truth App. The second entry in the The Liars series.

A riveting and timely National Book Award finalist that asks difficult questions about what choices you can make when the society around you is in denial. 

The monster in Conor’s backyard is not the one he’s been expecting – the one from the nightmare he’s had every night since his mother started her treatments. This monster is ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth. From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd – whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself – Ness spins a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss and monsters – both real and imagined.

A fast-paced thriller about a girl who discovers that her mother might not be who she says she is…and now someone is hunting them both.

After his mom sees a video of her 12-year-old son Logan being physically bullied in the locker room, she reaches out to her brother, a master martial arts instructor. With the help of his uncle, Logan discovers what it means to finally start believing in himself. But after an unfortunate encounter with his two nemeses, he loses hope and becomes paralyzed with fear as all the painful memories of the past come flooding back. Epic journey of highs & lows, with easy-to-follow lessons that teaches readers how to believe in themselves.

Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the the seventh installment in the Murderbot Diaries. These books are wildly popular with teens.

Black Mirror meets Get Out in this gripping story collection, which deftly blends science fiction, horror and fantasy to examine issues of race, class and prejudice.

Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorious near-immortal martial artists who haunt the region. On the road to Betony Docks, they fall in with a pair of young women far from home, and an older couple who are more than they seem. As Chih runs headlong into an ancient feud, they find themself far more entangled in the history of the riverlands than they ever expected to be. Accompanied by Almost Brilliant, a talking bird with an indelible memory, Chih confronts old legends and new dangers alike as they learn that every story – beautiful, ugly, kind or cruel – bears more than one face. The third entry in the enormously popular, Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle.