Fire from the Sky, by Moa Backe Astot (Grades 7-9) (Romance)
With his life steeped in Sami tradition, Ante wonders what people would think when his feelings for his best friend Erik grow into something more and if he should just ignore these emotions or go after what he truly wants.
Unnecessary Drama, by Nina Kenwood (Grades 7-9) (Romance)
A deliciously entertaining enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy finds 18-year-old Brooke sharing a house with her high-school nemesis, Jesse, during their first year of college and soon discovers it’s not so easy follow the “no drama” house rules, especially the one forbidding romance between roommates.
The Isles of the Gods, by Amie Kaufman (Grades 7-10) (Fantasy)
When Prince Leander of Alinor commandeers her ship, demanding she take him to a sacred island, Selly finds their voyage leading to acts of treason and high-seas terror, bringing two countries to the brink of war and two strangers closer than they ever thought possible.
Gather, by Kenneth Cadow (Grades 9-12) (Realistic)
A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold onto the family home while his mom recovers from addiction in this striking debut novel.
Artifice, by Sharon Cameron (Grades 9-12) (Historical/Suspense)
Isa de Smit grew up in her parents’ art gallery in Amsterdam, but in the middle of the war she survives by selling fake paintings to the Nazis while trying to help her friend, Truus, smuggle Jewish babies to safety – but in 1943 it is hard to know who to trust.
The Collectors: Stories, by A.S. King (Grades 9-12) (Supernatural)
Centering around an unforgettable cast of characters and their strange and surprising collections, including a nonbinary kid collecting pieces of other people’s collections, this anthology features contributions by such award-winning and best-selling authors as David Levithan and Jenny Torres Sanchez.
All the Fighting Parts, by Hannah Sawyerr (Grades 9-12) (Verse)
In the wake of being sexually assaulted by her pastor, sixteen-year-old Amina struggles to regain her footing until she finds the strength within herself to confront her abuser in court.
Court of the Undying Seasons, by AdriAnne Strickland (Grades 9-12) (Fantasy)
Sent by her village to Courtsheart, where she must train to be a vampire, 19-year-old Fin must decide whether to blend in or cling to her humanity when she stumbles upon a plan to wake the four original founders of the vampire court – with potentially lethal consequences.
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