Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier
“Seventeen-year-old Dimple, whose family is from India,
discovers that she is not Indian enough for the Indians and not American enough
for the Americans, as she sees her hypnotically beautiful, manipulative best
friend taking possession of both her heritage and the boy she likes.” –WorldCat
Crewel by Gennifer Albin
Crewel World; Book One
“Gifted with the
ability to weave time with matter, she’s exactly what the Guild is looking for,
and in the world of Arras, being chosen to work the looms is everything a girl
could want. It means privilege, eternal beauty, and being something other than
a secretary. It also means the power to manipulate the very fabric of reality.
But if controlling what people eat, where they live, and how many children they
have is the price of having it all, Adelice isn’t interested.” –Goodreads
Delusion by Laura Sullivan
"Two beautiful teenage sisters, Phil and Fee Albion,
descendents of a long line of stage illusionists, are sent from London to the
countryside during World War II, only to discover a hidden college of real
magicians who just might help them save England from the Nazis." –WorldCat
Is It Night or Day? by Fern Schumer Chapman
“In 1938, Edith Westerfeld, a young German Jew, is sent by
her parents to Chicago, Illinois, where she lives with an aunt and uncle and
tries to assimilate into American culture, while worrying about her parents and
mourning the loss of everything she has ever known. Based on the author's
mother's experience, includes an afterword about a little-known program that
brought twelve hundred Jewish children to safety during World War II.” –WorldCat
Maid of Secrets by Jennifer McGowan
Maids of Honour; Book One
“In 1559 England,
Meg, an orphaned thief, is pressed into service and trained as a member of the
Maids of Honor, Queen Elizabeth I's secret all-female guard, but her loyalty is
tested when she falls in love with a Spanish courtier who may be a threat.” –WorldCat
The Oathbreaker’s Shadow by Amy McCulloch
“Fifteen-year-old Raim lives in a world where you tie a knot
for every promise that you make. Break that promise and you are scarred for
life, and cast out into the desert. Raim has worn a simple knot around his
wrist for as long as he can remember.” –WorldCat
Shadow on the Mountain by Margi Preus
“In Nazi-occupied Norway, fourteen-year-old Espen joins the
resistance movement, graduating from deliverer of illegal newspapers to courier
and spy. Includes historical note, code-breaking activity, and instructions for
making invisible ink.” –WorldCat
The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson
“In a Brazil of the distant future, June Costa falls in love
with Enki, a fellow artist and rebel against the strict limits of the legendary
pyramid city of Palmares Três' matriarchal government, knowing that, like all
Summer Kings before him, Enki is destined to die.” –WorldCat
What’s Left of Me by Kat Zhang
The Hybrid Chronicles; Book One
“Eva and Addie
started out the same way as everyone else—two souls woven together in one body,
taking turns controlling their movements as they learned how to walk, how to
sing, how to dance. But as they grew, so did the worried whispers. Why aren’t
they settling? Why isn’t one of them fading? The doctors ran tests, the
neighbors shied away, and their parents begged for more time. Finally Addie was
pronounced healthy and Eva was declared gone. Except, she wasn’t…. –Goodreads
Whisper by Chris Struyk-Bonn
“Sixteen-year-old Whisper, who has a cleft palate, lives in
an encampment with three other young rejects and their caregiver, Nathanael.
They are outcasts from a society (in the not-too-distant future) that kills or
abandons anyone with a physical or mental disability. Whisper’s mother visits
once a year. When she dies, she leaves Whisper a violin, which Nathanael
teaches her to play. Whisper’s father comes to claim her, and she becomes his
house slave, her disfigurement hidden by a black veil. But when she proves
rebellious, she is taken to the city to live with other rejects at a house
called Purgatory Palace, where she has to make difficult decisions for herself
and for her vulnerable friends.” –Goodreads