Draw the Line by
Laurent Linn
“Adrian Piper is used
to blending into the background. He may be a talented artist, a sci-fi geek,
and gay, but at his Texas high school those traits would only bring him the
worst kind of attention. In fact, the only place he feels free to express
himself is at his drawing table, crafting a secret world through his own
Renaissance-art-inspired superhero, Graphite. But in real life, when a shocking
hate crime flips his world upside down, Adrian must decide what kind of person
he wants to be. Maybe it’s time to not be so invisible after all—no matter how
dangerous the risk.” –Amazon
The Bronze Key by
Holly Black
Magisterium; Book
Three
”Things have been
better for Callum Hunt since the evil Constantine Madden was
"officially" destroyed, even his relations with his father have
improved, so he is happy to get back to the Magisterium for his Bronze Year to
continue his magical studies--but when one of the students is murdered, Call
and his friends, Tamara and Aaron, must track down the killer, without
revealing the fact that Call is Madden reborn.” –WorldCat
The Girl Who Drank the
Moon by Kelly Barnhill
An epic fantasy about
a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon,
who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her. –Summary
The Hired Girl by
Laura Amy Schlitz
”Fourteen-year-old
Joan Skraggs yearns for real life and true love. But what hope is there for
adventure, beauty, or art on a farm in Pennsylvania where the work never ends?
Over the summer of 1911, Joan pours her heart out into her diary as she seeks a
new, better life for herself because maybe, just maybe, a hired girl cleaning
and cooking for six dollars a week can become what a farm girl could only dream
of a woman with a future.” –WorldCat
The Illegal by
Lawrence Hill
“Keita Ali is on the
run. He is desperate to flee Zantoroland, a mountainous black island that
produces the fastest marathoners in the world. Keita signs on with notorious
marathon agent Anton Hamm, who provides Keita with a chance to run the Boston
marathon in return for a huge cut of the winning purse. But when Keita fails to
place among the top finishers, rather than being sent back to his own country,
he goes into hiding in Freedom State a wealthy nation that has elected a
government bent on deporting the refugees living within its borders in the
community of AfricTown.” –WorldCat
The Last Leaves
Falling by Sarah Benwell
”And these are they.
My final moments. They say a warrior must always be mindful of death, but I
never imagined that it would find me like this. Japanese teenager Sora is
diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). Lonely and isolated, Sora turns to
the ancient wisdom of the samurai for guidance and comfort. But he also finds
hope in the present; through the internet he finds friends that see him, not
just his illness. The Last Leaves Falling is a story of friendship and
acceptance, and testing strength in an uncertain future. “–WorldCat
The Scorpion Rules by
Erin Bow
Prisoners of Peace;
Book One
“The teenage princess
of a future-world Canadian superpower, where royal children are held hostage to
keep their countries from waging war, falls in love with an American prince who
rebels against the brutal rules governing their existences.” –WorldCat
The Walls Around Us by
Nova Ren Suma
“Orianna and Violet
are ballet dancers and best friends, but when the ballerinas who have been
harassing Violet are murdered, Orianna is accused of the crime and sent to a
juvenile detention center where she meets Amber and they experience
supernatural events linking the girls together.” –WorldCat
The Wrath and the Dawn
by Renee Ahdieh
Saga of Shahrzad and
Khalid; Book One
“In this reimagining
of The Arabian Nights, Shahrzad plans to avenge the death of her dearest friend
by volunteering to marry the murderous boy-king of Khorasan but discovers not
all is as it seems within the palace.” –WorldCat
This Is the Part Where
You Laugh by Peter Brown Hoffmeister
“Rising sophomore Travis
and his best friend, Creature, spend a summer in a Eugene, Oregon, trailer park
dealing with cancer, basketball, first love, addiction, gang violence, and a
reptilian infestation.” –WorldCat