A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge
“In the underground city
of Caverna, the world’s most skilled craftsmen toil in the darkness to create
delicacies beyond compare - wines that remove memories, cheeses that make you
hallucinate, and perfumes that convince you to trust the wearer, even as they
slit your throat. On the surface, the people of Caverna seem ordinary, except
for one thing: their faces are as blank as untouched snow. Expressions must be
learned, and only the famous Facesmiths can teach a person to express (or fake)
joy, despair, or fear—at a steep price. Into this dark and distrustful world
comes Neverfell, a girl with no memory of her past and a face so terrifying to
those around her that she must wear a mask at all times.” –Amazon
All the Crooked Saints
by Maggie Stiefvater
“Here is a thing
everyone wants: A miracle. Here is a thing everyone fears: What it takes to get
one. Any visitor to Bicho Raro, Colorado, is likely to find a landscape of dark
saints, forbidden love, scientific dreams, miracle-mad owls, estranged
affections, one or two orphans and a sky full of watchful desert stars. At the
heart of this place you will find the Soria family, who all have the ability to
perform unusual miracles. And at the heart of this family are three cousins….They
are all looking for a miracle. But the miracles of Bicho Raro are never quite
what you expect.” –Amazon
Eliza and Her Monsters by
Francesca Zappia
“Eighteen-year-old Eliza
Mirk is the anonymous creator of Monstrous Sea, a wildly popular webcomic, but
when a new boy at school tempts her to live a life offline, everything she's
worked for begins to crumble.” –WorldCat
Ever the Hunted by Erin
Summerill
Clash of Kingdoms: Book
One
“Seventeen year-old
Britta Flannery is the outcast daughter of a bounty hunter who must use her
powers to track her father's killer in a world of warring kingdoms and
dangerous magic.” –WorldCat
Goodbye Days by Jeff
Zentner
“Where are you guys? Text me back. That's the last message Carver
Briggs will ever send his three best friends, Mars, Eli, and Blake. He never
thought that it would lead to their death. Now Carver can’t stop blaming
himself for the accident and even worse, a powerful judge is pressuring the
district attorney to open up a criminal investigation.” –Amazon
Maud: A Novel by Melanie
J Fishbane
“Fourteen-year-old Lucy
Maud Montgomery -- Maud to her friends -- has a dream: to go to college and
become a writer, just like her idol, Louisa May Alcott. But living with her
grandparents on Prince Edward Island, she worries that this dream will never
come true. Her grandfather has strong opinions about a woman's place in the
world, and they do not include spending good money on college. Luckily, she has
a teacher to believe in her, and good friends to support her, including Nate,
the Baptist minister's stepson and the smartest boy in the class. If only he
weren't a Baptist; her Presbyterian grandparents would never approve. Then
again, Maud isn't sure she wants to settle down with a boy -- her dreams of
being a writer are much more important.”–Amazon
Passenger by Alexandra
Bracken
Passenger; Book One
“In one devastating
night, violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything she knows and loves. Thrust
into an unfamiliar world by a stranger with a dangerous agenda, Etta is certain
of only one thing: she has traveled not just miles, but years from home. And
she's inherited a legacy she knows nothing about from a family whose existence
she's never heard of. Until now. Nicholas Carter is content with his life at
sea…but with the arrival of an unusual passenger on his ship comes the
insistent pull of the past that he can't escape and the family that won't let
him go so easily…. Together, Etta and Nicholas embark on a perilous journey
across centuries and continents, piecing together clues left behind by the
traveler who will do anything to keep the object out of the Ironwoods' grasp.
But as they get closer to the truth of their search, and the deadly game the
Ironwoods are playing, treacherous forces threaten to separate Etta not only
from Nicholas but from her path home forever.” –Amazon
The Girl From Everywhere
by Heidi Heilig
“Nix's life began in
Honolulu in 1868. Since then she has traveled to mythic Scandinavia, a land
from the tales of One Thousand and One Nights, modern-day New York City, and
many more places both real and imagined. As long as he has a map, Nix's father
can sail his ship, The Temptation, to any place, any time. But now he's
uncovered the one map he's always sought—1868 Honolulu, before Nix's mother died
in childbirth. Nix's life—her entire existence—is at stake. No one knows what
will happen if her father changes the past. It could erase Nix's future, her
dreams, her adventures . . . her connection with the charming Persian thief,
Kash, who's been part of their crew for two years. If Nix helps her father
reunite with the love of his life, it will cost her own.” –Amazon
The Sacrifice of
Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie
The Haunting of Sunshine
Girl; Book Three
“Is Sunshine Griffith
who she thinks she is? Now that her luiseach powers are fully awakened, and
having barely survived an abyss full of demons at the end of Book Two, Sunshine
must figure out who-or what-has been organizing the forces of darkness against
her. Thanks to her brainiac boyfriend, Nolan, they not only unearth that
Sunshine's death would trigger a calamitous event, but that all civilization
depends on her survival. So when an unexpected event unleashes a fierce war
between the luiseach and the demon army, Sunshine will learn a shocking truth
about herself. Can she bring herself to make the ultimate sacrifice to save
humankind?” –Amazon
The Ship Beyond Time by
Heidi Heilig
Sequel to The Girl From
Everywhere
“Nix has spent her whole
life journeying to places both real and imagined aboard her time-traveling
father's ship. And now it's finally time for her to take the helm. Her future
lies bright before her--until she learns that she is destined to lose the one
she loves. Desperate to change her fate, Nix sails her crew to a mythical
utopia to meet another Navigator who promises to teach her how to manipulate
time. But everything in this utopia is constantly changing, and nothing is what
it seems. Not even her relationship with Kash: best friend, thief, charmer
extraordinaire.” –Amazon
Wayfarer by Alexandra
Bracken
Passenger; Book Two
“Etta Spencer didn't
know she was a traveler until the day she emerged both miles and years from her
home. Now, robbed of the powerful object that was her only hope of saving her
mother, Etta finds herself stranded once more, cut off from Nicholas-the
eighteenth century privateer she loves-and her natural time. When Etta
inadvertently stumbles into the heart of the Thorns, the renegade travelers who
stole the astrolabe from her, she vows to finish what she started and destroy
the astrolabe once and for all. Instead, she's blindsided by a bombshell
revelation from their leader, Henry Hemlock: he is her father. Suddenly
questioning everything she's been fighting for, Etta must choose a path, one
that could transform her future.” –Amazon
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
“Marin hasn’t spoken to
anyone from her old life since the day she left everything behind. No one knows
the truth about those final weeks. Not even her best friend Mabel. But even
thousands of miles away from the California coast, at college in New York,
Marin still feels the pull of the life and tragedy she’s tried to outrun. Now,
months later, alone in an emptied dorm for winter break, Marin waits. Mabel is
coming to visit and Marin will be forced to face everything that’s been left
unsaid and finally confront the loneliness that has made a home in her heart.”
–Amazon
When Dimple Met Rishi by
Sandhya Menon
“Dimple Shah has it all
figured out. With graduation behind her, she’s more than ready for a break from
her family, from Mamma’s inexplicable obsession with her finding the ‘Ideal
Indian Husband.’ Ugh. Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic. So when his parents
tell him that his future wife will be attending the same summer program as
him—wherein he’ll have to woo her—he’s totally on board. Because as silly as it
sounds to most people in his life, Rishi wants to be arranged, believes in the
power of tradition, stability, and being a part of something much bigger than
himself. Dimple and Rishi may think they have each other figured out. But when
opposites clash, love works hard to prove itself in the most unexpected ways.” –Amazon
Wintersong: A Novel by S
Jae-Jones
“All her life, Liesl has heard tales of the beautiful, dangerous Goblin King. Now eighteen and helping to run her family's inn, Liesl can't help but feel that her dreams and fantasies are slipping away. But when her sister is taken by the Goblin King, Liesl must journey to the Underground to save her.” –WorldCat
“All her life, Liesl has heard tales of the beautiful, dangerous Goblin King. Now eighteen and helping to run her family's inn, Liesl can't help but feel that her dreams and fantasies are slipping away. But when her sister is taken by the Goblin King, Liesl must journey to the Underground to save her.” –WorldCat