Midnight at the Electric by
Jodi Lynn Anderson
“Kansas, 2065: Adri has been handpicked to live on Mars. But weeks
before launch, she discovers the journal of a girl who lived in her house more
than a hundred years ago and is immediately drawn into the mystery surrounding
her fate. Oklahoma, 1934: Amid the fear and uncertainty of the Dust Bowl,
Catherine’s family’s situation is growing dire. She must find the courage to
sacrifice everything she loves in order to save the one person she loves most.
England, 1919: In the recovery following World War I, Lenore tries to come to
terms with her grief for her brother, a fallen British soldier, and plans to
sail to America. But can she make it that far? While their stories span
thousands of miles and multiple generations, Lenore, Catherine, and Adri’s
fates are entwined in ways both heartbreaking and hopeful.” –Amazon
The Book of Dust by Philip
Pullman
Book of Dust; Book One
“This book is set ten years before The Golden Compass and tells the
story of how Lyra came to be living at Jordan College.” – WorldCat
The Cruel Prince by Holly
Black
"Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she
and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of
Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants to belong there, despite her mortality. But
many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and
wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy
him-- and in doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and
deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. As civil war threatens,
Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters,
and Faerie itself." – WorldCat
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie
Dimaline
"In a future world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the
ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only
people still able to dream are North America's indigenous population - and it
is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world. But getting the
marrow - and dreams - means death for the unwilling donors. Driven to flight, a
15-year-old and his companions struggle for survival, attempt to reunite with
loved ones, and take refuge from the ‘recruiters’ who seek them out to bring
them to the marrow-stealing 'factories.’” – WorldCat
The Reader by Traci Chee
Sea of Ink and Gold; Book One
“Sefia knows what it means to survive. After her father is brutally
murdered, she flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin, who teaches her to
hunt, track, and steal. But when Nin is kidnapped, leaving Sefia completely
alone, none of her survival skills can help her discover where Nin’s been
taken, or if she’s even alive. The only clue to both her aunt’s disappearance
and her father’s murder is the odd rectangular object her father left behind,
an object she comes to realize is a book—a marvelous item unheard of in her
otherwise illiterate society. With the help of this book, and the aid of a
mysterious stranger with dark secrets of his own, Sefia sets out to rescue her
aunt and find out what really happened the day her father was killed—and punish
the people responsible.” –Amazon
The Savage Dawn by Melissa
Grey
Girl at Midnight; Book Three
“The sides have been chosen and the battle lines drawn. Echo awakened
the Firebird. Now she is the only one with the power to face the darkness she
unwittingly unleashed . . . right into the waiting hands of Tanith, the new
Dragon Prince. Tanith has one goal in mind: destroy her enemies, raze their
lands, and reign supreme in a new era where the Drakharin are almighty and the
Avicen are nothing but a memory. Whether Echo is ready to face this evil is not
the question. The war has begun, and there is no looking back. There are only
two outcomes possible: triumph or death.” –Amazon
The Speaker by Traci Chee
Sea of Ink and Gold; Book Two
“Having barely escaped the clutches of the Guard, Sefia and Archer are
back on the run, slipping into the safety of the forest to tend to their wounds
and plan their next move. Haunted by painful memories, Archer struggles to
overcome the trauma of his past with the impressors, whose cruelty plagues him
whenever he closes his eyes. But when Sefia and Archer happen upon a crew of
impressors in the wilderness, Archer finally finds a way to combat his
nightmares: by hunting impressors and freeing the boys they hold captive.”
–WorldCat
The Swan Riders by Erin Bow
Prisoners of Peace; Book Two
"Greta was her country's crown princess, and also its hostage,
destined to be the first casualty in an inevitable war. But when the war came,
it broke all the rules, and Greta forged a different past. She is no longer
princess. No longer hostage. No longer human. Greta Stuart has become an AI.”
–WorldCat
The Whole Thing Together by
Ann Brashares
“Summer for Sasha and Ray means the sprawling old house on Long Island.
Since they were children, they've shared almost everything--reading the same
books, running down the same sandy footpaths to the beach, eating peaches from
the same market, laughing around the same sun-soaked dining table. Even
sleeping in the same bed, on the very same worn cotton sheets. But they've
never met. Sasha's dad was once married to Ray's mom but the marriage crumbled
and the bitterness lingered. Now there are two new families--and neither one
will give up the beach house that holds the memories, happy and sad, of summers
past. This summer, the lives of Sasha, Ray, and their siblings intersect in ways
none of them ever dreamed, in a novel about family relationships, keeping secrets,
and most of all, love.” –WorldCat
The You I've Never Known by
Ellen Hopkins
“For as long as she can remember, it’s been just Ariel and Dad. Ariel’s
mom disappeared when she was a baby. Dad says home is wherever the two of them
are, but Ariel is now seventeen and after years of new apartments, new schools,
and new faces, all she wants is to put down some roots. Complicating things are
Monica and Gabe, both of whom have stirred a different kind of desire.” –Amazon
Thirteen Rising by
Romina Russell
Zodiac; Book Four
“The master has been unmasked. Rho's world has been turned upside down.
With her loved ones in peril and all the stars set against her, can the young
Guardian from House Cancer muster the strength to keep fighting? Or has she
finally found her match in a master whose ambition to rule knows no limits?”
–Amazon
You Bring the Distant Near by
Mitali Perkins
“From 1965 through the present, an Indian American family adjusts to
life in New York City, alternately fending off and welcoming challenges to
their own traditions.” –WorldCat