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Sexual Identity. Racism. Class distinctions. Justice. All are questioned, and examined in journalist, Dashka Slater’s account of the crime committed in the Bay Area. This story provokes empathy and invites discussion.
By best-selling author Gayle Forman (If I Stay and Where She Went) comes the story of Freya, a bi-racial singing phenomenon; Harun a gay Pakistani Muslim American; and Nathaniel, a straight white troubled boy with a desperate plan. They connect in New York City. The reader falls in love as they do.
By the super-acclaimed best selling John Green, a story about anxiety and the fact that it’s okay to not be okay. Protagonist Aza Holmes is debilitated by anxiety, her best friend is the riotously funny Daisy, and the billionaire corrupt father of her maybe-boyfriend, Miles, has gone missing.
In this rip-roaring retelling (in verse) of Theseus slaying the Minotaur you will find a new love for Greek mythology. Poseidon is a hip, cursing trickster who will keep you laughing as you cry for Asterion, the minotaur—half bull and half man.
Long Listed for the National Book Award for Young Readers and a NYT best-seller—this novel in verse follows a black teenage boy seeking revenge for the murder of his brother Shawn. Will rides down seven floors to the basement—all in about one minute—to find the kid he knows is the murderer. But the ghosts who accompany Will in the elevator make him question what he knows.
From the competitive world of ice-skating replete with glittery costumes, lots of make-up, and, well, loads of competition, Tillie Walden shows and tells us her life in graphic novel form with wonderfully under-done drawings that only a skater/artist could render. Tillie comes of age and comes out as a lesbian in this honest beautifully told memoir. And she’s only twenty-one.
Five high school students in detention. One dies. The other four are suspects. Here’s a who-dunnit that will keep you turning pages faster than you thought imaginable.
Two sisters. Gem, the older, has always taken care of Dixie, because their mother is not much of a mother. And their father has been gone for years. Now that they’re in high school, things are changing. First off, Dixie has become the seemingly savvy one and Gem is lost. But a road trip helps Gem figure it out.
Smart nerdy Desi wants a boyfriend so she analyzes Korean soap operas to find a path to success. In this funny romance, the steps include “Be Caught in an Obviously Lopsided Love Triangle” and “Prove That You Are Different from All Other Women—IN THE ENTIRE WORLD” and “Reveal Your Vulnerabilities in a Heartbreaking Manner.” Author Goo both honors and deconstructs formulaic romance stories.
The 2017 National Book Award Winner for Young Readers is a story of three teens, told by the three teens—Grace, Maya, and Joaquin. They each live in a different family, they know they’re adopted, but only Grace knows she has siblings. Grace sets out to find her siblings, and possibly their mother in this honest story of love and family.
Sugar and spice and all things nice? Wrong. This is a gritty novel showing the erasure of women. Nina’s mother says there’s no such things as unconditional love. Nina’s mother is an art historian specializing in Renaissance virgin saints. This underlies Nina’s experience.
Sisterhood, romance, immigration, assimilation from India, Ghana, London, New York—five women of three generations come of age.
