September 1, 2023
A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recovers from addiction in this striking debut novel. Ian Gray isn’t supposed to have a dog, but a lot of things that shouldn’t happen end up happening anyway. And Gather, Ian’s adopted pup, is good company now that Ian has to quit the basketball team, find a job and take care of his mom. Ian is determined to keep his family afloat and for awhile, things are looking up. But an unforeseen tragedy results in Ian going on the run, trying to evade […]
September 1, 2023
Dan Renfrew hates that he’s a time-jumper – 17-year-olds should not be stuck with the responsibility of saving history. But with no one else stepping up to stop Victor Stahl’s plot to take over the world, Dan and his time-jumping partner Sam have no choice but to jump back into history again. They land on the Celtic island of Anglesey in 60 CE, hoping to find answers on how to stop Victor. Their task isn’t easy. Everyone seems to be hiding something, from the druids who rule Anglesey to the Celts who take the time-jumpers in. As two Roman legions […]
August 4, 2023
Like many teenage boys, Alex Colling views abortion as something he doesn’t need to have an opinion about—until the political gets personal. It has been a rough year for Alex. In the past twelve months, he has lost his best friend, become the target of the two biggest bullies at school, and been sentenced to community service. On June 25, 2013, he gets a call for help from Cassie Ramirez, the prettiest girl in school. Finally, he feels like his luck might be changing. Cassie is at the Texas State Capitol to protest lawmaker Wendy Davis’s filibuster and take a pro-life […]
August 4, 2023
The author of Ventura and Zelzah follows up that critically acclaimed debut novel with Ventura and Winnetka, a stand-alone work that furthers the adventures of Douglas and his friends as they come of age in Southern California’s San Fernando Valley in the late 1970s. As seniors in high school, the gang spends their final year before college practicing crazy car stunts, getting high, obsessing about girls, passionately listening to the great rock and roll of the ’60s and ’70s, arguing about the Dodgers and the Lakers and partying at the prom in powder blue tuxedos. From a West Hollywood porn […]
August 4, 2023
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Muhammad Ali, one of the most revered―and controversial―figures of the 20th Century, immortalized those words with the beauty, strength and originality of his boxing style. Now, his epic story is retold in this striking graphic novel. Messenger showcases exactly why Ali became celebrated worldwide as “The Greatest.” Boxer, philanthropist and activist Muhammad Ali was one of the most photographed―and photogenic―figures in the history of sports. He demanded to be looked at and seen, and this epic captures his meteoric rise from Cassius Clay to Olympian and heavyweight champion of the world with […]
July 7, 2023
After his father returns from treatment for addiction, highschooler Vish is uncertain what the future holds. It doesn’t help that everyone seems to know about the family’s troubles, and they stand out doubly as one of the only brown families in town. When Vish is mistaken for a relative of the weird local bookseller and attacked by an unsettling pale man who seems to be decaying, he is pulled into the world of the occult, where witches live in television sets, undead creatures can burn with a touch, and magic is mathematical. Vish must work with the bookstore owner and […]
July 7, 2023
Heartstopper meets Crazy Rich Asians in this heartfelt, joyful paperback original rom-com that follows an aspiring chef who discovers the recipe for love is more complicated than it seems when he starts fake-dating a handsome new customer. Dylan Tang wants to win a Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake-making competition for teen chefs—in memory of his mom, and to bring much-needed publicity to his aunt’s struggling Chinese takeout in Brooklyn. Enter Theo Somers: charming, wealthy, with a smile that makes Dylan’s stomach do backflips. AKA a distraction. Their worlds are sun-and-moon apart, but Theo keeps showing up. He even convinces Dylan to be […]
June 2, 2023
Four years ago, five kids started a game. Not all of them survived. Now, at the end of their senior year of high school, the four survivors have reunited for one strange and terrible reason: They’ve been summoned by the ghost of the friend they left for dead. Together they return to the place where their friendship ended and restart the deadly game―an innocent card-matching challenge called Meido. A game without instructions. Once inseparable, the survivors now can’t stand each other, but the challenges demand they work together, think quickly and make sacrifices―blood, clothes, secrets, memories and worse. And once […]
June 2, 2023
From a very young age, Udoka Clendon has been pushed relentlessly by his family on a troubling pursuit for an athletic scholarship. Now he is burdened by expectations and self-doubt as he tries to reignite his passion for the game. This novel shows the trials and traumas of becoming fixated on a dream of sports stardom. It’s unusual to mix a sports story with scenes of what goes on behind closed doors in sports therapy. But Udoka is suffering serious self-doubts and needs help, and Dr. Feldbrook may offer just what he needs. The therapy sessions allow the reader to glimpse […]
June 2, 2023
Devastated by the loss of her older brother to cancer, Bugz returns to the place where she can always find solace and strength: the Floraverse. Over the past year, she has regained her position of power in that virtual world, and while the remaining Clan:LESS members still plot against her, she is easily able to overcome their attacks. Even better, she has been working secretly on a bot that will be both an incredible weapon and a source of comfort: Waawaate. With the Waawaate bot looking exactly like the brother she misses so much—even acting like him — Bugz feels […]