Teen Booklists

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Each title is linked to the library's catalog, where you can find the author, call number (location of the book), and a summary. If the book is not available at your branch, you can place a hold using your library card and pin number.

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Fiction

The Lovely and the Lost YA FIC Barnes (Kennedy) When a little girl is lost in a 750,000-acre national park, a family of search-and-rescue professionals reunites and three generations of secrets are uncovered.

Survival Colony 9 YA FIC Bellin (Westergard) Querry Gen, a member of one of the last human survivor groups following global war, is targeted by the monstrous Skaldi, although Querry has no memory of why.

The Compound YA FIC Bodeen (Kennedy) After his parents, two sisters, and he have spent six years in a vast underground compound built by his wealthy father to protect them from a nuclear holocaust, fifteen-year-old Eli, whose twin brother and grandmother were left behind, discovers that his father has perpetrated a monstrous hoax on them all.

Sky Without Stars YA FIC Brody (Kennedy) This sweeping reimagining of Les Misérables tells the story of three teens from very different backgrounds who are thrown together amidst the looming threat of revolution on the French planet-colony of Laterre.

All That's Left in the World YA FIC Brown (Kennedy) Putting their trust in one another, two boys, Andrew and Jamie, search for civilization in a world ravaged by a deadly pathogen, but their secrets could cost them everything as they try to find the courage to fight for the future, together.

Super Adjacent YA FIC Cestari (Westergard) Landing a coveted internship with the Warrior Nation superhero network, Claire clashes with Girl Power, the newest superhero in town, and befriends Bridgette, the longtime girlfriend of the famous Vaporizer.

House of Dragons YA Fantasy Cluess (Westergard) When the emperor dies, the five royal houses of Etrusia attend the calling, where one of their own will be selected to compete for the throne.

Mayhem and Madness: Chronicles of a Teenaged Supervillain YA FIC Dauber (Westergard) When sixteen-year-old Bailey discovers a secret lab beneath his house, complete with an outdated Macintosh computer and mechanized supervillain armor, he believes he might be able to find his father who disappeared six years ago.

The Curie Society GN Einhorn (Kennedy) An action-adventure original graphic novel, following a team of young women recruited by an elite secret society--originally founded by Marie Curie--with the mission of supporting the most brilliant female scientists in the world. The heroines of the Curie Society use their smarts, gumption, and cutting-edge technology to protect the world from rogue scientists with nefarious plans.

The Speed of Falling Objects YA FIC Fischer (Kennedy) Anxious to prove to her father she's not the disappointment he left behind, Danny, who lost an eye in a childhood accident, jumps at the opportunity to join him on the set of his popular survivalist show.

Diamond City  YA FIC Flores (Westergard) Pulled from the streets at age twelve and trained to become one of the most powerful assassins in Sumerand, Aina SoliÌs discovers a conspiracy that could rewrite the kingdom's history and her own future.

Refugee JUV FIC Gratz (Kennedy/Westergard) Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.

Rebel of the Sands YA FIC Hamilton (Westergard) Amani is desperate to leave the dead-end town of Dustwalk, and she's counting on her sharpshooting skills to help her escape. But after she meets Jin, the mysterious rebel running from the Sultan's army, she unlocks the powerful truth about the desert nation of Miraji...and herself.

Aurora Rising YA FIC Kaufman (Kennedy) Told in separate voices, eighteen-year-old Tyler Jones, top graduate of Aurora Academy, and a group of misfits and troublemakers embark on their first mission with Auri, a stowaway from the distant past.

Hello Universe JUV FIC Kelly (Westergard) Lives of four misfits are intertwined when a bully's prank lands shy Virgil at the bottom of a well and Valencia, Kaori, and Gen band together in an epic quest to find and rescue him.

One For All YA FIC Lainoff (Kennedy) In 1655 sixteen-year-old Tania is the daughter of a retired musketeer, but she is afflicted with extreme vertigo and subject to frequent falls; when her father is murdered she finds that he has arranged for her to attend Madame de Treville's newly formed Académie des Mariées in Paris, which, it turns out, is less a school for would-be wives, than a fencing academy for girls--and so Tania begins her training to be a new kind of musketeer, and to get revenge for her father.

Loki: Where Mischief Lies YA FIC Lee (Westergard) After the banishment of his only friend, the sorceress Amora, to Earth, a young Loki travels to nineteenth-century London to investigate a string of murders but finds much more than he expects.

Sawkill Girls YA FIC Legrand (Westergard) After girls mysteriously disappear on the island of Sawkill Rock, three unlikely friends come together to destroy the Collector, a monster from another world who grows stronger with each kill.

Genuine Fraud YA FIC Lockhart (Kennedy/Westergard) Told through flashbacks, best friends Jule and Imogen are orphaned outcasts who will do almost anything to attain a happy, wealthy life.

Warcross YA FIC Lu (Kennedy/Westergard) When teenage coder Emika Chen hacks her way into the opening tournament of the Warcross Championships, she glitches herself into the game as well as a sinister plot with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire.

Fractured Tide YA FIC Lutz (Westergard) Seventeen-year-old Sia Gianopoulos writes to her incarcerated father as she and a handful of other survivors reach a mysterious island after a monster sinks their charter boats.

Wildfire YA FIC Mac (Kennedy) Teenaged best friends Annie and Pete go on a backpacking trip in the Pacific Northwest, with dangerous consequences.

Be Not Far From Me YA FIC McGinnis (Kennedy) Lost in the Great Smoky Mountains, rising high school senior Ashley Hawkins must fight for survival without any tools, growing in awareness that the world is not tame, and neither are people.

Nameless Queen YA FIC McLaughlin (Westergard) In the city of Seriden, the thief called Coin is Nameless -- she has no family, no legal rights, and no standing in society -- but she inherits the throne and the power and danger that come with it

Agnes at the end of the world YA FIC McWilliams (Kennedy/Westergard) Sixteen-year-old Agnes must escape a cult and a Prophet as she attempts to save the world from a pandemic.

At the end of everything YA FIC Nijkamp (Kennedy) A group of teens at the Hope Juvenile Treatment Center are shocked to discover their guards have abandoned them, but their joy turns to fear when they learn a catastrophic pandemic has occurred outside their walls, turning their new-found freedom into a fight for survival.

Angel Mage YA FIC Nix (Kennedy) More than a century has passed since Liliath crept into the empty sarcophagus of Saint Marguerite, fleeing the Fall of Ystara. But she emerges from her magical sleep still beautiful, looking no more than nineteen, and once again renews her single-minded quest to be united with her lover, Palleniel, the archangel of Ystara.

Bloom YA FIC Oppel (Westergard) When the world is overtaken by monster alien plants that emit toxic pollens and swallow up people, three kids on a remote island look for clues in their unusual allergies to understand their immunity to the invaders.

Girls Save the World In This One YA FIC Parsons (Westergard) When ZombieCon comes to their small town, June and her best friends battle long lines for photo ops, meet their favorite actors, and save the world from actual zombies when things get real

Alone Out Here YA FIC Redgate (Westergard) When the president's daughter--eighteen-year-old Leigh Chen--ends up on the only ship escaping a dying earth, she and a group of teenagers must grapple with the challenges of what it will take to survive as the last remnants of humanity.

League of Liars YA FIC Scholte (Kennedy) Four teens caught up with the illegal use of magic band together to devise the ultimate jailbreak.

A Map for Wrecked Girls YA FIC Taylor (Kennedy) Stranded on a deserted island with a boy they barely know, sisters Emma and Henri have to find a way to survive together, even after a betrayal back home ruined their relationship.

Cursed YA FIC Thomas (Kennedy) Nimue grew up an outcast. Her connection to dark magic made her something to be feared in her Druid village, and that made her desperate to leave. . . . That is, until Red Paladins slaughter her entire village, and Nimue's fate is forever altered. Charged by her dying mother to reunite an ancient sword with a legendary sorcerer, Nimue is now her people's only hope.

Nonfiction

Alone in Antarctica 919.8904 Aston (Kennedy) Felicity Aston, physicist and meteorologist, took two months off from all human contact as she became the first woman -- and only the third person in history - to ski across the entire continent of Antarctica alone. Like Cheryl Strayed's Wild, Felicity Aston's Alone in Antarctica becomes an inspirational saga of one woman's battle through fear and loneliness as she honestly confronts both the physical challenges of her adventure, as well as her own human vulnerabilities.

Into the Wild 917.98 Krakauer (Kennedy/Westergard) The story of Chris McCandless, a young man who embarked on a solo journey into the wilds of Alaska and whose body was discovered four months later, explores the fascinating allure that the wilderness has for the American imagination

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail B Strayed (Kennedy/Westergard) A powerful, blazingly honest, inspiring memoir: the story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again.

Deep Dark Blue: A Memoir of Survival YA B Tate (Kennedy) I want to be in the Air Force someday. These are the words Polo Tate engraved on her junior dog tags at age eleven. It was an unpopular dream for most young girls, but her hard work paid off and at age eighteen, Polo started basic training at the United States Air Force Academy. She does everything right, from academics to athletics. But no one prepared her for what came next: physical, sexual, and emotional abuse at the hands of her superiors. Harassment from peers who refused to believe her story. Deep Dark Blue is more than a memoir about sexual assault. It's about breaking boundaries but also setting them. It's about learning to trust your instincts. It's a story of survival, resilience, and finally, finding your joy.

How to College: What to Know Before You Go (and when you're there) YA 378.198 Brenner (Kennedy/Westergard) The transition from high school--and home--to college can be stressful for students and their families. Students and parents arrive on campus unprepared for what college is really like. As a result, first-year students report higher stress, more mental health issues, and lower completion rates than in the past. This book is a practical guide to help navigate this transition time to college.

Paying for College YA 378.3 Chany (Kennedy) Helps students and their families maximize financial aid eligibility.

The Naked Roommate: And 107 other issues you might run into in college YA 378.198 Cohen (Westergard) From sharing a bathroom with 40 strangers to sharing lecture notes, The Naked Roommate is your behind-the-scenes look at EVERYTHING you need to know about college (but never knew you needed to know).

The Fiske Guide to Colleges YA 378.1056 Fiske (Kennedy/Westergard) Leading guide to four-year schools, including quotes from real students and information you won't find on college websites.

Get It Together for College: A planner to help you get organized and get in YA 378.198 Get (Kennedy/Westergard) Completely updated to cover critical new changes to FAFSA deadlines and college application procedures, this revised edition of Get It Together for College covers everything from how to look for colleges to what to take to the dorm. Checklists, timelines, and FAQs are presented in a practical, quick format that helps students relieve stress and take control of the process.

Undecided: Navigating Life and Learning after high school YA 331.7023 Morgan (Kennedy/Westergard) This updated and revised edition gives teens a comprehensive overview of the choices available to them after graduating high school, from colleges to workforce, and advice on how to follow each path

Peterson's Scholarships, Grants & Prizes YA 378.34 Peterson's (Kennedy/Westergard) Peterson's Provides up-to-date information on more than 1.6 million privately funded awards worth over 10 billion dollars available to college students. It contains detailed profiles of awards based on academic fields and career goals, ethnic heritage, talent, employment experience, military service, and other categories that are available from private sources such as foundations, corporations, and religious and civic organizations. (Kennedy/Westergard)

Admit One: Writing your way into the best colleges YA 378.1616 Richards (Westergard) A how-to guide that advises college applicants on how to craft an effective personal essay and an overall compelling, competent persona in their college applications by writing well. The goal is to help applicants gain admission to colleges of their choice by advising them on writing skills, with chapters on skills such as voice, diction, paragraph organization, narrative arc, etc.

Who gets in and why YA 378.161 Selingo (Westergard)/378.61 Selingo (Kennedy) A higher-education journalist draws on insider access to explain the nuts and bolts of college admissions today, outlining the unexpected agendas that reflect which and why prospective students receive admission into better schools.

The Ultimate Guide to America's Best Colleges YA 378.73 Ultimate (Kennedy/Westergard) Includes detailed profiles on academics, student life, athletics, and offers student reviews, entrance strategies, and rankings of the one hundred best college values.

Ultimate Scholarship Book YA 378.34 Ultimate (Kennedy/Westergard) Scholarship directory detailing the eligibility requirements and how to get more information about each award. 

Find additional books on these topics in the Teen Spaces at Kennedy & Westergard!

• Choosing the Right College - 378.73
• Applying to College - 378.161
• Financial Resources - 378.3

Online Resources

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Federal Student Aid Contains links to preparing for college and applying for aid.

Peterson's Comprehensive guide to college information, including college types, test prep, admissions, and scholarships

The Electric Kingdom YA FIC Arnold (Kennedy) After a deadly Fly Flu spreads throughout the world, survivors Nico, her dog, young artist Kit, and the mysterious Deliverer roam the earth, seeking to evade the Flies and find a place where life and love can thrive again.

The Words in My Hands YA FIC Asphyxia (Kennedy) Near-future Australia is controlled by Organicore, a company that produces the "perfectly balanced" synthetic meals that have all but replaced wild food, but Piper McBride, sixteen, deaf, and cued white, begins to wonder if wild food is as dangerous as Organicore's propaganda says.

Dustborn YA FIC Bowman (Kennedy) When raiders sent by a man known as the General attack her village, Delta suspects he is searching for her. Delta sets out to rescue her family but quickly learns that in the Wastes no one can be trusted; perhaps not even her childhood friend, Asher, who has been missing for nearly a decade. If Delta can trust Asher, she just might decode the map and trade evidence of the Verdant to the General for her family. What Delta doesn't count on is what waits at the Verdant: a long-forgotten secret that will shake the foundation of her entire world.

The Ballad of Dinah Caldwell YA FIC Brauning (Kennedy) When the man responsible for her mother's death, wealthy rancher Gabriel Gates, puts a ten-thousand dollar reward on her head, seventeen-year-old Dinah, homeless and alone in the woods, will stop at nothing to see this killer dead.

All That's Left in the World YA FIC Brown (Kennedy) Putting their trust in one another, two boys, Andrew and Jamie, search for civilization in a world ravaged by a deadly pathogen, but their secrets could cost them everything as they try to find the courage to fight for the future, together.

The Maze Cutter YA FIC Dashner (Kennedy/Westergard) 70 years after the events of THE DEATH CURE, when Thomas and other immunes were sent to an island to survive the Flare-triggered apocalypse, their descendants have thrived. But when a rusty old boat shows up one day with a woman bearing dark news of the mainland, a group of the islanders decide to embark back to civilization. There they find that many have evolved into a more violent, intelligent version of Cranks due to a new string of the virus, and they are hunting those whose ancestors were sent away by Ava Paige. The islanders will have to survive long enough to figure out why they are hunted and what it means for the future of humanity.

The Good Luck Girls YA FIC Davis (Kennedy) The country of Arketta calls them Good Luck Girls--they know their luck is anything but. Sold to a "welcome house" as children and branded with cursed markings. Trapped in a life they would never have chosen. When Clementine accidentally kills a man, the girls risk a dangerous escape and harrowing journey to find freedom, justice, and revenge in a country that wants them to have none of those things. Pursued by Arketta's most vicious and powerful forces, both human and inhuman, their only hope lies in a bedtime story passed from one Good Luck Girl to another, a story that only the youngest or most desperate would ever believe.

Survive the Dome YA FIC Jackson (Westergard) A high school junior teams up with a hacker during a police brutality protest to shut down a device that creates an impenetrable dome around Baltimore that is keeping the residents in and information from going out.

The Grace Year YA FIC Liggett (Kennedy) Tierney James, sixteen, struggles to endure the year in which she and other young women are banished to the wild until, purified, the survivors are allowed to return home and marry.

Agnes at the end of the world YA FIC McWilliams (Kennedy/Westergard) Sixteen-year-old Agnes must escape a cult and a Prophet as she attempts to save the world from a pandemic.

The Loop YA FIC Oliver (Westergard) Luka Kane has spent 736 days wrongfully imprisoned inside the Loop awaiting his execution. Each day is the same. Each day is torturous. But things are starting to change. Whispers of war are circulating. Strange things are happening to the prisoners. And the warden delivers a message: Luka, you have to get out ... Now. Luka must decide whether breaking out of the Loop is his only way to survive, especially if there's any chance of saving the ones he loves. But the population on the outside may be far more terrifying than anything he could have imaged. And in order to save his family, he'll have to discover who is responsible for the chaos that has been inflicted upon the world.

War Girls YA FIC Onyebuchi (Kennedy) In 2172, when much of the world is unlivable, sisters Onyii and Ify dream of escaping war-torn Nigeria and finding a better future together but are, instead, torn apart.

Girls Save the World In This One YA FIC Parsons (Westergard) When ZombieCon comes to their small town, June and her best friends battle long lines for photo ops, meet their favorite actors, and save the world from actual zombies when things get real.

Alone Out Here YA FIC Redgate (Westergard) When the president's daughter--eighteen-year-old Leigh Chen--ends up on the only ship escaping a dying earth, she and a group of teenagers must grapple with the challenges of what it will take to survive as the last remnants of humanity.

I Hope You Get This Message YA FIC Rishi (Kennedy) When Earth receives messages from another world, claiming that they created the planet and are planning to destroy it within a week, three teens are forced to confront the mistakes of their past before they run out of time.

The Light at the bottom of the world YA FIC Shah (Westergard) Teenaged Leyla McQueen, who lives beneath the ruins of a submerged London in 2099, joins a prestigious submersible race in the hope of clearing her father's name before encountering government corruption and a hidden world.

Hell Followed With Us YA FIC White (Westergard) Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him--the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world's population. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can't get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the bioweapon they infected him with.

Fairy Tale Retellings and Twisted Tales

The Hazel Wood YA FIC Albert (Kennedy) When the scary, magical world in her grandmother's book of dark feminist fairy tales becomes real, seventeen-year-old Alice, partnered with Ellery, an obsessed fan of the fairy tales, must enter the world to rescue Alice's kidnapped mother.

Tiger Lily YA FIC Anderson (Kennedy) Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily receives special protections from the spiritual forces of Neverland, but then she meets her tribe's most dangerous enemy--Peter Pan--and falls in love with him.

Girls Made of Snow and Glass YA FIC Bashardoust (Westergard) Frozen meets The Bloody Chamber in this feminist fantasy reimagining of the Snow White. At sixteen, Mina's mother is dead, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat with love for anyone--has never beat at all, in fact, but she'd always thought that fact normal. She never guessed that her father cut out her heart and replaced it with one of glass. When she moves to Whitespring Castle and sees its king for the first time, Mina forms a plan: win the king's heart with her beauty, become queen, and finally know love. The only catch is that she'll have to become a stepmother. Fifteen-year-old Lynet looks just like her late mother, and one day she discovers why: a magician created her out of snow in the dead queen's image, at her father's order. When her father makes Lynet queen of the southern territories, displacing Mina, Mina starts to look at Lynet with something like hatred, and Lynet must decide what to do--and who to be--to win back the only mother she's ever known...or else defeat her once and for all. Girls Made of Snow and Glass traces the relationship of two young women doomed to be rivals from the start. Only one can win all, while the other must lose everything.

What Once Was Mine YA FIC Braswell (Westergard) Desperate to save the life of their queen and her unborn child, the good citizens of the kingdom comb the land for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure her...but someone mistakenly picks the blossom of the Moondrop instead. This shimmering flower heals the queen and she delivers a healthy baby girl--with hair as silver and gray as the moon. But with her mysterious hair comes dangerous magical powers: the power to hurt, not heal. For the safety of the kingdom, Rapunzel is locked away in a tower and put under the care of the powerful goodwife, Mother Gothel. Other Twisted Tales by Braswell: Unbirthday, Straight on till morning, Part of Your World, Once Upon a Dream 

Medusa YA FIC Burton (Kennedy) Exiled to a far-flung island, Medusa has little company except for the snakes adorning her head instead of hair until a beautiful boy named Perseus arrives, distrupting her lonely existence and unleashing desire, love, and betrayal.

Go The Distance YA FIC Calonita (Westergard) After Hercules proves he's a true hero and regains his godship, all seems right in the world. That is, until Zeus tells Meg that she can't be with Hercules because she's, well, mortal. Luckily, Hera has a solution, offering Meg a chance to prove herself worthy of a spot on Mt. Olympus--as a god. All Meg has to do is complete a mysterious quest. Can Meg use her quick-wit to defeat monsters and gods alike, including the nefarious Hades? Will she finally figure out her place and contribution to the world? Or will her fear of commitment have her running away from an eternity of godhood with Herc?

The Circus Rose YA FIC Cornwell (Kennedy) A retelling of Snow White and Rose Red in which teenage twins Ivory and Rosie battle evil religious extremists to save their loves and their circus family. Other retellings by Cornwell: The Forest Queen, Mechanica

Broken Wish YA FIC Dao (Westergard) Elva must learn to wield her magical powers in a town that fears all witches while righting her family's past wrongs before it's too late.

Cinder & Glass YA FIC de la Cruz (Westergard) In 1682 France, Cendrillion, to escape her wicked stepmother, must compete with the other women at court for the Prince's favor, forcing her to decide if she can bear losing the boy she loves in order to leave a life she hates.

Poisoned YA FIC Donnelly (Westergard) In this adaptation of the fairy tale Snow White, the huntsman follows the queen's order to kill Sophie, but the princess is brought back to life by the seven men of the woods, who, along with other brave friends, help Sophie overcome the story's true villain and reclaim her throne.

Stepsister YA FIC Donnelly (Westergard) Isabelle is one of Cinderella's ugly stepsisters, who cut off their toes in an attempt to fit into the glass slipper; but there is more to her story than a maimed foot, for the Marquis de la Chance is about to offer her a choice and the opportunity to change her fate--there will be blood and danger, but also the possibility of redemption and triumph, and most of all the chance to find her true self.

Beastly YA FIC Flinn (Kennedy) A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return to his human form. Other retellings by Flinn: Cloaked, Towering

The Sleeper and the Spindle YA FIC Gaiman (Kennedy) A brave young queen and her dwarf companions set out to rescue an enchanted princess who is not quite what she seems. On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a princess from an enchantment. She casts aside her fine wedding clothes, takes her chain mail and her sword, and follows her brave dwarf retainers into the tunnels under the mountain towards the sleeping kingdom. This queen will decide her own future -- and the princess who needs rescuing is not quite what she seems.

Snow, glass, apples Dark Horse Snow [Gaiman] (Kennedy/Westergard) A not-so-evil queen is terrified of her monstrous stepdaughter and determined to repel this creature and save her kingdom from a world where happy endings aren't so happily ever after.

Stain YA FIC Howard (Kennedy) Lyra, the silent princess of daylight, must find a way to make noise and pass a series of tests to stop a pretender from stealing her betrothed prince and crown.

Tink and Wendy YA FIC Jacobson (Kennedy) What happens when Tinker Bell is in love with both Peter Pan and Wendy? In this sparkling re-imagining of Peter Pan, Peter and Wendy's granddaughter Hope Darling finds the reclusive Tinker Bell squatting at the Darling mansion in order to care for the graves of her two lost friends after a love triangle gone awry. As Hope wins the fairy's trust, Tink tells her the truth about Wendy and Peter--and her own role in their ultimate fate.

A Curse So Dark and Lonely YA FIC Kemmerer (Kennedy) Eighteen for the 327th time, Prince Rhen despairs of breaking the curse that turns him into a beast at the end of each day until feisty Harper enters his life.

Enchanted YA FIC Kontis (Kennedy) When Sunday Woodcutter, the youngest sibling to sisters named for the other six days of the week, kisses an enchanted frog, he transforms back into Rumbold, the crown prince of Arilland--a man Sunday's family despises.

Briarheart YA FIC Lackey (Kennedy) When Miriam's younger sister, Princess Aurora, is born, she must learn to harness her new magical powers to protect her sister and the kingdom

City of Villains YA FIC Laure (Westergard) Mary, a troubled teenage detective, must solve a missing persons case as she discovers the reimagined origins of infamous Disney Villains.

So This is Love YA FIC Lim (Westergard) What if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper? Unable to prove that she's the missing princess, and unable to bear life under Lady Tremaine any longer, Cinderella attempts a fresh start, looking for work at the palace as a seamstress. But when the Grand Duke appoints her to serve under the king's visiting sister, Cinderella becomes witness to a grand conspiracy to take the king--and the prince--out of power, as well as a longstanding prejudice against fairies, including Cinderella's own Fairy Godmother. Faced with questions of love and loyalty to the kingdom, Cinderella must find a way to stop the villains of past and present . . . before it's too late.

Cinder (Lunar Chronicles) YA FIC Meyer (Kennedy/Westergard) As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story.

Gilded YA FIC Meyer (Kennedy/Westergard) Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller's daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding and entirely untrue. Or so everyone believes. When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim world where ghouls and phantoms prowl the earth and hollow-eyed ravens track her every move.

Heartless YA FIC Meyer (Westergard) In this prequel to Alice in Wonderland, Cath would rather open a bakery and marry for love than accept a proposal from the King of Hearts, especially after meeting the handsome and mysterious court jester.

Prince of Song & Sea YA FIC Miller (Westergard) Before Prince Eric's mother, the Queen of Vellona, went missing two years ago, she reminded him about the details of the deadly curse that has plagued his entire life. The curse? If he were to kiss someone other than his true love, he would die...Eric isdesperate for any information that may help him break his enchantment...The answers he has been searching for come to him in the form of a letter left from his mother that reveals Eric must find his true love, the one with a voice pure of heart or kill the sea witch responsible for cursing him in the first place

The Wendy Project GN Osborne (Kennedy/Westergard) 16-year-old Wendy Davies crashes her car into a lake on a late summer night in New England with her two younger brothers in the backseat. When she wakes in the hospital, she is told that her youngest brother, Michael, is dead. Wendy -- a once rational teenager - shocks her family by insisting that Michael is alive and in the custody of a mysterious flying boy. Placed in a new school, Wendy negotiates fantasy and reality as students and adults around her resemble characters from Neverland. Given a sketchbook by her therapist, Wendy starts to draw. But is The Wendy Project merely her safe space, or a portal between worlds?

Between the Lines YA FIC Picoult (Kennedy) Told in their separate voices, sixteen-year-old Prince Oliver, who wants to break free of his fairy-tale existence, and fifteen-year-old Delilah, a loner obsessed with Prince Oliver and the book in which he exists, work together to seek his freedom.

The Shadow Queen YA FIC Redwine (Westergard) In this retelling of Snow White, follows the adventures of Lorelai, an exiled princess who is being pursued by a magic-wielding prince serving as the personal huntsman for evil queen Irina, who has charged him with bringing her Lorelai's heart.

Almost There YA FIC Rochon (Westergard) A year after Tiana makes a deal with Dr. Facilier, she has her restaurant, her friends are safe, and her father is still alive, but soon shadows begin to gather and Tiana must work with Naveen and Charlotte to set things right or risk losing her soul.

Hunted YA FIC Spooner (Westergard)  Yeva knows that the forest holds secrets and that her father is the only hunter who's ever come close to discovering them. When her father goes missing in the woods, Yeva sets her sights on one prey: the Beast he'd been obsessively tracking just before his disappearance. As Yeva hunts, she finds a cursed valley, a ruined castle, and a world of creatures she's only heard about in fairy tales. A world that can bring her ruin or salvation. Who will survive: the Beauty, or the Beast?

Bravely YA FIC Stiefvater (Westergard) When a supernatural being appears in DunBroch on Christmas Eve with the intent of demolishing the realm, Princess Merida, under the watchful eyes of the gods, embarks on a series of epic journeys to save those she loves from ruin.

The Bone Spindle YA FIC Vedder (Kennedy/Westergard) When she pricks her finger on a bone spindle, treasure hunter Fi is stuck with the spirit of Briar Rose, a prince under a sleeping curse, and must team up with a tough-as-dirt girl warrior to free the prince--and herself.

Briar Girls YA FIC Wells (Kennedy) Lena has a secret: the touch of her skin can kill...But after a devastating mistake, she and her father are forced to flee to a village near the Silence, a mysterious forest with a reputation for luring people into the trees, never to be seen again...Until the night an enigmatic girl stumbles out of the Silence...Miranda...is on a quest to wake a sleeping princess believed to hold the key to liberating the Gather from its tyrannical ruler and she offers Lena a bargain. If Lena assists her on her journey, Miranda will help her break the curse.

A Rush of Wings YA FIC Weymouth (Westergard) In the eighteenth-century Scotland Highlands, untutored cailleach Rowenna must master her craft to free her cursed brothers, thwart a charismatic tyrant, and save her village.

Fables Vertigo Fables [Willingham] (Westergard) Exiled from their homelands by an evil adversary, various fairy tale and folklore characters, referred to as "Fables", are forced to live in a clandestine community in New York City known as Fabletown. Those unable to blend in with human society (such as monsters and anthropomorphic animals) live at "The Farm" in upstate New York.

Lightlark YA FIC Aster (Kennedy) In order to break a curse on her kingdom, Isla Crown, the young ruler of Wilding, must compete in the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play, and to survive she must lie, cheat, and betray--even as love threatens to undo everything.

This Poison Heart YA FIC Bayron (Westergard) Teenaged Briseis, who possesses a supernatural power over plants, even poisonous ones, inherits a dilapidated estate in rural New York and must protect herself and her family from centuries-old secrets that threaten their lives.

Blood and Moonlight YA FIC Beaty (Kennedy) In this fantasy mystery-thriller, an orphan with a secret, magical sight gets caught between a mysterious genius and the serial killer he's hunting.

Skin of the Sea YA FIC Bowen (Kennedy/Westergard) Transformed by the goddess Yemoja into a Mami Wati, an African mermaid charged with collecting the souls of those who die at sea, Simi goes against the gods to save a living boy, Kola, from drowning.

How to Succeed in Witchcraft YA FIC Brophy (Kennedy) Half-Black witch Shay Johnson is cast as the lead in her school musical and must decide between exposing her predatory drama teacher and getting the scholarship she desperately needs.

A Thousand Steps Into Night YA FIC Chee (Kennedy) When a girl who's never longed for adventure is hit with a curse that begins to transform her into a demon, she embarks on a quest to reverse the curse and return to her normal life, but along the way is forced to confront her true power within.

Edgewood YA FIC Ciccarelli (Kennedy) In an effort to find her missing grandfather, Emeline enters the forest of Edgewood where she discovers not only that the stories of the fabled Wood King and his mythical court are true, but that her Pa's life is in danger and only she can save him--along with a handsome and brooding tithe collector, a surly blacksmith, and a lost childhood friend.

Twin Crowns YA FIC Doyle (Westergard) Twin princesses Wren and Rose, separated at birth and raised in two different environments, meet for the first time when they have to fight for the throne while juggling their romantic pursuits.

Blood Scion YA FIC Falaye (Kennedy) Fifteen-year-old Sloane can incinerate an enemy at will--she is a Scion, a descendant of the ancient Orisha gods. Under the Lucis' brutal rule, her identity means her death if her powers are discovered. But when she is forcibly conscripted into the Lucis army on her fifteenth birthday, Sloane sees a new opportunity: to overcome the bloody challenges of Lucis training, and destroy them from within.

Belladonna YA FIC Grace (Kennedy) Nineteen-year-old orphan Signa Farrow confronts Death--and her own deathly powers--when she investigates the mysterious murder of a relative at the Thorn Grove estate.

The Lost Dreamer YA FIC Huerta (Kennedy) In this fantasy inspired by ancient Mesoamerica, a lineage of seers defiantly resists the shifting patriarchal state that would see them destroyed.

Together We Burn YA FIC Ibanez (Kennedy) Eighteen-year-old flamenco dancer Zarela Zalvidar must work with a disgraced dragon hunter to learn the ways of a Dragador and save her ancestral home.

The Witchery YA FIC Isabelle (Westergard) Logan came to Mesmortes Coven Academy in Haelsford, Florida, to learn to control her powers, but she soon learns she has a role to play in the ancient curse of the hellmouth--whatever the cost to herself and her new friends.

A Magic Steeped in Poison YA FIC Lin (Kennedy) Ning enters a cutthroat magical competition to find the kingdom's greatest master of the art of brewing tea, but political schemes and secrets make her goal of gaining access to royal physicians to cure her dying sister far more dangerous than she imagined.

The Drowned Woods YA FIC Lloyd-Jones (Kennedy) Mer, the last living water diviner in the isles of Wales, seeks revenge against the prince who used her powers for his own evil ends.

This Woven Kingdom YA FIC Mafi (Kennedy) To all the world, Alizeh is a disposable servant, not the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom forced to hide in plain sight. The crown prince, Kamran, has heard the prophecies foretelling the death of his king. But he could never have imagined that the servant girl with the strange eyes, the girl he can't put out of his mind, would one day soon uproot his kingdom--and the world.

Ballad & Dagger YA FIC Older (Kennedy/Westergard) When sixteen-year-old Mateo and Chela discover each other and their powers during a political battle between neighborhood factions, they set aside their differences to unravel the mystery behind their sunken homeland and to stop a dangerous political operative who is trying to harness their gifts to unleash terror on the world.

Bone Weaver YA FIC Polydoros (Kennedy) The Kosa empire roils in tension, on the verge of being torn apart by a proletarian revolution...but seventeen-year-old Toma lives blissfully disconnected from the conflict in the empire with her adoptive family of benevolent undead. When she meets Vanya, a charming commoner branded as a witch by his own neighbors, and the dethroned Tsar Mikhail himself, the unlikely trio bonds over trying to restore Mikhail's magic and protect the empire from the revolutionary leader, Koschei, whose forces have stolen the castle.

Rise of the Vicious Princess YA FIC Redwine (Westergard) The first in a YA political fantasy duology about a fierce princess determined to bring lasting peace to her kingdom regardless of the cost to her heart.

Echoes and Empires YA FIC Rhodes (Kennedy) Snarky seventeen-year-old Josslyn Drake gets infected by a dangerous piece of forbidden magic and teams up with wanted criminal Jericho Nox to remove the spell corrupting her soul.

The Book of Living Secrets YA FIC Roux (Westergard) Best friends Adelle and Connie always had in common their love of a little-known gothic romance novel called Moira. So when the girls are tempted by a mysterious man to enter the world of the book, suddenly they are in the world of Moira. Except, the girls realize that something dark is lurking behind their foray into fiction--and they will have to rewrite their own arcs if they hope to escape this nightmare with their lives.

Gallant YA FIC Schwab (Kennedy) Olivia Prior has grown up at the grim Merilance School for Girls with no no past except for her one treasure, her mother's journal, so when a letter arrives inviting her to come home to ruinous manor, Gallant, she seizes the chance to find out about her family.

Castles in Their Bones YA FIC Sebastian (Westergard) Sixteen-year-old triplets Princesses Sophronia, Daphne, and Beatriz, each with her own secret skill and wish, begin arranged marriages to princes of neighboring nations to fulfill their mother's intention to reign over the continent.

Hotel Magnifique YA FIC Taylor (Westergard) Seventeen-year-old Jani and her little sister Zosa secure jobs at a glamorous magical hotel, but when Jani realizes that their staff contracts are unbreakable, she embarks on a mission to unravel the mystery of the magic at the heart of the hotel and free Zosa--and the other staff--from the cruelty of the ruthless maître d'hôtel.

The Dream Runners YA FIC Thakrar (Kennedy) Spirited away to the subterranean realm of Nagalok as children, seventeen-year-olds Tanvi and Venkat are charged with harvesting human dreams for the entertainment of the naga court--until one of them begins to remember the mortal life she left behind.

The Sunbearer Trials YA FIC Thomas (Kennedy) Transgender demigod Teo is unexpectedly selected for the Sunbearer Trials, a fierce competition among demigod heroes where the winner sacrifices the loser to Sol, their blood fueling the Sun Stones that protect Reino del Sol.

Additional titles:

• Beasts of Prey
• Once Upon a Broken Heart 
• Edie in Between 
• Jade Fire Gold 
• Little Thieves 
• Vial of Tears
• All of Us Villains 
• Year of the Reaper
• Bright Ruined Things
• Dreams Lie Beneath 
• Echoes of Grace
• Where Dreams Descend
• Winter Duke
• Girl Serpent Thorn
• Hunted by the Sky
• Song of Wraiths and Ruin
• A Phoenix First Must Burn
• House of Dragons
• The Queen's Assassin
• Legendborn 
• All the stars and teeth
• Night Shine 
• Havenfall
• Raybearer
• The Bookweaver's Daughter 
• Reverie
• The Shadows Between Us
• The Kingdom of Back
• Kinder Poison
• Nameless Queen
• Belle Revolte
• Song Below Water
• Forged in Fire and Stars
• Sisters of Sword & Song
• The Midnight Lie
• Infinity Son
• Scavenger the Stars
• Ink in the blood
• Lumberjanes
• Given
• Fable 
• Children of Blood and Bone
• Kingdom of Souls
• The Cruel Prince
• The Lost Coast
• The Gilded Wolves
• Into the Crooked Place
• Winterwood
• Dread Nation
• Empress of All Seasons
• A River of Royal Blood
• A Curse So Dark and Lonely
• Loki: Where Mischief Lies
• Whichwood
• Bob
• Twisted Myths: 20 classic stories with a dark and dangerous heart
• We Set the Dark on Fire
• Fireborne
• Angel Mage
• There Will Come a Darkness
• Songs from the Deep
• The Graveyard Book: the graphic novel
• The Infinite Noise
• Bloodleaf
• Call Down the Hawk
• Cursed
• Crier's War
• A Treason of Thorns
• The Midnight War of Mateo Martinez
• The Girl King
• Now Entering Addamsville
• Beyond the Shadowed Earth
• Dark and Deepest Red
• Red Hood
• Forest of Souls
• In the Ravenous Dark
• Hush
• Blazewrath Games
• Among the Beasts and Briars
• The Guinevere Deception
• Star Daughter
• Beyond the Ruby Veil
• The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass
• The Ravens
• Cast in Firelight
• Lore
• The Gilded Ones
• The Stolen Kingdom
• House of Hollow
• Blade of Secrets
• Sky Breaker

Graphic Novels

Speak: The graphic novel GN Anderson (Kennedy/Westergard) A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.

Quincredible: Quest to be the best! GN Barnes (Kennedy/Westergard) After a mysterious meteor shower makes him invulnerable but with no other powers to complement it, Quinton West realizes, with the help of his new superhero mentor, that he can use his quirky hobby of creating Rube Goldberg devices to outsmart the opposition.

Over My Dead Body GN Boo (Kennedy/Westergard) One day, everything was exactly as it was supposed to be. And the next, the closest thing Abby ever had to a sister, Noreen, was just... gone. Distracted by the annual preparations for the Samhain festival, Abby's classmates are quick to put Noreen's disappearance aside. The Coven will find her, Abby's friends say. They have it under control. But Abby can't let it go. Soon a search for answers leads her down a rabbit hole that uncovers more secrets than Abby can handle. As mounting evidence steers her toward the off-limits woods that surround the academy, she begins to see that Noreen's disappearance mysteriously has a lot in common with another girl who went missing all those years ago...

Brontë GN Bronte (Kennedy/Westergard) Despite their family's stormy fortunes, the Brontë sisters resolved to write. To thwart the nineteenth century's double standards, they took the names of men, becoming the Bell brothers. Their works incited controversy and speculation, while at home, the sisters contended with the rages of Branwell Brontë, their self-destructive sibling. Manuela Santoni presents a time before Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall were known as literary masterpieces, when winds shook the Brontë house and determination held it together.

My Last Summer With Cass GN Crilley (Westergard) Megan and Cass are at a crossroads in their lives and in their art. Will this summer make or break their friendship?

M is for Monster GN Dutton (Kennedy/Westergard) Bringing her sister back to life, scientist Dr. Frances Ai is faced with a dilemma when the girl who rises from the slab is clearly not Maura and wants nothing to do with Frances's attempts to turn her into something she's not.

Mean Girls Senior Year GN Irwin (Kennedy/Westergard) After struggling to survive the wild events at Northshore High School the year before, Cady learned her lesson and is swearing off drama. It's all about good grades, SAT prep, and college applications from here on out--but the new transfer student Megan Moretti isn't about to let Cady stay focused.  Megan is determined to rise to the top of the popularity food chain and become a new Plastic, so Cady, Regina, Gretchen and Karen have to band together to stop this queen bee wannabe from turning the school inside out all over again. 

Freshman: Tales of 9th grade obsessions, revelations, and other nonsense GN Mucha (Kennedy) Follows Annie's first year of high school, chronicling her crushes, failures, and successes.

The Wendy Project GN Osborne (Kennedy/Westergard) 16-year-old Wendy Davies crashes her car into a lake on a late summer night in New England with her two younger brothers in the backseat. When she wakes in the hospital, she is told that her youngest brother, Michael, is dead. Wendy -- a once rational teenager - shocks her family by insisting that Michael is alive and in the custody of a mysterious flying boy. Placed in a new school, Wendy negotiates fantasy and reality as students and adults around her resemble characters from Neverland. Given a sketchbook by her therapist, Wendy starts to draw. But is The Wendy Project merely her safe space, or a portal between worlds?

Riverdale: The ties that bind Riverdale GN Ostow (Kennedy) Four interconnected stories trap each of our main characters in a unique high-stakes conflict over the course of a few pressure-cooker hours! Will Archie and company even make it to sunrise? If they do, will they ever be the same again?

Juliet Takes a Breath GN Rivera (Kennedy/Westergard) Juliet, a self-identified queer, Bronx-born Puerto Rican-American, comes out to her family to disastrous results the night before flying to Portland to intern with her feminist author icon--whom Juliet soon realizes has a problematic definition of feminism that excludes women of color.

Pumpkinheads GN Rowell (Kennedy/Westergard) Working at a pumpkin patch every autumn, Deja and Josiah plan the ultimate Halloween night to celebrate their last year working together.

Crumbs GN Stirling (Kennedy/Westergard) In a very special town, there's an even more unusual bakery with a selection of baked treats hand-crafted to help your dreams come true. For Ray, a quiet young woman with special powers of her own, the order is always the same: a hot tea with a delicious side of romance.

Neverlanders GN Taylor (Westergard) Neverland has become a war zone and now it's up to a new group of lost teens to set things right!

Ever After GN Vieweg (Westergard) Stranded between safe zones, two young women, Vivi and Eva, trek across the German countryside. Together they'll face their inner demons and dodge packs of the undead.

The Sprite and the Gardner GN Whitt (Kennedy/Westergard) Join our neighborhood of sprites in this beautiful, gentle fantasy where both gardens and friendships begin to blossom.

Manga

Become You MANGA Become (Kennedy/Westergard) Taiyou is a high-school musician with dreams of stardom, but when his bandmates quit in order to focus on school, it feels like Taiyou's dreams are slipping away. In an act of desperation, Taiyou strong-arms his sullen classmate Hikari into forming a band with him. The two boys are total opposites, but together they might just be able to create something amazing.

Blank Canvas: My so-called artist's journey MANGA Blank (Kennedy) High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problems will soon be solved. She's in for a surprise: her new instructor is a bamboo sword-wielding taskmaster who doesn't care about manga one bit. But maybe this unconventional art teacher is just what she needs to realize her dreams!

Cruella: Black, white, and red MANGA Cruella (Kennedy/Westergard) You don't become a legend by being nice. She wasn't born Cruella. Gifted with talent, innovation, and ambition, Estella dreamed of becoming a fashion designer, but the world seemed intent on making sure her dreams would never come true. The life of an amateur thief is hardly a glamourous one, but in 1970s London, at the crossroads of fashion, Estella has a vision for herself and her designs, if only she can afford it! Witness Estella's life on the streets with her best friends and partners in (petty) crime, Horace and Jasper, before the infamous diva Cruella emerges to make sure no one gets in her way!

Super Mario Manga Mania MANGA Mario (Kennedy/Westergard) From crazy to classic, Mario and his friends star in adventures that find them traveling through the many worlds of one of the biggest video game series ever!

Tokyo Revengers MANGA Tokyo (Westergard) The critically acclaimed manga series about a man time-traveling back to his youth to save his girlfriend from a street gang–which inspired the wildly popular anime and live-action film!

Superheroes, Villains, & More

The Avant-Guards BOOM Avant-Guards (Kennedy) As a transfer student to the Georgia O'Keeffe College for Arts and Subtle Dramatics, former sports star Charlie is struggling to find her classes, her dorm, and her place amongst a student body full of artists who seem to know exactly where they're going. When the school's barely-a-basketball-team unexpectedly attempts to recruit her, Charlie's adamant that she's left that life behind...until she's won over by the charming team captain, Liv, and the ragtag crew she's managed to assemble. And while Charlie may have left cut-throat competition in the dust, sinking these hoops may be exactly what she needs to see the person she truly wants to be.

Lumberjanes BOOM Lumberjanes (Westergard) The story follows a group of girls named Mal, Ripley, Molly, April, and Jo spending summer at a scout camp, and the strange creatures and supernatural phenomena they encounter there.

Victor and Nora: A Gotham love story DC Gotham (Westergard) After Victor Fries and Nora Faria meet at a cemetery outside of Gotham City, their summer quickly spirals into a beautiful romance, and Victor's cold heart is able to thaw, allowing him to begin to enjoy life again after his brother's death, but when he learns of Nora's incurable illness, he is driven to try to find a scientific solution to keep from losing another person he loves.

Whistle: A new Gotham City Hero DC Gotham (Kennedy/Westergard) Sixteen-year-old Willow Zimmerman reconnects with estranged family friend and real estate tycoon E. Nigma, but after he helps her earn enough for medical treatments for her mom she is attacked by the monstrous Killer Croc and upon waking after the fight she gains powers and insight she will need to make the right choices.

Harley Quinn: Breaking glass DC Harley (Kennedy/Westergard) Harley Quinn- Breaking Glass is at once a tale of the classic Harley readers know and love, and a heartfelt story about the choices teenagers make and how they can define--or destroy--their lives.

House of El: The Shadow Threat DC House (Kennedy/Westergard) Zahn is one of Krypton's elites: wealthy, privileged, a future leader. Sera is one of Krypton's soldiers: strong, dedicated, fearless. Their rule-bound society has ordained that their paths should never cross. But groundquakes are shaking the planet's surface. Rebellious uprisings are shaking the populace. Krypton's top scientists-Jor-El and Lara-conduct a secret experiment that is meant to reform their planet from the cellular level up. Zahn and Sera must join forces to investigate the hidden dangers truly threatening Krypton. In the process, they form a bond that will endure past the end of the world.

Nubia: Real one DC Nubia (Kennedy/Westergard) Nubia has always stood out because of her Amazonian strength, but even though she uses her ability for good she is seen as a threat, so when her best friend Quisha is threatened by a boy who thinks he owns the town, Nubia risks everything to become the hero society tells her she is not.

Zatanna DC Zatanna (Kennedy) Zatanna lives happily in Coney Island until a mystic's quest for a powerful jewel unravels everything she thought she knew about herself, her family's legacy, and her beloved neighborhood.

The Astonishing Ant-Man MARVEL Ant-Man (Kennedy/Westergard) Scott Lang was a down-on-his-luck, divorced ex-con - until he stole renowned scientist and super hero Hank Pym's size-altering technology in the hopes of saving his daughter's life. Through that act of doing wrong for the right reasons, Scott learned how to be a hero himself. With Pym's blessing and his daughter Cassie at his side, Scott became... The Astonishing Ant-Man! But when a curveball upends Scott's life, will he continue to be a hero, or will he return to his former life of crime?

Nonfiction

In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The second, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years after the 9/11 attacks GN 973.931 Brown (Kennedy/Westergard) This graphic novel chronicles the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City through moving individual stories that bear witness to history and the ways it shapes the future. Also by Brown: Fever Year: The killer flu of 1918, The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian refugees, Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans, The Great American Dust Bowl 

Rachel Carson GN 570.92 Carson (Kennedy/Westergard) Meet Rachel Carson, the woman who changed the way America fought against the environmental crisis through her bestselling books, ultimately spurring the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Marie Curie: A quest for light GN B Curie (Kennedy/Westergard) Curie's unique drive--against all odds--to understand Nature's ways and laws led to ground-breaking discoveries, which revolutionized medical theory and practice. She was the first female Nobel Prize winner and, to date, the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two categories; first physics and later in chemistry.

Teddy GN B Roosevelt (Kennedy/Westergard) Overflowing with his love of nature, adventure, and justice, Teddy illustrates the life of a man for whom being known as one of America's greatest presidents is but one of his notable accomplishments.

The Comic Book Story of Basketball: A fast-break history of hoops GN 796.32 Van Lente (Kennedy/Westergard) Whether it's millionaire pros facing off in an indoor arena full of screaming fans or a lone kid shooting hoops on an outdoor court, basketball is one of the most popular and widely played sports in the world. The Comic Book Story of Basketball gives you courtside seats to the history of hoops. It chronicles the sport from its beginnings in a YMCA in Massachusetts to its current status as a beloved international game for men and women of all ages. Learn the true stories behind the college game, the street game, the women's game, and the international game, with legendary players and coaches like Dr. J, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, and Steph Curry profiled throughout.

The Deep Blue Between YA FIC Attah (Kennedy) In 1890s West Africa, when a brutal raid leaves their home in ruins, twin sisters Hassana and Husseina are kidnapped, sold into slavery, and separated, remaining connected through shared dreams of water, but will their fates ever draw them back together?

Lovely War YA FIC Berry (Kennedy) In the perilous days of World Wars I and II, the gods hold the fates -- and the hearts -- of four mortals in their hands. They are Hazel, James, Aubrey, and Colette. A classical pianist from London, a British would-be architect-turned-soldier, a Harlem-born ragtime genius in the U.S. Army, and a Belgian orphan with a gorgeous voice and a devastating past. Their story, as told by goddess Aphrodite to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, is filled with hope and heartbreak, prejudice and passion, and reveals that, though War is a formidable force, it's no match for the transcendent power of Love.

Bluebird YA FIC Cameron (Kennedy) In 1946 Eva arrives in New York City, from the rubble of Berlin, supposedly looking for a new life, but actually seeking justice against the Nazis that "escaped" with the help of the CIA; one in particular, the doctor who knows who Eva really is, because her identity is the product Project Bluebird, an experiment of the concentration camps involving brainwashing and mind control, which both the Americans and the Soviets would like access to--and Eva does not know if she can trust anyone she meets, least of all Jake Katz, the young man she is attracted to.

We Are Not Free YA FIC Chee (Kennedy/Westergard) For fourteen-year-old budding artist Minoru Ito, her two brothers, her friends, and the other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor was attacked have become a waking nightmare: attacked, spat on, and abused with no way to retaliate--and now things are about to get worse, their lives forever changed by the mass incarcerations in the relocation camps.

Spindle and Dagger YA FIC Coats (Kennedy) Spinning a lie about her connection to a protective saint to survive the raider attack that ended her sisters' lives, Elen cautiously submits to life beside her abuser until an attack by a rival clan threatens to expose her deception.

Names in a Jar YA FIC Gold (Kennedy) Twelve-year-old Anna Krawitz is imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto with her older sister, Lina, and their father. Happy days spent reading about anatomy and science in Papa's bookshop are long gone, and the knowledge they have is used to help their neighbors through the illnesses caused by starvation and war. With no hope in sight and supplies dwindling, Anna finds herself taking care of an orphaned baby. With a courage she didn't know she had, Anna and the baby leave behind all they know and go into hiding with a Catholic family, changing their names to hide their identity, but Lina is not so lucky and winds up in the infamous Treblinka Camp.

The Reckless Kind YA FIC Heath (Kennedy) It is 1904 and the partially deaf Asta Hedstrom is engaged to Nils, but she does not want to marry him: she would rather spend her time with her best friend Gunnar Fuglestad and his secret boyfriend, Erlend, who belongs to the wealthiest family on their Norwegian island; so when Nils gravely injures Gunnar, she shuns her marriage and moves in with Gunnar and Erlend in a secluded cabin above town--and the three misfits set out to win the annual Christmas sleigh race, and prove to that they belong together,in spite of the villages prejudices.

They Went Left YA FIC Hesse (Westergard) Zofia, a teenage Holocaust survivor, travels across post-war Europe as she searches for her younger brother and seeks to rebuild her shattered life. Also by Hesse: Girl in the Blue Coat, The War Outside

The Librarian of Auschwitz LP FIC Iturbe (Kennedy) Follows Dita Kraus from age fourteen, when she is put in charge of a few forbidden books at Auschwitz concentration camp, through the end of World War II and beyond. Based on a true story.

Sixteen Scandals YA FIC Jordan (Kennedy/Westergard) The youngest of four daughters, Primrose Ainsworth is used to getting lost in the shuffle. But when her parents decide to delay her debut into English society, Prim hatches a plan to go rogue on the night of her sixteenth birthday.

Destination Unknown YA FIC Konigsberg (Kennedy) It's 1987 in New York City, and Micah is at a dance club, trying to pretend he's more out and outgoing than he really is. C.J. isn't just out -- he's complete out there, and Micah can't help but be both attracted to and afraid of someone who travels so loudly and proudly through the night. A connection occurs. Is it friendship? Romance? Is C.J. the one with all the answers... or does Micah bring more to the relationship that it first seems? As their lives become more and more entangled in the AIDS epidemic that's laying waste to their community, and the AIDS activism that will ultimately bring a strong voice to their demands, whatever Micah and C.J. have between them will be tested, strained, pushed, and pulled -- but it will also be a lifeline in a time of death, a bond that will determine the course of their futures.

One For All YA FIC Lainoff (Kennedy) In 1655 sixteen-year-old Tania is the daughter of a retired musketeer, but she is afflicted with extreme vertigo and subject to frequent falls; when her father is murdered she finds that he has arranged for her to attend Madame de Treville's newly formed Académie des Mariées in Paris, which, it turns out, is less a school for would-be wives, than a fencing academy for girls--and so Tania begins her training to be a new kind of musketeer, and to get revenge for her father.

African Town: Inspired by the true story of the last American slave ship YA FIC Latham (Kennedy) Chronicles the story of the last Africans brought illegally to the United States on the Clotilda in 1860.

Luck of the Titanic YA FIC Lee (Kennedy/Westergard) After smuggling herself onto the RMS Titanic, British-Chinese teenager Valora Luck reunites with her twin brother and tries to convince him that their acrobatic training could be their ticket to a better life.

Last night at the Telegraph Club YA FIC Lo (Kennedy) When Lily realizes she has feelings for a girl in her math class, it threatens Lily's oldest friendships and even her father's citizenship status and eventually, Lily must decide if owning her truth is worth everything she has ever known.

Open Fire YA FIC Lough (Kennedy) In 1917 Russia, seventeen-year-old Katya joins the first all-female battalion to fight the Germans, but she soon finds that patriotism alone won't help her survive the realities of war.

Bad Girls Never Say Die YA FIC Mathieu (Kennedy) In this gender-flipping reimagining of S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders" set in 1964 Houston, Evie must redefine what it means to be a bad girl and rethink everything she knows about loyalty after she is saved from the unimaginable by a good girl from the "right" side of the tracks.

The Silent Unseen YA FIC McCrina (Kennedy) In July 1944, as the Red Army drives the Nazis out of Poland, sixteen-year-old Maria Kamianska must work with a captured Ukrainian nationalist to find her brother, who is a special operations agent and leader of a Polish Resistance squad, when he disappears while on a mission.

The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones YA FIC McQueen (Kennedy/Westergard) It's the summer of 1955. For Ethan Harper, a biracial kid raised mostly by his white father, race has always been a distant conversation. When he's sent to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle in small-town Alabama, his blackness is suddenly front and center, and no one is shy about making it known he's not welcome there. Enter Juniper Jones. The town's resident oddball and free spirit, she's everything the townspeople aren't--open, kind, and accepting. Armed with two bikes and an unlimited supply of root beer floats, Ethan and Juniper set out to find their place in a town that's bent on rejecting them. As Ethan is confronted for the first time by what it means to be black in America, Juniper tries to help him see the beauty in even the ugliest reality, and that even the darkest days can give rise to an invincible summer.

Daughters of a Dead Empire YA FIC O'Neil (Westergard) Set during the height of the Russian Revolution and told in alternating voices, sixteen-year-old Evgenia--a peasant and proud member of the Bolshevik party--agrees to help a seventeen-year-old bourgeois girl traverse the war-torn countryside in search of safety, but Anna is harboring a secret that could cost them their lives. Includes historical note and author's note.

Angel of Greenwood YA FIC Pink (Kennedy) Angel and Isaiah share a hidden love for black literature, and now each other, when tragedy and triumph emerge during the Greenwood Massacre of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Also by Pink: Girls Like Us

Blood Countess YA FIC Popović (Westergard) In 1578 Hungary, sixteen-year-old Anna is elevated from scullery maid to chambermaid by the young and glamorous Countess Elizabeth Bâathory, falling completely under the Countess's spell until Anna realizes that she is not a friend but a prisoner of the increasingly cruel and murderous Elizabeth.

Rebel Spy YA FIC Rossi (Westergard) In 1776, fifteen-year-old Francisca escapes a dangerous life in the Bahamas by posing as a wealthy shipwreck victim, and soon finds herself a spy for George Washington in New York.

Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All YA FIC Ruby (Kennedy) When Frankie's mother died and her father left her and her siblings at an orphanage in Chicago, it was supposed to be only temporary - just long enough for him to get back on his feet and be able to provide for them once again. That's why she is not prepared for the day that he arrives for his weekend visit with a new woman on his arm and out-of-state train tickets in his pocket. Now Frankie and her sister, Toni, are abandoned alongside so many other orphans, two young, unwanted women doing everything they can to survive. And as the embers of the Great Depression are kindled into the fires of World War II, and the shadows of injustice, poverty, and death walk the streets in broad daylight, Frankie must find something worth holding on to in the ruins of this shattered America - every minute of every day spent wondering if the life she's able to carve out will be enough. I will admit I do not know if it will be. But I will be watching, waiting to find out. That's what ghosts do.

28 Days: A novel of resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto YA FIC Safier (Kennedy) In Warsaw, Poland, in 1942, Mira faces impossible decisions after learning that the Warsaw ghetto is to be "liquidated," but a group of young people are planning an uprising against their Nazi captors.

I Must Betray You YA FIC Sepetys (Kennedy) In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Also by Sepetys: The Fountains of Silence, Between Shades of Gray, Out of the Easy, Salt to the Sea,  Between Shades of Gray: the graphic novel

The Awakening of Malcolm X YA FIC Shabazz (Kennedy/Westergard) While in Charlestown Prison in the 1940s, young Malcolm Little reads all the books in the library, joins the debate team and the Nation of Islam, and emerges as Malcolm X.

The Paper Girls of Paris YA FIC Taylor (Westergard) NOW: Sixteen-year-old Alice is spending the summer in Paris, but she isn't there for pastries and walks along the Seine. When her grandmother passed away two months ago, she left Alice an apartment in France that no one knew existed. An apartment that has been locked for more than seventy years. The more time she spends digging through the mysteries of the past, the more she realizes there are secrets in the present that her family is still refusing to talk about. THEN: Sixteen-year-old Adalyn doesn't recognize Paris anymore. Everywhere she looks, there are Nazis, and every day brings a new horror of life under the Occupation. When she meets Luc, the dashing and enigmatic leader of a resistance group, Adalyn feels she finally has a chance to fight back.

The Enigma Game YA FIC Wein (Kennedy) Told in multiple voices, fifteen-year-old Jamaican Louisa Adair uncovers an Enigma machine in the small Scottish village where she cares for an elderly German woman, and helps solve a puzzle that could turn the tide of World War II. Also by Wein: Code Name Verity; Rose Under Fire; Black Dove, White Raven

A Sitting in St. James YA FIC Williams-Garcia (Kennedy/Westergard) In 1860 Louisiana, eighty-year-old Madame Sylvie decides to sit for a portrait, as horrific stories that span generations from the big house and the fields are revealed.

The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin YA FIC Wilson (Kennedy) In Berlin on the cusp of World War II, eighteen-year-old Hilde leaves her orphanage and takes a job at a vibrant cabaret full of expressive customers where she finally finds a place to belong until seeds of unrest force her to decide what's best for her future.

Fiction

This Is Why They Hate Us YA FIC Aceves (Kennedy) Seventeen-year-old Enrique "Quique" Luna decides to get over his crush on Saleem Kanazi before the end of summer by pursuing other romantic prospects, but he ends up discovering heartfelt truths about friendship, family, and himself.

How It All Blew Up YA FIC Ahmadi (Kennedy) Fleeing to Rome in the wake of coming out to his Muslim family, a failed relationship, and blackmail, eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi embarks on a more authentic life with new friends and dates in the Sistine Chapel before an encounter with a U.S. Customs officer places his hard-won freedom at risk.

The Black Flamingo YA FIC Atta (Kennedy) A fierce coming-of-age novel about identity and the liberating power of drag follows the experiences of a mixed-race teen in London who struggles to connect with his heritage before coming out and establishing his place in Drag Society.

 Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution YA FIC Callender (Kennedy/Westergard) Seventeen-year-old neurodivergent and nonbinary Lark pretends that they are the creator of a viral thread that their ex-best friend, Kasim, accidentally posted onto their Twitter account, declaring his unrequited love, but living a lie takes its toll on Lark, forcing them to deal with their own messy emotions.

Things We Couldn't Say YA FIC Coles (Kennedy/Westergard) Just as Gio is getting his life together, he must deal with the return of his mother, who abandoned the family years ago, while dealing with his crush on a basketball player who is giving him mixed signals.

Blaine for the Win YA FIC Couch (Kennedy) After his boyfriend Joey breaks up with him to pursue more "serious" guys, Blaine decides to run for senior class president as Joey's successor to prove his worth--but is Blaine willing to sacrifice everything about himself to do it?

The One True Me and You YA FIC England (Kennedy/Westergard) Fanfic author Kay and beauty pageant contestant Teagan learn what it means to be--and to stand up for--yourself when they find love at a small fandom convention.

Girl on the Line YA FIC Gardner (Kennedy/Westergard) After an attempted suicide and bipolar diagnosis, Journey decides to volunteer at a crisis center and discovers a community of people that may help her find the light within herself that she did not know existed.

Only Mostly Devastated YA FIC Gonazales (Kennedy/Westergard) When his aunt's illness keeps Ollie in North Carolina, he hopes his summer fling with Will can grow into something more, but at school Will proves to be a completely different--and firmly closeted--man.

Perfect on Paper YA FIC Gonzales (Westergard) Seventeen-year-old Darcy Phillips, a bisexual girl who gives anonymous love advice to her classmates, is hired by the "hot" guy at school to help him get his ex back.

A Million Quiet Revolutions YA FIC Gow (Kennedy) Two seventeen-year-old trans boys in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, struggling to understand themselves and their love for each other, are inspired by an online story about trans soldiers who fell in love during the American Revolution.

The Year I Stopped Trying YA FIC Heaney (Kennedy/Westergard) In this novel of overachieving, existential crises, growing up, and coming out, Mary, who always thought she'd find the meaning of life in a perfect SAT score, decides to stop trying so hard to see what happens.

The State of Us YA FIC Hutchinson (Kennedy/Westergard) Dean and Dre, the seventeen-year-old sons of the Republican and Democratic candidates for president of the United States, fall in love on the sidelines of their parents' presidential campaigns.

Yesterday is History YA FIC Jackson (Kennedy) After a liver transplant, Andre suddenly becomes a time traveler, but is his soulmate Michael, who lives in 1969, or Blake, his donor's brother, who is training him in 2021?

The Henna Wars YA FIC Jaigirdar (Kennedy/Westergard) When Nishat, an Irish girl of Bengali heritage, sees her old friend Flaavia again, she feels attracted, but when they both enter a school contest as henna artists, their feelings for each other become more complicated.

Kiss & Tell YA FIC Khorram (Kennedy/Westergard) On boy band Kiss & Tell's first major tour, lead singer Hunter Drake grapples with a painful breakup with his first boyfriend, his first rebound, and the stress of what it means to be queer in the public eye.

Be Dazzled YA FIC La Sala (Kennedy) Seventeen-year-old Raffy is determined to win a cosplay competition that could lead to art school admission and respect for his talent, but being paired with his main competitor, ex-boyfriend Luca, complicates things.

19 Love Songs YA FIC Levithan (Kennedy/Westergard) A collection of fiction, nonfiction, and a story in verse celebrating love.

Last Night at the Telegraph Club YA FIC Lo (Kennedy) When Lily realizes she has feelings for a girl in her math class, it threatens Lily's oldest friendships and even her father's citizenship status and eventually, Lily must decide if owning her truth is worth everything she has ever known.

Ophelia After All YA FIC Marie (Kennedy) Seventeen-year-old Ophelia Rojas, well known for her rose garden and her dramatic crushes on every boy in sight, begins to question her sexuality and sense of self when she starts to fall for cute, quiet Talia Sanchez in the weeks leading up to their highschool prom and graduation.

Man O'War YA FIC McCarthy (Kennedy) On a field trip to SeaPlanet, seventeen-year-old Arab-American high school swimmer River McIntyre has a chance encounter with Indy, a happy, healthy queer person, which sets off a wrenching journey of self-discovery, from internalized homophobia and gender dysphoria, through layers of coming out, affirmation surgery, and true love.

Stay Gold YA FIC McSmith (Kennedy) Told in two voices, Pony, who is concealing his transgender identity at his new Texas high school, and Georgia, a cisgender cheerleader counting the days until she graduates, develop a complicated relationship.

Late to the Party YA FIC Quindlen (Westergard) Codi and her two best friends, Maritza and JaKory, crash a party that changes the dynamics of their friendship and results in a wild and unexpected summer for Codi.

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School YA FIC Reyes (Kennedy) Sixteen-year-old Mexican American Yami Flores starts Catholic school, determined to keep her brother out of trouble and keep herself closeted, but her priorities shift when Yami discovers that her openly gay classmate Bo is also annoyingly cute.

Juliet Takes a Breath GN Rivera (Kennedy/Westergard) Juliet, a self-identified queer, Bronx-born Puerto Rican-American, comes out to her family to disastrous results the night before flying to Portland to intern with her feminist author icon--whom Juliet soon realizes has a problematic definition of feminism that excludes women of color.

Love Somebody YA FIC Roasek (Westergard) Seventeen-year-old overachiever Sam attempts to encourage a love connection between her athletic ex-boyfriend Christian and her academic rival Ros while trying not to fall for Ros herself.

Camp YA FIC Rosen (Kennedy) At Camp Outland, a camp for LGBTQIA teens, sixteen-year-old Randall "Del" Kapplehoff's plan to have Hudson Aaronson-Lim fall in love with him succeeds, but both are hiding their true selves.

And they lived... YA FIC Salvatore (Kennedy) Chase Arthur is a hopeless romantic, but he's also struggling to figure out his gender identity and recover from an eating disorder. When Chase starts his freshman year of college, he has to navigate being away from home and missing his sister, finding his squad, and will have to learn to love--and be enough for--himself, while discovering what it means to truly live.

Just Ash YA FIC Santana (Kennedy) Ash has never thought much about being intersex. But when he gets his period and his parents pressure him to 'try being a girl,' he must fight for who he really is.

Surrender Your Sons YA FIC Sass (Kennedy) Connor Major and other queer teens trapped at a conversion therapy camp work together to escape--and expose the camp's horrible truths.

The Girls I've Been YA FIC Sharpe (Kennedy/Westergard) When seventeen-year-old Nora O'Malley, the daughter of a con artist, is taken hostage in a bank heist, every secret she is keeping close begins to unravel.

Somebody Told Me YA FIC Siegert (Kennedy) After an assault at an anime convention, bigender seventeen-year-old Aleks/Alexis moves in with their uncle, a Catholic priest, and decides to help strangers anonymously after overhearing parishioners' confessions.

As Far As You'll Take Me YA FIC Stamper (Kennedy) Seventeen-year-old Marty Pierce leaves small-town Kentucky for London, hoping to explore his sexuality and find work playing oboe, but homesickness, anxiety, and his dwindling savings worsen even as his dreams are coming true.

The Coldest Touch YA FIC Sterling (Westergard) Elise, a mortal girl who feels the death of anyone she touches, and Claire, the vampire assigned to recruit her to the Veil, must work together to stop a paranormal killer even as they realize they might be falling in love.

Arden Grey YA FIC Stoeve (Kennedy) Sixteen-year-old Arden Grey finds escape in her love of film photography as she navigates toxic relationships and how they influence her identity.

Cemetery Boys YA FIC Thomas (Kennedy) Yadriel, a trans boy, summons the angry spirit of his high school's bad boy, and agrees to help him learn how he died, thereby proving himself a brujo, not a bruja, to his conservative family.

Spin Me Right Round YA FIC Valdes (Westergard) Luis just wants to go to prom with his boyfriend, but when a hit on the head knocks him back to 1985, he meets his parents' closeted classmate.

The Summer of Everything YA FIC Winters (Kennedy) In the summer between high school and college, Wes Hudson juggles his dream job at a local independent bookstore, his family pestering him to choose an academic major, and pining after his best friend, Nico.

Nothing Burns As Bright As You YA FIC Woodfolk (Kennedy) Over the course of one wild and reckless day, two best friends become something more and the depth of their past, the confusion of the present, and the unpredictability of their future is revealed.

Nonfiction

A Queer History of the United States for Young People YA 306.766 Chevat (Kennedy/Westergard) Through engrossing narratives, letters, drawings, poems, and more, the book encourages young readers, of all identities, to feel pride at the accomplishments of the LGBTQ people who came before them and to use history as a guide to the future.

Here and Queer YA 306.7663 Ellis (Kennedy/Westergard) This vibrant, inclusive guide, designed for all kinds of girls, is designed to help you be the strongest, proudest, happiest version of yourself! A celebration of the gift of queerness, it's packed full of heartfelt advice, comforting stories, and stylish illustrations, and will give you the tools you need to explore your own identity, on your own terms.

All Boys Aren't Blue YA B Johnson (Kennedy) A first book by the prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist shares personal essays that chronicle his childhood, adolescence and college years as a Black queer youth, exploring subjects ranging from gender identity and toxic masculinity to structural marginalization and Black joy.

Being Jazz YA B Jennings (Westergard) The author recounts how her public experiences have influenced her attitude towards the transgender community, as she works to educate others about transgenderism while navigating the challenges of being a teenager.

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out YA 306.768 Kuklin (Kennedy) Author and photographer Susan Kuklin met and interviewed six transgender or gender-neutral young adults and used her considerable skills to represent them thoughtfully and respectfully before, during, and after their personal acknowledgment of gender preference.

Out! : How to Be Your Authentic Self YA 306.766 McKenna (Kennedy/Westergard) Activist Miles McKenna came out on his YouTube channel in 2017, documenting his transition to help other teens navigate their identities and take charge of their own coming out stories. From that wisdom comes Out!, the ultimate YA guide to the queer lifestyle. Find validation, inspiration, and support for your questions big and small-whether you're exploring your identity or seeking to understand the experience of an awesome queer person in your life.

Queer, There, and Everywhere : 23 People Who Changed the World YA 306.76 Prager (Kennedy) Profiles notable LGBTQ figures and highlights their contributions to society and their community, including Kristina Vasa, Frida Kahlo, Alan Turing, Glenn Burke, and George Takei.

Doing It! YA 306.7083 Witton (Kennedy/Westergard) Provides information and advice for teenagers on sex-related issues, including sexual readiness, body image, consent, contraception, sexting, the LGBTQ movement, and sex shaming.

Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports YA 306.766 Zeigler (Kennedy) Discover key moments and issues that have shaped and transformed sports for LGBT people today.

Additional titles:

• Tink and Wendy
• If This Gets Out 
• Anything But Fine 
• Golden Boys
• Icebreaker 
• Loveless 
• Can't Take That Away
• Forward March
• Spell Hacker
• Only on the Weekends 
• Destination Unknown
• Felix Ever After
• Reverie
• Full Disclosure
• The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
• The Last True Poets of the Sea
• The Midnight Lie
• The Athena Protocol
• The Gravity of Us
• All The Invisible Things
• The Winter Duke
• Man Up
• Out Now : Queer We Go Again! 
• The Infinite Noise
• The Prom 
• I am J
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Will Grayson, Will Grayson
• Rethinking Normal: A Memoir in Transition
• A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend
• The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali
• The Music of What Happens
• You Know Me Well
• Two Boys Kissing
• I'll Give You the Sun
• Carry On: The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow
• Honor Girl
• Leah On the Offbeat
• Queer : The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens

Online Resources

Hi Tops Provides people of all identities with sexual health education and support.

Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network Ensures that every member of every school community is respected.

Garden State Equality NJ’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group.

PFLAG Unites people on the LGBT spectrum with friends, family, and allies.

The Anti-Violence Project Empowers LGBT communities and allies to end violence through organizing and education. Supports survivors.

Forge A transgender and gender nonconforming anti-violence organization.

The Trevor Project Provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention.

Hotlines

LGBT National Help Center Youth Talkline: 1-800-246-7743

Garden State Equality Anti-Bullying and Discrimination: 973-509-5428

Caring Contact NJ Mental Health Hotline: 908-232-2880 or text "heart" to 741-741

The Trevor Project Suicide Hotline: 1-866-488-7386

The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Hotline Peer Talkline: 800-246-7743

Fiction

Home Home YA FIC Allen-Agostini (Kennedy) After being hospitalized for depression, fourteen-year-old Kayla is sent from her home in Trinidad to live with her aunt in Canada, yearning to feel at home but feeling more adrift than ever.

A Breath Too Late YA FIC Callen (Kennedy) After committing suicide just before high school graduation, Ellie Walker haunts her home and school, reflecting on her life of domestic violence, friendship with August, and dreams of a writing career. Includes list of resources for people in crisis.

The Edge of Anything YA FIC Carpenter (Kennedy) After a chance encounter, loner photographer Len and volleyball star Sage develop an unlikely friendship that enables them to begin facing their inner demons.

When the Stars Lead to You YA FIC Davis (Westergard) After Ashton broke Devon's heart, she focused on preparing for her future as an astrophysicist but Ashton's appearance on the first day of her senior year forces her to revisit their magical summer together.

Six Goodbyes We Never Said YA FIC Ganger (Westergard) Teens Naima Rodriguez, who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, and Dew Brickman, who has social anxiety, bond over their mutual loss of both parents.

Girl on the Line YA FIC Gardner (Kennedy/Westergard) After an attempted suicide and bipolar diagnosis, Journey decides to volunteer at a crisis center and discovers a community of people that may help her find the light within herself that she did not know existed.

The Lightness of Hands YA FIC Garvin (Kennedy/Westergard) Sixteen-year-old Ellie Dante tries to stage her down-and-out magician father's comeback in order to pay for medication for his heart condition and her bipolar II disorder.

List of Ten YA FIC Gomez (Kennedy/Westergard) A suicidal teen fighting the symptoms of Tourette syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder creates a bucket list of ten goals to achieve by the tenth anniversary of his diagnosis, before a newcomer with her own troubled history unknowingly offers him more hopeful perspectives.

Icebreaker YA FIC Graziadei (Kennedy) Mickey James III is following in his father's (and grandfather's) skates by playing hockey at Hartland University, but he is not enjoying the situation: for one thing he is seriously depressed, unsure of anything, even whether he can make it as a hockey player (or wants to); more troubling his rival, Jaysen Caulfield, is also on the team and seems to bitterly resent him--and Mickey actually finds Jaysen very attractive and does not know how to deal with that.

Turtles All the Way Down YA FIC Green (Kennedy/Westergard) Aza Holmes, a high school student with obsessive-compulsive disorder, becomes focused on searching for a fugitive billionaire.

This Is My Brain in Love YA FIC Gregorio (Westergard) Rising high school juniors Jocelyn Wu and Will Domenici fall in love while trying to save the Wu family restaurant, A-Plus Chinese Garden.

Waiting for Fitz YA FIC Hyde (Kennedy) Hospitalized for her OCD, Addie Foster and her new schizophrenic friend, seventeen-year-old Fitzgerald Whitman IV, escape the psychiatric ward and undertake a journey to find the elusive--and endangered--bird, the Kirtland's warbler.

Darius the Great is Not Okay YA FIC Khorram (Kennedy/Westergard) Clinically-depressed Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life.

Finding Audrey YA FIC Kinsella (Westergard) Fourteen-year-old Audrey is making slow but steady progress dealing with her anxiety disorder when Linus comes into the picture and her recovery gains momentum.

The Bridge YA FIC Konigsberg (Kennedy) Aaron and Tillie do not know each other, but they both feel suicidal and arrive at the George Washington Bridge at the same time, intending to jump. Includes resources about suicide prevention and suicide prevention for LGBTQIA+ youth.

We Weren't Looking to be Found YA FIC Kuehn (Kennedy) Two girls find friendship on their path to mental health in a story of acceptance, recovery, and resilience.

Just Breathe YA FIC McGovern (Kennedy/Westergard) Jamie is suffering from severe depression, and David manages to keep his cystic fibrosis under the radar, but when their paths cross during a hospital visit, the two develop a friendship over origami that soon begins to deepen.

Say What You Will YA FIC McGovern (Kennedy) A girl confined to a wheelchair by cerebral palsy and a boy stymied by an obsessive-compulsive disorder are assigned to spend time together in what becomes a blossoming friendship that neither expected.

The Liar's Daughter YA FIC Peterson (Westergard) Desperate to escape deprogramming after being rescued from a cult, seventeen-year-old Piper wants to rejoin her family, but the truth about that family, her past, and herself cannot be denied.

Tell Me My Name YA FIC Reed (Kennedy) Eighteen-year-old Fern's life spirals out of control after troubled former child star Ivy Avila arrives on Commodore Island, ultimately forcing Fern to take agency over her own existence.

The Castle School (for troubled girls) YA FIC Sheinmel (Westergard) Paralyzed by grief, Moira feels punished when her parents send her to a therapeutic boarding school in Maine where she meets eleven other troubled girls and gradually begins to understand her parents' true intentions behind sending her there.

We, the Wildflowers YA FIC Simmons (Kennedy) Four unruly teens living together in a home for troubled youth find connection and strength, like that of wildflowers, as they face their harrowing pasts and new tragedies.

The Words We Keep YA FIC Stewart (Kennedy/Westergard) When sixteen-year-old Lily Larkin's older sister, Alice, begins to struggle with her mental health, Lily attempts to keep everything together and perfect, despite her own growing anxiety.

Jane Anonymous YA FIC Stolarz (Kennedy) In chapters alternating between "then" and "now," seventeen-year-old Jane Anonymous chronicles the events leading up to her abduction and seven-month captivity and her painful return to family and friends.

The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B YA FIC Toten (Westergard) Adam not only is trying to understand his OCD, while trying to balance his relationship with his divorced parents, but he's also trying to navigate through the issues that teenagers normally face, namely the perils of young love.

Just Our Luck YA FIC Walton (Kennedy) Leo has always been told to stay away from Evey Paros, but after his anxiety disorder causes a fight at school, he has no choice but to ask for her help.

Eliza and Her Monsters YA FIC Zappia (Kennedy) Eighteen-year-old Eliza Mirk is the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea, but when a new boy at school tempts her to live a life offline, everything she's worked for begins to crumble.

Nonfiction

Dealing with Stress YA 155.9042 Cognevich (Kennedy/Westergard) Teens today are dealing with stress at an unprecedented level, but they are not alone. This valuable resource offers practical coping strategies, useful resources, and insight from fellow teenagers to help young adults recognize and manage stress factors in their lives.

Beneath the Surface: A teen's guide to reaching out when you or your friend is in crisis YA 616.8527 Hugstad (Kennedy/Westergard) Presents a guide to addressing and overcoming anxiety, depression, and mental illness in teenagers, outlining how to recognize the warning signs of mental illness and offering resources to turn to for help.

Rewire Your Anxious Brains for Teens: Using CBT, neuroscience, & mindfulness to help you end anxiety, panic & worry  YA 618.9285 Kissen (Kennedy/Westergard) Anxiety is a huge problem among today's teens-that's why teens need tangible tips and tools they can use every day to manage fears, stress, and worry. In Rewire Your Anxious Brain for Teens, four anxiety specialists offer practical and essential skills grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), neuroscience, and mindfulness to help teen readers "rewire" their anxious brain and get back to living their lives.

Getting Comfortable with Uncertainty for Teens YA 155.5124 Negreiros (Kennedy/Westergard) Two psychologists help teens improve their awareness about how uncertainty can trigger feelings of anxiety, fear, worry, and self-doubt, and provide 10 skill-based tips from CBT and ACT to encourage teens to take smart risks, stop avoiding, and be more flexible as they develop a tolerance of uncertainty and learn to take valued actions toward creating positive change in their lives and the larger world.

Stuff That's Loud: A teen's guide to unspiraling when OCD gets noisy YA 616.8522 Sedley (Kennedy/Westergard) Provides strategies for breaking free from the intrusive thoughts and behaviors that accompany obsessive-compulsive disorder, drawing on exercises to explain how to manage symptoms and avoid spiraling.

Heads Up: Changing minds on mental health YA 616.89 Siebert (Kennedy/Westergard) This nonfiction book for teen readers is a guide to understanding mental health and coping with mental illness, trauma and recovery. It features real-life stories of resilient teens and highlights innovative approaches to mental-health challenges.

Find Your Fierce: How to put social anxiety in its place YA 618.9285 Sperling (Kennedy) A concise and practical guide for teens dealing with social anxiety.

Additional Titles:

• How to Live Without You 
• Bad Things Happen Here
• The Silence That Binds Us
• Speak
• A Heart in a Body in the World
• Permanent Record
• All Our Broken Pieces
• Under Rose-Tainted Skies
• Scars Like Wings
• Pretend She's Here
• Love, Aubrey
• OCD, The Dude, and Me

Hollow Fires YA FIC Ahmed (Kennedy) After discovering the body of fourteen-year-old Jawad Ali in Jackson Park, seventeen-year-old journalism student Safiya Mirza begins investigating his murder and ends up confronting white supremacy in her own high school.

Friends Like These YA FIC Alvarez (Westergard) At Tegan Sheffield's end-of-summer party, a prank backfires with devastating emotional and criminal results for seventeen-year-old Jessica Healy, her boyfriend Jake, and their best friends.

Bad Things Happen Here YA FIC Barrow (Kennedy) Seventeen-year-old Luca lives on Parris, an idyllic but cursed island with a history of unsolved deaths, but when Luca's sister becomes the latest victim, she is determined to find the murderer and soon comes face to face with the curse she has been running from her whole life.

Blood and Moonlight YA FIC Beaty (Kennedy) In Erin Beaty's fantasy mystery-thriller, Blood and Moonlight, an orphan with a secret, magical sight gets caught between a mysterious genius and the serial killer he's hunting.

All These Bodies YA FIC Blake (Kennedy/Westergard) Summer 1958. A gruesome killer plagues the Midwest, leaving behind a trail of bodies completely drained of blood.

Into the Sublime YA FIC Boorman (Kennedy) Four girls from a defunct thrill-seeking group descend into a dangerous underground cave system in search of a subterranean lake that local legends claim has the power to change things for those who can confront their deepest fears.

I am Margaret Moore YA FIC Capin (Kennedy) A year ago at the elite Marshall Summer Naval School, Margaret Moore presumably drowned herself from heartbreak, but this summer, the remaining girls from Deck Five will ensure Margaret's story is heard.

Tell Me No Lies YA FIC Contos (Kennedy) Teenage sisters Nora and Sophie's bond is tested when Sophie's boyfriend Garrett goes missing after a party, and Nora, possibly the last person to see him, becomes is the primary suspect.

No Way Home YA FIC Feldman (Kennedy) When seventeen-year-old Tess Alessandro's dream exchange program in Italy turns into a nightmare, can she find a way to outwit her criminal host family before she and her parents end up dead?

Good Girls Die First YA FIC Foxfield (Westergard) The threat of blackmail lures sixteen-year-old aspiring photographer Ava and nine other teens--all with secrets they intend to protect whatever the cost--to an abandoned amusement park on Portgrave Pier, and when bad weather and magic cut them off from the mainland, Ava and the others begin turning on each other, one by one.

Very Bad People YA FIC Frick (Kennedy) Sixteen-year-old Calliope Bolan joins a powerful secret society at her new boarding school, hoping to find answers about her mother's death, but she becomes involved in a dangerous campaign for revenge that threatens her new friendships.

The Agathas YA FIC Glasgow (Westergard) Alice Ogilvie's disappearance last summer is the biggest scandal at Castle Cove High School--until her ex-boyfriend is accused of murdering his new girlfriend, and Alice must pair up with her tutor Iris Adams to clear his name by relying on the wisdom of Agatha Christie.

The Counselors YA FIC Goodman (Kennedy) After a traumatic school year, camp counselor Goldie Easton is excited to reunite with her two best friends at an elite summer camp, but when a local boy is found dead on the grounds, all three must reveal a dark secret to find the murderer.

We Made It All Up YA FIC Harrison (Kennedy) Celeste Bergstein moves to a small town in Montana to escape her past, only to become embroiled in her new home town's twisted secrets when the school's star athlete--who is also the subject of Celeste's writings--is found dead at the mouth of a cave.

Two Truths and a Lie YA FIC Henry (Westergard) When a troupe of theater students get stranded in a creepy old motel during a blizzard, they play a foreboding game of truth and lies that leads to real danger when a murderer is discovered in their midst.

The Red Palace YA FIC Hur (Kennedy) While investigating a series of grisly murders, eighteen-year-old palace nurse Hyeon navigates royal and political intrigue and becomes entangled with a young police inspector.

All the Best Liars YA FIC Kahaney (Kennedy) Told in alternating voices, childhood friends Syd, Rain, and Brie's final weeks of high school end tragically when one dies in a fire, another goes missing, and the third is left to pick up the pieces.

By The Time You Read This I'll be Gone YA FIC Kuehn (Kennedy) Beatrice Fletcher, great-grandniece of famous mystery writer Jessica Fletcher, is obsessed with the unsolved mysteries and murders of Cabot Cove, Maine, but this time the case becomes personal when her best friend Jackson disappears and she must rely on the help of three students from the elite Broadmoor Academy to find him.

It Will End Like This YA FIC Leigh (Kennedy) When their mother suddenly dies, sisters Charlotte and Maddi begin to suspect that their father and his new girlfriend played a part in her death, and they spiral into paranoia with horrifying consequences.

The Killing Code YA FIC Marney (Kennedy) Kit Sutherland moves to Washington, DC, to work as a codebreaker at Arlington Hall, but when she stumbles onto a bloody homicide scene, she joins forces with other female codebreakers to find the person killing government girls.

Nothing More to Tell YA FIC McManus (Kennedy/Westergard) Brynn Gallagher uses her internship at a new true crime show to investigate the unsolved murder of her favorite teacher, uncovering secrets about her school, her teacher, and her ex-best friend in the process.

At the End of Everything YA FIC Nijkamp (Kennedy) A group of teens at the Hope Juvenile Treatment Center are shocked to discover their guards have abandoned them, but their joy turns to fear when they learn a catastrophic pandemic has occurred outside their walls, turning their new-found freedom into a fight for survival.

The Girl in the Castle YA FIC Patterson (Kennedy/Westergard) Eighteen-year-old Hannah experiences danger in the past and present, as college intern Jordan tries to uncover the truth about Hannah and her memories.

Secrets So Deep YA FIC Sain (Westergard) Seventeen-year-old Avril Vincent returns to an exclusive theater camp to uncover the truth of what happened when her mother drowned there twelve years ago.

Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche YA FIC Springer (Kennedy/Westergard) When professional typist Letitia Glover is desperate to learn more about the fate of her twin sister Flossie, Enola enlists the help of her brother Sherlock and her friend Tewky to investigate Flossie's husband, the sudden death of his first wife, and themysterious appearance of a black barouche.

I'm the Girl YA FIC Summers (Kennedy/Westergard) When sixteen-year-old Georgia Avis finds the dead body of thirteen-year-old Ashley James outside the gates of an exclusive resort, she teams up with Ashley's older sister Nora to find the killer, and she is thrown into a world of unimaginable wealth and privilege--and the fight for her life.

The New Girl YA FIC Sutanto (Kennedy) A transfer student and scholarship recipient, sophomore Lia Setiawan is angered when she discovers a cheating ring, but by the time she finds a dead body and shuts down the campus drug dealer, she fears she might be the biggest snake in the Draycott Academy nest of vipers.

Cold YA FIC Tamaki (Kennedy) Told in alternating perspectives, Todd replays the events that lead to his death in the local park, watching as detectives investigate his murder and talk to the students responsible for it, and meanwhile Georgia, who does not know Todd, cannot stop thinking about him.

Burn Down, Rise Up YA FIC Tirado (Kennedy) When an urban legend rumored to trap people inside subway tunnels seems to be behind mysterious disappearances in the Bronx, sixteen-year-old Raquel and her friends team up to save their city--and confront a dark episode in its history in the process.

These Deadly Games YA FIC Urban (Westergard) Soon after receiving an anonymous message stating that she has twenty-four hours to play a game by the sender's rules or he will kill her sister, sixteen-year-old Crystal Donovan realizes that cooperating will destroy her friends' lives and she must figure out a way to beat the kidnapper at his own game before she loses everything.

Never Coming Home YA FIC Williams (Westergard) Ten teen influencers arrive on Unknown Island expecting to find a tropical paradise, but instead they discover a deserted resort, poisonous snakes, and secrets worth killing for.

How We Fall Apart YA FIC Zhao (Kennedy/Westergard) Nancy Luo, Krystal Choi, Akil Patel, and Alexander Lin, juniors at Manhattan's elite Sinclair Prep, are forced to confront their secrets after Jamie Ruan, once their closest friend, is found dead.

Additional Titles:

• Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets 
• Queen of the Tiles
• Go Hunt Me
• Dark Room Etiquette 
• Out of the Fire
• League of Liars
• Lord of the Fly Fest
• Lies My Memory Told Me
• No Beauties of Monsters 
• What She Found in the Woods
• Firekeeper's Daughter
• Remedy
• The Ivies
• The Follower
• The Initial Insult
• The Cousins
• The Loop
• Pride and Premeditation
• Lucy Clark Will Not Apologize
• Tell Me My Name
• The Girls I've Been
• The Castle School (for troubled girls)
• Influence
• Teen Killers Club
• The Project
• The Obsession
• Every Single Lie
• The Enigma Game
• You Were Never Here
• I Hope You're Listening
• Throwaway Girls 
• These Vengeful Hearts
• The Inheritance Games
• Grown
• Even If We Break 
• They Wish They Were Us
• All Eyes on Her
• I Killed Zoe Spanos
• Girl, Unframed
• Frozen Beauty 
• All Your Twisted Secrets
• No True Believers
• The Last Confession of Autumn Casterly
• A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
• The Last Witness
• Songs From the Deep 
• Now Entering Addamsville
• In the Hall With the Knife
• The Liar's Daughter
• The Athena Protocol
• The Beautiful
• The Grace Year
• I Know You Remember
• The Leaving
• Girl Last Seen
• The Twin's Daughter
• The One Memory of Flora Banks
• Peeled
• Genuine Fraud 
• The Female of the Species
• One of Us is Lying
• The Agony House
• Sadie

True Crime Books

Mind of A Criminal YA 363.25 Bodden (Westergard) An in-depth look at how psychological profilers analyze behaviors and patterns to identify suspects and help solve crimes, employing real-life examples such as the Jeffrey Dahmer case.

Getting Away With Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case YA 364.1523 Crowe (Kennedy) Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, & The Fall of Imperial Russia YA 947.083 Fleming (Kennedy/Westergard) Traces the story of the Russian Revolution, the lives of the Romanov family, and the story of their tragic deaths, in an account that draws on primary source materials.

The Zodiac Killer: Terror and Mystery YA 364.1523 Haugen (Westergard) Examines the details of the Zodiac Killer case in 1960s San Francisco, including the victims, the crimes, and speculations as to the identity of the Zodiac Killer.

Blood, Bullets, and Bones: The Story of Forensic Science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA YA 363.25 Heos (Westergard) Provides readers with a fresh and fascinating look at the ever-evolving science of forensics.

The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden & The Trial of the Century YA 345.744 Miller (Kennedy/Westergard) Examines the Borden murders, using newspaper articles to recreate the events and the trial and acquittal of Lizzie Borden and exploring Lizzie's story to theorize on what may have happened.

The 57 Bus YA 364.1555 Slater (Kennedy) True story of two teenagers and the crime that changed their lives.

Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King Jr's Assassin YA 323.092 Swanson (Kennedy/Westergard) James Earl Ray and Martin Luther King, Jr. had two very different life journeys -- but their paths fatally collide when Ray assassinates the world-renown civil rights leader. This book provides an inside look into both of their lives, the history of the time, and a blow-by-blow examination of the assassination and its aftermath. Also by Swanson: Chasing Lincoln's Killer, "The President Has Been Shot": The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

Emigration and Immigration Stories

Fiction

Indivisible YA FIC Aleman (Kennedy/Westergard) New York City high school student Mateo dreams of becoming a Broadway star, but his life is transformed after his parents are deported to Mexico.

Come On In: 15 stories about immigration and finding home YA FIC Alsaid (Kennedy/Westergard) This exceptional and powerful anthology explores the joys, heartbreaks and triumphs of immigration, with stories by critically acclaimed and bestselling YA authors who are shaped by the journeys they and their families have taken from home, and to find home.

We Are All We Have YA FIC Budhos (Kennedy) After her mom is taken by ICE, seventeen-year-old Rania's hopes and dreams for the future are immediatly put on hold as she figures out how take care of her younger brother and survive in a country that seems to be closing around them.

American Panda YA FIC Chao (Kennedy) A freshman at MIT, seventeen-year-old Mei Lu tries to live up to her Taiwanese parents' expectations, but no amount of tradition, obligation, or guilt prevent her from hiding several truths--that she is a germaphobe who cannot become a doctor, she prefers dancing to biology, she decides to reconnect with her estranged older brother, and she is dating a Japanese boy.

Our Wayward Fate YA FIC Chao (Kennedy) Seventeen-year-old Ali is simultaneously swept up in a whirlwind romance and down a rabbit hole of family secrets when another Taiwanese family moves into tiny, predominantly-white, Plainhart, Indiana.

Something in Between YA FIC De La Cruz (Westergard) After learning of her family's illegal immigrant status, Jasmine realizes that college may be impossible and that deportation is a real threat, uncertainties she endures as she falls for the son of a congressman who opposes an immigration reform bill.

Lobizona YA FIC Garber (Kennedy) When her mother is arrested by ICE, sixteen-year-old Argentinian Manu--who thinks she is hiding in a Miami apartment because she is an undocumented immigrant--discovers that her entire existence is illegal.

Beast Rider: A boy's journey beyond the border YA FIC Johnston (Westergard) To be reunited with his brother, twelve-year-old Manuel will have to cross the border and survive the perilous journey from Mexico to Los Angeles.

Darius the Great is Not Okay YA FIC Khorram (Kennedy/Westergard) Clinically-depressed Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life.

An Emotion of Great Delight YA FIC Mafi (Kennedy) In the wake of 9/11, Shadi, a child of Muslim immigrants, tries to navigate her crumbling world of death, heartbreak, and bigotry in silence, until finally everything changes.

Dream Things True YA FIC Marquardt (Kennedy) Evan, the nephew of a conservative southern senator, and Alma, who lives with her large, warm Mexican family, fall in love, but when Immigration and Customs Enforcement begins raids on their town, Alma knows she needs to tell Evan her secrets, but how can she tell her country-club boyfriend that she is an undocumented immigrant?

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter YA FIC Sanchez (Kennedy) When her sister, considered the perfect Mexican daughter by her parents, dies, Julia tries to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family despite her own grief and her mother's penchant for pointing out every possible way Julia has failed.

Illegal YA FIC Stork (Kennedy) To escape the violent cartel that is after them in Ciudad Juaarez, siblings Sara and Emiliano flee across the border, seeking a better life in the United States and hoping to bring their pursuers to justice, only to discover that an even greater danger awaits them.

The Grief Keeper YA FIC Villasante (Kennedy) After escaping a detention center at the U.S. border, seventeen-year-old Marisol agrees to participate in a medical experiment hoping to keep her and her younger sister, Gabi, from being deported to El Salvador.

The Sun Is Also a Star YA FIC Yoon (Kennedy) Natasha, whose family is hours away from being deported, and Daniel, a first generation Korean American who strives to live up to his parents' expectations, unexpectedly fall in love and must determine which path they will choose in order to be together.

Nonfiction

Americapedia : Taking the dumb out of freedom YA 320.6097 Anderson (Kennedy) Presents a blend of humor and a civic textbook to cover American politics, international relations, religion, and culture.

The Distance Between Us YA B Grande (Kennedy/Westergard) At the age of 8, Reyna Grande made the dangerous and illegal trek across the border from Mexico to the United States, and discovered that the American Dream is much more complicated that it seemed.

Call Me American: The extraordinary true story of a young Somali immigrant YA B Iftin (Kennedy) Adapted from the adult memoir, an intimate portrait of modern immigration describes how the author's family was forced by war to leave their home in Somalia before he received an opportunity to win the annual U.S. visa lottery.

In Search of Safety: Voices of refugees YA 309.906 Kuklin (Kennedy/Westergard) Documents the stories of five refugees resettled in Nebraska, including a translator from Afghanistan and a Yazidi woman from Iraq, and others from Myanmar, South Sudan, and Burundi, detailing why they had to leave their homelands, their struggles to reach the United States, and their new lives in America.

We Are Here to Stay: Voices of undocumented young adults YA 304.8 Kuklin (Kennedy/Westergard) Documents the stories of nine undocumented immigrants to the United States, fleeing violence and seeking freedom, detailing how each youth left their homelands to start a new life in America.

The Far Away Brothers: Two teenage immigrants making a life in America YA 979.466 Markham (Kennedy) The inspiring true story about identical twin teenage brothers who escape El Salvador's violence to build new lives in California as undocumented immigrants.

This Land Is Our Land: A history of American immigration YA 304.8097 Osborne (Westergard) This book explores the way government policy and popular responses to immigrant groups evolved throughout U.S. history, particularly between 1800 and 1965. The book concludes with a summary of events up to contemporary times, as immigration again becomes a hot-button issue.

Americanized: Rebel without a green card YA B Saedi (Kennedy) The author describes how, in San Jose, California, in the 1990s, her life as an Iranian American teen was upended by her discovery that she and her family entered as undocumented immigrants.

Online Resources

American Civil Liberties Union General Human Rights.

The Dream Information for and about Dreamers and education rights.

U.S. Department of Education: Resources for Immigrants, Refugees, Asylees, and other New Americans Information and resources for immigrant, refugee, asylee students and families.

Local Resources

American Friends Service Committee - Immigrant Rights Program 973-643-1924

El Centro Hispanoamericano - Counseling and representation 908-753-8730

Jewish Family Services of Middlesex County - Immigrant and refugee services 732-777-1940

Inheritance: A visual poem YA 811.6 Acevedo (Kennedy/Westergard) In her most famous spoken-word poem, author of the Pura Belprae-winning novel-in-verse The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro-Latinidad--the history, pain, pride, and powerful love of that inheritance.

Rising Troublemaker: A fear-fighter manual for teens YA 158.1 Ajayi Jones (Kennedy/Westergard) In this young readers edition of her New York Times bestseller Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie Ajayi Jones uses her honesty and humor to inspire teens to be their bravest, boldest, truest selves, in order to create a world they would be proud to live in.

Pork Belly Tacos With a Side of Anxiety YA B Castañeda (Kennedy) Yvonne Castañeda shares vibrant stories of her childhood growing up in Miami as the daughter of humble immigrants from Mexico and Cuba . . . and how she came to develop an unhealthy relationship with food.

The Complete Cookbook for Teen Chefs YA 641.5 Complete (Kennedy/Westergard) America’s Test Kitchen, for the first time ever, brings their rigorous testing and kitchen expertise to teenagers, starting with the fundamentals and moving on to more than 70 teen-tested and teen-approved recipes.

Poisoned Water: How the citizens of Flint, Michigan fought for their lives and warned the nation YA 615.9256 Cooper (Westergard) Reveals the true story of Flint, Michigan's poisoned water supply, describing how the water crisis unfolded in 2014 and the history of racism and segregation that led up to it.

Young Oracle Tarot: An initiation into tarot's mystic wisdom YA 133.324 Ferguson (Kennedy/Westergard) Discover a powerful global tradition. Unlock your inner wisdom. And steer your destiny. For hundreds of years, people have turned to tarot to seek answers. This book helps young truth-seekers use these mysterious cards to navigate the trials and triumphs of their lives. Tarot readers-in-training can discover the origins, symbols, and uses of tarot, and find out how to practice readings for themselves and for others.

Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb tried to commit the perfect crime YA 364.1523 Fleming (Kennedy/Westergard) Taking readers back to 1924, this shocking true crime story follows two eighteen-year-old college students who kidnapped and murdered a child they both knew, their trial, and how a renowned defense attorney enabled them to avoid the death penalty.

Days of Infamy: How a century of bigotry led to Japanese American internment YA 341.67 Goldstone (Kennedy) This book documents decades of racism and bigotry in public opinion, political discourse, and legal decisions upheld by the Supreme Court, which led to the incarceration of more than 100,000 Japanese Americans living in western states during WWII.

You are more than magic: The black and brown girls' guide to finding your voice YA 305.4889 Harts (Kennedy/Westergard) Filled with anecdotes, thought exercises, how-tos, and encouragement, this must-have guide for girls of color shows them how to find their voice and make sure everyone around them can hear it.

A Face for Picasso: Coming of age with Crouzon syndrome YA B Henley (Kennedy/Westergard) A YA nonfiction story about Ariel and her twin sister's experience living with Crouzon Syndrome.

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna and the race to understand our genetic code YA 576.5 Isaacson (Westergard) Walter Isaacson's #1 New York Times bestselling history of our third scientific revolution: CRISPR, gene editing, and the quest to understand the code of life itself, is now adapted for young readers.

Ambushed!: The assassination plot against President Garfield YA 973.84 Jarrow (Westergard) James Abram Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, was assassinated when he was shot by Charles Guiteau in July 1881, less than four months after he was elected president. But Garfield didn't actually die until 80 days later. In this page-turner, award-winning author Gail Jarrow delves into the fascinating story of the relationship between Garfield and Guiteau, and relates the gruesome details of Garfield's slow and agonizing death. Also by Jarrow: Blood and Germs: The Civil War battle against wounds and disease, Bubonic Panic, Red Madness, Spooked!

And We Rise: The Civil Rights Movement in poems YA 323.1196 Martin (Kennedy/Westergard) A powerful, impactful, eye-opening journey that explores through the Civil Rights Movement in 1950s-1960s America in spare and evocative verse, with historical photos interspersed throughout.

Violet and Daisy YA 792.702 Miller (Kennedy/Westergard) This is an absorbing and compulsively readable story of Violet and Daisy Hilton, conjoined twins who were the sensation of the US sideshow circuits in the 1920s and 1930s. In a story loaded with questions about identity and exploitation, Sarah Miller delivers a completely compelling, empathetic portrait of two sisters whose bonds were so sacred that nothing--not even death--would compel Violet and Daisy to break them. Also by Miller: The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets, The Borden Murders

Augusta Savage: The shape of a sculptor's life YA 811.54 Nelson (Kennedy/Westergard) A powerful biography in poems about Augusta Savage, the trailblazing artist and pillar of the Harlem Renaissance.

My Name is Jason. Mine too: Our story, our way YA 811.6 Reynolds (Kennedy/Westergard) Jason Reynold. Jason Griffin. One a poet. One an artist. One Black. One white. Two voices. One journey. To move to New York, and make it in New York. Best friends willing to have a hard life if it meant a happy life. All they needed was a chance.

Cramm this Book YA 306 Seltzer (Kennedy/Westergard) A guide to the recent history of the world that's led to where we are today, so Gen Z readers can have context for the news they see and hear every day.

Born to Fly YA 797.52 Sheinkin (Westergard) National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin tells the story of the 1929 Women's Air Derby, the first official all-female air race in the U.S. Also by Sheinkin: Lincoln's Grave Robbers, Undefeated, Most Dangerous, The Port Chicago 50, Bomb

Idea Makers: 15 Fearless Female Entrepreneurs YA 658.4092 Sichol (Kennedy/Westergard) Shares the incredible stories of 15 women who changed the world through their entrepreneurship. Author Sichol presents five industries that women are leading in recent years: food, fashion and clothing, health and beauty, science and technology, and education.

Semi-famous: A true story of near celebrity YA B Sundquist (Kennedy/Westergard) Social media star and comedian Josh Sundquist takes readers on his hilarious journey to the fringes of viral stardom to discover if it's possible to be both very famous and very happy.

You Need to Hear This: 365 days of silly, honest advice you need right now YA 158.1 You (Kennedy/Westergard) This 365-days' worth of bite-sized advice is part-parent, BBF, and therapist all wrapped up into a chunky and colorful oracle book. Each entry is set against bright and bold graphics and range from hard advice, light positive pep-talks, and snarky, "tooreal" advice. Readers can open the book for a random daily bit of advice (ala oracle books and cards) or flip to the page that feels right and display it at their desk or in their home

Additional Titles

• Girlhood: Teens around the world in their own voices
• Monstrous: The lore, gore, and science behind your favorite monsters
• Singled Out: The true story of Glenn Burke
• Can't Stop Won't Stop
• The Beautiful Struggle: A memoir
• Apollo 13: A Successful Failure
• Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 
• Apple: Skin to the core: A memoir in words and pictures
• 20 Makey Makey Projects for the Evil Genius 
• The Black Friend: On being a better white person
• Baseball's Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the rise and fall of the Negro Leagues
• Atomic Women: The untold stories of the scientists who helped create the nuclear bomb
• Stamped: Racism, antiracism, and you
• The Cat I Never Named: A true story of love, war, and survival
• Permanent Record: How one man exposed the truth about government spying and digital security
• Race Against Time: The untold story of Scipio Jones and the battle to save twelve innocent men
• What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous stories of rebellion and renewal
• The Self-Compassionate Teen: Mindfulness & compassion skills to conquer your critical inner voice
• The Talk: Conversations about race, love & truth
• Mindfulness and self-compassion for teen ADHD
• Billie Eilish: The unofficial biography: From e-girl to icon
• Bringing Down a President: The Watergate scandal 
• Separate No More: The long road to Brown v. Board of Education 
• Walk Toward the Rising Sun: From child soldier to ambassador of peace
• Somebody Give This Heart a Pen
• She Represents: 44 Women who are changing politics...and the world 
• Channel Kindness: Stories of kindness and community
• Body Talk: 37 voices explore our radical anatomy
• Ms. Gloria Steinem: A life
• Stupid Black Girl: Essays from an American African 
• The Self-Love Revolution: Radical body positivity for girls of color
• The #MeToo Movement
• The Wide World of Coding: The people and careers behind the programs
• All Boys Aren't Blue: A memoir-manifesto
• Thank You for Coming to my TED Talk: A teen guide to great public speaking
• Jane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the fight for reproductive rights
• The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh
• Say Her Name
• Hope in the Mail: Reflections on writing and life
• The First Conspiracy: The secret plot to kill George Washington
• Games of Deception: The true story of the first U.S. Olympic basketball team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany
• Obviously: Stories from my timeline
• A Light in the Darkness: Janusz Korczak, his orphans, and the Holocaust
• The (other) F Word: A celebration of the fat & fierce
• Shout
• Gunpowder Girls: The True Stories of Three Civil War Tragedies
• We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide
• Trans Mission: My Quest to a Beard
• Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend
• Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse
• Dear Ally, how do you write a book?
• A Queer History of the United States for Young People
• Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot
• Dear Heartbreak : YA Authors on the Dark Side of Love
• Sandwiches! More Than You've Ever Wanted to Know About Making and Eating America's Favorite Food
• Yes She Can: 10 Stories of Hope & Change from Young Female Staffers of the Obama White House
• Glimmer of Hope: How Tragedy Sparked a Movement
• Rethinking Normal: A Memoir in Transition
• Mummies Exposed!
• Trouble Maker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington
• Brave Face
• Being Jazz
• Life Inside My Mind: 31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles
• Lies My Teacher Told: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong
• Dreaming in Code: Ada Byron Lovelace, Computer Pioneer
• The Far Away Brothers: Two Teenage Immigrants Making a Life in America
• Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy
• Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum
• Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
• Positively Teen: A Practical Guide to A More Positive, More Confident You
• Proud: Living My American Dream
• I Am A Feminist: Claiming the F-Word in Turbulent Times
• Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World
• I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope
• Positive: Surviving My Bullies, Finding Hope, and Living to Change the World
• Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card
• The 57 Bus
• Chasing Lincoln's Killer
• Captured: An American Prisoner of War in North Vietnam
• We say #Never again / Reporting by the Parkland Student Journalists
• We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World

Realistic and Contemporary Stories 

Perfectly Parvin YA FIC Abtahi (Westergard) After being dumped at the beginning of freshman year, Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to Homecoming.

Clap When You Land YA FIC Acevedo (Kennedy/Westergard) Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people. In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance -- and Papi's secrets -- the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered. And then, when it seems like they've lost everything of their father, they learn of each other. Also by Acevedo: With The Fire on High, The Poet X

Swing YA FIC Alexander (Kennedy/Westergard) Noah and his best friend Walt want to become cool, make the baseball team, and win over Sam, the girl Noah has loved for years. When Noah finds old love letters, Walt hatches a plan to woo Sam. But as Noah's love life and Walt's baseball career begin, the letters alter everything. Also by Alexander: Rebound, Solo, The Crossover

The Summer of Impossibilities YA FIC Allen (Kennedy/Westergard) Forced to spend time together at a lake house while their best-friend mothers reconnect, four girls navigate crushes and secrets, including an escalating health problem, during a transformative summer.

Everything Within and In Between YA FIC Barthelmess (Kennedy) Forbidden by her strict Mexican grandma to learn Spanish, Ri Fernaandez decides to find her mother in an effort to understand her mixed heritage, but nothing goes as planned, forcing Ri to define who she really is.

Everything's Not Fine YA FIC Carlson (Kennedy) Seventeen-year-old Rose Hemmersbach aspires to break out of small town Sparta, Wisconsin and achieve her artistic dreams, just like her aunt Colleen, but must face her mother's heroin addiction and its ramifications first.

Love Times Infinity YA FIC Clarke (Kennedy) As high school junior Michie plans for her future and explores a new relationship, she tries to reconcile with some uncomfortable truths about her life which becomes more complicated when she is contacted by her estranged mother.

Where the Rhythm Takes You YA FIC Daas (Kennedy/Westergard) Seventeen-year-old Reyna has spent most of her life at the Plumeria, her family's gorgeous seaside resort in Tobago. But what once seemed like paradise is starting to feel more like purgatory. It's been two years since Reyna's mother passed away, two years since Aiden-her childhood best friend, first kiss, first love, first everything-left the island to pursue his music dreams.

The Hollow Inside YA FIC Davis (Kennedy) After years on the run, sixteen-year-old Phoenix and mom Nina travel back to Nina's hometown to get revenge on the man she says ruined her life.

Don't Ask Me Where I'm From YA FIC De Leon (Kennedy) Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-white school, but when family secrets come out and racism at school gets worse than ever, she must decide what she believes in and take a stand.

TJ Powar Has Something to Prove YA FIC Deo (Kennedy) High school debater TJ Powar, after she and her cousin become the subject of an ugly meme, makes a resolution to stop shaving, plucking, and waxing, and prove that she can be her hairy self and still be beautiful... but soon finds this may be her most difficult debate yet.

10 Truths and a Dare YA FIC Elston (Westergard) It's Senior Party Week, that magical in-between time after classes have ended but before graduation, chock-full of gimmicky theme parties, last-minute bonding, and family traditions. Olivia couldn't be more ready...But when the tiny hiccup of an unsigned off-campus P.E. form puts Olivia in danger of not graduating at all, she has one week to set things straight without tipping off her very big and very nosy extended family.

Confessions of an alleged good girl YA FIC Goffney (Kennedy/Westergard) As a preacher's daughter, Monique is expected to be an example at church although she hates its restrictive rules. When she discovers she physically cannot have sex, and after her boyfriend breaks up with her for that reason, two unexpected teens from church become her main supports as she desperately tries to break the rules against all the odds.

Dear Universe YA FIC Gonsalves (Kennedy/Westergard) Seventeen-year-old Chamomile struggles to bring together her two universes of school, filled with the hype of senior year and future plans, and home, where her father is living with a terminal illness, until she meets a fellow student and hospital volunteer who helps her understand both worlds as one.

This Is My Brain In Love YA FIC Gregorio (Westergard) Rising high school juniors Jocelyn Wu and Will Domenici fall in love while trying to save the Wu family restaurant, A-Plus Chinese Garden.

When You Look Like Us YA FIC Harris (Kennedy/Westergard) When his sister Nicole disappears, Jay Murphy must take up the search for her when the police department won't investigate her case.

The Silence That Binds Us YA FIC Ho (Kennedy) In the year following their son's death, May Chen's parents face racist accusations of putting too much pressure on their son and causing his death by suicide, and May attempts to challenge the racism and ugly stereotypes through her writing, only to realize that she still has a lot to learn and that her actions have consequences for her family as well as herself.

Kiss & Tell YA FIC Khorram (Kennedy/Westergard) On boy band Kiss & Tell's first major tour, lead singer Hunter Drake grapples with a painful breakup with his first boyfriend, his first rebound, and the stress of what it means to be queer in the public eye. Also by Khorram: Darius the Great Is Not Okay, Darius the Great Deserves Better

Unscripted YA FIC Kronzer (Kennedy) When seventeen-year-old Zelda is chosen for an elite team at a prestigious improvisation camp, it is a big step toward achieving her dreams, but first she must survive her teammates' sexism and coach's cruelty.

Practice Girl YA FIC Laure (Kennedy) When one of the boys on the wrestling team she manages calls her a "practice girl", someone to hook up with but not to date, high-school senior Jo is forced to examine uncomfortable truths about her relationships, from her best friend to the boy she likes, before better understanding her real worth.

No Filter and Other Lies YA FIC Maldonado (Westergard) Seventeen-year-old Kat Sanchez uses photos of a friend to create a fake Instagram account, but when one of her posts goes viral and exposes Kat's duplicity, her entire world--both real and pretend--comes crashing down around her.

Laurel Everywhere YA FIC Moynihan (Westergard) After the death of her mother and siblings, fifteen-year-old Laurel Summers' father struggles with grief and depression, leaving her it to her friends to help her cope with her pain and loss.

Pumpkin YA FIC Murphy (Kennedy/Westergard) Creating a drag-show audition tape that culminates in an unkind nomination for prom queen, an overweight and openly gay teen partners with a girl who has been nominated for prom king to embrace their true selves. Also by Murphy: Puddin', Dumplin', Ramona Blue, Side Effects May Vary

This Boy YA FIC Myracle (Kennedy) Paul Walden realizes at the beginning of his freshman year that he will never be a leader, but he has made a new friend, he thinks a girl might be interested, and he is content with what he is, with the help of some casual drug use that has more effect than he knows.

When We Were Them YA FIC Namey (Westergard) After betraying her two best friends, eighteen-year-old Willa spends the week of her high school graduation going through a memory box commemorating important moments of the three girls' friendship in order to try to save it.

Like Home YA FIC Onomae (Kennedy) Chinelo is all about her neighborhood Ginger East, but when her friend Kate's parent's store is vandalized and the vandal still at large, Nelo and her beloved Ginger East are shaken to their core.

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School YA FIC Reyes (Kennedy) Sixteen-year-old Mexican American Yami Flores starts Catholic school, determined to keep her brother out of trouble and keep herself closeted, but her priorities shift when Yami discovers that her openly gay classmate Bo is also annoyingly cute.

Finding Jupiter YA FIC Rowe (Kennedy) Sparks fly when teens Orion and Ray meet for the first time at a roller rink in Memphis, but these star-crossed souls have a past filled with secrets that threaten to tear them apart before their love story even begins.

You Don't Live Here YA FIC Schneider (Kennedy) After the sudden death of her mother, Sasha moves in with her grandparents and realizes new truths about herself.

Running YA FIC Sylvester (Kennedy) When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Mariana Ruiz's father runs for president, Mari starts to see him with new eyes. A novel about waking up and standing up, and what happens when you stop seeing your dad as your hero-while the whole country is watching.

All My Rage YA FIC Tahir (Kennedy) A family extending from Pakistan to California deals with generations of young love, old regrets, and forgiveness.

Kings of B'more YA FIC Thomas (Kennedy) Propelled by his best friend's impending move out of state and inspired by Ferris Bueller's Day Off, sixteen-year-old Harrison plans a farewell through Baltimore that includes a road trip, their first Pride, and a rooftop dance party.

No One Is Alone YA FIC Vincent (Kennedy) When Michaela's mom dies and she has to move in with her dad, she discovers he's been married with kids all this time and she's the product of an affair.

Love is a Revolution YA FIC Watson (Kennedy/Westergard) Harlem teenager Nala is looking forward to a summer of movies and ice cream until she falls in love with the very woke Tye and pretends to be a social activist.

Turtle Boy YA FIC Wolkenstein (Westergard) Seventh-grader Will's Bar Mitzvah community service project, visiting an incurably ill older boy in the hospital, leads to a friendship that is life-changing for both them and those around them.

Additional Titles

• The Chandler Legacies
• Boys I Know
• Listen, Layla
• Smash It!
• Some Other Now
• Tokyo Ever After
• The Lucky Ones
• Little Universes
• Color Me In
• The Year After You
• When You Were Everything
• We Are the Wildcats
• Only Mostly Devastated
• Only Love Can Break Your Heart
• The Edge of Anything
• All the Invisible Things
• Yes, No, Maybe So
• The New David Espinoza
• What I Carry
• We Used To Be Friends
• Tweet Cute
• The Map From Here to There
• Crying Laughing 
• Love from A to Z
• The Thing About Jellyfish
• Far From the Tree
• Girl Made of Stars
• We'll Fly Away
• Our Wayward Fate
• Summerlost
• Here to Stay
• Full Disclosure
• Picture Us in the Light
• The How & The Why
• Have a Little Faith In Me
• Cracking the Bell
• The Love and Lies of Rukshana Ali
• It Wasn't Me
• The Library of Lost Things
• You Bring the Distant Near
• Ghost
• I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
• Falling Over Sideways
• Scars Like Wings
• Jackpot
• On the Come Up
• Property of the Rebel Librarian
• American Street

Sex, Dating, and Consent!

Fiction

Girl Made of Stars YA FIC Blake (Kennedy) When Mara's twin brother Owen is accused of rape by her friend Hannah, Mara is forced to confront her feelings about her family, her sense of right and wrong, a trauma from her past, and the future with her girlfriend, Charlie.

One Great Lie YA FIC Caletti (Kennedy/Westergard) Charlotte's dream of a summer writing workshop in Venice with her favorite author brings the chance to investigate the mysterious poet in her family's past, meet fascinating new people, and learn truths about her idol.

Foul is Fair YA FIC Capin (Kennedy) After being drugged and gang-raped while crashing a St. Andrew's Prep party on her sixteenth birthday, Jade leads her friends in exacting a horrific revenge on the golden boys who attacked her.

Muted YA FIC Charles (Kennedy) A tale inspired by true events traces the experiences of a talented singer who wants to escape her all-white community before catching the attention of an R&B star who gives her access to fame and luxury in exchange for unscrupulous sacrifices.

You Know I'm No Good YA FIC Foley (Kennedy) When troubled teen Mia gets sent to Road Oak Academy, a therapeutic girls boarding school, she is forced to confront her painful past.

Even When Your Voice Shakes YA FIC Goka (Kennedy) After Amberley is raped by her employer's son she realizes she two choices--stay quiet and keep her job or live her truth and speak up for herself and for justice.

Have a Little Faith In Me YA FIC Hartl (Kennedy/Westergard) When CeCe's born-again ex-boyfriend dumps her after they have sex, she follows him to Jesus camp in order to win him back.

The Birds, the Bees, and You and Me YA FIC Hinebaugh (Kennedy) Seventeen-year-old Lacey Burke responds to the failure of her school's abstinence-only sexual education curriculum by handing out advice and contraceptives in the girls' bathroom, even as her own life gets complicated.

Grown YA FIC Jackson (Kennedy/Westergard) When legendary R&B artist Korey Fields spots Enchanted Jones at an audition, her dreams of being a famous singer take flight. Until Enchanted wakes up with blood on her hands and zero memory of the previous night. Who killed Korey Fields? Before there was a dead body, Enchanted's dreams had turned into a nightmare. Because behind Korey's charm and star power was a controlling dark side. Now he's dead, the police are at the door, and all signs point to Enchanted.

Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf YA FIC Krischer (Westergard) Told from two viewpoints, Blythe promises to fix things after her best friend rapes naive Ali at a party, drawing her into the ruthless popular crowd while Ali is still reeling. Includes a list of resources for victims of assault.

The Big Reveal YA FIC Larsen (Kennedy/Westergard) Addie is a talented dancer, a true-blue friend, and a fat, fierce, and driven young woman. When she's accepted into the prestigious dance company of her dreams, she thinks nothing can bring her down-- until she realizes she doesn't have enough money to go. Refusing to give up, Addie and her friends decide to put on a top-secret, invitation-only burlesque show to raise funds. But word soon gets out, and the slut- and body-shaming begin. Has Addie been resisting the patriarchy, or playing right into its hands?

The Best Laid Plans YA FIC Lund (Kennedy) When eighteen-year-old Keely Collins decides to lose her virginity, she fears Dean, a college student, will be turned off by her inexperience, so she decides to start with lifelong friend Andrew.

We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire YA FIC McCullough (Westergard) A novel in prose and verse, follows the experiences of a teen who finds courage in the story of a 15th-century avenger when her sister's rapist is set free without prison time.

What Unbreakable Looks Like YA FIC McLaughlin (Kennedy) Lex was taken-trafficked-and now she's Poppy. Kept in a hotel with other girls, her old life is a distant memory. But when the girls are rescued, she doesn't quite know how to be Lex again. After she moves in with her aunt and uncle, for the first time in a long time, she knows what it is to feel truly safe. Except, she doesn't trust it. Instead she trusts what she shouldn't because that's what feels right. But when she is sexually assaulted by her so-called boyfriend and his friends, Lex is forced to reckon with what happened to her and that just because she is used to it, doesn't mean it is okay.

When Dimple Met Rishi YA FIC Menon (Kennedy) When Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel meet at a Stanford University summer program, Dimple is avoiding her parents' obsession with "marriage prospects" but Rishi hopes to woo her into accepting arranged marriage with him.

The Night When No One Had Sex YA FIC Miller (Kennedy) Told from alternating perspectives and group chats, a prom night sex pact goes awry for seven friends as they navigate friendships and relationships, embrace the uncertainty of life after high school, and search for a lost cat.

Forward Me Back to You YA FIC Perkins (Kennedy) Told in separate voices, Kat and Robin leave Boston on a church mission to help combat human trafficking in India while Kat recovers from a sexual assault and Robin seeks his birth mother.

What Does Consent Really Mean? GN Wallis (Kennedy) Following the sexual assault of a classmate, a group of teenage girls find themselves discussing the term consent, what it actually means for them in their current relationships, and how they act and make decisions with peer influence.

Nonfiction

#MeToo and You: Everything you need to know about consent, boundaries, and more YA 176.4 Bondy (Westergard) Author Halley Bondy explores the nuances of emotions, comfort, and discomfort in sexually charged and emotionally abusive situations. Readers will learn about consent, harassment, abuse, and healthy boundaries in all types of relationships.

Real Talk About Sex & Consent: What every teen needs to know YA 613.9071 Bradshaw (Kennedy/Westergard) A complete guide for teen readers with essential information about setting boundaries, coercion, reciprocity, how the body and brain respond to trauma, and communication. With this comprehensive road map, teen readers will learn how to make sexual decisions that honor their sense of values and cultivate happy, healthy, and emotionally supportive relationships throughout their lives.

The Big Questions Book of Sex and Consent YA 176.4 Freitas (Kennedy/Westergard) Encourages readers to think about friendship, trust, and personal sexual parameters so that it can be determined if, when, and what is wanted in intimate situations.

Trans+: Love, sex, romance, and being you YA 306.768 Gonzales (Kennedy/Westergard) Includes a discussion on gender, dating, consent, relationship and sexual violence, doing it, and safer sex.

Sex : a book for teens : an uncensored guide to your body, sex, and safety YA 613.9071 Hasler (Kennedy) Discusses all aspects of sexuality and sexual behavior, including sexual orientation, masturbation, birth control, and sexually transmitted diseases, and answers teenagers' questions on sex in a straightforward and in-depth manner.

No More Excuses: Dismantling rape culture YA 362.883 Keyser (Kennedy) Soon after the sexual misconduct allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein became public in late 2017, the #MeToo movement went viral, opening up an explosive conversation about rape culture around the globe.  Learn about the patriarchal constructs that support rape culture and how to dismantle them: redefining healthy manhood and sexuality, believing victims, improving social and legal systems and workplace environments, evaluating media with a critical eye, and standing up to speak out. Case studies provide a well-rounded view of real people on all sides of the issues.

Dating Violence YA 362.88 La Bella (Kennedy) Women between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four experience the highest rate of dating violence, almost triple the national average. Understanding what dating violence is can help would-be victims, whether male or female, avoid getting involved with someone who could become violent, or provide readers much-needed guidance if they are already in a potentially violent relationship. Resources are provided to help victims end an unhealthy relationship and recover both emotionally and physically. Warning signs, causes, statistics, and options for legal recourse are also included.

The ABC's of LGBT+ YA 306.76 Mardell (Kennedy/Westergard) Shares in-depth definitions of LGBT+ terms, and offers personal anecdotes from LGBT+ people.

Everything You Need to Know About Sexual Consent YA 176.4 Mooney (Kennedy) Communities and schools across the United States have recently been shocked by reports of the frequency of rape and sexual assault. Sexual consent has become an increasingly important issue. This book examines this difficult issue and reveals campus and community efforts to educate students about sexual consent, shortcomings in addressing rape accusations, and current laws pertaining to consent.

Girl : Love, sex, romance, and being you YA 155.533 Rayne (Kennedy/Westergard) Offers an inclusive guide for self-identified girls intended to provide practical and candid guidance on such topics as sexuality, relationships, gender, sexual health, consent, and sexual assault.

Ask: Building consent culture 302.14 Stryker (Kennedy) A collection of essays by writers, journalists and activists exploring the role of consent in confronting power structures in day-to-day life.

Doing It! YA 306.7083 Witton (Kennedy/Westergard) Provides information and advice for teenagers on sex-related issues, including sexual readiness, body image, consent, contraception, sexting, the LGBTQ movement, and sex shaming.

Online Resources

Advocates for Youth Advocates for policies and champions programs that recognize young people’s rights to honest sexual health information; accessible, confidential, and affordable sexual health services; and the resources and opportunities necessary to create sexual health equity for all youth.

Hi Tops Provides people of all identities with sexual health education and support.

Join One Love Educates young people about healthy and unhealthy relationships, empowering them to identify and avoid abuse and learn how to love better.

Planned Parenthood Provides vital reproductive healthcare, sex education, and information worldwide.

Local Resources

Lillian and Lillian Foundation Seeks to teach character education and improve our society, with a focus on bullying, teen dating violence, and domestic violence.

Middlesex County Center for Empowerment Sexual violence counseling, advocacy, and prevention education.

Hotlines

Love is Respect A subset of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, this organizations empowers youth to end dating violence: 1-866-331-9474 or text "loveis" to 22522

Home Field Advantage YA FIC Adler (Kennedy) Amber McCloud's dream is to become cheer captain at the end of the year, but after the football team's quarterback dies in an accident and is replaced by a girl, Amber knows she should work against this unliked Jaclyn to keep her cheer status but the two fall for each other.

I Guess I Live Here Now YA FIC Ahn (Kennedy) Melody always wanted to get to know the Korean side of her Korean American heritage better, but not quite like this. She's shocked to discover that her parents have decided to move her and her mom to join her father in Seoul. But she soon finds herself settling into their super luxe home, meeting cool friends at school, and discovering the alluring aspects of living in Korea. Life in Seoul is amazing, until cracks begin to form on its shiny surface. Troubling family secrets, broken friendships, and a lost passion are the prices Melody has to pay for her new life, but is it worth it?

Always Jane YA FIC Bennett (Kennedy) When eighteen-year-old chauffer's daughter Jane Marlow falls for Fen while still dating his brother Eddie, she lands in the middle of a longstanding competition between the two brothers that eventually threatens the future of their father's music empire.

Eternally Yours YA FIC Caldwell (Kennedy/Westergard) This collection of stories explores imaginary worlds where the only thing more powerful than the supernatural is love.

Flirting With Fate YA FIC Cervantes (Westergard) Ava Granados arrives too late to for her grandmother's deathbed blessing, then Nana appears as a ghost asking for help so Ava, with the help of her two older sisters and bumbling spiritual guide, Medardus, must befriend the mysterious boy who received the blessing the night of the storm.

Once Upon a K-Prom YA FIC Cho (Westergard) Instead of going to prom, seventeen-year-old Elena Soo wants to spend her time saving the local community center, and she is determined to keep her priorities straight even when her childhood best friend--who is now a K-pop superstar--returns to make good on their old pact to go to prom together.

Three Kisses, One Midnight YA FIC Chokshi (Westergard) Told in interconnected stories, three witchy best friends brew a love potion on Halloween that is said to produce a love that will last forever as long as it is sealed by true love's kiss before the stoke of midnight.

Things We Couldn't Say YA FIC Coles (Kennedy/Westergard) Just as Gio is getting his life together, he must deal with the return of his mother, who abandoned the family years ago, while dealing with his crush on a basketball player who is giving him mixed signals.

Debating Darcy YA FIC DasGupta (Kennedy) A life-long speech competitor, Leela loves nothing more than crushing the competition. But when she meets the incorrigible Firoze Darcy, a debater from an elitist private school, Leela can't stand him. Unfortunately, he'll be competing in the state league. But why attempt to tolerate Firoze when Leela can one-up him? The situation is more complicated than Leela anticipated and her participation in the tournament reveals that she might have tragically misjudged the debaters.

Some Mistakes Were Made YA FIC Dwyer (Kennedy) When a rash decision lands her halfway across the country to finish her senior year, Ellis' relationship with her best friend is thrown into chaos until a visit home forces her to confront the heartache, betrayal, and anger she left behind.

The One True Me and You YA FIC England (Kennedy/Westergard) Fanfic author Kay and beauty pageant contestant Teagan learn what it means to be--and to stand up for--yourself when they find love at a small fandom convention.

How Not to Fall in Love YA FIC Firkins (Westergard) When Theo's shocked to find himself nursing his umpteenth heartbreak, Harper offers to teach him how not to fall in love. Theo agrees to the lessons, as long as Harper proves she can date without falling in love. As the lessons progress and Theo takes them to heart, Harper has a harder time upholding her end of the bargain.

Fools in Love: Fresh twists on romantic tales YA FIC Fools (Kennedy) A diverse, inclusive young adult anthology featuring 15 short stories that re-imagine or subvert popular romance and rom-com tropes by some of the biggest names in YA.

Zyla & Kai YA FIC Forest (Westergard) The story of how a cynic and a hopeless romantic become friends, fall in love, and break up unfolds from their different perspectives.

Confessions of An Alleged Good Girl YA FIC Goffney (Kennedy/Westergard) As a preacher's daughter, Monique is expected to be an example at church although she hates its restrictive rules. When she discovers she physically cannot have sex, and after her boyfriend breaks up with her for that reason, two unexpected teens from church become her main supports as she desperately tries to break the rules against all the odds.

A Million Quiet Revolutions YA FIC Gow (Kennedy) Two seventeen-year-old trans boys in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, struggling to understand themselves and their love for each other, are inspired by an online story about trans soldiers who fell in love during the American Revolution.

The Year I Stopped Trying YA FIC Heaney (Kennedy/Westergard) In this novel of overachieving, existential crises, growing up, and coming out, Mary, who always thought she'd find the meaning of life in a perfect SAT score, decides to stop trying so hard to see what happens.

Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller YA FIC Ireland (Westergard) Kelsie and Eric, rivals for valedictorian, team up to go on an overnight road trip to the University of Pennsylvania to win back their exes.

Long Story Short YA FIC Kaylor (Westergard) A sixteen-year-old homeschooled math genius finds herself out of her element at a theater summer camp and learns that life--and love--can't be lived by the (text)book.

Love Radio YA FIC LaDelle (Westergard) Prince Jones, a self-professed teen love doctor known for his radio segment on the local hip-hop station, believes he can get the bookish, anti-romance Dani Ford to fall in love with him in three dates.

She Gets the Girl YA FIC Lippincott (Kennedy) Alex Blackwood is really good at getting the girl she wants, but coming from a broken home with an alcoholic mother she finds commitment difficult, even when she thinks she is in love; impossibly awkward Molly Parker has a crush on the cool Cora Myers, but she does not know how to even start a conversation, much less make a connection; now they are all at college in Pittsburgh Alex decides to "help" Molly get the girl, while proving to her own flame that she is not just totally selfish--but things do not work out as the two have planned.

My Sister's Big Fat Indian Wedding YA FIC Patel (Westergard) Gifted violinist Zurika Damani tries to juggle the obligations of her sister's extravagant wedding week while secretly preparing for a prominent music contest all while trying to dodge her family's matchmaking schemes.

Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things YA FIC Prasad (Kennedy) Sisters Nidhi, Avani, Sirisha, and Rani experience romance and coming-of-age while working at their family's inn on Orcas Island.

The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers YA FIC Sass (Westergard) Micah Summers runs a popular Instagram full of drawings of his numerous imaginary boyfriends (ninety-nine so far)--though he's never had a real boyfriend before. But when a meet-cute with Boy 100 goes wrong, Micah embarks on a Prince Charming-like quest throughout Chicago to find true love--for real this time.

Milo and Marcos at the End of the World YA FIC Snipes (Kennedy) Milo's high school career has gone relatively smoothly, so he figures he's overdue for an epic teenage disaster. He never thought that when Marcos returns to their Florida high school for the first time since freshman year, resolving their feelings for each other will trigger actual natural disasters which could become an extinction-level event.

Arden Grey YA FIC Stoeve (Kennedy) Sixteen-year-old Arden Grey finds escape in her love of film photography as she navigates toxic relationships and how they influence her identity.

Well, That Was Unexpected YA FIC Sutanto (Westergard) Sharlot Citra is whisked from Los Angeles to her mother's native Indonesia, where she finds herself fake dating the son of one of the wealthiest families in Indonesia, and she is surprised when she actually starts to fall in love with the boy, the country, and the big family she never knew before.

Anne of Greenville YA FIC Tamaki (Kennedy) In this contemporary retelling of Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley, a queer, half-Japanese disco superfan, moves to a town that seems too small for her big personality and where she becomes embroiled in a series of dramatic and unfortunate events.

Talk Santa to Me YA FIC Urban (Kennedy) A teen girl gets the perfect second try at a first kiss in this hilarious, romp-filled romantic comedy.

Beauty and the Besharam YA FIC Vale (Kennedy) High-achieving Kavya Joshi has always been told she's a little too ambitious, a little too mouthy, and overall just a little too much. In one word: besharam. So, when her nemesis, Ian Jun, witnesses Kavya's very public breakup with her loser boyfriend on the last day of junior year, she decides to lay low. Exhausted by Kavya and Ian's years-long feud, their friends hatch a plan to end their rivalry by convincing them to participate in a series of challenges. But as the competition heats up, so too does the romantic tension.

Henry Hamlet's Heart YA FIC Wilde (Westergard) Despite their differences, soon to be eighteen-year-olds Henry Hamlet and Lennon Crane have been best friends for most of their lives, but in their senior year at Northolm Grammar School for Boys in Brisbane, Australia, Henry realizes he is in love with Len.

Private Label YA FIC Yang (Kennedy) Worlds apart in their high school hierarchy, Serene and Lian Chen find refuge in one another. Serene dreams of making couture dresses even more stunning than her mom's, but for now she's an intern at her mom's fashion label. When her mom receives a sudden diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, all that changes. Serene has to take over her mother's business overnight, dealing with ruthless investors who do not think a seventeen-year-old can run a fashion empire, while trying to figure out what happened with her dad in Beijing. He left before she was born, and Serene wants to find him, even if it means going against her mom's one request--never look back. Lian Chen moved from China to Serene's mostly white Southern California beach town a year ago. He doesn't fit in at school, where kids mispronounce his name. His parents don't care about what he wants to do--comedy--and push him toward going to MIT engineering early. Lian thinks there's nothing to stick around for, until one day, he starts Chinese Club after school . . . and Serene walks in.

Love, Decoded YA FIC Yen (Westergard) High school junior Gigi Wong is determined to be picked for a contest that could lead to an exclusive tech internship, but when her matchmaking app goes viral Gigi must deal with the unexpected consequences of helping her friends find love.

Additional Titles

• Bend in the Road
• Drawn That Way 
• Not Here to be Liked
• Our Way Back to Always
• It All Comes Back to You 
• You Can Go Your Own Way
• If This Gets Out 
• Tahira in Bloom 
• Anything But Fine 
• Love Somebody 
• When You Get the Chance 
• Icebreaker
• And they lived...
• Flip the Script 
• Ride With Me 
• Seoulmates
• Cool for the Summer
• Kate in Waiting
• Misfits in Love
• Hello (from here)
• Counting Down With You
• Happily Ever Afters
• Only the Pretty Lies
• Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
• Perfect on Paper
• Slingshot
• The Marvelous Mirza Girls
• Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
• From Tokyo, With Love
• Glimpsed
• She Drives Me Crazy
• The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss
• Pudge & Prejudice
• American Betiya
• The Meet-Cute Project
• Last Chance Books
• All Kinds of Other
• Love is a Revolution
• A Taste for Love
• Instructions for Dancing

Science Fiction

Victories Greater Than Death YA FIC Anders (Kennedy/Westergard) Tired of hiding in obscurity on Earth, Tina, the human clone of a brilliant alien tactician, pursues her destiny in space, but success is elusive until Tina and her best friend Rachel assemble a ragtag crew of humans and set out to save all the worlds.

Empress of a Thousand Skies YA FIC Belleza (Westergard) When their paths cross after a brutal attack Aly is falsely accused of making on Rhee, they are forced to work together to save their own lives and the universe.

The Last Girl on Earth YA FIC Blogier (Kennedy) Li is the only human left after aliens take over the planet, but she learns to stay alive, with the help of her human-sympathizing father, by assimilating to Abdolorean society, which she must keep a secret at all costs or risk the terrifying consequences of exposure.

Sky Without Stars YA FIC Brody (Kennedy) This sweeping reimagining of Les Misérables tells the story of three teens from very different backgrounds who are thrown together amidst the looming threat of revolution on the French planet-colony of Laterre.

The Upper World YA FIC Fadugba (Kennedy) Today; During arguably the worst week of Esso's life, an accident knocks him into an incredible world--a place beyond space or time, where he can see glimpses of the past and future. But if what he sees there is true, he might not have much longer to live, unless he can use his new gift to change the course of history. Tomorrow; Rhia's past is filled with questions, none of which she expects a new physics tutor to answer. But Dr. Esso's not here to help Rhia. He's here because he needs her help--to unravel a tragedy that happened fifteen years ago. One that holds the key not only to Rhia's past, but to a future worth fighting for.

A Complicated Love Story Set in Space YA FIC Hutchinson (Kennedy) Sixteen-year-olds Noa, DJ, and Jenny awake on a spaceship, unaware of how they got there or what is coming, but soon Noa and DJ are falling in love.

Aetherbound YA FIC Johnston (Kennedy) After escaping her abusive family's interstellar merchant ship, seventeen-year-old Pendt lands on a remote space station run by the Brannick twins, and together they make plans to thwart the destinies they never wanted.

Aurora Rising YA FIC Kaufman (Kennedy) Told in separate voices, eighteen-year-old Tyler Jones, top graduate of Aurora Academy, and a group of misfits and troublemakers embark on their first mission with Auri, a stowaway from the distant past.

Ashfall Legacy YA FIC Lore (Kennedy/Westergard) Sixteen-year-old half-alien Sydney Chambers leaves Earth to seek his long-missing father, and unearths a devastating, centuries-old secret about humanity.

Bloom YA FIC Oppel (Westergard) When the world is overtaken by monster alien plants that emit toxic pollens and swallow up people, three kids on a remote island look for clues in their unusual allergies to understand their immunity to the invaders.

Stolen Time YA FIC Rollins (Westergard) Ash has the ability to time travel and meets up with Dorothy from 1913 who is trying to escape an arranged marriage, as they find themselves in a future world of violence and chaos, with Dorothy holding the key that could change the past.

The End and Other Beginnings: Stories from the future YA FIC Roth (Kennedy/Westergard) A collection of six short stories imagines future lands with new technologies and beings, where in spite of advanced capabilities, people still must confront deeply human problems.

Hard Wired YA FIC Vlahos (Kennedy) After fifteen-year-old Quinn learns that he is the first fully-aware artificial intelligence, that his entire life is a lie, he feels entirely alone until he bonds with Shea, the real girl behind his virtual crush.

Fiction

Home Field Advantage YA FIC Adler (Kennedy) Amber McCloud's dream is to become cheer captain at the end of the year, but after the football team's quarterback dies in an accident and is replaced by a girl, Amber knows she should work against this unliked Jaclyn to keep her cheer status but the two fall for each other.

Swing YA FIC Alexander (Kennedy/Westergard) Noah and his best friend Walt want to become cool, make the baseball team, and win over Sam, the girl Noah has loved for years. When Noah finds old love letters, Walt hatches a plan to woo Sam. But as Noah's love life and Walt's baseball career begin, the letters alter everything. Also by Alexander: Rebound, The Crossover

Chlorine Sky YA FIC Browne (Kennedy) Picked on at home, criticized for talking trash while beating boys at basketball, and always seen as less than her best friend, a girl struggles to like and accept herself.

 Kneel YA FIC Buford (Kennedy) When his best friend is unfairly arrested and kicked off the team, Russell Boudreaux kneels during the national anthem in an effort to fight for justice and, in an instant, falls from local stardom to become a target of hatred.

Geese Are Never Swans YA FIC Clark (Kennedy/Westergard) Recruiting the tough coach who trained his suicide-victim older brother, an Olympics hopeful navigates the punishing and healing nature of sports while struggling with overwhelming feelings of rage.

Chessboxer YA FIC Davies (Kennedy/Westergard) Leah Baxter is a genius. She's a few wins away from becoming a junior chess grandmaster, and her life is on course to achieve everything her mom and coach want for her. But Leah is at stalemate--grieving for her father, and feeling suffocated. She decides to make the ultimate sacrifice and quit chess. But chess doesn't want to quit her. Soon Leah discovers her new gambit: chessboxing, a dangerous hybrid sport which will test her body and mind to their limits. Can the pawn become the queen?

Golden Arm YA FIC Deuker (Westergard) Lazarus Weathers, a high school senior from the wrong side of the tracks, seeks to protect his half-brother while pitching his way out of poverty, one strike at a time.

Here to Stay YA FIC Farizan (Kennedy) When a cyberbully sends the entire high school a picture of basketball hero Bijan Majidi, photo-shopped to look like a terrorist, the school administration promises to find and punish the culprit, but Bijan just wants to pretend the incident never happened and move on.

The Passing Playbook YA FIC Fitzsimons (Kennedy/Westergard) Fifteen-year-old Spencer Harris is a proud nerd, an awesome big brother, and a David Beckham in training. He's also transgender. After transitioning at his old school leads to a year of isolation and bullying, Spencer gets a fresh start at Oakley, the most liberal private school in Ohio. At Oakley, Spencer seems to have it all: more accepting classmates, a decent shot at a starting position on the boy's soccer team, great new friends, and maybe even something more than friendship with one of his teammates. The problem is, no one at Oakley knows Spencer is trans--he's passing. So when a discriminatory law forces Spencer's coach to bench him after he discovers the "F" on Spencer's birth certificate, Spencer has to make a choice: cheer his team on from the sidelines or publicly fight for his right to play, even though it would mean coming out to everyone-- including the guy he's falling for.

Every Reason We Shouldn't YA FIC Fujimura (Westergard) Sixteen-year-old figure skater Olivia Kennedy's Olympic dreams have ended. She's bitter, but enjoying life as a regular teenager instead of trying to live up to expectations of being the daughter of Olympians Michael Kennedy and Midori Nakashima...until Jonah Choi starts training at her family's struggling rink. Jonah's driven, talented, going for the Olympics in speed skating, completely annoying... and totally gorgeous. Between teasing Jonah, helping her best friend try out for roller derby, figuring out life as a normal teen and keeping the family business running, Olivia's got her hands full. But will rivalry bring her closer to Jonah, or drive them apart?

Game On : 15 stories of wins, losses, and everything in between YA FIC Game (Kennedy) A charming and inclusive YA anthology all about games--from athletic sports to board games to virtual reality--from editor Laura Silverman and an all-star cast of contributors. From the slightly fantastical to the utterly real, light and sweet romance to tales tinged with horror and thrills, Game On is an anthology that spans genre and style. But beneath each story is a loving ode to competition and games perfect for anyone who has ever played a sport or a board game, picked up a video game controller, or rolled a twenty-sided die.

Icebreaker YA FIC Graziadei (Kennedy) Mickey James III is following in his father's (and grandfather's) skates by playing hockey at Hartland University, but he is not enjoying the situation: for one thing he is seriously depressed, unsure of anything, even whether he can make it as a hockey player (or wants to); more troubling his rival, Jaysen Caulfield, is also on the team and seems to bitterly resent him--and Mickey actually finds Jaysen very attractive and does not know how to deal with that.

Throw Like a Girl YA FIC Henning (Westergard) When high school junior Liv Rodriquez is kicked off her private school's softball team and loses her scholarship she must join her new school's football team to prove she can be a team player, all while falling for the star quarterback.

Cracking the Bell YA FIC Herbach (Westergard) While recovering from a game-related concussion, football star Isaiah wonders what his life would be like without the game.

Breath Like Water YA FIC Jarzab (Kennedy) Becoming famous for her early swimming talents, Susannah finds her Olympics dreams challenged by an injury, a new coach's revolutionary training strategies, and an unexpected romance with Harry, a fellow swimmer, who is facing challenges of his own.

Gut Check YA FIC Kester (Kennedy/Westergard) When star quarterback Brett suffers a terrible concussion, his brother Wyatt must decide if keeping his brother's secret is worth the risk to their relationship and their town's economic future.

Like Other Girls YA FIC Lundin (Kennedy/Westergard) After three other girls follow Mara's lead and join the football team, she's forced to confront her misconceptions about gender and her arch-nemesis.

Man O'War YA FIC McCarthy (Kennedy) On a field trip to SeaPlanet, seventeen-year-old Arab-American high school swimmer River McIntyre has a chance encounter with Indy, a happy, healthy queer person, which sets off a wrenching journey of self-discovery, from internalized homophobia and gender dysphoria, through layers of coming out, affirmation surgery, and true love.

People Like Us YA FIC Mele (Westergard) When a girl is found dead at her elite boarding school, soccer-star Kay Donovan follows a scavenger hunt which implicates suspects increasingly close to her, unraveling her group of popular friends and perfectly constructed life.

Furia YA FIC Mendez (Kennedy) Seventeen-year-old Camila Hassan, a rising soccer star in Rosario, Argentina, dreams of playing professionally, in defiance of her fathers' wishes and at the risk of her budding romance with Diego.

Man Up YA FIC Oclon (Kennedy) With David's final baseball season starting and college plans still up on the air, he begins senior year on edge. But when his baseball coach, Coach Kelly, wants to know if David is gay, he is left speechless. David knows the answer to the question but was hoping to get through his final year without anyone noticing the hallway glances at Tyler, a star on the boy's track team, or their rides home together each day. In a school where his friends are turning their backs on him, he finds a new set of allies, that he didn't know roamed the high school halls. Although he was forced out of the closet before he thought he was ready, what happens next is up to him. David can either cower in the corners or man up.

The Knockout YA FIC Patel (Kennedy) When seventeen-year-old Kareena Thakkar finally admits she is a top-level Muay Thai fighter, knowing that might further alienate her from her Indian community, her classmates, especially handsome Amit, enthusiastically support her.

She Drives Me Crazy YA FIC Quindlen (Westergard) Getting into a fender-bender with a beautiful rival after an embarrassing loss to her ex, a talented basketball athlete reluctantly agrees to a carpool arrangement before an opportunity for revenge leads to an unlikely relationship.

Game Changer YA FIC Shusterman (Kennedy/Westergard) Transported into other dimensions by a seemingly random hit, a young football player visits alternate worlds that evolved differently in accordance with respective belief systems.

We Are the Wildcats YA FIC Vivian (Kennedy) A toxic coach finds himself outplayed by the high school girls on his team in this deeply suspenseful novel, which unspools over twenty-four hours through six diverse perspectives.

Nonfiction

Becoming Kareem: Growing up on and off the court YA B Abdul-Jabbar (Kennedy) An autobiography about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his life growing up in New York, becoming the basketball star he's known to be, and getting involved in the world around him as an activist for social change.

The Race of the Century: The battle to break the four-minute mile YA 796.4209 Bascomb (Kennedy/Westergard) There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier: Roger Bannister was ayoung English medical student who epitomized the ideal of the amateur; John Landy the privileged son of a genteel Australian family; and Wes Santee the swaggering American, a Kansas farm boy and natural athlete. Spanning three continents and defying the odds, these athletes' collective quest captivated the world.

Singled Out: The true story of Glenn Burke YA B Burke (Kennedy/Westergard) The true story of Glenn Burke, a "hidden figure" in the history of sports: the inventor of the high five and the first openly gay MLB player.

Baseball's Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the rise and fall of the Negro Leagues YA B Manley (Westergard) The true story of Effa Manley, the first and only woman in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and her ownership role in the Negro Leagues leading up to the integration of Major League Baseball.

Games of Deception: The true story of the first U.S. Olympic basketball team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany YA 796.4809 Maraniss (Kennedy/Westergard) The true story of the birth of Olympic basketball at the 1936 Summer Games in Hitler's Germany.

Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School football team YA B Thorpe (Kennedy/Westergard) A great American sport and Native American history come together in this true story of how Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner created the legendary Carlisle Indians football team.

The Comic Book Story of Basketball: A fast-break history of hoops GN 796.32 Van Lente (Kennedy/Westergard) Whether it's millionaire pros facing off in an indoor arena full of screaming fans or a lone kid shooting hoops on an outdoor court, basketball is one of the most popular and widely played sports in the world. The Comic Book Story of Basketball gives you courtside seats to the history of hoops. It chronicles the sport from its beginnings in a YMCA in Massachusetts to its current status as a beloved international game for men and women of all ages. Learn the true stories behind the college game, the street game, the women's game, and the international game, with legendary players and coaches like Dr. J, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, and Steph Curry profiled throughout.

Fair Play: How LGBT athletes are claiming their rightful place in sports YA 306.766 Zeigler (Kennedy) Discover key moments and issues that have shaped and transformed sports for LGBT people today.

Fiction

I Rise YA FIC Arnold (Kennedy) A heartbreaking and powerful novel about racism and social justice as fourteen-year-old Ayo has to decide whether to take on her mother's activist role when her mom is shot by police. As she tries to find answers, Ayo looks to the wisdom of her ancestors and her Harlem community for guidance.

Rules for Being a Girl YA FIC Bushnell (Kennedy) After being assaulted by her charismatic English teacher, high school senior Marin Lospato experiences a feminist awakening, causing her to question double standards, start a feminist book club, and use the school newspaper to fight back.

A Heart in a Body in the World YA FIC Caletti (Kennedy) Followed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and friends, Annabelle, eighteen, runs from Seattle to Washington, D.C., becoming a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to her recent trauma.

The Voting Booth YA FIC Colbert (Kennedy) The first year they are eligible to vote, Marva and Duke meet at their polling place and, over the course of one crazy day, fall in love.

Does my body offend you? YA FIC Cuevas (Kennedy) When outspoken feminist rebel Ruby McAlister stands up for a girl being humiliated into covering up, they become the leaders of the school's dress code rebellion, which forces them to face their own insecurities, biases, privileges and the ups-and-downs of newfound friendship.

Dress Coded YA FIC Firestone (Westergard) An eighth grader starts a podcast to protest the unfair dress code enforcement at her middle school and sparks a rebellion.

The Silence That Binds Us YA FIC Ho (Kennedy) In the year following their son's death, May Chen's parents face racist accusations of putting too much pressure on their son and causing his death by suicide, and May attempts to challenge the racism and ugly stereotypes through her writing, only to realize that she still has a lot to learn and that her actions have consequences for her family as well as herself.

People Kill People YA FIC Hopkins (Kennedy) Follows six teenagers as they are brought into close contact over the course of one tense week, in a town with political and personal tensions that build until one fires a fatal gunshot.

All American Boys YA FIC Reynolds (Kennedy) When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoints.

Running YA FIC Sylvester (Kennedy) When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Mariana Ruiz's father runs for president, Mari starts to see him with new eyes. A novel about waking up and standing up, and what happens when you stop seeing your dad as your hero-while the whole country is watching.

Take the Mic: fictional stories of everyday resistance YA FIC Take (Kennedy/Westergard) This anthology features fictional stories--in poems, prose, and art--that reflect a slice of the varied and limitless ways that readers like you resist every day.

The Inside of Out YA FIC Thorne (Kennedy) When her best friend comes out as a lesbian, Daisy leads the charge to end their school's ban on same-sex dates for the homecoming dance, but a local story goes viral and now everyone--including a cute college journalist--believes Daisy is gay, too.

Nonfiction

We Are Not Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide YA 323.1196 Anderson (Kennedy/Westergard) From the end of the Civil War to the tumultuous issues in America today, an acclaimed historian reframes the conversation about race, chronicling the powerful forces opposed to black progress in America.

The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian refugees GN 956.9104 Brown (Kennedy/Westergard) Don Brown depicts moments of both heartbreaking horror and hope in the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. Shining a light on the stories of the survivors, The Unwanted is both a testament to the courage and resilience of the refugees and a call to action, serving as a timely reminder that this is not just a Syrian crisis, but a human crisis.

Urgent Message From a Hot Planet: Navigating the climate crisis YA 363.7387 Eriksson (Kennedy) This nonfiction book for teens outlines the science behind global heating and its root causes, provides ways to take action and honors the efforts of the millions of people from around the world working tirelessly to help the planet

Glimmer of Hope: How tragedy sparked a movement YA 363.3309 Glimmer (Kennedy/Westergard) Glimmer of Hope is a book about the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018, the March for Our Lives, and the ongoing fight for sensible gun legislation in the U.S.

Teen Guide to Student Activism YA 371.81 Kallen (Kennedy) Teen Guide to Student Activism features stories about teens who are making a difference and shows other teens how they can do the same. The book discusses organizing, reaching out, and student rights. It also features insights from student activists about the challenges of balancing school and activism and the many lessons learned from their own activities and from earlier activists. The book includes many fully documented quotes from teens as well as an annotated list of Resources for Student Activists.

When They Call You a Terrorist: A story of Black Lives Matter and the power to change the world YA B Khan-Cullors (Kennedy/Westergard) This is the story of how the movement that started with a hashtag--#BlackLivesMatter--spread across the nation and then across the world and the journey that led one of its co-founders, Patrisse Khan-Cullors, to this moment. With journal entries, photos and notes that show the formation of an activist from a very young age, this meaningful, empowering account of survival, strength, and resilience seeks to change the culture that declares innocent Black life expendable.

Nevertheless, We Persisted: 48 voices of defiance, strength, and courage YA 170.44 Nevertheless (Kennedy/Westergard) A powerful collection of essays from actors, activists, athletes, politicians, musicians, writers, and teens, including Senator Amy Klobuchar, actress Alia Shawkat, actor Maulik Pancholy, poet Azure Antoinette, teen activist Gavin Grimm, and many, many more, each writing about a time in their youth when they were held back because of their race, gender, or sexual identity--but persisted.

Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA authors get real about injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in America YA 305.4209 Our (Kennedy/Westergard) A collection of essays from twenty-one young adult authors explore their experiences of injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in America.

Earth Day and the Global Environmental Movement: Standing up for Earth YA 394.262 Peterson (Kennedy) A historical look at the launch of Earth Day and a look at the global environmental movement that has sprung from it.

Girls Resist!: A guide to activism, leadership, and starting a revolution YA 320.4083 Rich (Kennedy) Provides an in-depth guide to social activism, including tips on picking a cause, planning a protest, and promoting awareness on social media.

The Suffragist Playbook: Your guide to changing the world YA 324.623 Robb (Kennedy/Westergard) A look at some of the prominent women behind the suffragist movement in the U.S., including Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances Willard, Ida B. Wells, Alice Paul and many more.

She Takes a Stand: 16 fearless activists who have changed the world YA 320.082 Ross (Kennedy) Portraits of brave women from the late 1800s through today--role models who are passionate about important issues.

Rad American History A-Z: Movements & moments that demonstrate the power of the people YA 303.484 Schatz (Kennedy) An illustrated collection of radical and transformative political, social, and cultural movements in American history.

Steal This Country: A handbook for resistance, persistence, and fixing almost anything YA 320.0835 Styron (Westergard) Inspired by Abbie Hoffman's radical classic, Steal This Book, author Alexandra Styron's call for resistance and citizen activism will clearly be heard by young people who don't accept "it is what it is," who want to make sure everybody gets an equal piece of the American pie, and who know that the future of the planet is now.

We Say #Never Again: Reporting by the Parkland Student Journalists YA 363.3309 We (Kennedy/Westergard) Student reporters from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, recall the attack on their school, describe recovery efforts and their classmates' part in the struggle for gun control, and discuss their roles as journalists.

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The killing of Vincent Chin and the trial that galvanized the Asian American movement YA 305.895 Yoo (Kennedy/Westergard) A groundbreaking portrait of Vincent Chin and the murder case that took America's Asian American community to the streets in protest of injustice. America in 1982 - Anti-Asian American sentiments simmer, especially in Detroit. A bar fight turns fatal, leaving Vincent Chin-a Chinese American man-beaten to death at the hands of two white men. Extensively researched from court transcripts and interviews with key case witnesses-many speaking for the first time-Yoo has crafted a suspenseful, nuanced, and authoritative portrait of a pivotal moment in civil rights history, and a man who became a symbol against hatred and racism

We Are Displaced: My journey and stories from refugee girls around the world YA 305.2309 Yousafzai (Kennedy/Westergard) Malala's experiences visiting refugee camps caused her to reconsider her own displacement -- first as an Internally Displaced Person when she was a young child in Pakistan, and then as an international activist who could travel anywhere in the world except to the home she loved. In We Are Displaced, which is part memoir, part communal storytelling, Malala not only explores her own story, but she also shares the personal stories of some of the incredible girls she has met on her journeys -- girls who have lost their community, relatives, and often the only world they've ever known.

Online Resources

American Civil Liberties Union Defends individual rights and liberties that U.S. laws guarantee everyone in the country.

Garden State Equality N.J.'s statewide advocacy and education organization for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.

It's On Us A movement to change the culture around sexual assault. It's On Us promotes sexual violence awareness, teaches bystander intervention, and supports survivors.

March For Our Lives Harnesses the power of young people to end gun violence.

National Parks Conservation Association Protects and enhances America's National Park System for present and future generations.

New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Empowers urban residents to realize and achieve their full potential.

Planned Parenthood Provides vital reproductive healthcare, sex education, and information worldwide.

Horror and Supernatural Stories

Scout's Honor YA FIC Anderson (Westergard) Prudence Perry is a legacy Ladybird Scout, born to a family of hunters sworn to protect humans from mulligrubs...Masquerading as a prim and proper ladies' social organization, the Ladybirds brew poisons masked as teas and use knitting needles as daggers...Three years ago, Prue's best friend was killed during a hunt, so she kissed the Scouts goodbye...But old monster-slaying habits die hard and Prue finds herself falling back into the fold...When her town is hit with a mysterious wave of demons, Prue knows it's time to confront the most powerful monster of all: her past.

The Scapegracers YA FIC Clarke (Westergard) Forging an unexpected coven with the three most popular girls in school, an outcast lesbian witch casts curses, searches for love and eludes fundamentalist witch hunters while privately struggling with the realities of human friendships and supernatural perils.

My Dearest Darkest YA FIC Cottingham (Westergard) When transfer student Finch Chamberlin and popular senior Selena St. Clair accidentally wake something terrifying and ancient in the depths of their school, they must work together to stop the horror they unleashed before it consumes the town.

Go Hunt Me YA FIC deVos (Westergard) Alex Rush is ready for the trip of a lifetime. She and her friends have made some creepily awesome films together throughout high school, so with only a few months left before they go their separate ways for college, they're determined to make the best one yet: an epic short film that reimagines the story of Dracula, filmed on location at a remote castle in Romania. But when they get there, it's not quite the majestic setting they planned for. Menacing weapons line the walls, the twisted halls are easy to get lost in, and with no connection to the outside world, the group is unexpectedly off the grid. After just a few hours spent under its roof, Alex and her friends have no trouble imagining how this dark, terrifying castle inspired one of the most enduring horror novels of all time. Only soon they no longer have to use their imaginations to understand the location's terrifying history--just as they get the film's first shot rolling, one of Alex's friends disappears, and she's nearly certain she saw a cloaked stranger lurking in the shadows. As more members of the group begin to meet an untimely demise, Alex is desperate to stop the bloodshed, even if it means facing a monster she never thought would be let loose.

Harrow Lake YA FIC Ellis (Kennedy) Lola Nox is sent to live with her estranged maternal grandmother in the mining town where her horror movie director father's most iconic film was set, when paranormal incidents and whispers of a century-old monster make her question if she'll make it out alive.

Dead Flip YA FIC Farizan (Kennedy) Eighteen-year-olds Cori and Maz, once inseparable best friends, reunite to solve the mystery of what happened to their other friend Sam--who disappeared five years ago and has now returned, not having aged at all.

Diamond City YA FIC Flores (Westergard) Pulled from the streets at age twelve and trained to become one of the most powerful assassins in Sumerand, Aina discovers a conspiracy that could rewrite the kingdom's history and her own future.

Lobizona YA FIC Garber (Kennedy) Manuela Azul has been crammed into an existence that feels too small for her. As an undocumented immigrant who's on the run from her father's Argentine crime-family, Manu is confined to a small apartment and a small life in Miami, Florida. Until Manu's protective bubble is shattered. Her surrogate grandmother is attacked, lifelong lies are exposed, and her mother is arrested by ICE. Without a home, without answers, and finally without shackles, Manu investigates the only clue she has about her past--a mysterious "Z" emblem--which leads her to a secret world buried within our own. A world connected to her dead father and his criminal past. A world straight out of Argentine folklore, where the seventh consecutive daughter is born a bruja and the seventh consecutive son is a lobizón, a werewolf. A world where her unusual eyes allow her to belong. As Manu uncovers her own story and traces her real heritage all the way back to a cursed city in Argentina, she learns it's not just her U.S. residency that's illegal. . . .it's her entire existence.

The Buried YA FIC Grey (Westergard) Ten years ago, disaster struck the remote town of Indigo Falls. A horrific event drove the residents underground, into shelters that keep them safe from the danger on the surface. No one speaks about what happened that fateful day, but even the youngest still remember the fear and, most of all, the searing pain when sunlight touched their skin. Now, a handful of families inhabit this bunker together, guided by a charismatic leader named Dr. Imogen Moran. There are many rules Dr. Moran has instilled to govern life below ground. You must always tell the truth. You must avoid the light of the sun. You must never touch skin to skin. But the most important rule, the one that was drilled into their heads from the moment the hatch slammed shut all those years ago, was at the very end of the list. It rattled around in their skulls when all was silent, echoing in the quiet, lonely dark. You must never go outside.

The Glare YA FIC Harrison (Westergard) Moving to her father's home in California after a decade at her mother's isolated ranch, a teen who has been taught to fear technology reunites with friends and family members before experiencing nightmares about a dark-web video game that poses life-threatening dangers.

The Corpse Queen YA FIC Herrman (Kennedy) Orphaned seventeen-year-old Molly Green is eager to start a new life in her aunt's lucrative business selling corpses to medical students, but she quickly becomes entangled in a murderer's plans.

Dread Nation YA FIC Ireland (Kennedy) When families go missing in Baltimore County, Jane McKeene, who is studying to become an Attendant, finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy that has her fighting for her life against powerful enemies.

White Smoke YA FIC Jackson (Kennedy/Westergard) Believing her new home to actually be alive, especially when her brother almost dies, Marigold and her new blended family won't be safe until she brings the truth to light once and for all.

Dreaming Darkly YA FIC Kittredge (Kennedy/Westergard) After her mother's death, Ivy is sent to live on an island with a rich uncle where she experiences nightmares and learns about her family's murderous past.

The Honeys YA FIC La Sala (Westergard) Mars has always been the lesser twin, the shadow to his sister Caroline's radiance. But when Caroline dies under horrific circumstances, Mars is propelled to learn all he can about his once-inseparable sister who'd grown tragically distant. Mars's genderfluidity means he's often excluded from the traditions--and expectations--of his politically-connected family. This includes attendance at the prestigious Aspen Conservancy Summer Academy where his sister poured so much of her time. But with his grief still fresh, he insists on attending in her place. What Mars finds is a bucolic fairytale not meant for him. Folksy charm and sun-drenched festivities camouflage old-fashioned gender roles and a toxic preparatory rigor. Mars seeks out his sister's old friends: a group of girls dubbed the Honeys, named for the beehives they maintain behind their cabin. They are beautiful and terrifying--and Mars is certain they're connected to Caroline's death. But the longer he stays at Aspen, the more the sweet mountain breezes give way to hints of decay. Mars's memories begin to falter, bleached beneath the relentless summer sun. Something is hunting him in broad daylight, toying with his mind. If Mars can't find it soon, it will eat him alive.

It Will End Like This YA FIC Leigh (Kennedy) When their mother suddenly dies, sisters Charlotte and Maddi begin to suspect that their father and his new girlfriend played a part in her death, and they spiral into paranoia with horrifying consequences.

Horrid YA FIC Leno (Kennedy) Following her father's sudden death, Jane North-Robinson and her mother are forced to move to the old North house in Maine, where Jane uncovers her family's disturbing secrets.

The Undead Truth of Us YA FIC Lewis (Westergard) After her mother's sudden death, sixteen-year-old dancer Zharie Young begins seeing zombies, and when she meets an undead boy, he helps her understand how love can change someone--for good or for dead.

The Last Witness YA FIC McFall (Westergard) While on a camping trip to an isolated beach on the Scottish coast, Heather's friends stuffer the wrath of a malevolent spirit, and a year later, Heather remains imprisoned in a facility, refusing to admit guilt.

Even If We Break YA FIC Nijkamp (Kennedy) Friends Finn, Liva, Maddy, Carter, and Ever begin a farewell round of the game they have played for three years, but each is hiding secrets and the game itself seems to turn against them.

Girls Save the World in This One YA FIC Parsons (Westergard) When ZombieCon comes to their small town, June and her best friends battle long lines for photo ops, meet their favorite actors, and save the world from actual zombies when things get real.

The Woods Are Always Watching YA FIC Perkins (Kennedy) When two girls go backpacking deep in the woods of the Pisgah National Forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains, things go very wrong when they cross paths with a serial killer.

From Dust, A Flame YA FIC Podos (Kennedy) On her seventeenth birthday, Hannah Williams begins exhibiting impossible, temporary mutations--gills one day and horns the next--that are the consequences of a desperate bargain her mother made with a sheyd decades ago, and to break the family curse, Hannah and her brother track down their mother's estranged family and discover a legacy that traces back to the Golem of Prague.

Blood Countess YA FIC Popović (Westergard) In 1578 Hungary, sixteen-year-old Anna is elevated from scullery maid to chambermaid by the young and glamorous Countess Elizabeth Bâathory, falling completely under the Countess's spell until Anna realizes that she is not a friend but a prisoner of the increasingly cruel and murderous Elizabeth.

Hold Back the Tide YA FIC Salisbury (Kennedy) Everyone in this quiet lakeside community knows that Alva's father killed her mother, all those years ago. There wasn't enough proof to arrest him, though, and with no other family, Alva's been forced to live with her mother's murderer, doing her best to survive until she can earn enough money to run away. One of her chores is to monitor water levels in the loch--a task her father takes very seriously. It's a cold, lonely task, and a few times, Alva can swear she feels someone watching her.

The Coldest Touch YA FIC Sterling (Westergard) Elise, a mortal girl who feels the death of anyone she touches, and Claire, the vampire assigned to recruit her to the Veil, must work together to stop a paranormal killer even as they realize they might be falling in love.

What Big Teeth YA FIC Szabo (Kennedy) Returning to Maine after years at boarding school, Eleanor Zarrin barely remembers her monstrous family, but she sets off a series of events that could destroy them all.

Cemetery Boys YA FIC Thomas (Kennedy) Yadriel, a trans boy, summons the angry spirit of his high school's bad boy, and agrees to help him learn how he died, thereby proving himself a brujo, not a bruja, to his conservative family.

Burn Down, Rise Up YA FIC Tirado (Kennedy) When an urban legend rumored to trap people inside subway tunnels seems to be behind mysterious disappearances in the Bronx, sixteen-year-old Raquel and her friends team up to save their city--and confront a dark episode in its history in the process.

Pan's Labyrinth YA FIC Toro (Kennedy) This spellbinding tale takes readers to a sinister, magical, and war-torn world filled with richly drawn characters like trickster fauns, murderous soldiers, child-eating monsters, courageous rebels, and a long-lost princess hoping to be reunited with her family.

How to Survive Your Murder YA FIC Valentine (Kennedy) Alice is sent back in time to the night of her sister's murder and has until midnight to figure out who the killer is or risk losing her sister forever.

The Bitterwine Oath YA FIC West (Westergard) Can eighteen-year-old Natalie and her great-great-grandmother's magical sisterhood end the cycle of violence in Natalie's small Texas town?

Hell Followed With Us YA FIC White (Westergard) Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him--the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world's population. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can't get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the bioweapon they infected him with. But when cornered by monsters born from the destruction, Benji is rescued by a group of teens from the local Acheson LGBTQ+ Center, affectionately known as the ALC. The ALC's leader, Nick, is gorgeous, autistic, and a deadly shot, and he knows Benji's darkest secret: the cult's bioweapon is mutating him into a monster deadly enough to wipe humanity from the earth once and for all. Still, Nick offers Benji shelter among his ragtag group of queer teens, as long as Benji can control the monster and use its power to defend the ALC. Eager to belong, Benji accepts Nick's terms...until he discovers the ALC's mysterious leader has a hidden agenda, and more than a few secrets of his own.

Never Coming Home YA FIC Williams (Westergard) Ten teen influencers arrive on Unknown Island expecting to find a tropical paradise, but instead they discover a deserted resort, poisonous snakes, and secrets worth killing for.

Now Entering Addamsville YA FIC Zappia (Westergard) Zora Novak is framed for a crime she didn't commit--in a town obsessed with ghosts, will she be able to find the culprit and clear her name before it's too late?