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#MurderTrending by Gretchen McNeil An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by
Hank Green
Dee has been wrongfully convicted and sent to
an island dubbed Alcatraz 2.0., where the worst April May and her best friend Andy have fame
criminals are murdered in terrifyingly creative thrust upon them after their video of a strange
ways for an app called Postman. She refuses to statue in New York goes viral. As the world
go down when she knows she's innocent. Can discovers that there is far more to the statues
she make it out with her Death Row Breakfast than people initially suspected, April finds
Club before they're all killed off one by one? herself becoming the primary source of
Authority concerning the statues. At the heart
of a viral marketing campaign and with her
fame growing, April risks losing her
Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody relationships, her security, and her own identity.
Enne Salta is a proper lady trained in dancing
and etiquette. When her mother Lourdes American Panda by Gloria Chao
disappears, Enne sets out to find her in New
Reynes, the City of Sin, but is soon trapped in 17-year-old Taiwanese Mei is excited to finally
snares and plans set by the city's mafia be enjoying college life at MIT. What's less
families. As Enne is forced to play a exciting, though, is the family pressure to
dangerous game, she reconciles newfound become a doctor despite being a major
secrets of her past and new decisions germaphobe with a passion for dancing rather
influencing her future. than anything medical. Things don't get any
less complicated when Mei develops a
forbidden crush on her Japanese classmate,
Darren. Connecting with Darren against her
The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza parents' wishes, Mei begins to realize her own
by Shaun David Hutchinson individual cultural identity.
16-year old Elena discovers that she has the
ability to save people, but in the process, Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian
raptures others in a golden light. Now, the
voices Elena has been hearing since she was At the age of six, Theodosia lost everything
little are telling her it's the end of the world, she ever cared about and was forced into a
and the people disappearing in a golden light life of torture under the unmerciful Kaiser,
are being saved. Elena must make the difficult surviving by pushing her true self down. One
choice whether to condemn humanity, or night, the Kaiser forces her to do something
"save the world" like the voices are telling her unthinkable, sparking a rebellion inside of her.
to do. She has one weapon: her mind and she is
determined to use it.
Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
Bruce Wayne is about to inherit his parents' Camille Beauregard is a talented belle,
fortune and their company, but first must do working to become the queen's favorite since
community service and ends up volunteering she was born. When the queen asks her to do
at Arkham Asylum. There, he meets Madeline something that goes against all the rules she's
who is unlike any one he has ever seen. been taught her whole life, Camille must
Bruce must uncover why Madeline is there in decide on the kind of person she wants to be.
the first place to make sure the people he
cares about don't end up dead.
Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough Children of Blood and Bone by
Tomi Adeyemi
Based on a true story, Artemisia Gentileschi is
one of Italy's most talented painters, even Zelie Adebola is a diviner, daughter of a
though her father claims her artwork is his own. powerful Maji. But magic died after the
She had the choice when she lost her mother, treacherous King Saran found out how to
to stay or to go. She chose to stay and appren- destroy it and killed every Maji in Orisha,
tice with her father. Now, in the aftermath of a including her mother. Now Zelie must fight
rape, she has the choice of living the rest of her through pain and hardship to get magic
life in peaceful silence or speaking up and fac- back for the sake of her people and Orisha
ing the consequences of having a voice in a itself.
time dominated by men.
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson
Kazi is one of the Queen’s premier
A human raised in the world of faeries, 17
guard, and Jase is the new head of an
-year-old Jude does whatever is
outlaw family. Together their paths are
necessary to rise to the top, even if it
crossed as they play the game of
means going against her own values. As
deception. As they betray and are
she cuts her path into the dangerous
betrayed, Jase and Kazi battle through
world of Faerie court, she also must
a roller coaster of deceit, accusations,
make choices concerning not only her
and possibly even love.
family, but also her heart.
Darius The Great Is Not Okay Frat Girl by Kiley Roache
by Adib Khorram
Darius doesn't feel like he fits in anywhere, Cassandra Davis got a scholarship to a
not at home and definitely not at school. prestigious college by going undercover to
When his family decides to take a trip to uncover the dangers fraternities hold for
Iran to visit his mom's family, Darius is cer- women. As she rushes a frat that was
tain things will be even worse there than at recently put on probation for sexism, she
home. Lonely and depressed, Darius feels thinks it will be easy to get them
utterly lost, until Sohrab shows up and completely banned from the campus. But
changes everything. as she gets closer with her “brothers,” she
sees different views of them.
Girl Made of Stars Isle of Blood and Stone
by Ashley Herring Blake by Makiia Lucier
Torn between the family she loves and Lord Elias of del Mar has never met his
her own sense of right and wrong, Mara father, as he was presumably killed by
is feeling lost after her friend, Hannah, spies from their neighboring kingdom
accuses Owen, Mara’s twin, of rape. As Mondrago. When two copies of the same
Mara, Hannah, and Charlie (Mara’s ex) map are found, Elias recognizes it as his
navigate this terrain, Mara must face a father's work, and sees it as a sign that
trauma from her past and decide where he is alive. With the help of his close
and if Charlie fits in to her future. friends, Elias must find out the true
nature of these maps, and find out what
really happened on the day of his father's
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra presumed death.
Christo
Lira is a siren who must kill princes and
take their hearts to prove her brutality to
her mother, the Sea Queen. When Lira Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
disobeys her, the only way for her to After Lazlo and Sarai are transformed
redeem herself is to kill The Siren-Killer, into their new selves, they struggle to
Prince Elian. With Lira transformed into determine their new limits and against
a human and powerless, they journey both a familiar foe and an unfamiliar. In
together to find the Crystal of Keto. Lira a world so filled with hate and
wants to use the crystal to defeat her vengeance, can peace, hope, and love
mother and bring peace between sirens be the answer?
and humans, but Elian wants to use it to
destroy all sirens. Will their love for each
other compel them to a different ending?
Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Gilbert Xiomara Batista feels unheard and una-
When Danny Cheng receives a scholar- ble to hide in her Harlem neighborhood.
ship from RISD, the school of his dreams, Ever since her body grew into curves,
it seems as if his future is secured. This she has learned to let her fists and her
changes suddenly when he discovers a fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara
box in his father's closet filled with infor- has plenty she wants to say, and she
mation on a well- known Silicon Valley pours all her frustration and passion onto
family. Danny begins to dig deeper into the pages of a leather notebook. When
his family and the secrets his parents are she discovers slam poetry, it becomes a
hiding from him, while at the same time way to help her understand her mother’s
struggling with his friendships and the religion and her own relationship to the
fast-approaching future. world.
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie
Jen Wang Halse Anderson, Emily Carroll
Prince Sebastian has a secret that he Melinda has a terrible secret; she was
keeps from everyone else. At night, he raped at a party during the summer by a
puts on a dress and disguises as Lady high school senior. When she starts high
Crystallia. Only his dressmaker Frances school in the fall, she is shunned by her
knows about it. This means that both the classmates because she called the police
prince and Frances would have to keep to the party at which she was attacked.
this a secret. But can Frances continue to This graphic novel describes her
defer her dreams to protect a friend? imminent struggle to overcome the
shame of being a victim and an outcast.
Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman The Unwanted: Stories of the
In the future, the Thunderhead is the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown
perfect ruler of a perfect world, but its The Unwanted illustrates the refugee
perfect world is starting to spiral out of crisis in its beginning and its ongoing
control. Rowan is hunting down scythes course of misery, bombings, and death
that have abused their position, and Citra that leave the refugees in constant fear. It
is challenging old ideas as Scythe explores the stories of refugees just
Anastasia. When Citra's life is put in searching for hope and a future, not only
danger, and other forces come into play, for themselves but for their children.
the Thunderhead is forced to watch as
his world crashes down.
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algorithm that can control minds. As
Emika bands with the Phoenix Riders,
she finds herself under a bounty, one that
makes her chances of survival depend on
Zero and the Blackcoats. Emika soon
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and that his protection comes at a price.
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