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Young Adult Indie
470 1
Author(s)
Co-Authors / Illustrators
- Ishaan Gupta
Genre(s)
Age Range
13+
Release Date
December 15, 2023
In the heart of New York City, young Ivaan is no ordinary boy. Inspired by his father's research on Martian minerals, Ivaan possesses a keen interest in the sciences. This bond with science only deepens as the consequences of global warming impact his everyday life. Witnessing the devastating effects...
Young Adult Fiction
2878 0
Author(s)
Age Range
13+
Release Date
February 07, 2023
The breathtaking sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller This Woven Kingdom! Full of explosive magic, searing romance, and heartbreaking betrayal, this series from the award-winning and bestselling author of the Shatter Me series is perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Sabaa Tahir, and Tomi Adeyemi. ...
The Sweetest Betrayal
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Young Adult Fiction
3119 1
In this heart-pounding conclusion to The Kinder Poison trilogy—which People magazine proclaimed a "delicious high-stakes adventure"—war looms over Orkena, but can Zahru save her people without losing herself? War has come to Orkena. Zahru has risen as Mestrah, and she is determined...
Smash The Patriarchy
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Young Adult Indie
595 0
Author(s)
Co-Authors / Illustrators
- Jenny Jordahl
- Sian Mackie
Age Range
14+
Release Date
October 24, 2023
The patriarchy is falling. It’s time to smash it. This graphic novel shows you how. Patriarchy means “the rule of the father” and describes a system where men are in control. At least since the time of Aristotle, loud-mouthed men have called women weak and inferior....
Loveboat, Forever
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Young Adult Fiction
1598 0
Author(s)
Age Range
13+
Release Date
November 07, 2023
Return to the sparkling world of Loveboat, this time with Pearl Wong, on an entirely new, romantic, whirlwind adventure from Abigail Hing Wen, New York Times bestselling author of Loveboat, Taipei, streaming now on Paramount+ (adaptation titled Love in Taipei). Pearl was ready for a...
Young Adult Indie
410 0
New in town and navigating the complexities of Alder High (go 'Varks), Geoff Smith might be a little more comfortable with a guitar in his hands than with a conversation. His father, a professor, and collector of magical oddities, is a local goth hero, but that doesn’t exactly boost...
Young Adult Indie
506 1
Author(s)
Age Range
14+
Release Date
May 17, 2023
George R. Wolfe’s young adult adventure novel, Into the River of Angels, tells how a high school kid’s ill-conceived plan to canoe the Los Angeles River spirals out of control—an urban journey on a dangerous, forbidden waterway, woven together by a series of epic fails. It starts...
The Blood Years
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Young Adult Fiction
1608 0
Author(s)
Genre(s)
Age Range
13+
Release Date
October 10, 2023
Frederieke Teitler and her older sister, Astra, live in a house, in a city, in a world divided. Their father ran out on them when Rieke was only six, leaving their mother a wreck and their grandfather as their only stable family. He’s done his best to provide for...
Fake Famous
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Young Adult Fiction
1144 0
In this breezy novel from the author of Somebody That I Used to Know, one Iowa farm girl—a dead ringer for a global pop star—gets an unlikely shot at stardom. Will she choose fame…or the family farm? Red Morgan is fresh out of high school. With signature red curls...
Just a Hat
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Young Adult Indie
606 0
Author(s)
Age Range
12+
Release Date
July 18, 2023
Action-packed, humorous, and bittersweet, this 1970s-era coming-of-age novel is more relevant than ever—exploring how a second-generation immigrant kid in a new hometown must navigate bullying, unexpected friendships, and the struggle of keeping both feet firmly planted in two very different cultures. It’s 1979, and thirteen-year-old Joseph...
Emmett
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Young Adult Fiction
1298 0
Author(s)
Age Range
14+
Release Date
November 07, 2023
A modern-day gay Emma, with the spikey social critique of Austen plus the lush over-the-top romance of Bridgerton. Emmett Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence and had lived nearly eighteen years...
Young Adult Indie
361 0
You can only teach your shadow one trick . . . Adlai Bringer remembers going to the desert market with her father: The colorful tents, the wink of gold, and her father’s shadow, black as night, as it moved of its own accord and stole whatever...
Roses & Violets
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Young Adult Fiction
684 1
Author(s)
Age Range
13+
Release Date
September 26, 2023
Four girls from very different backgrounds are making their way to the mysterious Rosewood Boarding School from different corners of the country. The one thing they have in common is the strange offer they have received to apply for a place at what will turn out to...
Foxglove
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Young Adult Fiction
716 0
Author(s)
Age Range
14+
Release Date
August 22, 2023
The captivating sequel to the Gothic-infused Belladonna, in which Signa and Death face a supernatural foe determined to tear them apart. A duke has been murdered. The lord of Thorn Grove has been framed. And Fate, the elusive brother of Death, has taken up residence in a...
Young Adult Indie
464 0
Author(s)
Age Range
12+
Release Date
September 05, 2023
Fourteen-year-old Eva’s life is like her shoes: rapidly falling apart. A heartbreaking and humorous young adult story of a Cree teenage girl who finds herself in a group home and must face her family’s traumatic past with the help of her grandmother and through her own writing. ...
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