LibGuides: TAYSHAS Reading List: 2021

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2021

2021 Titles

The TAYSHAS Reading List contains 79 titles. The First tab contains titles chosen as the Top Ten. The remaining titles are listed in the rest of the tabs.

Until all books have been received the titles in blue indicate titles already available through Unger Memorial Library. The titles in dark orange have been ordered and will be added to the list when received.

Frankly in Love by David Yoon | Golden Arm by Carl Deuker | The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
Grown by Tiffany Jackson | The Hive by Barry Lyga & Morgan Baden | If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley
Killing November by Adriana Mather | The Liar's Daughter by Megan Cooley Peterson
Three Thing I Know Are True by Betty Culley | What Unbreakable Looks Like by Kate McLaughlin

Frankly in Love by David Yoon
Call Number: YA F YOO-D (Young Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9780241373439
Publication Date: 2019
High school senior Frank Li takes a risk to go after a girl his parents would never approve of, but his plans will leave him wondering if he ever really understood love--or himself--at all

Golden Arm by Deuker, Carl
Call Number: YA F DEU-C (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780358012429
Publication Date: 2020-04-07
Lazarus "Laz" Weathers has always been shy, and his issue with stuttering when he speaks hasn't helped. Stuck in a Seattle trailer park, Laz finds baseball helps him escape from the world of poverty and drugs. When he gets an opportunity to pitch for the rich kids across town, he has a chance to get drafted by the major leagues. But playing for the other team means leaving behind his family, including Antonio, Laz's younger brother, who more and more, seems to be drawn to the dark world of the Jet City's drug ring. Now Laz will have to choose between being the star pitcher he always dreamed of becoming and the team player his family needs.

The Grace Year by Liggett, Kim
Call Number: YA F LIG-K (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781250145444
Publication Date: 2019-10-08
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.

Grown by Jackson, Tiffany D.
Call Number: YA F JAC-TD (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780062840356
Publication Date: 2020-09-15
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.

The Hive by Lyga, Barry ; Morgan Baden; Jennifer Beals (Created by); Tom Jacobson (Created by)
Call Number: YA F LYG-B (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781525300608
Publication Date: 2019-09-03
It's the near future -- the day after tomorrow -- and the government has shut down online bullying once and for all. With BLINQ, its new social media platform, users can "like" or "share," but they can also "condemn" posts -- and if condemns reach a certain level, users can exact punishment from the original poster in real life. No more anonymous trolling! Instead... hive justice. Seventeen-year-old Cassie McKinney is angry at everything. She's just lost her beloved father, a cult hero in the hacking world. She's been uprooted to a new apartment and -- worse -- a new school. Cassie is barely enduring senior year when she's drawn into a powerful group of girls and their effort to make their posts go viral. Cassie's just trying to be funny when she posts a cutting BLINQ. But when that BLINQ goes viral in all the worst ways, she becomes the target of a furious mob. Abandoned by her friends, betrayed by the system, and bristling at the injustice of it all, Cassie goes on the run. In the shadows, she finds people to help her hide. If she wants to clear her name, though, she will have to work with them to unravel a conspiracy beyond her imagination.

If These Wings Could Fly by McCauley, Kyrie
Call Number: YA F MCA-K (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780062885029
Publication Date: 2020-03-03
Tens of thousands of crows invading Auburn, Pennsylvania, is a problem for everyone in town except seventeen-year-old Leighton Barnes. Residents complain about the nuisance, the strangeness of the birds. But for Leighton, it's no stranger than her house, which inexplicably repairs itself every time her father loses his temper and breaks things. No stranger than growing up in a town full of people who look the other way. Leighton doesn't have time for the crows, or for her classmate, Liam, even if he is funny, kind, and entirely too charming. It's her senior year, and acceptance to her dream college is finally within reach. But grabbing that lifeline means abandoning her sisters. Which is a choice she's not ready to face. With her father's rage worsening and the town in chaos over the crows, Leighton allowed herself a chance at happiness with Liam, even though falling in love feels like a revolutionary act. Balancing school, dating, and survival under the shadow of sixty thousand feathered wings starts to feel almost comfortable, but Leighton knows that this fragile equilibrium can only last so long before it shatters.

Killing November by Mather, Adriana
Call Number: YA F MAT-A (Young Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9780525579083
Publication Date: 2019-03-26
A murder at an elite boarding school makes one new girl a target.

The Liar's Daughter by Peterson, Megan Cooley
Call Number: YA F PET-MC (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780823444182
Publication Date: 2019-09-10
Father is a prophet. Infallible. The Chosen One. Seventeen-year-old Piper will do anything for Father ... until the day the government raids the compound and separates her from her siblings, from all of Father's followers -- even Caspian, the boy she loves. Desperate to escape deprogramming after being rescued from the cult, Piper wants to rejoin her family. She's living with a woman They claim is her real mother -- and Piper plans to escape.

Three Things I Know Are True by Culley, Betty
Call Number: YA F CUL-B (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780062908025
Publication Date: 2020-01-07
Five months ago, Liv's big brother, Jonah, shot himself in the head. It was an accident. He didn't know that the gun was loaded. But the damage was done. Now he won't ever be leaving their small mill town like he planned. Jonah can't speak, can't walk, can't take care of himself at all. Their house is full of machines and nurses working around the clock to keep Jonah alive. Liv's mom is struggling to cope with the aftermath, so Liv ends up being the one to soothe Jonah when he gets agitated, to lie with him when he can't sleep, and to see the carefree brother she's sure is still inside him somewhere. Liv hasn't spoken to Clay, Jonah's best friend, since the accident, even though he lives just across the street. The gun belonged to Clay's father, and Clay was with Jonah that terrible day. With Liv's mom suing Clay's father, there are lines Liv is not supposed to cross. As their entire community chooses sides, she feels the distance between them growing every day. Liv knows that Clay is nearly as broken as Jonah. She knows his life also changed forever the same moment as Jonah's. And she refuses to turn away from Clay, just as she refuses to give up on Jonah.

What Unbreakable Looks Like by McLaughlin, Kate
Call Number: YA F MLA-K (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781250173805
Publication Date: 2020-06-23
Lex was taken-- trafficked-- and became Poppy. Kept in a hotel with other girls, her old life is a distant memory. When the girls are rescued, she moves in with her aunt and uncle. She should be truly safe-- except, she doesn't trust it. Doesn't trust her new home. Doesn't trust her new friend. Doesn't trust her new life. She doesn't deserve good things. When she is sexually assaulted by her so-called boyfriend and his friends, Lex is forced to reckon with what happened to her. Thrust into the limelight, Lex realizes she has the power to help others-- if she can confront the monsters of her past.

Almost American Girl by Robin Ha | Barely Missing Everything by Matt Mendez | Be Not Far From Me by Mindy McGinnis
The Binding by Bridget Collins | Black Enough by Ibi Zoboi, ed. | Bloom by Kevin Panetta
The Blossom and the Firefly by Sherri L. Smith | The Bone Charmer by Breeana Shields
Break the Fall by Jennifer Iacopelli | The Bridge by Bill Kongsberg

Almost American Girl : an illustrated memoir by Ha, Robin
Call Number: YA G HA-R (Young adult graphic novels)
ISBN: 9780062685100
Publication Date: 2020-01-28
For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes a permanent relocation--following her mother's announcement that she's getting married--Robin is devastated. Overnight, her life changes. She is dropped into a new school where she doesn't understand the language and struggles to keep up. She is completely cut off from her friends in Seoul and has no access to her beloved comics. At home, she doesn't fit in with her new stepfamily, and worst of all, she is furious with the one person she is closest to--her mother. Then one day Robin's mother enrolls her in a local comic drawing class, which opens the window to a future Robin could never have imagined.

Barely Missing Everything by Mendez, Matt
Call Number: YA F MEN-M (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781534404458
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
Three Mexican-Americans--Juan, JD, and Fabi--each try to overcome their individual struggles as they all grapple with how to make a better life for themselves when it seems like brown lives don't matter.

Be Not Far from Me by McGinnis, Mindy
Call Number: YA F MGI-M (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780062561626
Publication Date: 2020-03-03
When Ashley goes hiking in the Smokies with her friends for a night of partying, the falling dark and creaking trees are second nature to her. Catching her boyfriend with another girl, drunken rage sends Ashley running into the night, stopped only by a nasty fall into a ravine. Morning brings the realization that she is alone-- and far off trail. Lost in undisturbed forest, with nothing but the clothes on her back, Ashley must figure out how to survive despite the red streak of infection creeping up her leg.

The Binding by Collins, Bridget
Call Number: YA F COL-B (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780062838094
Publication Date: 2019-04-16
Young Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a strange letter arrives summoning him away from his family. He is to begin an apprenticeship as a Bookbinder--a vocation that arouses fear, superstition, and prejudice amongst their small community, but one neither he nor his parents can afford to refuse. For as long as he can recall, Emmett has been drawn to books, even though they are strictly forbidden. Bookbinding is a sacred calling, Seredith informs her new apprentice, and he is a binder born. Under the old woman's watchful eye, Emmett learns to hand-craft the elegant leather-bound volumes. Within each one they will capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory. If there's something you want to forget, a binder can help. If there's something you need to erase, they can assist. Within the pages of the books they create, secrets are concealed and the past is locked away. In a vault under his mentor's workshop rows upon rows of books are meticulously stored. But while Seredith is an artisan, there are others of their kind, avaricious and amoral tradesman who use their talents for dark ends--and just as Emmett begins to settle into his new circumstances, he makes an astonishing discovery: one of the books has his name on it. Soon, everything he thought he understood about his life will be dramatically rewritten.

Black Enough : stories of being young & black in America by Zoboi, Ibi, ed. ; Varian Johnson; Kekla Magoon; Tochi Onyebuchi; Jason Reynolds; Nic Stone; Liara Tamani; Renée Watson; Rita Williams-Garcia; Ibi Zoboi; Tracey Baptiste; Coe Booth; Renée Watson; Dhonielle Clayton; Brandy Colbert; Jay Coles; Lamar Giles; Leah Henderson; Justina Ireland
Call Number: YA F ZOB-I (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780062698728
Publication Date: 2019-01-08
Black is ... sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renýee Watson. Black is ... three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds. Black is ... Nic Stone's high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of. Black is ... two girls kissing in Justina Ireland's story set in Maryland. Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed race, immigrants, and more--because there are countless ways to be Black enough. A collection of short stories explore what it is like to be young and black, centering on the experiences of black teenagers and emphasizing that one person's experiences, reality, and personal identity are different than someone else.

Bloom by Panetta, Kevin
Call Number: YA G PAN-K (Young adult graphic novels)
ISBN: 9781250196910
Publication Date: 2019-01-29
Baked with love! Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band--if he can just persuade his dad to let him quit his job at their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away over rising dough and hot ovens. But while interviewing candidates for his replacement, Ari meets Hector, an easygoing guy who loves baking as much as Ari wants to escape it. As they become closer over batches of bread, love is ready to bloom ... that is, if Ari doesn't ruin everything.

The Blossom and the Firefly by Smith, Sherri L.
Call Number: YA F SMI-SL (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781524737900
Publication Date: 2020-02-18
Japan 1945. Taro is a talented violinist and a kamikaze pilot in the days before his first and only mission. He believes he is ready to die for his country . . . until he meets Hana. Hana hasn't been the same since the day she was buried alive in a collapsed trench during a bomb raid. She wonders if it would have been better to have died that day . . . until she meets Taro. A song will bring them together. The war will tear them apart. Is it possible to live an entire lifetime in eight short days?

The Bone Charmer (Bone charmer #1) by Shields, Breeana
Call Number: YA F SHI-B (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781624147371
Publication Date: 2019-05-21
On the day of Saskia's kenning - a special bone reading that determines the apprenticeships of all seventeen-year-olds - her worst fear comes true. She receives an assignment to train as a Bone Charmer, a seer, like her mother. Saskia knows her mother saw multiple paths for her, yet chose the one she knew Saskia wouldn't want. Their argument leads to a fracture in one of the bones with the devastating result of splitting Saskia's future. Now she will live with two potential paths simultaneously: one where she's forced to confront her magic, and one where she tries to run from it. When both paths become entangled in the plot of a rogue Charmer, Saskia learns no future is safe and some choices have unimaginable consequences. Only one future can survive, and Saskia's life is in danger in both.

Break the Fall by Iacopelli, Jennifer
Call Number: YA F IAC-J (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780593114179
Publication Date: 2020-02-18
A year after being nearly paralyzed, Audrey Lee is going to the Olympics but the United States' gymnastics team is on the verge of collapse and Leo, her new coach's cute son, is another distraction.

The Bridge by Konigsberg, Bill
Call Number: YA F KON-B (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781338325034
Publication Date: 2020-09-01
Aaron is a gay misfit struggling with depression and loneliness. Tillie isn't sure what her problem is, only that she will never be good enough. They arrive at the George Washington Bridge at the same time. There are four things that could happen: Aaron jumps and Tillie doesn't. Tillie jumps and Aaron doesn't. They both jump. Neither of them jumps. Or maybe all four things happen.

Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power | The Burning by Laura Bates | Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Color Me In by Natasha Diaz | Cracking the Bell by Geoff Herbach | Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder
Day Zero by Kelly Devos | Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
The Degenerates by J. Albert Mann | Deposing Nathan by Zack Smedley

Burn Our Bodies Down by Power, Rory
Call Number: YA F POW-R (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780525645627
Publication Date: 2020-07-07
Ever since Margot was born, it's been just her and her mother. No history to hold on to, no relative to speak of. Margot wants family, she wants a past. She finds a photograph pointing her to a town called Phalene. When Margot gets there, it is not what she bargained for. Did her mother leave to hide her own past--or to protect Margot from what's still there? There is poison in their family tree--and now that Margot is in Phalene, she might never escape.

The Burning by Bates, Laura
Call Number: YA F BAT-L (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781728206738
Publication Date: 2020-04-07
Anna and her mother have moved hundreds of miles to put the past behind them. Anna hopes to make a fresh start and escape the harassment she's been subjected to. But then rumors and whispers start, and Anna tries to ignore what is happening by immersing herself in learning about Maggie, a local woman accused of witchcraft in the seventeenth century. A woman who was shamed. Silenced. And whose story has unsettling parallels to Anna's own. From Laura Bates, internationally renowned feminist and founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, comes a debut novel for the #metoo era. It's a powerful call to action, reminding all readers of the implications of sexism and the role we can each play in ending it.

Clap When You Land by Acevedo, Elizabeth
Call Number: YA F ACE-E (Young Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9780062882769
Publication Date: 2020-05-05
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.
Clap When You Land [E-Book] by Elizabeth Acevedo
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780062882783
Publication Date: 2020-05-05
Clap When You Land [Streaming audiobook] by Elizabeth Acevedo (Read by); Melania-Luisa Marte (Read by)
Call Number: YA F ACE-E Audiobk (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780063011816
Publication Date: 2020-05-05

Color Me In by Diaz, Natasha
Call Number: YA F DIA-N (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780525578253
Publication Date: 2020-08-11
Fifteen-year-old Nevaeh Levitz is torn between two worlds, passing for white while living in Harlem, being called Jewish while attending her mother's Baptist church, and experiencing first love while watching her parents' marriage crumble.

Cracking the Bell by Herbach, Geoff
Call Number: YA F HER-G (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780062453143
Publication Date: 2019-09-10
While recovering from a game-related concussion, football star Isaiah wonders what his life would be like without the game.

Dancing at the Pity Party by Feder, Tyler
Call Number: YA G FED-T (Young adult graphic novels)
ISBN: 9780525553021
Publication Date: 2020-04-14
Tyler Feder shares her story of her mother's first oncology appointment to facing reality as a motherless daughter in this frank and refreshingly funny graphic memoir.

Day Zero (Day zero duology #1) by Devos, Kelly
Call Number: YA F DEV-K D1 (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781335008480
Publication Date: 2019-11-12
Seventeen-year-old coder Jinx Marshall grew up spending weekends drilling with her paranoid dad for a doomsday she's sure will never come. She's an expert on self-heating meal rations, Krav Maga and extracting water from a barrel cactus. Now that her parents are divorced, she's ready to relax. Her big plans include making it to level 99 in her favorite MMORPG and spending the weekend with her new hunky stepbrother, Toby. But all that disaster training comes in handy when an explosion traps her in a burning building. Stuck leading her headstrong stepsister, MacKenna, and her precocious little brother, Charles, to safety, Jinx gets them out alive only to discover the explosion is part of a pattern of violence erupting all over the country. Even worse, Jinx's dad stands accused of triggering the chaos. In a desperate attempt to evade paramilitary forces and vigilantes, Jinx and her siblings find Toby and make a break for Mexico. With seemingly the whole world working against them, they've got to get along and search for the truth about the attacks--and about each other. But if they can survive, will there be anything left worth surviving for?

Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
Call Number: FIC NAPOL ANN DE (Adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781984854780
Publication Date: 2020-01-06
What does it mean not just to survive, but to truly live? One summer morning, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, his beloved older brother, his parents, and 183 other passengers board a flight in Newark headed for Los Angeles. Among them are a Wall Street wunderkind, a young woman coming to terms with an unexpected pregnancy, an injured veteran returning from Afghanistan, a business tycoon, and a free-spirited woman running away from her controlling husband. Halfway across the country, the plane crashes. Edward is the sole survivor. Edward's story captures the attention of the nation, but he struggles to find a place in a world without his family. He continues to feel that a part of himself has been left in the sky, forever tied to the plane and all of his fellow passengers. But then he makes an unexpected discover; one that will lead him to the answers of some of life's most profound questions: When you've lost everything, how do you find the strength to put one foot in front of the other? How do you learn to feel safe again? How do you find meaning in your life?
Dear Edward [E-Book] by Ann Napolitano
Call Number: YA F NAP-A Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9781984854797
Publication Date: 2020

The Degenerates by Mann, J. Albert
Call Number: YA F MAN-JA (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781534419353
Publication Date: 2020-03-17
1928. At the Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded, Maxine is doing everything she can to protect her younger sister Rose. Vicious attendants and bullying older girls treat them as the morons, imbeciles, and idiots the doctors have deemed them to be. Alice was left there when her brother couldn't bring himself to support a sister with a club foot. London was dragged there from the best foster situation she's ever had, thanks to one unexpected, life altering moment. But each girl is determined to change her fate, no matter what it takes.

Deposing Nathan by Smedley, ack
Call Number: YA F SME-Z (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781624147357
Publication Date: 2019-05-07
When Nate meets Cam during his junior year in high school, the relationship makes Nate question his faith and the family rules he has always obeyed and finally leads to physical violence between the two boys.

Dig by A. S. King | Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang | Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel | The Haunted by Danielle Vega
Hope and Other Punchlines by Julie Buxbaum | Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan | If I'm Being Honest by Emily Willberley
If You're Out There by Katy Loutzenhiser | I'm Not Dying With Your Tonight by Gilly Segal & Kimberly Jones

Dig by A. S. King
Call Number: YA F KIN-AS
ISBN: 9781101994917
Publication Date: 2019-03-26
Five white teenage cousins who are struggling with the failures and racial ignorance of their dysfunctional parents and their wealthy grandparents, reunite for Easter.

Dragon Hoops by Yang, Gene Luen
Call Number: YA G YAN-GL (Young adult graphic novels)
ISBN: 9781626720794
Publication Date: 2020-03-17
Gene understands stories - comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him 'Stick' and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men's varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that's been decades in the making. Each victory brings them closer to their ultimate goal: the California State Championships. Once Gene gets to know these young all-stars, he realizes that their story is just as thrilling as anything he's seen on a comic book page. He knows he has to follow this epic to its end. What he doesn't know yet is that this season is not only going to change the Dragons's lives, but his own life as well.

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Jackson, Holly
Call Number: YA F JAC-H (Young Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9781984896360
Publication Date: 2020-02-04
Popular Fairview high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. Five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer? Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project. She discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent. But someone in Fairview doesn't want Pip digging around for answers, and her own life might be in danger.
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder [E-Book] by Holly Jackson
Call Number: YA F JAC-H Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9781984896384
Publication Date: 2020-02-04
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder [Streaming audiobook] by Holly Jackson
Call Number: YA F JAC-H Audiobk (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780593155264
Publication Date: 2020

The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History : the story of the monuments men by Robert M. Edsel
Call Number: YA 940.531 EDS-RM (Young adult nonfiction)
ISBN: 9781338251197
Publication Date: 2019-01-29
As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History recounts the astonishing true story of eleven men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of Western civilization. As the war raged, these American and British volunteers--museum curators, art scholars and educators, architects, archivists, and artists, known as the Monuments Men--found themselves in a desperate race against time to locate and save the many priceless treasures and works of art stolen by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.

The Haunted (The haunted #1) by Vega, Danielle
Call Number: YA F VEG-D H1 (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780451481467
Publication Date: 2019-06-04
To evade her manipulative ex-boyfriend, sixteen-year-old Hendricks' family moves to small-town New York, where she joins the popular crowd, but only her outcast neighbor, Eddie, can help chase vindictive ghosts from her new house.

Hope and Other Punch Lines by Buxbaum, Julie
Call Number: YA F BUX-J (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781524766771
Publication Date: 2019-05-07
The tragic 9/11 event in NYC that changed the world, altered the life of Abbi Hope Goldstein as well as that of Noah Stern. They did not know each other back then, but they know each other now, and while Abbi is trying to move forward with her life, Noah still has unanswered questions that he believes Abbi can help answer.

Hot Dog Girl by Dugan, Jennifer
Call Number: YA F DUG-J (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780525516255
Publication Date: 2019-04-30
Elouise (Lou) Parker is determined to have the best summer of her life-- despite her job as a giant dancing hot dog at Magic Castle Playland. Despite the fact her crush, dreamy diving pirate Nick, already has a girlfriend, who is literally the princess of the park. Despite the fact her best friend Seeley, the carousel operator, is decidedly not on board when it comes to Lou's quest to set her up with the perfect girl-- or Lou's scheme to get close to Nick. And despite the fact Magic Castle Playland will be closing forever unless Lou can find a way to stop it.

If I'm Being Honest by Wibberley, Emily ; Austin Siegemund-Broka
Call Number: YA F WIB-E (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780451481092
Publication Date: 2019-04-23
Cameron Bright's reputation can be summed up in one word: b*tch. It's no surprise she's queen bee at her private L.A. high school--she's beautiful, talented, and notorious for her brutal honesty. But when she slips up in front of her crush, Andrew, any affection he may have had for her quickly fades. To win him over, Cameron resolves to tame herself, much like Shakespeare's infamous shrew, Katherine. If she makes amends with everyone she's ever wronged, Andrew will have to take notice. Thus, Cameron begins her apology tour with Brendan, the guy whose social life she single-handedly destroyed. At first, Brendan isn't so quick to forgive, but slowly he warms to her when they connect over a computer game he's developing. To Cameron's amazement, she actually enjoys hanging out with Brendan; he appreciates her honesty in a way Andrew never did, and she's left wondering: maybe you shouldn't have to compromise who you are for the kind of love you deserve.

If You're Out There by Loutzenhiser, Katy
Call Number: YA F LOU-K (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780062865670
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
Zan is baffled when her best friend, Priya, stops answering her emails after moving to California, but new friend, Logan, presents the disturbing possibility that Priya cannot answer.

I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Jones, Kimberly and Gilly Segal
Call Number: YA F JON-K (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781492678892
Publication Date: 2019-08-06
Over the course of one night, two girls with two very different backgrounds must rely on each other to get through the violent race riot that has enveloped their city. Lena has her killer style, her awesome boyfriend, and a plan. She knows she's going to make it big. Campbell, on the other hand, is just trying to keep her head down and get through the year at her new school. When both girls attend the Friday-night football game, what neither expects is for everything to descend into sudden mass chaos. Chaos born from violence and hate. Chaos that unexpectedly throws them together. They aren't friends. They hardly understand the other's point of view. But none of that matters when the city is up in flames, and they only have each other to rely on if they're going to survive the night.

In Another Life by C. C. Hunter | Into the Streets by Marke Bieschke | Jackpot by Nic Stone
Jane Anonymous by Laurie Faria Stolarz | Keep This to Yourself by Tom Ryan | The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg
Layoverland by Gabby Noone | Love from A to Z by S. K. Ali | The Lucky Ones by Liz Lawson

In Another Life by Hunter, C. C.
Call Number: YA F HUN-CC (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781250312273
Publication Date: 2019-03-26
Told in two voices, high school seniors Chloe Holden and Cash Colton try to determine if she is his foster mother's daughter, Emily, who was kidnapped at age three.

Into the Streets : a young person's visual history of protest in the United States by Marke Bieschke
Call Number: YA 303.484 BIS-M (Young adult nonfiction)
ISBN: 9781541579033
Publication Date: 2020-07-07
Bieschke guides readers through the art and history of significant protests, sit-ins, and collective acts of resistance throughout US history. Though little recorded history exists for events before the mid-1600s, anti-colonial resistance by Native Americans took the form of violent raids and warfare. Bieschke uses photos, artwork, and other visual elements to highlight the history of social action from American Indian resistance to colonists through Black Lives Matter and Women's Marches. He introduces the personalities and issues that drove these protests, as well as their varied aims and accomplishments.

Jackpot by Stone, Nic
Call Number: YA F STO-N (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781984829627
Publication Date: 2019-10-15
Meet Rico: high school senior and afternoon-shift cashier at the Gas 'n' Go, who after school and work races home to take care of her younger brother. Every. Single. Day. When Rico sells a jackpot-winning lotto ticket, she thinks maybe her luck will finally change, but only if she--with some assistance from her popular and wildly rich classmate Zan--can find the ticket holder who hasn't claimed the prize. But what happens when have and have-nots collide? Will this investigative duo unite...or divide? Nic Stone, the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin and Odd One Out, creates two unforgettable characters in one hard-hitting story about class, money--both too little and too much--and how you make your own luck in the world.

Keep This to Yourself by Ryan, Tom
Call Number: YA F RYA-T (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780807541517
Publication Date: 2019-05-21
Last summer the Catalog Killer terrorized the sleepy seaside town of Camera Cove, killing four people before disappearing without a trace. Mac Bell is trying to put that horrible summer behind him-- easier said than done since Mac's best friend Connor was the murderer's final victim. When Mac finds a cryptic message from Connor, he realizes the killer might not have been a random drifter after all. Now nobody is beyond suspicion, and Mac struggles to come to terms with his true feelings towards Connor while scrambling to uncover the truth.

The Kingdom by Rothenberg, Jess
Call Number: YA F ROT-J (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781250293855
Publication Date: 2019-05-28
Ana, a half-android, half-human employee of a futuristic fantasy theme park, the Kingdom, faces a charge of murder in a tale told through flashbacks and court transcripts.

Layoverland by Noone, Gabby
Call Number: YA F NOO-G (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781984836120
Publication Date: 2020-01-21
On her last day on Earth, Beatrice Fox ruined the life of the person she loves most-- her little sister, Emmy. Then a fatal car accident sends her to purgatory-- where she is chosen to join the Memory Experience team. If she wants a shot at heaven, she'll have to help 5,000 souls suss out what's keeping them from moving on. Bea's first assigned soul is Caleb, the boy who caused her accident, and the last person Bea would ever want to send to the pearly gates. But she can't help but notice that he's kind of cute, and sort of sweet, and that maybe, despite her best efforts, she's totally falling for him. Bea must decide what is truly worth dying for: romance or revenge.

Love from A to Z by Ali, S. K.
Call Number: YA F ALI-SK (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781534442726
Publication Date: 2019-04-30
Eighteen-year-old Muslims Adam and Zayneb meet in Doha, Qatar, during spring break and fall in love as both struggle to find a way to live their own truths.

The Lucky Ones by Lawson, Liz
Call Number: YA F LAW-L (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780593118498
Publication Date: 2020-04-07
In the aftermath of a school tragedy, May and Zach struggle with grief, survivor's guilt, and the complex emotional impact of the event, learning how to heal and hope in the face of it all

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker | Mortal Sight by Sandra Fernandez Rhoads | Not Hungry by Kate Karyus Quinn
Nowhere on Earth by Nick Lake | Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon | One of Us is Next by Karen McManus
The Raven's Tale by Cat Winters |
The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen | The Revolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert

Mooncakes by Walker, Suzanne ; Wendy Xu (Illustrator)
Call Number: YA G WAL-S (Young adult graphic novels)
ISBN: 9781549303043
Publication Date: 2019-10-15
Nova Huang knows more about magic than your average teen witch. She works at her grandmother's bookshop, where she helps them loan out spell books and investigate any supernatural occurrences in their New England town. One fateful night, she follows reports of a white wolf into the woods, and she comes across the unexpected: her childhood crush, Tam Lang, battling a horse demon in the woods. As a werewolf, Tam has been wandering from place to place for years, unable to call any town home. Pursued by dark forces eager to claim the magic of wolves and out of options, Tam turns to Nova for help. Their latent feelings are rekindled against the backdrop of witchcraft, untested magic, occult rituals, and family ties both new and old in this enchanting tale of self-discovery.

Mortal Sight by Fernandez-Rhoads, Sandra
Call Number: YA F FER-S C1 (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781621841203
Publication Date: 2020-04-14
Seventeen-year-old Cera Marlowe wants a normal life; one where she and her mom can stop skipping town every time a disturbing vision strikes. But when a girl she knows is murdered by a monster she can't explain, Cera's world turns upside down. Suddenly thrown into an ancient supernatural battle, Cera discovers she's not alone in her gifting and vows to use her visions to save lives. But why does John Milton's poem Paradise Lost keep interrupting her thoughts? In a race against time and a war against unearthly creatures, will decoding messages embedded in the works of classic literature be enough to stop the bloodshed and protect those she loves?

Not Hungry by Quinn, Kate Karyus
Call Number: YA F QUI-KK (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781538382707
Publication Date: 2019-08-01
June is fat. June also has an eating disorder, but no one sees. When she doesn't eat, her friends and family think they see a fat girl on a diet, not someone starving herself. When June's secret is found out by Toby, the new boy next door, she is panicked. Then she learns he also has a secret. Everyone has their own little lies.

Nowhere on Earth by Lake, Nick
Call Number: YA F LAK-N (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781984896445
Publication Date: 2020-05-26
Sixteen-year-old Emily and her little brother Aidan are onboard a plane bound for Anchorage. When the plane crashes, both kids and the pilot barely escape with their lives and are left to fight for survival in the Alaskan wilderness. But there is worse to come -- Emily and Aidan are being chased, and their shady, unknown pursuers are closing in. As the kids go on the run, Emily finds herself in greater danger than she could have imagined. Because nothing in her life is what it seems -- not even the things she holds dearest of all.

Of Curses and Kisses by Menon, Sandhya
Call Number: YA F MEN-S S1 (Young Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9781534417540
Publication Date: 2020-02-18
Told in two voices, Jaya Rao, an East Indian princess, and Grey Emerson, an English lord, suffer the effects of a centuries-old feud when they meet at an elite Colorado boarding school.

One of Us Is Next by McManus, Karen M.
Call Number: YA F MMA-KM (Young Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9780525707967
Publication Date: 2020-01-07
Sequel to One of us is lying. A year after the Bayview four were cleared of Simon Kelleher's death a ton of copycat gossip apps have popped up, but no one's been able to fill the gossip void quite like he could. Now a game with dangerous consequences is targeting students at Bayview-- and if the creator isn't found soon, dangerous could prove deadly. If you choose not to play, it's a truth. And Phoebe is the first target. Maeve is next. By the time Knox is tagged, the dares have become deadly.
One of Us is Next [E-Book] by Karen M. McManus
Call Number: YA F MMA-KM Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780525707981
Publication Date: 2020
One of Us is Next [Streaming audiobook] by Karen M. McManus
Call Number: YA F MMA-KM Audiobk (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9781984842121
Publication Date: 2020

The Raven's Tale by Winters, Cat
Call Number: YA F WIN-C (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781419733628
Publication Date: 2019-04-16
Seventeen-year-old Edgar Poe's plans to escape his foster family, begin classes at the prestigious new university, and marry his beloved Elmira Royster go awry when a macabre Muse appears with a request.

Refugee 87 by Fountain, Ele
Call Number: YA F FOU-E (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780316423038
Publication Date: 2019-06-04
In a foreign country, fourteen-year-old Shif and his best friend Bini embark on a continent-crossing journey of survival after they are imprisoned and become refugees.

The Rest of the Story by Dessen, Sarah
Call Number: YA F DES-S (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780062933621
Publication Date: 2019-06-04
Emma Saylor doesn't remember a lot about her mother, who died when Emma was twelve. But she does remember the stories her mom told her about the big lake that went on forever, with cold, clear water and mossy trees at the edges. Now it's just Emma and her dad, and life is good, if a little predictable ... until Emma is unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her mother's family that she hasn't seen since she was a little girl. When Emma arrives at North Lake, she realizes there are actually two very different communities there. Her mother grew up in working class North Lake, while her dad spent summers in the wealthier Lake North resort. The more time Emma spends there, the more it starts to feel like she is also divided into two people. To her father, she is Emma. But to her new family, she is Saylor, the name her mother always called her. Then there's Roo, the boy who was her very best friend when she was little. Roo holds the key to her family's history, and slowly, he helps her put the pieces together about her past. It's hard not to get caught up in the magic of North Lake--and Saylor finds herself falling under Roo's spell as well. For Saylor, it's like a whole new world is opening up to her. But when it's time to go back home, which side of her--Emma or Saylor--will win out?
The Rest of the Story [E-Book] by Sarah Dessen
Call Number: YA F DES-S Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780062933645
Publication Date: 2019-06-04

Shadow of the Batgirl by Sarah Kuhn | The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller | Six Angry Girls by Adrienne Kisner
Slay by Brittany Morris | Stamped by Jason Reynolds | Strange Exit by Parker Peevyhouse
10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston | They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord | The Vanishing Deep by Astrid Scholte

Shadow of the Batgirl by Kuhn, Sarah ; Nicole Goux (Illustrator)
Call Number: YA G KUH-S (Young adult graphic novels)
ISBN: 9781401289782
Publication Date: 2020-02-04
Cassandra Cain is the daughter of super-villains and a living weapon trained to be the ultimate assassin, but when her father threatens the world she has grown to love, she will have to overcome that voice inside her head telling her she can never be a hero.

The Shadows Between Us by Levenseller, Tricia
Call Number: YA F LEV-T (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781250189967
Publication Date: 2020-02-25
Alessandra is tired of being overlooked, but she has a plan to gain power: 1) Woo the Shadow King. 2) Marry him. 3) Kill him and take his kingdom for herself. No one knows the extent of the freshly crowned Shadow King's power. Some say he can command the shadows that swirl around him to do his bidding. Others say they speak to him, whispering the thoughts of his enemies. Regardless, Alessandra knows what she deserves, and she's going to do everything within her power to get it. But Alessandra's not the only one trying to kill the king. As attempts on his life are made, she finds herself trying to keep him alive long enough for him to make her his queen--all while struggling not to lose her heart. After all, who better for a Shadow King than a cunning, villainous queen?

Six Angry Girls by Kisner, Adrienne
Call Number: YA F KIS-A (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781250253422
Publication Date: 2020-08-18
Raina Petree is crushing her senior year, until her boyfriend dumps her, the drama club (basically) dumps her, the college of her dreams slips away, and her arch-nemesis triumphs. Things aren't much better for Millie Goodwin. Her father treats her like a servant, and the all-boy Mock Trial team votes her out, even after she spent the last three years helping to build its success. But then, an advice columnist unexpectedly helps Raina find new purpose in a pair of knitting needles and a politically active local yarn store. This leads to an unlikely meeting in the girls' bathroom, where Raina inspires Millie to start a rival team. The two join together and recruit four other angry girls to not only take on Mock Trial, but to smash the patriarchy in the process.

Slay [E-Book] by Brittney Morris
Call Number: YA F MOR-B Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9781534445444
Publication Date: 2019-09-24
By day, 17-year-old Kiera Johnson is an honors student, a math tutor, and one of the only black kids at Jefferson Academy. But at home, she joins hundreds of thousands of black gamers who duel worldwide as Nubian personas in the secret multiplayer online role-playing card game Slay. No one knows Kiera is the game developer, not her friends, her family, not even her boyfriend, Malcolm, who believes video games are partially responsible for the “downfall of the black man”. But when a teen in Kansas City is murdered over a dispute in the Slay world, news of the game reaches mainstream media, and Slay is labeled a racist, exclusionist, violent hub for thugs and criminals. Even worse, an anonymous troll infiltrates the game, threatening to sue Kiera for “anti-white discrimination”. Driven to save the only world in which she can be herself, Kiera must preserve her secret identity and harness what it means to be unapologetically black in a world intimidated by blackness. But can she protect her game without losing herself in the process?

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You : a remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the beginning by Jason Reynolds; Ibram X. Kendi
Call Number: YA 305.8 REY-J (Young Adult Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780316453691
Publication Date: 2020-03-10
The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. Racist ideas are woven into the fabric of this country, and the first step to building an antiracist America is acknowledging America's racist past and present. This book takes you on that journey, showing how racist ideas started and were spread, and how they can be discredited.
Stamped [E-Book] : racism, antiracism, and you by Jason Reynolds
Call Number: YA 305.8 REY-J Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780316453677
Publication Date: 2020

Strange Exit by Parker Peevyhouse
Call Number: YA F PEE-P
ISBN: 9780765399427
Publication Date: 2020-01-14
Seventeen-year-old Lake seeks the secret heart of the computer simulation that safeguards passengers aboard a ship orbiting a post-apocalyptic Earth, on a quest that will either save or destroy them all.

10 Blind Dates by Elston, Ashley
Call Number: YA F ELS-A (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781368027496
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
When Sophie's overprotective parents decide to spend Christmas in South Louisiana with her very pregnant older sister, she's is looking forward to some much needed private (read: make-out) time with her long-term boyfriend, Griffin. Except it turns out that Griffin wants a little freedom from their relationship. Sophie flees to her grandparents' house, where the rest of her boisterous extended family is gathered for the holiday. That's when her nonna devises a plan: Over the next ten days, Sophie will be set up on ten different blind dates by different family members. This is going to be the worst Christmas break ever... or is it?

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei; Justin Eisinger; Steven Scott; Harmony Becker (Illustrator)
Call Number: YA G TAK-G (Young Adult Graphic Novels)
ISBN: 9781603094504
Publication Date: 2019-07-16
George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's -- and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten "relocation centers," hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard.

Tweet Cute by Lord, Emma
Call Number: YA F LOR-F (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781250237323
Publication Date: 2020-01-21
Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may be falling apart, but their massive fast-food chain is booming - mainly thanks to Pepper, who is barely managing to juggle real life while secretly running Big League Burger's massive Twitter account. Enter Jack, class clown and constant thorn in Pepper's side. When he isn't trying to duck out of his obscenely popular twin's shadow, he's busy working in his family's deli. His relationship with the business that holds his future might be love/hate, but when Big League Burger steals his grandma's iconic grilled cheese recipe, he'll do whatever it takes to take them down, one tweet at a time. All's fair in love and cheese - that is, until Pepper and Jack's spat turns into a viral Twitter war. Little do they know, while they're publicly duking it out with snarky memes and retweet battles, they're also falling for each other in real life - on an anonymous chat app Jack built. As their relationship deepens and their online shenanigans escalate - people on the internet are shipping them?? - their battle gets more and more personal, until even these two rivals can't ignore they were destined for the most unexpected, awkward, all-the-feels romance that neither of them expected.

The Vanishing Deep by Scholte, Astrid
Call Number: YA F SCH-A (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780525513957
Publication Date: 2020-03-03
When the Great Waves destroyed Tempe's planet, its people had to learn to survive living on the water. Tempe dives daily into the ruins, scavenging for anything of value to trade for Notes: she's trying to buy her dead sister's life. For a price, the research facility on the island of Palindromena will revive the departed for twenty-four hours before returning them to death. Tempe wants answers: Elysea knew a secret about their parents' death. But once revived, Elysea's plans include freedom and one final glimpse at the life that was stolen from her. Breaking out of the facility, they embark on a journey to discover the truth about their parents' death-- pursued by Palindromena employees desperate to find them before the secret behind the revival process and the true cost of restored life is revealed.

Verify by Joelle Charbonneau | Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan | The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert
Warrior of the Wild by Tricia Levenseller | We Are Displaced by Malala Yousafzai | We Used to Be Friends by Amy Spalding
What Kind of Girl by Alyssa Sheinmel | White Rose by Kip Wilson
Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw | You Owe Me a Murder by Eileen Cook

Verify (Verify #1) by Charbonneau, Joelle
Call Number: YA F CHA-J V1 (Juvenile fiction)
ISBN: 9780062803634
Publication Date: 2020-08-25
Meri Beckley lives in a world without lies. When she looks at the peaceful Chicago streets, she feels pride in the era of unprecedented hope and prosperity over which the governor presides. But when Meri's mother is killed, Meri suddenly has questions that no one else seems to be asking. And when she tries to uncover her mother's state of mind in her last weeks, she finds herself drawn into a secret world with a history she didn't know existed. Suddenly, Meri is faced with a choice between accepting the "truth" or embracing a world the government doesn't want anyone to see--a world where words have the power to change the course of a country and where the wrong ones can get Meri killed.

Verona Comics by Dugan, Jennifer
Call Number: YA F DUG-J (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780525516286
Publication Date: 2020-04-21
Told in two voices, cellist Jubilee and anxiety-ridden Ridley meet at a comic con where both of their families have booths, and begin a relationship they must hide from their parents.

The Voting Booth [E-Book] by Brandy Colbert
Call Number: YA F COL-B Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9781368053686
Publication Date: 2020

Warrior of the Wild by Levenseller, Tricia
Call Number: YA F LEV-T (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781250189943
Publication Date: 2019-02-26
How do you kill a god? As her father's chosen heir, Rasmira has trained her whole life to become a warrior and lead her village. But when her coming-of-age trial is sabotaged and she fails the test, her father banishes her to the monster-filled wilderness. To win back her honor, Rasmira must fulfill an impossible quest: kill the oppressive god who claims tribute from the villages each year... or die trying.

We Are Displaced : my journey and stories from refugee girls around the world by Yousafzai, Malala
Call Number: YA B YOU-M (Young adult biography)
ISBN: 9780316523646
Publication Date: 2019-01-08
Malala Yousafzai introduces some of the people behind the statistics and news stories we read or hear every day about the millions of people displaced worldwide. 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. In a time of immigration crises, war, and border conflicts, We Are Displaced is an important reminder from one of the world's most prominent young activists that every single one of the 68.5 million currently displaced is a person-- often a young person-- with hopes and dreams.

We Used to Be Friends by Spalding, Amy
Call Number: YA F SPA-A (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781419738661
Publication Date: 2020-01-07
James (a girl with a boy's name) and Kat have been a pair since kindergarten. But by graduation, they're no longer friends. As James prepares to head off to college, her parents announce they're getting a divorce. Kat thinks about being newly in love with her first girlfriend, and becoming the person she's meant to be. Are they growing apart, or is this just a temporary low in their friendship?

What Kind of Girl by Sheinmel, Alyssa
Call Number: YA F SHE-A (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781492667278
Publication Date: 2020-02-04
When Mike Parker's girlfriend shows up at school with a bruise on her face, she walks into the principal's office and said Mike hit her. The students have questions. Why did she go to the principal and not the police? Why did she stay so long if he was hurting her? Obviously, if it's true, Mike should be expelled. But is it true? Some girls want to rally for his expulsion-- some want to rally around Mike. Someone is lying. And the truth has to come out.

White Rose by Wilson, Kip
Call Number: YA F WIL-K (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781328594433
Publication Date: 2019-04-02
Disillusioned by the propaganda of Nazi Germany, Sophie Scholl, her brother, and his fellow soldiers formed the White Rose. A non-violent resistance group, they write and distribute anonymous letters criticizing the Nazi regime and calling for action from their fellow German citizens. When Sophie and her brother are arrested for treason and interrogated for information about their collaborators, they know that speaking out against Hitler's regime is punishable by death. Is it too late to try to save their lives?

Winterwood by Ernshaw, Shea
Call Number: YA F ERN-S (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781534439412
Publication Date: 2019-11-05
The tragic 9/11 event in NYC that changed the world, altered the life of Abbi Hope Goldstein as well as that of Noah Stern. They did not know each other back then, but they know each other now, and while Abbi is trying to move forward with her life, Noah still has unanswered questions that he believes Abbi can help answer.

You Owe Me a Murder by Cook, Eileen
Call Number: YA F COO-E (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781328519023
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
Kim's boyfriend dumped her-- and now she's stuck on a class trip to London with him and his new soulmate. Kim can't help wishing Connor was a little bit dead, even if she'd never really do that. On the plane she meets Nicki, who is more than willing to listen to Kim's woes. When Nicki jokes about swapping murders, Kim plays along-- that is, until Kim's ex-boyfriend mysteriously dies. Blackmailed by Nicki to fulfill her end of the deal, Kim will have to commit a murder ... or take the fall for one.