The Devil and the Bluebird by Jennifer Mason-Black
Goodreads
Blue Riley has wrestled
with her own demons ever since the loss of her mother to cancer. But
when she encounters a beautiful devil at her town crossroads, it’s her
runaway sister’s soul she fights to save. The devil steals Blue’s
voice—inherited from her musically gifted mother—in exchange for a
single shot at finding Cass.
Armed with her mother’s guitar, a
knapsack of cherished mementos, and a pair of magical boots, Blue
journeys west in search of her sister. When the devil changes the terms
of their deal, Blue must reevaluate her understanding of good and evil
and open herself to finding family in unexpected places.
In Devil and the Bluebird, Jennifer Mason-Black delivers a heart-wrenching depiction of loss and hope.
How Many Letters Are in Goodbye? by Yvonne Cassidy
Seventeen-year-old Rhea Farrell carries the scars of a childhood
accident in which she lost her arm. But she also carries scars that
aren’t so visible—the loss of a mother she hardly remembers, the impact
of her father’s drinking, and her confusion and pain around accepting
her sexuality.
When Rhea runs away, she turns to the person she
always wished she could confide in—her mother. And just like she used to
do as a little girl, Rhea starts to write her letters—to tell her things she can’t tell anyone else, to share her fears, to ask for help.
Rhea’s journey on the streets of New York brings her deeper into her
mother’s past where she uncovers buried family secrets. And as she finds
out more about the woman her mother truly was, Rhea also discovers just
what kind of woman she wants to be.
Look Both Ways by Alison Cherry
Goodreads
A summer away from the
city is the beginning of everything for Brooklyn Shepard. Her theater
apprenticeship at Allerdale is a chance to prove that she can carve out a
niche all her own, surrounded by people who don't know anything about
her and her family of superstar performers.
Brooklyn immediately
hits it off with her roommate, Zoe, and soon their friendship turns into
something more. Brooklyn wants to see herself as someone who's open to
everything and everyone, but as her feelings for Zoe intensify, so do
her doubts. She's happier than she's ever been—but is it because of her
new relationship? Or is it because she's finally discovering who she
wants to be?
Thoughtful, funny, and steeped in the wild drama of
growing up, Alison Cherry's new novel is the story of a girl hoping
she's found a place to belong... only to discover that neither talent
nor love is as straightforward as she thinks.
On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis
Goodreads
January 29, 2035. That’s the day the comet is scheduled to hit—the big one.
Denise
and her mother and sister, Iris, have been assigned to a temporary
shelter outside their hometown of Amsterdam to wait out the blast, but
Iris is nowhere to be found, and at the rate Denise’s drug-addicted
mother is going, they’ll never reach the shelter in time.
A
last-minute meeting leads them to something better than a temporary
shelter: a generation ship, scheduled to leave Earth behind to colonize
new worlds after the comet hits. But everyone on the ship has been
chosen because of their usefulness. Denise is autistic and fears that
she’ll never be allowed to stay. Can she obtain a spot before the ship
takes flight? What about her mother and sister?
When the future of the human race is at stake, whose lives matter most?
Dreaming of Antigone by Robin Bridges
Goodreads
Every star has its own path…
“I can’t ever be the blazing star that Iris was. I’m still just a cold, dark satellite orbiting a star that went super nova.”
Andria’s twin sister, Iris, had adoring friends, a cool boyfriend, a
wicked car, and a shelf full of soccer trophies. She had everything, in
fact—including a drug problem. Six months after Iris’s death, Andria is
trying to keep her grades, her friends, and her family from falling
apart. But stargazing and books aren’t enough to ward off her guilt that
she—the freak with the scary illness and all-black wardrobe—is still
here when Iris isn’t. And then there’s Alex Hammond. The boy Andria
blames for Iris’s death. The boy she’s unwittingly started swapping
lines of poetry and secrets with, even as she tries to keep hating him.
Heartwrenching, smart, and bold, Dreaming of Antigone
is a story about the jagged pieces that lie beneath the surface of the
most seemingly perfect life…and how they can fit together to make
something wholly unexpected.
The Radiant Road by Katherine Catmull
Goodreads
And sometimes the Strange came to visit Clare, and dreams walked through her waking life.
After years of living in America, Clare Macleod and her father are
returning to Ireland, where they’ll inhabit the house Clare was born
in—a house built into a green hillside with a tree for a wall. For
Clare, the house is not only full of memories of her mother, but also of
a mysterious boy with raven-dark hair and dreamlike nights filled with
stars and magic. Clare soon discovers that the boy is as real as the
fairy-making magic, and that they’re both in great danger from an
ancient foe.
Fast-paced adventure and spellbinding prose
combine to weave a tale of love, loyalty, and the strength we carry
within ourselves.
The Lonely Ones by Kelsey Sutton
Goodreads
Fain hasn’t always been
lonely. Her family used to be close; she used to have good friends. But
as circumstances—and people—changed, Fain was left behind. That's when
the monsters appeared.
While her parents argue and her peers and
siblings either pick on or simply ignore her, Fain spends time in a
world of her own making. During the day, she crafts stories of
fantastical adventures, but in the darkness of night, these adventures
come to life alongside a legion of imaginary creatures, with Fain as
their queen.
In time, Fain begins to see possibilities and
friendships emerge in her day-to-day, but when she is let down by the
one relationship she thought she could trust, Fain must decide: remain
queen of the imaginary creatures, or risk opening herself up to the
fragile connections that can only be formed in the real world?
Told in lyrical free verse, The Lonely Ones reminds us of the need for imaginative play and the power of true friendship.
This Is the Story of You by Beth Kephart
Goodreads
This Is the Story of
You takes place in an island beach town in the aftermath of a super
storm; Mira, a year-rounder stranded for weeks without power, hopes to
return storm-tossed treasures to their rightful owners, and restore some
sense of order to an unrecognizable world.
Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke
Goodreads
The intrigue of The Virgin Suicides and the "supernatural or not" question of The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
coalesce in this young adult mystery, where nothing is quite as it
seems, no one is quite who you think, and everything can change on a
dime.
Every story needs a hero.
Every story needs a villain.
Every story needs a secret.
Wink
is the odd, mysterious neighbor girl, wild red hair and freckles. Poppy
is the blond bully and the beautiful, manipulative high school queen
bee. Midnight is the sweet, uncertain boy caught between them. Wink.
Poppy. Midnight. Two girls. One boy. Three voices that burst onto the
page in short, sharp, bewitching chapters, and spiral swiftly and
inexorably toward something terrible or tricky or tremendous.
What really happened?
Someone knows.
Someone is lying.
For fans of Holly Black, We Were Liars, and The Raven Boys, this mysterious tale full of intrigue, dread, beauty, and a whiff of something strange will leave you utterly entranced.
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