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Young Adult: Ages 13+

Something Close to Magic
Mills, Emma

  Staff Pick...

A baker's apprentice reluctantly embarks on an adventure full of magic, new friendships, and a prince in distress in this "appealingly breezy" (Kirkus Reviews) and "deftly written" (School Library Journal, starred review) young adult fantasy that's perfect for fans of Margaret...

Item No. 9781665926911
$19.99
Something Close to Magic PB
Mills, Emma

  Staff Pick...

A baker's apprentice reluctantly embarks on an adventure full of magic, new friendships, and a prince in distress in this "appealingly breezy" (Kirkus Reviews) and "deftly written" (School Library Journal, starred review) young adult fantasy that's perfect for fans of Margaret...

Item No. 9781665926928
$12.99
Song Below Water
Morrow, Bethany C

Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water is the story for today's readers -- a captivating modern fantasy about Black sirens, friendship, and self-discovery set against the challenges of today's racism and sexism.

In a society determined to keep her under lock and key,...

Item No. 9781250315335
$9.99
Speak
Anderson, Laurie Halse

Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say.

A timeless novel about consent and finding the courage to speak up for yourself, the twentieth anniversary edition of the classic novel that has spoken to so many young adults now includes a new introduction by...

Item No. 9781250302359
$10.99
Spirit Bares Its Teeth
White, Andrew Joseph
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
A Stonewall Honor Book in Young Adult Literature!

A blood-soaked and nauseating triumph that cuts like a scalpel and reads like your darkest nightmare.

New York Times bestselling author Andrew Joseph White returns with the...

Item No. 9781682636114
$19.99
The Fall of Whit Rivera
Maldonado, Crystal
Could you plan the Fall Formal with your (hot) nemesis? Whit Rivera is about to find out.

Frenemies Whit and Zay have been at odds for years (ever since he broke up with her in, like, the most embarrassing way imaginable), so when they're forced to organize the fall formal together, it's...

Item No. 9780823452361
$19.99
The Firekeeper's Daughter
Boulley, Angeline

  Staff Pick

A PRINTZ MEDAL WINNER!
A MORRIS AWARD WINNER!
AN AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE AWARD YA HONOR BOOK!

A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICK

An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller


Soon to be adapted at Netflix for TV with...

Item No. 9781250766564
$18.99
The Hate U Give
Thomas, Angie

8 starred reviews - Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best - William C. Morris Award Winner - National Book Award Longlist - Printz Honor Book - Coretta Scott King Honor Book - #1 New York Times Bestseller!

"Absolutely...

Item No. 9780062498533
$18.99
Hate U Give PB
Thomas, Angie

8 starred reviews - Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best - William C. Morris Award Winner - National Book Award Longlist - Printz Honor Book - Coretta Scott King Honor Book - #1 New York Times Bestseller!

"Absolutely...

Item No. 9780062498540
$14.99
The Heartbreak Bakery
Capetta, A R
A Lambda Literary Award Winner

Teenage baker Syd sends ripples of heartbreak through Austin's queer community when a batch of post-being-dumped brownies turns out to be magical--and makes everyone who eats them break up.

"What's done is done."
Unless, of course,...

Item No. 9781536230444
$11.99
House in the Cerulean Sea
Klune, Tj

  Staff Pick...

A NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER!
A 2021 Alex Award winner!
The 2021 RUSA Reading List: Fantasy Winner!
An Indie Next Pick!
One of Publishers Weekly's "Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2020...

Item No. 9781250217318
$18.99
Inheritance Games PB
Barnes, Jennifer Lynn
OVER 4 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE #1 BESTSELLING SERIES!

Don't miss this New York Times bestselling "impossible to put down" (Buzzfeed) novel with deadly stakes, thrilling twists, and juicy secrets--perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and Knives Out.

...

Item No. 9780759555402
$10.99
Marrow Thieves
Dimaline, Cherie

Winner of the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award (Young People's Literature - Text)
Winner of the 2017 Kirkus Prize
Winner of the 2018 Sunburst Award
Winner of the 2018 Amy Mathers Teen Book Award
Winner of the 2018 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and...

Item No. 9781770864863
$16.95
The Poet X
Acevedo, Elizabeth

Winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Pura Belpré Award!

Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times-bestselling novel-in-...

Item No. 9780062662811
$15.99
The Sun is Also a Star
Yoon, Nicola

The #1 New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist from the bestselling author of Everything, Everything will have you falling in love with Natasha and Daniel as they fall in love with each other!

Natasha:

I'm a girl who believes in science and facts...

Item No. 9780553496710
$12.99
The Sunbearer Trials
Thomas, Aiden

Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the highest of stakes, in this electric new Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys.

"Only the most...

Item No. 9781250822741
$12.99
There Goes the Neighborhood
Adia, Jade
A raised fist against the destructive forces of gentrification and a love letter to communities of color everywhere, Jade Adia's unforgettable debut tells the darkly hilarious story of three best friends willing to do whatever it takes to stay together.

The gang is fake...
Item No. 9781368084321
$18.99
This is My America
Johnson, Kim
"Incredible and searing." --Nic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin

The Hate U Give meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting first novel that explores the racist injustices in the American justice system.

...
Item No. 9780593118764
$17.99
Those Pink Mountain Nights
Ferguson, Jen

In her remarkable second novel following her Governor General's Award-winning debut, The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, Jen Ferguson writes about the hurt of a life stuck in past tense, the hum of connections that cannot be severed, and one week in a small, snowy town that changes...

Item No. 9780063086210
$19.99
Thousand Steps Into the Night
Chee, Traci

Longlisted for the National Book Award

From bestselling and award-winning author Traci Chee comes a fantasy perfect for fans of Studio Ghibli. 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...

Item No. 9780063306677
$15.99
True Believer
Wolff, Virginia Euwer
LaVaughn is fifteen now, and she's still fiercely determined to go to college. But that's the only thing she's sure about. Loyalty to her father bubbles up as her mother grows closer to a new man. The two girls she used to do everything with have chosen a path LaVaughn wants no part of. And then...
Item No. 9780689852886
$10.99
Uglies
Westerfeld, Scott
The first installment of Scott Westerfeld's New York Times bestselling and award-winning Uglies series--a global phenomenon that started the dystopian trend.

Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. In just a few weeks she'll

Item No. 9781442419810
$9.99
Unseelie #1
Housman, Ivelisse
The start of a swoony, high-energy duology that Emily Lloyd-Jones, author of The Bone Houses, calls "reminiscent of classic fairytales yet brimming with a charm all its own."

"A world of glimmering fae that sparkles with mystery, adventure, and...
Item No. 9781335428592
$18.99
We Are Okay
Lacour, Nina
Nina LaCour's award-winning, achingly beautiful novel is now available in paperback!

-Includes a new foreword by Nicola Yoon, #1 bestselling author of The Sun is Also a Star and Everything, Everything-

Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award

"...

Item No. 9780142422939
$11.99
Why We Broke Up (Paperback)
Handler, Daniel
I'm telling you why we broke up, Ed. I'm writing it in this letter, the whole truth of why it happened.

Min Green and Ed Slaterton are breaking up, so Min is writing Ed a letter and giving him a box. Inside the box is why they broke up. Two bottle caps, a movie ticket, a folded note, a...

Item No. 9780316127264
$18.99