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Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In the vein of Reviving Ophelia and Untangled comes a fresh, unexpected, and empowering guide to better understand teenage girls, revealing how their insights can create heartfelt connections and impactful change. Written with warmth and humor, Underestimated is the first book to invite us into a teenage girl's brain and heart, as told from the point of view of a beloved and trusted mentor. Chelsey Goodan is a highly sought-after academic tutor who...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Anna Kellogg has always felt different. Growing up in Hartwood, New Jersey--where frequent disappearances are attributed to an urban-legend-like beast that dwells in the walled-in swamp at the center of town--can have that effect on people. But for Anna, it's more than that. Since she was a child, she's been plagued by episodes where she sees things others can't see. Feeling different is one thing, but actually being different is another. If it weren't...
Author
Publisher
Harper Alley
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Being a samurai isn't easy. Sixteen-year-old Chihiro Ito knows that more than anyone. Her father is renowned among the samurai, but the only thing Chihiro is known for is spending way too much time on her phone obsessing over Tatsuo Nakano, Chihiro's idol and the first woman to be accepted into Kesi Academy, a prestigious samurai school. So, when Chihiro's father is conscripted for service and the opportunity arises to work with Tatsuo in his stead,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"For as long as Ryanna Stuart can remember, her summers have been spent with her father and his new wife. Just the three of them, structured, planned, quiet. But this summer is different. This summer, she's received a letter from her grandparents--grandparents neither she nor her dad have spoken to since her mom's death--inviting her to stay with them at an old summer camp in the Poconos. Ryanna accepts. She wants to learn about her mom. She wants...
5) Lights
Author
Series
Sheets volume 3
Publisher
Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Marjorie Glatt's life was forever changed the day she discovered a group of ghosts hiding in her family's laundromat. One of those ghosts was Wendell: a lonely phantom turned Marjorie's best friend. When he and Marjorie are joined by ghost-enthusiast Eliza Duncan, the three friends band together in friendship, bravery, and all things paranormal. Wendell died far too young and now must wander the Land of Humans with nothing more than a sheet for a...
Author
Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Orphaned at a young age, Alice has lived with her aunt for most of her childhood. But her uncle is abusive and resentful, and at fifteen years old, Alice decides to return home to Kyoto and train as a maiko, eventually hoping to become a geisha. But when she arrives back to the city where she was born, she finds that Kyoto has changed quite a bit in the eight years since she left it. Almost as if it's a completely different world ...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A winning debut novel about a young teenage girl in Jamaica determined to bake her way out of her dysfunctional family and into the opportunity of a lifetime."
Pumkin Patterson is a thirteen-year-old girl living in a tiny two-room house in Kingston, Jamaica, with her grandmother (who wants to improve the family's social standing), her Aunt Sophie (who dreams of a new life in Paris for her and Pumkin), and her mother Paulette (who's rarely home)....
8) Withered
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A queer paranormal psychological horror novel, in the style of showrunner Mike Flannagan, showing the complex real-life terror inherent in grief and mental illness. After the tragic death of their father and surviving a life-threatening eating disorder, 18-year-old Ellis moves with their mother to the small town of Black Stone, seeking a simpler life and some space to recover. But Black Stone feels off; it's a disquieting place, one that's surrounded...
9) The limits
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A novel set in French Polynesia and New York City about three characters--a fifteen year old girl toggling between her mother, a marine biologist studying coral reefs on an island off the coast of Tahiti, and her father, a surgeon in Manhattan--who undergo massive transformations over the course of a single year"--
From Mo'orea, a tiny volcanic island off the coast of Tahiti, a French biologist obsessed with saving Polynesia's imperiled coral reefs...
10) All the rage
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"After being abducted and assaulted, a teenage girl somehow managed to escape from her captor. She is traumatized and needs to heal, but the police need her help to catch her assailant-information she clearly knows, but is unwilling to give. Without the girl's assistance, DI Adam Fawley's investigation is at a dead end. When another girl vanishes under the same circumstances, he recognizes a disturbing pattern-and a link to something long buried in...
11) Fervor
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A close-knit Jewish family in London is pushed to the brink when they suspect their daughter is a witch.
A close-knit Jewish family in London is pushed to the brink when they suspect their daughter is a witch. Hannah and Eric Rosenthal are devout Jews living in North London with their three children and Eric's father Yosef, a Holocaust survivor. Both intellectually gifted and deeply unconventional, the Rosenthals believe in the literal truth of the...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Disney and Pixar's Inside Out 2 is an all-new adventure inside the mind of Riley. Now a teenager, she's facing unexpected challenges, navigating friendships, and feeling new emotions. This Junior Novelization retelling of the animated feature film includes eight pages of full-color images and is perfect for children ages 8 to 12.
Author
Publisher
SLG
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Agnes Quill is the story of a teenage detective, the haunted city she lives in, the strange cases she solves and the ghosts who help, hinder or just plain annoy her. Set in Legerdemain - a congested, fog-filled, cobblestone-paved Victorian city built around a cemetery the size of Central Park - Agnes' adventures include confrontations with trapped spirits, cursed souls, possessed relatives, disappearing pets, decapitated scientists, ambitious zombies...
Author
Publisher
Mango Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"You're navigating a world that's constantly changing, and Radiant Faith understands this. It's filled with guidance relevant to the challenges you face every day, offering perspectives that connect with your life right now. Within these pages, you'll find stories paired with insights that will challenge and uplift you. As you read, you'll encounter thought-provoking questions that encourage you to explore your thoughts and faith more deeply."--Back...
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Ivory Coast, 1978. It's a golden time, and the nation--an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa--seems fueled by something wondrous. Aya is loosely based upon Marguerite Abouet's youth in Yop City. It is the story of the studious and clear-sighted 19-year old Aya, her easy-going friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. It's a wry soap opera revolving around the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday...
Author
Publisher
Multnomah
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Before You Meet Your Future Husband focuses on three areas in which a young woman needs to mature before she's ready for marriage-her head, her heart, and her generosity to others. With a focus on praying for her own growth and understanding, this book leads teen and young adult readers through the steps they need to take to create a healthy relationship and lay the foundation for a satisfying future"--
17) Pieces of a girl
Author
Publisher
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Pieces of a Girl is a memoir about abuse and addiction and the power of storytelling and community that helped zine creator and novelist Stephanie Kuehnert survive and thrive. Told in journal entries, original illustrations, and pages torn from her actual diaries and zines, this is the story of Stephanie's life as a struggling outsider who survived substance and relationship abuse to beocme a strong young woman after years trapped in a cycle that...
Author
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Coi is just eighteen years old but has already survived years of physical and verbal abuse from her mother. After being kicked out of her mother's house at age fourteen, Coi has lived with her father, and together they've created a peaceful life. That peace ends suddenly when her mother dies. Her mother's passing also reopens up the door to her mother's side of the family, including her beloved younger half-sister, Kayla, her stepfather and her grandmother....
19) Sun don't shine
Author
Publisher
Fitzroy Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Reece is an expert at keeping secrets. She has to be, since her father abducted her ten years ago. For as long as she can remember, she's been on the run, sneaking food out of the dumpster and sleeping in the woods. Every time she moves, the same rules apply-- cut your hair, change your name, and, above all, don' t let anybody get too close. Reece has no choice except to obey Dad's orders. When Reece meets her first real friend,...
20) Fate breaker
Author
Series
Realm breaker volume 3
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Armed with Taristan's sword, the only Spindleblade left in existence, Corayne must stop him and Queen Erida from bringing forth their demon god to destroy the world"--
Change your fate--or kneel to it. The Companions are scattered and hopeless, torn from each other. After Corayne barely escapes with her life, she must forge on alone, leaving her blade broken and her allies behind her. Her only consolation--Corayne now has Taristan's sword, the only...
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