Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
In the Country We Love by Diane Guerrero (Best Seller)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Presents an illustrated edition of the fantastical book featured in the Miss Peregrine series that includes unusual fairy tales about wealthy cannibals, a fork-tongued princess, and the origins of the first ymbryne.
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley (Abe Lincoln)
"An agoraphobic teen who has not left his house for three years is sought out by an ambitious girl determined to get into a top-tier psychology program by treating him and earning a scholarship, a plan that is challenged by their growing bond" (Destiny).
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys (Abe Lincoln)
"As World War II draws to a close, refugees try to escape the war's final dangers, only to find themselves aboard a ship with a target on its hull"--Provided by publisher.
The Trials of Apollo Book 2 The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan (Best Seller)
"Leaving the safety of the demigod training ground, a disgraced Apollo embarks on a quest across North America to find a dangerous ancient-world Oracle while navigating the challenges of the evil Triumvirate"--OCLC.
Book Three: Magnus Chase
Dragon Captives by Lisa McMann
"Ten years after Alex and Aaron Stowe brought peace to Quill and Artimé, their younger twin sisters journey beyond the islands in this first novel of a new sequel series to The Unwanteds, which Kirkus Reviews called “The Hunger Games meets Harry Potter.”
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Best Seller)
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does-or does not-say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus (Best Seller)
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Best Seller) March movie release
In the year 2044, Wade Watts, like the rest of humanity, chooses to escape reality and spends his waking hours in the limitless, utopian virtual world of the OASIS, but when Wade stumbles upon the first of the fiendish puzzles set up by OASIS creator James Halliday he finds he must compete with thousands of others--including those willing to commit murder--in order to claim a prize of massive fortune.
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (2017 Abe Winner)
"In a world divided by blood--those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities--seventeen-year-old Mare, a Red, discovers she has an ability of her own. To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. But Mare risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard--a growing Red rebellion--even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction" (Destiny).
When Dimple met Rishi by Sandhya Menon (Best Seller)
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (Winner 2016 Abe Lincoln)
"Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer" (Destiny).
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (Abe Lincoln)
"Laia is a Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empire's greatest military academy in exchange for assistance from rebel Scholars who claim that they will help to save her brother from execution"--Provided by publisher.
This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp (Best Seller)
"Minutes after the principal of Opportunity High School in Alabama finishes her speech welcoming the student body to a new semester, they discover that the auditorium doors will not open and someone starts shooting as four teens, each with a personal reason to fear the shooter, tell the tale from separate perspectives"--Provided by publisher.
Teammate: My Journey in Baseball and a World Series for the ages by David Ross (Best Seller)
Discusses the author's life and career, including his role as "Grandpa Rossy" on the Chicago Cubs 2016 championship-winning team
When by Victoria Laurie
Sixteen-year-old Maddie Flynn cannot help but see the death date of everyone she meets or sees in a photograph or on-screen, and her alcoholic mother exploits this by having her do readings for money, but when Maddie predicts the death of a young boy, she becomes the center of an FBI investigation.
Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
"Eighteen-year-old Eliza Mirk is the anonymous creator of Monstrous Sea, a wildly popular webcomic, but when a new boy at school tempts her to live a life offline, everything she's worked for begins to crumble."--OCLC.
Flawed by Cecelia Ahern
"In a future society where 'flawed' people who have committed crimes are branded with an F, a young girl takes a stand"--Provided by publisher.
The Accident Season by Moira Fowley
"Every October Cara and her family become mysteriously and dangerously accident-prone, but this year, the year Cara, her ex-stepbrother, and her best friend are 17, is when Cara will begin to unravel the accident season's dark origins"--Provided by publisher.
Mickey Bolitar series by Harlan Coben
"After tragic events tear Mickey Bolitar away from his parents, he is forced to live with his estranged Uncle Myron and switch high schools, where he finds both friends and enemies, but when his new girlfriend, Ashley, vanishes, he follows her trail into a seedy underworld that reveals she is not what she seems to be" (Destiny).
Faceless by Alyssa Sheinmel
"Maisie is a normal 16-year-old, until an electrical fire caused by a lightning strike leaves her with severe burns, her face partially destroyed, and though she is lucky enough to get a full face transplant, she soon discovers how much her looks shaped her own identity and her relationship with those around her, including her boyfriend" (Destiny).
The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds (Abe Lincoln 2017)
"Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man" (Destiny).
The Compound by S.A. Bodeen
"Fifteen-year-old Eli, locked inside a radiation-proof compound built by his father to keep them safe following a nuclear attack, begins to question his future, as well as his father's grip on sanity as the family's situation steadily disintegrates over the course of six years" (Destiny).
Need by Joelle Charbonneau
"In this exploration of the dark side of social media, and government control and manipulation, the teenagers in a small town are drawn deeper and deeper into a social networking site that promises to grant their every need--regardless of the consequences"--Provided by publisher (Destiny).
Rikers High by Paul Volponi
"Arrested on a minor offense, a New York City teenager attends high school in the jail facility on Rikers Island while waiting for his case to go to court" (Destiny).
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Phillip Hoose
Tells the story of a group of boy resistance fighters in Denmark after the Nazi invasion during World War II.
Hidden Like Anne Frank: 14 True Stories of Survival by Marcel Prins & Peter Henk Steenhuis
"Presents a collection of fourteen first-person accounts that share what it was like to go into hiding during World War II. "--Provided by publisher.
The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch
"Twenty years after the start of the war that caused the Collapse, fifteen-year-old Stephen, his father, and grandfather travel post-Collapse America scavenging, but when his grandfather dies and his father decides to risk everything to save the lives of two strangers, Stephen's life is turned upside down" (Destiny).
Emancipated by M.G. Reyes
"Legally liberated from parental control for different reasons, six teenagers share a house in Venice Beach, acting as a family, while harboring dangerous secrets" (Destiny).
The Cabin by Natasha Preston
"A weekend partying at a remote cabin is just what Mackenzie needs. She can't wait to let loose with her friends. But a crazy night of fun leaves two of them dead--murdered. With no signs of a forced entry or struggle, suspicion turns to the five survivors. Someone isn't telling the truth. And Mackenzie's first mistake? Assuming the killing is over..."--Provided by publisher.
The Loners: Quarantine series by Lex Thomas
"When a virus deadly to adults infects their high school, brothers David and Will and the other students soon break into gangs that fight each other for survival and the hope of escaping their quarantine" (Destiny).
No Safety in Numbers by Dayna Lorentz
"A busy suburban mall is quarantined after a biological bomb is discovered in the air ducts, and as people begin to get sick and supplies begin to run low, four teenagers trapped inside with the hundreds of other shoppers cope with the situation in unexpected ways" (Destiny).
Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach
"Just before his sixteenth birthday, Felton Reinstein has a sudden growth spurt that turns him from a small, jumpy, picked-on boy with the nickname of "Squirrel Nut" to a powerful athlete, leading to new friends, his first love, and the courage to confront his family's past and current problems" (Destiny).
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