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In a tersely, but fascinatingly imagined futuristic New York city, Anya, the daughter and de facto head of a mobster family involved in dealing black-market chocolate stumbles into love with the son of the new district attorney. Deftly blending a…

A talented young pianist struggles to tell her musician parents that she wants to give up her training in this gripping novel about the pressures of a terribly overscheduled life. Tautly written passages set over the course of a year stretch the…

Ten year old Sasha Zaichik has trained his whole life to be a good Communist under Stalin, but when Sasha’s father is arrested for being a spy, Sasha begins to question his own values and beliefs about the Communist regime. Written in the voice of 10…

Blink and Caution, two teens living on the streets are thrown together as they attempt to outrun the respective villains pursuing them. Unfolding as a dual narrative, Blink’s chapters are told in second person, a surprisingly effective technique that…

Unhappy and unsure, sixteen-year-old Ava decides to leave her unconventional school and longtime steady girlfriend behind, beginning at a new academically rigorous academy, wearing pink sweaters and maybe even exploring the possibility of dating…

Alex has spent his entire life assassinating angels who come to earth to feed from humans, draining them of their life forces. When Alex is assigned to kill a beautiful young girl named Willow, who does not display normal angel traits, he realizes…

When twelve year old September receives an invitation from the Green Wind to leave Nebraska and journey to Fairyland, she willingly embarks on a quest to retrieve a sword, conquer the evil Marquess and restore order to Fairyland. Lyrically written…

Issues of bullying & accepting responsibility come together in this novel-in-verse. After a classmate commits suicide, Kana is sent to live with relatives in Japan. Hard work in the orange orchard & her grandmother's harsh comments force her to look…

Laura Wishart is found beaten and hung from a tree by local outcast Jasper Jones. He enlists the help of Charlie to hide the body out of fear he will be blamed for her death. It makes sense in the moment, and Charlie complies, but then the weight of…

n 1934, Karl, a bullied Jewish boy, meets and trains with the boxing great, Max Schmelling. The story climaxes with Karl becoming his family’s protector during the atrocities of Kristallnacht. A powerful coming of age story told through Karl’s first…