Recently Added to the YA Bookshelf

Taking a look at some of the most recent additions gracing the shelves of our YA department:

Ignis by Tracy Korn

Defending everything they know could cost them everything they have. The rebels have been defeated thanks to the alleged treachery of one of their own. It won't be long before a manhunt ensues for Jazz's entire crew, and given what they know about Gaia's secret project they won't be prosecuted...they'll just disappear.

Book 4 in Korn's The Elements series.

Killing November by Adriana Mather

At the mysterious Academy Absconditi, a school that's completely off the grid, there's no electricity, no internet, and a brutal eye-for-an-eye punishment system. Classes include everything from knife-throwing and poisons to the art of deception. And the other students? All children of the world's most elite strategists, in training to become assassins, spies, and master manipulators.

"Anything is possible in this world of cloaks and daggers. A strong beginning that will leave readers hungry for more." -- Kirkus Reviews

The Queen's Resistance by Rebecca Ross

Brienna is a mistress of knowledge and is beginning to settle into her role as the daughter of the once disgraced lord, Davin MacQuinn. Though she'd just survived a revolution that will return a queen to the throne, she faces yet another challenge: acceptance by the MacQuinns. 

The captivating sequel to the Renaissance France-inspired epic fantasy The Queen's Rising. 

Bloodleaf by Crystal Smith

Princess Aurelia is a prisoner to her crown and the heir that nobody wants. Surrounded by spirits and banned from using her blood-magic, Aurelia flees her country after a devastating assassination attempt. To escape her fate, Aurelia disguises herself as a commoner in a new land and discovers a happiness her crown has never allowed.

"[R]omance, danger, and magic make for a winning combination that will keep readers glued to the pages long after bedtime." - School Library Journal

In Another Life by C. C. Hunter

Chloe was three years old when she became Chloe Holden, but her adoption didn't scar her, and she's had a great life. Now, fourteen years later, her loving parents' marriage has fallen apart and her mom has moved them to Joyful, Texas. Starting twelfth grade as the new kid at school, everything Chloe loved about her life is gone. And feelings of déjà vu from her early childhood start haunting her.

New York Times bestselling author of the Shadow Falls series.

Sherwood by Meagan Spooner

Robin of Locksley is dead. Maid Marian doesn't know how she'll go on, but the people of Locksley town, persecuted by the Sheriff of Nottingham, need a protector. And the dreadful Guy of Gisborne, the Sheriff's right hand, wishes to step into Robin's shoes as Lord of Locksley and Marian's fiancé. Who is there to stop them?

"Spooner creates a detailed world populated by complex characters...An elegant, classic, and vivid fairy tale." --Kirkus Reviews

Internment by Samira Ahmed

A terrifying futuristic United States where Muslim-Americans are forced into internment camps, and seventeen-year-old Layla Amin must lead a revolution against complicit silence.

"By the end of the first two pages of this title the reader will be breathless with the anticipation and excitement of what's to come." -- School Library Connection, starred review

Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

When Jack and Kate meet at a party, bonding until sunrise over their mutual love of Froot Loops and their favorite flicks, Jack knows he's falling - hard. Soon she's meeting his best friends, Jillian and Franny, and Kate wins them over as easily as she did Jack. But then Kate dies. And their story should end there. Yet Kate's death sends Jack back to the beginning, the moment they first meet, and Kate's there again. 

"[R]eynolds creates an enormously likable character who is doing the best he can and then some...the book's blend of humor and heartbreak wins out." -- Publisher's Weekly