The Power of Yeti by Rebecca Van Slyke; illus. by G. Brian KarasPrimary Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp.9/23 9780399169588 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593407691 $10.99When a rosy-cheeked “small-footed human” visits the park, he spies a gaggle of friends showing off their playground skills—they are sports stars, reading machines, and even adept backwards-counters. Small-footed human,...
All My Rage by Sabaa TahirHigh School Razorbill/Penguin 384 pp. g3/22 978-0-593-20234-0 $19.99e-book ed. 978-0-593-20235-7 $10.99In this stark and searing sort-of love story, two Pakistani American teens living in a California desert town struggle to choose connection over isolation when family crises strike. Salahudin—artsy, aimless, and anxious—feels the weight of...
Lawless Spaces by Corey Ann HayduHigh School Simon 496 pp. g1/22 978-1-5344-3706-7 $18.99e-book ed. 978-1-5344-3708-1 $10.99When Mimi turns sixteen, her mother, Tiffany, delivers a family inheritance: notebooks filled with poetry penned by their female ancestors and a blank one in which to write her own. Mimi—a guarded loner whose DIY...
When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez Middle School, High School Dial 384 pp. g 9/21 978-0-593-32448-6 $19.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-32449-3 $10.99 Drawing on her experience growing up in 1990s Brooklyn, debut author Velasquez paints a complex portrait of a strong-voiced teen in this compelling verse novel. Sarai, thirteen when...
I Have Lost My Wayby Gayle FormanHigh School Viking 258 pp. g3/18 978-0-425-29077-4 $18.99A chance meeting leads to intimate connections for three struggling nineteen-year-olds in Forman’s (If I Stay, rev. 7/09; I Was Here, rev. 1/15) latest novel. Freya is an up-and-coming singer who has lost her voice, to her...
The Fashion Committee: A Novel of Art, Crime, and Applied Designby Susan JubyHigh School Viking 311 pp.5/17 978-0-451-46878-9 $18.99From the world of artsy teens in small-town British Columbia first introduced in Juby’s The Truth Commission (rev. 3/15) comes another sly, boldly narrated contemporary tale. Two public high school students —...
When My Sister Started Kissingby Helen FrostIntermediate, Middle School Ferguson/Farrar 195 pp.3/17 978-0-374-30303-7 $16.99 gClaire and Abigail have few memories of their mother — she died when they were very young — but at their family’s lakeside cabin, the girls are surrounded by the poetry,...
We Come Apartby Brian Conaghan and Sarah CrossanHigh School Bloomsbury 312 pp. g6/17 978-1-68119-275-8 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-68119-276-5 $12.99Two troubled UK teens forge an unlikely romance in this novel in verse. Jess, a jaded tough girl, nicked some cosmetics with friends who let her take...
Ask Me How I Got Hereby Christine HeppermannHigh School Greenwillow 229 pp.5/16 978-0-06-238795-0 $17.99 ge-book ed. 978-0-06-238797-4 $9.99Catholic-school sophomore Addie loves running cross-country, writing poetry, and having sex with her thoughtful, artsy new boyfriend, Nick. Then Addie gets pregnant. Her decision to have an abortion is unwavering, and she has...