Calvert Library's Book Bites for Teens
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Calvert librarians share some of their favorite Young Adult books by reading a chapter or two to whet your appetite. We will cover a wide variety of genres, so you are sure to find something you can sink your teeth into. All titles shared are available through Calvert Library’s Digital Collection: https://bit.ly/CalvertLibraryDigitalPlatforms
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The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
September 08, 2021 16:00 - 30 minutes - 20.3 MBPlease enjoy our presentation of The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy, written by Mackenzi Lee and published by Katherine Tegen Books. Hoping to travel to Germany to ask for help enrolling in medical school, Felicity has no money for the trip until a mysterious woman offers to travel with her and pay her way, which ends up entangling Felicity in a perilous quest across Europe. This title is recommended for ages 14+. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly...
Sadie by Courtney Summers
September 01, 2021 16:00 - 12 minutes - 9.87 MBEnjoy our presentation of Sadie, written by Courtney Summers and published by Macmillan. Sadie's been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated Colorado town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water. When Mattie is found dead, and the police investigation is botched, Sadie is determined to bring her sister's killer to justice. She hits the road following a few meager clues. When West McCray, a radio personality working on a segment about small, forgotten tow...
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
August 25, 2021 16:00 - 26 minutes - 16.2 MBEnjoy our presentation of Elatsoe, written by Darcie Little Badger, and published by Levine Querido. Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice cream. There are some differences. This America has been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples, those Indigenous and those not. Some of these forces are charmingly everyday, like the ability to make an orb of light appear or travel across the world throu...
The Wicker King by K. Ancrum
August 18, 2021 16:00 - 4 minutes - 2.56 MBEnjoy our presentation of The Wicker King, written by and published by Imprint. Best friends August and Jack struggle to cope as one spirals into madness. The Wicker King is recommended for ages 14+. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/WickerKingReviews This title is available as as a Hoopla Audiobook: https://bit.ly/WickerKingHooplaAudio Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music: Sad Clown (excerpt) by Orquesta Arrecife. Licensed u...
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
August 11, 2021 16:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBEnjoy our presentation of Annie on My Mind written by Nancy Garden and published by Open Road Media. Annie on My Mind is recommended for ages 13 and up. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/AnnieonMyMindReviews Library Journal selected Annie on My Mind as one of the most influential books of the 20th Century. This title is available as a Hoopla Ebook: https://bit.ly/AnnieHooplaEbook Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information. Music: Sad Clo...
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
August 04, 2021 16:00 - 14 minutes - 9.75 MBEnjoy our presentation of The Glass Castle, written by Jeanette Walls and published by Scribner. Author, Jeanette Walls, details within the pages of this book her rollercoaster of a life. In her early years, she was dragged along in a nomadic lifestyle by her parents, Rex and Rose Mary Walls. Though her parents were intelligent, skilled, and embracing of life, they struggled with society’s ideals, money, and were inconsistent in providing for Jeanette and her three siblings. Though Jeanette...
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
July 28, 2021 16:00 - 5 minutes - 3.11 MBEnjoy our presentation of The Gilded Wolves, written by Roshani Chokshi and published by Wednesday Books. Paris, 1889: The world is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. In this city, no one keeps tabs on secrets better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier, Severin Montagnet-Alarie. But when the all-powerful society, the Order of Babel, seeks him out for help, Severin is offered a treasu...
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
July 21, 2021 16:00 - 8 minutes - 5.26 MBEnjoy our presentation of Shadow and Bone, written by Leigh Bardugo and published by Henry Holt. Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee. Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dorma...
Throwaway Girls by Andrea Contos
July 14, 2021 16:00 - 4 minutes - 3.08 MBEnjoy our presentation of Throwaway Girls written by Andrea Contos and published by Kids Can Press. Caroline is only three months from her great escape - leaving behind her rigid prep school and the parents who think they can convert her to being straight - when her best friend, Madison, goes missing. There's no question that Caroline will get involved in the investigation. After all, she has her own reasons for not trusting the police, and she owes Madison big time. But Caroline uncover...
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
July 07, 2021 16:00 - 10 minutes - 9.28 MBEnjoy our presentation of These Violent Delights, written by Chloe Gong and published by Margaret K. McElderry Books. In 1926 Shanghai, eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, heir of the Scarlet Gang, and her first love-turned-rival Roma Montagov, leader of the White Flowers, must work together when mysterious deaths threaten their city. This title is the first book in the These Violent Delights series. It is recommended for ages 13+. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: https...
#MurderTrending by Gretchen McNeil
June 30, 2021 16:00 - 16 minutes - 10.7 MBEnjoy our presentation of #MurderTrending, written by Gretchen McNeil and published by Disney Press. Falsely accused of murdering her stepsister, seventeen-year-old Dee fights to survive paid assassins on Alcatraz 2.0, the most popular prison on social media. This title is recommended for ages 14+ for violence. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/TrendingReviews This title is available an Ebook through Libby: http://bit.ly/TrendingLibbyEbook Please visit ...
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
June 23, 2021 16:00 - 32 minutes - 12.8 MBEnjoy our presentation of Will Grayson, Will Grayson written by John Green and David Levithan and published by Dutton. When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both. This title is a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and an ALA Stonewall Honor Book. Will Grayson, Will Grayson is recommend...
Last Night at The Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
June 16, 2021 16:00 - 11 minutes - 7.02 MBEnjoy our presentation of Last Night at the Telegraph Club, written by Malinda Lo and published by Dutton Books. Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the feeling took root—that desire to look, to move closer, to touch. Whenever it started growing, it definitely bloomed the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. Suddenly everything seemed possible. But America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls ...
The Castle School (for Troubled Girls) by Alyssa Scheinmel
June 09, 2021 16:00 - 11 minutes - 7.55 MBEnjoy our presentation of The Castle School (for Troubled Girls) written by Alyssa Scheinmel and published by Sourcebooks Inc. When Moira Dreyfuss's parents announce that they're sending her to an all-girls boarding school deep in the Maine woods, Moira isn't fooled. She knows her parents are punishing her; she's been too much trouble since her best friend, Nathan, died-and for a while before that. At the Castle School, isolated from the rest of the world, Moira will be expected to pour her...
You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins
June 02, 2021 17:40 - 16 minutes - 10.7 MBEnjoy our presentation of You Bring the Distant Near, written by Mitali Perkins and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. In today's story, from 1965 through the present, an Indian American family adjusts to life in New York City, alternately fending off and welcoming challenges to their own traditions. This title has won numerous awards, including School Library Journal's and Publisher's Weekly's Best Book of the Year. You Bring the Distant Near is recommended for ages 12+. Please vi...
Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore
May 26, 2021 16:00 - 3 minutes - 2.24 MBEnjoy our presentation of Dark and Deepest Red, written by Anna-Marie McLemore and published by Feiwel & Friends. Summer, 1518. A strange sickness sweeps through Strasbourg: women dance in the streets, some until they fall down dead. As rumors of witchcraft spread, suspicion turns toward Lavinia and her family, and Lavinia may have to do the unimaginable to save herself and everyone she loves. This title is recommended for 14+. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: http://b...
The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle
May 19, 2021 16:00 - 18 minutes - 14.3 MBEnjoy our presentation of The Great American Whatever written by Tim Federle and published by Simon & Schuster. Teenaged Quinn, an aspiring screenwriter, copes with his sister's death while his best friend forces him back out into the world to face his reality. This title was named by ALA to the Rainbow Project Book List. The Great American Whatever is recommended for ages 15+ for language and depictions of depression and death. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: http:/...
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
May 12, 2021 16:00 - 8 minutes - 3.41 MBEnjoy our presentation of The Inheritance Games, written by Jennifer Lynn Barnes and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why -- or even who Tobias Hawthorne is. To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secre...
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
May 05, 2021 16:00 - 22 minutes - 13.5 MBEnjoy our presentation of Howl's Moving Castle written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by Greenwillow Books. Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady. Her only chance at breaking it lies in the ever-moving castle in the hills: the Wizard H...
I, Claudia by Mary McCoy
April 28, 2021 16:00 - 23 minutes - 9.03 MBEnjoy our presentation of I, Claudia written by Mary McCoy and published by Carolrhoda Lab. Claudia McCarthy never expected to be in charge of Imperial Day Academy, but is pulled into the tumultuous and high-profile world of the Senate and Honor Council. Suddenly, Claudia is wielding power over her fellow students that she never expected to have... and isn't sure she wants. Claudia intends to use her power to help the school, but there are forces aligned against her: shocking scandals, tyran...
Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
April 22, 2021 21:00 - 5 minutes - 2.5 MBEnjoy our presentation of Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier, translated by Anthea Bell, and published by MacMillian. In today’s story, Gwyneth learns she possesses a special gene that allows her to travel through time. Now she must go on missions and follow the rules of a secret society of time travelers. Partnered with another traveler, Gideon, she must solve the mystery of her birth, and learn who she can ultimately trust. Ruby Red won YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults in 2012 and YALSA’s P...
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
April 14, 2021 16:00 - 12 minutes - 5.7 MBEnjoy our presentation of Code Name Verity written by Elizabeth Wein and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. “Verity” is a secret agent who has been caught by the Gestapo in Nazi-occupied France. The British spy plane she was traveling on crashed, and now she faces a spy’s worst nightmare. Her Nazi interrogators are unforgiving, and she must decide if she should reveal her mission or face a grisly execution. As Verity writes her confession, she reveals how her past lead her t...
Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber
April 07, 2021 16:00 - 11 minutes - 7.75 MBEnjoy our presentation of Vampire Kisses, written by Ellen Schreiber and published by HarperCollins. Raven tries to shield her younger brother from the menacing Valentine Maxwell, even as she yearns to attend the prom with her immortal love, Alexander. Vampire Kisses is recommended for ages 10+. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/VampireKissesReviews This title is available in the following formats: Hoopla Ebook: http://bit.ly/VampireKissesHooplaEbook ...
You Were Never Here by Kathleen Peacock
March 31, 2021 16:00 - 4 minutes - 2.92 MBEnjoy our presentation of You Were Never Here written by Kathleen Peacock and published by Harper Teen. Mary Catherine Montgomery hasn't been to Montgomery Falls since she was twelve years old-- and discovered she could do things that no normal twelve-year-old could do. Since she had her first kiss with Riley Fraser. Five years later she's back, and finds that Riley disappeared three months ago. When Noah, Riley's brother, asks for help in discovering what happened, Cat is torn between wan...
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh
March 24, 2021 16:00 - 4 minutes - 1.99 MBEnjoy our presentation of The Wrath and the Dawn, written by Renée Ahdieh and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. In this reimagining of The Arabian Nights, Shahrzad plans to avenge the death of her dearest friend by volunteering to marry the murderous boy-king of Khorasan, but discovers not all is as it seems within the palace. This is the first book in a series. The Wrath and the Dawn is also a New York Times Bestseller. This title is recommended for ages 14+. Please visit Kirkus for mo...
Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter
March 17, 2021 16:00 - 8 minutes - 5.25 MBEnjoy our presentation of Vassa in the Night written by Sarah Porter and published by Tor Teen. In the enchanted kingdom of Brooklyn, Vassa uses a magical gift from her dead mother to take on Babs Yaga, the witch who owns the local convenience store. Inspired by the Russian folktale Vassilissa the Beautiful. Vassa in the Night was a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection. Vassa in the Night is recommended for ages 14+ for violence. Please visit Kirkus for more information and rev...
Hamilton and Peggy! A Revolutionary Friendship by L.M. Elliott
March 10, 2021 17:00 - 11 minutes - 7.89 MBEnjoy our presentation of Hamilton and Peggy! A Revolutionary Friendship, written by L.M. Elliott and published by Katherine Tegen Books. Peggy Schuyler has always felt like she’s existed in the shadows of her beloved sisters: the fiery, intelligent Angelica and beautiful, sweet Eliza. But it’s in the throes of a chaotic war that Peggy finds herself a central figure amid Loyalists and Patriots, spies and traitors, friends and family. When a flirtatious aide-de-camp, Alexander Hamilton, writ...
The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma
March 03, 2021 17:00 - 11 minutes - 7.2 MBEnjoy our presentation of The Walls Around Us written by Nova Ren Suma and published by Algonquin Young Readers. Orianna and Violet are ballet dancers and best friends, but when the ballerinas who have been harassing Violet are murdered, Orianna is accused of the crime and sent to a juvenile detention center where she meets Amber and they experience supernatural events linking the girls together. The Walls Around Us was a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, a Junior Library Guild ...
There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins
February 24, 2021 17:00 - 10 minutes - 9.74 MBEnjoy our presentation of There's Someone Inside Your House, written by Stephanie Perkins and published by Dutton Books. It’s been almost a year since Makani Young came to live with her grandmother and she’s still adjusting to her new life in rural Nebraska. Then, one by one, students at her high school begin to die in a series of gruesome murders, each with increasing and grotesque flair. As the body count rises and the terror grows closer, can Makani survive the killer’s twisted plan? Th...
The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming
February 17, 2021 17:00 - 21 minutes - 14.1 MBEnjoy our presentation of The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia, written by Candace Fleming and published by Schwartz & Wade. Here is the tumultuous, heartrending, true story of the Romanovs—at once an intimate portrait of Russia's last royal family and a gripping account of its undoing. Using captivating photos and compelling first person accounts, award-winning author Candace Fleming (Amelia Lost; The Lincolns) deftly maneuvers between the imperial family...
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
February 10, 2021 17:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBEnjoy our presentation of The Hate U Give, written by Angie Thomas and published by HarperCollins. Caught between her poor neighborhood and her fancy prep school, sixteen-year-old Starr Carter becomes the focus of intimidation and more after witnessing the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. The Hate U Give is recommended for ages 13+ for violence. Please visit Goodreads for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/TheHateUGiveReviews This title i...
Deeplight by Frances Hardinge
February 03, 2021 17:00 - 21 minutes - 18.4 MBEnjoy our presentation of Deeplight, written by Frances Hardinge and published by Macmillan. The gods are dead. Decades ago, they turned on one another and tore each other apart. When 15-year-old Hark finds the still-beating heart of a terrifying deity, he risks everything to keep it out of the hands of smugglers, military scientists, and a secret fanatical cult so that he can use it to save the life of his best friend, Jelt. But with the heart, Jelt gradually and eerily transforms. How lo...
Perfect Ruin by Lauren DeStefano
January 27, 2021 17:00 - 13 minutes - 8.03 MBEnjoy our presentation of Perfect Ruin, written by Lauren DeStefano and published by Simon & Schuster. Sixteen-year-old Morgan Stockhour lives in Internment, a floating city utopia. But when a murder occurs, everything she knows starts to unravel. This title is the first installment in the Internment Chronicles Series. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/PerfectRuinReviews Perfect Ruin is available as a Hoopla Audiobook: http://bit.ly/PerfectR...
Pan's Labyrinth by by Guillermo Del Toro and Cornelia Funke
January 20, 2021 17:00 - 11 minutes - 8.35 MBEnjoy our presentation of Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun by by Guillermo Del Toro and Cornelia Funke and published by HarperCollins. Today’s story takes place during the Spanish Civil War. Ofelia and her pregnant mother, Carmen, have come to live with her mother’s new husband in a forest north of Spain. Ofelia is afraid of her new stepfather, whom she has nicknamed "The Wolf," and worries that he will hurt her mother. In the forest she encounters a small twig-like creature that ...
All of This is True by Lygia Day Peñaflor
January 13, 2021 17:00 - 17 minutes - 11.4 MBEnjoy our presentation of All of This is True, written by Lygia Day Peñaflor and published by HarperTeen. When Long Island teens Miri, Soleil, Penny, and Jonah befriend a bestselling YA novelist, they find their deepest, darkest secrets in the pages of her next novel, with devastating consequences. Told from different perspectives as interviews, journal entries, and book excerpts. This title is recommended for ages 13+. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: htt...
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
January 06, 2021 17:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBEnjoy our presentation of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda written by Becky Albertalli and published by Balzer & Bray. Sixteen-year-old Simon is a junior in high school, and his year has gotten very complicated. Martin, the class clown, managed to get a screen shot of one of Simon’s secret emails, and he’s using it as blackmail. If Simon doesn’t help Martin out by playing wingman, his email will be revealed and his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. And even worse, the privac...
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Phillipe
December 30, 2020 17:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MBEnjoy our presentation of The Field Guide to the North American Teenager, written by Ben Phillipe and published by Balzer and Bray. Norris Kaplan is clever, cynical, and quite possibly too smart for his own good. A Black French Canadian, he knows from watching American sitcoms that those three things don’t bode well when you are moving to Austin, Texas. Field Guide...is the 2020 winner of the WIlliam C. Morris Prize for debut Young Adult fiction. It is recommended for ages 14+ for languag...
I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
December 27, 2020 19:00 - 20 minutes - 15.1 MBEnjoy our presentation of I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You, written by Ally Carter and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Cammie may be an elite spy-in-training, but in her sophomore year, she's beginning her most dangerous mission - falling in love. This is the first book in the Gallagher Girls series. I'd Tell You I Love You...is recommended for ages 12+. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/34xSx38 This ...
Unpregnant by Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan
December 23, 2020 17:00 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBEnjoy our presentation of Unpregnant written by Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan and published by HarperCollins. In today’s story, a 17-year-old girl from a conservative family teams up with her wild former friend to get an out-of-state abortion. Their emotional road trip is a comedy of errors full of unexpected challenges, kind strangers and reckonings with the past. Unpregnant was named one of YALSA’s Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers in 2020. It has also been made into a movie ...
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
December 20, 2020 19:00 - 11 minutes - 7.72 MBEnjoy our presentation of A Northern Light, written by Jennifer Donnelly and published by HMH Books. In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story. A Northern Light is a Carnegie Medal winner, and won Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adults. It is recommended for ages 14+. Please visit Goodreads fo...
Pop by Gordon Korman
December 16, 2020 17:00 - 13 minutes - 8.8 MBEnjoy our presentation of Pop, written by Gordon Korman and published by Balzer + Bray. Lonely after a midsummer move to a new town, sixteen-year-old high-school quarterback Marcus Jordan becomes friends with a retired professional linebacker who is great at training him, but whose childish behavior keeps Marcus in hot water. This title is recommended for ages 12+. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/PopReviews Pop is available in the followin...
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
December 13, 2020 19:00 - 7 minutesEnjoy our presentation of Wilder Girls, written by Rory Power and published by Delacorte Press. Friends Hetty, Byatt, and Reece go to extremes trying to uncover the dark truth about the mysterious disease that has had them quarantined at their boarding school on a Maine island. Wilder Girls is a New York Times Bestseller. It is recommended for ages 14+ for violence and Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/WilderGirlsReviews This title is avai...
Dangerous Alliance by Jennieke Cohen
December 09, 2020 17:00 - 5 minutes - 4.44 MBEnjoy our presentation of Dangerous Alliance written by Jennieke Cohen and published by HarperCollins. In today’s story, 17-year-old Lady Victoria Aston learns she must marry by the end of the 1817 season to prevent her family’s estate from falling into the hands of her villainous brother-in-law. Looking to the characters in her beloved Austen novels for support, “Vicky” weathers suspicious accidents, rising tensions, and multiple suitors, including Tom Sherborne, the childhood best friend ...
Dig by A.S. King
December 06, 2020 19:00 - 18 minutes - 11.4 MBEnjoy our presentation of Dig, written by A.S. King and published by Dutton Books for young readers. Five white teenage cousins who are struggling with the failures and racial ignorance of their dysfunctional parents and their wealthy grandparents, reunite for Easter. Dig won the Michael L. Printz Award for 2020. This title is recommended for ages 14+ for language and sexuality. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/DigReviews Dig is available...
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
December 02, 2020 17:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBEnjoy our presentation of Life As We Knew It written by Susan Beth Pfeffer and published by HMH Books. In today’s story, sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. Told through a series of journal entries, the reader gets a first-hand view of what it’s like to live through an apocalyptic event. Perfect for fans of the Divergent Series! This is the first book in The Last S...
For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig
November 29, 2020 19:00 - 20 minutes - 13.3 MBEnjoy our presentation of For a Muse of Fire, written by Heidi Heilig and published by HarperCollins. Jetta’s family is famed as the most talented troupe of shadow players in the land. With Jetta behind the scrim, their puppets seem to move without string or stick—a trade secret, they say. In truth, Jetta can see the souls of the recently departed and bind them to the puppets with her blood. But the old ways are forbidden ever since the colonial army conquered their country, so Jetta must ...
Anna K: A Love Story by Jenny Lee
November 25, 2020 17:00 - 8 minutes - 5.54 MBEnjoy our presentation of Anna K., written by Jenny Lee and published by Flatiron Books. Told from multiple viewpoints, while seventeen-year-old Anna K seems above the typical problems of her Manhattan friends and siblings, finding love with a notorious playboy changes everything. Anna K. is recommended for ages 15+ for language, sexuality, and drug use. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/AnnaKReviews This title is available as an audiobook on H...
If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth
November 22, 2020 19:00 - 15 minutes - 11.5 MBPlease enjoy our presentation of If I Ever Get Out of Here, written by Eric Gansworth and published by Penguin Random House. Seventh-grader Lewis "Shoe" Blake from the Tuscarora Reservation has a new friend, George Haddonfield from the local Air Force base, but in 1975 upstate New York there is a lot of tension and hatred between Native Americans and Whites--and Lewis is not sure that he can rely on friendship. This title is recommended for ages 12+. Please see Common Sense Media for more...
Devil and the Bluebird by Jennifer Mason-Black
November 18, 2020 17:00 - 17 minutes - 9.77 MBEnjoy our presentation of Devil and the Buebird, written by Jennifer Mason-Black and published by Amulet Books. Blue Riley has wrestled with her own demons ever since the loss of her mother to cancer. But when she encounters a beautiful devil at her town crossroads, it's her runaway sister's soul she fights to save. The devil steals Blue's voice-inherited from her musically gifted mother-in exchange for a single shot at finding Cass. Armed with her mother's guitar, a knapsack of cherished m...
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
November 15, 2020 19:00 - 9 minutes - 5.68 MBEnjoy our presentation of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe written by Benjamin Alire Sáenz and published by Simon & Schuster. Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before. This title is a 2013 Printz Honor Book! Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is recommended for...