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The Wrong Kind of Weird

The Wrong Kind of Weird by James Ramos Inkyard Press Cameron Carson has a secret. A secret with the power to break apart his friend group. Cameron Carson, member of […] Read More

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert Joy Revolution Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He's a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on […] Read More

The Love Match

The Love Match by Priyanka Taslim Salaam Reads / Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers Zahra Khan is basically Bangladeshi royalty, but being a princess doesn’t pay the bills in […] Read More

16 & Pregnant

16 & Pregnant by LaLa Thomas MTV Books Erykah was looking forward to junior year at East Prep High. She has a cute boyfriend, gets good grades, and has the […] Read More

All That It Ever Meant

All That It Ever Meant by Blessing Musariri Norton Young Readers Family, grief, ghosts, and a mystery: this clever and compelling young adult novel heralds a masterful new voice from […] Read More

Breakup From Hell

Breakup From Hell by Ann Dávila Cardinal HarperCollins US Miguela Angeles is tired. Tired of her abuela keeping secrets, especially about her heritage. Tired of her small Vermont town and […] Read More

Friday I’m in Love

Friday I'm in Love by Camryn Garrett Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Mahalia Harris wants. She wants a big Sweet Sixteen like her best friend Naomi. She wants […] Read More

We Are All So Good at Smiling

We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride Feiwel Friends Whimsy is back in the hospital for treatment of clinical depression. When she meets a boy named Faerry, […] Read More

Brighter Than the Moon

Brighter Than the Moon by David Valdes Bloomsbury YA Shy foster kid Jonas and self-assured vlogger Shani met online, and so far, that's where their relationship has stayed, sharing memes […] Read More

As You Walk on By

As You Walk on By Julian Winters Viking Books for Young Readers Seventeen-year-old Theo Wright has it all figured out. His plan (well, more like his dad's plan) is a […] Read More

This Is Not a Personal Statement

This Is Not a Personal Statement by Tracy Badua Quill Tree Books An incisive, relatable tale of acceptance, self-discovery, and the infinite possibilities that await when we embrace our imperfections. […] Read More

The Minus-One Club

The Minus-One Club by Kekla Magoon Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Fifteen-year-old Kermit Sanders knows grief and its all-encompassing shadows. After losing his beloved older sister in a tragic car […] Read More

Sun Keep Rising

Sun Keep Rising by Kristen R. Lee Crown Books for Young Readers B'onca always knew how to get by. And then her daughter is born. She wouldn't trade Mia for […] Read More

The Buried and the Bound

The Buried and the Bound by Rochelle Hassan Roaring Brook Press As the only hedgewitch in Blackthorn, Massachusetts—an uncommonly magical place—Aziza El-Amin has bargained with wood nymphs, rescued palm-sized fairies […] Read More

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