College and newfound independence launch Ada from her conservative upbringing into a discovery of what she wants in Candice Iloh’s debut novel in verse.
Set in an alternate Victorian England, Magic Dark and Strange combines mystery, magic and the macabre while underscoring the conditions of the working class.
Four characters come together to solve the mystery of an Enigma machine in this excellent historical story of suspense and intrigue.
For all its intricacies and secrets, this is ultimately a story about a family fracturing and coming back together, only to fall apart all over again.
In Nina LaCour’s first novel since her 2018 Printz Medal, 18-year-old Mila is placed as an intern on an idyllic farm after aging out of the foster care system.
Legendborn, Tracy Deonn’s debut novel, upends fantasy tropes with skill and style and establishes Deonn as an important new voice in YA.
How It All Blew Up authentically depicts the growing pains of a young queer person reconciling his sexual orientation with the expectations of two communities.
Breathless is a frank and tender novel of self-discovery that fans of Sarah Dessen and John Green will enjoy.
In this impressive debut novel, Liz Hyder spins a satisfying web of tension, action and revelation, rooted in a truly unique narrative voice.
We Are Not Free is a superb addition to the works of literature that chronicle a shameful chapter of American history.
Punching the Air is an intimate and moving portrait in verse of the realities and consequences of the school-to-prison pipeline.
Set during the Great Plague of 1349, A Cloud of Outrageous Blue is both a riveting work of historical fiction and an elegantly understated fantasy.
Sia Martinez learns that her mother’s disappearance may be connected to an extraterrestrial plot in this vivid and imaginative debut novel.
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