Category Archives: New Young Adult Books

The Love Match

 by Priyanka Taslim

Zahra Khan is basically Bangladeshi royalty, but being a princess doesn’t pay the bills in Paterson, New Jersey.  While Zahra’s plans for financial security this summer involve working long hours at Chai Ho and saving up for college writing courses, Amma is convinced that all Zahra needs is a “good match,” Jane Austen style. 

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White Out

 by Shonielle Clayton, TiffanyD.Jackson, NicStone

A snowstorm like this hits Atlanta only once every hundred years.  But as the city is blanketed in snow, the warmth of young love just might melt the ice…

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Spells For Lost Things

 by Jenna Evans Welch

A poignant and romantic novel about two teens trying to find their place in the world after being unceremoniously dragged to Salem, Massachusetts, for the summer. 

 

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If You Could See The Sun

 by Ann Liang

In a YA debut that’s Gossip Girl with a speculative twist, a Chinese American girl monetizes her strange new invisibility powers by discovering and selling her wealthy classmates’ most scandalous secrets. 

 

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Azar on Fire

 by Olivia Abtahi

Finding her voice takes on a whole new meaning when fourteen-year-old Azar Rossi sets out to win her local Battle of the Bands contest in this heartfelt and hilarious contemporary YA novel.

 

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A Secret Princess

 by Margaret Stohl, Melissa De La Cruz

Best Friends Mary Lennox, Sara Crewe, and Cedric Erroll are best friends.  And thank goodness, since their boarding school is basically insufferable.  When one of the friends suffers a personal tragedy, a plan–and a secret–change everything for the trio…for good. 

 

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Valiant Ladies

 by Melissa Gray

Two teen vigilantes set off on an action-packed investigation to expose corruption and deliver justice in this YA historical fiction novel inspired by real seventeenth century Latinx teenagers.

 

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