Going Dark

A young adult thriller about influencer Amelia Ashley, who disappears in Rome after a trip with her boyfriend, Josh Reuter. Josh returns home alone, and the discovery of Amelia's blood in his suitcase makes him a suspect. Hacker Harper Delgado investigates Amelia's online life for clues, while Josh tries to prove his innocence in a media frenzy fueled by Amelia's social media followers. The novel explores themes of racial dynamics, social media, and the role of fame in solving crimes, us

Give Me a Sign

Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when you don’t feel “deaf enough” to identify as Deaf or hearing enough to meet the world’s expectations. But this summer, Lilah is ready for a change.

From Here

With no word for “gay” in Arabic, Luma may not have known what to call the feelings she had growing up in Jordan during the 1980s, but she knew well enough to keep them secret. It was clear that not only would her family have trouble accepting her, but trapped in a conservative religious society, she could’ve also been killed if anyone discovered her sexuality. Luma spent her teenage years increasingly desperate to find a way out, and finally found one when she was accepted into college in the United States.

For Lamb

For Lamb  follows a family striving to better their lives in late 1940s Jackson, Mississippi. Lamb’s mother is a hardworking, creative seamstress who parents with a firm but loving hand to keep her children safe in segregated Jackson. Lamb’s brother has a brilliant mind and has even earned a college scholarship for a Black college up north—if only he could curb his impulsiveness and rebellious nature.

Family Style

Thien's first memory isn't a sight or a sound. It's the sweetness of watermelon and the saltiness of fish. It's the taste of the foods he ate while adrift at sea as his family fled Vietnam.

After the Pham family arrives at a refugee camp in Thailand, they struggle to survive. Things don't get much easier once they resettle in California. And through each chapter of their lives, food takes on a new meaning. Strawberries come to signify struggle as Thien's mom and dad look for work. Potato chips are an indulgence that bring Thien so much joy that they become a necessity.

Come Home Safe

From attorney and ABC legal analyst Brian Buckmire, Come Home Safe is an engaging YA novel that explores the pain, the truths, and the hope that comes with growing up as a person of color in America, told in a way that can help foster conversations about what it means to navigate today’s world, as well as inspire ways to work toward change.

Chaos Theory

A gripping romance about two teens: a certified genius living with a diagnosed mental illness and a politician's son who is running from his own addiction and grief. 

Artifice

Isa de Smit was raised in the vibrant, glittering world of her parents’ small art gallery in Amsterdam, a hub of beauty, creativity, and expression, until the Nazi occupation wiped the color from her city’s palette. The “degenerate” art of the Gallery de Smit is confiscated, the artists in hiding or deported, and her best friend, Truus, flees to join the shadowy Dutch resistance. And masterpiece by masterpiece, the Nazis are buying and stealing her country’s heritage, feeding the Third Reich’s ravenous appetite for culture and art. 

All The Fighting Parts

Sixteen-year-old Amina Conteh has always believed in using her tongue as her weapon—even when it gets her into trouble. After cursing at a classmate, her father forces her to volunteer at their church with Pastor Johnson.

But Pastor Johnson isn’t the holy man everyone thinks he is.