"Sometimes trees can look healthy on the outside, but actually be dying inside. These trees fall unexpectedly during a storm." For high school senior Parker Rabinowitz, anything less than success is a failure. A dropped extracurricular, a C on a calc quiz, a non-Jewish shiksa girlfriend—one misstep, and his meticulously constructed life splinters and collapses. The countdown to HYP (Harvard, Yale, Princeton) has begun, and he will stay focused. That's why he has to keep it a secret. The po...

At the beginning of the Civil War, Lula McLean’s family home in Manassas, Virginia, is taken over by the Confederate army and used as its headquarters. Forced to flee by the oncoming Union army, Lula and her family and her favorite rag doll move south to a small village called Appomattox Court House. Then one day in 1865, Lula left her doll behind, and what happened next made history.

An Israeli immigrant's journey to become a "real" American.With their mother caring for relatives in Israel and their father driving a cab all hours of the day, Roxanne and her sister, Gayle, spend a lot of time watching television reruns of Little House on the Prairie, The Brady Bunch, and Wonder Woman—perfect examples of perfect Americans. Roxanne is desperate to be like them.When Liat, a fellow Israeli, moves into the "Cursed House" next door, things begin to change and ...

"Sometimes trees can look healthy on the outside, but actually be dying inside. These trees fall unexpectedly during a storm."For high school senior Parker Rabinowitz, anything less than success is a failure. A dropped extracurricular, a C on a calc quiz, a non-Jewish shiksa girlfriend―one misstep, and his meticulously constructed life splinters and collapses. The countdown to HYP (Harvard, Yale, Princeton) has begun, and he will stay focused.That's why he has to keep it a ...

An ALA Sydney Taylor Award HonoreeA Junior Library Guild SelectionIsabel has one rule: no dating.It’s easier—It’s safer—It’s better——for the other person.She’s got issues. She’s got secrets. She’s got rheumatoid arthritis.But then she meets another sick kid.He’s got a chronic illness Isabel’s never heard of, something she can’t even pronounce. He understands what it means to be sick. He unders...

Sinister witches don’t take vacations.In the months since Krissa joined Clan Twilight to keep the world safe from magical threats, she hasn’t found time to visit her loved ones. But now, with the holidays quickly approaching, Krissa feels pressure from her family—and Owen—to return to Clearwater.But Krissa’s worst fears are realized when danger follows her home.The witches of Circle Nightshade want something Krissa possesses, and they’ll stop at not...

How do you heal a broken heart?  It’s a question Stephanie has been asking herself over and over again lately.  From the second she met Rich, Stephanie fell hard. Sure, she got a little too attached to the relationship, and sure she started to neglect some important parts of her life. Like…oh, her family, her friends, and school.  It’s okay, though, because she has Rich, right?  Wrong. Out of nowhere, Rich breaks up wi...

“Funny and engaging. Marty Pants is a surefire hit!”—Lincoln Peirce, author of the Big Nate series"Readers will love the riotous hero of this new series."—School Library JournalMove over, Wimpy Kid. Here comes the imaginative, the inquisitive, the unstoppable Marty Pants!Marty Pants is different from your typical middle schooler. He has the soul of an artist, and as an artist, he notices things–except when he doesn’t.When Marty discovers a note suggesting an...

In this delightfully romantic LGBTQ+ comedy-of-errors inspired by Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, a high school senior works up the courage to ask her long-time crush to prom all while deciding if she should look for her bio family.Juggling a top-secret promposal, a surprise DNA test, and the girl of her dreams, what could possibly go wrong?A Sweet F/F Romance: Janey has been crushing on the impossibly cool Gwen for years. Now she’s fin...

Springtime blooms, but for Love Bukowski, life at home is chillyAfter an incredible semester at the London Academy of Drama and Music, Love Bukowski is back at Hadley Hall. Unfortunately, it feels as though her fabulous British life (and boyfriend) are on hold. Love wants only to be at Aunt Mable's side during her fight with breast cancer. But Love's English boyfriend, Asher, suddenly doesn't seem to want to talk to her, and her ex-boyfriend Jacob has popped back i...

From the YouTube slam poetry star of "Shrinking Women" (more than 5 million views!) comes a novel in verse about body image, eating disorders, self-worth, mothers and daughters, and the psychological scars we inherit from our parents.Fifteen-year-old Ivy's world is in flux. Her dad has moved out, her mother is withdrawn, her brother is off at college, and her best friend, Anna, has grown distant. Worst of all, Ivy's body won’t stop expanding. She's getting taller a...

Five Feet Apart meets Kate in Waiting in this timely story of two best friends navigating the complexities of friendship while their world is turned upside down by a global pandemic.The lives of high school seniors Parisa Naficy and Gabriela Gonzales couldn't be more different. Parisa, an earnest and privileged Iranian American, struggles to live up to her own impossible standards. Gabriela, a cynical Mexican American, has all the confidence Paris...