New Books

All-In
Pete Hautman
Having won thousands of dollars playing high-stakes poker in Las Vegas, seventeen-year-old Denn Doyle hits a losing streak after falling in love with a young casino card dealer named Cattie Hart.

Bounce
Natasha Friend
Thirteen-year-old Evyn's world is turned upside-down when her father, widowed since she was a toddler, suddenly decides to marry a woman with six children, move with Ev and her brother from Maine to Boston, and enroll her in private school.

Brothers, Boyfriends & Other Criminal Minds
April Lurie
While living on the same block as several members of the Mafia does have the advantage of a lower crime rate, fourteen-year-old April and her brother find there are times when it is also a major disadvantage.

Come Juneteenth
Ann Rinaldi
Fourteen-year-old Luli and her family face tragedy after failing to tell their slaves that President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation made them free.
Disenchanted Princess Julie Linker
When her father is sent to jail and she gets shipped off to live with her aunt in a farming community in Arkansas, glam teen and L.A. native West Deschanel turns to the only hot boy in town for help in planning her escape from Nowheresville.

Knife Edge
Malorie Blackman
Following Callum's death, the people who loved him relate how their lives have been changed, especially in reference to his girlfriend, Sephy, and their mixed-race child. Persephone Hadley is six months pregnant with a mixed-race baby. In their society this fact alone will threaten the child's life every day. To make matters worse, the baby's father, Callum, is dead. Will Sephy be forced -- once again -- to take sides in a chilling racial drama?

Ordinary Ghosts
Eireann Corrigan
Emil feels invisible at school and at home. When he finds a master key to his private school, he sneaks in to explore, and finds a reason to become visible.

Scandalosa!
Michele Serros
Continues the teenage exploits of Dee Dee, Raquel, and Evie--three upperclass, Mexican American best friends growing up in Southern California.

Skinny
Ibi Kaslik
After the death of their father, two sisters struggle with various issues, including their family history, personal relationships, and an extreme eating disorder.