New YA Fiction

Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare: Cordelia Carstairs, a Shadowhunter trained to battle demons, travels with her brother to London where they reconnect with childhood friends but soon must face devastating demon attacks in the quarantined city.

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson: Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project. Soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent. Someone in Fairview doesn’t want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger.

The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu: Desperate to be forever remembered for her music, Nannerl Mozart makes a dangerous pact with a mysterious stranger from a magical land, which may cost her everything.  

All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace: Set in a kingdom where danger lurks beneath the sea, mermaids seek vengeance with song, and magic is a choice, Adalyn Grace’s All the Stars and Teeth is a thrilling fantasy for fans of Stephanie Garber’s Caraval and Sarah J. Maas’s Throne of Glass series.

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski: Nirrim endures a grim and punishing life as a Half Caste until she encounters Sid, a rakish traveler from far away who whispers rumors that the High Caste possess magic and tempts Nirrim to seek that magic for herself.

Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen McManus: While true-crime aficionado Ellery and her twin brother are staying with their grandmother in a Vermont community known for murder, a new friend goes missing and Ellery may be next.

One of Us Is Next by Karen McManus: A year after the Bayview four were cleared of Simon Kelleher’s death, a new mystery has cropped up–a game with dangerous consequences that’s targeting students at Bayview again. And if the creator isn’t found soon, dangerous could prove deadly.

A Heart So Fierce and Broken: The curse is finally broken, but Prince Rhen of Emberfall faces darker troubles still. Rumors circulate that he is not the true heir and that forbidden magic has been unleashed in Emberfall. Loyalties are tested and new love blooms in a kingdom on the brink of war.

They Went Left by Monica Hesse: Zofia, a teenage Holocaust survivor, travels across post-war Europe as she searches for her younger brother and seeks to rebuild her shattered life.

Ruthless Gods by Emily Duncan: The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that Malachiasz is desperate to meet–those voices want a stake in the world, and they refuse to stay quiet any longer.

Straight on Till Morning by Liz Braswell: What if Wendy first traveled to Never Land… with Captain Hook? When an opportunity to travel to Never Land via pirate ship presents itself, Wendy makes a deal with the devil. But Never Land isn’t quite the place she imagined it would be. When Captain Hook reveals some rather permanent and evil plans for Never Land, it’s up to the two of them to save Peter Pan–and his world.

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