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Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters

Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters

By Laurie Ann Thompson 240 pages Young Adult

Danny Says

Through engaging youth profiles, step-by-step exercises and practical tips, Thompson shows teens how they can start making a difference today.
Why Fish Don’t Exist

Why Fish Don’t Exist

By Lulu Miller 256 pages Young Adult

Danny Says

This mesmerizing blend of biography, memoir and scientific mystery dives deep into obsession, resilience and the thin line between order and chaos. Equal parts haunting and inspiring, it challenges us to reconsider how we find meaning when the world refuses to make sense.

The Empress of Salt and Fortune

The Empress of Salt and Fortune

By Nghi Vo 128 pages Young Adult

Danny Says

Lyrical, compact fantasy that burns with quiet rage and dazzling beauty – weaving a tale of power, exile and the stories that shape empires. Both intimate and epic, it’s a masterclass in how the voices of the overlooked can rewrite history.

Everything We Never Had

Everything We Never Had

By Randy Ribay 272 pages Young Adult

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Spanning four generations, this sweeping yet intimate novel captures the weight of heritage, masculinity and the fragile threads between fathers and sons. Powerful and deeply human, it reveals how identity and love are passed down (and reshaped) across time.

Aisle Nine

Aisle Nine

By Ian X. Cho 272 pages Young Adult

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Equal parts hilarious and horrifying, this sharp YA debut turns a Black Friday shift into a full-blown apocalypse. Packed with monsters, mystery and heart, it’s a wild ride about identity, survival and finding connection when the world goes to hell…literally.

Stratagem

Stratagem

By Christina Hagmann 256 pages Young Adult

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At seventeen years old, Meda is ripped from her family to train as a shape-shifting operative for the Agency. It's her job to seek out and discredit political figures. Meda finds herself caught in a political conspiracy that shakes her to her core, and it’ll take all her strength to trust her own instincts and stop following orders.

Dear Justyce

Dear Justyce

By Nic Stone 272 pages Young Adult

Danny Says

An incarcerated teen writes letters to his best friend about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system in this award-winning sequel to Stone’s Dear Martin.

Drowned City

Drowned City

By Don Brown 96 pages Young Adult

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It was 20 years ago this month that Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protective levees around low-lying New Orleans, Louisiana. Property damages across the Gulf Coast topped $100 billion. One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three people lost their lives. The riveting tale of this historic storm and the drowning of an American city is one of selflessness, heroism and courage – and also of incompetence, racism, and criminality. This graphic novel captures tragedy and triumph in one of the worst natural disasters in American history.

Rising Troublemaker: A Fear-Fighter Manual for Teens

Rising Troublemaker: A Fear-Fighter Manual for Teens

By Luvvie Ajayi Jones 272 pages Young Adult

Danny Says

In this young readers edition of her New York Times bestseller Professional Troublemaker, Ajayi Jones uses her honesty and humor to inspire teens to be their bravest, boldest, truest selves – in order to create a world they would be proud to live in. Good way to start the school year on a positive note.

Wide Sargasso Sea

Wide Sargasso Sea

By Jean Rhys 176 pages Young Adult

Danny Says

The famed author brings into light one of fiction’s most fascinating characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. Antoinette Cosway is a sensual and protected young woman who is sold into marriage to the prideful Mr. Rochester. Rhys portrays Cosway amidst a society so driven by hatred and so skewed in its sexual relations, that it can literally drive a woman out of her mind.

We Are Not Broken

We Are Not Broken

By George M. Johnson 256 pages Young Adult

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Vibrant story of George, Garrett, Rall and Rasul – four children raised by Nanny, their fiercely devoted grandmother. The boys hold one another close through early brushes with racism, memorable experiences at the family barbershop and first loves and losses. And with Nanny at their center, they are never broken. Johnson captures the unique experience of growing up as a Black boy in America through rich family stories that explore themes of vulnerability, sacrifice and culture.

Befriend Your Brain

Befriend Your Brain

By Faith G. Harper 223 pages Young Adult

Danny Says

Do you freak out at small things? These feelings are a normal part of life for everybody but sometimes they're just too much and it seems like you're the only one the planet that feels them. Harper shows young readers the science behind why your brain is acting up and ideas for new ways to respond when you're feeling scared, sad, anxious or angry.
Just Add Water

Just Add Water

By Katie Ledecky 256 pages Young Adult

Danny Says

Inspiring memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion and the most decorated U.S. female Olympian in history.

No Sad Songs

No Sad Songs

By Frank Morelli 228 pages Young Adult

Danny Says

Following a family tragedy, 18-year-old Gabe LoScuda suddenly finds himself thrust into the role of caregiver for his ailing grandfather. Between the shopping trips and the doctor visits with Grandpa, Gabe and his friend John try to salvage their senior year and make the varsity baseball team. It doesn't take long for Gabe to realize that going to school and looking after a grandfather with Alzheimer's is more work than he imagined. And when long-lost Uncle Nick appears on the scene, Gabe soon finds that living with Nick and Grandpa is like babysitting two grown men. Aside from John, the only person who truly understands Gabe is Sofia, a punk-rocking rebel he meets at the veteran's hospital. When these three unlikely friends are faced with a serious dilemma, will they do what it takes to save Grandpa?

The Taking of Jake Livingston

The Taking of Jake Livingston

By Ryan Douglass 256 pages Young Adult

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Sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston sees dead people everywhere. But he can't decide what's worse: being a medium forced to watch the dead play out their last moments on a loop or being at the mercy of racist teachers as one of the few Black students at St. Clair Prep. If you liked the movie Get Out, you’ll enjoy this. The cover sold me.

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