What World is Left
In this novel for teen readers, a Dutch Jewish teenager is sent to a "model" concentration camp with her family.
A Light in the Clouds
Romanian soldiers force Margalith and her family from their home and send them on a devastating deportation march to Transnistria, a wretched land between borders, an expanse of thousands of kilometres containing more than a hundred ghettos and camps. How will Margalith find A Light in the Clouds?
Rachel Bird
A compelling mystery about teenage Rachel and her sister who move in with the grandparents they never knew. They soon learn their newfound family isn’t the only secret being kept on the ranch.
Wish Upon a Satellite
The glaciers are melting and the climate crisis is on everyone's mind, but nothing shakes the foundations of non-binary teen Ciel’s world more than sharing an unexpected kiss with their best friend, Stephie.
The Land Grab
Young Alfred Swallow uses his wits when he is intimidated at gun point by a bunch of hired thugs and when he lands in a rattle snake den. His determination to stop the corrupt land agent and help his family keep their land comes into focus when he involves people who know how to stop the land grab.
Boys and Girls Screaming
Boys and Girls Screaming tells the story of a young girl trying to deal with family tragedy by forming a support group of traumatized teenagers.
Sulfur Heart
In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Will returns home after his father is killed under mysterious circumstances.
The Ooze
In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, queer trans teen Bran tries to uncover what is causing everyone around him to start acting so violently.
One Last Job
In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Michael convinces his grandfather, a retired cat burglar, to help him steal back a valuable necklace.
Trapped
In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Matt makes a startling discovery that he hides from his abusive foster parents.
Grave Message
In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Jaylin is surprised when she gets a text message from a friend who died a year ago.
Depth of Field
In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Josh discovers a criminal operation while on a photography assignment.
Face the Music
In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Tyler and his friend Mason are desperate to escape the small town they've grown up in.
I'm Good and Other Lies
A pandemic lockdown has twelfth-grader Kelsey Kendler stuck at home with her unstable substance-using mom and distant dad.
Urgent Message from a Hot Planet
This nonfiction book for teens outlines the science behind global heating and its root causes, provides ways to take action and honors the efforts of the millions of people from around the world working tirelessly to help the planet.
Urchin
While questioning her gender identity, a young girl is pulled between the dark world of fairylore and the dynamic world of early 20th-century scientific experimentation as she struggles to save her missing mother.
The Degrees of Barley Lick
A young adult novel about two teenage geocachers who help unravel the mysterious disappearance of a young boy.
Under the Iron Bridge
Desperate to escape joining the Hitler Youth, Paul stumbles across the Edelweiss Pirates, a secret German organization of teenage rebels leading a dangerous campaign of sabotage against the Nazis.
He Who Dreams
In this high-interest, accessible novel for teen readers, a soccer star surprises everyone by signing up for Indigenous dance classes.
Names in a Jar
Forced to flee her home and change her name to disguise her Jewish identity, Anna Krawitz becomes Maria Nowak, a Catholic farm girl, to hide from the Nazis. But when the war ends, how will her sister find her?
Content Advisory: rape, sexual assault
Another Miserable Love Song
In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Kallie tries to get over her father's death and help her band at the same time.
Crime Club
In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, sixteen-year-old Penny is surprised when her dog digs up a skeleton in the backyard.
Stuffed
In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Ian decides to take a stand against a fast-food chain.
Blood Donor
In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, at-risk teenagers are being kidnapped and forced to donate their blood.
