Grisha Trilogy

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Ravka is being destroyed by the Fold, darkness filled with monsters that is creeping across the land. Not until she comes into contact with the Darkling, the leader of the the Grisha, does Alina realize that she is one of the magic elite with a power so rare she is lifted to the status of a Saint. Through the trilogy, starting with Shadow and Bone and continuing with Siege and Storm and Ruin and Rising, Alina is torn between her new-found power of light, the pull of the Darkling, and her love for her childhood friend, Mal. As Alina tries to resist the pull of the Darkling, she must sacrifice everyone and everything she loves to try to save the only world she knows. Told with all the elements of a traditional fantasy, this trilogy is not to be missed.

Impossible Knife of Memory

The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson

Hayley and her father have been unable to settle in one place for very long…not since her father has come back from Iraq with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Back in her father’s hometown, Haley is finally able to go to school and try to have a normal life. Haley’s voice is unique…funny, sarcastic, and full of honest emotion…this book is impossible to put down until you hear Haley’s whole story.

Summer of Letting Go

Summer of Letting Go by Gae Polisner

Francesca hasn’t been to the beach in four years, not since the summer of her baby brother Simon’s accident. Since then, Francesca’s family has been slowly falling apart. And it’s getting worse. Convinced her father is having an affair with a neighbor, falling in love with her best friend’s boyfriend, and meeting a little boy who forces her to confront her past. For Frankie it will not only be a summer of growing up…it truly will be the summer of letting go.

Mark of the Dragonfly

Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson

Piper has never seen the Mark of the Dragonfly…until she finds a girl the night the caravan wrecks during the meteor shower. The girl doesn’t remember anything about her past, but Piper is determined to help her find her way back to the Dragonfly Territories, since she carries the mark of the king. To get to the Dragonfly Territories, Piper must stow away on the 401 train, and get past the boy who guards it. The danger Piper faces in this magical story will have you turning pages as quickly as you can as Piper races to save the girl and herself from the danger that follows them on their journey.

Jungle of Bones

Jungle of Bones by Ben Mikaelsen

Dylan Barstow can’t seem to stay out of trouble. When his mother sends him to live with his Uncle Todd for the summer, Dylan has no idea the trouble he will get into. Uncle Todd is on a quest to find the Second Ace, a WWII fighter plane that went down deep in the jungle of Papua New Guinea. The quest tests Dylan’s physical and mental toughness, and might just help him find what’s been missing inside of him.

Pretenders (Series)

Pretenders by Lisi Harrison

Little do they know when given their freshman assignment to keep a year-long journal of their feelings, that one day someone is going to leak them to the entire school. Told in the alternating voices of five journalers, three girls and two guys, no one’s secrets are safe, not from each other, and not from themselves. Each of these writers has been pretending to be something he or she is not, and now the whole school will know that they are the Pretenders.

Book #1 ends on a cliff-hanger, so you’ll want to have book #2, License to Spill on hand before you finish.

All Our Yesterdays

All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill

Em has been trying to prevent the creation of a time machine that will destroy the world. After traveling back in time more than once trying to undo it, she knows the only thing she can do is travel one more time and try to kill its creator before he can build the time machine. But he’s protected by a girl who loves him more than anything, and Em will have a difficult time completing her mission. With Finn by her side, Em risks her own life to travel back to the past one more time to try and prevent the end of the world as she knew it.

Small Medium at Large

Small Medium at Large by Joanne Levy

Struck by lightning at her mother’s wedding reception, Lilah is suddenly able to communicate with the dead. Haunted by the ghosts of her grandmother and others, Lilah tries to adjust to seventh grade and work up the courage to talk to her crush, Andrew Finkle. Light-hearted and funny, Lilah’s story makes for a satisfying read.

Nightmare Affair

Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett

Dusty Everhart is a nightmare, breaking into houses at night to invade people’s dreams. The only one of her kind at the Arkewll Acadamy, a boarding school for magical beings, is bad enough. But when she breaks into Eli Booker’s house and enters his dream, her nightmare becomes real when the murder he was dreaming about happens to a fellow student of Dusty’s. Dusty and Eli have to find the clues in his dream and out of them to stop the killer before he makes her the next target.

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In the follow-up, Nightmare Dilemma, Dusty and Eli are embroiled in two more mysteries that prove to be connected in ways she couldn’t dream of.

Jessica Darling's It List: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Populariy, Pretiness, and Perfection

Jessica Darling’s It List: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Popularity, Prettiness, and Perfection by Megan McCafferty

Before her first day of junior high, Jessica Darling’s sister gives her a list of guidelines to help her navigate the social world of seventh grade. But following the list proves to be be harder than Jessica anticipates. Her best friend is now pretty and popular, the girls are all vying to be popular, and she’s accidentally been scheduled for Wood Shop with a group of immature boys and a crazy teacher. This story is laugh-out-loud funny as Jessica’s awkward moments play out on the pages. 

We Were Liars

We Were Liars by e. lockhart

Cadence Sinclair Easton spends every summer with her three friends on a private island of the coast of Cape Cod. But the year Cadence turns 15, something happens on the island that changes her forever. She spends the next two years trying to cope with and overcome what happened. The story jumps from past to present and back as Cadence tries to make sense of her dysfunctional family and what happened to her and the other Liars. Suspenseful and heartbreaking, this is a YA story not to be missed.

The Here and Now

Here and Now by Ann Brashares

Prenna James is an immigrant, but not in the traditional sense. Jenna has traveled from the future into the past. In Prenna’s future, an epidemic has left her world in ruins. Prenna’s escape to the safety of the past comes with a price…she can never involve herself with anyone in the world she now lives in. But when she falls for Ethan Jarvis, everything changes. Drawn into a world she doesn’t belong in, Prenna has to make the difficult choice to protect her past or follow her heart. A great read for fans of Divergent.

Chaos of Stars

Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White

The ancient Egyptian gods are alive and well…and screwing up Isadora’s life. The only human offspring of the Egyptian gods Isis and Osiris, Isadora wants nothing more than to escape the drama that comes with living with immortal relatives. When the opportunity comes to move to San Diego with her brother, Isadora jumps at the chance. But her new life proves to be just as dramatic as her old life, when her life is put in danger. Told with humor and romance, Chaos of Stars proves that family it’s impossible to break up with your family.

In the After & In the End

In the After & In the End by Demtria Lunetta

When the Florae took over Earth, everything in Amy Harris’s life changed. Her parents are gone, she has to scrounge for food while avoiding the Florae, who are attracted by noise and have a taste for human flesh. Amy manages to stay alive and even rescues a toddler who has been left behind. Amy finally finds a haven at New Hope…but all is not as it seems, and the secrets could end the life she’s fought so hard to protect. This two book series is a fast-paced, tale of a post-apocalyptic world where nothing is as it seems.

Rooftoppers

Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell

Sophie is the only survivor of a shipwreck…or so the world believes. Found floating in a cello case, she is given to Charles Maxim to raise. Charles allows Sophie to grow up as she pleases, despite the social conventions of the time. Deemed an unfit parent, Charles and Sophie escape to Paris, where Sophie discovers Matteo and the secrets of the rooftops of Paris. There Sophie searches for her mother, determined to discover where she came from. Realistic historical fiction with just a touch of fantasy, Rooftoppers is the story of one girl’s magical journey to reclaim her past.

Boy on the Porch

Boy on the Porch by Sharon Creech

Jacob appears on John and Marta’s porch one day, unable to speak. They open their home and their hearts to Jacob, and delight in his company. The more attached they become to Jacob, the more afraid they become that whoever abandoned him will return to take him back. The sense of dread builds with each page, as the novel builds to a satisfying end.

Tangle of Knots

Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff

Everyone in Cady’s small town has a Talent. Cady’s is that she can bake everyone their perfect cake, no matter what it is. She lives with Miss Mallory, whose Talent is finding parents for orphans, but she hasn’t been able to find a match for Cady. When an evil Talent thief comes to town, Cady and her friends have to work together to stop him from stealing all the Talents. The fantasy in this novel only enhances the stories of the characters, whose stories are told with humor and a dash of mystery.

Devil's Kiss

Devil’s Kiss by Sarwat Chadda

Billi is the youngest and only female member of the Knights Templar, so instead of doing normal teenage girl things like going to the mall, she trains as a soldier for an ancient battle with the Unholy. When her friend Kay comes back from a trip to the Holy Land, Billi has to choose between him and a new boy in town…Michael. When an ancient enemy returns looking for a cursed mirror, Billi has to make sacrifices in order to save her city.

Billi is tested again in the sequel, Dark Goddess, when the Templars are called upon to battle werewolves who are searching for an Oracle that will help them wipe out mankind for good.

When the Butterflies Came

When the Butterflies Came by Kimberly Griffiths Little

Tara’s life is in chaos. Her beloved grandmother had died, her mother is depressed, and she and her sister Riley are arguing about everything. But following her grandmother’s funeral, butterflies begin to follow Tar around. The butterflies, Tara is sure, are the key to a mystery left behind by her grandmother. After finding a stack of letters and keys from her grandmother, Tara must travel to a distant island and face danger to uncover the secret her grandmother wanted her to know.

Archived

Archived by Victoria Schaub

The Archive is a special library containing the Histories of everyone who has ever died. Mackenzie Bishop, a Keeper, must return those Histories who occasionally slip and escape into the Narrows before they can get back into the real world. When her family moves to an apartment in an old hotel, Mac faces more Histories than she ever has before. She also meets another keeper, Wes, and together they try to solve the mystery of the Coronado, return wandering Histories and ultimately defend their lives.

The follow-up, The Unbound, finds Mac defending herself when people connected to her start disappearing.