The darkest of nights
As our protagonists battle their own demons, where will they find the light at the end of the tunnel?
The Beautiful Author: Renee Ahdieh
Publisher: G.P. Putnam Sons Books for Young Readers, supernatural
VAMPIRES hide in plain sight in this city ruled by the dead, but to young Celine, this is precisely where she needs to be. She fled her life as a dressmaker and is looking to start anew. When Sebastien, the underworld’s charismatic leader, makes a move, she isn’t exactly sorry.
But when the living start dying one by one, she is not sure who she can trust. But perhaps more importantly: What is the price of forbidden love?
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All Author: Laura Ruby
Publisher: Balzer and Bray, historical fiction
WHAT American dream? When Frankie’s mother dies, she and her sister Toni are left at an orphanage in WWII Chicago. Their father assures them he will be back, but what she didn’t expect is for him to return with a new woman on his arm to say goodbye forever.
The two young women only have each other now, and when war descends upon the country, even that doesn’t feel like it is sufficient to get them through the days of poverty and death.
Scars Like Wings Author: Erin Stewart Publisher: Delacorte Press, fiction
AVA lost everything when the fire happened: her parents, her best friend, her home, even her face. Now her aunt and uncle are trying to get her to go back to school, to be “normal” again, whatever that means.
It has been a year since she has faced anyone that way and it feels like even longer since she has looked into a mirror. Ava is convinced that she would have no friends at school. After all, who would want to be seen with the Burned Girl?
Pet Author: Akwaeke Emezi Publisher: Make Me A World, contemporary fiction
THE painting has always been part of the house, so Jam is shaken when Pet, a creature with horns and claws, emerges from it. The kids have been told there are no monsters anymore, so what does that make Pet?
Pet’s here to hunt a monster, it says – but how do you hunt something that doesn’t exist? And how does Jam protect herself against the shadows and whispers in the air? Does something cease to exist if you don’t believe in it?
Suggested Reading
Author: Dave Connis Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books, contemporary fiction
CLARA is horrified when her school bans books that she considers meaningful and thought-provoking titles. They are pulled off the shelves and are not allowed anywhere on the school premises.
In fact, anyone caught with these books will be severely punished. A self-proclaimed bookworm, Clara decides to take matters into her own hands and starts an underground library from her locker.
All is going well until a tragedy strikes and she is forced to question if these books are better off buried after all.