Titles to tempt YA crowd
What Girls Are Made Of Elana K. Arnold
Arnold’snovel explores the emotional turmoil of a teenage girl who’s devastated after her boyfriend breaks up with her. (Carolrhoda Lab)
Lord of Shadows Cassandra Clare
The second book in Clare’s “The Dark Artifices” trilogy finds young Emma Carstairs navigating the tenuous peace between the Shadowhunters and the Faerie. (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
Turtles All the Way Down John Green
The new book from “The Fault in Our Stars” author Green deals with friendship and powerful emotions while following a 16-year-old girl and her best friends investigating a billionaire fugitive. (Dutton Books for Young Readers)
Always and Forever, Lara Jean (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before) Jenny Han
Concluding the popular trilogy, a high-school senior helps plan her father’s wedding while deciding whether to leave her family and boyfriend behind to go to college. (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Warcross Marie Lu
A young hacker accepts a job offer as a spy in the global sensation online game “Warcross” but soon realizes that she’s signed up for more than she bargained for. (Putnam)
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Erika L. Sánchez
Julia is crushed when her sister Olga dies in an accident. She has to bear the brunt of her mother’s constant criticisms, despite beginning to suspect that Olga may not have been entirely what she seemed. (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
Dear Martin Nic Stone
Stone’s debut novel follows a brilliant high-school student who, while driving with his friend, draws the ire of a white off-duty police officer and scrutiny from the media. (Crown Books for Young Readers)
Spinning Tillie Walden
In her graphic memoir, Walden remembers her days as a young, talented figure skater who falls in love with a girl and realizes that the sport she’s given a decade of her life to might not be what she wants . (First Second)
American Street Ibi Zoboi
Young Fabiola arrives in Detroit from Haiti without her mother, who’s been detained by the U.S. government; she’s forced to explore her new home and school by herself. (Balzer + Bray)