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Review by Krista CUT BOTH WAYS by Carrie Mesrobian Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: HarperCollins (September 1, 2015) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon Will Caynes never has been good with girls. At seventeen, he’s still waiting for his first kiss. He’s certainly not expecting it to happen in a drunken make-out session with his best friend, Angus. But it does and now Will’s conflicted—he

Review by Rachel  UNDERWATER by Marisa Reichardt Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Macmillan (January 12, 2016) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon Morgan didn’t mean to do anything wrong that day. Actually, she meant to do something right. But her kind act inadvertently played a role in a deadly tragedy. In order to move on, Morgan must learn to forgive—first someone who did something that

Review by Sara SANCTUARY BAY  by Laura J. Burns & Melinda Metz Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (January 19, 2016) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon In this genre-bending YA thriller, will Sarah Merson's shiny new prep school change her life forever or bring it to a dark and sinister end?When Sarah Merson receives the opportunity of a lifetime to attend the most elite

Review by Reagan Age Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and up Series: Embassy Row (Book 2) Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Scholastic Press Buy the Book: Amazon Inside every secret, there's a world of trouble. Get ready for the second book in this new series of global proportions--from master of intrigue, New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter. Grace's past has come back to hunt her .

Review by Krista The Good Sister by Jamie Kain Hardcover, 304 pages Published October 7th 2014  by St. Martin's Griffin   Goodreads | Amazon The Kinsey sisters live in an unconventional world. Their parents are former flower-children who still don’t believe in rules. Their small, Northern California town is filled with free spirits and damaged souls seeking refuge from the real world.

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Review by Leydy NOT AFTER EVERYTHING by Michelle LevyHardcover: 336 pagesPublisher: Dial Books (August 4, 2015)Language: EnglishAmazon | Goodreads Tyler has a football scholarship to Stanford, a hot girlfriend, and a reliable army of friends to party with. Then his mom kills herself. And Tyler lets it all go. Now he needs to dodge what his dad is offering (verbal tirades and abuse) and

Review by Valerie THE ANATOMICAL SHAPE OF A HEARTby Jenn BennettAge Range: 12 - 18 yearsHardcover: 304 pagesPublisher: Feiwel & Friends (November 3, 2015)Amazon | Goodreads Artist Beatrix Adams knows exactly how she's spending the summer before her senior year. Determined to follow in Da Vinci's footsteps, she's ready to tackle the one thing that will give her an advantage in a

by Andye & Becca HELLO?by Liza WiemerPaperback: 320 pagesPublisher: Spencer Hill Contemporary (November 10, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon Tricia: A girl struggling to find her way after her beloved grandma's death. Emerson: A guy who lives his life to fulfill promises, real and hypothetical. Angie: A girl with secrets she can only express through poetry. Brenda: An actress and

Review by Leydy DREAM THINGS TRUEby Marie MarquardtHardcover: 352 pagesPublisher: St. Martin's Griffin (September 1, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon Evan and Alma have spent fifteen years living in the same town, connected in a dozen different ways but also living worlds apart -- until the day he jumps into her dad's truck and slams on the brakes. The nephew of a senator, Evan

Review by Leydy ONEby Sarah CrossanHardcover: 400 pagesPublisher: Greenwillow Books (September 15, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon Tippi and Grace share everything—clothes, friends . . . even their body. Writing in free verse, Sarah Crossan tells the sensitive and moving story of conjoined twin sisters, which will find fans in readers of Gayle Forman, Jodi Picoult, and Jandy Nelson.

Review by Leydy A STEP TOWARD FALLINGby Cammie McGovernHardcover: 368 pagesPublisher: HarperTeen (October 6, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon Cammie McGovern follows up her breakout young adult debut, Say What You Will, with this powerful and unforgettable novel about learning from your mistakes, and learning to forgive. Told in alternating points of view, A Step Toward Falling is a

Review by Sara THE CREEPING by Alexandra SirowyAge Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and upHardcover: 400 pagesPublisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (August 18, 2015)Goodreads | Amazon  Romance, friendship, and dark, bone-chilling fear fill the pages of this summertime thriller in the spirit of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Twelve years ago Stella and Jeanie

Review by Krista The Secrets of Lake Road by Karen Katchur Hardcover, 320 pages Published August 4th 2015 by Thomas Dunne Books   Goodreads | Amazon A haunting story about the destructive power of secrets, this accomplished and gripping suspenseful women's fiction debut is perfect for fans of Lisa Scottoline and Heather GudenkaufJo has been hiding the truth about her role in her high

Review by Rachel TRULY MADLY FAMOUSLYby Rebecca SerleAge Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and upSeries: Famous in Love (Book 2)Hardcover: 320 pagesPublisher: Poppy (October 13, 2015)Goodreads | Amazon Lights, camera, love! After being plucked from obscurity, Hollywood's newest It Girl, Paige Townsen, has a blockbuster film to her name and Rainer Devon on her arm. But being half of the

Review by Paola FIRST & THENby Emma MillsHardcover: 272 pagesPublisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) (October 13, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon Devon Tennyson wouldn't change a thing. She's happy silently crushing on best friend Cas, and blissfully ignoring the future after high school. But the universe has other plans. It delivers Devon's cousin Foster, an unrepentant social outlier

Review by Sara I Crawl Through It by A.S. KingHardcover: 336 pagesPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (September 22, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon Four teenagers are on the verge of exploding. The anxieties they face at every turn have nearly pushed them to the point of surrender: senseless high-stakes testing, the lingering damage of past trauma, the buried grief

Review by Krista What We Knew by Barbara Stewart Hardcover, 256 pages Published July 14th 2015 by St. Martin's Griffin Goodreads | Amazon    When a local myth starts to seem like a dangerous reality, two girls are set on a path that could change their lives forever"When I was little, I imagined a monster: Scaly hands. Pits for eyes..."When Tracy and her best friend, Lisa, were kids, stories

Review by Leydy  WHAT WE SAWby Aaron HartzlerHardcover: 336 pagesPublisher: HarperTeen (September 22, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon The party at John Doone's last Saturday night is a bit of a blur. Kate Weston can piece together most of the details: Stacey Stallard handing her shots, Ben Cody taking her keys and getting her home early. . . . But when a picture of Stacey passed out

From Becca... The Boy Most Likely To by Huntley Fitzpatrick Hardcover: 432 pages  Publisher: Dial Books (August 18th, 2015) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon A surprising, utterly romantic companion to My Life Next Door—great for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han Tim Mason was The Boy Most Likely To find the liquor cabinet blindfolded, need a liver transplant, and drive his car into a

Review by Leydy (Once Upon a Twilight) TONIGHT THE STREETS ARE OURSby Leila SalesAge Range: 12 - 18 yearsHardcover: 352 pagesPublisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (September 15, 2015)Goodreads | Amazon Recklessly loyal. That's how seventeen-year-old Arden Huntley has always thought of herself. Taking care of her loved ones is what gives Arden purpose in her life and makes her feel like

Review by Sara SIX IMPOSSIBLE THINGSby Fiona WoodAge Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and upHardcover: 304 pagesPublisher: Poppy (August 11, 2015)Goodreads | Amazon 1. Kiss Estelle. 2. Get a job. 3. Cheer my mother up. 4. Try not to be a complete nerd/loser. 5. Talk to my father when he calls. 6. Figure out how to be good. Nerd-boy Dan Cereill is not quite coping with a whole heap of problems

by Paola DUMPLIN by Julie MurphyHardcover: 384 pagesPublisher: Balzer + Bray (September 15, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon Dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom, Willowdean has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American-beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always

Review by Sara JOYRIDE by Anna Banks Age Range: 12 - 18 years Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Feiwel & Friends (June 2, 2015) Goodreads | Amazon Who says opposites don't attract? It's been several years since Carly Vega's parents were deported. Carly lives with her older brother, studies hard, and works the graveyard shift at a convenience store to earn enough to bring her parents back from

Reviewed by Krista Because You'll Never Meet Me by Leah Thomas Hardcover: 352 pagesPublisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens (June 2, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon In a stunning literary debut, two boys on opposite ends of the world begin an unlikely friendship that will change their lives forever.Ollie and Moritz are best friends, but they can never meet. Ollie is allergic to