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“Riveting” (Booklist starred review): When their middle school bans phones, Frost and his friends start communicating with sticky notes instead — but the new system soon turns into an all-out war. “Kids, and the rest of the world, need more books like this one” (Kirkus Reviews).

New York Times bestselling author Kimberly McCreight raises the stakes in the second book of the heart-pounding Outliers trilogy, a…

Alison Lamont travels from the Highlands to Edinburgh to find a man to marry. Despite her aunt’s wishes, she falls for a boatbuilder by the name of Willie Kemp. But there’s something the strange and alluring man isn’t telling her…

This 2018 Printz Award winner is “gorgeously written” (The New York Times Book Review): Months after fleeing home, Marin is forced to face the tragedy, loneliness, and pain she tried to run from. “A captivating depiction of loss… Raw and beautiful” (Booklist).

Magic awakens. Darkness stirs. The Wraith Lord hunts. The war raging in the South seems a remote danger for seventeen-year-old…

Twelve-year-old Denny is determined to compete in an upcoming spelling bee — and he can’t let public knowledge of his mother’s death keep him from participating… A chilling and “original” tale (Bram Stoker Award–winning author Jack Ketchum).

Isis Blake hasn’t fallen in love in three years, forty-three weeks, and two days. Or so she thinks. The boy…

With over 8,800 five-star Goodreads ratings! Alosa is on the hunt for a treasure map. In order to search an enemy ship, she lets herself get captured — but will feelings for her charming captor ruin the mission? A “funny, fast-paced, and romance-dashed nautical fantasy… Not to be missed” (Publishers Weekly).

In a world where dreams are real, nightmares reign.“A Self-Published Young Adult Novel That Needs To Be On Your Radar.”…

From a New York Times bestselling author comes this shocking, heartbreaking novel: Popular girl Dakota has a traumatic experience on prom night. She tries to keep her secret buried deep — but her life is forever changed…