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The sun and the starmaker

Griffin, Rachel, 1985-,


Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, Aurora Finch lives in Reverie, a small village that lies in the snowy mountains of the Lost Range, far beyond the reach of the Sun, and she has grown up listening to the legends of the Starmaker, who travels across a vast glacier each day and pulls in sunlight over the peaks. Aurora is expected to marry a village boy to secure a better future for her family, but on the morning of her wedding, she crosses paths with the Starmaker, who realizes she possesses powerful magical gifts and declares she is fated to take his place and become the next Starmaker. She travels to the Starmaker's ice-covered castle, where she begins honing her magic, and while the Starmaker is initially cold and distant, his frosty demeanor slowly starts to thaw and Aurora can't help but feel drawn to him. But things get even more complicated as a dangerous frost threatens Reverie, and Aurora soon finds herself in a race against the clock to save her home.
Date Published:2026

Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, Aurora Finch lives in Reverie, a small village that lies in the snowy mountains of the Lost Range, far beyond the reach of the Sun, and she has grown up listening to the legends of the Starmaker, who travels across a vast glacier each day and pulls in sunlight over the peaks. Aurora is expected to marry a village boy to secure a better future for her family, but on the morning of her wedding, she crosses paths with the Starmaker, who realizes she possesses powerful magical gifts and declares she is fated to take his place and become the next Starmaker. She travels to the Starmaker's ice-covered castle, where she begins honing her magic, and while the Starmaker is initially cold and distant, his frosty demeanor slowly starts to thaw and Aurora can't help but feel drawn to him. But things get even more complicated as a dangerous frost threatens Reverie, and Aurora soon finds herself in a race against the clock to save her home.

Date Published:2026

Hyo the hellmaker

Ghosh, Mina Ikemoto,


"An illustrated novel"--Cover. Includes some parallel text in Japanese. Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Hyo is a hellmaker--for a price, she can inflict punishment on one's enemies by creating personalized hells for them. After her village is attacked, she and her brother flee to Onogoro, where the gods live among humans. Besides earning a living as a hellmaker, Hyo is curse-bound to investigate all acts of murder she encounters. She soon learns that many deaths on the island are suspicious, and she and her brother's lives are in danger when she uncovers a plot orchestrated by the gods.
Date Published:2025

"An illustrated novel"--Cover. Includes some parallel text in Japanese. Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Hyo is a hellmaker--for a price, she can inflict punishment on one's enemies by creating personalized hells for them. After her village is attacked, she and her brother flee to Onogoro, where the gods live among humans. Besides earning a living as a hellmaker, Hyo is curse-bound to investigate all acts of murder she encounters. She soon learns that many deaths on the island are suspicious, and she and her brother's lives are in danger when she uncovers a plot orchestrated by the gods.

Date Published:2025

The house no one sees

King, Adina,


Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, When seventeen-year-old Penelope enters her childhood home, the house floods her with painful memories of her mother's opioid addiction that she must confront to mend her fractured past.
Date Published:2025

Holy terrors

Owen, Margaret,


Kirkus Reviews Starred, School Library Journal Starred, After the Wild Hunt, Vanja Ros left everything behind, including her love Emeric, to become the Pfennigeist, exacting punishment on those who think they are above the law. As her reputation grows, more royals begin dying with her red penny in their mouths and Vanja is forced to return and face Emeric once more, to discover who is at the heart of the attacks.
Date Published:2025

Kirkus Reviews Starred, School Library Journal Starred, After the Wild Hunt, Vanja Ros left everything behind, including her love Emeric, to become the Pfennigeist, exacting punishment on those who think they are above the law. As her reputation grows, more royals begin dying with her red penny in their mouths and Vanja is forced to return and face Emeric once more, to discover who is at the heart of the attacks.

Date Published:2025

His mortal demise

Le, Vanessa, 1999-,


Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, School Library Journal Starred, With Nhika shot and barely clinging to life, Kochin keeps her in a life-preserving casket and travels to the island of Yarong, home of the first heartsooth to seek a way to revive her. Six months later Nhika wakes in Congmi Manor with little memory of what happened to her and retraces the missing Kochin's steps, eventually discovering the price he paid to restore her life.
Date Published:2025

Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, School Library Journal Starred, With Nhika shot and barely clinging to life, Kochin keeps her in a life-preserving casket and travels to the island of Yarong, home of the first heartsooth to seek a way to revive her. Six months later Nhika wakes in Congmi Manor with little memory of what happened to her and retraces the missing Kochin's steps, eventually discovering the price he paid to restore her life.

Date Published:2025

The girl you know

Rose, Elle Gonzalez,


Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Convinced her sister's death was no accident, Luna goes undercover at the elite Kingswood Academy disguised as her twin sister Solina in order to find out what really happened to her twin. Doing so puts her in contact with Solina's alluring roommate, Claudia, but also brings shady figures out of the woodwork who know secrets about her sister--and her activities--Luna would never have guessed, leading her to the conclusion that someone at the Academy was wiling to kill to prevent Solina from returning.
Date Published:2025

Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Convinced her sister's death was no accident, Luna goes undercover at the elite Kingswood Academy disguised as her twin sister Solina in order to find out what really happened to her twin. Doing so puts her in contact with Solina's alluring roommate, Claudia, but also brings shady figures out of the woodwork who know secrets about her sister--and her activities--Luna would never have guessed, leading her to the conclusion that someone at the Academy was wiling to kill to prevent Solina from returning.

Date Published:2025

Everything is poison

McCullough, Joy,


Booklist, Horn Book Guide Starred, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal Starred, Sixteen-year-old Carmela Tofana finally gains access to her mother's apothecary in early seventeenth-century Rome, where she discovers that alongside healing remedies are dangerous potions that can change women's lives.
Date Published:2025

Defying China : a memoir

Dolma, Tsultrim,


Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Chronicles the life of Tsultrim Dolma, who became an activist for the Tibetan independence movement when she was a teenager, and details her early life, her work as an activist, and her imprisonment in Gutsa Detention Center, known for its brutal treatment of political prisoners like Dolma. Highlights the Chinese government's violent crackdown on Buddhists' religious freedom in Tibet, and explores how Dolma felt trapped by the misogyny that defines Tibetan society and became determined to forge her own path. Describes her escape to the United States.
Date Published:2026

Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Chronicles the life of Tsultrim Dolma, who became an activist for the Tibetan independence movement when she was a teenager, and details her early life, her work as an activist, and her imprisonment in Gutsa Detention Center, known for its brutal treatment of political prisoners like Dolma. Highlights the Chinese government's violent crackdown on Buddhists' religious freedom in Tibet, and explores how Dolma felt trapped by the misogyny that defines Tibetan society and became determined to forge her own path. Describes her escape to the United States.

Date Published:2026

Defying China : a memoir

Dolma, Tsultrim,


Previously released in different form by Listening Library. Provides a memoir of author Tsultrim Dolma's experiences surviving childhood marriage only to be tortured and imprisoned by the Chinese government for participating in the Tibetan independence movement. Growing up in a tiny village in Tibet and escaping predestined marriage at the age of fourteen to join a Buddhist monastery, Dolma survives rape and torture at the hands of officials working in the Gutsa Detention Center. After her release, she manages to escape and makes her way through various refugee camps to the United States. Through her story she calls attention to others like her who dare to speak out against the People's Republic of China.
Date Published:2026

Previously released in different form by Listening Library. Provides a memoir of author Tsultrim Dolma's experiences surviving childhood marriage only to be tortured and imprisoned by the Chinese government for participating in the Tibetan independence movement. Growing up in a tiny village in Tibet and escaping predestined marriage at the age of fourteen to join a Buddhist monastery, Dolma survives rape and torture at the hands of officials working in the Gutsa Detention Center. After her release, she manages to escape and makes her way through various refugee camps to the United States. Through her story she calls attention to others like her who dare to speak out against the People's Republic of China.

Date Published:2026

The darkness greeted her

Ferko, Christina,


Previously released in different form by Sourcebooks. Penny's abusive father is dead but she still hears him in her head telling her to hurt someone. She spends the summer at Camp Whitewood, a therapy retreat in the woods where she can get control of her OCD. However, soon she begins having hallucinations related to her father and sees a figure she calls the Shadow Man. Then girls begin to go missing and bodies pile up. It appears something is stalking the girls and feeding on their fears. If Penny and the remaining girls want to survive, they must stop the Shadow Man from using their traumas against them.
Date Published:2026

Previously released in different form by Sourcebooks. Penny's abusive father is dead but she still hears him in her head telling her to hurt someone. She spends the summer at Camp Whitewood, a therapy retreat in the woods where she can get control of her OCD. However, soon she begins having hallucinations related to her father and sees a figure she calls the Shadow Man. Then girls begin to go missing and bodies pile up. It appears something is stalking the girls and feeding on their fears. If Penny and the remaining girls want to survive, they must stop the Shadow Man from using their traumas against them.

Date Published:2026

Breath of the dragon

Lee, Shannon, 1969-,


Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Ten years ago, when Jun Li was six, he and his father Li Hon, a martial arts teacher, were banished from their East Longhan home for practicing martial arts illegally. In that region, only those who are breathmarked with a patch of scales and a special ability--like Jun Li's twin Sai--are allowed to train in the martial arts. Now living in West Longhan, Jun trains daily and dreams of fighting in the Guardian's Tournament, to win back the chance for his family to be reunited. Against his father's wishes, he stows away in the wagon of traveling performers and enters the tournament. As he participates, he gradually understands what it will mean to win and become the Guardian of the Scroll of Heaven and what is at stake in the kingdom if he does not succeed.
Date Published:2025

Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Ten years ago, when Jun Li was six, he and his father Li Hon, a martial arts teacher, were banished from their East Longhan home for practicing martial arts illegally. In that region, only those who are breathmarked with a patch of scales and a special ability--like Jun Li's twin Sai--are allowed to train in the martial arts. Now living in West Longhan, Jun trains daily and dreams of fighting in the Guardian's Tournament, to win back the chance for his family to be reunited. Against his father's wishes, he stows away in the wagon of traveling performers and enters the tournament. As he participates, he gradually understands what it will mean to win and become the Guardian of the Scroll of Heaven and what is at stake in the kingdom if he does not succeed.

Date Published:2025

Wings of fire : Winter turning : the graphic novel

Sutherland, Tui, 1978-,


"Daring mission... or deadly mistake? Winter has been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family his whole life. When his sister, Icicle, runs away from Jade Mountain Academy, fleeing terrible crimes and possibly planning to commit more, Winter knows that they both need a second chance to make things right -- if only he can find her. Winter's new clawmates, Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou, won't let him make this dangerous journey alone. They don't seem to understand that IceWings, the most superior of all dragon tribes, can fix their own problems. When their search leads the dragonets straight into Queen Scarlet's vicious talons, Winter is grateful to have some help. But even the bravest dragons can't follow him to the Ice Kingdom, where he'll have to face the greatest threat of all: his own family"--
Date Published:2023

"Daring mission... or deadly mistake? Winter has been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family his whole life. When his sister, Icicle, runs away from Jade Mountain Academy, fleeing terrible crimes and possibly planning to commit more, Winter knows that they both need a second chance to make things right -- if only he can find her. Winter's new clawmates, Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou, won't let him make this dangerous journey alone. They don't seem to understand that IceWings, the most superior of all dragon tribes, can fix their own problems. When their search leads the dragonets straight into Queen Scarlet's vicious talons, Winter is grateful to have some help. But even the bravest dragons can't follow him to the Ice Kingdom, where he'll have to face the greatest threat of all: his own family"--

Date Published:2023

Talons of power : the graphic novel

Sutherland, Tui T., 1978-


"Graphix." Now that Darkstalker, the sinister and impossibly old dragon from Pyrrhia's most notorious legends, has returned, Turtle knows his own role is simple: hide. The other dragons think Darkstalker is fascinating. Turtle isn't so sure. The more he watches Darkstalker from the shadows, the more Turtle knows that someone needs to stop the powerful dragon. In graphic novel format.
Date Published:2026

Escaping peril : the graphic novel

Sutherland, Tui, 1978-,


"Graphix." Peril has been loyal to Queen Scarlet, who used her fatal firescales to kill countless dragons in the SkyWing arena. Now, Peril is loyal to Clay, the only dragonet who has ever been her friend. So when Scarlet threatens Jade Mountain Academy, Peril sets off to find her former queen, stop her, and save the day, no matter what it takes. In graphic novel format.
Date Published:2025

Throw like a girl

Henning, Sarah,


"Poppy." Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, High school softball player Liv Rodinsky is suspended from her private school after she punches an opposing player. Hoping to make the team at the local public school, which also happens to be the team of the girl she punched, she takes an offer to stand in for the injured star quarterback of the high school football team, hoping it will guarantee her a spot on the softball team in the spring. She falls for the injured quarterback Grey, as she tries to win over members of both the football and softball teams.
Date Published:2021

"Poppy." Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, High school softball player Liv Rodinsky is suspended from her private school after she punches an opposing player. Hoping to make the team at the local public school, which also happens to be the team of the girl she punched, she takes an offer to stand in for the injured star quarterback of the high school football team, hoping it will guarantee her a spot on the softball team in the spring. She falls for the injured quarterback Grey, as she tries to win over members of both the football and softball teams.

Date Published:2021

The sword of summer

Riordan, Rick,


Horn Book Guide, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Voice of Youth Advocates, Magnus Chase, a homeless boy living in Boston, finds out he is the son of a Norse god.
Date Published:2015

The swan's daughter : a possibly doomed love story

Chokshi, Roshani,


Pub Weekly, October 2025. Booklist, November 2025. School Library Journal starred, January 2026. Eighteen-year-old Prince Arris hopes to escape the cursed fate of his predecessors, each of whom dies shortly after marriage, so he strikes a deal with Demelza, a seventeen-year-old veritas swan maiden who can separate truth from lies.
Date Published:2026

A queen's game

McGee, Katharine,


Booklist, Kirkus Review, School Library Journal, In Victorian Europe, the lives of three princesses are about to change forever as they struggle to find love.
Date Published:2024

The outsiders

Hinton, S. E.,


"Contains never-before-seen photos, letters, and more!"--Jacket cover. Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Publishers Weekly, The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.
Date Published:2017

The one and only Ruby

Applegate, Katherine,


Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories both happy and sad of her life before the circus, and she recounts the time she spent in the African savannah to Ivan and Bob.
Date Published:2023