Farish, Terry
Summary: "In a world beset by anger and fear, what does it mean to protect one's home and family? Olive and Gabe -- her older brother's best friend -- are deeply in love. They want nothing more than to make a home and family together, especially after the overdose death of Olive's brother, Chris. It won't be easy. Gabe works three jobs, and Olive still needs to finish high school, but their future...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC FARBowles, David (David O.)
Summary: "A brilliant steampunk reimagining of Frankenstein set in colonial Mexico. In the Republic of Santander, non-Christian magic is frowned upon, if not outright prohibited. But when Cristina Franco, an apprentice shaman, is killed by witch owls, her brother Enrique cannot let her go. With forbidden alchemy and engineering, Enrique brings her back to life: part human, part machine. Though her very...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 CLOTorres Sanchez, Jenny
Summary: "La travesía llena de peligros, resiliencia, dolor y esperanza de tres adolescentes guatemaltecos que cruzan la frontera entre México y Estado Unidos. En este impresionante retrato de tres vidas injustamente destrozadas, basado en hechos reales, Jenny Torres Sanchez resalta el sacrificio de los migrantes en la frontera sur a través de una narración vívida y conmovedora."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC 2021
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 SPANISH SANSepetys, Ruta
Summary: Racing to freedom with thousands of other refugees as Russian forces close in on their homes in East Prussia, Joana, Emilia, and Florian meet aboard the doomed Wilhelm Gustloff and are forced to trust each other in order to survive.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC SEPShukairy, Ream
Summary: Khadija Shami is a Syrian American high school senior raised on boxing and football. Saddled with a monstrous ego and a fierce mother to test it, she dreams of escaping her sheltered life to travel the world with her best friend. Leene Tahir is a Syrian refugee, doing her best to adjust to the wildly unfamiliar society of a suburban Detroit high school while battling panic attacks and family...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SHULu, Marie
Summary: Mara has fallen to the Karensa Federation's tyranny. Its destruction has unleashed Talin's worst nightmare: her friends are scattered; her mother held captive by the Premier; and she was forced to betray her fellow Strikers. Now she is the Federation's most deadly war machine: a Skyhunter. The link between Red and Talin may be weak, but it could be the only hope to salvage their past and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LUTorres Sanchez, Jenny
Summary: Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Pequeña has her pride. And these three teens have one another. But, none of them have illusions about the town they've grown up in and the dangers that surround them. Even with the love of family, threats lurk around every corner. And when those threats become all too real, the trio knows they have no choice but to run: from their country, from their...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2020
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TORCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TORDaniels, Sarah
Summary: "Welcome to the Arcadia. Once a luxurious cruise ship, it became a refugee camp after being driven from Europe by an apocalyptic war. Now it floats near the coastline of the Federated States--a leftover piece of a fractured USA. For forty years, residents of the Arcadia have been prohibited from making landfall. It is a world of extreme haves and have-nots, gangs and make-shift shelters. Esther...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DANFerrari, Meghan
Summary: "In the middle of an international conflict between the Syrian Army and Rebels, and after witnessing the tragedy of war and the indignities of a refugee camp, Elias finds himself an immigrant in North America where he comes face to face with culture shock, racism, and bullying."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Red Deer Press 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FERFranklin, Madeline Claire
Summary: "After being placed in foster care, Rhi is hungry for a fresh start and begins working at the Happy Valley Wildlife Preserve. While in the woods, she stumbles upon a surreal sight: a pack of wolves guarding four feral and majestic girls. After Rhi gains their trust, they reveal that they're princesses from another land, raised by a magical prophet they call Mother--and they're convinced Rhi is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Zando Young Readers 2024
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Budhos, Marina Tamar
Summary: After her mom is taken by ICE, seventeen-year-old Rania's hopes and dreams for the future are immediatly put on hold as she figures out how take care of her younger brother and survive in a country that seems to be closing around them.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2022
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC BUDPaulsen, Gary.
Summary: A fourteen-year-old Eskimo boy who feels at odds with aspects of modern life takes a 1400-mile journey by dog sled across ice, tundra, and mountains seeking his own "song" of himself.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bradbury Press 1985
Copies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PAUCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PAUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PAUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC PAUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Paulsen 1985Sepetys, Ruta
Summary: "As World War II draws to a close, refugees try to escape the war's final dangers, only to find themselves aboard a ship with a target on its hull"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2016
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Hunter, Erin
Summary: Sent on a journey that could change the fate of all of the warrior clans, Hawkpaw is given the warrior name of Hawkwing. As deputy of SkyClan, he must find the kin of Firestar, the cat who once brought their clan back from obscurity.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC HUNCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION HUNWilliams, Brittany N.
Summary: Magical metal-worker Joan Sands must navigate court intrigue and escape the fae queen's control as she strives to release her grandfather from royal prisons, grapple with a city plagued by fae attacks, and fulfill her destiny as Ogun's only child to reforge the pact between humanity and the fae.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC WILCartaya, Pablo
Summary: "Funny and poignant, The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora is the vibrant story of a family, a striking portrait of a town, and one boy's quest to save both, perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia."--Amazon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Children's Books 2017
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC CARStead, Rebecca.
Summary: As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2009
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC STECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC STECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC STEElfgren, Sara B.
Summary: "Eighteen-year-old Kasper has gone through a rough time, but now he has landed his dream job at the amusement park Gröna Lund. He befriends Iris who teaches him how to terrify guests in the haunted house. Thirty years earlier, in Stockholm of the eighties, sixteen-year-old Håkan's life changes when he meets Grim. They live and breathe music and have big plans for their death metal band. But it...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arctis 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ELFMelchior-Durand, Stéphane
Summary: In this graphic novel adaptation, the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MELHoàng, Brandon
Summary: As one of only two Asian Americans in his school and often left out, Gary jumps at the chance of breaking into the school's popular clique by befriending the most beautiful girl in school, but as he comes closer to achieving his goal, Gary also risks losing the only person who sees the real him.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HOACho, Kat
Summary: After eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung, a nine-tailed fox surviving in modern-day Seoul by eating the souls of evil men, kills a murderous goblin to save Jihoon, she is forced to choose between her immortal life and his.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CHOZargarpur, Deeba
Summary: Struggling with her parent's divorce and her grandmother's dementia, fifteen-year-old Sarah Khan tries to distract herself in a home renovation project. She finds that the house is full of dark family secrets that give rise to ghostly apparitions. The plaster and stone hold secrets that have Sara clinging desperately to the memories of her old life-- secrets that she is powerless to ignore. And...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ZAROlder, Daniel José
Summary: Confronting the anarchistic marauders known as the Nihil, the Jedi Knights and their Padawans are put to the test, but soon discover that nothing is what it seems.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Lucasfilm Press 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC OLDFoxfield, Kathryn
Summary: "Five teens compete on a reality show set in a haunted cave. Lex Hazleton did not sign up for the paranormal reality show It's Behind You to make friends. Nor is she interested in playing the role of supportive friend or comic relief the way manipulative producer Jackie suggests. She wants to be the star, and she wants to win. All she has to do in order to walk away with the $10,000 prize is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebook Fire 2023