Teens

A super cute foray into the world of teenagers and British Literature. The adventure, the feels, the stories...this book has a great balance of all 3 and the characters are well-rounded and realistic.

Many people who belong to the LGBTQ+ Community continue to have little to no education on the expectations, roles, and dangers they could face in life. The author addresses the lack of education by writing a book that provides people of the LGBTQ+ Community with an educational instruction manual to assist the members of the community in being themselves safely.

For fans of Laurie Halse Anderson's novel Speak, comes the graphic novel version. The main character is Melinda, throughout the story she uses art as a means of solace for her pain. Reading the story through another artist's interpretation helped me relate to the character's struggle even more and the impact of watching the scenes unfold made metaphors I didn't pick up in the novel version stick out even more.

Arthur & Ben have two varying opinions of the universe. When they cross paths at the post office, neither can get the other out of the other's mind. Arthur is moved to action by posting a flyer describing Ben. Will the universe bring them together again or was it simply a passing in the void?

Earth is going to be destroyed by an asteroid and only a select few of the population are chosen to preserve the cultures of the world by establishing colonies on a Goldilocks planet. The collective takes over in the pursuit of eliminating what they believe is the greatest issue with humanity...its culture. However, Petra is descendent of storytellers and she will not be silenced.

Every generation, seven families select a champion to compete in a tournament to the death for control of high magick, but this year is different. For fans of the Hunger Games, through rotating third-person narration, this morally gray story of ambition and survival adds drama through unexpected attractions and shifting alliances!

Cute story, fun characters, and hysterical banter make this book a quick and delightful read. I love enemies to friends to more trope and this book delivers in a way that is thoroughly entertaining and fun. The fact that it is set in Omaha, NE with an author from our neighbor city makes it even better!

If you liked The Hunger Games series, you'll be excited to enter the world of Panem again. Only this time, it's 64 years before Katniss volunteered as a tribute. Enter the infamous Coriolanus Snow's life, the morning of the reaping that will kick off the 10th annual Hunger Games. The odds are against him as he's a first-time mentor of a female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, he starts to feel for his doomed tribute and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.

After her mother's death, Bree enters an Early College program, despite still processing her grief. It's not long before she's pulled into a secret society, and is pushed by circumstance into dangerous tournaments. For fans of City of Bones and the Raven Boys, Legendborn puts a modern spin on Arthurian myth while exploring themes of power and heroism, challenging expectations, and racial prejudice. The cover art is gorgeous, and with that surprise ending, I cannot wait for the next book!

If you like mythology, strong female leads, and action, Lore is the book for you! Every seven years, there's a hunt called the Agon. The Agon offers mortal descendants of gods the opportunity to claim their divinity by killing any of nine immortals, who are made mortal for one night. Lore Perseous has avoided the Agon for years and turned her back on her Greek heritage after a rival killed her family to gain divine powers and immortality. But, as the next hunt dawns over present-day NYC, she's confronted with a difficult decision when she stumbles across a long-lost childhood friend and one of the last of the original gods, who is gravely wounded. Will she keep running from her past, or will she rejoin the hunt?