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May 6, 2023

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, by Jen Ferguson, read by Julie Lumsden, is a beautifully written story of a Métis girl the summer after high school ended, working in her uncles' naturally flavored ice cream shop and coming to terms with herself and her place in a racist world.

Happy Reading!

Contemporary

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

by Jen Ferguson
read by Julie Lumsden

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

by Sonora Reyes

Fantasy

The Stolen Heir

by Holly Black
read by Saskia Maarleveld

So This Is Ever After

by F. T. Lukens
read by Kevin R. Free

Historical

When the Angels Left the Old Country

by Sacha Lamb

Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
read by Lin Manuel Miranda

Paranormal

Sinister Booksellers of Bath

by Garth Nix

Bad Witch Burning

by Jessica Lewis

Science Fiction

All That's Left in the World

by Erik J. Brown
read by Barrett Leddy and Andrew Gibson

Dry

by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

All Teen Fiction Reviews

Clap When You Land

by Elizabeth Acevedo
performed by the author and Melania-Luisa Marte

With the Fire on High

by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Upside of Unrequited

by Becky Albertalli

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie

Peeled

by Joan Bauer

The Princess Plot

by Kirsten Boie
narrated by Polly Lee

Firekeeper's Daughter

by Angeline Boulley
read by Isabella Star LaBlanc

Beauty Queens

by Libba Bray

Ask Me No Questions

by Marina Budhos

The Edge of Anything

by Nora Shalaway Carpenter

Heist Society

by Ally Carter

The Plain Janes

by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg

Janes in Love

The End of the Line

by Angela Cerrito

Dying to Know You

by Aidan Chambers

Blackout

by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon
performed by Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Dion Graham, Imani Parks, Jordan Cobb, Shayna Small, A. J. Beckles, and Bahni Turpin

Peas and Carrots

by Tanita S. Davis

The London Eye Mystery

by Siobhan Dowd

November Blues

by Sharon M. Draper

Bunheads

by Sophie Flack

The Patron Saint of Butterflies

by Cecilia Galante

Let It Snow

by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle

Paper Towns

by John Green

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

by John Green
and David Levithan

The Fault in Our Stars

Turtles All the Way Down

This Is My Brain in Love

by I. W. Gregorio
read by Diane Doen and Zeno Robinson

Page by Paige

by Laura Lee Gulledge

Why We Broke Up

by Daniel Handler
art by Maira Kalman

Project Sweet Life

by Brent Hartinger

North of Beautiful

by Justine Chen Headley

Letters from Rapunzel

by Sara Lewis Holmes

We Are the Ants

by Shaun David Hutchinson

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

by Holly Jackson
read by Bailey Carr, Marisa Calin, and a full cast

Good Girl, Bad Blood

by Holly Jackson
performed by MacLeod Andrews and a full cast

As Good as Dead

by Holly Jackson
performed by Bailey Carr and a full cast

Grown

by Tiffany D. Jackson

You Should See Me in a Crown

by Leah Johnson
read by Alaska Jackson

Suite Scarlett

by Maureen Johnson

Truly Devious

The Vanishing Stair

The Hand on the Wall

The Breakup Bible

by Melissa Kantor

Darius the Great Is Not Okay

by Adib Khorram

Darius the Great Deserves Better

Everybody Sees the Ants

by A. S. King

The Bridge

by Bill Konigsberg

We Are Okay

by Nina LaCour
read by Joyeana Marie

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

by E. Lockhart

The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

by Maya MacGregor

We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire

by Joy McCullough
with illuminations by Maia Kobabe

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass

by Meg Medina

Furia

by Yamile Saied Méndez

When Dimple Met Rishi

by Sandhya Menon

Dairy Queen

by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
read by Natalie Moore

The Off Season

Front and Center

by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Everything Sad Is Untrue

by Daniel Nayeri

The Sky Is Everywhere

by Jandy Nelson

Even If We Break

by Marieke Nijkamp

Suspect

by Kristin Wolden Nitz

First Daughter:
Extreme American Makeover

by Mitali Perkins

Long Way Down

by Jason Reynolds

by Jason Reynolds
read by the author

Ain't Burned All the Bright

by Jason Reynolds
artwork by Jason Griffin
read by Jason Reynolds and a full cast

Eleanor & Park

by Rainbow Rowell
read by Rebecca Lowman and Sunil Malhotra

The Cardturner

by Louis Sachar

Endangered

by Eliot Schrefer

Perfect You

by Elizabeth Scott

Stealing Heaven

The Girls I've Been

by Tess Sharpe

We Used to Be Friends

by Amy Spalding

The Gravity of Us

by Phil Stamper
narrated by Michael Crouch

Jane Anonymous

by Laurie Faria Stolarz

Dear Justyce

by Nic Stone

Marcelo in the Real World

by Francisco X. Stork
read by Lincoln Hoppe

The Last Summer of the Death Warriors

by Francisco X. Stork

All My Rage

by Sabaa Tahir

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me

by Mariko Tamaki
and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell

Cold

by Mariko Tamaki
read by Katharine Chin and Raymond J. Lee

The Hate U Give

by Angie Thomas
performed by Bahni Turpin

On the Come Up

23 Minutes

by Vivian Vande Velde

Parrotfish

by Ellen Wittlinger

American Born Chinese

by Gene Luen Yang

Parachutes

by Kelly Yang

Frankly in Love

by David Yoon
read by Raymond J. Lee

Pride

by Ibi Zoboi

Punching the Air

by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
read by Ethan Herrise

The Wrath and the Dawn

by Renée Ahdieh

The Rose and the Dagger

Assassin's Heart

by Sarah Ahiers

Damsel

by Elana K. Arnold
performed by Elizabeth Knowelden

Piper

by Jay Asher & Jessica Freeburg
illustrated by Jeff Stokely

Wings

by E. D. Baker

The Looking Glass Wars

by Frank Beddor

Seeing Redd

Chime

by Franny Billingsley

White Cat

by Holly Black

by Holly Black
read by Jesse Eisenberg

Red Glove

Black Heart

Zombies vs. Unicorns

edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier

The Cruel Prince

The Wicked King

by Holly Black
read by Caitlin Kelly

The Queen of Nothing

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

by Holly Black
illustrated by Rovina Cai

Three Dark Crowns

by Kendare Blake

One Dark Throne

A Curse Dark as Gold

by Elizabeth C. Bunce

Star Crossed

Liar's Moon

A Phoenix First Must Burn

edited by Patrice Caldwell

Dragon's Keep

by Janet Lee Carey

The Girl of Fire and Thorns

by Rae Carson

The Crown of Embers

The Bitter Kingdom

Graceling

by Kristin Cashore

Fire

Bitterblue

Winterkeep

Beasts and Beauty
Dangerous Tales

by Soman Chainani
illustrated by Julia Iredale

A Shadow Bright and Burning

by Jessica Cluess
read by Fiona Hardingham

Mermaid Moon

by Susann Cokal

Legendborn

by Tracy Deonn

Stepsister

by Jennifer Donnelly

Poisoned

Vessel

by Sarah Beth Durst

The Blood Rose Rebellion

by Rosalyn Eves

The Last Dragonslayer

by Jasper Fforde

The Song of the Quarkbeast

The Eye of Zoltar

Princess of the Midnight Ball

by Jessica Day George

Princess of Glass

Princess of the Silver Woods

Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow

Silver in the Blood

The Dark Days Club

by Alison Goodman

Book of a Thousand Days Audiobook

by Shannon Hale
read by Chelsea Mixon and the Full Cast Family

Book of a Thousand Days

by Shannon Hale

Enna Burning

by Shannon Hale
read by Cynthia Bishop and the Full Cast Family

River Secrets

Forest Born

Princess Academy

by Shannon Hale
read by Laura Credidio and the Full Cast Family

Palace of Stone

The Forgotten Sisters

Rapunzel's Revenge

by Shannon and Dean Hale
illustrated by Nathan Hale

Calamity Jack

Rebel of the Sands

by Alwyn Hamilton

Violet Wings

by Victoria Hanley

The Lost Conspiracy

by Frances Hardinge

Seraphina

by Rachel Hartman

Shadow Scale

The Princess and the Hound

by Mette Ivie Harrison

The Girl from Everywhere

by Heidi Heilig

The Princess Will Save You

by Sarah Henning

Raybearer

by Jordan Ifueko
read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt

The Story of Owen
Dragon Slayer of Trondheim

by E. K. Johnston

Prairie Fire

A Curse So Dark and Lonely

by Brigid Kemmerer

A Heart So Fierce and Broken

The Order of Odd-Fish

by James Kennedy

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking

by T. Kingfisher
read by Patricia Santomasso

Grave Mercy

by Robin LaFevers

Dark Triumph

Mortal Heart

Courting Darkness

Igniting Darkness

Skulduggery Pleasant

by Derek Landy
performed by Rupert Degas

A Magic Steeped in Poison

by Judy I. Lin
read by Carolyn Kang

Year of the Reaper

by Makiia Lucier

Sword and Verse

by Kathy MacMillan

by Melina Marchetta

by Juliet Marillier

Cybele's Secret

Shadowfell

Raven Flight

The Caller

The Falconer

by Elizabeth May

The Hero and the Crown

by Robin McKinley

Chalice

Fire
Tales of Elemental Spirits

by Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson

Pegasus

Shadows

The Light-Bearer's Daughter

by O. R. Melling

A Corner of White

by Jaclyn Moriarty

Princess Ben

Wisdom's Kiss

The Keeper of the Mist

by Rachel Neumeier

Clariel

To Hold the Bridge

Goldenhand

Terciel & Elinor

Newt's Emerald

Firebirds Soaring

edited by Sharyn November

The Magic and the Healing

by Nick O'Donohoe

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

by Axie Oh
read by Rosa Escoda

The False Princess

by Ellis O'Neal

Little Thieves

by Margaret Owen
read by Saskia Maarleveld

West

by Edith Pattou

Rampant

by Diana Peterfreund

Ascendant

Silver Phoenix

by Cindy Pon

La Belle Sauvage

by Philip Pullman

My Fair Godmother

by Janette Rallison

Vespertine

by Margaret Rogerson

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Audiobook

by J. K. Rowling
performed by Jim Dale

The Rithmatist

by Brandon Sanderson

The Crown's Game

by Evelyn Skye

Once a Princess

by Sherwood Smith

Twice a Prince

A Stranger to Command

The Trouble with Kings

Hannah's Garden

by Midori Snyder

The Ring of Solomon

by Jonathan Stroud

Dreamdark
Blackbringer

by Laini Taylor

Dreamdark
Silksinger

Strange the Dreamer

by Laini Taylor
read by Steve West

Muse of Nightmares

Ruined

by Amy Tintera

Toads and Diamonds

by Heather Tomlinson

The Accidental Highwayman

by Ben Tripp
read by Steve West

The Thief audiobook

by Megan Whalen Turner

The Queen of Attolia audiobook

The King of Attolia

The King of Attolia Audiobook

by Megan Whalen Turner
performed by Jeff Woodman

A Conspiracy of Kings

by Megan Whalen Turner
narrated by Jeff Woodman

Thick as Thieves

by Megan Whalen Turner
performed by Steve West

Return of the Thief

Moira's Pen

by Megan Whalen Turner
illustrations by Deena So'Oteh

The Beast Player

by Nahoko Uehashi

The Guinevere Deception

by Kiersten White
read by Elizabeth Knowelden

The Camelot Betrayal

The Excalibur Curse

Thirteenth Child

by Patricia C. Wrede

Across the Great Barrier

The Mislaid Magician

by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer

The Seven Towers

Laika

by Nick Abadzis

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing
Traitor to the Nation
Volume I, The Pox Party

by M. T. Anderson
read by Peter Francis James

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing
Traitor to the Nation
Volume II, The Kingdom on the Waves

Love, Lies and Spies

by Cindy Anstey

Duels and Deception

All the Truth That's in Me

by Julie Berry

The Passion of Dolssa

Lovely War

The Light in Hidden Places

by Sharon Cameron

We Are Not Free

by Traci Chee

Dangerous Alliance

by Jennieke Cohen

A Brief History of Montmaray

by Michelle Cooper

The FitzOsbornes in Exile

The FitzOsbornes at War

Mare's War

The House of Dead Maids

by Clare B. Dunkle

Voices

by David Elliott

Maud

by Melanie J. Fishbane

Crossing Stones

by Helen Frost

Blood Red Horse

by K. M. Grant
Performed by Maggie Mash

They Went Left

by Monica Hesse
read by Caitlin Davies

Kira-Kira

by Cynthia Kadohata

Keeping the Castle

by Patrice Kindl

A School for Brides

Butterfly Yellow

by Thanhhà Lai

Hattie Big Sky

by Kirby Larson

The Joys of Love

by Madeleine L'Engle

Kingdom of Back

by Marie Lu

Blood Water Paint

by Joy McCullough

Miss Spitfire

by Sarah Miller

Kilmeny of the Orchard

by L. M. Montgomery

Chronicles of Avonlea

Further Chronicles of Avonlea

No Crystal Stair

by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Artwork by R. Gregory Christie

The City Beautiful

by Aden Polydoros

Dodger

by Terry Pratchett
read by Stephen Briggs

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Anna and the Swallow Man

by Gavriel Savit

Anahita's Woven Riddle

by Meghan Nuttall Sayres

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

by Gary D. Schmidt

Between Shades of Gray

by Ruta Sepetys

Salt to the Sea

The Fountains of Silence

by Ruta Sepetys
read by Maite Járegui

I Must Betray You

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare

What the Night Sings

by Vesper Stamper

A Cloud of Outrageous Blue

The Empty Kingdom

by Elizabeth E. Wein

Code Name Verity

by Elizabeth Wein

by Elizabeth Wein
read by Morven Christie and Lucy Gaskell

Rose Under Fire

Black Dove, White Raven

The Pearl Thief

Kent State

by Deborah Wiles

The Steep and Thorny Way

by Cat Winters

The Last Execution

by Jesper Wung-Sung

Boxers & Saints

The Shadow Hero

story by Gene Luen Yang
art by Sonny Liew

Red Hood

by Elana K. Arnold

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Within These Wicked Walls

by Lauren Blackwood
read by Nneka Okoye

Dreadnought

by April Daniels

The Body Finder

by Kimberly Derting

Desires of the Dead

Revolution

by Jennifer Donnelly
read by Emily Janice Card and Emma Bering

Enchanted Ivy

Ice

Drink, Slay, Love

Conjured

Chasing Power

Beastly

by Alex Flinn

A Kiss in Time

Kind of a Big Deal

My Lady Jane

by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
performed by Katherine Kellgren

My Plain Jane

My Calamity Jane

The Weight of Blood

Romancing the Dark in the City of Light

by Ann Jacobus

The Name of the Star

The Madness Underneath

Still Life With Tornado

Princess for Hire

by Lindsey Leavitt

Elatsoe

by Darcie Little Badger

A Snake Falls to Earth

Wicked Lovely

by Melissa Marr

Devil and the Bluebird

by Jennifer Mason-Black

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer

by Lish McBride

Necromancing the Stone

When the Moon Was Ours

by Anna-Marie McLemore

The Mirror Season

Lakelore

Far Far Away

by Tom McNeal

Twilight

by Stephenie Meyer

New Moon

Eclipse

Breaking Dawn

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

A Monster Calls

by Patrick Ness

Burn

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London

The Girl From the Sea

by Molly Knox Ostertag

The Astonishing Color of After

by Emily X. R. Pan

An Arrow to the Moon

by Emily X. R. Pan
read by Natalie Naudus, Shawn K. Jain, and David Shih

From Dust, a Flame

by Rebecca Podos

Bone Gap

by Laura Ruby

Gorgeous

by Paul Rudnick

This Savage Song

by Victoria Schwab

Midwinterblood

by Marcus Sedgwick

As You Wish

by Chelsea Sedoti

I Woke Up Dead at the Mall

by Judy Sheehan

The Scorpio Races

by Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven Boys

The Dream Thieves

Blue Lily, Lily Blue

The Raven King

Lips Touch: Three Times

by Laini Taylor
with illustrations by Jim Di Bartolo

Daughter of Smoke and Bone

Days of Blood and Starlight

Dreams of Gods and Monsters

Cemetery Boys

by Aiden Thomas

Thanks for the Trouble

by Tommy Wallach

Num8ers

by Rachel Ward

Impossible

by Nancy Werlin

Extraordinary

Unthinkable

Belzhar

by Meg Wolitzer
read by Jorjeana Marie

The Toll

by Neal Shusterman

Landscape with Invisible Hand

by M. T. Anderson

Candor

by Pam Bachorz

Ship Breaker

by Paolo Bacigalupi

The Drowned Cities

5 to 1

by Holly Bodger

Rook

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire

Mockingjay

William Shakespeare's Star Wars
Verily, a New Hope

by Ian Doescher

William Shakespeare's Star Wars
The Empire Striketh Back

The Jedi Doth Return

Brightly Burning

by Alexa Donne

The Stars We Steal

Games Wizards Play

by Diane Duane

The Sky Inside

Enchantress from the Stars

by Sylvia Louise Engdahl
performed by Jennifer Ikeda

Journey Between Worlds

by Sylvia Engdahl

Flight, Volume 4

Wolf by Wolf

by Ryan Graudin

Dangerous

The Adventures of Superhero Girl

by Faith Erin Hicks

Illuminae

by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

Gemina

Learning to Swear in America

by Katie Kennedy

How to Ditch Your Fairy

by Justine Larbalestier

Sweet

by Emmy Laybourne

Every Day

by David Levithan

Another Day

Son

by Lois Lowry
read by Bernadette Dunne

Cinder

by Marissa Meyer

Scarlet

Cress

Fairest

Winter

A Confusion of Princes

For Darkness Shows the Stars

Across a Star-Swept Sea

Life As We Knew It

by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Railhead

by Philip Reeve

Across the Universe

by Beth Revis

Titans

by Victoria Scott

Scythe

Thunderhead

Gunnerkrigg Court:
Volume One, Orientation

by Thomas Siddell

Metaltown

by Kristen Simmons

Spontaneous

by Aaron Starmer

The Arrival

by Shaun Tan

Tales from Outer Suburbia

Lost and Found

Dark Energy

by Robison Wells

Leviathan

by Scott Westerfeld
read by Alan Cumming

Behemoth

by Scott Westerfeld

Goliath

Specials

Ms Marvel, Volume 1
No Normal

by G. Willow Wilson
art by Adrian Alphona

The Eternal Smile