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Be prepared by Vera Brosgol
In Be Prepared, all Vera wants to do is fit in―but that’s not easy for a Russian girl in the suburbs. Her friends live in fancy houses and their parents can afford to send them to the best summer camps. Vera’s single mother can’t afford that sort of luxury, but there’s one summer camp in her…
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An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship–like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor–April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day April wakes up to…
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Legendary by Stephanie Garber
A heart to protect. A debt to repay. A game to win. After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister, Scarlett, from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but Tella isn’t yet free. She made a desperate bargain with…
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Check, Please!: #Hockey, Vol. 1 By Ngozi Ukazu
This graphic novel was originally a webcomic created by Ngozi Ukazu that later got picked up and published by 01First Second at Macmillan. This is the story of Eric Bittle (Bitty) — former junior figure skating champion, vlogger, pie baking freshman who is part of Samwell University’s hockey team. Starting university our gay protagonist makes…
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Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
Best-selling author Rick Riordan introduces this adventure by Roshani Chokshi about twelve-year-old Aru Shah, who has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While her classmates are jetting off to family vacations in exotic locales, she’ll be spending her autumn break at home, in the Museum of Ancient Indian…
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Using Books for Your D&D Game | Map of Days by Ransom Riggs
Somehow Dungeons and Dragons is no longer seen as a nerdy game by the mainstream media…and it is fantastic. While playing as a character in a make believe world might be exciting, being the Dungeon Master (DM) is way more fulfilling. You see, as a DM you are essentially the god of the world, in…
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The Last Life of Prince Alastor by Alexandra Bracken
“The Last Life of Prince Alastor” is the sequel to the spooky middle-grade book, The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding that conquers the ideas of what makes a family through fun halloweeny setting. Alexandra Bracken, author of the New York Times Best Selling series “The Darkest Minds”, creates a fun little story with a Salem…