So this is more my favorites that any books that have been requested by kids who come into the library. A list of my favorite books that I read this year, it wasn't as many as I'd hoped but I'm SUPER sleepy all the time!
They killed my mother.
They took our magic.
They tried to bury us.
Now we rise.
Zélie
Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners
ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother
summoned forth souls.
But everything changed the night magic
disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed,
leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope.
Now
Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the
monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and
outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good.
Danger
lurks in Orïsha, where snow leoponaires prowl and vengeful spirits wait
in the waters. Yet the greatest danger may be Zélie herself as she
struggles to control her powers and her growing feelings for an enemy.
Jane McKeene was born
two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg
and Chancellorsville—derailing the War Between the States and changing
America forever. In this new nation, safety for all depends on the work
of a few, and laws like the Native and Negro Reeducation Act require
certain children attend combat schools to learn to put down the dead.
But there are also opportunities—and Jane is studying to become an
Attendant, trained in both weaponry and etiquette to protect the
well-to-do. It’s a chance for a better life for Negro girls like Jane.
After all, not even being the daughter of a wealthy white Southern woman
could save her from society’s expectations.
But that’s not a
life Jane wants. Almost finished with her education at Miss Preston’s
School of Combat in Baltimore, Jane is set on returning to her Kentucky
home and doesn’t pay much mind to the politics of the eastern cities,
with their talk of returning America to the glory of its days before the
dead rose. But when families around Baltimore County begin to go
missing, Jane is caught in the middle of a conspiracy, one that finds
her in a desperate fight for her life against some powerful enemies. And
the restless dead, it would seem, are the least of her problems.
Careful--you are
holding fresh ink. And not hot-off-the-press, still-drying-in-your-hands
ink. Instead, you are holding twelve stories with endings that are
still being written--whose next chapters are up to you.
Because these stories are meant to be read. And shared.
Thirteen
of the most accomplished YA authors deliver a label-defying anthology
that includes ten short stories, a graphic novel, and a one-act play.
This collection will inspire you to break conventions, bend the rules,
and color outside the lines. All you need is fresh ink.
Emika Chen barely made
it out of the Warcross Championships alive. Now that she knows the truth
behind Hideo's new NeuroLink algorithm, she can no longer trust the one
person she's always looked up to, who she once thought was on her side.
Determined
to put a stop to Hideo's grim plans, Emika and the Phoenix Riders band
together, only to find a new threat lurking on the neon-lit streets of
Tokyo. Someone's put a bounty on Emika's head, and her sole chance for
survival lies with Zero and the Blackcoats, his ruthless crew. But Emika
soon learns that Zero isn't all that he seems--and his protection comes
at a price.
Caught in a web of betrayal, with the future of free will at risk, just how far will Emika go to take down the man she loves?
8 Hours and 5 Minutes
There are three kinds of people in my world:
1.
Saints, those special people moving the world forward. Sometimes you
glaze over them. Or, at least, I do. They’re in your face so much, you
can’t see them, like how you can’t see your nose.
2. Misfits,
people who don’t belong. Like me—the way I don’t fit into Dad’s
brand-new family or in the leftover one composed of Mom and my older
brother, Mama’s-Boy-Muhammad.
Also, there’s Jeremy and me.
Misfits. Because although, alliteratively speaking, Janna and Jeremy
sound good together, we don’t go together. Same planet, different
worlds.
But sometimes worlds collide and beautiful things happen, right?
3. Monsters. Well, monsters wearing saint masks, like in Flannery O’Connor’s stories.
Like the monster at my mosque.
People think he’s holy, untouchable, but nobody has seen under the mask.
Except me.
A remarkable story about
the power of choosing tolerance from one of the most important voices
in contemporary Muslim literature, critically acclaimed author Randa
Abdel-Fattah. Michael usually concerns himself with basketball and
hanging out with his friends, but every once in a while, his parents
drag him to meetings and rallies with their anti-immigrant group. And it
all makes sense to Michael. Until Mina, a beautiful girl from the other
side of the protest lines, shows up at his school, and turns out to be
funny, smart -- and a Muslim refugee from Afghanistan. Suddenly, his
parents' politics seem much more complicated. Mina has already had a
long and arduous journey leaving behind her besieged home in
Afghanistan, and the frigid welcome at her new school is daunting. She
just wants to settle in and help her parents get their restaurant up and
running. But nothing about her new community will be that easy. As
tensions increase, lines are drawn. Michael has to decide where he
stands. Mina has to protect herself and her family. Both have to choose
what they want their world to look like.
Alice had her whole
summer planned. Non-stop all-you-can-eat buffets while marathoning her
favorite TV shows (best friends totally included) with the smallest dash
of adulting--working at the library to pay her share of the rent. The
only thing missing from her perfect plan? Her girlfriend (who ended
things when Alice confessed she's asexual). Alice is done with
dating--no thank you, do not pass go, stick a fork in her, done.
But
then Alice meets Takumi and she can’t stop thinking about him or the
rom com-grade romance feels she did not ask for (uncertainty,
butterflies, and swoons, oh my!).
When her blissful summer takes
an unexpected turn, and Takumi becomes her knight with a shiny library
employee badge (close enough), Alice has to decide if she’s willing to
risk their friendship for a love that might not be reciprocated—or
understood.