Booklists

Graceling Kristin Cashore

Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight - she's a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be able to live a life of privilege, but Graced as she is with killing, she is forced to work as the king's thug.

Call: KAS

 

6 of Crows Leigh Bardugo

Kaz a criminal prodigy in a bustling is offered an impossible job, but if he succeeds he'll be rich beyond his wildest dreams, but he can't do it alone so he has to recruit a team unlikely allies, none of which can be trusted.

Call: BAR

 

Divergent Veronica Roth

Society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). Every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For some like Beatrice this mean choosing between their families and who they really are.

 

 

Leviathan Scott Westerfeild

The year is 1914 and Europe is on the brink of World War 1, with Britain prepares to unleash monsters on the Germans who will retaliate with their new warmachines. The story follows Prince Aleksander, would-be heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, is running for his life, and Deryn Sharp a girl disguised as a boy sneaks into the British Air Service. 

Call: WES

 

The Selection Kiera Cass

For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her.

Call: CAS

 

Legend Maria Lu

The USA has fallen, replaced in the west the Republic, a nation at war with all it's neighbors. Born into a wealthy family 15 year old June is a military prodigy, while 15 year old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. June and Day have no reason to cross paths—until the day June's brother, is murdered and Day is the prime suspect.

Call: LU

Bad Girls don't Die Katie Alender

Alexis sister Kasey is acting strange, her blue eyes go green sometimes, she uses weird language, and she loses track of time, claiming to know nothing about her strange behavior. Their old house is changing, too. Doors open and close by themselves; water boils on the unlit stove; and an unplugged air conditioner turns the house cold enough to see their breath in.

Call: ALE
 

Night of the Living Dummy R.L Stine

When Lindy and Kris find a ventriloquist's dummy in a Dumpster, Lindy decides to keep it. But when Lindy  starts to get all the attention Kris decides to get a dummy of her own. Then weird things begin to happen. Nasty things. Evil things. It can't be the dummy causing all the trouble, Can it? 

Call:STI

 

Lock and Mori Heather Petty

When a murder happens in London, high school Sherlock Holmes challenges Mori to solve the case before he does. Challenge accepted. There is only one rule to the game, they must share every clue with each other,  but can Mori be trusted?

Call: PET

 

Paper Towns John Green

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life—dressed like a ninja and inviting him on an campaign of revenge—he follows.

Call: GRE

 

Storm Breaker ​Alex rider #1 Anthony Horowitz

Alex's uncle died in an accident, or so they said but when fourteen-year-old Alex finds his uncle's windshield riddled with bullet holes, he knows it was no accident. What he doesn't know yet is that his uncle was killed while on a top-secret mission. But he is about to, and once he does, there is no turning back. 

 

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.  Alexie Sherman

In this coming of age story dorky-looking Arnold Spirit leaves his troubled school in the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school, causing Arnold to become an outcast among his own community. 

Call: ALE

 

Black Beauty Anna Sewell

Black Beauty tells the story of the horse's own long and varied life, from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfully overworked cab horse. 

Call: SEW

 

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe C.S Lewis

When Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy go walk into a wardrobe they stumble into a magical world.  And in the blink of an eye, they are changed forever.

Call: LEW