Switch by King, A. S. 

BTSB Prebound(Dutton Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 518774 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
Lexile: 700 HL

Genres: Science Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Space and time - Fiction Emotions - Fiction Family problems - Fiction Ability - Fiction

Summary: Set in a parallel version of America where time has stopped, the novel tells the story of one teenage girl trying to untangle her toxic family's secrets--and maybe restart the world's clocks in the process.

This poison heart [This Poison Heart]by Bayron, Kalynn 

Paperback(Bloomsbury, 2022)

BTSB #: 098691 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-16   
AR: 4.8 UG

Genres: Supernatural Fantasy Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Supernatural - Fiction Ability - Fiction Plants - Fiction African Americans - Fiction New York (State) - Fiction

Summary: Teenaged Briseis, who possesses a supernatural power over plants, even poisonous ones, inherits a dilapidated estate in rural New York and must protect herself and her family from centuries-old secrets that threaten their lives.

This will be funny someday by Henry, Katie 

Paperback(HarperCollins, 2022)

BTSB #: 439665 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   
AR: 4.2 UG

Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: High school students - Fiction High schools - Fiction Comedians - Fiction Chicago (Ill.) - Fiction

Summary: Sixteen-year-old Izzy is used to keeping her thoughts to herself--in school, where her boyfriend talks for her, and at home, where it's impossible to compete with her older siblings and high-powered parents. When she mistakenly walks into a stand-up comedy club and performs, the experience is surprisingly cathartic. Now Izzy is sneaking out to perform stand-up with her comedy friends. As her two lives collide, Izzy must choose to either hide what she really wants or stand up for herself.

What about Will by Hopkins, Ellen 

BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2021)

BTSB #: 463345 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 3.4 MG+ Lexile: 500 HL F&P: Z

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Novels in verse Brothers - Fiction Brain damage - Fiction Drug abuse - Fiction

Summary: Trace's relationship with his older brother Will becomes increasingly complicated after Will suffers a traumatic brain injury while playing football and becomes addicted to pain pills.

Words in my hands by Asphyxia 

BTSB Prebound(Annick Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 074568 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-16   
AR: 5.2 UG Lexile: 750 HL

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Deaf - Fiction Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Drawing - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Protest movements - Fiction Australia - Fiction

Summary: Piper's mum wants her to be "normal" by passing as hearing to get a good job. But growing up reading lips to conform has left Piper feeling stifled until she meets Marley, who teaches her sign language, introduces her to the deaf community, and influences her pathway of protest and activism that she never dreamed of.

Your Heart, My Sky: Love In A Time Of Hunger by Engle, Margarita 

Paperback(Atheneum)

BTSB #: 311496 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   


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Summary: In Cuba's "special period in times of peace" of 1991, Liana and Amado find love after their severe hunger gives both courage to risk government retribution by skipping a summer of labor to seek food. Told in their two voices plus that of the stray dog that brought them together.