Staff Picks

Four teenagers are on a quest to find Glendower, an ancient Welsh king, and the magical reward that comes with the discovery. On their search, they encounter secret forests that stop time, fanciful legends that began in truth, and unsavory characters that will do anything to find Glendower first.  While the book version of The Raven Boys is lyrical and beautifully written, the graphic novel version brings the story and characters to life with expressive artwork.

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Blue Sargent comes from a family of psychics. Only, she has never had the same clairvoyant abilities they had and has always felt too ordinary within the magic that surrounded her. Enter Gansey, a rich student from Aglionby, the town's all-boys private school teeming with wealth, privilege, and trouble. Blue's always made it a point to stay away from its students, the Raven Boys. But when Gansey asks her to join him and three other Raven Boys on his quest to find a long-forgotten Welsh king rumored to be sleeping beneath the mountains of their quiet Virginia town, Blue doesn't hesitate. She jumps at the chance to finally be a part of something real and full of magic, a world she was born into yet one that always stood just out of reach. Soon enough, she's swept into a strange and shifting world woven into theirs, one far more dangerous than anything they could have dreamt up.

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Acclaimed Ojibwe author Anton Treuer's (Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask) debut YA novel is both a thriller and Native coming-of-age story. When teenager Ezra Cloud suddenly becomes a prime suspect of an arson case involving a school rival, he is sent away into the Canadian wilderness with his grandpa to learn about the ways of his culture. A meaningful exploration of healing and connection. Filled with cultural teachings, language, light humor, heart, and love.

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"Ezra Cloud hates living in Northeast Minneapolis. His father is a professor of their language, Ojibwe, at a local college, so they have to be there. But Ezra hates the dirty, polluted snow around them. He hates being away from the rez at Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation. And he hates the local bully in his neighborhood, Matt Schroeder, who terrorizes Ezra and his friend Nora George. Ezra gets into a terrible fight with Matt at school defending Nora, and that same night, Matt's house burns down. Instantly, Ezra becomes a prime suspect. Knowing he won't get a fair deal, and knowing his innocence, Ezra's family sends him away to run traplines with his grandfather in a remote part of Canada, while the investigation is ongoing. But the Schroeders are looking for him…

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The Sunbearer Trials is SO good. I loved the LGBTQ+ (especially trans) representation and the world building reminded me a lot of the Percy Jackson series but with Mexican mythology, if it met The Hunger Games. The fast paced and action packed plot was amazing and after finishing, I immediately bought the second book. Aiden Thomas didn't disappoint with The Sunbearer Trials! also: SPARKLY SPACE CHICKEN (you won't get this until you read the second book, but that was my favorite part haha).

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Transgender demigod Teo is unexpectedly selected for the Sunbearer Trials, a fierce competition among demigod heroes where the winner sacrifices the loser to Sol, their blood fueling the Sun Stones that protect Reino del Sol.

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We Were Liars brings the perfect suspenseful, yet exciting summer feels. The story focuses on the Sinclair family through first grandchild, Cadence's, view after a traumatic injury at their beloved summer house in Martha’s Vineyard. Two years later, when she is prepared to go back to Martha’s Vineyard, she notices everything is just a bit off, and their childhood home has been demolished and replaced by an unfriendly, modern house. The book rotates through years of summers spent on the island with her friends--Johnny, Mirren, and Gat--to unlock the mystery of how her injury came to be. Not only is We Were Liars a novel filled with mystery, but also love--romantic love, love for friends, and love for family. It is a perfect coming of age story with humor and an amazing plot (along with shocking plot twists) that will have your mind making all sorts of predictions.

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A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends -- the Liars -- whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth. Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer.

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