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Creep: A Love StoryYou meets To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before in this twisted, tragic love story that follows Holy Family High School’s cutest couple—as told through the eyes of the classmate who’s stalking them. Laney Villanueva and Nico Fiore are the perfect couple: beautiful, popular, talented, and hopelessly in love. Everyone looks up to them at Holy Family High School. But Rafi doesn’t just admire them. She watches them. She’s drawn to them. When tragedy strikes the young lovers, Rafi’s obsession spirals, and she will do anything to keep the perfect couple together. Anything . . . Call number: FIC PEN Genre: YA Fiction, Thriller, Suspense Reading level: 9-12 Length: 272 pages Availability: MHHS | The Song of the CellAn Exploration of Medicine and the New Human Rich with Mukherjee’s revelatory and exhilarating stories of scientists, doctors, and the patients whose lives may be saved by their work, The Song of the Cell is the third book in this extraordinary writer’s exploration of what it means to be human. In The Song of the Cell, Mukherjee tells the story of how scientists discovered cells, began to understand them, and are now using that knowledge to create new humans. He seduces you with writing so vivid, lucid, and suspenseful that complex science becomes thrilling. Told in six parts, laced with Mukherjee’s own experience as a researcher, a doctor, and a prolific reader, The Song of the Cell is both panoramic and intimate—a masterpiece. Call number: TBD MUK Genre: Nonfiction, History, Science, Biology Reading level: 11-12 Length: 496 pages Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL) Audiobook: Sora (SDCL) Sora achievements: Nonfiction, History | Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist for JusticeA 2022 National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Both men were forced to leave the Olympics, received death threats, and faced ostracism and continuing economic hardships. Call number: 796.42 SMI Genre: YA Nonfiction, US History, Sports, Memoir Reading level: 8-12 Length: 208 pages Availability: MHHS |
Creep: A Love Story
You meets To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before in this twisted, tragic love story that follows Holy Family High School’s cutest couple—as told through the eyes of the classmate who’s stalking them.
Laney Villanueva and Nico Fiore are the perfect couple: beautiful, popular, talented, and hopelessly in love. Everyone looks up to them at Holy Family High School. But Rafi doesn’t just admire them. She watches them. She’s drawn to them. When tragedy strikes the young lovers, Rafi’s obsession spirals, and she will do anything to keep the perfect couple together. Anything . . .
Call number: FIC PEN
Genre: YA Fiction, Thriller, Suspense
Reading level: 9-12
Length: 272 pages
Availability: MHHS
The Song of the Cell
An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Rich with Mukherjee’s revelatory and exhilarating stories of scientists, doctors, and the patients whose lives may be saved by their work, The Song of the Cell is the third book in this extraordinary writer’s exploration of what it means to be human.
In The Song of the Cell, Mukherjee tells the story of how scientists discovered cells, began to understand them, and are now using that knowledge to create new humans. He seduces you with writing so vivid, lucid, and suspenseful that complex science becomes thrilling. Told in six parts, laced with Mukherjee’s own experience as a researcher, a doctor, and a prolific reader, The Song of the Cell is both panoramic and intimate—a masterpiece.
Call number: TBD MUK
Genre: Nonfiction, History, Science, Biology
Reading level: 11-12
Length: 496 pages
Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL)
Audiobook: Sora (SDCL)
Sora achievements: Nonfiction, History
Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice
A 2022 National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist
On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Both men were forced to leave the Olympics, received death threats, and faced ostracism and continuing economic hardships.
Call number: 796.42 SMI
Genre: YA Nonfiction, US History, Sports, Memoir
Reading level: 8-12
Length: 208 pages
Availability: MHHS
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After Dark with Roxie ClarkA twisty YA thriller about a girl who revels in leading ghost tours, but discovers that even she can be spooked when a chilling murder hits closer to home. Roxie Clark has seen more dead bodies than your average seventeen-year-old. As a member of the supposedly-cursed Clark family, most of her ancestors have met tragic ends, including her own mother. Instead of fearing the curse, however, Roxie has combined her flair for performance and her gruesome family history into a successful ghost tour. But her tour never covers the most recent body she’s seen―her sister Skylar’s boyfriend, Colin Riley, found murdered in a cornfield. Call number: FIC DAV Genre: YA Thriller, Paranormal Reading level: 7-9 Length: 352 pages Availability: MHHS | Four for the RoadStunning, devastating, poignant: Debut author Emily Inouye Huey paints an intimate portrait of the racism faced by America's Japanese population during WWII. Perfect for fans of Ruta Sepetys and Sharon Cameron. Asher Hunting wants revenge. Specifically, he wants revenge on the drunk driver who killed his mom and got off on a technicality. No one seems to think this is healthy, though, which is how he ends up in a bereavement group (well, bereavement groups. He goes to several.) Complete with unexpected revelations, lots of chicken Caesar salads at roadside restaurants, a stolen motorcycle, and an epic kiss at a rest stop minimart, what begins as the road trip to revenge might just turn into a path towards forgiveness. Call number: FIC REI Genre: YA Fiction Reading level: 9-12 Length: 288 pages Availability: MHHS | Besties Find Their GrooveGRAPHIC NOVEL A fun and fresh spin-off of the New York Times bestselling Click graphic novels. With the school dance around the corner, fashionistas Beth and Chanda are ready to dazzle! With their first formal school dance around the corner, Beth and Chanda are on a mission to make it the best night ever. Step one? Secure the perfect dresses so they can dominate the dance floor! But when neither of them can find an outfit that lives up to their high expectations—and when they encounter unexpected pressure to find dates—these besties will need to lean on their friendship more than ever if they hope to find their groove and bust a move! GRAPHIC NOVEL Call number: 741.5 MIL Genre: Graphic Novel, Fiction Reading level: 3-7 Length: 208 pages Availability: MHHS |
After Dark with Roxie Clark
A twisty YA thriller about a girl who revels in leading ghost tours, but discovers that even she can be spooked when a chilling murder hits closer to home.
Roxie Clark has seen more dead bodies than your average seventeen-year-old. As a member of the supposedly-cursed Clark family, most of her ancestors have met tragic ends, including her own mother. Instead of fearing the curse, however, Roxie has combined her flair for performance and her gruesome family history into a successful ghost tour. But her tour never covers the most recent body she’s seen―her sister Skylar’s boyfriend, Colin Riley, found murdered in a cornfield.
Call number: FIC DAV
Genre: YA Thriller, Paranormal
Reading level: 7-9
Length: 352 pages
Availability: MHHS
Four for the Road
Stunning, devastating, poignant: Debut author Emily Inouye Huey paints an intimate portrait of the racism faced by America's Japanese population during WWII. Perfect for fans of Ruta Sepetys and Sharon Cameron.
Asher Hunting wants revenge. Specifically, he wants revenge on the drunk driver who killed his mom and got off on a technicality. No one seems to think this is healthy, though, which is how he ends up in a bereavement group (well, bereavement groups. He goes to several.) Complete with unexpected revelations, lots of chicken Caesar salads at roadside restaurants, a stolen motorcycle, and an epic kiss at a rest stop minimart, what begins as the road trip to revenge might just turn into a path towards forgiveness.
Call number: FIC REI
Genre: YA Fiction
Reading level: 9-12
Length: 288 pages
Availability: MHHS
Besties Find Their Groove
GRAPHIC NOVEL
A fun and fresh spin-off of the New York Times bestselling Click graphic novels. With the school dance around the corner, fashionistas Beth and Chanda are ready to dazzle!
With their first formal school dance around the corner, Beth and Chanda are on a mission to make it the best night ever. Step one? Secure the perfect dresses so they can dominate the dance floor! But when neither of them can find an outfit that lives up to their high expectations—and when they encounter unexpected pressure to find dates—these besties will need to lean on their friendship more than ever if they hope to find their groove and bust a move!
GRAPHIC NOVEL
Call number: 741.5 MIL
Genre: Graphic Novel, Fiction
Reading level: 3-7
Length: 208 pages
Availability: MHHS
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The House Party: A NovelWhen a house party goes terribly wrong, a suburban town fractures, exposing disturbing truths about the community—perfect for fans of Little Fires Everywhere and Ask Again, Yes. Maja Jensen is smart, stylish, and careful, the type of woman who considers every detail when building her dream home in the suburbs of Philadelphia. The perfect house that would compensate for her failure to have a child, the house that was going to save her marriage. But when a group of reckless teenagers trash the newly built home just weeks before she moves in, her plans are shattered. Call number: FIC CAM Genre: Fiction Reading level: 11-12 Length: 316pages Availability: MHHS Audiobook: Sora (SDCL) Sora achievements: Fiction | TalliGRAPHIC NOVEL Daughter of the Moon, Vol. 1 Hidden within the walls of a secluded castle, Lord Borin raises his adopted daughter Talli in secret, and for good reason: Talli is a descendant of the Summoners, magical women hunted by those who fear their mysterious powers. Violently torn from her home, Talli sets out on a journey in search of her origins and to learn the secrets of her great and dangerous power. GRAPHIC NOVEL Call number: 741.5 SOU Genre: Graphic Novel, Fiction Reading level: 9-12 Length: 175 pages Availability: MHHS | BerlinersA riveting story about the rivalry between two brothers living on opposite sides of the Berlin wall during its construction in the 1960s, and how their complicated legacy and dreams of greatness will determine their ultimate fate. Berlin, 1961. Rudi Möser-Fleischmann is an aspiring photographer with dreams of greatness, but he can't hold a candle to his talented, charismatic twin brother Peter, an ambitious actor. With the sudden divorce of their parents, the brothers find themselves living in different sectors of a divided Berlin; the postwar partition strangely mirroring their broken family. But one night, as the city sleeps, the Berlin Wall is hurriedly built, dividing society further, and Rudi and Peter are forced to choose between playing by the rules and taking their dreams underground. That is, until the truth about their family history and the growing cracks in their relationship threaten to split them apart for good. Call number: FIC STA Genre: YA Historical Fiction Reading level: 7-9 Length: 448 pages Availability: MHHS |
The House Party: A Novel
When a house party goes terribly wrong, a suburban town fractures, exposing disturbing truths about the community—perfect for fans of Little Fires Everywhere and Ask Again, Yes.
Maja Jensen is smart, stylish, and careful, the type of woman who considers every detail when building her dream home in the suburbs of Philadelphia. The perfect house that would compensate for her failure to have a child, the house that was going to save her marriage. But when a group of reckless teenagers trash the newly built home just weeks before she moves in, her plans are shattered.
Call number: FIC CAM
Genre: Fiction
Reading level: 11-12
Length: 316pages
Availability: MHHS
Audiobook: Sora (SDCL)
Sora achievements: Fiction
Talli
GRAPHIC NOVEL
Daughter of the Moon, Vol. 1
Hidden within the walls of a secluded castle, Lord Borin raises his adopted daughter Talli in secret, and for good reason: Talli is a descendant of the Summoners, magical women hunted by those who fear their mysterious powers. Violently torn from her home, Talli sets out on a journey in search of her origins and to learn the secrets of her great and dangerous power.
GRAPHIC NOVEL
Call number: 741.5 SOU
Genre: Graphic Novel, Fiction
Reading level: 9-12
Length: 175 pages
Availability: MHHS
Berliners
A riveting story about the rivalry between two brothers living on opposite sides of the Berlin wall during its construction in the 1960s, and how their complicated legacy and dreams of greatness will determine their ultimate fate.
Berlin, 1961. Rudi Möser-Fleischmann is an aspiring photographer with dreams of greatness, but he can't hold a candle to his talented, charismatic twin brother Peter, an ambitious actor. With the sudden divorce of their parents, the brothers find themselves living in different sectors of a divided Berlin; the postwar partition strangely mirroring their broken family. But one night, as the city sleeps, the Berlin Wall is hurriedly built, dividing society further, and Rudi and Peter are forced to choose between playing by the rules and taking their dreams underground. That is, until the truth about their family history and the growing cracks in their relationship threaten to split them apart for good.
Call number: FIC STA
Genre: YA Historical Fiction
Reading level: 7-9
Length: 448 pages
Availability: MHHS
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The Invincible Miss Cust: A NovelMust-read historical fiction for fans of Marie Benedict and Tracey Enerson Wood, based on the real life of Britain's first woman veterinary surgeon. Born in Ireland in 1868 to an aristocratic English family, Aleen knows she is destined to work with animals, even if her family is appalled by the idea of a woman pursuing a veterinary career. Going against their wishes but with the encouragement of the guardian assigned to her upon her father's death, Aleen attends the New Veterinary College in Edinburgh, enrolling as A. I. Custance to spare her family the humiliation they fear. At last, she is on her way to becoming a veterinary surgeon! Little does she know her biggest obstacles lie ahead. Call number: FIC HAW Genre: Historical Fiction Reading level: 10-12 Length: 372 pages Availability: MHHS | Night of the Raven, Dawn of the DoveIn Rati Mehrotra's YA fantasy novel Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove, a young guardswoman struggles with her unwitting role as a major pawn in the deadly games between two kingdoms in a monster-infested alternate medieval India. Bound to the queen of Chandela by a forbidden soul bond that saved her when she was a child, Katyani has never fallen short of what’s expected of her―becoming the best guardswoman the Garuda has ever seen and an advisor to the crown prince when he ascends to the throne. But when the latest assassination attempt against the royals leaves them with a faceless body and no leads to the perpetrator, Katyani is unwillingly shipped off to guard the Chandela princes in Acharya Mahavir’s esteemed monastic school in Nandovana, a forest where monsters have roamed unchecked for generations. Call number: FIC MEH Genre: YA Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Romance Reading level: 10-12 Length: 352 pages Availability: MHHS Audiobook: Sora (SDCL) Sora achievement: Fantasy, Fiction | How to Survive Your MurderScream meets Happy Death Day in this terrifying stand-alone horror novel from YA scream queen Danielle Valentine. Alice Lawrence is the sole witness in her sister’s murder trial. And in the year since Claire’s death, Alice’s life has completely fallen apart. Her parents have gotten divorced, she’s moved into an apartment that smells like bologna, and she is being forced to face her sister’s killer and a courtroom full of people who doubt what she saw in the corn maze a year prior. Call number: FIC VAL Genre: YA Horror, Thriller Reading level: 7-9 Length: 304 pages Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL) Audiobook: Sora (SDCL) Sora achievement: Fiction |
The Invincible Miss Cust: A Novel
Must-read historical fiction for fans of Marie Benedict and Tracey Enerson Wood, based on the real life of Britain's first woman veterinary surgeon.
Born in Ireland in 1868 to an aristocratic English family, Aleen knows she is destined to work with animals, even if her family is appalled by the idea of a woman pursuing a veterinary career. Going against their wishes but with the encouragement of the guardian assigned to her upon her father's death, Aleen attends the New Veterinary College in Edinburgh, enrolling as A. I. Custance to spare her family the humiliation they fear. At last, she is on her way to becoming a veterinary surgeon! Little does she know her biggest obstacles lie ahead.
Call number: FIC HAW
Genre: Historical Fiction
Reading level: 10-12
Length: 372 pages
Availability: MHHS
Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove
In Rati Mehrotra's YA fantasy novel Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove, a young guardswoman struggles with her unwitting role as a major pawn in the deadly games between two kingdoms in a monster-infested alternate medieval India.
Bound to the queen of Chandela by a forbidden soul bond that saved her when she was a child, Katyani has never fallen short of what’s expected of her―becoming the best guardswoman the Garuda has ever seen and an advisor to the crown prince when he ascends to the throne. But when the latest assassination attempt against the royals leaves them with a faceless body and no leads to the perpetrator, Katyani is unwillingly shipped off to guard the Chandela princes in Acharya Mahavir’s esteemed monastic school in Nandovana, a forest where monsters have roamed unchecked for generations.
Call number: FIC MEH
Genre: YA Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Romance
Reading level: 10-12
Length: 352 pages
Availability: MHHS
Audiobook: Sora (SDCL)
Sora achievement: Fantasy, Fiction
How to Survive Your Murder
Scream meets Happy Death Day in this terrifying stand-alone horror novel from YA scream queen Danielle Valentine.
Alice Lawrence is the sole witness in her sister’s murder trial. And in the year since Claire’s death, Alice’s life has completely fallen apart. Her parents have gotten divorced, she’s moved into an apartment that smells like bologna, and she is being forced to face her sister’s killer and a courtroom full of people who doubt what she saw in the corn maze a year prior.
Call number: FIC VAL
Genre: YA Horror, Thriller
Reading level: 7-9
Length: 304 pages
Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL)
Audiobook: Sora (SDCL)
Sora achievement: Fiction
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The Weight of BloodNew York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson ramps up the horror and tackles America’s history and legacy of racism in this suspenseful YA novel following a biracial teenager as her Georgia high school hosts its first integrated prom. When Springville residents—at least the ones still alive—are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same explanation . . . Maddy did it. Call number: FIC JAC Genre: YA Thriller, Suspense Reading level: 9-12 Length: 320 pages Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL) Audiobook: Sora (SDCL) Sora achievement: Fiction |
The Weight of Blood
New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson ramps up the horror and tackles America’s history and legacy of racism in this suspenseful YA novel following a biracial teenager as her Georgia high school hosts its first integrated prom.
When Springville residents—at least the ones still alive—are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same explanation . . . Maddy did it.
Call number: FIC JAC
Genre: YA Thriller, Suspense
Reading level: 9-12
Length: 320 pages
Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL)
Audiobook: Sora (SDCL)
Sora achievement: Fiction
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