Ness, Patrick.
RELEASE
New York : HarperTeen, 2017
IL YA
ISBN 0062403192
A day in the life of Adam, a
rising senior who is having a very full day. It may just be the worst
day of his life. His ex-boyfriend is leaving. His best friend has been
murdered by her meth-addicted boyfriend. He is being harassed by his
boss. And he is going to come out to his homophobic evangelical pastor
father. Oh, did I mention that his brother who is a seminary student
has gotten his girlfriend pregnant? What a day. Come along with Adam as he tries to get through it all.
Zoboi, Ibi.
AMERICAN STREET
New York : Balzer + Bray, 2017
IL YA
ISBN 0062473042
Fabiola Toussaint and her mother are on their way to America. Life in
Haiti is hard and they are looking forward moving to Detroit with her
aunt and cousins. But at the airport, the unthinkable happens. Fabiola's
mother is detained by ICE and taken away. She tells Fabiola to keep
going and get to Detroit. This is not how it is supposed to be. But
Fabiola has no other option. She arrives in Detroit and is taken in by
her family. But this is not the way she pictured life. The life in
Detroit is not easy. There is abuse and drugs everywhere. Fabiola must
survive in this and she must find a way to get her mother here. This is a
stark look at what many immigrants find on their search for the
American dream.
Bardugo, Leigh.
WONDER WOMAN : WARBRINGER
New York : Random House, 2017
IL YA
ISBN 0399549730
I know, I know. You have heard the backstory of Wonder Woman many times. But I think this one is new and enjoyable. Yes all the things you love about Wonder Woman are here but it is a new story. We meet Diana on the island and she is trying to prove herself to the others. But she can't leave a teenage girl out in the ocean to die. So she rescues Alia from a shipwreck and brings her back to the island. This is not just any girl. The oracle tells Diana that Alia is the warbringer and unless the two can reach Themyscira, global war will be inevitable. Alia doesn't make it easy though.
Aguirre, Ann.
VANGUARD
New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2017
IL YA
ISBN 1250089824
The war is over and now we find our heroes settling into ordinary
life. But not Tegan. She still longs for adventure and is not
content just living this new life. So she takes her medical skills
and signs on as a ship's doctor. Accompanying her is Millie
and Morrow. And the Uroch Vanguard, Szorak. He is on a
mission to find a new homeland for his people. Tegan decides to
help him and the two will find adventure enough to last a
lifetime. And maybe more than they could have hoped for.
Ness, Patrick.
