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Lady or the tiger
by Heather M. Herrman
"In the 1880s, teenage killer Belle King stands trial for murder in the Wild West when her first victim, her husband, arrives alive, upending her plans"
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Under the same stars : a novel
by Libba Bray
Three timelines converge to unveil truths behind the disappearance of two girls during World War II, in a historical mystery exploring the cyclical nature of fascism and genocide and how teens have always been part of the resistance against it.
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Everything we never had
by Randy Ribay
"Told in multiple perspectives, Everything We Never Had unfolds like a beautifully crafted nesting doll, where each Maghabol boy forges his own path amid heavy family and societal expectations, passing down his flaws, values, and virtues to the next generation, until it's up to Enzo to see how he can braid all these strands and men together"
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The Queen's spade
by Sarah Raughley
Nineteen-year-old Sarah, a princess of the Egbado Clan until the British Crown kidnapped her, wants revenge against her godmother, Queen Victoria, so she aligns herself with a crime lord, in a historical thriller inspired by true events.
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Brownstone
by Samuel Teer
Left alone with her Guatemalan father for the summer while her mom goes on a once-in-a-lifetime trip without her, Almudena struggles to adjust to this new reality by getting to know the residents of his Latin American neighborhood while helping his dad fix his broken-down brownstone—and their relationship.
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And the trees stare back
by Gigi Griffis
Set in Soviet-occupied Estonia, sixteen-year-old Vik searches for answers in the cursed forest where her sister Anna disappeared and returned five years later without having aged
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The color of a lie
by Kim Johnson
In 1955, when his family, who passes for white, moves to an idyllic all-white suburban town, Calvin, who secretly makes friends across town, finds himself caught between two worlds when he discovers dark secrets about the white town and its inhabitants, which places his family in danger.
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As long as the lemon trees grow
by Zoulfa Katouh
Volunteering at a hospital Syria, where she witnessed the wounded flooding through the doors, Salama manifests a physical embodiment of her fear in the form of her imagined companion and is torn between her loyalty to her country and her conviction to survive.
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Salvación
by Sandra Proudman
With rising tension in Alta California after the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, seventeen-year-old Lola de La Peña becomes the masked vigilante Salvación to protect her family and town from a man wielding deadly magic, but her mission is complicated when she begins falling for Alejandro, a member of his dangerous entourage.
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