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A match made in mehendi
by Nandini Bajpai
A 15-year-old girl from a family of Indian vichole matchmakers accidentally sets up a cousin with a law student before struggling to convince her loved ones to support her dreams of becoming an artist.
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Kings, queens, and in-betweens
by Tanya Boteju
Struggling with her mother's sudden departure and a hopeless crush on a straight friend, a socially awkward teen is haphazardly enmeshed in the drag scene on the other side of her insular community, where she navigates questions of identity and self-acceptance. A first novel.
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What to say next
by Julie Buxbaum
Distancing herself from her friends when she realizes that nobody she knows will understand the difficulties she is facing in the wake of her father's death, Kit impulsively sits at the lunch table beside longtime loner David, with whom she forges an unexpected connection. By the best-selling author of Tell Me Three Things.
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Together at midnight
by Jennifer Castle
A high school senior who has just returned from a life-changing semester in Europe and a youth drifting his way through a gap year before college struggle with changing views about kindness and duty when they witness a tragic accident in New York City during the holiday season and accept a dare to perform random acts of kindness for strangers.
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The Unlikelies
by Carrie Firestone
Five teens forge an unlikely alliance to embark on a summer of vigilante good samaritanism throughout their community until an effort to intervene on behalf of a heroin-using friend finds them in over their heads. By the author of The Loose Ends List.
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Girls of July
by Alex Flinn
Four girls from very different backgrounds forge bonds and support one another in the wake of life-changing secrets, ambitions and self-discovery during a shared summer in the Adirondacks. By the best-selling author of Beastly.
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Meet me in outer space
by Melinda Grace
A college student with an auditory processing disorder enlists the help of a supportive best friend and a geeky but adorable TA when her disability becomes a problem in a challenging foreign-language class. A first novel.
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You'd be mine
by Erin Hahn
Warned by her Gran about the dark side of her country music legacy, the daughter of two tragically deceased stars reluctantly agrees to join the summer tour of a pop idol who needs her to join him to prevent him from being dropped by his music label, an arrangement that is complicated by fan speculation about a romance between them.
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Signs point to yes
by Sandy Hall
A superstitious fangirl is thwarted in her efforts to win the heart of her crush, who searches for his birth father in the hopes of finding a less awkward home, while the fangirl's sister fears her parents' negative response to her coming out as a bisexual.
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The state of Grace
by Rachael Lucas
A teen with Asperger's navigates family troubles, her first kiss with a crush and the challenges of pretending to be "normal" in a world where she does not understand the social rules of conduct.
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When Dimple met Rishi
by Sandhya Menon
A heartfelt romantic comedy told from the alternating perspectives of two Indian-American teens whose parents have arranged their marriage follows the efforts of one to distance herself from the agreement and the other to woo his intended during a summer program they are attending together.
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Field notes on love
by Jennifer E. Smith
Embarking on what was supposed to be a romantic cross-country train journey with his girlfriend, a dumped boy sells his spare ticket to a girl devastated by a rejection from her college of choice, an arrangement that opens up new perspectives about their futures. By the best-selling author of Windfall.
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