Sorrow's Knot by Erin Bow
The dead do not rest easy. Most of the people of this world
live on the sunlit, treeless prairies. But a few carve out an uneasy
living in the forest towns, keeping the dead at bay with wards made from
magically knotted cords. The women who tie these knots are called
binders. And Otters mother, Willow, is one of the greatest binders her
people have ever known. In a moment of
desperation, Otter casts her first ward, and the results are
disastrous. But now Otter may be her peoples only hope against the
shadows that threaten them.
Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken
Ruby never asked for the abilities that almost cost her her life. Now
she must call upon them on a daily basis, leading dangerous missions to
bring down a corrupt government. When Ruby is entrusted with an
explosive secret, she must embark on her most dangerous mission yet. Crucial information about the
disease that killed most of America's children-and turned Ruby and the
others who lived into feared and hated outcasts-has survived every
attempt to destroy it. Ruby
will do anything to protect the people she loves. But what if winning
the war means losing herself?
Princess of the Silver Woods by Jessica Day George
When Petunia, the youngest of King Gregor's twelve dancing daughters, is
invited to visit an elderly friend in the neighboring country of
Westfalin, she welcomes the change of scenery. But in order to reach
Westfalin, Petunia must pass through a forest where strange two-legged
wolves are rumored to exist. The stories of Red Riding Hood and
Robin Hood get a twist as Petunia and her many sisters take on bandits,
grannies, and the new King Under Stone to end their family curse once
and for all.
Elegy by Tara Hudson
A stalker ghost, misguided Seers, and spellbinding wraiths in the French
Quarter of New Orleans-- Amelia Ashley has faced them all. Now she's
back in Oklahoma, and all she wants to do is spend the rest of her
afterlife with her living boyfriend, Joshua Mayhew. But the demonic
forces return to give her an ultimatum: turn herself over to the
darkness or watch them murder one living person per week until she does.
As the body count rises, Amelia thinks she might really be doomed,
until the forces of light give her another option. She can join them in
their quest to gather souls, with a catch: Once she joins them, she can
no longer save the people she's lost to the darkness . . . and she can
never see Joshua again.
The Sound of Letting Go by Stasia Ward Kehoe
For 16 years, Daisy has been good. A good daughter, helping
out with her autistic younger brother uncomplainingly. A good
friend, even when her best friend makes her feel like a third wheel.
When her parents announce they're sending her brother to an
institution without consulting her Daisy's furious, and decides
the best way to be a good sister is to start being bad. She quits
jazz band and orchestra, slacks in school, and falls for bad-boy
Dave. But one person won't let Daisy forget who she used to
be: Irish exchange student and brilliant musician Cal.
Indelible by Dawn Metcalf
Some things are permanent. Indelible. And they cannot be changed back.
Joy Malone learns this the night she sees a stranger with all-black eyes
across a crowded room - right before the mystery boy tries to cut out her
eye. Instead, the wound accidentally marks her as property of Indelible
Ink, and this dangerous mistake thrusts Joy into a world of monsters at the window, glowing girls on the doorstep
and a life that will never be the same. Now, Joy must pretend to be
Ink's chosen one and failure to be convincing means a painful death for them
both.
Divided We Fall by Trent Reedy
Danny Wright never thought he'd be the man to bring down the United
States of America. In fact, he enlisted in the Idaho National Guard
because he wanted to serve his country the way his father did. When the
Guard is called up on the governor's orders to police a protest in
Boise, it seems like a routine crowd-control mission ... but then
Danny's gun misfires, spooking the other soldiers and the already
fractious crowd, and by the time the smoke clears, twelve people are
dead.
Of Beast and Beauty by Jay Stacey
In the beginning was the darkness, and in the darkness was a girl, and
in the girl was a secret... In the domed city of Yuan, the blind
Princess Isra, a Smooth Skin, is raised to be a human sacrifice whose
death will ensure her city's vitality. In the desert outside Yuan, Gem, a
mutant beast, fights to save his people, the Monstrous, from
starvation. Neither dreams that together, they could return balance to
both their worlds. Isra wants to help the city's Banished people,
second-class citizens despised for possessing Monstrous traits. But
after she enlists the aid of her prisoner, Gem, who has been captured
while trying to steal Yuan's enchanted roses, she begins to care for
him, and to question everything she has been brought up to believe.
