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Februa ry 2020

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Set in a horrifying near-future America, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her familyare forced into an internment camp for Muslim American citizens. But with the help ofnewly made friends within the camp, her boyfriend on the outside, and an unexpectedalliance, Layla begins a journey to fight for freedom, leading a revolution against thecamp’s Director and his guards. YP FIC AHMED

In 2172, climate change and nuclear disaster have rendered most of Earth unlivable.Only the lucky ones have escaped to the space colonies. In a war-torn Nigeria, battlesare fought with dead mechs. Soldiers are outfitted with bionic limbs and artificialorgans to protect them from the radioactive-heavy climate. Survival is now the  way oflife. But two sister, Onyii and Ify, dream of more as their lives have been marked byviolence and political unrest. They hope for peace and a future together. And they’rewilling to fight an entire war to get there. YP FIC ONYEBUCH

Leo and Naomi are drafted into the International Space Training Camp (ISTC) withtwenty-two of the world’s brightest teens. All to compete for one of the six, covetedslots to travel to Europa and establish a new colony for humanity. For Leo, this is anew reason to go on after losing his family. But Naomi is suspicious of the ISTC aftera similar mission resulted in failure. As Naomi and Leo’s relationship deepens, theysoon come to fathom exactly what’s at stake: the world and their lives. YP FIC MONIR

As the 21st century ended, the world changed dramatically and London is underwater. Seacreatures swim among the ruins of Big Ben, but 16-year-old Leyla has her own problems todeal with. Her father has been arrest, accused of taking advantage of those withSeasickness—a debilitating illness that consumes people and claims their lives. When Leylais chosen to race in the Submersible Marathon, she gets the chance to secure his freedom.But if she fails, she’ll risk capture and losing her father forever. YP FIC SHAH

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Greta is many things: a crown princess, a Child of Peace, a hostage. She's being held captive by the de facto world ruler, an AI calledTalis. The system of offering up children as hostages to keep the world at peace has worked for centuries. Greta will be free if she cansurvive until her 18th birthday. But a new hostage from the American alliance opens Greta’s eyes to the brutality of the rules they liveunder. And things get worse when the Alliance declares war on Greta’s country… Be sure to check out the sequel: The Swan Riders! YP FIC BOW

Manhattan, 2118. New York is a city of innovation and dreams. But people never change: everyone her wants something, and everyone has

something to lose. Leda Cole’s flawless exterior belies a secret addiction. Eris Dodd-Radson’s beautiful, carefree life shatters when a betrayal

tears her family apart. Rylin Myers’s job sweeps her into a world and romance she never imagined, but it may come at the cost of her old life. And

Avery Fuller, the girl living above everyone else on the thousandth floor and seems to have it all, is tormented by the one thing she can’t have. Be

sure to check out the sequels: The Dazzling Heights and The Towering Sky! YP FIC MCGEE

Society thrives on order, and the Rating System is the ultimate symbol of this order. The higher it soars, the more valued you are. Thelower it plummets, the harder you must word to improve yourself. This is the reality for the students at the prestigious MaplethorpeAcademy. Every single thing they do is reflected in their ratings, updated daily for all to see. But when an act of vandalism sullies theschool’s front doors, it sets off a chain reaction that’ll shake the lives of six students and the world beyond. YP FIC GREY

Cassie has always believed in the Hive. Social media used to be out of control, but then the hive came and dealt with the trolls, the doxxers,and the hackers. The Hive is a way to sanction people for their online activities. Cause trouble, get too many “condemns”, and a crowd cancome for you to teach you a lesson in real-time. But when Cassie makes an edgy joke online and whips an entire country into a frenzy, shefinds herself on the receiving end of promised retribution. Now infamous and on the run, Cassie must rely on herself and a group of Hiveoutcasts to uncover the truth about the Hive itself. YP FIC LYGA

East Asia, 2199. In Neo Seoul where status comes from success in combat, ex-gang member Lee Jaewon is a talented pilot rising inthe academy’s ranks. When he’s recruited into the most lucrative weapons development division in Neo Seoul, he’s eager to claimmilitary glory. But things get complicated when he meets Tera, a test subject in the government’s supersoldier program. With secretorders to report on Tera, Jaewon becomes her partner. But he soon begins to question his loyalty to a regime that creates weaponsout of humans as he gets closer to Tera. YP FIC OH

A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. NowScythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population undercontrol. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe—a role that neither wants. These teens must master the "art" of takinglife, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own. Be sure to check out the sequels: Thunderhead and The Toll! YP FIC SHUSTERM