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The Curse of the Gloamglozer
Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell

The Curse of the Gloamglozer

Genre:
Fantasy, Fiction, Science fiction / Dystopian
Age Level:
Middle Grade

Quint is the son of a sky pirate captain. He arrives in Sanctaphrax at the request of Linius Pallitax, the Most High Academe, who needs an apprentice he can trust to carry out a series of highly important tasks. Just how important, Quint is about to find out as he and Linius’s only daughter, Maris, are plunged into the midst of a terrifying adventure that takes them deep within the rock upon which Sanctaphrax is built.

The Devil's Arithmetic
Jane Yolen

The Devil's Arithmetic

Genre:
Historical Fiction
Age Level:
Middle Grade

In this historical fiction novel, 12-year-old Hannah find herself transported back in time. As she experiences the horrific events of the Holocaust that were often recounted by her grandparents, Hannah finds new reasons to embrace her family and culture.

Luis Alberto Urrea

The Devil's Highway

Genre:
Autobiography and Memoir, Mystery / Crime, Nonfiction
Age Level:
YA

Thousands of undocumented immigrants yearly scramble across the U.S.-Mexican border and into an area of the Arizona desert known as the Devil’s Highway. Many do not make it out alive. This is the human story of those border crossings told with facts, anger, and poetry.

The Devil's Teeth
Susan Casey

The Devil’s Teeth

Genre:
Autobiography and Memoir, Nonfiction
Age Level:
YA

While studying migratory birds on the remote Farallones Islands, 30 miles off the coast of San Francisco, biologists noticed red blotches in the surrounding waters. These sightings evolve into a full blown scientific study of great white sharks revealing unknown secrets of this prehistoric beast.

Devil in the White City
Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City

Genre:
Mystery / Crime, Nonfiction
Age Level:
YA

The 1893 Chicago World’s Fair captured the imagination of the whole world, and also provided a playground for a cunning serial killer.

The Diary of Victor Frankenstein
Timothy Basil Ering

The Diary of Victor Frankenstein

Ering channels the mind of Dr. Frankenstein in this imaginary re-creation of the doctor’s long-lost sketchbooks, including detailed anatomical studies, views of his laboratory, and images of his “monster.” The text is handwritten, the drawings are dark and gothic in feel, and the pages themselves feel old and discolored as if from age.

the-disreputable-history-of-frankie-landau-banks
E. Lockhart

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

Genre:
Fiction

Over the course of one summer, Frankie Landau-Banks, a somewhat geeky girl with an unassuming nature, has developed into a 15-year-old with an attention-grabbing figure, a new attitude, and sights set on making changes at her elite boarding school. The teenager also has a new boyfriend who belongs to a long-standing secret society on campus—The Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds, known mostly for silly pranks and a history of male-only membership. With a witty, sharp, and intelligently scheming mind, Frankie manipulates the Loyal Order to do her bidding with pranks meant to make a political statement about the male-dominated and classist nature of the school. (School Library Journal)

Woman walking between two mountains
Reyna Grande

The Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition

Genre:
Autobiography and Memoir
Age Level:
Middle Grade

When her parents make the dangerous and illegal trek across the Mexican border in pursuit of the American dream, Reyna and her siblings are forced to live with their stern grandmother, as they wait for their parents to build the foundation of a new life.

But when things don’t go quite as planned, Reyna finds herself preparing for her own journey to “El Otro Lado” to live with the man who has haunted her imagination for years: her long-absent father. Both funny and heartbreaking, The Distance Between Us sheds light on the immigrant experience beautifully capturing the struggle that Reyna and her siblings endured while trying to assimilate to a different culture, language, and family life in El Otro Lado (The Other Side).

The Diviners
Libba Bray

The Diviners

Genre:
Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery / Crime, Thriller / Horror
Age Level:
YA

A young woman discovers her mysterious powers could help catch a killer in the first book of The Diviners series—a stunning supernatural historical mystery set in 1920s New York City.

The Downstairs Girl
Stacey Lee

The Downstairs Girl

Genre:
Historical Fiction
Age Level:
YA

In 1890, seventeen-year-old Chinese American Jo Kuan works by day as a lady’s maid for the cruel Caroline Payne, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for the genteel Southern lady, “Dear Miss Sweetie.”