 | Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina – Misty Copeland – Life in Motion is a memoir from the first African American principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theater. Book Trailer |
| The Distance Between Us: A Memoir – Reyna Grande – Reyna longs for her family to be reunited after her mother and father leave Mexico for the United States, but when she is finally able to join them, it is not the happy reunion she expects. Author Interview |  |
 | Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood – Book 1 – Marjane Satrapi – This is a beautiful, inspirational memoir of a young girl growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. She is lucky in that she has parents that support her independence and education; many others are not so lucky. Author Interview |
| The Diviners. – Libba Bray – Evie O'Neill can tell your secrets simply by holding an object dear to you and concentrating on it. When the police find a murdered girl branded with a cryptic symbol, Evie's Uncle Will, an occult specialist, is called to the scene. Evie realizes her gift could help catch a serial killer. Book Trailer |  |
 | The Monstrumologist – Richard Yancy – In 1888, twelve-year-old Will Henry, apprentice-assistant to the Monstrumologist, Dr. Warthrop, recounts his bizarre and horrific encounters with the mythic creatures known as, Anthropophagi, a brutal species that feed on human prey. Book Trailer |
| The Good Braider – Terry Farish – When the trauma of civil war in South Sudan becomes unbearable for Viola and her family, they travel across Africa to become refugees and flee to America. Once in the United States, Viola struggles to reconcile her life in America to the life she left behind. |  |
 | Just One Day – Gayle Forman – Allyson Healey never acts on impulse. Yet, on the last day of her three-week European trip, she meets Willem, who inspires her to be spontaneous. When he asks her to go to Paris with him, this one daring decision transforms Allyson’s life. Book Trailer |
| All the Bright Places – Jennifer Niven – When Finch and Violet met, they were both on the edge. Of a bell tower, that is. Though neither jumps, Finch has to try harder and harder to fight his bipolar disorder, as Violet begins to learn how to live in the present moment. Book Trailer |  |
 | Vanishing Girls – Lauren Oliver – Dara and Nick used to be inseparable, but that was before the accident that left Dara's beautiful face scarred and the two sisters totally estranged. Then when Dara vanishes on her birthday, Nick thinks Dara is just playing around. But another girl, nine-year-old Madeline Snow, has vanished, too, and Nick becomes increasingly convinced that the two disappearances are linked. Now Nick has to find her sister, before it's too late. Author Interview |
| Rani Patel in Full Effect – Sonia Patel – Aspiring rapper Rani copes with her father's betrayal and history of abuse in this book full of beats, rhymes and the will to overcome every kind of external and internal threat. Author Interview |  |
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