young adult fiction

Seventeen-year-old Daphne has spent her entire life honing her body and mind into that of a warrior, hoping to be accepted by the unyielding people of ancient Sparta. But an unexpected encounter with the goddess Artemis, who holds Daphne's brother's fate in her hands, upends the life she's worked so hard to build. Nine mysterious item shave been stolen from Mount Olympus, and if Daphne cannot find them, the gods' waning powers will fade away, the mortal world will descend into chaos, and Daphne's brother's life will be forfeit. Guided by Artemis' twin, the handsome and entirely-too-self-assured god Apollo, Daphne's journey will take her from the labyrinth of the Minotaur to the riddle-spinning Sphinx of Thebes, team her up with mythological legends such as Theseus and Hippolyta of the Amazons, and pit her against the gods themselves.

Mia Jenrow has always known she's destined to be a professional ballerina. In fact, it's in her blood. According to family legend, her too-many-greats-to-count-grandmother once danced for the Paris Opera and was painted by Degas himself. Her parents say it's just a fantasy, but to Mia, it's much more than that. It's her fate. Mia is planning to spend a magical summer in France pursuing her dream, but as she pirouettes into Paris, she soon realizes it may be a bit more complicated than she hoped. For starters, there's her rival, Audrey, who will stop at nothing to show her up. There's her ballet instructor, whose impossibly high standards push her to the breaking point. And then there's Louis. Devastatingly, distractingly charming Louis. He's eager to show Mia his city, and Mia is more than happy to hop on his Vespa and wrap her arms around him as they pass the gleaming lights of the Eiffel Tower. Mia's summer was supposed to be about ballet, but there's a reason Paris is called the City of Love.

Maddie Morrow thought her problems were over. Against all odds, she successfully protected the Inn at Havenfall, a sanctuary between magical worlds hidden deep in the mountains of Colorado. For the first time in years, the Adjacent Realms are finally at peace. And there are still a few weeks of summer left to spend with handsome Brekken. But Maddie soon realizes life can't just go back to take-out pizza, hotel gossip, and lying under the stars with Brekken. There's more work to be done to safeguard the place her family has run for centuries. Taya is still missing, and someone has been using the inn to illegally trade magical objects. The more Maddie finds out, the more questions she has about her family's past. Dangerous questions she might not want the answers to. As Maddie uncovers secrets which could change everything, she's forced to make an impossible choice. What if saving everyone means destroying the only home she's ever known?.

When her friend's sister is the latest victim in the child-snatchings plaguing her region, Amraeya ni Ansarim makes the journey to the royal court despite the mental and physical pain her malformed foot causes her, because she dares hope the rulers will help. She finds unexpected allies in the city, from the foreign princess to a street thief, but as the mystery unravels, it's possible the answers she seeks could endanger the entire kingdom.

Cameron is used to moving at a moment's notice because he and his mother are always running away from his supposedly violent father, but he is disturbed by their latest refuge, a creepy, deserted farmhouse, haunted by bloodthirsty dogs--and when he sees a boy hiding in the barn, and finds an old picture of the same boy, he starts wondering about the possibility of human ghosts.

Seventeen-year-old Rose Hemmersbach aspires to break out of small town Sparta, Wisconsin and achieve her artistic dreams, just like her aunt Colleen, but must face her mother's heroin addiction and its ramifications first.

An exploration of popular young adult fiction from the 1980s and 1990s.

Told through police transcripts, tweets, direct messages, and two voices, pop sensation Eric inadvertently falls in love with his biggest fan, agoraphobic Tessa, through deception, leading to a real-life meeting with dire consequences.

Every minute counts -- literally -- as Rayen races against time and impossible odds to deliver a one-of-a-kind computer to the Sphere. Failure means Callan's death at the hands of his TecKnati enemies. The problems don't stop there. Rayen, Tony and Gabby's battle to save their MystiK friends triggers a collision course of two worlds 166 years apart. Countdown begins now for when the Red Moon sets for the last time.

Rayen promised to return, Gabby must return, and Tony can't return. Three teenage friends are connected by a shared secret that forces a decision with consequences no one expects. When Rayen arrives on the Red Moon sphere again, she finds shocking changes. Her arrival causes more upheaval and danger for the MystiK children, creating a heart wrenching challenge for Callan who must choose between duty and holding onto the one girl he can't have. But, walking away is harder than he expects when a new MystiK male in the sphere is poised to take Callan's place. Under threat of attack from an unexpected enemy, Rayen and Callan must put their personal feelings aside to unite a village in chaos. Choices backfire, trust is forfeit, and alliances shift as elements of the Damian Prophecy begin to fall into place and the time of reckoning is closer than anyone expected.