GREAT READS

18-year-old Celaena Sardothien was the greatest assassin in all of Adarlan. Unfortunately, she got caught and has spent the last year working in the salt mines in one of the country's most notorious prison camps. When the crown prince shows up unexp...

Emmeline Thisle has been an outcast her entire life. Born with a curled foot, she is labeled as unwanted by everyone except the village cows that seem mysteriously drawn to her. A sudden flood destroys the entire village and sweeps Emmeline away far ...

Imagine escaping the life that's been planned for you to be trained as a secret assassin. That's reality for 17-year-old Ismae, a girl from a small town in Brittany in 1485. Ismae runs away from an arranged marriage and ends up at the convent of Sai...

Imagine living in a world where chocolate and caffeine are illegal, only available through the major crime families. Flowers are ridiculously expensive and water and paper are scarce. Would your life be any easier if you were a mob princess? Anya Bal...

Scarlet is on the run from a dangerous secret, but she's no damsel in distress. Her deadly knife-throwing skills and ability to slip in and out of places unseen make her a valued member of Robin Hood's band. Of course, you probably know her better a...

Rory Deveaux plans to spend her senior year a boarding school in London, a far cry from her life in Louisiana. While Rory is hoping for an exciting year at Wexford, she gets way more than she bargained for. Rory's arrival coincides with the first in...

Katrina Bishop doesn't consider what she's been doing for the past several months to be stealing. She views it as reuniting pieces of art stolen during WWII with their rightful owners. So when she's approached with a story about a decades-old case o...

Normal girls shouldn't be able to throw grown men across the room or rip metal apart with their bare hands. But Finley Jayne is not a normal 16-year-old girl. When Finley gets angry or frightened her "darker half" takes over, making her capable of th...

Do you think being perfect is easy? Hailey Kendrick will tell you it's not. She has what a lot of teenagers would consider a perfect life -- rich, smart, popular, and dating the son of movie stars. But Hailey learns that all it takes is one misste...

Have you ever believed strongly about something, only to have your opinion questioned by other people? Or maybe you've realized that the right answer to a problem isn't always as clear cut as you thought. That's exactly what happens to Jenna the sum...

If you like your historical fiction with a modern twist, check out Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly. Since the death of her brother two years ago, Andi's life has spiraled out of control. Her family is a wreck, her grades have tanked, and her self-de...

Cassia has always trusted in the Society to make the right decisions for her life. They decide what you eat, what you learn, where you will live and work, and who you will marry. The Society knows what's best for its citizens...or does it? When Cassi...

Author Lauren Kate offers a different take on the fantasy love triangle in Fallen. Luce has always seen the shadows and she's never understood what they were or why. After a mysterious and deadly fire lands Luce in a tough reform school, the shadows...

Penny Bloom is done with dating and all of the drama that goes along with it. She convinces her friends to swear off dating too and join her in forming The Lonely Hearts Club, a group that emphasizes the importance of friends and not changing yoursel...

15-year-old Katarina Bishop has decided that she wants no part of the family business and begins to create a new life for herself. Unfortunately, when the family business is high stakes theft, leaving is easier than staying gone.  Katarina gets ...

Jessica's excited about starting her senior year, until a mysterious boy name Lucius shows up claiming to be her fiancé. Stranger still, Lucius claims that both he and Jessica are vampire royalty. Throughout the school year, Jessica struggles ...

Sarah Dessen's newest release, Along for the Ride, is a great summer read and may become a new favorite of Dessen fans.  After graduating from a strenuously academic private school, Auden comes to the realization that she has pursued her goal of...

Late night parties, secret romances, and fabulous clothes...Elizabeth and Diane Holland live among the glitter and glamour of New York's upper class...in 1899. But all that glitters isn't gold. Can the girls find happiness amid deceptions and family ...

Seventeen-year-old Ginny receives 13 envelopes from her Aunt Peg, who is, by the way, dead. Each letter gives Ginny a new command, each takes her to a different part of the world, and each one is a puzzle piece, revealing the secret truth about what ...

As a young girl born into a noble family in the land of Trebond, Alanna longs for adventures she cannot have.  When Alanna's father sends her to a convent, she decides to change her own fate. She disguises herself as a boy named Alan and travels...