The Boy Lost in the Maze

Submitted by fsalvagg on Thu, 2024-03-14 15:22

In Ancient Greece, Theseus makes a dangerous and courageous journey to find his father, finally meeting the Minotaur in the Labyrinth. While Theo, a modern-day teenage boy, finds himself on a maze-like quest to find his own father.

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The Boy Lost in the Maze
The Boy Lost in the Maze

Joseph Coelho
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Coelho)


In Ancient Greece, Theseus makes a dangerous and courageous journey to find his father, finally meeting the Minotaur in the Labyrinth. While Theo, a modern-day teenage boy, finds himself on a maze-like quest to find his own father.

 

YA Novels in Verse

  • Enter the Body


  • Saints of the Household


  • Clap When You Land


  • We are All So Good at Smiling


  • Nothing Burns as Bright as You


  • Wings in the Wild


  • Shout


  • Thirty Talks Weird Love


  • Every Body Looking


  • Forever is Now


  • Punching the Air


  • Louder Than Hunger


  • Abuela, Don't Forget Me


  • Vinyl Moon


  • A Time to Dance


  • The Boy Lost in the Maze


  • Saving Red


  • Lawless Spaces


  • The Name She Gave Me


  • The Black Flamingo


  • The Watch That Ends the Night


  • Poisoned Apples


  • Solo


  • White Rose


  • A Million Quiet Revolutions


  • Other Words for Home


  • Spin


  • Ariel Crashes a Train


  • Baby Teeth


  • An Appetite for Miracles


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Louder Than Hunger

Submitted by fsalvagg on Thu, 2024-03-14 15:19

Jake volunteers at a nursing home because he likes helping people. He also likes avoiding people his own age, and the cruelty of mirrors, and food. But the less he eats, the bigger he feels. How long can Jake punish himself before he truly disappears?

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Louder Than Hunger
Louder Than Hunger

John Schu
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Schu)


Jake volunteers at a nursing home because he likes helping people. He also likes avoiding people his own age, and the cruelty of mirrors, and food. But the less he eats, the bigger he feels. How long can Jake punish himself before he truly disappears?

 

YA Novels in Verse

  • An Appetite for Miracles


  • Abuela, Don't Forget Me


  • Wings in the Wild


  • Spin


  • The Boy Lost in the Maze


  • Saving Red


  • Louder Than Hunger


  • Lawless Spaces


  • Every Body Looking


  • White Rose


  • Poisoned Apples


  • Saints of the Household


  • Other Words for Home


  • We are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Watch That Ends the Night


  • Shout


  • Thirty Talks Weird Love


  • Nothing Burns as Bright as You


  • Baby Teeth


  • The Name She Gave Me


  • Punching the Air


  • Vinyl Moon


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Clap When You Land


  • Solo


  • Forever is Now


  • Ariel Crashes a Train


  • A Million Quiet Revolutions


  • A Time to Dance


  • Enter the Body


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Ariel Crashes a Train

Submitted by fsalvagg on Thu, 2024-03-14 15:18

Ariel grapples with her fear of her own mind and violent fantasies, driven by her desire to meet her parents' expectations and societal norms, until a summer job at a carnival leads her to new friends who help her discover her struggle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and find acceptance and support for her true self.

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Ariel Crashes a Train
Ariel Crashes a Train

Olivia A. Cole
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Cole)


Ariel grapples with her fear of her own mind and violent fantasies, driven by her desire to meet her parents' expectations and societal norms, until a summer job at a carnival leads her to new friends who help her discover her struggle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and find acceptance and support for her true self.

 

YA Novels in Verse

  • White Rose


  • The Name She Gave Me


  • Thirty Talks Weird Love


  • Punching the Air


  • Clap When You Land


  • A Time to Dance


  • An Appetite for Miracles


  • Nothing Burns as Bright as You


  • Vinyl Moon


  • Abuela, Don't Forget Me


  • Wings in the Wild


  • Lawless Spaces


  • Every Body Looking


  • Baby Teeth


  • Enter the Body


  • The Watch That Ends the Night


  • We are All So Good at Smiling


  • Solo


  • Saving Red


  • Poisoned Apples


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Spin


  • Other Words for Home


  • Saints of the Household


  • The Boy Lost in the Maze


  • Forever is Now


  • A Million Quiet Revolutions


  • Louder Than Hunger


  • Ariel Crashes a Train


  • Shout


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Wings in the Wild

Submitted by fsalvagg on Thu, 2024-03-14 15:16

When a hurricane exposes Soleida's family's secret sculpture garden, the Cuban government arrests her artist parents, forcing her to escape alone to Central America where she meets Dariel, and together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba.

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Wings in the Wild
Wings in the Wild

Margarita Engle
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Engle)


When a hurricane exposes Soleida's family's secret sculpture garden, the Cuban government arrests her artist parents, forcing her to escape alone to Central America where she meets Dariel, and together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba.

 

YA Novels in Verse

  • Punching the Air


  • The Watch That Ends the Night


  • Nothing Burns as Bright as You


  • The Name She Gave Me


  • A Million Quiet Revolutions


  • An Appetite for Miracles


  • Baby Teeth


  • White Rose


  • Ariel Crashes a Train


  • Saving Red


  • Every Body Looking


  • The Black Flamingo


  • Abuela, Don't Forget Me


  • Solo


  • Poisoned Apples


  • Spin


  • Wings in the Wild


  • Enter the Body


  • Vinyl Moon


  • We are All So Good at Smiling


  • Lawless Spaces


  • Shout


  • Saints of the Household


  • The Boy Lost in the Maze


  • A Time to Dance


  • Other Words for Home


  • Thirty Talks Weird Love


  • Louder Than Hunger


  • Clap When You Land


  • Forever is Now


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Spin

Submitted by fsalvagg on Thu, 2024-03-14 15:13

Arachne turns to weaving for solace, but when word spreads of her skill she is confronted by the goddess Athena and the two enter a weaving contest that results in transformation and redemption.

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Spin
Spin

Rebecca Caprara
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Caprara)


Arachne turns to weaving for solace, but when word spreads of her skill she is confronted by the goddess Athena and the two enter a weaving contest that results in transformation and redemption.

 

YA Novels in Verse

  • The Black Flamingo


  • We are All So Good at Smiling


  • The Watch That Ends the Night


  • Vinyl Moon


  • Clap When You Land


  • Shout


  • A Million Quiet Revolutions


  • White Rose


  • The Name She Gave Me


  • Solo


  • Ariel Crashes a Train


  • Abuela, Don't Forget Me


  • An Appetite for Miracles


  • Saints of the Household


  • Saving Red


  • Other Words for Home


  • Thirty Talks Weird Love


  • Nothing Burns as Bright as You


  • Punching the Air


  • Louder Than Hunger


  • Every Body Looking


  • Lawless Spaces


  • Spin


  • A Time to Dance


  • Baby Teeth


  • Enter the Body


  • Forever is Now


  • The Boy Lost in the Maze


  • Poisoned Apples


  • Wings in the Wild


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Given

Submitted by fsalvagg on Thu, 2024-01-25 15:34

Ritsuka Uenoyama is bored with it all—with school, with his basketball club, and even with his one true passion: playing guitar. That is, until the day he finds his favorite hidden napping spot occupied by a strange boy cradling a broken-stringed guitar.

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Given
Given

Natsuki Kizu
(Manga - MANGA Given v. 1 Kizu)


Ritsuka Uenoyama is bored with it all—with school, with his basketball club, and even with his one true passion: playing guitar. That is, until the day he finds his favorite hidden napping spot occupied by a strange boy cradling a broken-stringed guitar.

 

YA Manga

  • Akira


  • Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon


  • Vinland Saga


  • Silver Spoon


  • Little Devils


  • Delicious in Dungeon


  • Bloom into You


  • Golden Kamuy


  • Kaiju No. 8


  • Toilet-bound Hanako-kun


  • From Me to You (Kimi Ni Todoke)


  • Given


  • The Way of the Househusband


  • The Summer Hikaru Died


  • Haikyu!!


  • My Brother's Husband


  • Mob Psycho 100


  • Laid-Back Camp


  • Boys Run the Riot


  • The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil a Rún


  • Bloom into You


  • Jujutsu Kaisen


  • Witch Hat Atelier


  • Toilet-bound Hanako-kun


  • Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits


  • Spy x Family


  • Dragon Ball


  • The Summer Hikaru Died


  • Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan


  • A Sign of Affection


  • Blue Period


  • A Man and His Cat


  • Blue Period


  • Chainsaw Man


  • Chainsaw Man


  • Vinland Saga


  • Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror


  • A Sign of Affection


  • Delicious in Dungeon


  • Boys Run the Riot


  • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End


  • Fruits Basket


  • Kaiju No. 8


  • The Promised Neverland


  • Mob Psycho 100


  • Komi Can't Communicate


  • Jujutsu Kaisen


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Daughters of a Dead Empire

Submitted by fsalvagg on Thu, 2024-01-11 14:40

Russia, 1918. With the execution of Tsar Nicholas, the empire crumbles and Russia is on the edge of civil war. Evgenia—a peasant and proud member of the Bolshevik party—agrees to help a bourgeois girl, Anna, traverse the war-torn countryside in search of safety, but Anna is harboring a secret that could cost them their lives.

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Daughters of a Dead Empire
Daughters of a Dead Empire

Carolyn Tara O'Neil
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Oneil)


Russia, 1918. With the execution of Tsar Nicholas, the empire crumbles and Russia is on the edge of civil war. Evgenia—a peasant and proud member of the Bolshevik party—agrees to help a bourgeois girl, Anna, traverse the war-torn countryside in search of safety, but Anna is harboring a secret that could cost them their lives.

 

YA Historical Fiction

  • Stateless


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • The Way Back


  • Only This Beautiful Moment


  • Butterfly Yellow


  • The Voice Upstairs


  • Strike the Zither


  • Hotel Magnifique


  • As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow


  • These Violent Delights


  • The Forest of Stolen Girls


  • Before We Disappear


  • Last Night at the Telegraph Club


  • I'll Take Everything You Have


  • The Gilded Wolves


  • The Davenports


  • The Black Kids


  • When the World was Ours


  • Rima's Rebellion


  • The Librarian of Auschwitz


  • How Do You Live?


  • Daughters of a Dead Empire


  • We are Not Free


  • So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix


  • Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix


  • One for All


  • Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh


  • Valiant Ladies


  • Destination Unknown


  • The Night Diary


  • The Boy in the Red Dress


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A Long Stretch of Bad Days

Submitted by Paula G.O. on Tue, 2023-10-24 13:23

Both Lydia and Bristal need one more credit to graduate. An unexpected partnership forms as the two remake Lydia's town history podcast to investigate the Long Stretch of Bad Days—a week when Henley was hit by a tornado, a flash flood, as well as its first—and only—unsolved murder.

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A Long Stretch of Bad Days
A Long Stretch of Bad Days

Mindy McGinnis
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Mcginni)


Both Lydia and Bristal need one more credit to graduate. An unexpected partnership forms as the two remake Lydia's town history podcast to investigate the Long Stretch of Bad Days—a week when Henley was hit by a tornado, a flash flood, as well as its first—and only—unsolved murder.

 

YA Mystery and Crime Fiction

  • My Flawless Life


  • Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything


  • Ace of Spades


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Promise Boys


  • White Smoke


  • Greenglass House


  • A Long Stretch of Bad Days


  • The Reunion


  • Invisible Son


  • Truly Devious


  • Someone is Always Watching


  • Good As Gold


  • Blood Debts


  • At the Speed of Lies


  • Five Survive


  • Dark and Shallow Lies


  • The Inheritance Games


  • The Marvelous


  • The Grimoire of Grave Fates


  • Bad Things Happen Here


  • Warrior Girl Unearthed


  • Play the Game


  • The King is Dead


  • All That’s Left to Say


  • The Black Queen


  • The Sharp Edge of Silence


  • The Athena Protocol


  • The Diviners


  • Fight Like a Girl


  • I'm the Girl


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Dark and Shallow Lies

Submitted by Sam O. on Tue, 2023-10-24 12:27

In a small town deep in the bayou, seventeen-year-old Grey searches for answers about the disappearance of her best friend, uncovering long-held secrets that threaten everything she believed about herself, her family, her friends, and her home.

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Dark and Shallow Lies
Dark and Shallow Lies

Ginny Myers Sain
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Sain)


In a small town deep in the bayou, seventeen-year-old Grey searches for answers about the disappearance of her best friend, uncovering long-held secrets that threaten everything she believed about herself, her family, her friends, and her home.

 

YA Mystery and Crime Fiction

  • Invisible Son


  • Someone is Always Watching


  • My Flawless Life


  • Blood Debts


  • Bad Things Happen Here


  • Five Survive


  • The Grimoire of Grave Fates


  • The Sharp Edge of Silence


  • All That’s Left to Say


  • Truly Devious


  • The King is Dead


  • Warrior Girl Unearthed


  • The Inheritance Games


  • Greenglass House


  • Ace of Spades


  • The Taking of Jake Livingston


  • Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything


  • Play the Game


  • The Marvelous


  • Good As Gold


  • Promise Boys


  • The Athena Protocol


  • Dark and Shallow Lies


  • White Smoke


  • Fight Like a Girl


  • At the Speed of Lies


  • The Diviners


  • A Long Stretch of Bad Days


  • The Reunion


  • I'm the Girl


  • The Black Queen


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Lulu and Milagro's Search for Clarity

Submitted by fsalvagg on Wed, 2023-07-12 16:18

Overachiever Lulu has straight As, perfect attendance, and a solid 10-year plan. Middle sister Milagro wants nothing to do with college or a nerdy class field trip. On a journey from Baltimore all the way to San Francisco, Lulu and Milagro will become begrudging partners as they unpack weighty family expectations and maybe even discover the true meaning of sisterhood.

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Lulu and Milagro's Search for Clarity
Lulu and Milagro's Search for Clarity

Angela Velez
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Velez)

Overachiever Lulu has straight As, perfect attendance, and a solid 10-year plan. Middle sister Milagro wants nothing to do with college or a nerdy class field trip. On a journey from Baltimore all the way to San Francisco, Lulu and Milagro will become begrudging partners as they unpack weighty family expectations and maybe even discover the true meaning of sisterhood.

 

YA Contemporary

  • Starfish


  • I'm Not Dying With You Tonight


  • Light It Up


  • Between Perfect and Real


  • Don't Ask Me Where I'm From


  • Six Angry Girls


  • Be Not Far From Me


  • The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen


  • The Summer of Bitter and Sweet


  • Off the Record


  • This is My America


  • When We Were Infinite


  • Dress Coded


  • I Guess I Live Here Now


  • Not Here to Be Liked


  • K-Pop Confidential


  • How to Be Remy Cameron


  • The Arrival of Someday


  • Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance


  • We are Not From Here


  • The Spaces Between Us


  • All My Rage


  • This Will Be Funny Someday


  • Let Me Hear a Rhyme


  • With the Fire on High


  • Lulu and Milagro's Search for Clarity


  • Like Home


  • How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe


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