A Guide to the Dark

Stranded at the Wildwood Motel while on their spring break road trip, Mira and Layla discover eight people died in their room and set out to find the connection between the deaths and the unexplainable things that keep happening inside Room 9.

A Guide to the Dark

Meriam Metoui
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Metoui)


Stranded at the Wildwood Motel while on their spring break road trip, Mira and Layla discover eight people died in their room and set out to find the connection between the deaths and the unexplainable things that keep happening inside Room 9.

YA Arab American Heritage Month

  • Something More


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • A Guide to the Dark


  • Mirage


  • Ida in the Middle


  • Thunderbird


  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • Squire


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • The Shape of Thunder


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • Huda F Are You?


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • Huda F Are You?


  • Squire


  • Nayra and the Djinn


It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir

An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family, forging unexpected bonds and navigating adolescence in an unfamiliar country.

It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir

Malaka Gharib
(Graphic Novels - GN 741.5092 Gharib Gha)


An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family, forging unexpected bonds and navigating adolescence in an unfamiliar country.

YA Arab American Heritage Month

  • Bright Red Fruit


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • Ida in the Middle


  • Squire


  • The Shape of Thunder


  • Huda F Are You?


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • Thunderbird


  • Huda F Are You?


  • Mirage


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Something More


  • Squire


  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • A Guide to the Dark


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


The Next New Syrian Girl

An unlikely friendship between Syrian American boxer Khadija and Syrian refugee Leene reveals the pressures and expectations of the perfect Syrian daughter and the repercussions of the Syrian Revolution both at home and abroad.

The Next New Syrian Girl

Ream Shukairy
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Shukair)


An unlikely friendship between Syrian American boxer Khadija and Syrian refugee Leene reveals the pressures and expectations of the perfect Syrian daughter and the repercussions of the Syrian Revolution both at home and abroad.

YA Arab American Heritage Month

  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • Thunderbird


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • Something More


  • Ida in the Middle


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • Mirage


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Huda F Are You?


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Squire


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • The Shape of Thunder


  • Squire


  • Huda F Are You?


  • A Guide to the Dark


Bright Red Fruit

Samira is determined to have a perfect summer filled with fun parties, exploring DC, and growing as a poet—until a scandalous rumor has her grounded and unable to leave her house. But soon she's keeping a bigger secret than ever before—one that that could prove her reputation and jeopardize her place in her community.

Bright Red Fruit

Safia Elhillo
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Elhillo)


Samira is determined to have a perfect summer filled with fun parties, exploring DC, and growing as a poet—until a scandalous rumor has her grounded and unable to leave her house. But soon she's keeping a bigger secret than ever before—one that that could prove her reputation and jeopardize her place in her community.

YA Arab American Heritage Month

  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • Huda F Are You?


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • Mirage


  • The Shape of Thunder


  • Squire


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • A Guide to the Dark


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • Something More


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Squire


  • Thunderbird


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • Huda F Are You?


  • Ida in the Middle


Something More

Jessie is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make a fresh start and keep her diagnosis a secret, Jessie creates a list of goals. But she gets more than she bargained for when two very different boys steal her heart, forcing her to go off-script. 

Something More

Jackie Khalilieh
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Khalili)


Jessie is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make a fresh start and keep her diagnosis a secret, Jessie creates a list of goals. But she gets more than she bargained for when two very different boys steal her heart, forcing her to go off-script. 

YA Arab American Heritage Month

  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • The Shape of Thunder


  • Ida in the Middle


  • Huda F Are You?


  • Something More


  • Mirage


  • A Guide to the Dark


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • Squire


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Thunderbird


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • Squire


  • Huda F Are You?


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


Thunderbird

Noor, a young orphaned girl who starts in the present and must go back in time to get four magical bird feathers and save the world. Aided by a djinn cat and girls who look identical to Noor and who each have one of the bird's powers.

Thunderbird

Sonia Nimr
(Juvenile Fiction - J Nimr)


Noor, a young orphaned girl who starts in the present and must go back in time to get four magical bird feathers and save the world. Aided by a djinn cat and girls who look identical to Noor and who each have one of the bird's powers.

YA Arab American Heritage Month

  • Thunderbird


  • A Guide to the Dark


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • Squire


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • Huda F Are You?


  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Mirage


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • Something More


  • Huda F Are You?


  • Ida in the Middle


  • Squire


  • The Shape of Thunder


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • Nayra and the Djinn


Ida in the Middle

Ida is forced to move to a different school, but people still treat her like she'll never fit in. One day, she looks for food and discovers a jar of olives that came from her family's village near Jerusalem. Ida eats one and finds herself in the village, but things are different in this other reality.

Ida in the Middle

Nora Lester Murad
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Murad)


Ida is forced to move to a different school, but people still treat her like she'll never fit in. One day, she looks for food and discovers a jar of olives that came from her family's village near Jerusalem. Ida eats one and finds herself in the village, but things are different in this other reality.

YA Arab American Heritage Month

  • Something More


  • Huda F Are You?


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • Mirage


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • Squire


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Squire


  • Ida in the Middle


  • A Guide to the Dark


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • Thunderbird


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • Huda F Are You?


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • The Shape of Thunder


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


A Thousand Beginnings and Endings: 15 Retellings of Asian Myths and Legends

15 authors of Asian descent reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia, in short stories ranging from fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge.

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings: 15 Retellings of Asian Myths and Legends

Ellen Oh
- Editor
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Thousan)

15 authors of Asian descent reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia, in short stories ranging from fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge.


YA Best Books of 2023

  • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 1


  • The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea


  • Solo Leveling, Vol. 1


  • The Weight of Blood


  • The Adventure Zone, Vol. 1: Here There Be Gerblins


  • Sunbearer Trials


  • The Star-Touched Queen


  • Solo Leveling, Vol. 1


  • Starfish


  • The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet


  • Space Trash, Vol. 1


  • Whalefall


  • The Hunger Games


  • The Moth Keeper


  • Space Trash, Vol. 1


  • The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich


  • The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics


  • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 1


  • Cursed Princess Club, Vol. 1


  • The Adventure Zone, Vol. 1: Here There Be Gerblins


  • The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics


  • Warrior Girl Unearthed


  • Spin


  • Cursed Princess Club, Vol. 1


  • The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich


  • Delicious Monsters


  • Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe


  • A Thousand Beginnings and Endings: 15 Retellings of Asian Myths and Legends


  • Daughter of the Moon Goddess


  • The Moth Keeper


  • Our Crooked Hearts


  • Rules for Vanishing


Daughter of the Moon Goddess

Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the feared Celesial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing the elixer of immortality. But when Xingyin's magic flares and her existence is discovered, she is forced to flee her home, leaving her mother behind. To save her mother, Xingyin embarks on a perilous quest, confronting legendary creatures and vicious enemies.

Daughter of the Moon Goddess

Sue Lynn Tan
(Science Fiction & Fantasy - SF Tan)

Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the feared Celesial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing the elixer of immortality. But when Xingyin's magic flares and her existence is discovered, she is forced to flee her home, leaving her mother behind. To save her mother, Xingyin embarks on a perilous quest, confronting legendary creatures and vicious enemies.


YA Best Books of 2023

  • The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics


  • Daughter of the Moon Goddess


  • The Weight of Blood


  • Sunbearer Trials


  • Our Crooked Hearts


  • The Star-Touched Queen


  • Warrior Girl Unearthed


  • The Adventure Zone, Vol. 1: Here There Be Gerblins


  • The Adventure Zone, Vol. 1: Here There Be Gerblins


  • The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich


  • The Moth Keeper


  • The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet


  • The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics


  • Cursed Princess Club, Vol. 1


  • Rules for Vanishing


  • The Hunger Games


  • Delicious Monsters


  • Solo Leveling, Vol. 1


  • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 1


  • Space Trash, Vol. 1


  • Space Trash, Vol. 1


  • The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich


  • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 1


  • Cursed Princess Club, Vol. 1


  • A Thousand Beginnings and Endings: 15 Retellings of Asian Myths and Legends


  • Spin


  • Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe


  • The Moth Keeper


  • Starfish


  • Whalefall


  • The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea


  • Solo Leveling, Vol. 1


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