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

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


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • Mirage


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • Huda F Are You?


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • Something More


  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Squire


  • Ida in the Middle


  • The Shape of Thunder


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


  • Huda F Are You?


  • Squire


  • A Guide to the Dark


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Thunderbird


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

  • Mirage


  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • Huda F Are You?


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • Thunderbird


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • Ida in the Middle


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • Squire


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


  • The Shape of Thunder


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Huda F Are You?


  • Something More


  • A Guide to the Dark


  • Squire


  • 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

  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • A Guide to the Dark


  • Squire


  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • Mirage


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • Thunderbird


  • Ida in the Middle


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


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • The Shape of Thunder


  • Nayra and the Djinn


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


  • Huda F Are You?


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • Something More


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • Squire


  • Huda F Are You?


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

  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • Squire


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • Squire


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • Huda F Are You?


  • Something More


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


  • Mirage


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • A Guide to the Dark


  • The Shape of Thunder


  • Thunderbird


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


  • Ida in the Middle


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • Huda F Are You?


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

  • Huda F Are You?


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • Mirage


  • Squire


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • Ida in the Middle


  • Something More


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • Huda F Are You?


  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • The Shape of Thunder


  • Squire


  • Thunderbird


  • A Guide to the Dark


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


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


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


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

  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Squire


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • We Hunt the Flame


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


  • Mirage


  • Ida in the Middle


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


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • Huda F Are You?


  • A Guide to the Dark


  • Something More


  • Squire


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • Huda F Are You?


  • Thunderbird


  • The Shape of Thunder


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

  • Squire


  • Huda F Are You?


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • Squire


  • Nayra and the Djinn


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


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Huda F Are You?


  • Mirage


  • Something More


  • Ida in the Middle


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


  • Thunderbird


  • The Shape of Thunder


  • A Guide to the Dark


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


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

  • Our Crooked Hearts


  • The Weight of Blood


  • The Star-Touched Queen


  • Rules for Vanishing


  • Cursed Princess Club, Vol. 1


  • Space Trash, Vol. 1


  • Daughter of the Moon Goddess


  • Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe


  • Whalefall


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


  • Warrior Girl Unearthed


  • The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics


  • The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich


  • The Moth Keeper


  • Spin


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


  • Solo Leveling, Vol. 1


  • Starfish


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


  • Space Trash, Vol. 1


  • The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea


  • The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich


  • The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet


  • Sunbearer Trials


  • Solo Leveling, Vol. 1


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


  • The Moth Keeper


  • The Hunger Games


  • The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics


  • Delicious Monsters


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


  • Cursed Princess Club, Vol. 1


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

  • Delicious Monsters


  • Warrior Girl Unearthed


  • Solo Leveling, Vol. 1


  • Space Trash, Vol. 1


  • The Moth Keeper


  • Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe


  • Spin


  • The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet


  • The Hunger Games


  • Daughter of the Moon Goddess


  • Cursed Princess Club, Vol. 1


  • The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich


  • Whalefall


  • The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics


  • The Star-Touched Queen


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


  • The Moth Keeper


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


  • The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich


  • Sunbearer Trials


  • Our Crooked Hearts


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


  • Rules for Vanishing


  • The Weight of Blood


  • Solo Leveling, Vol. 1


  • The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics


  • Cursed Princess Club, Vol. 1


  • The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea


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


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


  • Starfish


  • Space Trash, Vol. 1


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