“Carve the Mark” by Veronica Roth

From the author of the 2012-2013 TRCA winner Divergent comes a new science fiction novel that follows Akos and Cyra, young people from opposing cultures whose fates are intertwined.

Described as resilient and quick on her feet, Cyra is the sister of a brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people. Her world collides with Akos, the son of a farmer and an oracle, when Akos and his brother are captured by enemy Shotet soldiers. With tensions running his on both sides Akos and Cyra must reach a decision. Do they help each other survive – or do they destroy one another?

Movie News: “Everything, Everything”

Everything, Everything, the 2016-2017 TRCA winner, was recently made into a movie starring Amandla Stenberg (Rue in The Hunger Games). The film which follows the life of Maddy, a teen confined to her home because of a debilitating disease, and her neighbor Olly, was released on May 19, 2017.

“Turtles All the Way Down” by John Green

Five years after The Fault in Our Stars, a 2013 TRCA Top 10 novel, John Green has written another novel that is believed to have wide appeal to the teen market. Turtles All the Way Down, Green’s fifth solo novel, tells the story of sixteen-year-old Aza and her best and most fearless friend, Daisy.

Described as “a tender story about learning to cope when the world feels out of control,” Turtles All the Way Down, released on 10 Oct. 2017, is already a #1 New York Times Bestseller, a #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller, a #1 International Bestseller and a USA Today Bestseller.

“Ghosts of Greenglass House” by Kate Milford

Author Kate Milford recently released her new book Ghosts of Greenglass House. Described as “an enchanting, empowering read” this novel is a sequel to Greenglass House a previous TRCA Top 10 and winner of the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery.

Ghosts of Greenglass House returns the reader to the inn where young Milo is, once again, spending the winter holidays stuck in a house full of strange guests who are not what they seem. Milo will have to work with friends old and new to uncover clues in search of a mysterious map and a famous smuggler’s lost haul.