Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann Summary After her girlfriend broke up with her for being asexual, Alice has decided she’s done with dating. Instead, she’ll spend this summer third-wheeling for her soon-to-be-married best friends. But when she meets Takumi, a new employee at the library where she works, suddenly her whole world turns […]

Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker Summary Zenobia July is dealing with a lot of new – new home, new school, new family, new friends, new gender presentation. She’s overwhelmed and feeling out of control until a hacker starts posting bigoted memes on the school website. With her computer skills, she knows she can catch them, but […]

I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre Summary The chance of a lifetime comes in the form of a school email – an opportunity to enter the high school division of the NYC-LA Film Festival and compete for internships and scholarships. For Emma, a huge romantic, this is the chance she’s been waiting for […]

Maya and the Rising Dark by Rena Barron Summary Maya is dragging herself through math tutoring when she sees it for the first time – color fading out of the world. The weirdness continues from then, with werehyenas appearing in the street and a shadowy man visiting her dreams. Only when her father goes missing […]

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire Summary Other worlds love to pull children in – but they don’t always like to keep them. Enter Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children, a boarding school for the children who were taken, chewed up, and spit back out. They all think their door will open again, especially […]

Ikenga by Nnedi Okorafor Summary Nnamdi has always loved superheroes. He never felt more powerless than he did after his police chief father’s death, a murder which he pins on the notorious Chief of Chiefs. When the Ikenga grants him superpowers, he’s thrilled to be able to stop the crime that has erupted in the […]

Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older Summary This summer is supposed to be like any other – Sierra is should be spending her time painting, hanging out with friends, and doing what any other teenager might do with time to kill. What isn’t supposed to happen is the unraveling of a secret her family has kept […]

Lightfall: the Girl and the Galdurian by Tim Probert Summary Bea’s morning starts out like any other – breakfast with her forgetful grandfather and a trip into the woods for potion supplies. But when she meets Cad, a Galdurian who thinks her grandfather can help him find his people, everything turns upside-down. Now Bea’s grandfather […]

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Summary Life is hard, especially for greasers like Ponyboy and his friends. They can hold their own against the Socs – rich kids from the other side of town – and know they can count on each other to be there when it counts. But one thing leads to another, […]

Right as Rain by Lindsey Stoddard Summary Rain and her family are moving to New York. Her mom says it’s time for a fresh start, and even though it means that Rain will have to start a new school just a few weeks before summer, she agrees. The anniversary of her brother’s death is coming […]