A new month means new stories waiting to be discovered.
This latest wave of teen releases brings fresh voices, powerful emotions and page-turning plots that capture what it means to grow, question and explore.
RED STAR REBELS – Amie Kaufman
From the NYT bestselling co-author of Illuminae and Aurora Rising comes a high-stakes, high-chemistry sci-fi romp that crackles with romantic tension.
It’s 2067, and the Graves family has transformed Mars from a lifeless rock into a chaotic patchwork of settlements, and everybody wants a piece.
Enter Hunter Graves: handsome, ambitious, and with spectacularly bad timing. He shows up at the United Nations base just as an emergency evacuation sends everyone scurrying for safety. Except he’s left behind. Uh oh.
Also stranded: Cleo, a sharp-tongued stowaway with no intention of dying today, and even less patience for overconfident trust fund boys. But the enemy of your enemy might just help you survive, so here we are. Turns out the evacuation was just a cover for the mercenaries who came next, and they plan to blow up the base and every trace of their crime in eight hours.
Now, Hunter and Cleo have one shot to stop the explosion, escape alive, and deal with the inconvenient fact that they’re falling for each other. The clock is ticking.
An exciting and event-filled sci-fi thriller from the internationally bestselling co-author of the Aurora Cycle and the Illuminae Files.
ARCANA: THE LOST HEIRS – Sam Prentice-Jones
Magic. Mystery. Found family. And a love that could rewrite fate.
James, Daphne, Koko and Sonny have always known the Arcana, a secretive society of witches governed by the enigmatic Majors, as home.
Inducted into the Arcana, Eli soon finds more than just spells and secrets within its walls, including the family he never had and a blossoming romance with James.
But beneath the Arcana’s magical surface, something sinister is stirring. And when the group delves deeper, they discover that the Arcana’s power comes at a cost and they may be the ones fated to pay it.
To break the curse, they’ll have to confront the past. To save each other, they’ll have to risk everything.
A stunning graphic novel about the families we choose, the love we fight for, and the courage it takes to break the cycle.
AVALANCHE – Simon Fox
Perfect for fans of Alex Rider and Artemis Fowl, Simon Fox’s latest action-packed thriller is ideal for readers too young for Jack Reacher.
Tom thought going to a luxury ski resort was the holiday he and his mum needed. But he didn’t expect kidnappers to take over their chalet, looking for the dangerous technology her boss has created or for an avalanche to trap them even further.
Can Tom figure a way out before it’s too late? Simon Fox is the author of Running Out of Time and Deadlock. He lives in the UK.
Because every great reading journey starts with the right book, this month offers plenty to choose from.
