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What if ... Loki was worthy

Roux, Madeleine, 1985-,


In an alternate Marvel universe, Loki's prank on Thor involving Asgard's Destroyer results in a drastic change of Thor's life on Midgard--and the God of Thunder ends up dead. Odin banishes Loki to Earth in Thor's stead, condemning him to a life of boxed wine, instant noodles, and grief, until Valkyrie arrives with Thor's final words from the grave--Loki is tasked by his brother with finding a Dr. Jane Foster and ensuring Mjolnir is passed on to its rightful heir. Complicating things is the genius billionaire Tony Stark, who has sued the wreckage of the Destroyer to make an Asgardian-tech Iron-Man suit, vowing revenge on all of Asgard for the destruction of New York City.
Date Published:2024

In an alternate Marvel universe, Loki's prank on Thor involving Asgard's Destroyer results in a drastic change of Thor's life on Midgard--and the God of Thunder ends up dead. Odin banishes Loki to Earth in Thor's stead, condemning him to a life of boxed wine, instant noodles, and grief, until Valkyrie arrives with Thor's final words from the grave--Loki is tasked by his brother with finding a Dr. Jane Foster and ensuring Mjolnir is passed on to its rightful heir. Complicating things is the genius billionaire Tony Stark, who has sued the wreckage of the Destroyer to make an Asgardian-tech Iron-Man suit, vowing revenge on all of Asgard for the destruction of New York City.

Date Published:2024

The Naturals

Barnes, Jennifer (Jennifer Lynn)


School Library Journal, December 2013. Publisher's Weekly, September 2013. Booklist, November 2013. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2013. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2013. Kirkus Review, October 2013. Library Media Connection, March 2014. Library Media Connection, Publisher's Weekly, School Library Journal, Voice of Youth Advocate, Horn Book, October 2014. Horn Book Guide, Voice of Youth Advocates, "Seventeen-year-old Cassie, who has a natural ability to read people, joins an elite group of criminal profilers at the FBI in order to help solve cold cases"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2013

School Library Journal, December 2013. Publisher's Weekly, September 2013. Booklist, November 2013. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2013. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2013. Kirkus Review, October 2013. Library Media Connection, March 2014. Library Media Connection, Publisher's Weekly, School Library Journal, Voice of Youth Advocate, Horn Book, October 2014. Horn Book Guide, Voice of Youth Advocates, "Seventeen-year-old Cassie, who has a natural ability to read people, joins an elite group of criminal profilers at the FBI in order to help solve cold cases"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2013

The river she became

Varga, Emily,


Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, When scholar-turned-thief Yaseema crosses the River into the fae world in search of a relic to save her conquered people, she forms an uneasy alliance with a captain hiding his own rebellion, and together they must survive curses, monsters, and a dangerous bond as each fights to claim the same relic for their own.
Date Published:2026

What if... Kitty Pryde stole the Phoenix Force

Podos, Rebecca,


"An X-Men and America Chavez story"--Jacket. In an alternate reality where the X-Men virtually all perished, Kitty Pryde lives in hiding in 1990, afraid of her power being discovered. However, flashes of a different world, one where she is surrounded by fellow mutant friends, won't leave her mind alone. One day, one of those friends, Betsy Braddock, breaks through and confirms what Kitty has always known--something is terribly wrong with their version of Earth. Following a psychic trail into the past, Kitty, Betsy, and the allies they gather along the way, must find the key inflection event that unraveled their future and stop it--even if it means messing with the timeline and stealing the Phoenix Force before Jean Grey gets it.
Date Published:2025

"An X-Men and America Chavez story"--Jacket. In an alternate reality where the X-Men virtually all perished, Kitty Pryde lives in hiding in 1990, afraid of her power being discovered. However, flashes of a different world, one where she is surrounded by fellow mutant friends, won't leave her mind alone. One day, one of those friends, Betsy Braddock, breaks through and confirms what Kitty has always known--something is terribly wrong with their version of Earth. Following a psychic trail into the past, Kitty, Betsy, and the allies they gather along the way, must find the key inflection event that unraveled their future and stop it--even if it means messing with the timeline and stealing the Phoenix Force before Jean Grey gets it.

Date Published:2025

Soul of shadow : a novel /

Noyes, Emma (Emma Virginia Rideout)


May have sprayed edges. "Content warning: gun violence, disappearances/murder, death of a sibling"--Content warning page. School Library Journal, July 2025. Publishers Weekly, April 2025. Kirkus Review, May 2025. While investigating a classmate's disappearance, sixteen-year-old Charlie finds herself drawn to a mysterious newcomer who uncovers a hidden world of Norse mythology and ill-fated love.
Date Published:2025

Take it to your grave

Bou-Montes, Louangie,


Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Joaquín Felix Ladrón is desperate to have a genuine paranormal experience, even if it means sacrificing his relationship with his boyfriend to do it, but his world is turned upside down when he crosses paths with Maximiliano Rafael Guerrero Lopez while investigating an abandoned house that's supposedly haunted. Max has lived as a ghost in his childhood bedroom with no memory of how he died for the last thirty years, so Joaquín offers to help him find answers about his death. But the deeper they dig into Max's past, the more they realize his death wasn't as straightforward as everyone believed, and Joaquín and Max's fates become intertwined in ways they never expected as their connection deepens and Max's powers grow stronger.
Date Published:2026

Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Joaquín Felix Ladrón is desperate to have a genuine paranormal experience, even if it means sacrificing his relationship with his boyfriend to do it, but his world is turned upside down when he crosses paths with Maximiliano Rafael Guerrero Lopez while investigating an abandoned house that's supposedly haunted. Max has lived as a ghost in his childhood bedroom with no memory of how he died for the last thirty years, so Joaquín offers to help him find answers about his death. But the deeper they dig into Max's past, the more they realize his death wasn't as straightforward as everyone believed, and Joaquín and Max's fates become intertwined in ways they never expected as their connection deepens and Max's powers grow stronger.

Date Published:2026

The song rising author's preferred text /

Shannon, Samantha, 1991-,


"Fully revised with new material"--Jacket. Publishers Weekly, Paige Mahoney has risen to the dangerous position of Underqueen, ruling over London's criminal population. But with vengeful enemies still at large and a deadly new technology threatening all clairvoyants, her world may be about to change for the worse.
Date Published:2024

Sunrise on the reaping

Collins, Suzanne.


School Library Journal starred, April 2025. Kirkus Starred, May 2025. New York Times, June 2025. Horn Book, July 2025. Publishers Weekly Annex, April 2025. "As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves. When Haymitch's name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He's torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who's nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town. As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he's been set up to fail. But there's something in him that wants to fight . . . and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

School Library Journal starred, April 2025. Kirkus Starred, May 2025. New York Times, June 2025. Horn Book, July 2025. Publishers Weekly Annex, April 2025. "As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves. When Haymitch's name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He's torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who's nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town. As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he's been set up to fail. But there's something in him that wants to fight . . . and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2025

We are Mayhem

Rourke-Mooney, Beck,


Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, After moving from a New Jersey suburb to the Catskill Mountains with her family, seventeen-year-old former gymnast Birdie searches for a place to belong after she botches her tryout for the cheerleading squad. After a prank goes awry, she meets former professional wrester Mad Mabel and her granddaughter Abigail Rose, who convinces Birdie to join their all-girl wrestling group, leading Birdie to rethink her future and embrace her identity in all its forms.
Date Published:2024

Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, After moving from a New Jersey suburb to the Catskill Mountains with her family, seventeen-year-old former gymnast Birdie searches for a place to belong after she botches her tryout for the cheerleading squad. After a prank goes awry, she meets former professional wrester Mad Mabel and her granddaughter Abigail Rose, who convinces Birdie to join their all-girl wrestling group, leading Birdie to rethink her future and embrace her identity in all its forms.

Date Published:2024

You'd be home now

Glasgow, Kathleen, 1969-,


Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, School Library Journal starred, August 2021. Booklist starred, August 2021. Publishers Weekly, August 2021. Kirkus Starred, July 2021. Sixteen-year-old Emory's life was turned upside down when she and her addict brother Joey were in a car accident that killed another girl. Four months later, Joey is home from rehab, and Emmy is about to start her junior year. Her parents make Emmy take care of her brother, and she is forced to harbor secrets of her own. Soon, her family must come to terms with the true consequences of Joey's addiction.
Date Published:2021

Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, School Library Journal starred, August 2021. Booklist starred, August 2021. Publishers Weekly, August 2021. Kirkus Starred, July 2021. Sixteen-year-old Emory's life was turned upside down when she and her addict brother Joey were in a car accident that killed another girl. Four months later, Joey is home from rehab, and Emmy is about to start her junior year. Her parents make Emmy take care of her brother, and she is forced to harbor secrets of her own. Soon, her family must come to terms with the true consequences of Joey's addiction.

Date Published:2021

They want us dead a novel /

Montblanc, C. L.,


Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Seventeen-year-old true crime YouTube influencer Sam Tombs is thrilled when they're invited to participate in a weekend conference featuring their favorite true crime influencer. However, things turn sour shortly after they arrive when Sam learns their nemesis, Dylan, is also there and a dangerous storm descends upon the area, isolating them in the old Victorian mansion where they are staying. When a member of the retreat is found dead on the stairwell, Sam reluctantly teams up with Dylan to uncover the perpetrator as threats to their lives escalate.
Date Published:2026

Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Seventeen-year-old true crime YouTube influencer Sam Tombs is thrilled when they're invited to participate in a weekend conference featuring their favorite true crime influencer. However, things turn sour shortly after they arrive when Sam learns their nemesis, Dylan, is also there and a dangerous storm descends upon the area, isolating them in the old Victorian mansion where they are staying. When a member of the retreat is found dead on the stairwell, Sam reluctantly teams up with Dylan to uncover the perpetrator as threats to their lives escalate.

Date Published:2026

The Hunger Games

Collins, Suzanne.


School Library Journal starred, September 2008. Booklist starred, September 2008. Horn Book Starred, September 2008. Library Media Connection starred, November 2001. Pub Weekly, November 2008. New York Times, November 2008. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2008. Kirkus Review, September 2008. Kliatt Starred, November 2008. Horn Book, April 2009. Wilson's Senior High School, June 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011. Booklist, Horn Book Magazine, Kliatt, Library Journal, Library Media Connection, Publishers Weekly Starred, Voice of Youth Advocates, Wilson's Senior High School. Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal starred. Library Journal, Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death.
Date Published:2008

School Library Journal starred, September 2008. Booklist starred, September 2008. Horn Book Starred, September 2008. Library Media Connection starred, November 2001. Pub Weekly, November 2008. New York Times, November 2008. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2008. Kirkus Review, September 2008. Kliatt Starred, November 2008. Horn Book, April 2009. Wilson's Senior High School, June 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011. Booklist, Horn Book Magazine, Kliatt, Library Journal, Library Media Connection, Publishers Weekly Starred, Voice of Youth Advocates, Wilson's Senior High School. Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal starred. Library Journal, Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death.

Date Published:2008

The silent patient

Michaelides, Alex, 1977-,


Publishers Weekly Starred, Alicia Berenson's crime seems unfathomable. And it seems no one will ever understand why the famous painter shot her fashion photographer husband five times in the face because she refuses to speak of it. In fact, she refuses to speak at all. And when criminal psychotherapist Theo Faber takes on her case, what he uncovers is darker than he ever imagined.
Date Published:2019

Vesuvius

Biehn, Cass,


Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, Felix is a cunning thief, but when he steals a divine artifact--Mercury's helmet--from a temple in Pompeii, pieces of his forgotten past begin to appear. He soon crosses paths with Loren, a temple attendant who is plagued by visions of death and destruction with Felix at the center of them. As they try to escape a devastating future, they must uncover the truth about their entwined pasts and escape the burning city as Vesuvius erupts.
Date Published:2025

Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, Felix is a cunning thief, but when he steals a divine artifact--Mercury's helmet--from a temple in Pompeii, pieces of his forgotten past begin to appear. He soon crosses paths with Loren, a temple attendant who is plagued by visions of death and destruction with Felix at the center of them. As they try to escape a devastating future, they must uncover the truth about their entwined pasts and escape the burning city as Vesuvius erupts.

Date Published:2025

Try your worst

Greenfield, Chatham,


Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, Two lesbians and rival high school seniors, Sadie Katz and Cleo Chapman, are framed for a string of increasingly serious pranks that threaten their academic futures and must work together to identify who is setting them up. As they investigate possible suspects and motives, each confronts personal doubts: Sadie reconsiders her Ivy League ambitions and struggles with her depression, while Cleo questions what she truly wants. As they work to clear their names, the pair develop feelings for each other that complicate things.
Date Published:2025

Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, Two lesbians and rival high school seniors, Sadie Katz and Cleo Chapman, are framed for a string of increasingly serious pranks that threaten their academic futures and must work together to identify who is setting them up. As they investigate possible suspects and motives, each confronts personal doubts: Sadie reconsiders her Ivy League ambitions and struggles with her depression, while Cleo questions what she truly wants. As they work to clear their names, the pair develop feelings for each other that complicate things.

Date Published:2025

The roommate arrangement

Markum, Samantha,


"Ages 14 up"--Margaret K. McElderry Books. School Library Journal, November 2025. School Library Journal. "When eighteen-year-old Blair's housing plans fall through and she unexpectedly ends up rooming with her brother's best friend Jamie during a summer coding program, she strikes a deal to keep their living arrangement secret in exchange for coding help, all while trying to ignore her growing crush"--OCLC.
Date Published:2026

"Ages 14 up"--Margaret K. McElderry Books. School Library Journal, November 2025. School Library Journal. "When eighteen-year-old Blair's housing plans fall through and she unexpectedly ends up rooming with her brother's best friend Jamie during a summer coding program, she strikes a deal to keep their living arrangement secret in exchange for coding help, all while trying to ignore her growing crush"--OCLC.

Date Published:2026

Rules for fake girlfriends

Revord, Raegan, 2008-,


Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, Avery Blackwell receives a posthumous postcard from her late mother that tells her to enroll in the University of Brighton in England, where her mother attended, and follow nine clues on a scavenger hunt her mother left behind. On the journey there, Avery meets a local girl named Charlie who agrees to help Avery find the clues if Avery pretends to be her girlfriend to make her ex jealous. During the hunt, Avery begins to understand her mother and grow close to Charlie, finding love and her place in the world.
Date Published:2025

Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, Avery Blackwell receives a posthumous postcard from her late mother that tells her to enroll in the University of Brighton in England, where her mother attended, and follow nine clues on a scavenger hunt her mother left behind. On the journey there, Avery meets a local girl named Charlie who agrees to help Avery find the clues if Avery pretends to be her girlfriend to make her ex jealous. During the hunt, Avery begins to understand her mother and grow close to Charlie, finding love and her place in the world.

Date Published:2025

We burned so bright

Klune, TJ,


Library Journal Starred, Publishers Weekly, Don and his husband Rodney have lived a good, long life together, and they have walked every step of the way together, but their shared life comes to an abrupt end when a rogue black hole is reported to be headed straight for Earth. With only a month until the end of everything on Earth, the couple sets out on a road trip from Maine to Washington state to fulfill one last promise. Along the way, they meet people of all sorts, including those who are ignoring the inevitable and those who embrace it, and as Don and Rodney look back on their forty years together, they find themselves facing the truth about their life together and what it really means.
Date Published:2026

Library Journal Starred, Publishers Weekly, Don and his husband Rodney have lived a good, long life together, and they have walked every step of the way together, but their shared life comes to an abrupt end when a rogue black hole is reported to be headed straight for Earth. With only a month until the end of everything on Earth, the couple sets out on a road trip from Maine to Washington state to fulfill one last promise. Along the way, they meet people of all sorts, including those who are ignoring the inevitable and those who embrace it, and as Don and Rodney look back on their forty years together, they find themselves facing the truth about their life together and what it really means.

Date Published:2026

What if... Marc Spector was host to Venom

Chen, Mike,


"A Moon Knight & Venom story"--Jacket. Provides a fictional story set in the Marvel universe that images a scenario in which Marc Spector begins hearing a voice in his head begging for help and claiming to be his doppelganger from another dimension. He learns too late that the symbiote Venom has arrived with him and is controlling him. Before he can figure how what to do, Venom discards his host and merges with Marc, a.k.a. Moon Knight, and forces Khonshu out of his conscience. All seems lost as Venom begins a rampage across the planet, but when Jake Lockley and Steven Grant wake up in a strange reality and meet Khonshu, they agree to become its avatar to stop Venom and make it back to their own universe.
Date Published:2024

"A Moon Knight & Venom story"--Jacket. Provides a fictional story set in the Marvel universe that images a scenario in which Marc Spector begins hearing a voice in his head begging for help and claiming to be his doppelganger from another dimension. He learns too late that the symbiote Venom has arrived with him and is controlling him. Before he can figure how what to do, Venom discards his host and merges with Marc, a.k.a. Moon Knight, and forces Khonshu out of his conscience. All seems lost as Venom begins a rampage across the planet, but when Jake Lockley and Steven Grant wake up in a strange reality and meet Khonshu, they agree to become its avatar to stop Venom and make it back to their own universe.

Date Published:2024

Together we see

Tison, Ari,


Booklist Starred Reviews, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Ulá Dominguez, a Bribri American teenager, has always had a difficult relationship with her absent Native land-activist father, and this estrangement has kept her from truly embracing her Bribri heritage, but when her father unexpectedly dies, she and her brother, Kabék, travel to their Native territory in Costa Rica for the funeral. As they go through their father's belongings, Ulá and Kabék uncover clues that suggest his death wasn't an accident, and they begin to search for answers about their father's death with the help of Ulá's childhood friend, Manuel. They quickly discover just how dangerous their father's work was as they encounter illegal loggers, kidnappers, settlers, and the local government, and they are soon faced with a complicated web of of lies, deception, and danger.
Date Published:2026

Booklist Starred Reviews, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Ulá Dominguez, a Bribri American teenager, has always had a difficult relationship with her absent Native land-activist father, and this estrangement has kept her from truly embracing her Bribri heritage, but when her father unexpectedly dies, she and her brother, Kabék, travel to their Native territory in Costa Rica for the funeral. As they go through their father's belongings, Ulá and Kabék uncover clues that suggest his death wasn't an accident, and they begin to search for answers about their father's death with the help of Ulá's childhood friend, Manuel. They quickly discover just how dangerous their father's work was as they encounter illegal loggers, kidnappers, settlers, and the local government, and they are soon faced with a complicated web of of lies, deception, and danger.

Date Published:2026