Ambushed!: The Assassination Plot against President Garfield by Gail Jarrow

This page-turner delves into the fascinating story of the relationship between James Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, and Charles Guiteau, the man who shot him four months after he was elected. relates . Jarrow details the gruesome details of Garfield's slow and agonizing death and the medical mistakes made, including the faulty diagnoses and outdated treatments that led to the president's demise.  Gr. 5+ 

Beastars by Paru Itagaki

At a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, it's personal relationships that maintain the fragile peace. Who among them is a Beastar, an academic and social role model destined to become a leader in a society naturally rife with mistrust? Gr. 10+  

The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

To inherit billions, all Avery Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks in Hawthorne House. But then trouble arrives in the form of a visitor who needs her help.  Avery and the Hawthorne brothers are drawn into a dangerous game against an unknown and powerful player. Secrets upon secrets. Riddles upon riddles. In this game, there are hearts and lives at stake - and there is nothing more Hawthorne than winning. Grade 7+   

Girl on the Line by Faith Gardner

After surviving a suicide attempt, Journey has to figure out what that future's supposed to look like. Her parents don't know how to speak to her and her bipolar II disorder feels like it swallows her completely. But meeting Etta, a city college student and volunteering at a hotline helps her to uncover the light within herself that she didn't know existed. Grade 10+

Snow Angels by Jeff Lemire

Miliken and Mae Mae have never left The Trench, a sprawling settlement of people living inside the ice walls of a vast, seemingly endless frozen trench carved into the surface of an icy wasteland. On Milliken’s twelfth birthday, their father takes them on an overnight skate down the trench—a coming-of-age ritual to teach them how to fish, hunt, and give proper thanks to their frozen Gods. It’s the trip of a lifetime until the girls push beyond the borders of their humble land and awaken the Trench’s deadly defender the Snowman, a relentless killer.   Grade 9+