6 New Must-Read Young Adult Books

31 Mar 2023

6 New Must-Read Young Adult Books

Young adult fiction has captured the hearts and minds of readers with compelling characters, relatable themes, and engaging storytelling. With so many new releases hitting the shelves each month, it can be hard to keep up with the latest and greatest titles. That’s why we’ve put together this list of six must-read young adult books – guaranteed to captivate and inspire readers of all ages. Happy Reading!

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The Bane of Angelfall Academy

by Shanti Hershenson

Release Date: March 25, 2023

The child of famous authors, 12-year-old Devan is thrown into the eccentric world of Angelfall Academy, a boarding school for the most talented teen writers. She will have to navigate the school’s great technology and blend in with her eminent peers. When her characters come to life, she will have to both survive sixth grade, and save the world.

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Drama Kings Don’t Date Goth Girls (Oak Grove High Book 4)

by KE Strand

Release Date: March 15, 2023

Tess is the new girl at Oak Grove High since escaping her parents’ controlling clutches to come live with her aunt. When she learns she’ll face her parents at her aunt’s wedding, she turns to Kellen, the school’s drama king, for a double dose of goth-shock. But her acting skills are called into play when she starts falling for him.

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Control (The Lockwood Trilogy Book 1)

by Melissa Cassera

Release Date: March 28, 2023

18-year-old Natalie has big ambitions but very little control over her situation. She’s trapped at an elite boarding school on a private island, where cell phones are forbidden, militant guards line the iron gates, and her practically prearranged boyfriend has eyes for another girl. Everything changes when a mysterious new student arrives named Henry Thorne. Henry is a “precog”—a hidden society of people who can see the future, and who are forbidden to reveal their powers. When Henry has a grisly vision of Natalie being murdered, he ultimately decides to save her and face the consequences. But the consequences of changing the future are more dangerous than Henry imagined…

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In Nightfall

by Suzanne Young

Release Date: March 28, 2023

In the quaint town of Nightfall, Oregon, it isn’t the dark you should be afraid of—it’s the girls. The Lost Boys meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this propulsive novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Treatment.

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A Door in the Dark (Waxways Book 1)

by Scott Reintgen

Release Date: March 28, 2023

One of Us is Lying meets A Deadly Education in this fantasy thriller that follows six teenage wizards as they fight to make it home alive after a malfunctioning spell leaves them stranded in the wilderness.

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The End of Hope (The End of Everything Book 4)

by Nate Johnson

Release Date: March 4, 2023

The small town of Hope Montana cuts itself off as the world ends around it. Little more than a village all alone in the mountains struggling to survive the worst of dystopoian disasters. Jake Roberts is an outsider. A young man fighting to belong while the world crumbles. Torn between helping others and trying to remain detached. As the town and its people fight to survive both the plague and each other, Jake is caught in the middle of it all. How do people live when they lose contact with civilization? What happens when people lose what they have taken for granted? Food, electricity, and security. All of it gone, and worse, never coming back.

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