HS New Books!

Be sure to check the "New Books" shelf.

Students have access to the Iowa Teen award nominated books again this year. These books are for readers in grades 6-9.

This year's ITA book titles include:

  • Booked by Kwame Alexander
  • Ghost by Jason Reynolds
  • The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry
  • Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead
  • Hidden Figures: Young Readers’ Edition by Margot Lee Shetterly
  • I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest
  • Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
  • Mark of the Thief by Jennifer A. Nielsen
  • Need by Joelle Charbonneau
  • Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II by Alan Gratz
  • Scythe by Neal Shusterman
  • Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson
  • Still a Work in Progress by Jo Knowles
  • Terror at Bottle Creek by Watt Key
  • Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee

High school readers will find a number of new books this year from the Iowa Association of School Librarians. Iowa High School book award (grades 9-12) nominees.

IHSBA titles include:

  • Flashfall by Jenny Moyer
  • Heartless By Marissa Meyer
  • Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristofff
  • The Leaving by Tara Altebrando
  • P.S. I Like You by Kasie West
  • Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
  • The Safest Lies by Megan Miranda
  • The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
  • The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B by Teresa Toten
  • The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
  • Zero Day by Jan Gangsei
  • Zeroes By Scott Westerfield