High School English

All My Rage

Sabaa Tahir

While Salahudin is confronted with the possibility of the loss of the family motel and Noor with the loss of the future she’s dreamed about ever since surviving an earthquake in Pakistan, both are forced to make difficult choices that will retest their already-shaky relationship. 

Anatomy a Love Story

Dana Schwartz

Hazel Sinnet is a medical student in 19th century Scotland, who after being kicked out because of her gender.  She makes an agreement that is she can pass the test she can receive her qualification.  The only problem is she needs bodies to disect.  When she meets Jack, who steals bodies her problem might be solved.  Deceit, murder and viscious deeds soon threaten her future.

The Cat Who Saved Books

Sosuke Natsukawa

Bookish high school student Ritaro Natsuki is being forced to sell the second-hand bookstore he inherited from his grandfather to go and live with his aunt.  However one day a talking cat appears and asks him to help save the books. Their mission sends them on an amazing journey where they enter different mazes to set the books free. 

Aden Polydoros

Alter Rosen, a 17-year old Jewish immigrant works as an apprentice typesetter trying to make enough money to bring his mother and sisters over from Romania.  But Jewish boys keep turning up dead while Chicago enjoys the World Fair.  When Alter's roommate ends up dead he searches for the killer to bring Yakov's spirit peace.

Joy McCullough

Beneath a stage trapdoor three girls from  Shakespeare's most beloved plays gather to recount their lives.  The probing questions they ask each other get them to delve into their own motivations, beliefs, choices and lack thereof.  They begin imagining what would or wouldn't have changed if they were given agency over certains decisions and were able to speak their minds. 

When people began to disappear on the Osage Mission Trail, which led to Independence, Kansas, everyone knew something was terribly wrong. Hell’s Half-Acre explores the serial killings in Kansas during the 1870s, committed not by a sole individual but an entire, murderous family. 

Alexandra Bracken

As punishment for a past rebellion, nine Greek gods are forced to walk the earth as mortals. They are hunted by the descendants of ancient bloodlines, all eager to kill a god and seize their divine power and immortality. Long ago, Lore Perseous fled that brutal world, turning her back on the hunt's promises of eternal glory after her family was murdered by a rival line. Yet as the next hunt dawns over New York City, two participants seek her out: Castor, a childhood friend Lore believed to be dead, and Athena, one of the last of the original gods, now gravely wounded. Lore's decision to rejoin the hunt, binding her fate to Athena's, will come at a deadly cost-and it may not be enough to stop the rise of a new god with the power to bring humanity to its knees

Ryosuke Takeuchi

The untold story of Sherlock Holmes' greatest rival, Moriarty!

Before he was Sherlock's rival, Moriarty fought against the unfair class caste system in London by making sure corrupt nobility got their comeuppance. But even the most well-intentioned plans can spin out of control--will Moriarty's dream of a more just and equal world turn him into a hero...or a monster?

Grace K. Shim

After a DNA test uncovers a paternal family she never knew existed, 18-year-old Chloe Chang becomes immersed in a world of South Korean privilege.  Chloe has always dreamed of studying fashion in New York City, but after her father’s death, her mother’s salary is barely enough for them to get by. When she learns that her father - who she assumed had no relations - has family living in Seoul, Chloe takes off to meet them. The affluent Noh family are essentially South Korean royalty, a far cry from Chloe’s modest Oklahoma life. With the help of a new friend and the Noh’s dreamy personal assistant, Chloe dives into their world of glamour and secrets.  But class differences and Chloe’s unfamiliarity with Korean culture make her feel like she doesn’t belong, and she’s left wondering, "if my life is a real live K-drama... why does it feel worse than it looks on screen?

Celeste Ng

Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. His mother Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left without a trace when he was nine years old. He doesn't know what happened to her--only that her books have been banned--and he resents that she cared more about her work than about him.

Then one day, Bird receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, and soon he is pulled into a quest to find her. His journey will take him back to the many folktales his mother told him, through the ranks of an underground network of heroic librarians, and finally to New York City, where he will finally learn the truth about what happened to his mother, and what the future holds for them both.

Jane Hur

18-year-old Hyeon has earned a position as a palace nurse.  All she wants is to do a good job and win her father's approval.  But suddenly she is thrust into the world of court politics when someone murders four women in a single night, and the prime suspect in her mentor.  Hyeon launches her own secret investigation.  In her hunt for the truth she meets Eojin, a young police inspector also searching for the truth. When evidence begins to point to the Crown Prince himself as the murderer, Hyeon and Eojin must work together to search the darkest corners of the palace to uncover the deadly secrets behind the bloodshed.

Emily St. John Mandel

In 1912, Edwin, the third son of a wealthy British family who is sent into exile for his progressive views, has a transcendent experience in the remote Canadian woods when he is momentarily transported to a futuristic airship terminal and hears a violinist playing. Nearly a hundred years later, Vincent Smith has a similar experience as a teen. And several centuries into the future, a resident of a colony on the moon named Gaspery Roberts is sent back through time to investigate these incidents, and discover how and why they happened.

Tricia Levenseller

Lady Alessandra Stathos aims to woo the Shadow King, marry him, and then kill him to take the kingdom for herself. Alessandra is no stranger to murder-in the opening of the book she admits to killing her first love after he rejects her-and shows no remorse for what she has done. She has all the details thought out regarding how she can gain the king's attention, make him fall in love with her, and carry out her plan. But the Shadow King is as cunning as she, and in him, she may have met her match. 

Tatsuya Endo

Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world. But when he receives the ultimate assignment -- to get married and have a kid -- he may finally be in over his head! Not one to depend on others, Twilight has his work cut out for him procuring both a wife and a child for his mission to infiltrate an elite private school. What he doesn't know is that the wife he's chosen is an assassin and the child he's adopted is a telepath!

Brendan Slocumb

Ray McMillian loves playing the violin more than anything, and nothing will stop him from pursuing his dream of becoming a professional musician. Not his mother, who thinks he should get a real job, not the fact that he can't afford a high-caliber violin, not the racism inherent in the classical music world. And when he makes the startling discovery that his great-grandfather's fiddle is actually a priceless Stradivarius, his star begins to rise. Then with the international Tchaikovsky Competition--the Olympics of classical music--fast approaching, his prized family heirloom is stolen. Ray is determined to get it back. With the odds stacked against him and the pressure mounting, will Ray ever see his beloved violin again?