#29 Leah Odze Epstein

THE STANDOUT A young adult novel @65,000 words KEYNOTE: After her older sister gets sent away to rehab, good girl Carolena Gold steps out of her sister’s shadow and unleashes her inner Standout—infiltrating Student Government, starting up Open Mic nights, and writing...

#94 Melissa Hed (MG Fantasy)

Angela Fortunata woke up with a thump and a whack. What woke her, what had woken her every morning for the past two years, was pain. She had fallen out of bed again, thumped her head on the floor, and whacked her outstretched hand on the open drawer of her nightstand....

#4 JayceeKaycee

The shriek of my cell phone in the quiet classroom meant only one thing: the killer had found us again. My fingers fumbled, palms slick with dread, but I had to answer on the first ring—that was the rule. I raised the phone to my ear and was out of my chair even...