San Francisco, 1900. The Gilded Age. A fantastic time to be alive for
lots of people... but not thirteen-year-old Lizzie Kennedy, stuck at
Miss Barstow's snobby school for girls. Lizzie's secret passion is
science, an unsuitable subject for finishing-school girls. Lizzie lives
to go on house calls with her physician father. On those visits to his
patients, she discovers a hidden dark side of the city--a side that's
full of secrets, rats, and rumors of the plague.The newspapers, her powerful uncle, and her beloved papa all deny that the plague has reached San Francisco. So why is the heart of the city under quarantine? Why are angry mobs trying to burn Chinatown to the ground? Why is Noah, the Chinese cook's son, suddenly making Lizzie question everything she has known to be true? Ignoring the rules of race and class, Lizzie and Noah must put the pieces together in a heart-stopping race to save the people they love.
Nowhere but Here (Thunder Road #1), by Katie McGarry. (Also available in audio, narrated by Marguerite Gavin and Sean Pratt.)
Seventeen-year-old Emily likes her life the way it is: doting
parents, good friends, good school in a safe neighborhood. Sure, she's
curious about her biological father--the one who chose life in a
motorcycle club, the Reign of Terror, over being a parent--but that
doesn't mean she wants to be a part of his world. But when a reluctant
visit turns into an extended summer vacation among relatives she never
knew she had, one thing becomes clear: nothing is what it seems. Not the
club, not her secret-keeping father and not Oz, a guy with suck-me-in
blue eyes who can help her understand them both.Oz wants one thing: to join the Reign of Terror. They're the good guys. They protect people. They're...family. And while Emily--the gorgeous and sheltered daughter of the club's most respected member--is in town, he's gonna prove it to her. So when her father asks him to keep her safe from a rival club with a score to settle, Oz knows it's his shot at his dream. What he doesn't count on is that Emily just might turn that dream upside down.
No one wants them to be together. But sometimes the right person is the one you least expect, and the road you fear the most is the one that leads you home.
Pretending to be Erica, by Michelle Painchaud.
Seventeen-year-old Violet's entire life has revolved around one
thing: becoming Erica Silverman, an heiress kidnapped at age five and
never seen again. Violet's father, the best con man in Las Vegas, has a
plan, chilling in its very specific precision.Violet shares a blood type with Erica; soon, thanks to surgery and blackmail, she has the same face, body, and DNA. She knows every detail of the Silvermans' lives, as well as the PTSD she will have to fake around them. And then, when the time is right, she "reappears"—Erica Silverman, brought home by some kind of miracle. But she is also Violet, and she has a job: Stay long enough to steal the Silverman Painting, an Old Master legendary in the Vegas crime world.
Walking a razor's edge, calculating every decision, not sure sometimes who she is or what she is doing it for, Violet is an unforgettable heroine, and Pretending to be Erica is a killer debut.
Ruby on the Outside, by Nora Raleigh Baskin.
Ruby’s mom is in prison, and to tell anyone the truth is to risk true friendship in this novel from the author of The Summer Before Boys that accurately and sensitively addresses a subject too often overlooked.Eleven-year-old Ruby Danes is about to start middle school, and only her aunt knows her deepest, darkest, most secret secret: her mother is in prison.
Then Margalit Tipps moves into Ruby’s condo complex, and the two immediately hit it off. Ruby thinks she’s found her first true-blue friend—but can she tell Margalit the truth about her mom? Maybe not. Because it turns out that Margalit’s family history seems closely connected to the very event that put her mother in prison, and if Ruby comes clean, she could lose everything she cares about most.
(All descriptions from OverDrive.)
*This is a pre-release title. Since every children's book in this history of the world is being released on August 4, I thought I'd order some in advance to share the wealth a bit. So, the bad news is that you have to wait a few weeks for this one, but the good news is, you can place a hold right this very moment. Go now! Place yer hold!
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