Chapter One with HPL

It's prankster vs prankster in the sleepy town of Yawnee Valley! But can competing pranksters unite to pull off the ultimate prank? This title is intended for tweens and is suitable for most audiences. Recorded with permission of Abrams. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

Vivian Carter is done. Done with machismo. Done with misogyny. Done with following the rules. Following in her Riot Grrrl mother's revolutionary footsteps, Viv anonymously creates a feminist zine inadvertently starting a revolution. This title is intended for teens, however, it may contain language or themes that some readers may find offensive. Recorded with permission of Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

Ruby "Red" Byrd's mysterious power over wind has blown her from foster home to foster home. Most recently with the Grooves, who seem to have their own odd gifts, and who begin to feel like home. But when a storm closes in, Red's newfound peace is threatened. This title is intended for tweens and is suitable for most audiences. Recorded with permission of Roaring Books Press an imprint of Macmillan. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

Caden is on Challenger Deep, the ship headed to the deepest point on Earth. Caden's friends are starting to notice his strange behavior. Caden is the ship's artist - tasked with documenting the journey in images. Caden spends his days walking for miles, thinking. Caden is torn between allegiance and mutiny.  This title is intended for teens, however, it may contain language or themes that some readers may find offensive. Recorded with permission of HarperCollins. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

Twelve-year-old Shalya just wants to follow the rules, avoid trouble, and survive seventh grade but after experiencing a powerful protest, Shay is suddenly questioning if some trouble can be good. This title is intended for tweens and is suitable for most audiences. Recorded with permission of Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins. Click here  to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

Katie is on the verge of freedom, about to embark on Rumspringa and the freedom of experiencing the Outside world when everything changes. Something murderous is haunting the Outside world and the elders make a rule: No one out and no one in. But when Katie finds a gravely injured young man, she can't leave him to die and smuggles him into the barn leading to events she could not have predicted. This title is intended for teens, however, it may contain language or themes that some readers may find offensive. Recorded with permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

Emmy lands at Wellsworth, an elite boarding school, certain she won't fit in. But she soon discovers the school's secret society the Order of Black Hollow Lane and her personal connection to the shadowy organization. Then things really get interesting. This title is intended for tweens and is suitable for most audiences. Recorded with permission of Sourcebooks. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

Henry "Monty" Montague is about to embark on the Grand Tour with his best friend (and secret crush) Percy and he's determined to use this year-long escapade to sample every pleasure and vice before returning home to take over the family estate. But when a reckless decision changes their trip from pleasurable to harrowing, Monty begins to question everything. This title is intended for teens, however, it may contain language or themes that some readers may find offensive. Recorded with permission of Katherine Tegen Books an imprint of HarperCollins. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

As if moving to a ramshackle "fixer upper" just before seventh grade wasn't bad enough, Harper gets a bad feeling about the home the moment she steps over the threshold. When her younger brother begins acting strangely and talking about friends that only he can see, Harper becomes convinced that the house is haunted by a ghost with malevolent intent. This title is intended for tweens and is suitable for most audiences. Recorded with permission of HarperCollins. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

If Caymen Meyers has learned anything in her seventeen years, it's that the rich are not trustworthy. HXander is charming, handsome, rich and seems to get her when no one else does but will Caymen be able to overcome her fears and trust him? This title is intended for teens, however, it may contain language or themes that some readers may find offensive. Recorded with permission of HarperTeen, and imprint of HarperCollins. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.