- Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts by Adam Sass: Grant Rossi, an eighteen-year-old with a poor dating record due to a wish gone wrong, returns to his family's vineyard and B&B to help save it from disrepair, only to find himself working alongside his former friend and first love, Ben McKittrick.
- Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay: Set in the 1930s to today, four generations of Filipino American boys grapple with identity, masculinity, and father-son relationships.
- Exes and Foes by Amanda Woody: Long-time rivals Emma and Caleb find themselves both chasing Juliet and decide to compete for her affection, but Juliet is more interested in hanging out with both of them, which leads to complicated feelings and the reopening of old wounds from their tumultuous past.
- Not About a Boy by Myah Hollis: Placed with a new foster family among Manhattan's elite -- her last chance at adoption before she ages out of the system -- 17-year-old Mel must navigate through grief and depression as the anniversary of the worst day of her life approaches, before she loses herself and those she loves.
- Of Jade and Dragons by Amber Chen: After her father's murder, eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying travels to the capital, where she discusses herself as her brother and infiltrates the Engineers Guild as she tries to solve her father's murder with help from a prince with plans of his own.
- On the Bright Side by Anna Sortino: When eighteen-year-old Ellie's Deaf boarding school shuts down, she attends a public high school where she struggles to adjust, but finds an ally in Jackson, a soccer player going through a disability diagnosis of his own.
- Ready or Not by Andi Porretta: Before everyone but her scatters across the globe for college, Cassie convinces her three best friends to spend August playing the game of dares and risks they invented as kids, making for an adventurous, outrageous and unforgettable summer--one she hopes will help them stay friends forever.
- Sunrise Nights by Jeff Zentner and Brittany Cavallaro: When aspiring photographer Jude and former dancer Florence, who has a degenerative eye disease, meet at their sleepaway camp’s closing celebration, called Sunrise Night, they decide to take a chance with one rule—they can’t contact each other after the sun has risen.
- The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes: Seven players in the Grandest Game, an annual competition run by a billionaire to give anyone a shot at fame and fortune, are pushed to their limits—physically, mentally and emotionally—and it soon becomes clear that not everyone is playing by the rules.
- The Ping-Pong Queen of Chinatown by Andrew Yang: Starting a film club at school, Felix Ma asks Cassie Chow, a bubbly high school senior who shares his anxieties about the future and parental expectations, to star in his short film, but his lighthearted mockumentary unexpectedly uncovers their most painful memories.
This blog post reflects the opinions of the author and does not necessarily represent the views of Brooklyn Public Library.
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