The 10 Best New Young Adult Books of January 2024

Niamh possesses magic that permits her to create essentially the most enchanting clothes — however it’s slowly killing her. When she will get an opportunity to design a marriage wardrobe for royalty, she leaps on the alternative, hoping the fee can present for her household, however the very last thing she expects is to fall for the groom.

In this epistolary novel, Kat retains a journal to assist her obtain her objectives and remind her of her intentions — primarily to cease obsessing over her crush and discover ways to be an excellent feminist so she will dismantle the patriarchy. But it seems that determining how to take action is rather a lot tougher than she expects.

Arya’s life is a bit chaotic at this second: her household is reunited and making ready for her older sister’s impending marriage, and life in school and along with her two greatest associates goes sideways. Arya struggles to maintain her head above water each in school and at dwelling, however with some irrevocable modifications on the horizon, one thing has to provide…however Arya gained’t be with out some epic moments alongside the best way.

When Jane takes a place as governess at Thornfield Hall, she welcomes the possibility to make her personal wage and maintain on to her independence. Her new employer, Edward Rochester, is charming and good-looking, however he conceals darkish secrets and techniques and unimaginable hazard. When Jane discovers Bertha, his spouse, locked within the attic, she and Bertha conspire to outwit Edward earlier than they’re each trapped at Thornfield ceaselessly.

Oliver Bennet is feeling more and more constricted by his life, the place his household and society anticipate him to stay as “Elizabeth” and put on a fairly costume and make an excellent match — however Oliver has little interest in marrying or pretending to be somebody he’s not. While out and about dressed as a gentleman, Oliver meets Darcy and finds that the Darcy he will get to know as Oliver is way totally different than the Darcy he met as Elizabeth. But with mounting stress to make an excellent match, Oliver finds himself quickly at a crossroads, making important choices about his future happiness.

Wade has simply been handed over for the lead position within the spring musical — it’s going to his ex as a substitute. Elijah is shy, which is why engaged on the stage crew is extra his pace. But when the 2 of them have a run-in backstage, they hatch a plan to make Elijah in style and show that there’s extra to Wade than his self-involved objectives for the long run. But when this plan works a bit too nicely, Wade has to re-evaluate what issues most to him.

Mina Lee is a webcomic creator, and she will spend hours misplaced on this planet of her personal creation…however that doesn’t imply she expects to truly stay in it! When she will get sucked into her personal fictional world, she quickly finds herself dealing with off in opposition to a supervillain with the new hero of her personal creativeness because the story takes on a life of its personal.

Jimena has simply found she’s undocumented, which is a large downer for her future plans. Desperate to remain within the U.S., she figures her greatest wager is to get somebody to marry her ASAP. She’s almost 18, so it shouldn’t be an issue, proper? Wrong. Because the one particular person she trusts sufficient to inform her why she must be married is somebody who has his personal plans for the long run, leaving Jimena scrambling to search out somebody to say “I do” to earlier than it’s too late.

When Tess and her mother have to maneuver in along with her grandparents unexpectedly, she doesn’t anticipate to take pleasure in going to church — a situation of their shifting in — as a lot as she does. But when one thing that Tess does is uncovered to the church group, she faces ostracism and harassment. Struggling, she finds solace and friendship the place she least expects it…and has to determine if she has the energy to confront the toxicity and abuse she’s endured.

In this guide, which is an element memoir and half nonfiction, Tiffany Jewell outlines her expertise with racism inside colleges, from elementary college to college, and highlights the systemic points of racism throughout the college system. This necessary guide additionally contains contributions from Joanna Ho, Minh Lê, Randy Ribay, Torrey Maldonado, and lots of extra, together with some teen writers.