2023 TAYSHAS List

Abuela, don't forget me

Ogle, Rex


Abuela's house -- To and from -- Gifts and fists -- An education -- Senior year -- There and back again -- Now. Booklist, August 2022. Junior Library Guild. Kirkus Review, July 2022. Pub Weekly, August 2022. School Library Journal starred, October 2022. "Rex Ogle's companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother's legacy. In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle's abuela features as a source of love and support. In this companion-in-verse, Rex captures and celebrates the powerful presence a woman he could always count on--to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to teach him precious words in Spanish, to bring him to the library where he could take out as many books as he wanted, and to offer safety when darkness closed in. Throughout a coming of age marked by violence and dysfunction, Abuela's red-brick house in Abilene, Texas, offered Rex the possibility of home, and Abuela herself the possibility for a better life. Abuela, Don't Forget Me is a lyrical portrait of the transformative and towering woman who believed in Rex even when he didn't yet know how to believe in himself"--Provided by the publisher.
Date Published:2022

Abuela's house -- To and from -- Gifts and fists -- An education -- Senior year -- There and back again -- Now. Booklist, August 2022. Junior Library Guild. Kirkus Review, July 2022. Pub Weekly, August 2022. School Library Journal starred, October 2022. "Rex Ogle's companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother's legacy. In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle's abuela features as a source of love and support. In this companion-in-verse, Rex captures and celebrates the powerful presence a woman he could always count on--to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to teach him precious words in Spanish, to bring him to the library where he could take out as many books as he wanted, and to offer safety when darkness closed in. Throughout a coming of age marked by violence and dysfunction, Abuela's red-brick house in Abilene, Texas, offered Rex the possibility of home, and Abuela herself the possibility for a better life. Abuela, Don't Forget Me is a lyrical portrait of the transformative and towering woman who believed in Rex even when he didn't yet know how to believe in himself"--Provided by the publisher.

Date Published:2022

The Agathas

Glasgow, Kathleen, 1969-,


Booklist, May 2022. Kirkus Review, March 2022. Publishers Weekly, March 2022. School Library Journal, May 2022. "Alice Ogilvie's disappearance last summer is the biggest scandal at Castle Cove High School--until her ex-boyfriend is accused of murdering his new girlfriend, and Alice must pair up with her tutor Iris Adams to clear his name by relying on the wisdom of Agatha Christie"--OCLC.
Date Published:2023

Ain't burned all the bright

Reynolds, Jason,


"A Caitlyn Dlouhy book." Booklist starred, December 2021. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, January 2022. Horn Book Starred, March 2022. Kirkus Starred, November 2021. Pub Weekly, November 2021. School Library Journal starred, May 2022. "A smash up of art and text that viscerally captures what it is to be Black. In America. Right Now"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

All my rage

Tahir, Sabaa,


Booklist starred, February 2022. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, March 2022. Horn Book, May 2022. Junior Library Guild. Kirkus Starred, January 2022. Library Media Connection starred, March 2022. Publishers Weekly Annex, March 2022. School Library Journal starred, December 2021. A family extending from Pakistan to California, deals with generations of young love, old regrets, and forgiveness.
Date Published:2022

Booklist starred, February 2022. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, March 2022. Horn Book, May 2022. Junior Library Guild. Kirkus Starred, January 2022. Library Media Connection starred, March 2022. Publishers Weekly Annex, March 2022. School Library Journal starred, December 2021. A family extending from Pakistan to California, deals with generations of young love, old regrets, and forgiveness.

Date Published:2022

All of us villains

Foody, Amanda,


"A Tom Doherty Associates Book." "Every generation, seven families select a champion to compete in a tournament to the death for control of high magick--the most powerful resource in the world--but this year, a salacious tell-all book draws reporters, tourists, and government agents to Ilvernath to watch the bloody curse unfold and some of the champions are determined to thwart their destinies and rewrite their stories"--OCLC.
Date Published:2022

"A Tom Doherty Associates Book." "Every generation, seven families select a champion to compete in a tournament to the death for control of high magick--the most powerful resource in the world--but this year, a salacious tell-all book draws reporters, tourists, and government agents to Ilvernath to watch the bloody curse unfold and some of the champions are determined to thwart their destinies and rewrite their stories"--OCLC.

Date Published:2022

And we rise : the Civil Rights Movement in poems

Martin, Erica (Halcyenda Erica),


Booklist, March 2022. Library Media Connection starred, August 2022. School Library Journal starred, January 2022. ". . . Erica Martin's debut poetry collection walks readers through the Civil Rights Movement-from the well-documented events that shaped the nation's treatment of Black people, beginning with the 'Separate but Equal' ruling-and introduces lesser-known figures and moments that were just as crucial to the Movement and our nation's centuries-long fight for justice and equality"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2023

Booklist, March 2022. Library Media Connection starred, August 2022. School Library Journal starred, January 2022. ". . . Erica Martin's debut poetry collection walks readers through the Civil Rights Movement-from the well-documented events that shaped the nation's treatment of Black people, beginning with the 'Separate but Equal' ruling-and introduces lesser-known figures and moments that were just as crucial to the Movement and our nation's centuries-long fight for justice and equality"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2023

Ashfall legacy

Lore, Pittacus,


"Sixteen-year-old half-alien Sydney Chambers leaves Earth to seek his long-missing father, and unearths a devastating, centuries-old secret about humanity"--OCLC.
Date Published:2021

The awakening of Malcolm X

Shabazz, Ilyasah,


Sequel to X : a novel. Booklist, December 2020. Kirkus Starred, November 2020. School Library Journal starred, April 2021. While in Charlestown Prison in the 1940s, young Malcolm Little reads all the books in the library, joins the debate team and the Nation of Islam, and emerges as Malcolm X.
Date Published:2021

Being Mary Bennet

Peterson, JC.,


Booklist, March 2022. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), February 2022. Kirkus Review, January 2022. Library Media Connection, March 2022. Publishers Weekly, January 2022. School Library Journal, February 2022. "Determined to reinvent herself, seventeen-year-old Marnie Barnes, with the help of her bubbly roommate, opens herself up to new experiences, new friends, a very cute boy, and a rescue pup, finally learning to embrace who she really is"--OCLC.
Date Published:2022

Booklist, March 2022. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), February 2022. Kirkus Review, January 2022. Library Media Connection, March 2022. Publishers Weekly, January 2022. School Library Journal, February 2022. "Determined to reinvent herself, seventeen-year-old Marnie Barnes, with the help of her bubbly roommate, opens herself up to new experiences, new friends, a very cute boy, and a rescue pup, finally learning to embrace who she really is"--OCLC.

Date Published:2022

Better than the movies

Painter, Lynn,


Junior Library Guild. Kirkus Review, March 2021. School Library Journal, April 2021. Michael, to whom Liz Buxbaum gave her heart long ago, has returned but to get his attention and, perhaps, a prom date she must scheme with her nemesis Wes, her next-door neighbor.
Date Published:2022

Between shades of gray : the graphic novel

Donkin, Andrew,


"Adapted from Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, published by Philomel Books in 2011"--Page facing t.p. Kirkus Starred, September 2021. School Library Journal, November 2021. In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.
Date Published:2021

"Adapted from Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, published by Philomel Books in 2011"--Page facing t.p. Kirkus Starred, September 2021. School Library Journal, November 2021. In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.

Date Published:2021

Bluebird

Cameron, Sharon, 1970-,


Junior Library Guild. In 1946 Eva arrives in New York City, from the rubble of Berlin, supposedly looking for a new life, but actually seeking justice against the Nazis that "escaped" with the help of the CIA; one in particular, the doctor who knows who Eva really is, because her identity is the product of Project Bluebird, an experiment of the concentration camps involving brainwashing and mind control, which both the Americans and the Soviets would like access to--and Eva does not know if she can trust anyone she meets, least of all Jake Katz, the young man she is attracted to.
Date Published:2021

Junior Library Guild. In 1946 Eva arrives in New York City, from the rubble of Berlin, supposedly looking for a new life, but actually seeking justice against the Nazis that "escaped" with the help of the CIA; one in particular, the doctor who knows who Eva really is, because her identity is the product of Project Bluebird, an experiment of the concentration camps involving brainwashing and mind control, which both the Americans and the Soviets would like access to--and Eva does not know if she can trust anyone she meets, least of all Jake Katz, the young man she is attracted to.

Date Published:2021

The box in the woods

Johnson, Maureen, 1973-,


Booklist starred, May 2021. Horn Book, July 2021. Junior Library Guild. Kirkus Starred, May 2021. Publishers Weekly, May 2021. School Library Journal, June 2021. "Amateur sleuth Stevie Bell needs a good murder. After catching a killer at her high school, she's back at home for a normal (that means boring) summer. But then she gets a message from the owner of Sunny Pines, formerly known as Camp Wonder Falls--the site of the notorious unsolved case, the Box in the Woods Murders. Back in 1978, four camp counselors were killed in the woods outside of the town of Barlow Corners, their bodies left in a gruesome display. The new owner offers Stevie an invitation: Come to the camp and help him work on a true crime podcast about the case. Stevie agrees, as long as she can bring along her friends from Ellingham Academy. Nothing sounds better than a summer spent together, investigating old murders. But something evil still lurks in Barlow Corners. When Stevie opens the lid on this long-dormant case, she gets much more than she bargained for. The Box in the Woods will make room for more victims. This time, Stevie may not make it out alive"--From the publisher's web site.
Date Published:2021

Booklist starred, May 2021. Horn Book, July 2021. Junior Library Guild. Kirkus Starred, May 2021. Publishers Weekly, May 2021. School Library Journal, June 2021. "Amateur sleuth Stevie Bell needs a good murder. After catching a killer at her high school, she's back at home for a normal (that means boring) summer. But then she gets a message from the owner of Sunny Pines, formerly known as Camp Wonder Falls--the site of the notorious unsolved case, the Box in the Woods Murders. Back in 1978, four camp counselors were killed in the woods outside of the town of Barlow Corners, their bodies left in a gruesome display. The new owner offers Stevie an invitation: Come to the camp and help him work on a true crime podcast about the case. Stevie agrees, as long as she can bring along her friends from Ellingham Academy. Nothing sounds better than a summer spent together, investigating old murders. But something evil still lurks in Barlow Corners. When Stevie opens the lid on this long-dormant case, she gets much more than she bargained for. The Box in the Woods will make room for more victims. This time, Stevie may not make it out alive"--From the publisher's web site.

Date Published:2021

Burn down, rise up

Tirado, Vincent,


Booklist, April 2022. Horn Book, July 2022. Kirkus Review, March 2022. Library Media Connection, March 2022. Publishers Weekly, April 2022. School Library Journal, June 2022. "When an urban legend rumored to trap people inside subway tunnels seems to be behind mysterious disappearances in the Bronx, sixteen-year-old Raquel and her friends team up to save their city--and confront a dark episode in its history in the process"--OCLC.
Date Published:2022

Booklist, April 2022. Horn Book, July 2022. Kirkus Review, March 2022. Library Media Connection, March 2022. Publishers Weekly, April 2022. School Library Journal, June 2022. "When an urban legend rumored to trap people inside subway tunnels seems to be behind mysterious disappearances in the Bronx, sixteen-year-old Raquel and her friends team up to save their city--and confront a dark episode in its history in the process"--OCLC.

Date Published:2022

The cost of knowing

Morris, Brittney,


Booklist, March 2021. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), April 2021. Horn Book, May 2021. Kirkus Starred, February 2021. Pub Weekly, February 2021. School Library Journal starred, March 2021. Sixteen-year-old Alex Rufus's curse of seeing the future distracts him from being and doing his best, but when he sees his little brother Isaiah's imminent death, he races against time, death, and circumstances to save him.
Date Published:2021

Booklist, March 2021. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), April 2021. Horn Book, May 2021. Kirkus Starred, February 2021. Pub Weekly, February 2021. School Library Journal starred, March 2021. Sixteen-year-old Alex Rufus's curse of seeing the future distracts him from being and doing his best, but when he sees his little brother Isaiah's imminent death, he races against time, death, and circumstances to save him.

Date Published:2021

The counselors

Goodman, Jessica, 1990-,


Booklist, May 2022. Kirkus Review, April 2022. Publishers Weekly, March 2022. School Library Journal, August 2022. After a traumatic school year, camp counselor Goldie Easton is excited to reunite with her two best friends at an elite summer camp, but when a local boy is found dead on the grounds, all three must reveal a dark secret to find the murderer.
Date Published:2022

Dark room etiquette

Roe, Robin,


Kirkus Review, August 2022. Pub Weekly, September 2022. "When he is kidnapped, sixteen-year-old Sayers Wayte must play the part his abductor has created for him, but soon the line between fact and fiction blurs, making him wonder if he can escape without losing himself entirely"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

The dead and the dark

Gould, Courtney


Something is wrong in Snakebite, Oregon. Teenagers are disappearing, some turning up dead, the weather isn't normal, and all fingers point to TV's most popular ghost hunters who have just come to town.
Date Published:2021

Dead flip

Farizan, Sara,


Booklist starred, July 2022. Kirkus Review, July 2022. Publishers Weekly Annex, August 2022. Growing up, Cori, Maz, and Sam were inseparable best friends, sharing their love for Halloween, arcade games, and one another. Now it's 1993, Sam has been missing for six years, and Cori and Maz aren't speaking anymore. How could they be, when Cori is sure Sam is dead and Maz thinks he may have been kidnapped by a supernatural pinball machine?
Date Published:2022

Booklist starred, July 2022. Kirkus Review, July 2022. Publishers Weekly Annex, August 2022. Growing up, Cori, Maz, and Sam were inseparable best friends, sharing their love for Halloween, arcade games, and one another. Now it's 1993, Sam has been missing for six years, and Cori and Maz aren't speaking anymore. How could they be, when Cori is sure Sam is dead and Maz thinks he may have been kidnapped by a supernatural pinball machine?

Date Published:2022

Demon in the wood : a Shadow and bone graphic novel

Bardugo, Leigh,


"GrishaVerse." "Illustrated prequel to the Shadow and Bone series"--Dust jacket. Based on: Demon in the wood / Leigh Bardugo. Kirkus Review, August 2022. School Library Journal, December 2022. A prequel to the "Grisha Trilogy" takes the reader into Ravka's mysterious past, when Grisha lived as fugitives and the Darkling took his first steps on the path to power.
Date Published:2022