2023 TAYSHAS List

14 ways to die

Ralph, Vincent,


"Originally published in the United Kingdom by Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK, in 2020 under title: Are you watching?"--T.p. verso. Kirkus Review, April 2021. School Library Journal, May 2021. Seventeen-year-old Jessica Simmons becomes the star of a YouTube reality series, and she uses her fame to catch her mother's murderer.
Date Published:2021

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

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

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

Concrete rose

Thomas, Angie,


School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred, January2021. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), January2021. Horn Book Starred, March2021. Kirkus Starred, December2020. School Library Journal starred, December2020. "A gang leader's son finds his effort to go straight for the sake of his child challenged by a loved one's brutal murder"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2021

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

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

Eat your heart out

deVos, Kelly,


Booklist starred, May 2021. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), June 2021. Kirkus Review, May 2021. School Library Journal, June 2021. Six disgruntled teens are forced to spend their winter break at fat camp during Flagstaff, Arizona's worst blizzard in a century, only to find that Camp Featherlite is even worse than expected because it is crawling with genetically-modified monsters.
Date Published:2021

Fadeaway

Vickers, E. B. (Elaine B.),


Kirkus Review, January 2021. School Library Journal, December 2020. "At 8:53 pm, thousands of people watched as Jake Foster secured the state title for his basketball team with his signature fadeaway. But by the next morning, he's disappeared without a trace. Nobody has any idea where he is: not his best friend who knows him better than anyone else; not his ex-girlfriend who may still have feelings for him; not even his little brother, who never expected Jake to abandon him. Rumors abound regarding Jake's whereabouts. Was he abducted? Did he run away to try to take his game to the next level? Or is it something else, something darker--something they should have seen coming? Told from the points of view of those closest to Jake, this . . . novel reminds us that the people we think we know best are sometimes hiding the most painful secrets"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2021

Kirkus Review, January 2021. School Library Journal, December 2020. "At 8:53 pm, thousands of people watched as Jake Foster secured the state title for his basketball team with his signature fadeaway. But by the next morning, he's disappeared without a trace. Nobody has any idea where he is: not his best friend who knows him better than anyone else; not his ex-girlfriend who may still have feelings for him; not even his little brother, who never expected Jake to abandon him. Rumors abound regarding Jake's whereabouts. Was he abducted? Did he run away to try to take his game to the next level? Or is it something else, something darker--something they should have seen coming? Told from the points of view of those closest to Jake, this . . . novel reminds us that the people we think we know best are sometimes hiding the most painful secrets"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2021

Fat chance, Charlie Vega

Maldonado, Crystal,


Booklist, January 2021. Kirkus Starred, January 2021. School Library Journal, February 2021. Overweight sixteen-year-old Charlie yearned for her first kiss while her perfect best friend, Amelia, fell in love, so when she finally starts dating and learns the boy asked Amelia out first, she is devastated.
Date Published:2021

Full flight

Schumacher, Ashley,


Kirkus Starred, January 2022. Publishers Weekly Annex, February 2022. School Library Journal, May 2022. Told in alternating perspectives, in a small town in Texas, mellophone player Weston Ryan and saxophonist Anna James are forced to work together on a duet for their school's marching band competition.
Date Published:2022