A dark academia YA mystery about a teen girl investigating her brother’s death at an elite boarding school.After my brother Daniel and I began at The Pettengill School, two years ago, I hadn’t been able to stop our closeness from slipping away, until it was irretrievably gone. Now Daniel is dead of a massive, self-injected dose of heroin, and the only note he left behind was for his girlfriend, Saskia.My brother was in pain, and I noticed nothing. Nothing.* * *...

After eleven young-adult novels, best-selling and award-winning author Nancy Werlin casts a brilliant new spell in a middle-grade historical fantasy for fans of classic fare.Nancy Werlin’s first story for middle-grade readers tackles and transcends traditional fantasy tropes: can a young woman gifted with magic learn to manage her powers—and claim her strength—without violence? Sylvie and her mother and grandmother are beloved, trusted healers in their medieval Fre...

A buttoned-up overachiever works overtime to keep her inner nerd at bay—failing spectacularly—in Nancy Werlin’s hilarious and heartfelt return to contemporary realistic fiction.Planning is Zoe Rosenthal’s superpower. She has faith in a properly organized to-do list and avoids unnecessary risks. Her mental checklist goes something like this: 1) Meet soulmate: DONE! 2) Make commitment: DONE! 3) Marriage: TO COME! (after college). She isn’t sure which college yet, but...

A dark academia YA thriller about five students who uncover a deadly conspiracy at their prestigious prep school.A dark academia story. Five teenage kids at the same posh private high school. Five different problems for their parents.Saralinda: “I’m a huge burden.”Kenyon: “My grandfather hates me. I get it. I’m sort of responsible for my mother’s death.”Evangeline: “I inherit everything next week. That’ll end your plush life, Stepmom!”Antoine: “My famil...

A cozy comedy about fandom. Contains a never-before-published epilogue!Zoe is cheating on her boyfriend—with a TV show! First she sneaked out to Dragon Con to see the Bleeders Season 2 premiere. It was supposed to be a single night of nerdery, but she met a bunch of other fans, and one con led to another, and well, another. She'd stop, only she's having too good a time with her new friends the Bloodygits. And they have to save the show from cancellation!

Though fourteen-year-old Alison Shandling is a brain, her twin brother, Adam, is autistic. All of her life, Alison's parents have focused on Adam and what he needs, while Alison has always felt she had to be perfect.When the rabbi's son, Harry Roth, begins taunting Alison about her brother, she does her best to stand up for herself. But when Harry is injured in a diving accident, Alison senses that he's hiding something that he wants to share with someone. And she begins to think t...