The Lie Tree

The Lie Tree
By Frances Hardinge

The Lie Tree is part historical fiction, part fantasy--a mysterious, intriguingly dark story.
Fourteen year-old Faith Sunderly pretends to be a good, quiet girl because that's what is expected of her in Victorian England. But inside she is a gifted natural scientist, determined to win her famous scientist father's attention.
When he is mysteriously murdered, Faith does some detective work on her own. She discovers a fantastic tree her father has been hiding--a tree that feeds off of lies whispered to it in the dark. In order to learn more, and perhaps unable to resist the power of this strange specimen, Faith begins to spread her own lies. However, this becomes more dangerous that she ever could have imagined... 

The Sun is Also a Star

The Sun is Also a Star
By Nicola Yoon

If you're in the mood for a love story, this may be it.
Told from many perspectives, about lives that intertwine in surprising ways, this story takes place all in one day in New York City.
Natasha, a teenager originally from Jamaica, loves facts and is determined to be a scientist. She is also living undocumented with her family in the U.S...and about to be deported. So when she meets Daniel on the street, it's not really a great time to start up a romance.
Daniel, however, is love-struck. He doesn't know the whole story about Natasha and even when he does, he won't give up. His own challenges with his Korean-American family and their expectations of him propel him to pursue a relationship with Natasha despite all odds...
Are Natasha and Daniel meant for each other? What is the Universe trying to do??!

Ms. Marvel

Ms. Marvel #1

By G. Willow Wilson
Illustrated by Adrian Alphona

Get ready to be impressed if you have not already heard about Marvel's new superhero Ms. Marvel!
Kamala Khan, a Pakastani-American teenager from Jersey City, NJ, feels like she doesn't quite fit in with most of the other students in her high school; She can't go to parties, she can't eat bacon (her parents are loving but strict, and the family is Muslim), she doesn't feel as devout as her brother and friend Nakia.
After a green misty bomb explodes in her city one night (bringing the new Age of Inhumanity) Kamala is mysteriously given special powers...Kamala loves the original comic book Ms. Marvel--aka Carol Danvers--but is completely surprised when she herself is transformed into Ms. Marvel!
Being a superhero is not all it's cracked up to be, discovers Kamala, and she must figure out ways to make her  new powers work; maybe by starting to be more accepting of herself!