Young Adult books

The Testing

Joelle Charbonneau

Houghton Mifflin, $17.99, ages 12+

In this “Hunger Games”-esque tale, the first in a planned trilogy, teens fight for survival in an annual Testing with the best and brightest continuing on to help rebuild their world. (June)

If You Could be Mine

Sara Farizan

Algonquin, $16.95, ages 12-18

A lesbian teen in Iran contemplates a sex change when the girl she loves gives in to family pressures and becomes engaged to a man. (August)

Deviant

Helen FitzGerald

Soho Teen, $17.99, ages 14+

After her birth mother dies and bequeaths her a large sum of money, a 16 year old girl Scottish girl adjusts to her new life in Los Angeles with her privileged relatives. (June)

The Moon and More

Sarah Dessen

Viking, $19.99, ages 12+

A college-bound girl’s idyllic, planned-out life is upended when her estranged father, brother and a handsome out-of-towner show up in her quiet North Carolina beach town. (June)

September Girls

Bennett Madison

HarperTeen, $17.99, ages 14+

A sarcastic 17 year old boy’s summer at a boring beach town is transformed by insight and a legion of mysterious blonde girls. (May)

Winger

Andrew Smith. Illustrated by Sam Bosma

Simon & Schuster, $16.99, ages 14+

A self-professed loser, 14 year old Ryan is at an elite boarding school, struggling with his crush on an unattainable girl and his bullying rugby-star roommate in this coming-of-age story. (May)

Star Cursed

Cahill Witch Chronicles, Book Two

Jessica Spotswood

Putnam, $17.99, ages 12+

In this sequel to “Born Wicked,” an all-out war with another witch is on the horizon when Cate is unwilling to endanger everyone she loves by joining in the sisterhood’s schemes.(June)

Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

Matthew Quick

Little Brown, $18, ages 15+

In this new book by the author of “Silver Linings Playbook” and “Boy 21,” Leonard Peacock must say his good-byes to the people in his life who mattered the most before killing his former best friend and then himself. (August)

Intuition

C.J. Omololu

Walker, $17.99, ages 12+

Cole and Griffon’s romance is threatened when a love from Cole’s past life in 16th century England appears claiming to be her husband in this sequel to the reincarnation story “Transcendence.” (June)

When You Were Here

Daisy Whitney

Little, Brown, $18, ages 12+

High school valedictorian Danny Kellerman travels to Tokyo to find answers about his mother’s final days before dying from cancer; along the way he makes a shocking discovery about his ex-girlfriend. (June)

The 5th Wave

Rick Yancey

Putnam, $18.99, ages 12+

A 16 year old survivor of an alien invasion searches for her brother while trying to avoid the assassin trying to kill her in the first of a planned trilogy from the author of “The Monstrumologist” series. (May)

Boy Nobody

Allen Zadoff

Little, Brown, $18, ages 15+

After losing his parents and his identity, a secretly trained teenage assassin is given five days to infiltrate a private school and befriend the beautiful daughter of New York City’s mayor before killing him. (June)