This month’s Cool and New roundup includes THIS RAGING LIGHT by Estelle Laure, in which 17-year-old Lucille falls in love with her best friend’s older brother at the most inconvenient time; THEIR FRACTURED LIGHT by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner, the conclusion of the best-selling Starbound trilogy about teens taking on the most powerful corporation in the galaxy; and HALF IN LOVE WTH DEATH by Emily Ross, a psychological thriller set in the 1960’s that follows Caroline as she runs away to California with her older sister’s boyfriend in the hopes of finding her missing sibling.

In paperback titles this month, we have the Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book HOW IT WENT DOWN by Kekla Magoon, which follows multiple perspectives following the shooting of 16-year-old Tariq Johnson; THE GOOD SISTER by Jamie Kain, which follows Sarah Kinsey’s family --- and Sarah’s ghost --- as they reel from her sudden death from a mysterious accident; and Carnegie Medal nominee THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ALFRED KROPP by Rick Yancey, where the title character must retrieve King Arthur’s legendary sword from the wrong hands before it’s too late.