A street urchin finds herself a baker’s apprentice as part of a scheme to keep her gang fed in Lindsay Eager’s The Patron Thief of Bread.
A girl finds herself at the center of a magical war in Jenna Yoon’s debut middle-grade fantasy, Lia Park and the Missing Jewel.
A teen draws on her survivalist skills as she leads her friends across the US following a power failure in Gone Dark, by Amanda Panitch.