We’re always adding new eBooks and Audiobooks to the CA Library collection in the Sora digital reading app, especially as we wait for new books to hit the New Books shelves in the library — our digital library is open 24/7!
Take a look at the latest eBooks available in your Sora account, including these great titles:
10 Things I Hate About Prom by Elle Gonzalez Rose — There are more than ten things to hate about prom, but for Ivelisse Santos, the worst thing is when her best friend, Joaquin Romero, wants to go with someone else and asks her to help plan his promposal.
“This story, which plays with the idea of how sometimes love can be right in front of you, will capture hearts” (Booklist).
Adventures of Mary Jane by Hope Jahren — In this brand new reimagining, Mary Jane — the red-headed spark from Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, who stole Huck’s heart in just 30 pages — comes to life with her own story of adventuring down the Mississippi River in the 1840s.
“This book soars: Huck Finn has met his match in a wildly appealing, smart, and courageous girl” (Kirkus Reviews).
The Champions (The Cheerleaders, Book 2) by Kara Thomas — While Hadley covers the championship game for the school paper, a football player is poisoned, igniting an investigation into the team and the past crimes that took place in Sunnybrook.
“An engrossing, thrilling, and at times grim mystery with a likable protagonist” (Kirkus Reviews).
Come Out, Come Out by Natalie C. Parker — A spine-tingling LGBTQIA+ YA horror about teens who accidentally invoke a twisted spirit who promises help but delivers something sinister.
“Haunted moments will appeal to those who enjoy atmospheric, built-up jump scares” (Booklist).
Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay — From the author of the National Book Award finalist Patron Saints of Nothing comes an emotionally charged, moving novel about four generations of Filipino American boys grappling with identity, masculinity, and their fraught father-son relationships.
“A must for all collections, this four-generation saga of Filipino fathers and sons will resonate with readers of all cultures” (School Library Journal).
The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry (Sunderworld, Book 1) by Ransom Riggs — After years of grief-fueled visions of creatures from his favorite television show, seventeen-year-old Leopold Berry discovers that magic is real, and he might be the chosen one after all. Weaving the familiar with the peculiar, this stunning tale of loss, triumph, friendship and magic, will remind readers everywhere that true heroes are made, not born — and when you’re never the chosen one, sometimes you have to choose yourself.
“Riggs’s incandescent storytelling, exquisite worldbuilding, and vivid characterization kick off a propulsive series starter that subverts the chosen-one trope” (Publishers Weekly).
Fyrebirds (Nightbirds, Book 2) by Kate J. Armstrong — With tensions rising and their powers no longer a secret, the Nightbirds must decide for whom and for what they are willing to fight for and how far they will go in the spellbinding sequel to the international bestseller Nightbirds.
“Heart-pounding action and romance anchor timely themes of agency and self-actualization” (Kirkus Reviews).
The Heart of the World (Isles of the Gods, Book 2) by Amie Kaufman — Magic and sacrifice will collide as lovers and gods, enemies and allies vie for the fate of the world in this heart-pounding sequel to The Isles of the Gods.
“An absorbing sequel that satisfyingly ties up loose ends” (Kirkus Reviews).
Hemlock House (Liar’s Beach, Book 2) by Katie Cotugno — More than a year after childhood friends Michael Linden and Holiday Poirot solved a headline-making murder on Martha’s Vineyard, Linden is ready to start over as a freshman at Harvard—and, he hopes, to reunite with his old girlfriend.
“Cotugno kits out her whodunit with the requisite red herrings, enigmatic clues, sudden twists, and even an Agatha Christie–style denouement that wraps things up” (Kirkus Reviews).
Takedown by Ali Bryan — Sixteen-year-old star wrestler Rowan Harper’s biggest fan is her father. But he has ALS, and his symptoms are getting worse. Saving his life will cost more money than the family has, but Rowan finds a solution. Will she risk her chances at a scholarship by competing in a lucrative, but illegal, underground MMA fight?
“This is the story of a rising high-school athlete struggling to balance her love of her sport and her family’s struggles” (Booklist).