Teen Books

These teen books are new to our shelves in the last 30 days (most recent on top).

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A prince among pirates / Katie Abdou.
"A charming nobleman accidentally joins a pirate ship and falls for its debonair captain in this swashbuckling queer debut." Then please change the Subjects so it includes "Pirates," "LGBTQ+ people," "historical/alternate history," "found families," and "…
Asad's secret : [a novel of Gaza] / Najlaa Attaallah ; translated by Sawad Hussain.
"Asad lives in Gaza, in a tiny house, on a narrow street pocked by half-destroyed buildings, in a camp that looks shabby to him and feels claustrophobic. He walks virtually the same route every day to his summer job at a printing press, passing the prison…
Medicine wheels / Byron Graves.
"When Bryce’s mom walks out on her abusive boyfriend and back into jail for breaking her probation, he’s left facing the summer of his junior year with no parents, no phone, and only the clothes on his back. With nowhere to call home, Bryce crashes at his…
Six of crows : a darker shore : letters from Ketterdam / Leigh Bardugo ; character and location portraits by E.K. Belsher.
"A new Grishaverse short story: a mystery told through found documents and set after the events of Crooked Kingdom....The merchants of Ketterdam have been under attack. Secret businesses exposed. Ships sunk. Slavers hunted as they once hunted their victim…
Last days in Moav : a novel / by Sharon Reiss Baker.
"16-year-old Milcah and her twin brother Gidon have a mysterious healing gift that makes them outsiders in their tribe. Unjustly accused by a neighbor of killing his goats, and promised in marriage to a scoundrel, Milcah undertakes a dangerous journey in …
Last to leave / Teresa Richards.
"When seventeen-year-old up-and-coming video game streamer and content creator, Fallon, earns a coveted spot in the new murder-mystery reality game, SleuthIt, her objective seems pretty straightforward: play the game, solve the mystery, and win the millio…
My Roman summer / Bruna De Luca.
"Sixteen-year-old Scottish-Italian Livia feels like an outsider, working in her ailing grandmother's bar in Rome. Smug local boy, Guilio, works there too, and quickly becomes Livia's nemesis. She is not going to be the cliché foreign girl who has a summer…
The game of oaths / S.C. Bandreddi.
"[S]et in the Belle Epoque, young trapeze artist Falan fights to win a deadly tournament set amid the glamour and illusions of a magical circus. But she needs more than to survive—she wants revenge. Seventeen-year-old Falan performs with the Cirque des O…
Stops along the way / Anna Sortino.
"Iris doesn’t trust the odds. Not when she has a 1 in 4 chance of inheriting the same vision diagnosis as her sister, Amelia. When Iris travels to the east coast to help Amelia drive her things back from college, the last person she expects to run into on…
Yukon ho! : a Calvin and Hobbes collection / by Bill Watterson.
"There’s only one reasonable response to chores, baths, and homework: escape to the Yukon with your tiger best friend. In Yukon Ho!, the series’ core characters are now familiar faces: Spaceman Spiff, Miss Wormwood, neighbor Susie, Rosalyn the babysitter…
Fablehaven [illustrated edition] / Brandon Mull ; illustrated by Brandon Dorman.
"Celebrate twenty years of Fablehaven in this gorgeous anniversary edition with all-new artwork that accompanies the original text. One hundred color illustrations will open your eyes to a secret wildlife preserve for jealous fairies, mischievous satyrs, …
The lustrous dark / Loretta Chefchaouni.
"Orphaned as a baby, Shay has spent her life training as the midwife’s apprentice. Her role grants her stability, yet Shay has always yearned for more. Namely, motherly affection and answers regarding her mysterious birth—neither of which the midwife deem…
Jin Young, in between / Ellen Oh.
"Jin’s whole world been turned upside down. Since meeting Mina inside her webcomic, Jin has discovered unbelievable things about his life: 1. He’s been living in a parallel universe. 2. His birth mother didn’t abandon him. 3. He’ll never be able to see Mi…
Under a carnivore sky / Brianna Jett.
"Raised in a town surrounded by a labyrinthian, man-eating swamp, Lili craves nothing more than to track down the monster lurking in its depths and kill it. The monster’s curse claims the flesh and bone of every adult in town, stealing them away, piece by…
We could be anyone / Anna-Marie McLemore.
"Lola and Lisandro are actors during Hollywood’s Golden Age, but you won’t see them on any silver screen. Instead, these siblings use their talents to scam the rich and famous out of their ill-begotten cash. They have their act down to a science: Lola pla…
Breakout : a novel / Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon.
"For Thurgood Marshall Academy's best and brightest--five friends who've been thick as thieves since kindergarten--this spring break is all about forgetting: they want nothing more than to wash away last year's tragedy, and the human-shaped hole it left i…
The names we buried / Mia Siegert.
"Jaden's seventeenth birthday was meant to be monumental. As a surprise, his dad and Jaden's boyfriend, Andy, arranged to take him to the courthouse to get his name changed to reflect his gender. But, horrifyingly, the clerk accuses Jaden's dad of forging…
Calypso's odyssey / Anna Ellison.
"Callie Quinn has never left Catalina Island. Her world is a crumbling cliffside inn, a father who’s more prison guard than parent, and a curse she believes she’s doomed to repeat: every summer brings a boy, a spark—and then a goodbye. Until one summer ev…
How to love you when you're gone / Gabriela Gonzales.
"High school senior Mayte has never been kissed, but it hardly matters. Her abuelita has cancer, her half sister with special needs has moved in, and college is off the table—family comes first. She keeps her problems to herself; why burden everyone she l…
Shadow reaper / Lynette Noni.
"The city of Aravell is in peril, plagued by a deadly blackmist and reapers who roam the streets, stealing magic from innocent children in their thirst for power. Seventeen-year-old Viridia Solace has trained for years to hunt these reapers, but their ran…
Ada Holloway's had enough / Randi Smith.
"Star quarterback Beckett Forsythe relies on Ada to do his homework for him, her rebellious cousin Molly has no where else to go but the Holloway's house, and to top it all off, Ada doesn't really know what she wants to do with her life-even though her pa…
All that glows / Lauren Smyth.
"Ever since the rain turned green, Kyrie's world has been bathed in glowing dust. She packs it into old mascara tubes and sells it as makeup alongside dried cacti, threadbare blankets, and long-expired canned food. There's not much else to do when everyon…
Goldenborn ; book 1 / Ama Ofosua Lieb.
"When 17-year-old Akoma Addo stumbles into a world of ancient gods and modern magic, she'll have to choose between saving her father... or staying true to everything she's ever believed. Akoma Addo has one rule: don't get too close to the supernatural. Ev…
In case I go missing / R.N. Swann.
"Seventeen-year-old Fenny Allen has been Sarah Vincenty’s sidekick for as long as she can remember. Over the years, Sarah has built a reputation in their small town as an amateur detective and a vigilante who has dispensed her own form of justice. Now Sa…
Meet me at the picket line / Jasper Sanchez.
"All's fair in love and solidarity...Eli Goldstein might be the only teenager looking forward to earning minimum wage at his objectively terrible summer job. Not only will he be working at the kitschy roadside museum he loves, he'll finally have the down …
Evergreen Academy / Heather Schneider.
"Welcome to Evergreen Academy, the secret college for Magical Botanists. I'd always sensed something peculiar about the reclusive Evergreen Academy, tucked deep in the woods of my hometown. But I never could have imagined it was a college for magical bota…
The secret world of Briar Rose / Cindy Pham.
"One hundred years have passed since the last heir of Gyldan fell into eternal slumber and doomed the once-mighty kingdom to poverty and invasion. At least, that’s what the fairy tales claim. Corin is a jaded thief who doesn’t believe in fables, even when…
Behind five willows / June Hur.
"As the dutiful second-eldest daughter of a poor family, society would have Haewon believe that her only hope of a decent life is to marry well. But during a time of rampant government censorship and book banning, she instead works as an illegal book tran…
Never hide from the devil : a novel / N.T. McQueen.
"Fourteen-year-old Suren Simonian lives a familiar boyhood in the Armenian city of Van in eastern Anatolia -- attending school, watching fistfights, and trying to stay out of the way of Turkish gendarmes. His closest companion is Hamza, his Turkish best f…
The last best quest ever / F.T. Lukens.
"Seventeen-year-old Ellinore has the best questing record in the kingdom. Not even Aven—the infuriatingly charming royal who’s become her fiercest rival—can compete. But every one of Ellinore’s triumphs is a lie. The monsters she’s slain? Staged. The trea…
The League of Dangerous Young Ladies / J.A. Morgenstein.
"It's 1909 and Rose Moriarty—teenage daughter of Sherlock Holmes' greatest enemy—has made a name for herself fighting monsters and solving crimes. But that was before Rose met the one mystery she couldn't solve: the disappearance of her headmistress. Now,…
Shatter the universe / Diana Ma.
"Rita Repulsa and her henchmen have been defeated. Trini, Billy, Zack, Jason, and Kimberly have become fast friends and have embraced their roles as the Power Rangers. And Trini and Zack have started dating. Everything is perfect. That is, until alternat…
Being aro : a collection of aromantic fiction about love, connection, and empowerment / edited by Madeline Dyer and Rosiee Thor.
"These twelve stories showcase aromantic people breaking generational curses, finding acceptance, and protecting the vulnerable while highlighting the infinite ways people find connection and love without romance. A high school matchmaker learns a lesson …
My wonderful disgrace / Angourie Rice and Kate Rice.
"Amy Middleton isn’t in love with Leo Prince. Not yet. The Senior Year Ball is days away, and he still hasn’t agreed to be her date. But Amy can imagine it all in advance: a night of supreme perfection. She’ll bask in the spotlight in her silver stilettos…
Lake life / Tanya Boteju.
"This is definitely not how Maya wanted to spend the summer—depressed at her once-beloved cabin in Spruce Lake, and unable to avoid seeing her lifelong best friend, Rashida, after confessing her woefully unrequited love to her last year. Maya can’t decide…
Inside / S.A. Gales.
"Naya has been navigating the disappearing doors, shifting windows, and size-changing rooms of her indoor city her whole life. She will do anything to be accepted into the city’s governing body and police force, the NSDE, and anything to make her mother, …
Every exquisite thing / Laura Steven.
"Penny Paxton is the daughter of an icon. Her supermodel mother has legions of adoring fans around the world, and Penny is ready to begin her journey to international adoration, starting with joining the elite Dorian Drama School. When Penny’s new mentor …
Rani Deshpande takes the wheel / Arushi Avachat.
"Nineteen-year-old Rani Deshpande is on a mission to reinvent herself the summer before transferring to her new university. After a challenging freshman year, Rani can’t help but feel like she’s playing catch up. To that end, she’s crafted a packed summer…
Rebel heiress / Amalie Howard.
"A young heiress must disguise herself to attend a prestigious, all-male university, where she unexpectedly falls for her handsome tutor"--Provided by publisher.
I'm gonna get you back / Eva des Lauriers.
"Reid Rousseau has always been a winner. Now, he's a former state champion runner with an injury no one can know about and a college scholarship on the line. When he’s invited as the guest of honor for Legacy Weekend, a competitive tradition that welcomes…
Force of nature / Melissa Clark.
"Who is Chloe Lovejoy, really? A straight-C student, a girl with a crush on the cutie from chorus, an all-powerful being responsible for taking care of the planet . . . or perhaps all three. That’s what Chloe finds out on her sixteenth birthday, when she …
This could all go bad / Spencer Hall.
"It's no secret that Jensen Chapman is a coward (though he prefers the term 'risk averse'). He's scared of dodgeball day in gym class, intimidated by his older sister (she's weirdly strong, alright?), nervous around his crush Leslie Chen, and freaked out …
This must be the place / Kelly Quindlen.
"When eighteen-year-old Louisa Wade inherits a gay bar from her late great-uncle, she figures there’s been some kind of mistake. There’s no way Uncle George—football legend and hometown hero of Rustin, Alabama—could have secretly owned a queer bar… right?…
Stars, stripes & summer nights / Celeste Dador.
"Abigail Cary-Alzona, eldest daughter of President Constance Alzona, just wanted one normal night as a teenager. But after an impulsive pizza order later makes her front-page news, Abby is officially exiled to a Wi-Fi-free country inn for the summer, alon…
The neon sky / Alyssa Villaire.
"Penny Emberly didn’t expect to fall head over heels for Alonso De Luca last summer—or to discover that he’s a witch. Together with their friend Corey Barrion, they managed to save her mother from a deadly spell. Now autumn has arrived, and Penny believes…
Seconds to spare / Rachel Reiss.
"Eighteen-year-old Evelyn Werth is trapped in what feels like a never-ending nightmare. She's the only person onboard Aloha Airways Flight 1333 who’s stuck in a 28-minute time loop, one that repeats over and over again. During each loop, four things alway…
The hanging bones / Elle Tesch.
"Inspired by Celtic folklore, a resourceful girl enters the hunt for a legendary stag in a desperate attempt to win the death of her lecherous overlord"--Provided by publisher.
Bad queer / Gayathiri Kamalakanthan ; illustrated by Chi Nwosu.
"Surya knows exactly who they are. Coming out as non-binary to their queer parents and best friend? A total non-event. Catching feelings for Blessing – the boy in drama club whose smile makes their heart race? That’s trickier. As their final year of schoo…
Smash or pass / Birdie Schae.
"Ellie dates the Right Guy, says all the Right Things, and acts the Right Way to avoid being ridiculed for her autism. When that Right Guy unceremoniously dumps her right before they’re supposed to go to beach volleyball camp together, Ellie’s perfectly c…
Song of the saltings / Rachael King.
"On the isolated island of Brack, the people live by an ancient bargain: every year, a sacrifice must be made to the Glimm, the creature that haunts the salt marshes. Once, it demanded children. Eight years ago, it should have taken Lotta. Instead, the mo…
Songcoming / Torran Anderson
"Eve is miserable. Little more than a servant to her father, looked down upon by fellow villagers, and promised to a man she despises, nothing about her life is of her choosing. Her days are spent with chores and the dirty garments she’s hired to wash in …