Teen Books

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

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Of venom and vengeance / Mikayla Bridge.
"Inna is the perfect heiress to the Pallo crime family: poised, cunning, untouchable. Behind this glamorous facade, she hunts for the sinister truth of her sister’s death. Despite the cover-up she’s been led to believe, Inna can feel an enemy lurking in t…
A great and powerful tyranny / Victoria Carbol.
"Falling into a world of magic and oppression, Kansas-born Thia joins three cursed companions in a quest to free them and send herself home. Orphaned from a young age, Thia has spent her life trying to live up to her mother’s legacy as a doctor. She’s on…
You jump first / Myah Ariel.
"Andie has had a hard year. With her parents now divorced, it’s just her and her mom at their lake house for the summer. But Andie is trying to forget about that and focus on reuniting with Patrick, her long-time, will-they-won’t-they crush. Did Andie and…
Mystery guest / Maren Stoffels ; translated by Laura Watkinson.
"Maria’s life spirals into chaos after she provides testimony that puts her brother behind bars, a decision that has fractured her family and left Maria isolated from her friends. And not long after, Maria is found dead. Three of her peers—Cody, Norah, an…
Things I learned while I was dead / Kathryn Clark.
"Asha is dead. Years of medical treatment were not enough to heal her. The only way 17-year-old Calico can save her younger sister now is by joining her in death – at least until modern medicine can bring them both back to healthy life. Cryogenics is the …
What if you could : chasing your dreams just as you are / Jacinda Ardern ; adapted for young readers by Ruby Shamir.
"From the former prime minister of New Zealand comes a guide for young readers on chasing your dreams and embracing the unexpected qualities that truly make a person strong." --Amazon.com
The reel life of Zara Kegg / Brad Barkley
"Three years after her mother's death, 16-year-old Zara is still settling into life in Carolina Beach, N.C., where she knows almost no one. Working as the lone projectionist at the Palace Theatre--a rundown movie house that shows only vintage '50s sci-fi …
Four good liars / Sarah Wishart.
"Layla. Kai. Liam. Fliss. Terrified big sister. Troubled surfer. Insecure genius. Pampered princess. They have nothing in common, except they were all on the school bus that morning. The morning of the crash. The morning they discovered the dead driver’…
Augusta Pine does not exist / Emily Lloyd-Jones.
"When six cyberterrorists hijack a smart apartment complex, eighteen-year-old Identity Security Division agent Augusta Pine must rely on her skills and wit to stay one step ahead of her enemies, protect the building's residents, and above all else, surviv…
The Hyacinth labyrinth / Jamie Pacton.
"All magic begins in stories. That’s what Fae princess Hyacinth has always been told. As the unmagical daughter of Queen Mab, Hyacinth has never fit in at her mother’s court. She hopes that if she learns about her father, who disappeared fifteen years ago…
Blue Beach / Karyn Parsons.
"Fifteen-year-old Blue Collins’s parents own the only Black beach in Santa Monica in 1929. She loves spending time there with her handsome friend Ben Clark. It’s a quiet spot where they can be alone and where Ben’s darker skin won’t be judged by onlookers…
The last ronin : a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles novel / Erik Burnham ; with illustrations by the Escorza brothers.
"Who is the Last Ronin? After decades away, a lone surviving Turtle returns to New York City with one mission: To avenge his family by killing the leader of the Foot Clan, Oroku Hiroto. But nothing about the city—battle-ravaged and ruled over by Hiroto w…
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…
The heirs / Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé.
"Five prodigies, one dead father, a mansion full of suspects…Octavius the Maestro. Fola the Brain. Bilal the Olympian. Perdita the Artist. Romeo the Failure. These are the five heirs of the illustrious billionaire Leontes Button. Adopted and viciously tra…
Game, set, matched / Ivy Bailey
"Billie could win the junior doubles final at Wimbledon—but she needs a new partner. Too bad her best option is Harley, her coach’s nephew she's always hated. Billie hates Harley's lackadaisical attitude, but he's determined to teach her how to relax and …
Their will undone / R.J. Valldeperas.
"In Amaru, it is an honor to be chosen in the annual harvest and serve the gods'-favored emperor. Nina’s brother has already been chosen, but when the emperor’s men come a second time for her sister, Nina volunteers instead. She is taken to the acllahuasi…
How to lose yourself completely / Peter Bognanni.
"Ever since Sean’s death, Case’s anxiety has been spiraling. Sean wasn’t just his older brother—he was also Case’s best friend. The only person who really got him. When his parents suggest 'adventure therapy,' Case is desperate enough to agree. Maybe rou…
Where you'll find us / by Jen St. Jude.
"Calla Quick has no future. At least, that's how it feels. Her parents disowned her via text message, and now she can't afford to go to an all-women's college with her girlfriend Ramona like they planned. But Calla wonders if maybe that's for the best-bec…
The ocean would paint me blue / Zoulfa Katouh.
"Seventeen-year-old Jihad Dabbagh has always seen life with a heightened sense for colors, one of many magical blessings the women in her family possess. But Jihad’s gift changes depending on her mood. When depression sets in, the world is a colorless oas…
When we almost came undone / Georgia K. Boone.
"I just want to enjoy being alive. Can’t that be enough? Tia doesn’t know how much more she can take. Her middle sister Mel is in a coma after a mental health crisis, a global pandemic has stolen her senior year, and racial tension is high across the cou…
The spiritualists / Kristin O'Donnell Tubb.
"Stella Bohdan is never alone—never—and yet she is the loneliest person she knows, dead or alive. A gifted psychic who can hear the voices of spirits, all Stella wants is to con enough people to survive on the brutal New York City streets and find a way t…
Black River / Ruby Jean Cottle.
"All seventeen-year-old Dusty wants is to escape into books and the Adirondack wilderness that surrounds her small town. But in the dead of night, strange things have been happening in Black River. Animals are being ravaged by something unnatural. And Du…
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 …
Lies between us / Jessica Goodman.
"Do you ever really know the people you love? For the Gold sisters and Silver brothers, life has been idyllic, growing up in side-by-side waterfront mansions in a town where doors are never locked and the police do little more than issue speeding tickets…
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…
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…
Light in the canyon : a novel / Darren Cools, with illustrations by the author.
"A year has passed since Halley’s mom died, but she still feels like she’s falling to pieces. Dad talks her into joining him at her uncle Gill's house for yet another homemade science experiment (something to do with black holes and cosmic rays), but to t…
A secret chord : stories, poetry, and art / the PATHfinder and POPS Clubs ; edited by Amy Friedman.
"The creators represented in A Secret Chord are a testament to the power of transforming pain into poetry, silence into song, sorrow into art, and isolation into community. These teens write searingly of this historical moment, some anonymously and some i…