Teen Books

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

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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…
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 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…
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…
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,…
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 …