Teen Books

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

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We're a bad idea, right? / K.L. Walther.
"Audrey Barbour has had enough of following the rules. Eighteen years of being the perfect daughter—exceptional grades, enviable college acceptances, tame dating history—and still, her parents don’t trust her enough to let her study her passion, glassblow…
How not to lose a million dollars : a young person's guide to avoiding the tricks and traps of our financial system / Sheila Bair ; illustrations by Lucie Rice.
"It can be hard to save money and get ahead in today's financial world-especially if you don't start when you're young. In this comprehensive, common sense guide to personal finance, former FDIC chair Sheila Bair gives young readers an insider's view of t…
The Free Verse Society / Delali Adjoa.
"No one in Delray knows Jae Aƒenyo’s story—that she’s a teen mom who placed her baby for adoption—and she intends to keep it that way. After moving in with her uncle, Jae is looking for a fresh start. But an accidental run-in with the school’s delinquent,…
Charmed and dangerous / Shelly Page.
"Magic lingers in the cozy town of Fair Glen, Illinois, and it’s up to the agents at the Bureau of Mystical Affairs to keep it in check. Monroe Bennett, a junior recruit at the Bureau, is ready to ace her first assignment: tracking down the source of a ro…
As long as you loathe me / Swati Hegde.
"Bring down the cheerleader. Just don’t fall in love with her. Meera Rao-George is done being the dorky high school senior crushing on her neighbor Sushant, who only has eyes for cheerleader Lucy Hughson—Meera’s ex-best friend. After countless attempts t…
Silver Wolves : a novel / Jerome Charyn.
"Jonah Salt is incarcerated in a juvenile detention center in the Bronx, after getting busted for burglary and gang activity. His probation officer gets him out and at the behest of his public school teacher, he auditions for and gains admittance to the H…
The escape game / Marissa Meyer and Tamara Moss.
"Six months ago, season four of The Escape Game ended in horror when contestant Alicia Angelos was found murdered on set. Now season five is underway, and new contestants are ready to put their skills to the test solving the show’s trickiest escape rooms…
Most likely to murder / by Lish McBride.
"Surviving high school is harder than it seems. The rumor mill has never been kind to Meadowvale High seniors and best friends Rick and Martina, labeling them outcasts (sure), stoners (no comment), and pranksters (okay, this one’s fair). But for the most …
Red flags and butterflies / Sheryl Azzam.
"Straight A student, swim team star, talented painter...tenth-grader Lexie has worked hard to become the perfect applicant for Sunridge High's prestigious fine art program. She's even got a shot at a swimming scholarship. Everyone she loves is supportive …
Downfall / Marc J Gregson.
"Mayhem has erupted in the Skylands. Uncle’s iron-fisted grip has eroded peaceful governance, and the Meritocracy hovers on the brink of civil war. Disowned once again, teenage hero Conrad is sent to invade the Below’s colonies—a perilous mission with alm…
To deal with kings / M.K. Lobb.
"Zaria Mendoza doesn’t think she’ll ever see Kane Durante again. In fact, she thinks he’s dead, burned up in the flames that destroyed the pawn shop where she lived with her best friend Jules. All Zaria has left is the necklace they stole from the Crystal…
Someone to daydream about / Sydney Langford.
"Every teenager in America knows eighteen-year-old Felix Song, the lead singer of the most popular boy band since One Direction. Unfortunately, Natalie Nielsen is no exception. Though she thinks of him more as an annoying rich kid from her hometown than a…
Heiress of nowhere / Stacey Lee.
"1918. Orcas Island, Washington. Lucy Nowhere has spent her eighteen years working on the vast estate of the eccentric shipbuilder who took her in after she washed ashore in a green canoe as a baby. But she has long wished for a life off the island, and i…
Time-tripping over you / Brennon Lane.
"College freshman Silas Turner is a scientific anomaly. Thrown back in time uncontrollably, he’s forced into his pre-transition body for hours to days at a time, reliving random events in his past. Why? Every cell in his astrophysics major brain is strain…
Right as rain / Tashie Bhuiyan.
"Recent high-school graduate Megh Rashid has plans to escape to the other side of the country for college and leave behind the stormy household she’s been trapped in for years. But things are complicated when she gets struck by lightning right before the …
Exploring careers in health care / by Denise T. Heldorfer.
"The health care industry offers many rewarding career opportunities for those with varied skills, talents, and educational backgrounds. Exploring Careers in Health Care profiles six careers: nurse practitioner, dental hygienist, optometrist, chiropractor…
The Faraway Inn / Sarah Beth Durst.
"When sixteen-year-old Calisa arrives at her great-aunt’s B&B in rural Vermont for the summer, she’s shocked to find a rundown inn rather than the cozy bed-and-breakfast she was expecting. Grumpy and eccentric, Auntie Zee is determined to keep anyone from…
Nature poems to see by : a comic artist interprets more great poetry / Julian Peters.
"This stunning anthology of favorite poems about our relationship with the natural world, visually interpreted by acclaimed comic artist Julian Peters, breathes new life into some of the greatest poems of all time. These are poems that can change the way …
The danger of small things / Caryl Lewis.
"The whole world rested on a single bee’s wings…until that last honeybee died, and the balance of the universe tipped. Now, famine and war rage across the land. People are no longer allowed to read or create art. They are forbidden to believe in the exist…
How to be normal / Ange Crawford.
"Astrid is about to start her last year at high school. And her first. When her dad loses his job, Astrid’s homeschooling comes to an end. Until now, she has lived within the confines of a tightly controlled, contracted world where there's no room for any…
Prodigal tiger / Samantha Chong.
"For five years, Caroline Chua has lived in exile from her home and family in Malaysia at a magical academy in New York City–far enough away that she can’t hurt the people she loves. That is until she is abruptly summoned home in an emergency—her beloved …
Here for a good time / Kim Spencer.
"A poignant coming-of-age YA debut featuring an Indigenous teen girl grappling with the effects of intergenerational trauma while navigating school, family and young love, by multi-award-winning author Kim Spencer. It is 1990. Morgan has lived all her lif…
Release me / Tahereh Mafi.
"Rosabelle Wolff had a plan. Now she wants revenge. To save her sister she needs to get back home and destroy the system that created her. Rosabelle’s greatest strength is her ability to deaden her mind and body; it’s the only way to survive the surveilla…
When the rain came / Matt Eicheldinger
"The rain never stops. The world is drowning. Survival is everything. 'When the rain came' is the first YA book in an all-new, action-packed dystopian adventure series by New York Times bestselling author Matt Eichedlinger. If we stay here, if we keep wan…
Follow the water : an unbelievable true story of a teenager's survival in the Amazon / Ellen Cochrane ; illustrated by Caroline Church.
"The true story of a girl who fell out of a plane over the Amazon and walked out of the jungle eleven days later"--Provided by publisher.
Hunting the strange / Kaitlyn Cavalancia.
"Mullory Prudence was supposed to die. Not only that, she was never supposed to inherit Xavier Stoutmire’s moody magic. But nothing about the Mystery Royale went according to plan. Now Mullory’s left with more questions than answers, the most pressing one…
When it's your turn for midnight / Blessing Musariri.
"Chianti goes to stay with her maternal grandmother, Ambuya, an eccentric and formidable ex-freedom fighter in Zimbabwe’s civil war. Ambuya’s closest neighbors are the gogos: her three best-friends-turned-business-partners, who take Chianti under their w…
Three sisters / David Macinnis Gill.
"Fourteen-year-old Harper Anderson is embarking on a camping trip with her family: twelve-year-old sister Ryker, a know-it-all who likes to push her buttons; sweet, eleven-year-old sister Jentry; and their dad Jordan, who is trying his best to keep the fa…
Brighter than nine / June CL Tan.
"Rui has her life back together--or so it seems. Hailed as a hero, she's finally on her way to becoming an important member of the Exorcist Guild. But she knows the Hybrid Revenants are still out there, and they're planning something big. Something evil. …
The real Rosalind : the truth about Rosalind Franklin's DNA discovery and how it was erased / Debbie Loren Dunn & Janet Fox.
"Ask most people what they know about DNA and they might be able to tell you some basics: It exists inside every living thing. It holds the genetic code that controls much of our development and behavior. And it’s shaped like a double helix—a structure th…
Friedel and Gina : a true story of sisterhood and survival during the Holocaust / Jeremy Dronfield.
"Through trials and tribulations, hardships and disasters, the bond between twin sisters Friedel and Gina Rosenthal was unshakable. They were only nine years old when the Nazis came into power in Germany. When the girls were fourteen, they, along with the…
Meet me under the lights / Cassie Miller.
"High school junior Eliza Crowley is known as the Princess of Fairfield, a farm town in North Carolina that loves two things—tradition and baseball. Although Eliza loves “the game,” her life goal is to become a lighting designer on Broadway. Shaking off h…
Heart of mischief / Emma Noyes.
"I will make myself strong. I will find Elias. I will kill Elias. I will never trust a boy with my heart again. These are the vows Charlie Hudson made the day after Elias Everhart betrayed her, nearly killing everyone she loves most. One month later, reve…
One word, six letters / Adib Khorram.
"Two teen boys grapple with identity and accountability and set off a ripple effect within their community after a school assembly is disrupted by a shouted slur"--Provided by publisher.
These shattered spires / Cassidy Ellis Salter.
"Entombed beneath a tooth-filled sky, the world rots. At the heart of the decaying world is Fourspires Castle, home to arcanists from the four disciplines--bone, blood, botany, and stone. The castle is thrown into chaos when the ruler of Fourspires is ass…
I was a teenage death god / M.J. Beasi
"High school is hard enough without basically being a death god. Every time seventeen-year-old Charlie Ford touches someone, they absorb seconds of their life ... which adds up when Charlie has no way of giving that time back. It feels like enough of a cu…
King of nothing / Nathanael Lessore.
"Anton Charles and his friends are the kings of the school, and they rule with an iron fist, intimidating classmates and maintaining a reputation built on fear. But at home, Mum reigns supreme, and after one too many detentions, she cuts off Anton’s inter…
Annie's baby : the diary of Anonymous, a pregnant teenager / edited by Beatrice Sparks.
"When Annie discovers she's pregnant by her boyfriend, she's devastated. With no one she can talk to, she pours out her heart to her diary, confiding her feelings of panic and self-doubt, as well as the desperate hope that someday she can turn her life ar…
Six must die / Victoria Wlosok.
"Twelve months ago, an escape room fire took everything from Steffi Zamekova. In just one hour, she lost it all: her popular blog, her close-knit inner circle, and her memories of the night that killed one of the group’s own ... the charismatic (if infuri…
The star-blessed / Angie Dickinson.
"The kingdom of Stelauris is slowly dying. A season of poison infects the air, earth, and water with increasing deadliness each year, and a deep love of gold and power infects the failing mind of the king. His only daughter and first in line to the throne…
The dragon and the sun lotus / Amélie Wen Zhao.
"With Àn'yīng's kingdom teetering on the brink of destruction, and amidst a budding forbidden romance, she must now risk everything to protect her world"-- Provided by publisher.
Voices / Ursula K. Le Guin.
"Ansul was once a peaceful town filled with libraries, schools, and temples. But that was long ago, and the conquerors of this coastal city consider reading and writing to be acts punishable by death. And they believe the Oracle House, where the last few …
Gifts / Ursula K. Le Guin.
"Scattered among poor, desolate farms, the clans of the Uplands possess gifts. Wondrous gifts: the ability—with a glance, a gesture, a word—to summon animals, bring forth fire, move the land. Fearsome gifts: They can twist a limb, chain a mind, inflict a …
The ruins beneath us / Sasha E. Sloan.
"Lyria and her mother have been on the run from the human kingdom of Verdinae for as long as she can remember. She’s an elf born with magic—a double offence in a kingdom determined to eradicate both. Under her mother’s watchful protection, Lyria learns th…
Beast becomes her / Crystal Seitz.
"Edith has always been a good girl—she has to be, or her foster family might think she’s like her violent father. No matter how much anger simmers inside her, she keeps it buried, hidden… Until the day she’s pushed a step too far, and that anger comes bu…
The Oks are not ok / Grace K. Shim.
"Seventeen-year-old Elena Ok (pronounced “Oak”) has mastered the art of being both a Los Angeles party girl and financially savvy influencer, but her family doesn’t see the brilliance behind her carefully curated image. Instead, they endlessly praise her …
Limelight / by Andrew Keenan-Bolger.
"The only thing standing between Danny and his dreams is…everything. For fifteen years, Danny Victorio has kept his head down, kept his mouth shut, and kept everyone out. But an audition for Manhattan’s most prestigious arts school offers him a chance to…
Forest legend : the tale of Ol' Split Toe / Dan Ellens
"Split Toe was born in the deep Michigan woods with a mark no deer should carry: the duty to remember what the land has endured. Drawn from one era to the next, he moves through centuries while remaining rooted in the same forest. When time begins to shif…