Teen Books

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The trans and gender diverse teen resilience guide : essential skills for building community, well-being, and mental health / Jayme L Peta, PHD, Deb Coolhart, PHD, Rylan Jay Testa, PHD.
"As a transgender or nonbinary teen, you may sometimes feel like you are alone. The world can be a scary, unkind place, and if you're struggling to find support, you may be tempted to lose hope. But it's important for you to know that there are other teen…
You've awoken her / Ann Dávila Cardinal.
"Gabi should be thrilled to be visiting his best friend for the summer. But with its mansions, country clubs, and Ruth’s terrible new boyfriend, Frost Thurston, the Hamptons is the last place he wants to be. And then Gabi witnesses a woman being dragged u…
The Blue Castle / L. M. Montgomery.
"Will Valancy Stirling ever escape her strict family and find true love? Valancy Stirling is 29, unmarried, and has never been in love. Living with her overbearing mother and meddlesome aunt, she finds her only consolation in the 'forbidden' books of Joh…
Kill creatures / Rory Power.
"Last summer, Luce, Edie, Jane, and Nan took a boat out for one final swim in the river. It was a perfect summer night. But the only one who returned that night was Nan. Edie, Jane, and Luce disappeared, and Nan’s story has always been the same: She has …
All the stars align / Gretchen Schreiber.
"All the women in Piper’s family know their true love at first sight, complete with butterflies, heart eyes, and a gut instinct. The kind of fated love that lasts forever. Piper grew up with her ancestors' epic love stories repeated like fairy tales, and …
What wakes the bells / Elle Tesch.
"When an ancient evil is awakened, a bell keeper must decide how far she is willing to go to save her sentient city, and which of her loved ones she is willing to kill to do it"--Provided by publisher.
Titan of the stars / E.K. Johnston.
"Titanic meets Aliens in this tense YA science fiction horror series by #1 New York Times bestselling author E.K. Johnston. Celeste knows every inch of this ship. She's proud of her work as apprentice engineer. And as the maiden voyage of the Titan launch…
How to survive a slasher / Justine Pucella Winans.
"Few people can say they faced the infamous Satterville Wolf Man and lived. But CJ Smith can. She doesn't talk about that, though. CJ has survived the horror movie that is her life by following one rule: blend in and stay out of it. But that's hard to do …
She waits for you beyond the dark / Kristen Simmons.
"Its been one month since Ian's reunited friends escaped the hellish game of Meido and saved him. The survivors may have sealed the gate to the world of the dead shut and destroyed Empress Izanami, butthat doesn't mean they aren't still reeling over the c…
King : a life / Jonathan Eig, with Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long.
"A young readers' adaptation of Jonathan Eig's bestselling biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., King: A Life"--Provided by publisher.
Where shadows meet : a novel / Patrice Caldwell.
"Once long ago, a girl named Favre sacrificed her wings for love. Thana, the young goddess she so willingly gave them up for, sacrificed that same love for power. But everything has a cost. Favre never got over the loss of her wings. And Thana’s choices …
Malcolm lives! : the official biography of Malcolm X for young readers / Ibram X. Kendi.
"Compiling the definitive speeches, sermons, and correspondence as well as some never-before-seen original material, this comprehensive narrative biography of American icon, Malcolm X, will be the definitive reference volume for young readers"--Provided b…
His mortal demise / Vanessa Le.
"Kochin is a heartsooth—a rare being with the ability to heal any wound. Any wound, that is, except death. Intent on defying nature and bringing Nhika back to life, Kochin keeps her body in a life-preserving casket and waits for a miracle. Stricken with …
Hangry hearts / Jennifer Chen.
"Julie Wu and Randall Hur used to be best friends. Now they only see each other on Saturdays at the Pasadena Farmers Market where their once close families are long-standing rivals. When Julie and Randall are paired with ultra-rich London Kim for a commu…
Murder land / Carlyn Greenwald.
"Seventeen-year-old Billie feels like she is on top of the world. She gets to spend the summer with her best friend, sparks are flying with her crush, and she has received a promotion to ride operator for one of the most buzzworthy new attractions in the …
The uncertainty principle / by Joshua Davis & Kal Kini-Davis.
"Seventeen-year-old Mia is stranded in the middle of the Caribbean. After a mortifying incident in the school cafeteria, her parents decide there is only one way to deal with her meltdown: move onto a battered sailboat and leave everything behind. Her mom…
The unexpected consequence of bleeding on a Tuesday / Kelsey B. Toney.
"High school senior Delia Bridges has the most amazing mom and sister, a killer GPA--and periods that are so painful they make her scream, pass out, and throw up. Though she doesn’t know it yet, Delia has endometriosis, an affliction plaguing millions of …
Under the neon lights / Arriel Vinson
"Sixteen-year-old Jaelyn Coleman lives for Saturdays at WestSide Roll, the iconic neighborhood roller rink. On these magical nights, Jae can lose herself in the music of DJ Sunny, the smell of nachos from the concession, and the crowd of some of her favor…
Not not normal / Peter E. Fenton.
"Jordan and Nathan couldn’t be more different, but when order and chaos collide, opposites attract. Jordan is a bit of an oddball at school. He likes rules, routine, old sci-fi novels, and is often the victim of his bully’s torment. When new student Natha…
Line drive to love / Angel Jendrick.
"Caught between earning her spot on the team and the girl she might love, Rory is forced to choose: the game or the girl. Rory is a talented and dedicated softball player. The only distraction in her life is her father’s decline due to ALS, but he remain…
Wandering wild / Lynette Noni.
"Zander Rune was the darling of Hollywood until he fell from glory and was labeled a problematic bad boy. His public image needs fixing—fast—or he’ll lose the role of a lifetime, and all his dreams with it. Charlie Hart is a regular teenage girl who despi…
Breath of the dragon / Shannon Lee and Fonda Lee.
"Sixteen-year-old Jun dreams of proving his worth as a warrior in the elite Guardian’s Tournament, held every six years to entrust the magical Scroll of Heaven to a new protector. Eager to prove his skills, Jun hopes that a win will restore his father’s p…
Liar's kingdom / Christine Calella.
"Ell has spent years slaving away for her cruel stepfamily. So when Prince Bayard—who seems to have difficulty recognizing faces—shows up at her door with a glass slipper, Ell allows him to believe she danced with him at the ball. There’s just one problem…
Carving shadows into gold / Brigid Kemmerer.
"The King's Courier Tycho has made a treacherous bargain. Now beholden to the magical scraver who saved King Gray's life, one false move could end everything. Jax escaped his life in Briarlock and traveled with Tycho to Emberfall. But life outside his sm…
Boys with sharp teeth / Jenni Howell.
"Seventeen-year-old Marin James has spent her entire life living in the shadow of the exclusive Huntsworth Academy. And when her cousin’s dead body is found in a creek on school property, Marin knows exactly who’s to blame: Adrian Hargraves and Henry Wu, …
The payback girls / Alex Travis.
"His first mistake was underestimating them. Senior year is going to be perfect. Meghan won't settle for anything less. She's already crushing her classes and dating the star of the basketball team. Nate's friends have been less than welcoming, but it's n…
Design thinking : a guide to innovation / Fred Estes.
"Design thinking is a six-step process used in creative problem solving to understand users, challenge assumptions, redefine problems, and create innovative solutions. As a human-centered approach to innovation, design thinking is used in everything from …
Love in 280 characters or less / Ravynn K. Stringfield.
"Black college student Sydney Ciara navigates academics, love, and the online space, in this coming-of-age told through her blog posts, messages, and more! Sydney Ciara Warren is excited as she starts her first year of college, but also nervous. Despite …
You started it / Jackie Khalilieh.
"Seventeen-year-old Jamie Taher-Foster has big plans for senior year. She’s made a list of things and places in Toronto she and her boyfriend of three years, Ben Cameron, need to check off before graduating. And the biggest plan of all: a very special nig…
The beautiful maddening / Shea Ernshaw
"Seventeen year-old Lark Goode wants only one thing: to escape her small town of Cutwater and the history of her family name. It’s a history that began during the Dutch tulip mania of 1636, when Lark’s ancestor stole the last remaining tulip bulbs and fle…
Imposter / Cait Levin.
"High school sophomore Cam has always created techie things, like a ring she implanted with an NFC chip. This semester, she finally gets the chance to take a computer science elective. Cam tries to ignore the obnoxious boys who don't believe she should be…
Run like a girl / Amaka Egbe.
"Dera Edwards knows her life is over when she's shipped off to live with her estranged father in the middle of White Suburbia. To make matters worse, Dera learns that her new school doesn’t have a girls’ track team, shattering her dreams of getting a trac…
Interrupted lives : nine stories of child survivors of the Holocaust / edited by Amanda Friedeman and Kelley Szany.
"In some ways, Adele, Barney, Eric, Ernie, Frank, Judy, Magda, Rodi, and Ruth had little in common. They were born in different European countries and came from different family backgrounds. But they were all Jewish children who survived the Holocaust eac…
Always be my Bibi / Priyanka Taslim.
"Bibi Hossain was supposed to get her first kiss this summer. Too bad her father finds out and grounds her for breaking his most arcane rule: No boys until your sister gets married. Just when Bibi thinks she’ll be stuck helping him at their popular frie…
Sanskari sweetheart / Ananya Devarajan.
"Raina needs to win the National Bollywood Dance Circuit Scholarship. That will show her mother that dance can be a financially stable career and prove to her boyfriend and co-captain, Aditya, that they’re still the perfect couple, even if all they seem t…
Amelia, if only / Becky Albertalli.
"Amelia Applebaum isn't in love with Walter Holland. He just happens to be her favorite moderately famous, chaotically bisexual YouTuber. Who she just happened to invite to prom. (But it's fine. No, for real. If you delete the post, it didn't happen.) Oka…
Grumpy darling / Alexandra Moody.
"Paige has ticked off everything on her senior year bucket list except one tiny thing — she’s never kissed anyone. And her best friend, Grayson Darling, is to blame. Grayson is the school hockey team’s notorious enforcer, and he’s been scaring away any el…
A girl walks into the forest / Madeleine Roux
"For as long as she can remember, Valla’s been told her beauty would give her a life most people only dreamed of. So when the mysterious Count Leonid calls on her to be his betrothed, Valla jumps at the chance to leave her small, bleak village. The only t…
13 days of summer / Stephanie Kate Strohm.
"It’s the summer after senior year of high school for Carson, Noemi, and Eleanor, and they intend to live it up while they can. What could be more epic than a cross-country road trip to see Taylor Swift in concert? Along the way, the friends pick up a mys…
I'll pretend you're mine / Tashie Bhuiyan
"Summer Ali has been making a name for herself in the music industry for years, slowly but surely climbing the charts—but the world doesn’t know her stage parents are the ones who molded her entire public persona. Finally eighteen, Summer breaks free of t…
My return to the Walter boys / Ali Novak.
"Jackie Howard returns to the Walter ranch after a summer in New York. She needed space—and got it. But she doesn't know where things stand with her and Cole Walter after that goodbye kiss. Over the summer, she stopped texting him. She never stopped think…
Fallen academy. Year three / Leia Stone.
""For Brielle, survival isn't just a fight—it's a promise she's made to herself, to find her way back to Lincoln. Taken by the prince of darkness, Brielle faces an existence in the depths of his dominion that is meant to crush all hope. But hope is the on…
And the trees stare back / Gigi Griffis.
"1989, Soviet Estonia. In sixteen-year-old Vik’s village—and the cursed forest that looms beyond—danger is everywhere. Soldiers threaten those who so much as dream of dissent. The villagers’ words are sharp with accusations of witchcraft. And deep in the …
Come home to my heart / by Riley Redgate.
"Gloria Forman and Xia Harper go to the same high school in a small South Carolina town, but they couldn’t be more different. While Gloria is part of the popular, Christian crowd, Xia sleeps through class, antagonizes anyone who dares talk to her, and bur…
Lady's knight / Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
"Gwen is sick of hiding—hiding the fact that she’s taken over her father’s blacksmithing duties, hiding her attraction to girls, hiding her yearning for glory as a knight. Meanwhile, Lady Isobelle of Avington, queen bee of the castle, has never once consi…
That devil, ambition / Linsey Miller.
"First in his class and last in his noble line, Fabian Galloway’s only hope of a good future is passing his elite school's honors class. It’s only offered to the best thirteen students, and those students have a single assignment: kill their professor. If…
All-nighter / Cecilia Vinesse.
"Autumn Povitsky is a high-achieving, booked and busy, straight-A nightmare. She’s currently having a crisis of self—she needs a fake ID ASAP—but because she’s a total square, she has no idea where to get one. Enter buzzcut hottie Tara Esposito. She’s a r…
Lovesick falls / Julia Drake.
"Celia Gilbert is the perfect friend—loyal, trustworthy, and committed to mending her best friends’ broken hearts. She’s the reason the trio is spending the summer in Lovesick Falls, the idyllic little town where Touchstone’s sort-of-uncle’s cabin was wai…
The legend of Sensei Tsinelas / by Jason Tanamor.
"Between a tsinelas-wielding superhero, a major social studies project, and take-out boxes of adobo and lumpia, seventeen-year-old Filipino American Victor Dela Cruz isn’t sure how to get through high school without the help of a radioactive spider. Despi…
Out of air / Rachel Reiss.
"Phoebe 'Phibs' Ray is never more at home than when she’s underwater. On a dive six months ago, she and her four closest friends discovered a handful of ancient gold coins, rocketing them into social media fame. Now, their final summer together after high…
Fight AIDS! : how activism, art, and protest changed the course of a deadly epidemic and reshaped a nation / Michael G. Long.
"Act up! Fight back! Fight AIDS! This was the slogan for ACT UP—or AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power—an activist organization that emerged in the 1980s during the height of the AIDS epidemic. The group was loud, direct, and confrontational as it fought for…
Cruel is the light / Sophie Clark.
"It is said that love conquers all. But will it tear them apart? Humanity has waged a bloody war against demons for more than a century, with two elite soldiers now leading the fight: Selene Alleva, a powerful exorcist trained at the prestigious Vatican …
Don't let me go / Kevin Christopher Snipes.
"Out and proud, Riley Iverson knows there’s nothing more cringe than crushing on a straight boy. But from the moment that the handsome and sporty Jackson Haines walks into his life, Riley can’t help but feel an undeniable connection. Mainly because, as i…
Costumes for time travelers / A. R. Capetta
"Anyone who has hiked through time knows the town of Pocket. It’s the place travelers first reach after they stumble away from their hometime, passing through on their way to any other when. To Calisto, Pocket is home. They love their grandmother’s shop, …
It's you every time / Charlene Thomas
"When Sydney Michaels stops for breakfast in order to put off scholastic ruin a little longer, she never expected to-quite literally-bump into cute-boy stranger, Marcus Burke. When Marcus invites her to have breakfast with him instead of going to class, s…
Love craves cardamom / Aashna Avachat.
"Archana Dhawan wants a boy-free zone this semester abroad. Fresh off a breakup, she’s headed to Rajasthan, India—her parents’ homeland—determined to find herself and thrive at her dream art museum internship. No drama. No distractions. Alas, the univers…
This moth saw brightness / A.A. Vacharat.
"‘Wayne Le—known as 'Invisible-D ‘Wayne' at school—has been invited to participate in a seemingly ordinary, innocuous adolescent health study by a prestigious university. The study has a few nice perks, but most important to ‘Wayne, is the opportunity to …
Just another meet cute / Jenn P. Nguyen.
"Boy saves girl stuck on a disastrous hike. What could go wrong? So. Much. When seventeen-year-old Nina Riley gets saved by a super cute Knight-in-Faded-Khakis just as she lands in an embarrassingly sticky situation during the most disastrous hike known t…
King's legacy / L.C. Rosen.
"Tennessee Russo has done more difficult things than this before. He’s evaded traps, found lost treasures, become kind of famous, gotten over a bad relationship, and survived all that. Filming a new season of his artifact-hunting reality show for a major…
Hello, cruel world : 101+ alternatives to suicide for teens, freaks, and other outlaws / Kate Bornstein ; foreword by Sara Quin ; afterword by Paul B. Preciado.
" Now updated and with new material Hello, Cruel World features a catalog of 121 alternatives to suicide that range from the playful (moisturize!), to the irreverent (shatter some family values), to the controversial, fun, challenging and easy. Encouragin…
Force of chaos / Diana Ma.
"Trini Kwan is trying to get through high school unnoticed. Nobody knows that she has trained for years in martial arts, and she prefers to let her classmates think she's just the shy Asian girl. But Trini's world turns upside down when the homecoming ga…
Metaphors : understanding philosophy through images / Pedro Alcalde, Merlín Alcalde, Guim Tió.
"The word metaphor comes to us from Ancient Greek, in which it meant 'transfer.' In this book, philosophical concepts from throughout history and from all over the world, are transferred into images, which help us to understand the world that surrounds us…
Wrath / Marcus Sedgwick.
"Cassie Cotton has always been... a bit different. But this only makes her more intriguing to her friends and bandmate Fitz. Recently Cassie has started hearing a noise that no one else can. She believes it's a sound that shows the Earth is in distress, d…
This could be forever / Ebony LaDelle.
"Deja’s got a plan. The first in her large family to go to college, she wants to study chemistry and sell natural skin care products, like the ones she already creates from plants grown on her family’s North Carolina farm. It all starts with the Onward Bo…
Fallen academy. Year four / Leia Stone.
"She escaped hell but now hell is coming for her. Brielle never imagined that fleeing the fiery depths would lead her to the biggest battle of her life. Lucifer is furious and he plans to make that known to the inhabitants of earth. Angel City stands on …
Curse of the dragon shadow / Selina A Fenech.
"Into a haunted realm a creature unlike any is born, and must be protected. Orphaned and struggling to survive in an underground refuge, Riony only wants to keep her adopted sister safe. In a land where unicorns have been hunted to extinction and dragons…
All (dead) girls lie / Piper L. White.
"Sixteen-year-old Quinn is a liar, but she isn’t a murderer. When the sleepy town of Boiling Springs, North Carolina is roused by the murder of a local teen, Quinn is thrust into a life of danger, disrupting her normally unnoticeable existence. As Quinn b…
Thirsty ground / Kimber St. Lawrence.
"It’s been thirteen decades since Tsimmaon left the Arid Planet in search of water, carrying only 1 percent of the human race in a bid to keep the species alive. There’s no one thirstier on that space ark than the young recruits eager to earn their spot o…