New Arrivals for Teens! | December 2024
Some Like It Cold by Elle McNicoll | When eighteen-year-old Jasper heads home for the holidays after a long absence, she must navigate secrets, old and new relationships, and simmering small-town tensions. (Romance)
Flopping in a Winter Wonderland by Jason June | This adorable LGBTQ+ rom-com from New York Times bestselling author Jason June unwraps the healing power of love and the magic of the Christmas season. (Romance)
Lucy, Uncensored by Mel Hammond & Teghan Hammond | A road trip through gender identity, self-expression, and the thorny process of figuring out where you fit after high school as an out-and-proud transgender teen. (Fiction)
Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo | Samira is determined to have a perfect summer filled with fun parties, exploring DC, and growing as a poet--until a scandalous rumor has her grounded and unable to leave her house. When Samira turns to a poetry forum for solace, she catches the eye of an older, charismatic poet named Horus. For the first time, Samira feels wanted. But soon she's keeping a bigger secret than ever before--one that that could prove her reputation and jeopardize her place in her community. (Verse Fiction)
The Party by Natasha Preston | Bessie and her classmate's spring break party at a remote English castle turns deadly as a storm traps them with a killer, forcing them to unravel growing suspicions while the body count rises. (Thriller)
Darkly by Marisha Pessl | When high schooler Arcadia unexpectedly secures the notorious game-maker's internship, she and the other interns become players in the most twisted game yet. (Mystery)
Don’t Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews | Two teen boys attempt to stop terrifying creatures that seem to be coming to life from macabre drawings. (Horror)
Snow Drowned by Jennifer D. Lyle | Gracie Hutchinson has lived on Fall Island her whole life… Fall's snowstorms have a spooky way of claiming people, making them disappear without a trace or driving them mad. Now, with a hundred-year-storm approaching, most of Fall's residents have fled to the mainland. But not Gracie. Left behind her with physician father, she braces for landfall. (Horror)
We Are the Beasts by Gigi Griffis | In eighteenth century France, sixteen-year-old Joséphine and her best friend Clara use a mysterious beast conveniently blamed for the villagers' crimes to protect young girls from abusive men in power. (Historical Horror)
Red in Tooth and Claw by Lish McBride | Now orphaned, sixteen-year-old Faolan, who has been disguised as a boy by her grandfather for most of her life, is deemed unfit to stay on her homestead, so the mayor hires a gunslinger to send her to the mysterious Settlement, where ominous secrets and deadly creatures compel her to escape for survival. (Fantasy)
For She Is Wrath by Emily Varga | A sweeping, Pakistani romantic fantasy retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo, where one girl seeks revenge against those who betrayed her—including the boy she used to love. (Fantasy)
Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma | Nineteen-year-old orphan Kidan Adane, heiress to a fallen House of humans tethered to vampiric creatures called draniacs, navigates her duty to foster human-draniac relations, but when her sister is kidnapped, Kidan suspects a draniac and will do anything to find her. (Fantasy)
More Than This by Krystal Marquis (The Davenports #2) | Like the blazing Chicago sun, the drama is heating up for the Davenports and their social set. Before the summer of 1910 drops its last petal, the lives—and loves—of these four young women will change in ways they never could have imagined. (Historical Fiction)
Stranger Skies by Pascale Lacelle (Drowned Gods #2) | Ninth House meets The Hazel Wood in this riveting sequel to the New York Times bestselling dark academia fantasy Curious Tides, following Emory, Baz, Romie, and Kai on their desperate quests through space and time! (Fantasy)
Thunder City by Philip Reeve (Mortal Engines #5) | Tamzin Pook and her friends fight for survival against armored engine bodies known as Revenants. (Science Fiction)
Spectacular by Stephanie Garber, illustrated by Rosie Fowinkle (Caraval #3.5) | As Scarlett plans a festive celebration, Donatella hunts for the ideal gift, and Tella hopes to sway Legend's opinion of the Great Holiday with a perfect present. (Fantasy)
Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson, color by Isabell Struble | Big Jim and the White Boy is a radical retelling of an American classic, centering the experiences of Jim, an enslaved Black man in search of his kidnapped wife and children, along with his cheeky sidekick, Huckleberry Finn. Jim and Huck's high-stakes adventures take them on an epic voyage across the antebellum South and Midwest, through Confederate war camps and runaway safe houses, into Old West standoffs, and on the road as covert Underground Railroad agents. (Graphic Novel)
Teen Titans: Starfire written by Kami Garcia, illustrated by Gabriel Picolo with Rob Haynes, color by David Calderon, lettering by Wes Abbott (Teen Titans #5) | When Kori Anders, who has a connective tissue disorder, and her popular older sister, Kira, participate in a pharmaceutical company's clinical trial, she begins to discover strange powers and hopes to discover the truth about these abilities--and her sister's boyfriend. (Graphic Novel)
I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner | Inspired by Jane Austen and queer history, I Shall Never Fall in Love shines a light on what it means to be true to yourself and rewrites the rules for what makes a happily ever after. (Graphic Novel)
No Rules Tonight by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada, coloring by Amanda Lafrenais | Set in dictatorial South Korea in 1984, a group of teens experience a taste of freedom on a winter retreat with no parental supervision. (Graphic Novel)
Komi Can’t Communicate, Vol. 1 by Tomohito Oda, translated by John Werry | Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi's greatest dream is to make some friends, but everyone at school mistakes her crippling social anxiety for cool reserve. Timid Tadano is a total wallflower, and that's just the way he likes it. But all that changes when he finds himself alone in a classroom on the first day of high school with the legendary Komi. He quickly realizes she isn't aloof--she's just super awkward. Now he's made it his mission to help her on her quest to make 100 friends! (Manga)
Koyoharu Gotouge Before Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge | See how best-selling creator Koyoharu Gotouge, creator of the worldwide sensation Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, got their start. This action-packed collection of standalone stories from the creator’s early days showcases sinister visions of the supernatural and includes a direct inspiration for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba that stars main supporting characters Tamayo and Muzan in a story of deadly vampire hunting. (Manga)
Giga Town: A Guide to Manga Iconography! by Fumiyo Kuono, translated by Ko Ransom | Giga Town: A Guide to Manga Iconography! is (probably) Japan’s first guide to this manga iconography, collecting and explaining these symbols, with a short manga featuring the frolicking animals of the famous Japanese scroll Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga to explain each one! (Nonfiction)
How to Survive Your Parents: A Teen’s Guide to Thriving in a Difficult Family by Shawn Goodman | Want to improve your relationship with your problematic parents? This honest and supportive guide, written by an experienced teen therapist, will help. This book is for you―not your parents. Step-by-step, using approaches that are relatively easy but bring big results, you’ll be guided in how to improve the important and super-challenging relationship between you and your parents. (Nonfiction)