New Arrivals for Teens! | March 2024
A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal | When her prestigious tearoom is threatened, criminal mastermind and collector of secrets, Arthie Casimir must make a devil's bargain with an adversary to infiltrate the dark and glittering vampire society of Athereum to pull off a heist that turns into a fight to save the world. (Fantasy)
Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli | In a world where witches face persecution, Rune leads a double life, masquerading as a socialite during the day and transforming into the vigilante known as the Crimson Moth by night, and forms a complicated alliance with the witch hunter Gideon Sharpe, blurring the lines between love and danger. (Fantasy)
So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole | After her sister Elara forms an unbreakable bond with an enemy dragon, seventeen-year-old Faron, who once wielded the magic of the gods to save her island from those same dragon-riding colonizers, must find a way to save her sister and the fate of their world in the face of impossible odds. (Fantasy)
Kindling by Traci Chee | After the war is over, seven outlawed kindlings--elite, magic-wielding warriors whose devastating power comes at the cost of their own young lives--must confront their pasts, their trauma and their grim fates to reclaim who they once were and fight one last time. (Fantasy)
The Atlas of Us by Kristin Dwyer | Atlas James has lost her way. In a last-ditch effort to pull her life together, she's working on a community service program rehabbing trails in the Western Sierras. The only plus is that the days are so exhausting that Atlas might just be tired enough to forget that this was one of her dad's favorite places in the world. Before cancer stole him from her life, that is. (Fiction)
This Day Changes Everything by Edward Underhill | Queer teens Abby and Leo spend a life-changing day together lost in New York City. (Romance)
Conditions of a Heart by Bethany Mangle | After an incident leads to her suspension, eighteen-year-old Brynn's high school persona that hides her secret disability is shattered, and she begins embracing her true self on her journey to self-acceptance. (Fiction)
One Last Breath by Ginny Myers Sain | Haunted by the death of her sister and the decades-old cold case of best friends Bailey and Celeste, eighteen-year-old Tru becomes entangled with a mysterious girl named Rio, as their pursuit of the truth unveils an otherworldly connection to the victims and puts them in the crosshairs of a potentially resurfaced killer. (Mystery)
Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury | When a gruesome murder rocks Sunny's private school, with her own brother as the main suspect, she takes it upon herself to discover the real killer--and uncovers a slew of dark family secrets in the process. (Horror)
A Place for Vanishing by Ann Fraistat | Looking for a fresh start, sixteen-year-old Libby and her family return to her mother's childhood home only to discover that the house's strange beauty may disguise a sinister past. (Horror)
Snowglobe by Soyoung Park | Given the opportunity to enter Snowglobe, the last place on Earth that's warm, where its residents, in exchange for fame, fortune and safety, broadcast their lives 24/7 to the less fortunate outside, Chobahm discovers reality is a lie--and the truth is out of reach. (Dystopian)
Yours from the Tower by Sally Nicholls | In 1896, three best friends--Tirzah, Sophia and Polly--who are leading very different lives after boarding school--share their dreams, hopes, frustrations and romances through a series of letters as they search for happiness and love near the dawn of the Edwardian era. (Historical Fiction)
Fate Breaker (Realm Breaker #3) by Victoria Aveyard | Armed with Taristan's sword, the only Spindleblade left in existence, Corayne must stop him and Queen Erida from bringing forth their demon god to destroy the world. (Fantasy)
The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology #2) by Holly Black | With a new war looming on the horizon as High Queen Jude and High King Cardan go to extremes to retrieve their imprisoned heir, Oak, he is faced with the impossible choice between the girl he loves or family and the kingdom he is due to inherit. (Fantasy)
The Eternal Ones (Deathless #3) by Namina Forna | In her quest to confront the gods and save a crumbling empire, Deka must find the source of her divinity before her mortal body deteriorates, leading her and her friends to a new realm that unveils a heart-wrenching choice: become a god and lose her loved ones, or trigger the world's destruction. (Fantasy)
With a Little Luck (Fortuna Beach #2) by Marissa Meyer | After being magically gifted with incredible luck, sixteen-year-old Jude discovers this gift just may be a curse when it comes to love. (Romance)
The Baker and the Bard: A Cozy Fantasy Adventure by Fern Haught | Juniper and Hadley have a good thing going in Larkspur, spending their respective days apprenticing at a little bakery and performing at the local inn. But when a stranger makes an unusual order at the bakery, the two friends [and Hadley's pet snake, Fern,] set out to forage the magical mushrooms needed to make the requested pastries. (Graphic Novel)
Call Me Iggy written by Jorge Aguirre, art by Rafael Rosado, color by John Novak | Crushing on a girl at school who doesn't know he exists, Ohio-born Colombian American teen Iggy finds his life unraveling when his grandfather's ghost decides to meddle in his love life, setting him off on a journey of self-discovery. (Graphic Novel)
Freshman Year by Sarah Mai | Chronicles the constant angst, hilarity, and self-doubt enmeshed in the experience of going away to college--all through the eyes of an eighteen-year-old burgeoning comics artist. (Graphic Novel)
A Cat from Our World and the Forgotten Witch, Vol. 1 by Hiro Kashiwaba | In her youth, Jeanne was a powerful witch who vanquished the evil Demon King and saved the world—but over time, the people she rescued have forgotten her. Now she is a lonely old woman living in a secluded forest...until she accidentally summons a cat from Earth to her home! The former city kitty is now gigantic and must acclimate to this new world. Can a cat from another world soothe the loneliness of the forgotten witch? (Manga)
Future Tense: How We Made Artificial Intelligence—and How It Will Change Everything by Martha Brockenbrough | In this non-fiction book for teens, readers are guided through the development of this world-changing technology, exploring how AI has touched every corner of our world, including education, healthcare, work, politics, war, international relations, and even romance. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how artificial intelligence got here, how to make the best use of it, and how we can expect it to transform our lives. (Nonfiction)
Born a Girl: It Takes Courage by Alice Dussutour, translated from the French by David Warriner | This illustrated nonfiction book for young readers shares the stories of five girls growing up around the world today. (Nonfiction)
Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School by Tiffany Jewel | From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Book Is Anti-Racist and The Antiracist Kid , Tiffany Jewell, this YA nonfiction book, highlighting inequities Black and Brown students face from preschool through college, is the most important, empowering read this year. (Nonfiction)
Marked Man: Frank Serpico’s Inside Battle Against Police Corruption by John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro | Marked Man tells the propulsive story of Frank Serpico who, in the 1960s, single-handedly rooted out systematic corruption in the New York Police Department. Since the NYPD was formed in 1845, the famous "pad" was as much a criminal ring as it was a legitimate police force. As the decades wore on, corruption became so out of hand that cops were regularly demanding payments from brothels, bars, pool halls, and gambling joints to keep them out of trouble with the law. It was a multimillion-dollar-a-year business that everyone seemed to turn a blind eye to. Everyone, that is, except Frank Serpico. (Nonfiction)