New Arrivals for Teens! | July 2024

On the Bright Side by Anna Sortino | When eighteen-year-old Ellie's Deaf boarding school shuts down, she attends a public high school where she struggles to adjust, but finds an ally in Jackson, a soccer player going through a disability diagnosis of his own. (Romance)

Joined at the Joints by Marissa Eller | Chronically ill seventeen-year-old Ivy, finds solace in baking and watching the Food Network to cope with her illness and social anxiety, but when she meets a cute classmate with the same juvenile rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis, she must decide whether to maintain a façade or be brave and let go in their budding romance. (Romance)

Time and Time Again by Chatham Greenfield | Stuck in a time loop, queer Jewish teens Phoebe and Jess start to fall for each other, causing chronically ill Phoebe to worry about a future that may never come. (Romance)

The Loudest Silence by Sydney Langford | Told in two voices, follows the friendship between queer teens Casey, a singer who is grappling with sudden hearing loss, and soccer captain Hayden, whose Generalized Anxiety Disorder weighs on his every move, after they bond over their shared dream of a music career. (Fiction)

Sunrise Nights by Jeff Zentner | When aspiring photographer Jude and former dancer Florence, who has a degenerative eye disease, meet at their sleepaway camp's closing celebration, called Sunrise Night, they decide to take a chance with one rule--they can't contact each other after the sun has risen. (Romance)

Love, Off the Record by Samantha Markum | Wyn and Three, vying for a reporter spot on the university newspaper, engage in a cutthroat game of sabotage, but when Wyn's pursuit of a perfect story on a dating app connects her with a mystery man, it forces Wyn and Three to confront their true feelings. (Romance)

Eighteen Roses by Shannon C.F. Rogers | Filipina American Lucia grapples with teenage angst, family expectations, and friendship woes as she reluctantly prepares for her debutante ball. (Fiction)

Break to You by Neal Shusterman, Debra Young, and Michelle Knowlden | Bestselling author of Scythe and Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman, here with coauthors Debra Young and Michelle Knowlden, tells an intense yet tender story of two teens, trapped in impossible circumstances and unjust systems, willing to risk everything for love—no matter the consequences. (Fiction)

Adventures of Mary Jane by Hope Jahren | Before meeting Huckleberry Finn, Mary Jane faces deadly illness, treacherous landowners, and swindlers as she goes on her own thrilling journey down the Mississippi in pre-Civil War America. (Historical Fiction)

Riot Act by Sarah Lariviere | In an alternate 1991, the authoritarian US government keeps tabs on everybody and everything. It censors which books can be read, what music can be listened to, and which plays can be performed. When her best friend is killed by the authorities and her theater teacher disappears without a trace, Gigi decides to organize her fellow Champaign High School thespians to put on a production of Henry VI. But at what cost? (Alternate History)

It’s Only a Game by Kelsea Yu | Marina Chan, living under a fake identity to escape her past, risks exposure when her online gaming team accepts a tour of their favorite game company, only to find themselves entangled in a deadly game. (Thriller)

Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus | Sixteen-year-old Kat's con-artist mom takes on one last heist before going straight for good, but the job takes a deadly turn. (Mystery)

A Darker Mischief by Derek Milman | At the elite Essex Academy Cal Ware, a poor, queer kid from Mississippi, is an outsider, but when he learns about a secret society on campus, he thinks that he may have found a way to reinvent himself--but as the initiation rituals grow riskier he must decide who to trust and how far he is willing to go to belong. (Thriller)

Six of Sorrow by Amanda Linsmeier | Six teenage girls and former best friends, all born on the same day, reunite to unravel the secrets of their small town after one of them disappears, only to return very different. (Horror)

We Shall Be Monsters by Tara Sim | Drawing from Indian mythology, a teen girl desperate to bring her sister back from the dead is forced to first resurrect the kingdom's fallen prince, but accidentally awakens the wrong boy. (Fantasy)

Rise by Freya Finch | When her mother, the captain of the Valkyries, disappears on a mission for Odin, 17-year-old Brynn teams up with her sisters to stop the oncoming war, learning how the ties between fate and choice are as interwoven and unbreakable as the bonds between sisters. (Fantasy)

The Mirror of Beasts by Alexandra Bracken (Silver in the Bone #2) | Tamsin and her friends look for a magical object strong enough to trap Lord Death. (Fantasy)

Reckless by Lauren Roberts (The Powerless Trilogy #2) | After she conspires with the Resistance and kills the king, Paedyn Gray faces a perilous game of cat-and-mouse with Prince Kai, whom she once loved, as she uncovers revelations about her past that make her question everything she thought was true. (Fantasy)

First Test story by Tamora Pierce, adaptation by Devin Grayson, illustrated by Becca Farrow, lettered by Warren Montgomery (Protector of the Small #1) | In a world not quite ready for her ambition, a determined girl seeks knighthood and finds herself on a mission to prove it. (Graphic Novel)

Five Nights at Freddy’s: Fazbear Frights Graphic Novel Collection, Vol. 2 by Scott Cawthon, Andrea Waggener, and Carly Anne West; adapted by Christopher Hastings | Oscar, ever the miniature grown-up his mom needs him to be, decides to take something he wants . . . even though he knows it's wrong. Stanley is newly dumped, stuck in a dead-end job for a mysterious employer and unable to connect with anyone. And Devon, abandoned by his dad and ignored by his mom, can't understand why love and friendship come so easily to everyone except him. Unfortunately, in the callous world of Five Nights at Freddy's, it's always in the depths of loneliness when evil creeps in. (Graphic Novel)

Ready or Not by Andi Poretta | An anxious teen hopes that a summer of adventure and offbeat dares will keep her friend group together after graduation. (Graphic Novel)

An Outbreak of Witchcraft: A Graphic Novel of the Salem Witch Trials written by Deborah Noyes, illustrated by Melissa Duffy | A graphic-novel telling of the Salem Witch Trials in 1692, creating a narrative out of the historical context and what we can imagine of those accused. (Graphic Novel)

In the Name of the Mermaid Princess, Vol. 1 story by Yoshino Fumikawa, art by Miya Tashiro, translated by Junko Goda | Princess Mio is betrothed to Prince Chika. However, they've never met, and he doesn't know her secret--she's a mermaid! When her tutor, Yuri, takes her out of the castle to meet her subjects, Mio begins to accept her true self. But Yuri has a secret too. . . And when Mio tells her father, the king, she wants to live life openly as a mermaid, he punishes her. How can she stay true to herself? (Manga)

Disney Twisted-Wonderland, Vol. 4 concept by Yana Toboso, storyboards by Wakana Hazuki, art by Sumire Kowono | Now that he’s officially a student at Night Raven College, Yu has to deal with Heartslabyul housewarden Riddle when his magic and emotions go wild! Yu and fellow students Grimm, Ace, Deuce, Trey, and Cater confront the rampaging Riddle. But is he too powerful for them to get back under control? (Manga)

Wall to Wall: Mural Art Around the World by Mary Ann Fraser | A worldwide journey through time to learn about amazing wall art and the people who inspired or created it. (Nonfiction)

Houses with a Story: A Dragon’s Den, a Ghostly Mansion, a Library of Lost Books, and 30 More Amazing Places to Explore by Seiji Yoshida, translated by Jan Mitsuko Cash | A dreamer's tree house. A mechanic's cottage. A submerged city. More than thirty imaginative houses and the people who make them home offer unexpected worlds to wander through and explore. (Nonfiction)

Laura Seiple