New & Coming Soon
Books for Teens
July 2025
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Fiction
After We Burned
by Marieke Nijkamp

Told through intertwining points of view and timelines, five teens each protect their secrets and truths about the night a fire destroyed their high school, and a classmate died.
Call your boyfriend
by Olivia A. Cole

When high school seniors Beau and Charm both get their hearts broken by the ultrapopular Maia, they devise a plan to have her get dumped for once, but as they spend more time together they discover something that might be sweeter than revenge
Coffeeshop in an alternate universe
by C. B. Lee

Two teen girls from colliding parallel universes meet in a coffeeshop and fall in love.
The Rebel Girls of Rome
by Jordyn Taylor

Part historical mystery, part sweeping romance, The Rebel Girls of Rome brings the stories of two young women to brilliant life: Lilah, a college student looking to understand her grandfather's mysterious past, and Bruna, a queer Jewish woman who joins the resistance during World War II.
Glorious Rivals
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Millions, hearts, and lives are on the line i n this heart-stopping sequel to The Grandest Game by #1 bestselling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes.
Nonfiction
Generation queer : stories of youth organizers, artists, and educators
by Kimm Topping

A collection of short biographies featuring young LGBTQ+ leaders working to make their world more inclusive.
Graphic Novels & Manga
Float 1
by Kate Marchant

Amidst the chaos of her parents' bitter divorce, Alaskan teenager Waverly Lyons trades in her textbooks and parka for a summer of suntans and short-shorts with her aunt in Florida. A fish out of water even back in the snow, Waverly is determined to be everything she isn't back home: cool, fun, dare she even say part of a group? There's just one problem. She doesn't know how to swim. Enter Blake -- the super-tan, super-hot, super-arrogant boy next door who seems to hate her guts. When he discovers her secret, Waverly is positive that her perfect summer is perfectly over. But then Blake does the unthinkable. He offers to teach her.
Evil-ish
by Kennedy Tarrell

A disillusioned teen dreams of fame and villainy in this hilarious and heartfelt young adult fantasy graphic novel from debut author/illustrator Kennedy Tarrell.
The Raven Boys : The Graphic Novel
by Maggie Stiefvater

Blue Sargent comes from a family of psychics. Only, she has never had the same clairvoyant abilities they had and has always felt too ordinary within the magic that surrounded her. Enter Gansey, a rich student from Aglionby, the town's all-boys private school teeming with wealth, privilege, and trouble. Blue's always made it a point to stay away from its students, the Raven Boys. But when Gansey asks her to join him and three other Raven Boys on his quest to find a long-forgotten Welsh king rumored to be sleeping beneath the mountains of their quiet Virginia town, Blue doesn't hesitate. She jumps at the chance to finally be a part of something real and full of magic, a world she was born into yet one that always stood just out of reach. Soon enough, she's swept into a strange and shifting world woven into theirs, one far more dangerous than anything they could have dreamt up.
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