Teen Scene
October 2025
Recent Releases
Anticipation by Neil Taylor
Anticipation
by Neil Taylor

When 17-year-old Riya Sudame inherits her father's secret AI algorithm, she and a handful of carefully selected Keyholders hold the power to predict people's futures using their online data...Enter Jim Booker, a powerful social media tycoon, who will stop at nothing to steal the technology for himself. Soon Riya faces a critical choice. Fighting ruthless tech giants seems like an impossible task--wouldn't it be easier to relinquish her father's creation in exchange for a normal teenage life? But if she does, she will have to live with the knowledge that she is the reason that, like everyone, you are being played.
All for the game by Heather Buchta
All for the game
by Heather Buchta

Three Texan teenagers, star football player Finn, his girlfriend Megan, and his cousin Brit, uncover dark secrets about the school's football team and must choose between protecting their futures or exposing the dangerous truths.
The blood of kings / :  The Blood of Kings by Matt Myklusch
The blood of kings / : The Blood of Kings
by Matt Myklusch

Skerren, a skilled swordsman, is named heir to the King of Vatagog, he faces numerous challenges, including a power-hungry prince and the threat of wars, as he learns the truth about his parents death.
Starstuff : ten science fiction stories to celebrate new possibilities by William Alexander
Starstuff : ten science fiction stories to celebrate new possibilities
by William Alexander

A collection of ten science fiction short stories about space junk, multiverse navigation, an asteroid named Doomsday, and more
Let them stare : a novel by Jonathan Van Ness
Let them stare : a novel
by Jonathan Van Ness

Sully is ready to get out of Hearst, Pennsylvania. With a fashion internship secured, the gender-nonconforming eighteen-year-old is trading in their stifling small town for the big city. Sully even sells their beloved car, to Bread--er, Brad--the most boring (and maybe only other) gay kid in town. When Sully's internship goes up in smoke, they're trapped in Hearst with no cash--and no car. Desperate, they go to the thrift store, their personal sanctuary. There, they discover a vintage bag--like "put this baby in an airtight case at the MET" vintage. If Sully can authenticate it, the resale value would be enough for a new life in the city. But when they begin to investigate, Sully finds themself haunted. Literally. With the ghost of Rufus, a drag performer from the fifties with no memory of how he died standing--no, floating--in their bedroom, Sully's summer has a new purpose: 1) help this ghostly honey unlock his past and move on and 2) make bank--after all, the Real Real doesn't take poltergeist purses. With Rufus in tow, and Brad--who's looking pretty scrumptious these days--playing chauffeur, Sully delves into the history of the town they're so desperate to escape. Only to discover that there might be more to Hearst than they ever knew.
Horror Round-Up
The Bad Ones
by Melissa Albert

Before Becca disappeared, she left clues only her former best friend Nora could decode. Now Nora must figure out how Becca’s disappearance ties to a childhood game of theirs. Fans of urban legends will enjoy this creepy supernatural horror laced with mystery.
 
Aisle Nine
by Ian X. Cho

Two years ago, demon-spewing portals to hell opened all over the world, which are now managed by the Vanguard Corporation. When a portal opens in the discount store where Jasper works, he decides to take action and save the world himself. Read-alikes: Alex Brown’s Damned If You Do; Lorence Alison’s Solstice.
Immortal Dark
by Tigest Girma

Hoping to locate her kidnapped sister, Kidan enrolls in Uxlay Academy, where she can get close to the suspect, a vampire named Susenyos. She’s supposed to hate Susenyos, but she finds herself fascinated with him instead. Read-alikes: Sharina Harris’ Sign of the Slayer; Jenni Howell’s Boys With Sharp Teeth.
I feed her to the beast and the beast is me by Jamison Shea
I feed her to the beast and the beast is me
by Jamison Shea

Striking a deal with the river of blood to take center stage in the Parisian ballet, Black dancer Laure gains everything she's dreamed of and worked toward until she discovers, despite her vicious desires, she isn't the only monster around. 
Flawless Girls
by Anna-Marie McLemore

Unsettled by the elite finishing school Alarie House, Isla left immediately. When her sister Renata graduates and returns home raging and unrecognizable, Isla must return to Alarie House to find out what happens there. This lyrical book highlights the horror of how women are pressured to achieve perfection.
 
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