Teen Scene
July 2019
Recent Releases
Finale : a Caraval novel
by Stephanie Garber

A conclusion to the best-selling series that includes Legendary finds Tella struggling to choose between the throne-claiming Legend and a former enemy, while Scarlett faces the impossible in the wake of a life-changing discovery. Simultaneous eBook
Otherwood
by Pete Hautman

A boy reevaluates his late grandfather's beliefs about quantum physics, ghosts and hate when an unbelievable event occurs during a fateful afternoon in the woods with a best friend. By the National Book Award-winning author of Godless
The Rising of the Shield Hero 11 : The Manga Companion
by Aneko Yusagi


Rishia, the Bow Hero's lowest-ranking party member, is framed and ultimately gets the boot. When Naofumi finds out, he is reminded of his own torturous past and loses it. He storms into Itsuki's room to confront the Bow Hero, but things don't quite go as expected.
My Hero Academia. Vol. 18, Bright future
by Kōhei Horikoshi

Fighting for his life in an all-out battle against Overhaul, Midoriya finds his powers pushed to their limits and considers the life-changing option of using Eri's restoration Quirk to succeed. Original. 80,000 first printing. Grade 7-9
The strangers
by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Receiving reports that three children with their names and birthdates have been kidnapped, three siblings investigate complex codes, hidden rooms and a dangerous secret that turns their lives upside down. By the award-winning author of the Shadow Children series. 150,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
For Fans of Karen M. McManus
If you were hooked by the multiple perspectives and twisty tension in Karen M. McManus’ popular thrillers, the readalikes below will tide you over while you wait for her next book One of Us is Next, due out in early 2020.
 
Time Bomb
by Joelle Charbonneau

What it's about: A bombing at their high school leaves students Frankie, Rashid, Tad, Z, Diana, and Cas trapped together, dependent on each other to survive but all too aware that any of them could be the bomber.

Read it for: multiple perspectives, shifting alliances, and steadily building suspense.

Reviewers say: "a powerful page-turner that doesn’t let up until its explosive finale" (Publishers Weekly).
The Night She Disappeared
by April Henry

What it’s about: After Kayla, Gabie’s co-worker at Pete’s Pizza, goes missing during a delivery, Gabie is just as shocked and mystified as the police seem to be…until she realizes that she might have been the intended victim. 

Why you might like it: layers of intrigue and multiple perspectives -- including the kidnapper’s -- will keep you on the edge of your seat all the way through this thriller from the author of Girl, Stolen.
Truly Devious
by Maureen Johnson

What it's about: Sixteen-year-old true crime enthusiast Stevie Bell arrives at Ellingham Academy (an unusual school for exceptional students) with one goal: to solve a kidnapping that took place there in 1936. Cracking the cold case proves complicated, however, when a present-day murderer begins targeting Ellingham students.

Series alert: Hold on tight and prepare for some cliffhangers in this atmospheric, multilayered mystery: Truly Devious is just the 1st in a trilogy.
People Like Us
by Dana Mele

The setting: Bates Academy, an elite prep school where Kay Donovan has reinvented herself as a popular soccer star, leaving her shady past behind.

The set-up: Kay’s past catches up to her, however, when a murdered classmate leaves behind a digital scavenger hunt that forces Kay to expose her new friends’ darkest secrets...or else have her own secrets revealed.

Read it for: backstabbing, revenge, and an intricate plot that will keep you guessing.
The Truth Beneath the Lies
by Amanda Searcy

Starring: Betsy, who's starting over in a small Texas town but can't escape the shadow of her past or the sinister calls from the burner phone hidden under her bed; and Kayla, who's working hard to get out of government housing in Washington and can't escape the suspicion that she's being targeted by a serial killer.

Why you might like it: Dual narrators (who might not be trustworthy) and simmering tension will keep you glued to every twist in this suspenseful story.
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