Teen Scene
May 2025
Recent Releases
Sunrise on the Reaping
by Suzanne Collins

It's the 50th annual Hunger Games and as the games begin, District 12 tribute, Haymitch Abernathy, realizes he's been set up to fail, but something in him wants to fight.
 
Catch up on the Hunger Games series or check out this book in other formats on Libby.
When We Ride
by Rex Ogle

Although Diego tries to avoid trouble, driving around his weed-dealing best friend Lawson helps keep a roof over Lawson’s head. As Lawson’s business expands into increasingly dangerous goods, more than their friendship is at stake. Fans of S.E. Hinton’s classic The Outsiders will appreciate this gritty novel in verse.
 
Check out other works by the author here.
Pride or Die
by C. L. Montblanc

When an LGBTQ+ club meeting coincides with an attack on the head cheerleader, seventeen-year-old Eleanora and the other club members must solve the crime themselves to clear their names and save the club from disappearing.
 
 Your next thrilling club: The Mary Shelley Club.
Where Shadows Meet
by Patrice Caldwell

When Favre sacrifices her wings for love, it triggers tragic consequences that reverberate through time. A thousand years later, crown princess Leyla embarks on a perilous journey to rescue her friend without awakening an ancient evil.
 
Want more vampires? Read Immortal Dark next.
 Run Away With Me
by Brian Selznick

Danny is spending a lonely summer in Rome while his mother works. A hand-drawn map leads him to Angelo, and romance blossoms as they explore the city. Like author Brian Selznick’s middle-grade blockbusters Wonderstruck and The Invention of Hugo Cabret, his YA debut blends prose and intricate illustrations.
 
Prefer the audiobook version? Listen to this title on Hoopla instead!
You wouldn't wanna MYTH these books!
Check out these stories about mythologies from around the world.
 
The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R Tolkien
by John Hendrix

C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, two Oxford professors of literature, created the enduring and beloved fantasy worlds of Narnia and Middle Earth. This insightful nonfiction book, blending graphic art and text, chronicles their long, complicated friendship.
 
Looking for more graphic novel biographies? Try: Manuela Santoni’s Jane Austen: Her Heart Did Whisper.
The Other Side of the Sky
by Amie Kaufman

The first entry in a planned duology finds the prince of a sky city and an earth goddess linked by a terrifying prophecy that forces them to choose between saving their people or succumbing to their forbidden love.
 
Check out other works by the author here.
Lumberjanes : X Marks the Spot
by Shannon Watters

Ripley found a treasure map! The Roanoke scouts are eager to hunt down what they hope might be mystical hoards of gems and jewels, rad dinosaur bones, or maybe even more treasure maps (to find more treasure, obviously!). What they end up finding are the scattered pieces of an ancient Greek statue of a woman, who, when assembled, comes back to life as a vindictive supernatural entity!
 
Read the whole Lumberjanes series here.
The Keeper of Night
by Kylie Lee Baker

Half British Reaper, half Japanese Shinigami, Ren Scarborough is set on an impossible task by the Goddess of Death—one that forces her to decide just how far she will go to get the acceptance she craves.
 
Check out #yalandofmyth in the catalog for more mythical reads!
Go the Distance
by Jen Calonita

Challenged to prove her worthiness of becoming a Mount Olympus god at Hercules' side, an unsure Meg embarks on a soul-risking mission to rescue her loathed ex's new wife from the Underworld.
 
Read the rest of the Twisted Tales next.
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