Teen Scene
August/September 2025
Delish: The How-to Cookbook for Young Foodies
by Joanna Saltz

Boost a budding foodie's kitchen confidence with a beginner-friendly cookbook, organized from simple techniques to more complex ones, that includes step-by-step photos and instructions for 35 essential cooking techniques, 50 recipes and fun food facts.
Graciela in the Abyss
by Meg Medina

In the deepest recesses of the ocean, Graciela -- once an ordinary girl --now makes sea glass and assists her friend, Amina, as she welcomes newly awakened sea ghosts from their death sleep. Though Graciela's spirit is young, she has lived at the bottom of the ocean for more than 100 years. Meanwhile, in the mortal world on land, 12-year-old Jorge Leon works in his family's forge. He's heard of the supernatural spirits living beneath the ocean's waves -- tales that do nothing to quell his fear of the water. But when Jorge discovers a hand-wrought harpoon with the power to spear a sea ghost, he knows he must destroy it. When the harpoon is accidentally reunited with its vengeful creator, unlikely allies Graciela and Jorge have no choice but to work together to keep evil spirits from wreaking havoc on both the living and the dead. If only the answer to saving what they care about didn't lie within the depths of the abyss.
Best of All Worlds
by Kenneth Oppel

Xavier Oaks reluctantly leaves his mom and brother to join his dad and his dad's new pregnant wife at the cabin. But one morning he awakens to discover it seems like the house has been moved and they're trapped inside a dome!
Climate of Chaos
by Cassandra Newbould

In the post-apocalyptic domed city of Seattle, disabled 17-year-old Fox must navigate a ruthless society where healthcare is currency in search of her younger sister, Rabbit.
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