Teen Scene
October 2025
Recent Releases
Sisters in the Wind
by Angeline Boulley

When Lucy meets someone who claims to help Native American foster kids reconnect with their communities, she’s skeptical. She’s also pretty busy trying to outwit a violent stalker. Fans of Angeline Boulley’s Firekeeper’s Daughter and Warrior Girl Unearthed will recognize familiar characters in this powerful mystery.
Flip
by Ngozi Ukazu

When too cool Flip Henderson rejects Chi-Chi Ekeh's senior prom proposal in front of the entire class, what happens next is completely unexpected: Chi-Chi -- shy nerd and scholarship student -- switches bodies with Flip, giving Flip a crash course on Chi-Chi's life -- being a poor kid of color at a rich white private school. Simultaneous. Gr 10+
Fake skating
by Lynn Painter

In this heartfelt rom com, childhood best friends Dani and Alec reunite in their hockey-obsessed hometown, and as they fake a relationship for convenience, old wounds, family secrets and lingering feelings surface -- threatening to turn their pretend romance into something real.
My Perfect Family
by Khadijah VanBrakle

When Leena’s estranged grandfather and great aunt come into her life for the first time, she begins to experience both the joys and the pressures of having family beyond her single mother. This thought-provoking coming of age story explores religion, race, and grief with nuance and compassion.
Tripping over You 1
by Suzana Harcum

The infamous theater kid Milo and wallflower Liam are unlikely friends connected by a mutual feeling of being misfits in their boarding school, and as their friendship and bond develops, unspoken romantic feelings start to bubble up and complicate everything. Simultaneous. 50,000 first printing. Gr 10+
How far I'll go
by Keala Kendall

"Disney's New York Times best-selling A Twisted Tale series sails to ancient Oceania, asking "What if Moana broke the Heart of Te Fiti?" After a devastating battle with Te Kā, Moana's worst fears are realized: the Heart of Te Fiti is in ruins, Mauiis frozen in volcanic rock, and darkness threatens to envelop her beloved home. Desperate to fix things, Moana stumbles upon an island already crumbling under the blight. All life is gone, save one sole survivor--a mysterious young woman named Noe. Moanais relieved to find another wayfarer, even if this stranger is more than a little intimidating. Better still, Noe has an idea how to fix the Heart: using the Tears of Te Fiti, gems infused with the goddess's essence. The catch? The Tears are said to be scattered throughout the Realm of Monsters. Banded together, Moana and Noe set a course for an impossible mission to find the powerful lost Tears. Will Moana be able to restore the Heart amid secrets and monsters? Or will the blight overtake everything Moana holds dear?"
Cry out loud
by Tara O'Connor

"A horror story about an Irish girl who discovers members of her extended family plan to sacrifice her as part of a generational blood rite and travels back in time to try and break the murderous cycle"
Thorn season
by Kiera Azar

Teen heiress Alissa Paine possesses an illegal magic, and when she is summoned to her kingdom's harsh and glittering royal court, she finds herself caught between two dangerous men in a web of hidden intentions. 90,000 first printing.
You've found Oliver
by Dustin Thao

It's been a year since Sam died and even though Oliver knows he won't get a response, he continues to text Sam's number, but one day he accidentally hits the call button, and someone picks up; and that someone is Ben, a college student in Seattle, who was reassigned the number and has been receiving Oliver's vulnerable messages for months.
Morgana and Oz 3
by Miyuli

Witch Morgana Winterberry and vampire Oz work together to investigate who cursed the vampires in the first place, and who summoned the ghouls that are stalking the forest, but much to Morgana's worry, signs point to someone in her family using her powerful ancestor Neil Winterberry's grimoire. Original. Gr 10+
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