Teen Scene
August 2025

Recent Arrivals
Firefight
by Brandon Sanderson

Overwhelmed by questions after defeating Steelheart, David journeys to Babylon Restored, the oppressed city formerly known as Manhattan, to find the Epic Firefight who can give him the answers he seeks
We'll fly away
by Bryan Bliss

Alternating between a third-person account of senior year and letters from death row, a young man untangles a chain of devastating circumstances that led to his conviction, from changes in a lifelong best friendship and the pursuit of an athletic scholarship to the possible losses of siblings in the wake of an alcoholic parent's incestuous attacks. By the author of No Parking at the End Times. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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, in the fifth book in the Hunger Games series.
These violent delights
by Chloe Gong

In 1926 Shanghai, eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, heir of the Scarlet Gang, and her first love-turned-rival Roma Montagov, leader of the White Flowers, must work together when mysterious deaths threaten their city.
A pirate's life for she : swashbuckling women through the ages
by Laura Sook Duncombe

Pirates are a perennially popular subject, depicted often in songs, stories and Halloween costumes. Yet the truth about pirates—who they were, why they went to sea and what their lives were really like—is seldom a part of the conversation. In this Seven Seas history of the world's female buccaneers, A Pirate's Life for She tells the story of 16 women who, through the ages, sailed alongside—and sometimes in command of—their male counterparts.
High School Life
High school is so much more than geometry class and soccer practice. Learning about love, friendship, family, and maturity are important, too.  
 
The fill-in boyfriend
by Kasie West

Convincing a stranger to stand in as her boyfriend for the prom after enduring a humiliating breakup, Gia discovers that she has feelings for the young man and is very much interested in transforming their budding friendship into something more.
Screenshot
by Donna D. Cooner

Sixteen-year-old Skye Matthews is always careful with her social media accounts, but when her friend Asha posts an embarrassing video of Skye at a sleepover her perfect reputation and her dream of a summer internship with the Colorado senator is endangered--someone took a screenshot before the video was deleted and is threatening to share the photo online, unless Skye does whatever they ask
Saint anything : a novel
by Sarah Dessen

Sydney's charismatic older brother, Peyton, has always been the center of attention in the family but when he is sent to jail, Sydney struggles to find her place at home and in the world until she meets the Chathams, including gentle, protective Mac, who makes her feel appreciated for the first time.
Fadeaway
by Maura Ellen Stokes

Fourteen-year-old Sam is struggling to get by without her best friend, Reagan, who died suddenly the summer before high school, but Regan's "reappearance" only helps temporarily.
Pumpkinheads
by Rainbow Rowell

Working at a pumpkin patch every autumn, two seasonal best friends organize ultimate Halloween plans to celebrate their last working year together. By the award-winning author of Fangirl and the Eisner Award-winning illustrator of the Nameless City trilogy. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.
Contact your librarian for more great books for age 14 and up!
Charlotte County Library
112-116 LeGrande Avenue,
P.O. Box 788, Charlotte Court House, Virginia 23923
(434) 542-5247

https://cclibrary.net/