Cardington-Lincoln Public Library

Teen Scene
August 2025

New on our shelves or in Libby...
Into the light
by Claudia Gray

"As several crises all hurtle toward their thrilling and shocking conclusions, fan-favorite Jedi Knights and Padawans must band together to save the galaxy from the Nihil, the Nameless, and perhaps worst of all, a mysterious blight that turns everything in its path to dust and is seemingly impossible to stop"
We Are Villains
by Kacen Callender

Milo, a scholarship student at Yates Academy, returns to campus after the death of his best friend. When Liam, king of Yates, hires Milo to identify who’s accusing him of murder, secrets are bound to come out. This twisty thriller will draw fans of dark academia and morally gray characters.
All the love under the vast sky
by Kip Wilson

Twelve short stories in verse written by best-selling and award-winning authors explore the highs and lows of love?—?romantic, platonic, familial and self-love, in an anthology that embraces the messiness and joy of all kinds of love. Simultaneous eBook.
A wish for us : a novel
by Tillie Cole

"Nineteen-year-old Cromwell Dean is the rising star of electronic dance music. Thousands of people adore him, but no one knows him. No one sees the color of his heart. Until the girl in the purple dress breaks through his walls to the darkness within...Bonnie Farraday lives for music. She lets every note into her heart, and she doesn't understand how someone as talented as Cromwell can avoid doing the same. He's hiding from his past, and she knows it. She tries to stay away from him, but something keeps calling her back"
This thing of ours
by Frederick Joseph

"Ossie Brown's entire future is in jeopardy when atorn ACL ends his promising basketball career. Now Ossie must navigate his new place in the social and academic ecosystems of his affluent, predominantly white school. When a Black teacher encourages him to join her highly regarded writing program, Ossie begins to find a new purpose...Everything changes when some students' viral 'anti-woke' video puts the teacher's job, the writing program, and even Ossie's friends' safety at risk--and Ossie must find histrue voice"
Graphic Novels

Lunar New Year love story
by Gene Luen Yang

High school senior Valentina adored Valentine's Day until a shocking revelation leads her to believe her love life is cursed, until a Lunar New Year celebration introduces her to charming lion dancer boys and a chance at breaking her family's curse
Look back
by Tatsuki Fujimoto

"The overly confident Fujino and the shut-in Kyomoto couldn't be more different, but a love of drawing manga brings these two small-town girls together. A poignant story of growing up and moving forward that only Tatsuki Fujimoto, the creator of ChainsawMan, could have crafted."--Cover page 4
We Could Be Magic
by Marissa Meyer; illustrated by Joelle Murray

Tabitha dreams of working as a princess during her summer at Sommerland theme park. Her reality? Working at the nacho stand. But character attendant James’ belief in Tabi changes everything. This upbeat graphic novel by the author of the popular Lunar Chronicles and Renegades series will draw fans of Disney magic.
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