Teen Scene
May 2025
Recent Releases
True Life in Uncanny Valley
by Deb Caletti

Eleanor, curious about the tech genius father who abandoned her, sneakily becomes the nanny for her own half-brother. While spinning a web of lies, she questions the ethics of her father’s artificial intelligence work. At the heart of this thoughtful story is Eleanor’s search for a true family.
Missing Clarissa : a novel
by Ripley Jones

Twenty years after the mysterious disappearance of popular cheerleader Clarissa Campbell, Oreville high school juniors and best friends Blair and Cameron start a true crime podcast to finally discover the truth, with dangerous consequences. 
The corruption of Hollis Brown
by K. Ancrum

Hollis Brown feels trapped in his struggling small town but then meets Walt, a spirit adrift for generations, who takes over Hollis' body and mind, but Walt and Hollis start to work together and an unspeakable bond grows between them. 
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.
Run Away With Me
by Brian Selznick

Danny is spending a lonely summer in Rome while his mother works there. 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.
Color Our World
Check out these stories about art and artists.
 
Artifice
by Sharon Cameron

To keep her family afloat during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Isa sells a forged Rembrandt to the Nazis, pulling her into dangerous work smuggling Jewish babies to safety and forging more art. This immersive historical thriller is ideal for fans of Ruta Sepetys and Elizabeth Wein.
To all the boys I've loved before
by Jenny Han

Keeping private love letters written to five secret crushes she has had, Lara Jean Song finds her personal life going from imaginary to out of control when the letters are unexpectedly mailed. By the best-selling author of The Summer I Turned Pretty series.
The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee
by Ellen Oh

While grappling with her family’s narrow vision for her future, Mina draws a webcomic inspired by K-dramas and superheroes. When a freak storm sends her into her own webcomic, she must defeat the villain she created and return to reality. This novel grounds its high-drama plot in sincere emotional growth.
Bunt! Striking Out on Financial Aid
by Ngozi Ukazu & Mad Rupert

When Molly discovers her scholarship to her dream art school has fallen through, she assembles a ragtag softball team in hopes of getting an athletic scholarship instead. Fans of author Ngozi Ukazu’s popular Check, Please! series are sure to enjoy this heartfelt graphic novel.
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