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Teen Volunteer Recommendations Spring 2025 |
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Star splitter
by Matthew J. Kirby
In 2199, 17-year-old Jessica Mathers wakes up on a desolate, post-extinction planet 14 light years from Earth and must make sense of the bloody destruction around her, as well as the questionable intentions of a familiar stranger. Simultaneous eBook.
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Elena vanishing : a memoir
by Elena Dunkle
Documents the author's teenage struggles with anorexia, sharing her and her mother's perspectives regarding a five-year period marked by profound anxiety and self-destructive efforts to manage the disorder. A first book.
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Wings of starlight
by Allison Saft
Clarion, a warm-season fairy, sets out to defeat a monster said to be crossing from Winter into Spring, but instead finds Milori, a young guardian of the Winter Woods, with whom Clarion forms an unlikely bond to save their lands. Simultaneous eBook.
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The getaway
by Lamar Giles
"When Karloff Country, one of the worlds most famous resorts, suddenly offers the richest and most powerful families a safe haven from the nightmare outside its walls, Jay and his crew learn just how far theyll go to find out the truth and save themselves. Simultaneous eBook."
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Love in English
by Maria E. Andreu
Feeling blocked after moving from Argentina to New Jersey, a 16-year-old poet finds herself torn between a cute American boy in her math class and a Greek student who understands the struggles she is facing in an ESL class. 150,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Spin the dawn
by Elizabeth Lim
Disguising herself as a boy to compete for the position of imperial tailor, Maia must somehow complete the impossible task of sewing three magic gowns for the emperor's bride-to-be from the sun's laughter, the moon's tears, and the blood of stars
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Love radio
by Ebony LaDelle
A 17-year-old self-professed teen love doctor with his own segment on Detroits popular hip-hop show, Prince Jones has only three dates to prove to Dani, an ambitious writer who hates all thing romance, that hes worth falling for. 500,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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All better now
by Neal Shusterman
Three teens from different backgrounds find themselves at the center of a power play in a world where a virus leaves survivors feeling contentment, while people who prey upon the insecure try to convince people that happy is dangerous. Simultaneous eBook.
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The chalice of the gods
by Rick Riordan
In order to get the necessary three letters of recommendation from Mount Olympus for college, senior Percy Jackson must complete three quests—the first of which is to help Zeus' cup-bearer retrieve his goblet before it falls into the wrong hands. Simultaneous eBook.
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unOrdinary. Volume 1
by uru-chan
Staying under the radar at a high school where the social elite possess unthinkable powers and abilities, John, who has a secret past that could bring down the school's whole social order, is pulled into a world of turf wars, betrayals and deadly conspiracies. Simultaneous. Illustrations.
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See you yesterday
by Rachel Lynn Solomon
After reliving the same day for months, eighteen-year-old Barrett reluctantly teams up with her nemesis Miles to escape the time loop, and soon finds herself falling for him, but what she does not know is what they will mean to each other if they finallymake it to tomorrow
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Fallout : spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown
by Steve Sheinkin
In this follow-up to the award-winning Bomb, a celebrated nonfiction author takes on the Cold War, a decades-long showdown that culminated in the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world's close call with the third—and final—world war. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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