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*This will be the last issue of Teen Scene* Beginning August 2025, you will receive the "For What it's Worth" Teen E-Newsletter each month. |
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The tournament
by Rebecca Barrow
This year's Tournament, a series of grueling physical challenges, is more cutthroat than ever with seniors Max, the ruthless scholarship student, Nora, Max's ex-best friend who may be ready for center stage, and Teddy, the transfer student on her last chance
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Difficult girls
by Veronica Bane
Sixteen-year-old Greta attempts to reinvent herself at her amusement park summer job, but things take a deadly turn when a co-worker disappears
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We can never leave : a novel
by H. E. Edgmon
Five teenage travelers, left behind when their community of inhuman creatures mysteriously disappears, must uncover the truth about what happened while grappling with their own hidden secrets.
Also available on Libby.
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The grove
by Brooks Whitney
Set in a struggling 1960s Florida town, two sisters, fifteen-year-old Pip and seventeen-year-old Sissy, share a close bond, but after the annual carnival leaves, Sissy grows distant and reveals a shocking secret, thrusting the sisters and their friend Silas into a life-changing, desperate situation
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If we survive this
by Racquel Marie
After a global outbreak of a rabies mutation that creates zombie-like creatures, eighteen-year-old Flora Braddock Paz and her brother journey to a secluded cabin in Northern California in search of safety, only to confront familiar faces, hidden truths, painful memories, and the inescapable presence of death
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A most perilous world : the true story of the young abolitionists and their crusade against slavery
by Kristina R. Gaddy
Kristina R. Gaddy tells the story of America's tumultuous years leading up to the Civil War and of the war itself from the viewpoints of four children of famous abolitionists, including those of Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. Gaddy crafts a surprisingly contemporary braided coming-of-age narrative, supported by meticulous research and featuring dozens of primary documents. Each of these four young people-two whites, two Black-was strongly committed to the anti-slavery cause but felt just as keenly a need to make their own names, away from the often over-protective or disapproving shadows of the famous adults in their lives. This is a true story of how a torch of resistance is passed and how a new generation makes its mark.
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The mysterious Virginia Hall : World War II's most dangerous spy
by Claudia Friddell
"Virginia Hall was an athletic, outdoorsy girl who dreamed of joining the foreign service and becoming an ambassador. Despite numerous setbacks, including losing her leg to gangrene after an accident, Virginia never wavered in her determination to serve her country. After the outbreak of World War II, a chance meeting on a train changed her life. Virginia joined the Allied Intelligence services as one of its first women agents, where she organized French resistance fighters, performed daring rescues, andprovided the Allies with intelligence that was key for ousting the Nazis"
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Independence Day Historical Fiction |
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Alex & Eliza : a love story
by Melissa De la Cruz
1777. Albany, New York. As battle cries of the American Revolution echo in the distance, servants flutter about preparing for one of New York society’s biggest events: the Schuylers’ grand ball. Descended from two of the oldest and most distinguished bloodlines in New York, the Schuylers are proud to be one of their fledgling country’s founding families, and even prouder still of their three daughters—Angelica, with her razor-sharp wit; Peggy, with her dazzling looks; and Eliza, whose beauty and charm rival those of both her sisters, though she’d rather be aiding the colonists’ cause than dressing up for some silly ball. When Alex and Eliza meet one fateful night, so begins an epic love story that would forever change the course of American history.
Also available on cloudLibrary.
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Rebel spy
by Veronica Rossi
A reimagining of the story of a New York society girl-turned-Revolutionary War spy follows a young woman's effort to pass herself off as a shipwreck victim before using her assumed identity to eavesdrop on British soldiers and convey important information to George Washington. Simultaneous eBook.
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When we caught fire
by Anna Godbersen
On the night before her engagement to Chicago's most eligible man, Emmeline remembers a childhood life in the Chicago slums and her love for Anders Magnuson, who has grown up to be a boxer, and Emmeline risks everything to meet him again, as they are caught in the 1871 Chicago fire
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The Davenports
by Krystal Marquis
Inspired by the real-life story of C.R. Patterson and his family, this sweeping novel is centered around the Davenports, one of the few Black families of immense wealth, and follows four determined and passionate young Black women who discover the courage to take charge of their lives--and love.
Also available on Libby and cloudLibrary.
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A suffragist's guide to the Antarctic
by Yi Shun Lai
Told in journal entries, this historical novel follows suffragist Clara Ketterling-Dunbar, one of 28 crew members of The Resolute marooned on ice 100 miles from the shore of Antarctica, as she demonstrates what women are truly capable of.
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One step forward
by Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Set amid World War I, a historical fiction novel in verse follows Matilda's coming-of-age journey as she fights for suffrage and becomes the youngest American suffragist imprisoned for picketing the White House to demand women's right to vote.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up! |
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