YA Books - October 2025
Recent Releases
Sisters in the Wind
by Angeline Boulley

When Lucy meets someone who claims to help Native American foster kids reconnect with their communities, she’s skeptical. She’s also pretty busy trying to outwit a violent stalker.
Fans of Angeline Boulley’s Firekeeper’s Daughter and Warrior Girl Unearthed will recognize familiar characters in this powerful mystery.
Fearful / :  A Powerless Story by Lauren Roberts
Fearful : A Powerless Story
by Lauren Roberts

Set during the time of "Fearless," a mysterious figure arrives in the kingdom of Ilya to witness the fight for the throne and the price it costs those sworn to defend the land.
Fake skating by Lynn Painter
Fake Skating
by Lynn Painter

In this heartfelt rom com, childhood best friends Dani and Alec reunite in their hockey-obsessed hometown, and as they fake a relationship for convenience, old wounds, family secrets and lingering feelings surface -- threatening to turn their pretend romance into something real.
The House of Quiet
by Kiersten White

Impoverished children who fail to adjust to the Procedure meant to give them supernatural powers end up at the House of Quiet. Birdie gets a job there in order to find her missing sister, but instead she finds aristocratic teens who pull her into a dangerous conspiracy. Read-alikes: Ginny Myers Sain’s Dark and Shallow Lies; Quinn Diacon-Furtado’s The Lilies.
 
Every Spiral of Fate by Tahereh Mafi
Every Spiral of Fate
by Tahereh Mafi

Alizeh and Cyrus, along with Kamran and their friends from Ardunia, must flee on dragon-back to begin the perilous journey into the legendary mountains of Arya, where a firestorm of revelations, magical discoveries and fresh allies awaits them.

This Woven Kingdom (4)
When we were monsters by Jennifer Niven
When We Were Monsters
by Jennifer Niven

A simmering psychological thriller about a dead teacher at an elite New England boarding school, the students invited to work with her who had reasons to want her gone and the tangled web of rivalry and romance concealing the truth.
Fierce Voice by Susan Currie
Fierce Voice
by Susan Currie

Iz has everything she's ever wanted: she’s found the foster home of her dreams and is attending the prestigious music school she moved heaven and earth to get into. But secrets from her past keep threatening to spill into the present, and Iz is sure that her newfound loved ones will abandon her if they learn of her terrible history.
Susan Currie is an elementary teacher in Brampton. As an adoptee, she only learned of her Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) heritage (Cayuga Nation, Turtle Clan) as an adult. Her other books are being supported by Strong Nation. She lives in Brampton, ON.
You've found Oliver by Dustin Thao
You've Found Oliver
by Dustin Thao

It's been a year since Sam died and even though Oliver knows he won't get a response, he continues to text Sam's number, but one day he accidentally hits the call button, and someone picks up; and that someone is Ben, a college student in Seattle, who was reassigned the number and has been receiving Oliver's vulnerable messages for months.
You've goth my heart by Lev AC Rosen
You've Goth My Heart
by Lev AC Rosen

A blood-curdlingly spooky and darkly funny romance about how falling in love is scary AF, perfect for fans of Wednesday and 'Heartstopper'. 'You’ve Goth My Heart' is the romantic and hilarious accidental-connection romance you don’t want to miss!
 
The steps by Wendelin Van Draanen
The steps
by Wendelin Van Draanen

'Riverdale' meets 'The Queen’s Gambit' in this fun, twisty thriller by an Edgar Award-winning author, featuring a deliciously dysfunctional family with dark secrets and shifting alliances.
 
The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar by Sonora Reyes
The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar
by Sonora Reyes

A poignant and searingly honest companion novel to the multi-award-winning 'The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School' by Sonora Reyes, 'The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar' follows beloved character Cesar Flores as he comes to terms with his sexuality, his new bipolar diagnosis, and more mistakes than he can count.
Through Our Teeth by Pamela N. Harris
Through Our Teeth
by Pamela N. Harris

In this intense, page-turning and thought-provoking YA contemporary novel that’s 'One of Us Is Lying' meets 'Monday’s Not Coming', three teens investigate their friend’s murder while each one tries to conceal their own complicated history with the dead girl.
 
New Ya Graphic Novels
Pizza Witch by Sarah Graley
Pizza Witch
by Sarah Graley

"All Roxy wants is to become the most legendary Pizza Witch ever! But when her uninspired boss and her well-meaning parents put her dream in jeopardy, she's stuck in a pizza-flavored rut. That is, until she's sent off on a quest for a powerful artifact of pizza magic--the Remarkable Oregano! With her feisty cat George by her side, Roxy sets off on her broom to lands unknown! Will this be the adventure she's been waiting for--filled with advanced pizza magic, wild challenges, and maybe even a little romance? Or will her dream be squashed like an overripe tomato?"
Finding Camellia 5 by Manta Manta Comics
Finding Camellia (5)
by Manta Comics

Claude, the new grand duke, heads to war to secure the northern territory for the empire. Before he leaves, however, his discovery of Camellia's true identity spurs him to leave Camellia a precious heirloom--the Clematis flower brooch, which is traditionally given to the consorts of the Ihar family. But the battlefield is a dangerous and unpredictable place...Will Claude make it safely back to Camellia's side?
 
ThunderCats: Apex (3)
by Declan Shalvey

After trying to keep silent about their unsanctioned explorations, WilyKat and WilyKit finally reveal their discovery of Mumm-Ra’s Black Pyramid. Once he learns what the cubs found within its obsidian walls, Lion-O makes a fateful decision: he will go, alone, on a quest to confront Mumm-Ra in his place of power.

Issues 11-15
 
New Horror Round-Up!
The Others by Cheryl Isaacs
The Others
by Cheryl Isaacs

In a haunting sequel to "The Unfinished," Avery must confront her darkest self and the lingering trauma of the past, relying on her Kanyen'keha:ka roots to protect her town, her family and her first love before darkness resurfaces and consumes everything she holds dear.

Unfinished (2)
The dead of summer by Ryan La Sala
The Dead of Summer
by Ryan La Sala

Seventeen-year-old Ollie fights to survive a deadly summer on an island off the coast of Maine after it is placed under quarantine due to a long-sunken horror rising from the sea
Make Me a Monster by Kalynn Bayron
Make Me a Monster
by Kalynn Bayron

NYT bestselling author Kalynn Bayron is back with a Frankenstein-tinged horror romance.
 
Who's all going (to die)? by Lisa Springer
Who's all going (to die)?
by Lisa Springer

Hoping to get away from the anxiety of her senior year, Ariana accepts an invitation to a wellness retreat at a luxury resort, but soon discovers the retreat's bizarre rituals and rising dangers turning her getaway into a fight for survival
Hollow by Taylor Grothe
Hollow
by Taylor Grothe

While navigating a recent Autism diagnosis, teenage Cassie gets separated from her friends on a camping trip and meets a mysterious wood carver who brings her to his artists' compound where she feels an eerie sense of belonging
The transition by Logan-Ashley Kisner
The Transition
by Logan-Ashley Kisner

A transgender teen’s post-op recovery is derailed when he is bitten by a werewolf and his body begins to change. 'The Transition' is a thought-provoking page-turner that will haunt you for days!
 
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