Teen Scene
August 2024
Recent Releases
Crashing into you
by Rocky Callen

Dreaming of becoming a famous street racer, 17-year-old Leti Rivera vows to give up driving after tragedy strikes following a race, until she realizes it could be the very thing that saves her and the boy she's come to love. 
Girls like her
by Melanie Sumrow

Told through a collection of letters, meeting notes, news articles and court transcripts, this unflinching story follows 15-year-old homeless teen Ruby, who is accused of murdering a wealthy businessman and must make desperate choices to prove her innocence with the help of her state-appointed caseworker. 
The Calculation of You and Me
by Serena Kaylor

Marlowe, an autistic teen, strikes a deal with her emo classmate Ash to help Marlowe win back her ex. As she promotes Ash’s band and gets to know him, that ex seems less appealing by the minute. Read-alikes: Jackie Khalilieh’s Something More; A.J. Steiger’s When My Heart Joins the Thousand.
Of jade and dragons
by Amber Chen

After her father, a world-class engineer, is murdered, 18-year-old Aihui Ying, disguised as her brother and with only her father's secret journal and a jade pendant snatched from the assassin, enters the prestigious and dangerous male-only Engineer's Guild apprenticeship trials to avenge his death. 
If you can't take the heat
by Michael Ruhlman

With his summer plans on hold after breaking his leg, high school football star Theo Claverback works as a prep cook for an upscale French restaurant where he finds new purpose and romance — and what happens when you get into hot water with the wrong people. 
Retro Reads
Check out these awesome books from the not-so-distant past.
 
After the sirens
by Sharon Farrell

Forced to spend her senior year of high school in Miami instead of NYC, Cate defies everyone's expectations by training as an EMT, taking bigger and bigger risks to find the life she was meant to lead. 
These deadly games
by Diana Urban

Forced to play a kidnapper's game when her little sister is taken, Crystal Donovan soon realizes each task is meant to hurt—and kill—her friends, one by one, but must keep playing if she wants to save her sister. 
The Storyteller
by Kathryn Williams

Jess Morgan is growing tired of living her life to please everyone else. When she discovers her late aunt's diaries, Jess learns she's not the only one struggling to hide who she really is. But was her aunt Anna truly the Romanov princess Anastasia? Or is this some elaborate hoax? As Jess digs into the century-old mystery she discovers another, bigger truth: only you can write your own story.
Daughter
by Kate McLaughlin

Discovering that her father is an infamous serial killer, Scarlet finds herself in the center of a media firestorm, especially when he announces he will only give the names and locations of his remaining victims to her. 
Remember me
by Estelle Laure

When she discovers that she has paid to have her memories removed, Blue Owens struggles to piece together her history, torn between wanting to know why she would do something so drastic and her fear of what she will find. 
Contact your librarian for more great books for age 14 and up!
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