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Here are our favorite books about Friends and Frenemies. These titles are classified as Teen High School (TH) and can be found in the Teen section of the library.
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Divine Rivals by Rebecca RossWhen two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths of hell, in a war among gods, to seal their fate forever.
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Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiComing of age in a land where her magi mother was killed by the zealous king's guards along with other former wielders of magic, Zélie embarks on a journey alongside her brother and a fugitive princess to restore her people's magical abilities.
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Powerless by Lauren RobertsAn Ordinary blending in with the Elites to stay alive and out of trouble, Paeydn is thrown into the Purging Trials when she unwittingly saves one of Ilya's princes, a brutal competition to showcase the Elites' powers—the very thing she lacks.
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Serpent & Dove by Shelby MahurinA first entry in a fantasy duology, set in a world where witches are burned at the stake, finds a young witch forced into marriage with a church huntsman, a situation that is further complicated by their growing feelings for each other.
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Squad by Maggie Tokuda-HallBecca moves to an upscale Silicon Valley suburb and is surprised when she develops a bond with girls who belong to the popular clique-and even more surprised when she learns their secrets.
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Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-ÍyímídéDevon and Chiamaka, two Black students at an elite prep school, compete for valedictorian until anonymous texts reveal their darkest secrets, forcing the pair to fight back, as the cyberbully's game soon turns deadly.
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You Have a Match by Emma LordWhen the DNA service reveals Abby has a secret sister, shimmery-haired Instagram star Savannah Tully, it's hard to believe they're from the same planet, never mind the same parents - especially considering Savannah, queen of green smoothies, is only a year and a half older than Abby herself. The logical course of action? Meet up at summer camp (obviously) and figure out why Abby's parents gave Savvy up for adoption.
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UnOrdinary by uru-chanWith the power hierarchy of the school unstable after Seraphina's suspension, Arlo suspects John is a real threat to the social order, but when a new danger strikes too close to home, they must put aside their differences to uncover a conspiracy that threatens them all.
Please note, this title can be found in the
Teen Graphic Novel section of the library. |
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These Witches Don't Burn by Isabel SterlingWhen evidence of dark magic begins to appear all over Salem, Massachusetts, Elemental Witch Hannah and her ex-girlfriend Veronica are forced to team up to stop the deadly attacks
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The Next New Syrian Girl by Ream ShukairyWhen their worlds collide, Khadija Shami, a sheltered Syrian American high school senior with a monstrous ego, and Leene Tahir, a Syrian refugee doing her best to survive school and family pressures while battling panic attacks, become the unlikeliest of friends.
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In the Wild Light by Jeff ZentnerWhen his best friend, Delaney, gets them both full rides to an elite prep school in Connecticut, Cash must choose between his need to love and protect Delaney and his loyalty to his grandparents and their small Appalachian town.
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Begin Again by Emma LordWhen her arrival at Blue Ridge State doesn't go as planned, aspiring self-help guru Andie Rose finds her voice as the anonymous Squire of the school's legendary pirate radio station, discovering that not all the best laid plans are necessarily the right ones.
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Shadowed by Carl DeukerFifteen-year-old Nate plays soccer because his family expects him to. He discovers basketball is his sport when Lucas moves in across the street, but Nate has an axe to grind with two star players.
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We'll Never Tell by Wendy HeardFilming the last episode of their viral YouTube channel We'll Never Tell at the site of a shocking murder/suicide that took place in 1972, the members of the team who remain alive after one of them is killed must solve the murder mysteries past and present.
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When We Had Summer by Jennifer CastleWhen their best friend Carly unexpectedly passes away, Daniella, Lainie and Penny, the remaining #SummerSisters, are brought back together by Carly's bucket list and work to keep her memory alive while navigating grief and loss.
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You Truly Assumed by Laila SabreenAfter a terrorist attack near her home ignites Islamophobia, Sabriya and two other girls publish an online journal that goes viral, but when hateful comments and threats are made, they must risk everything to make their voices heard.
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The Book of Living Secrets by Madeleine RouxExcited to enter the world of a gothic romance they have been obsessed with for years, best friends Adelle and Connie are instead faced with unspeakable horrors and must rewrite their own ending to survive this nightmare.
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You'll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManusIvy, Mateo, and Cal used to be close. Now all they have in common is Carlton High and the beginning of a very bad day. In one chance move, their day turns from dull to deadly. And it's about to get worse. It turns out Ivy, Mateo, and Cal still have some things in common...like a connection to the dead kid. And they're all hiding something. Could it be that their chance reconnection wasn't by chance after all?
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The Last Words We Said by Leah ScheierNine months after Danny disappeared, his closest friends, Ellie, Rae, and Deenie, deal with their loss very differently but will have to share secrets about the night he disappeared to uncover the truth.
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Simone Breaks All the Rules by Debbie RigaudAt seventeen Simone Thibodeaux is fed up with her over-protective mother's insistence on micro-managing her life, like picking her prom date from a "nice" Haitian immigrant family, and anyway she is determined to attend with Gavin Stackhouse (even if he does not know that yet); so together with her fellow late-bloomer friends Simone comes up with a bucket list of rule-breaking (like cutting classes, and sneaking out of the house)--but soon things get complicated, and Simone has to decide which rules are worth breaking, and which should just be left alone.
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So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. MorrowAt the Freedman's Colony of Roanoke Island, a haven for the recently emancipated, the four March sisters--Meg, Joanna, Bethlehem, and Amethyst--come into their own as independent, young Black women together facing love, sickness, heartbreak, and new horizons. |
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