Teen Scene
December 2025

Recent Releases
Seven for a Secret by Mary E. Roach
Seven for a Secret
by Mary E. Roach

Seventeen-year-old Nev, the only girl to return from a group home where eight girls disappeared, embarks on a relentless quest for answers, peace, and revenge when the men responsible for the home begin turning up dead.
Coldwire
by Chloe Gong

The alternative to a harrowing world of extreme weather and disease is NileCorp’s virtual reality service. Eirale and Lia, soldiers in NileCorp’s military, risk it all to expose injustice in their worlds, real and virtual. Fans of Marie Lu's Warcross and Marissa Meyer's Renegades will enjoy this action-packed cyberpunk trilogy opener.
 
The Leaving Room by Amber McBride
The Leaving Room
by Amber McBride

**NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST!** Intimate and astonishing.--Jason Reynolds, New York Times Bestselling Author For fans of You've Reached Sam and If I Stay, a hauntingly beautiful young adult novel-in-verse about a girl in between life and death, by National Book Award Finalist Amber McBride.
The House Saphir
by Marissa Meyer

Armand hires Mallory, who can talk to ghosts, to exorcise his ancestral estate. Mallory plans to swindle him out of his money, but instead she finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation, and Armand is a suspect. This creepy novel is a witty retelling of the Bluebeard myth.
 
Nancy Drew Files Vol. I: Secrets Can Kill; Deadly Intent; Murder on Ice by Carolyn Keene
Nancy Drew Files Vol. I: Secrets Can Kill; Deadly Intent; Murder on Ice
by Carolyn Keene

The world's favorite teen detective is back, and she's on the case. Keep up with Nancy Drew in this thrilling collection of mysteries full of intrigue, boys, and murder. In Secrets Can Kill, Nancy goes undercover to investigate the elusive thief stalking the nighttime halls of Bedford High. With her inside contact, gorgeous senior Daryl Gray, Nancy attempts to uncover the dangerous secrets that run deep at Bedford, but soon it's a whole new game-a game called murder. And Nancy is the killer's next target. In Deadly Intent, Nancy is ready to rock out at a concert in New York City-but the band's lead guitarist vanishes minutes before they're set to go on stage. Nancy and her on-again-off-again boyfriend Ned investigate, and their list of suspects leads them to a conspiracy that threatens to shake the entire music industry. In Murder on Ice, Nancy and Ned head to a ski resort to rekindle their romance. But instead of love, they find deadly peril. Can Nancy find the killer, before an avalanche of murder buries them all?
Holiday Reads

Spectacular: A Caraval Holiday Novella by Stephanie Garber
Spectacular: A Caraval Holiday Novella
by Stephanie Garber

As Scarlett plans a festive celebration, Donatella hunts for the ideal gift, and Tella hopes to sway Legend's opinion of the Great Holiday with a perfect present.
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Levithan Cohn
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
by Rachel Levithan Cohn

Told in the alternating voices of Dash and Lily, two sixteen-year-olds carry on a wintry scavenger hunt at Christmas-time in New York, neither knowing quite what--or who--they will find.
Make My Wish Come True by Rachael Lippincott
Make My Wish Come True
by Rachael Lippincott

Told in alternating voices, teen actress Arden James heads home for the holidays to improve her reckless reputation, surprising her ex-best friend and aspiring journalist Caroline with a fake dating proposition.
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