Teen Books - February
 
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I Hope This Doesn't Find You
by Ann Liang

Sadie Wen maintains her model student façade by channeling all of her anger, frustration, and criticism into email drafts that will never, ever be sent. Until… they are. And suddenly, everyone knows how Sadie really feels, including her infuriating cocaptain, Julius Gong, who, strangely, now seems to be the only person who appreciates the real Sadie.

2-6-2024
ASAP
by Axie Oh

When her ex-boyfriend, a member of one of the biggest K-pop bands in the world, is rocked by scandal, K-pop idol Sori offers him a hideaway with her. But when close quarters rekindle old feelings, Sori faces a choice between her plans for the future and a second chance at love. 

2-6-2024
The Girl, the Ring, & the Baseball Bat
by Camille Gomera-Tavarez

Armed with talismans, including an enchanted jacket that gets people to do anything, a baseball bat that fixes anything it breaks and a manifestation stone that makes anyone fall in love, Rosie, her older sister Caro and their friend Zeke find their lives intertwined in magical and hilarious ways.

2-6-2024
All This Twisted Glory
by Tahereh Mafi

Alizeh, heir to the Jinn throne, realizes Cyrus may be the key to fulfilling her own destiny, while in Ardunia, Kamran finally finds a magical way to get to Tulan and rescue Alizeh.

This Woven Kingdom, Book 3

2-6-2024
With a Little Luck
by Marissa Meyer

After being magically gifted with incredible luck, 16-year-old Jude discovers this gift may actually be a curse when it comes to love.

2-13-2024
The Eternal Ones
by Namina Forna

Mere weeks after confronting the Gilded Ones—the false beings she once believed to be her family—Deka is on the hunt. In order to kill the gods, whose ravenous competition for power is bleeding Otera dry, she must uncover the source of her divinity. But with her mortal body on the verge of ruin, Deka is running out of time to save herself and an empire that’s tearing itself apart at its seams.

Deathless, Book 3

2-13-2024
Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear
by Robin Wasley

During a magical apocalypse, which has unleashed monsters and murderers, ordinary teen Sid Spencer teams up with a ragtag crew of would-be heroes to save the world as she knows it.

2-13-2024
A Tempest of Tea
by Hafsah Faizal

On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a criminal mastermind and collector of secrets. Her prestigious tearoom transforms into an illegal bloodhouse by night, catering to the vampires feared by society. But when her establishment is threatened, Arthie is forced to strike an unlikely deal with an alluring adversary to save it.

2-20-2024
The Bad Ones
by Melissa Albert

In the course of a single winter’s night, four people vanish without a trace across a small town. Nora’s estranged best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. As Nora tries to untangle the truth of Becca’s disappearance, she discovers a darkness in her town’s past, as well as a string of coded messages Becca left for her to unravel. These clues lead Nora to a piece of local lore: a legendary goddess of forgotten origins who played a role in Nora and Becca’s own childhood games.

2-20-2024
Snowglobe
by Soyoung Park

When given the opportunity to enter Snowglobe, the last place on Earth that’s warm -- and whose residents broadcast their lives 24/7 to the less fortunate outside in exchange for fame, fortune and safety -- Chobahm discovers reality is a lie and the truth is out of reach.

2-27-2024
Kindling
by Traci Chee

Once, the war was fought with kindlings—elite, magic-wielding warriors whose devastating power comes at the cost of their own young lives. Now the war is over, and kindlings have been cast adrift—their magic outlawed, their skills outdated, their formidable balar weapons prized only as relics and souvenirs. But when a village comes under threat of siege, it offers an opportunity for seven kindlings to fight one last time.

2-27-2024
Fate Breaker
by Victoria Aveyard

Armed with Taristan’s sword, the only Spindleblade left in existence, Corayne must stop him and Queen Erida from bringing forth their demon god to destroy the world.

Realm Breaker, Book 3

2-27-2024
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