Teen Scene
November 2017

New to the Teen Lounge
Billy Pinto's war
by Michael Zimmer

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Hemingway at eighteen : the pivotal year that launched an American legend
by Steve Paul

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The indigo girl : a novel
by Natasha Boyd

To save her family's plantation, sixteen-year-old Eliza Lucas strikes up a deal with a slave, who in exchange for being taught to read will teach Eliza the secrets of the indigo trade
The Leaf Reader
by Emily Arsenault

Paranormal Suspense. Since people at her small-town high school assume that she's just as strange as her family, Marnie Wells decides to lean into her odd reputation. She starts offering tea-leaf readings to her classmates only to discover a real talent for fortune-telling. That talent attracts the attention of basketball star Matt, who wants to know why he's receiving messages from someone claiming to be his missing (presumed dead) best friend. Even as her readings get more disturbing, Marnie finds herself irresistibly drawn toward Matt and his mystery. Hints of the supernatural add to the feeling of creeping unease in this page-turning tale of suspense.
Spell bound
by Kelley Armstrong

Targeted by necromancers, half-demons, and supernatural assassins after forfeiting her powers for the sake of a young orphan, Savannah is isolated from her protectors while witnessing profound changes throughout the Otherworld
Strange the Dreamer
by Laini Taylor

Fantasy. After 200 years without communication, the lost city of Weep has passed into legend. It's an unusual area of study for young librarian Lazlo Strange, but his passion pays off when he joins an expedition to the desert city, which isn't as lost as it seemed. In Weep, Lazlo discovers realities even more astonishing than the stories he loves: ghosts, gods, lingering trauma from a vicious war, and a beautiful blue girl with nightmarish powers. If Strange the Dreamer leaves you longing for book 2 in this duology, you might want to fill your wait with the dream magic and post-war recovery in Melina Marchetta's Lumatere Chronicles or the lush, mythic world-building in Roshani Chokshi's The Star-Touched Queen. 
 
Turtles All the Way Down
by John Green

In his long-awaited return, the author of #1 best-selling The Fault in Our Stars shares the story of Aza Holmes, a young woman navigating daily existence within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts. Simultaneous.
#notyourprincess : Voices of Native American Women
by Lisa Charleyboy

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Before I had the words : on being a transgender young adult
by Skylar Kergil

The transgender activist and YouTube personality discusses his life, his relationship with his family members, and how he finally found self-acceptance
You can do anything : the surprising power of a "useless" liberal arts education
by George Anders

Argues that, in a tech-dominated world, the most needed degrees are the most surprising: the liberal arts. By a New York Times best-selling author. 35,000 first printing.
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