New & Coming Soon
Books for Teens
May 2023
Fiction
Silver in the bone
by Alexandra Bracken

To recover a powerful ring of Arthurian legend, which is her last hope of saving her brother, Tamsin teams up with her rival Emrys and together they enter a world of dark magic to edge out their competitors, where a deadly secret is exposed. Simultaneous eBook.
No boy summer : a novel
by Amy Spalding

Swearing off boys for the summer while staying with their aunt in Los Angeles, Lydia and her younger sister Penny make a pact, but when Lydia meets Fran, who has mutual feelings for her, she decides to secretly bend the rules.
The Isles of the Gods
by Amie Kaufman

When Prince Leander of Alinor commandeers her ship, demanding she take him to a sacred island, Selly finds their voyage leading to acts of treason and high-seas terror, bringing two countries to the brink of war and two strangers closer than they ever thought possible. 
Warrior girl unearthed
by Angeline Boulley

With the rising number of missing Indigenous women, her family's involvement in a murder investigation and grave robbers profiting off her Anishinaabe tribe, Perry takes matters into her own hands to solve the mystery and reclaim her people's inheritance.
We'll never tell
by Wendy Heard

Filming 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. Simultaneous eBook.
Solitaire
by Alice Oseman

In this novel that introduced Nick and Charlie from Heartstopper, Tori Spring isn't sure how to be happy again until she meets Michael Holden, and together, they try to unmask the mysterious Solitaire while trying to survive high school. 
Nonfiction
Money out loud : all the financial stuff no one taught us
by Berna Anat

From budgeting and money to debt and investing, this not-so-serious guide from the Financial Hype Woman explains the basics of personal finance to empower teens and young adults to shape their futures and change their world. 
The bones of Birka : unraveling the mystery of a female Viking warrior
by C. M. Surrisi

When archaeologist Dr. Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson discovers that the bones contained in the most significant Viking warrior grave ever opened are, in fact, female, she and her team upend centuries of historically accepted conclusions and ignite a furious debate around the reality of female Viking warriors and the role of gender in both ancient and modern times.
Share better and stress less : a guide to thinking ecologically about social media
by Whitney Phillips

Drawing on ecological, social justice and storytelling frameworks, this thought-provoking book discusses how information pollution spreads and why, tackling the topic of internet ethics while empowering readers to create a safe, secure and inclusive digital world.
Graphic Novels
Four eyes
by Rex Ogle

When Rex finds out he needs glasses, he's beyond miserable. Dealing with the bullies at school, his family being broke, and an embarrassing lack of friends, he has way too much on his plate already.
The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich
by Deya Muniz

A nobleman with a secret and a princess on a mission find love--and lots of grilled cheese sandwiches--when they least expect it, in this funny, heartfelt graphic novel rom-com. Lady Camembert wants to live life on her own terms, without marriage. Well, without marrying a man, that is. But the law of the land is that women cannot inherit. So when her father passes away, she does the only thing she can: She disguises herself as a man and moves to the capital city of the Kingdom of Fromage to start over as Count Camembert. But it's hard to keep a low profile when the beautiful Princess Brie, with her fierce activism and great sense of fashion, catches her attention. Camembert can't resist getting to know the princess, but as the two grow closer, will she able to keep her secret? A romantic comedy about mistaken identity, true love, and lots of grilled cheese.
Space trash. Volume 1
by Jenn Woodall

In a future where mankind has abandoned Earth and moved on to space colonization, three teenagers at a lunar high school for underprivileged youth try to keep their boredom and resentment at bay by fighting rival gangs, sleeping their way through class, and trying to avoid punishment from the student council
Demon slayer = : Kimetsu no yaiba. The flower of happiness
by Aya Yajima

A mystical flower offers a prosperous future for its bearer. Determined to find the flower for Nezuko, Tanjiro makes a harrowing journey up a mountain. Revisit the Demon Slayer Corps with five tales of love, friendship, and courage!
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