Teen Summer Reading Book BINGO: Read a book that's gone under the radar
Birthday
by Meredith Russo

Born in the same hospital on the same day, Morgan and Eric grow up to become best friends before they drift apart, reunite, fall in love and ultimately discover what fate has in store for them, in a romantic follow-up to If I Was Your Girl. Simultaneous eBook
The Good Luck Girls
by Charlotte Nicole Davis

Sold as children and branded with cursed markings, five girls risk an escape and harrowing journey, pursued by vicious forces, both human and inhuman, with their only chance for freedom based in a bedtime story passed among the Good Luck Girls
Black wings beating
by Alex London

Twins Kylee and Brysen must fight for survival in a remote valley called Six Villages as war approaches, she by rejecting her ancient gifts for falconry and Brysen by striving to find greatness
Seafire
by Natalie C Parker

Follows Caledonia Styx, captain of her own ship, the Mors Navis, and its all-female crew as they strive to defeat the powerful fleet of Aric Athair, the vicious warlord who has taken their homes and families
The Boneless Mercies
by April Genevieve Tucholke

Four female mercenaries known as Boneless Mercies, weary of roaming Vorseland, ignored and forgotten until they are needed for mercy killings, decide to seek glory by going after a legendary monster in this reimagining of Beowulf
Beasts made of night
by Tochi Onyebuchi

After he eats the sin of a royal, Taj, a talented aki, or sin-eater who consumes the guilt of others, is drawn into a plot to destroy the city and must fight to save the princess he loves and his own life
Labyrinth lost
by Zoraida Córdova

Alex is the most powerful witch in her family, even though she's hated magic ever since it made her father disappear, but when an attempt to rid herself of magic makes her family vanish, she must travel to a strange, dark land called Los Lagos to get them
A skinful of shadows
by Frances Hardinge

Makepeace, the illegitimate daughter of a rich father, must fight the spirit that possesses her, her family's terrible secret, and the dangers of a war-torn country
Yolk
by Mary H. K. Choi

Estranged over disagreements about their respective life choices, a straitlaced older sister and a flaky younger sister test the limits of what they are willing to do for each other, including swapping identities, when one is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. 150,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
Calling my name
by Liara Tamani

"Taja Brown, growing up in a conservative and tightly knit African American family, battles family expectations to discover a sense of self and find her unique voice and purpose"
Burn baby burn
by Meg Medina

Enduring the infamous New York summer of 1977 in the wake of arson fires, a massive blackout and the Son of Sam serial killings, 17-year-old Nora Lopez navigates the additional stresses of her family's limited finances, her father's absence and her brother's growing violence. By the award-winning author of Tía Isa Wants a Car.
Radio silence
by Alice Oseman

A studious girl and a quiet, straight-A boy start a controversial podcast together that challenges their courage and forces them to confront issues in the form of backlash and censorship
Little creeping things
by Chelsea Ichaso

Tormented by her guilt and classmate's taunts since she accidentally set a lethal fire as a child, Cassidy is implicated in her worst bully's murder and must find the killer before someone else dies
Into the crooked place
by Alexandra Christo

A first entry in a planned duology by the author of To Kill a Kingdom follows the experiences of four magical outsiders who must overcome their differences in order to save their gritty world from a devastating, magic-triggered conflict. Simultaneous eBook.
Himawari House
by Harmony Becker

"When Nao returns to Tokyo to reconnect with her Japanese heritage, she books a yearlong stay at the Himawari sharehouse. There she meets Hyejung and Tina...The trio live together, share meals, and even attend the same Japanese-language school, which results in them becoming fast friends. But will they be able to hold one another up as life tests them with new loves, old heart breaks, and the everyday challenges of being fish out of water?"--Provided by publisher
The Witch King
by H. E. Edgmon

Wyatt, a transgender witch hiding in the human world, must face the royal fiancé he left behind and decide what is more important—his people or his freedom. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
Passport
by Sophia Glock

When she discovers that her parents work for the CIA, Sophia questions everything she knows as she tries to make sense of this news and the web of lies surrounding her. 10,000 first printing. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.
Mercury boys
by Chandra Prasad

Sixteen-year-old Saskia Brown, an outsider at her new school, discovers that she can use liquid mercury to visit boys in daguerreotypes in her dreams, and soon classmates are doing the same, with terrible consequences
The fell of dark : Why Are The Cute Ones Always Undead?
by Caleb Roehrig

Trying to keep his head down in a supernaturally charged community that is populated mostly by vampires, August is unexpectedly attracted to a mysterious vampire boy who draws him into a conflict with an ancient and terrible power. By the author of White Rabbit. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
Color outside the lines : stories about love
by Sangu Mandanna

An anthology of short stories exploring interracial and other relationships, in which differences are front and center, but may or may not matter
Gravity
by Sarah Deming

Sixteen-year-old Gravity Delgado has been breaking records and competitors since she started boxing with a legendary coach at age twelve, and now will reach the Olympics if her home life and romance do not distract her
The great Nijinsky : god of dance
by Lynn Curlee

Traces the story of the genius dancer and cultural icon of the Ballets Russes, whose openly gay relationship challenged Edwardian conventions before mental illness ended his career and overshadowed the final decades of his life. Simultaneous eBook.
Rebel girls : Stand With the Girl Beside You
by Elizabeth Keenan

Two sisters on opposite sides of the abortion debate join forces to combat the effects of a terrible rumor drifting through the halls of their 1990s Catholic high school. A first novel. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
Barely missing everything
by Matt Méndez

Three Mexican-American friends struggle to make a better life for themselves and overcome the prejudices surrounding them
For additional reading ideas, talk with your library staff
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