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Teen Genre Book Club Bloomington Library offers a Teen Genre Book Club that focuses on books specifically for teens. Check out the Bloomington Public Library calendar for event dates. Teens wanting to participate in the book club can register to join to receive event reminders, but if you forget to register you are still welcome to attend the book club. Unlike traditional book clubs where one book is selected for participants to read and discuss, a genre or theme is set for each month and participants are encouraged to find a book that fits that genre or theme. This gives readers more choices to select what they truly want to read! *Graphic Novels listed at the end of each month |
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Murder of Crows
by K. Ancrum
"Tig has caught the attention of the town's local armchair detective group, the Murder of Crows. They're obsessed with Hollow Falls' dark past and fixated on a dangerous search for the missing body of the town's founder. There are rumors about what's buried with the body that could be life-changing for whoever finds it, and with a mission like that underway, it's not long before a member of the Murder of Crows turns up dead. Tig, along with her friends Max and Wyn, steps in to help, but the stakes are getting higher and the hunt more deadly"
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When all the girls are sleeping
by Emily Arsenault
When a disturbing video of her late ex-best friend surfaces, making it like look like she was murdered, Haley digs into what really happened and must solve this supernatural mystery before history has a chance to repeat itself.
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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.
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Witch for hire
by Ted Naifeh
"When a series of high school pranks get out of hand, teen witch Faye Faulkner is the only one who can solve the case"
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Dead weight : murder at Camp Bloom
by Terry Blas
A group of teens at Camp Blood find themselves in a real-life murder mystery when they witness the murder of a beloved counselor
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All the Stars Align
by Gretchen Schreiber
Eighteen-year-old Piper, determined to have a love story as epic as the rest of her family, seeks help from her estranged best friend, Leo, only to discover that love may not be as fated as she once thought.
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Hyo the Hellmaker
by Mina Ikemoto Ghosh
Hyo Hakai is a hellmaker, hired to create customized hells and unlucky days for your worst enemies. When a demon destroys her village, Hyo and her brother flee to Onogoro--an island where the gods of their land live among humans. The hellmakers' hereditary curse, however, won't allow Hyo to settle in quietly. Hyo is curse-bound to investigate the deaths that come her way and avenge them. As she's pulled deeper into a tangled web of dark secrets, Hyo must navigate the intricate rules of Onogoro's gods without becoming their pawn. She'll quickly realize that murderers and gods have one thing in common--they always think they can get away with it ... At least, that was before Hyo arrived--
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Breath of the Dragon: Breathmarked
by Shannon Lee
Sixteen-year-old Jun, determined to restore his father's honor despite not being breathmarked, secretly enters in the elite Guardian's Tournament, where he discovers he's fighting for the country's fate.
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Graphic Novel Options for January
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Arcana: The Lost Heirs
by Sam Prentice-Jones
Debut author/illustrator Sam Prentice-Jones explores fighting against your destiny and reconciling the actions of your ancestors in Arcana: The Lost Heirs, a tarot-inspired fantasy graphic novel for young adults.
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Black birds in the sky : the story and legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
by Brandy Colbert
In the early morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob marched across the train tracks in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and into its predominantly Black Greenwood District--a thriving, affluent neighborhood known as America's Black Wall Street. They brought with them firearms, gasoline, and explosives. In a few short hours, they'd razed thirty-five square blocks to the ground, leaving hundreds dead. The Tulsa Race Massacre is one of the most devastating acts of racial violence in US history. But how did it come to pass? What exactly happened? And why are the events unknown to so many of us today? These are the questions that author Brandy Colbert seeks to answer in this unflinching nonfiction account of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
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Shackled : a tale of wronged kids, rogue judges, and a town that looked away
by Candy J. Cooper
Recounting the explosive story of the Kids for Cash scandal in Pennsylvania in the early 2000s, this gripping combination of extensive research and original reporting shows how more than 2,500 children and teens were wrongly sent to a for-profit detention center by two corrupt judges.
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Hawking
by Jim Ottaviani
"The award-winning creators of ""Feynman"" present a graphic biography of the life and achievements of Stephen Hawking that discusses his early adulthood diagnosis with ALS and his groundbreaking work in cosmology and theoretical physics."
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They called us enemy
by George Takei
The iconic actor and activist presents a graphic memoir detailing his experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the hard choices his family made in the face of legalized racism.
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Not here to be liked
by Michelle Quach
When her essay about sexism goes viral, Eliza Quan finds herself at the helm of a feminist movement she never meant to start and forced to work side-by-side against her enemy to demonstrate civility, which leads to something unexpected.
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On the come up
by Angie Thomas
A follow-up to the award-winning The Hate U Give finds an ambitious young rapper pouring her frustrations into a first song only to find herself at the center of a viral controversy that forces her to become the menace that her public reputation has portrayed her to be.
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A thousand steps into night
by Traci Chee
When Muko is cursed and begins to transform into a demon with a deadly touch, she embarks on a quest to reverse the curse and must decide if saving her soul is worth returning to her ordinary existence.
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Girl on fire
by Alicia Keys
The New York Times bestselling and Grammy Award-winning artist presents a new, authentic, honest, coming-of-age novel about finding the strength from within when your whole world changes in an instant.
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Squire
by Nadia Shammas
Hiding her status as a girl from conquered lands while training as a Squire on her quest to become a Knight, the only path to true citizenship, Aiza navigates friendships and rivalries until she discovers the military's endgame.
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April: Neurodiverse Novels
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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.
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All the noise at once
by DeAndra Davis
All Aiden has ever wanted to do was play football just like his star quarterback brother, Brandon. An overstimulation meltdown gets in the way of Aiden making the team during summer tryouts, but when the school year starts and a spot unexpectedly needs to be filled, he finally gets a chance to play the game he loves. However, not every player is happy about the new addition to the team, wary of how Aiden's autism will present itself on game day. Tensions rise. A fight breaks out. Cops are called. Brandon interferes on behalf of his brother, but is arrested by the very same cops who, just hours earlier, were chanting his name from the bleachers. When he's wrongly charged for felony assault on an officer, everything Brandon has worked for starts to slip away, and the brothers' relationship is tested.
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Let's call it a doomsday
by Katie Henry
A girl with an anxiety disorder that makes her afraid of world-threatening catastrophes befriends a girl in her therapist's waiting room who claims to know when the world is going to end.
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Maybe an artist
by Liz Montague
One of the first Black female cartoonists to be published in the New Yorker offers this brilliant, laugh-out-loud memoir in which she shares the events in her life that led to her success.
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Button pusher
by Tyler Page
Tyler's brain is different. Unlike his friends, he has a hard time paying attention in class. He acts out in goofy, over-the-top ways. Sometimes, he even does dangerous things--like cut up a bus seat with a pocketknife or hang out of an attic window. To the adults in his life, Tyler seems like a troublemaker. But he knows that he's not. Tyler is curious and creative. He's the best artist in his grade, and when he can focus, he gets great grades. He doesn't want to cause trouble, but sometimes he just feels like he can't control himself.
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Ranma 1/2 / : 2-In-1 Edition
by Rumiko Takahashi
Years ago, Genma promised his friend Soun Tendo that his son Ranma would marry one of Soun's three daughters, but Ranma had an unfortunate accident in China, and now, when he's splashed with cold water, he changes into a girl
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Cynical orange
by JiUn Yun
Despite their constant bickering, even cynical Hye-Min cannot deny that her relationship with Ma-Ha has become a deep bond of mutual trust and understanding. As a symbolic acknowledgement of their budding love, Ma-Ha presents her with a couple's ring on their 100-day anniversary. But as Hye-Min and Ma-Ha grow closer, it becomes more difficult for Shin-Bi to hide his true feelings, and So-Ryu's patience for his divided heart has reached its limit
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Kiniro mosaic. 1
by Yui Hara
Join the daily adventures of English transfer student Alice and her high school friends Shinobu, Aya, Karen, and Youko
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Tokyo ghoul. 1
by Sui Ishida
College student Ken Kaneki is thrilled to be going on a date with beautiful Rize, but when the encounter turns violent, he is transformed into a human-ghoul hybrid who must learn to deal with Ghoul turf wars, Ghoul society, and his new powers
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A tropical fish yearns for snow
by Makoto Hagino
When her dad gets a job overseas, Konatsu Amano has to leave the Tokyo life she has always known and relocate to a small seaside town to stay with her aunt, and when she starts a new school she is instantly drawn to Koyuki, an older girl who is the sole member of the Aquarium Club.
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Never vacation with your ex
by Emily Wibberley
Spending the summer in Malibu with her ex-boyfriend Dean and their families, 17-year-old volleyball star Kaylee finds herself falling for him again for the same reasons and some new ones, forcing her to make a complicated choice.
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The summer of broken rules
by K.L. Walther
Even though she is still grieving over her sister's death, eighteen-year-old Meredith Fox plans to reconnect with family and friends when they gather on Martha's Vineyard for her cousin's big wedding--unless she gets distracted by a week-long game of Assassin and a handsome groomsman
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Camp Murderface
by Josh Berk
Thirty years after it was mysteriously shut down, Camp Sweetwater reopens and campers Corryn Quinn and Tez Jones have big plans for their stay, but when a series of strange events start happening, they wonder if they can survive the summer
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My last summer with Cass
by Mark Crilley
A coming-of-age graphic novel follows the experiences of childhood friends Megan and Cass, who approach a crossroad in their lives and art during a visit to the latter’s very different new home in New York City.
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Ay, Mija! : my bilingual summer in Mexico
by Christine Suggs
"In this memoir, Christine Suggs explores a trip they took to Mexico to visit family, as Christine embraces and rebels against their heritage and finds a sense of belonging"
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July: Disability Awareness
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Conditions of a heart
by Bethany Mangle
Suspended from school after trying to break up a fight, Brynn, who's been hiding a disability that's rapidly wearing her down, wonders if it's possible to reinvent her world by being the person she thought no one wanted: herself.
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A time to dance
by Padma Venkatraman
Losing her leg after a devastating injury, talented Indian dancer Veda begins retraining on her prosthetic leg before falling in love with a young man who approaches dance from a spiritual perspective and who helps Veda to better understand herself and the world.
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The oracle code : a graphic novel
by Marieke Nijkamp
After a gunshot leaves her paralyzed, Barbara Gordon enters the Arkham Center for Independence, where Gotham's teens undergo physical and mental rehabilitation. Now using a wheelchair, Barbara must adapt to a new normal, but she cannot shake the feeling that something is dangerously amiss.
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Last pick. 1
by Jason Walz
In a world where aliens have taken over Earth, abducted every human they deemed useful, and abandoned the rest, twins Sam and Wyatt struggle to start a revolution of the unwanteds
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Star splitter
by Matthew J. Kirby
In 2199, 17-year-old Jessica Mathers wakes up on a desolate, post-extinction planet 14 light years from Earth and must make sense of the bloody destruction around her, as well as the questionable intentions of a familiar stranger.
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Iron widow
by Xiran Jay Zhao
Offering herself up as a concubine-pilot to assassinate the man responsible for her sister's death, 18-year-old Zetian discovers her true destiny as an Iron Widow and must use her strength to force her society to stop failing its women and girls.
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All that's left in the world
by Erik J. Brown
Putting their trust in one another, two boys, Andrew and Jamie, search for civilization in a world ravaged by a deadly pathogen, but their secrets could cost them everything as they try to find the courage to fight for the future, together.
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Nimona
by ND Stevenson
Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, Nimona and Lord Blackheart are about to wreak some serious havoc. Their mission: Prove to the kingdom that Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his buddies at the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren't the heroes everyone thinks they are. But as small acts of mischief escalate into a vicious battle, Lord Blackheart realizes that Nimona's powers are as murky and mysterious as her past. And her unpredictable wild side might be more dangerous than he is willing to admit.
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The golden compass : the graphic novel
by Stâephane Melchior-Durand
A single-volume compilation of the graphic novel adaptations of the first book in Philip Pullman's modern classic trilogy collects the full story of Lyra's early days at Oxford, her journey to the far north to rescue the kidnapped children, her hot-air balloon escape and her role in Asriel's plot to build a bridge to another world.
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All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto
by George M. Johnson
In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood and adolescence growing up as a gay black man.
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All American Boys
by Jason Reynolds
When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoints.
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Felix Ever After
by Kacen Callender
Felix Love, a transgender seventeen-year-old, attempts to get revenge by catfishing his anonymous bully, but lands in a quasi-love triangle with his former enemy and his best friend.
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Graphic Novel Options for September
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Flamer
by Mike Curato
It's the summer between middle school and high school, and Aiden Navarro is away at camp. Everyone's going through changes--but for Aiden, the stakes feel higher. As he navigates friendships, deals with bullies, and spends time with Elias (a boy he can't stop thinking about), he finds himself on a path of self-discovery and acceptance--Back cover.
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This One Summer
by Mariko Tamaki
Rose and her parents have been going to Awago Beach since she was a little girl. It's her summer getaway, her refuge. Her friend Windy is always there, too, like the little sister she never had, completing her summer family. But this summer is different. Rose's mom and dad won't stop fighting, and Rose and Windy have gotten tangled up in a tragedy-in-the-making in the small town of Awago Beach. It's a summer of secrets and heartache, and it's a good thing Rose and Windy have each other.
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They Bloom at Night
by Trang Thanh Tran
New York Times bestselling author Trang Thanh Tran crafts a harrowing horror story about a girl chasing monsters. In Mercy, Louisiana, a town plagued by red algae and vanishing residents, Noon finds a reluctant ally in Covey and the two join forces to hunt a deadly creature in the dark waters as a storm looms.
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Clown in a Cornfield
by Adam Cesare
Quinn Maybrook and her father have moved to tiny, boring Kettle Springs, to find a fresh start. But what they don't know is that ever since the Baypen Corn Syrup Factory shut down, Kettle Springs has cracked in half. On one side are the adults, who are desperate to make Kettle Springs great again, and on the other are the kids, who want to have fun, make prank videos, and get out of Kettle Springs as quick as they can. Kettle Springs is caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress. It's a fight that looks like it will destroy the town. Until Frendo, the Baypen mascot, a creepy clown in a pork-pie hat, goes homicidal and decides that the only way for Kettle Springs to grow back is to cull the rotten crop of kids who live there now.
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Dead Girls Walking
by Sami Ellis
Temple Baker, the daughter of a well-known serial killer, assumes the role of a camp counselor at a camp for true crime enthusiasts while she attempts to unearth the truth surrounding her mother's murder, but becomes embroiled in a disturbing series of events when a girl is found dead in the woods.
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Graphic Novel Options for October
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The Terrifying Tales of Vivian Vance: A Graphic Novel
by Josh Ulrich
When amateur teen detective Vivian Vance takes on a case in the Pillars--a downtrodden community beneath the highway--she stumbles on a dark secret about her town's history and finds herself face-to-face with the flesh-takers, monsters who snatch unruly kids off the street--
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Read at Your Own Risk
by Remy Lai
When Hannah and her friends play a Ouija-style game in their school attic, they unleash an evil spirit that curses Hannah and communicates with her through her diary.
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November: Science Fiction
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Snowglobe
by Soyoung Park
Given the opportunity to enter Snowglobe, the last place on Earth that's warm, where its residents, in exchange for fame, fortune and safety, broadcast their lives 24/7 to the less fortunate outside, Chobahm discovers reality is a lie--and the truth is out of reach--
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The Space Between Here & Now
by Sarah Suk
Seventeen-year-old Aimee Roh has Sensory Time Warp Syndrome, a rare condition that causes her to time travel to a moment in her life when she smells something linked to that memory. Her dad is convinced she'll simply grow out of it if she tries hard enough, but Aimee's fear of vanishing at random has kept her from living a normal life. When Aimee disappears for nine hours into a memory of her estranged mom, a moment Aimee has never remembered before, she becomes distraught. Not only was this her longest disappearance yet, but the memory doesn't match up with the story of how her mom left, at least, not the version she's always heard from her dad--
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Monarch Rising
by Harper Glenn
In a dystopian future seventeen-year-old Josephine Monarch has grown up in the Ashes, the poverty stricken borderlands of New Georgia, but today is the Lineup and if she is chosen she gets a chance to leave that behind--even though it will mean leaving all her loved ones behind, and embracing an uncertain future--
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Graphic Novel Options for November
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Project Nought
by Chelsey Furedi
Ren Mittal's last memory in the year 1996 is getting on a bus to visit his mystery pen pal Georgia. When he wakes up in 2122, he thinks he might be hallucinating...he's not! Tech conglomerate Chronotech sponsors a time-travel program to help students in 2122 learn what history was really like...from real-life subjects who've been transported into the future...and Ren is one of them. In 2122, Ren's life in the 1990s is practically ancient history--and Ren's not sure how to feel about that. On top of it all, he learns that his memory will be wiped of all things 2122 before he's sent back to the '90s. Adding to Ren's complicated feels, he's forming a crush on his student guide, Mars. And when he crosses paths with the absolute last person he expected to seein the future, he has a bigger problem on his hands: What if Chronotech isn't the benevolent organization they claim to be, and he and his fellow subjects are in great danger?
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M is for monster
by Talia Dutton
Bringing her sister back to life, scientist Dr. Frances Ai is faced with a dilemma when the girl who rises from the slab is clearly not Maura and wants nothing to do with Frances' attempts to turn her into something she's not.
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December: Short Story Collections
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Serendipity: Ten Romantic Tropes, Transformed
by Elise Bryant
The secret admirer. The fake relationship. The matchmaker. From stories of first love, unrequited love, love that surprises, love that's been there all along, 10 of the brightest and award-winning authors writing YA have taken on some of your favorite romantic tropes, embracing them and turning them on their heads. Readers will fall for this collection of stories that celebrate love at its most humorous, inclusive, heart-expanding, and serendipitous.
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Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder
by Saundra Mitchell
Explore new and familiar worlds where the human consciousness can be uploaded into a body on Mars...an alien helps a girl decide if she should tell her best friend how she feels...two teens get stuck in a time loop at a space station...people are forced to travel to the past or the future to escape the dying planet...only a nonbinary person can translate the binary code of a machine that predicts the future...everyone in the world vanishes except for two teen girls who are in love. --Provided by publisher.
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Graphic Novel Options for December
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Other ever afters / : New Queer Fairy Tales
by Melanie Gillman
Characters in classic stories who have been forced to sit on the sidelines take center stage in this feminist, queer fairy-tale collection told in a graphic novel format by a Stonewall Honor-winning author and artist.
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Our Stories Carried Us Here
by Book Author
The first national graphic anthology of 10 U.S. immigrants and refugees illustrated by 10 immigrants and refugees from all over the world.
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