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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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September: Reimagined Fairy Tales
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Relit : 16 Latinx remixes of classic stories
by Sandra Proudman
In this spellbinding collection of 16 original stories, award-winning and best-selling Latinx YA authors reimagine classics through fantasy, science fiction and with a dash of magic.
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A snake falls to Earth
by Darcie Little Badger
Fifteen-year-olds Nina and Oli come from different words--she is a Lipan Apache living in Texas and he is a cottonmouth from the Reflecting World--but their lives intersect when Oli journeys to Earth to find a cure for his ailing friend and they end up helping each other save their families
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Ronit & Jamil
by Pamela L Laskin
A lyrical novel in verse retells the story of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the modern-day Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza, where an Israeli girl and a Palestinian boy are brought together by their distrustful fathers' business arrangements and fall into a forbidden love.
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Mismatched : A Modern Graphic Retelling of Emma
by Anne Camlin
An Insta influencer with a not-so-secret flair for matchmaking, Evan Horowitz sets his sights on the shy new girl Natalia, but when he takes things too far with unforeseen consequences, he must learn to put the people closest to him ahead of his misguided ambition.
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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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October: Latinx Literature
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Love in English
by Maria E. Andreu
Feeling blocked after moving from Argentina to New Jersey, a 16-year-old poet finds herself torn between a cute American boy in her math class and a Greek student who understands the struggles she is facing in an ESL class.
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American road trip
by Patrick Flores-Scott
When his adored older brother returns from a tour in Iraq with devastating PTSD, a Mexican-American high school senior embarks on a road trip to visit loved ones and explore the illnesses, socioeconomic pressures and milestone anxieties that have challenged their family.
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How to succeed in witchcraft
by Aislinn Brophy
Half-Black witch Shay Johnson is cast as the lead in her school musical and must decide between exposing her predatory drama teacher and getting the scholarship she desperately needs
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The hills of Estrella Roja
by Ashley Robin Franklin
"When college freshman Kat Fields receives a mysterious email urging her to visit a relatively unknown Texas town with a history of witchcraft, strange sightings, and "devil lights"--glowing red stars that appear above the town's hills every night--she ditches her plans for spring break and takes a solo road trip to Estrella Roja to investigate for her podcast, Paranormal Texas, catchphrase: "Y'all stay spooky!" Meanwhile, Marisol "Mari" Castillo, is also headed for Estrella Roja to attend the funeral for her abuela whom she hasn't seen since childhood, when her mom cut ties with the family and left town. Feeling lost and bored, she decides to help Kat after a chance meeting at the local diner--and, okay, it doesn't hurt that Kat is super cute. As the two girls grow closer not only to each other, but to uncovering the dark legacy that the town was built on, they discover that something hungry lurks beneath the strange stars and that in the hills of Estrella Roja, some secrets should stay buried"
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Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass : The Graphic Novel
by Meg Medina
It's the beginning of sophomore year, and Piedad "Piddy" Sanchez is having a hard time adjusting to her new high school. Things don't get any easier when Piddy learns that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn't even know who Yaqui is' never mind what she's done to piss her off. Rumor has it that Yaqui thinks Piddy is stuck-up, shakes her stuff when she walks, and isn't Latina enough with her white skin, good grades, and no accent. And Yaqui isn't kidding around, so Piddy better watch her back. At first, Piddy is more concerned with learning about the father she's never met, navigating her rocky relationship with her mom, and staying in touch with her best friend, Mitzi. But when the harassment escalates, avoiding Yaqui and her gang takes over Piddy's life. Is there any way for Piddy to survive without closing herself off from those who care about her--or running away?
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Sleep like death
by Kalynn Bayron
Able to conjure weapons from nature, Princess Eve, who has been raised to destroy the Knight, an evil sorcerer, as she approaches her 17th birthday, learns a shocking truth about her past and must find the courage to fight, hoping it's enough to save her family and her queendom.
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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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The good hawk
by Joseph Elliott
A maligned defender with unique animal-communication talents and a sea-hating angler who wants to avoid an arranged marriage team up on a quest in a haunted region of nomads to protect their clans from a mysterious threat.
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The baker and the bard
by Fern Haught
When an unusual order at the bakery sends them on a journey to forage for magical mushrooms, apprentices Juniper and Hadley find their simple errand turning into a thrilling quest to save some furry new friends—and their caretaker—who are in danger of losing their home.
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Tiffany's griffon
by Magnolia Porter Siddell
"Marnie Plummer is a bookish, lonely girl with a chip on her shoulder. There's nothing she cares about more than her favorite book series, The Griffon Riders of Crystalfall. When it miraculously turns out that the world of the books is actually real, andthey need a Chosen One to come from the real world and save them from danger, Marnie is shocked and--of course--overjoyed"
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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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April: Neurodiverse Novels
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July: Disability Awareness
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November: Science Fiction
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December: Short Story Collections
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