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New Teen Titles

Raised by Ghosts by Briana Loewinsohn

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, adapted by Fred Fordham

Interabled: True Stories About Love and Disability by Shane and Hannah Burcaw

Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout

Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao

The Title Sounds Familiar: [Blank] of [Blank] and [Blank]

House of Roots & Ruin by Erin A. Craig

Lifestyle of Gods & Monsters by Emily Roberson

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

The Ballad of Darcy & Russell by Morgan Matson

House of Salt and Sorrow by Erin A. Craig

Find a love story during Read a Romance Month!

Stay With My Heart by Tashie Bhuiyan

Betting On You by Lynn Painter

Love Off the Record by Samantha Markum

Joined at the Joints by Marissa Eller

On the Bright Side by Anna Sortino

It’s Showtime: Books featuring bands, concerts, and pop stars

Super Fake Love Song

I Was Born For This

The Montague Twins: The Devil's Music

Read the Rainbow!

So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole

We Got the Beat by Jenna Miller

Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari

Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender

Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa

May is National Water Safety Month. Dive in, if you dare…

The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters

We Don't Swim Here by Vincent Tirado

And the Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness

The Narrows by Kate Alice Marshall

The Stranded by Sarah Daniels

Short on time? These books have 300 pages – or less!

The Grimmer by Naben Ruthnum

My Throat an Open Grave by Tori Bovalino

Actually Super by Adi Alsaid

The Search for Us by Susan Azim Boyer

Rhythm & Muse by India Hill Brown

2024 ALA Youth Media Award Winners & Honor Books

Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe, by Steve Sheinkin

Wrath Becomes Her, by Aden Polydoros

Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi

There Goes the Neighborhood, written by Jade Adia

The Collectors: Stories, edited by A.S. King,

Books to Read for Native American Heritage Month!

Into the Bright Open by Cherie Dimaline

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Trickster: Native American Tales

Pemmican Wars: A Girl Called Echo by Katherena Vermette

Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Halloween 2023: Monsters, Murders, and Malevolence

Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich SMith

She Is A Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

Together We Rot by Skyla Arndt

Reader, I Murdered Him by Betsy Cornwell

This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham

It’s Back-to-School Season!

The Legacies by Jessica Goodman

Something More by Jackie Khalilieh

Jasmine Zumideh Needs A Win by Susan Azim Boyer

Promise Boys by Nick Brooks

The Headmaster's List by Melissa de la Cruz

It’s ARRR-gust – Read A Pirate’s Tale!

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtues by Mackenzie Lee

Clash of Steel by C.B. Lee

Seafire by Natalie C. Parker

Fable by Adrienne Young

Song of the Current by Sarah Tolcser

Happy Pride Month 2023!

Destination Unknown by Bill Konigsberg

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

Aces Wild by Amanda DeWitt

6 Times We Almost Kissed (and 1 Time We Did) by Tess Sharpe

Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens

2023 ALA Youth Media Award Winners & Honor Books

Some Kind of Hate, written by Sarah Darer Littman

Eight Nights of Flirting, written by Hannah Reynolds

Ain't Burned All That Bright by Jason Griffin, Jason Reynolds

We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice, written by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes

Books to read during Hispanic Heritage Month!

Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Suncatcher by Jose Pimienta

Food Related Stories by Gaby Melian

Diamond Park by Phillippe Diederich

Flirting with Fate by J.C. Cervantes

Read about friendship in all its forms during National Friendship Month!

When We Were Infinite by Kelly Loy Gilbet

Beauty and the Besharam by Lily Vale

Kings of B'More by R. Eric Thomas

Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee

We Can Be Heroes b Kylie McCauley

Water You Going to Read Today?

Freedom Swimmer by Wai Chim

The Light At the Bottom of the World by London Shah

The Sea Knows My Name by Laura Brook Robson

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh

The Girl From the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

Happy Pride Month 2022!

Nate Plus One by Kevin van Whye

Needlework by Julie Watts

The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta

All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown

If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales

Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker

A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin

Messy Roots by Laura Gao

A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee

Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan

Reading Recs for Black History Month

Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi, Joshua David Stein

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Brandy Colbert

Revolution in Our Time by Kekla Magoon

Race Against Time: The Untold Story of Scipio Jones and the Battle to Save Twelve Innocent Men by Sandra Neil Wallace, Rich Wallace

Fall in love with these YA romance titles!

Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan

The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons

Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa

Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

Radha & Jai’s Recipe for Romance by Nisha Sharma

2022 ALA Youth Media Award Winners & Honor Books

Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero by E. Lockhart

The Summer of Lost Letters by Hannah Reynolds

A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

Home is Not A Country by Safia Elhillo

Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon

YA Fabulism – Realism with a Touch of Fantasy

The Wide Starlight by Nicole Lesperance

A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcy Little Badger

The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris

Summer in the City of Roses by Michelle Ruiz Keil

Bad Witch Burning by Jessica Lewis

YA Adaptations of Literary Classics

So Many Beginnings by Bethany C. Morrow

Night Spinner by Addie Thorley

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Once & Future by A.R. Capetta

A Clash of Steel by C.B. Lee

Recognizing Native Authors for Native American Heritage Month

Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band by Christian Staebler

Pemmican Wars (A Girl Called Echo) by Katherena Vermette

The Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

One Real American: The Life of Ely S. Parker, Seneca Sachem and Civil War General by Joseph Bruchac

Titles to Read For Hispanic Heritage Month!

Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore

Lobizona by Romina Garber

Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro

Never Look Back by Lilliam Rivera

Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez

Prep School Page Turners

Don't Breathe a Word by Jordyn Taylor

How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao

The Castle School (for Troubled Girls) by Alyssa B. Sheinmel

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

The United States: Many Voices, Many People

Mazie by Melanie Crowder

An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahareh Mafi

The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

We Are Not Free by Traci Chee

The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee

YA Books Perfect for Pride!

The Fire Never Goes Out by Noelle Stevenson

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Girl Crushed by Kate Heaney

The State of Us by Shaun David Hutchinson

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Resources for Mental Health Awareness Month

Grief recovery for teens : letting go of painful emotions with body-based practices by Coral Popowitz, MSW

Project Semicolon : your story isn't over with Amy Bleuel

Beneath the surface : a teen's guide to reaching out when you or your friend is in crisis by Kristi Hugstad

The anxiety survival guide for teens : CBT skills to overcome fear, worry & panic by Jennifer Shannon, LMFT

Heads up : changing minds on mental health by Melanie Siebert

#OwnVoices Novels for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang

Super Fake Love Song

The Infinity Courts by Akemi Dawn Bowman

We Are Not Free by Traci Chee

The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim

Celebrate National Poetry Month with these YA Novels in Verse!

Your Heart, My Sky by Margarita Engle

When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez

Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds

Me (Moth) by Amber McBride

If I Tell You the Truth by Jasmin Kaur

30 Books to Read this Black History Month

Daughters of Jubilation by Kara Lee Corthron

This Is My America by Kim Johnson

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant

The Awakening of Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz and Tiffany D. Jackson

2021 ALA Youth Media Award Books – YA Finalists and Honor Titles

Never Look Back, written by Lilliam Rivera

We Are Not From Here, written by Jenny Torres Sanchez

Legendborn, written by Tracy Deonn

All the Days Past, All the Days to Come by Mildred D. Taylor

Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne

Nautical Novels to Pair with Your Favorite Sea Shanty

Fable by Adrienne Young

Dark Shores by Danielle L. Jensen

The Mermaid, The Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe by Ally Condie

The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig

Ease into the New Year with Short Stories!

The pick-up game : a full day of full court edited by Marc Aronson & Charles R. Smith

Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan

His Hideous Heart edited by Dahlia Adler

After: nineteen stories of apocalypse and dystopia edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

It's a Whole Spiel edited by Katherine Locke and Laura Silverman

YA Books for Comfort Reading

All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater

Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff

You'd Be Mine by Erin Hahn

Lumberjanes: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson

The Supervillain and Me by Danielle Banas

Native American Heritage Month

Dreaming in Indian by Lisa Charleyboy

Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

Killer of Enemies by Joseph Bruchac

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People by Debbie Reese

Delightful Debuts of 2020

A Breath Too Late by Rocky Callen

Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibanez

Rebelwing by Andrea Tang

Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown

Black Voices Matter

Light It Up by Kekla Magoon

Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

Just Mercy: A True Story of the Fight for Justice by Bryan Stevenson

I'm Not Dying With You Tonight by Gilly Segal

March Through Women’s History Month

Because I Was a Girl by Melissa de la Cruz

A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World Warr II by Elizabeth Wein

Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide by Isabel Quintero and Zeke Pena

Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life & Work by Victoria Ortiz

Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson

“It’s Complicated”

Wicked Fox by Kat Cho

The Importance of Being Wilde At Heart by R. Zamora Linmark

Since We Last Spoke by Brenda Rufener

Night Music by Jenn Marie Thorne

Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner

New Year, New Hobbies!

The Green Teen Cookbook by Laurane Marchive & Pam McElroy

The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook by Rosanna Pansino

Why? by Joel Levy

The Weird World of Words by Mitchell Symons

97 Things to Do Before You Finish High School by Steven Jenkins and Erika Stalder

Warm Up with a Fiery Book!

Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein

The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad

Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh

Fireborne by Rosaria Munda

Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

Featured Titles for Native American Heritage Month

#Not Your Princess by Lisa Charleyboy

Dreaming in Indian by Lisa Charleyboy

This Place: 150 Years Retold, foreword by Alicia Elliott

Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

Killer of Enemies by Joseph Bruchac

Autumn Books for Thrills & Chills

You May Now Kill the Bride by R. L. Stine

Not Even Bones by Rebecca Shaeffer

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

Five Midnights by Ann Davila Cardinal

His Hideous Heart: Thirteen of Edgar Allan Poe's Most Unsettling Takes Reimagined

Back-to-School Reads

Don't Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno

Your Own Worst Enemy by Gordon Jack

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas

Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry