New Teen Fiction – February
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New Teen Fiction – February

I Must Betray You Ruta Sepetys Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren’t free to dream; they are bound by rules and force. Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu in a country governed by isolation and fear, Cristian is blackmailed by the…

New Graphic Novels – February
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New Graphic Novels – February

Magical Boy The Kao Although he was assigned female at birth, Max is your average trans man trying to get through high school as himself. But on top of classes, crushes, and coming out, Max’s life is turned upside down when his mom reveals an eons old family secret: he’s descended from a long line…

Series Spotlight: Kingdom Of Souls
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Series Spotlight: Kingdom Of Souls

Looking to get lost in a new adventure? Let’s dive deep. Series Spotlight highlights various Teen/YA Book Series. (Titles are listed in series order). This time we highlight the Kingdom of Souls series written by Rena Barron. Author Rena Barron grew up in small-town Alabama where stories of magic and adventure sparked her imagination. After…

New Teen Fiction – January
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New Teen Fiction – January

African Town Irene Lathan & Charles Waters Chronicling the story of the last Africans brought illegally to America in 1860, African Town is a powerful and stunning novel-in-verse. In 1860, long after the United States outlawed the importation of enslaved laborers, 110 men, women and children from Benin and Nigeria were captured and brought to Mobile, Alabama…

Series Spotlight – Heart of Dread
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Series Spotlight – Heart of Dread

Looking to get lost in a new adventure? Let’s dive deep. Series Spotlight highlights various Teen/YA Book Series. (Titles are listed in series order). This time we highlight the Heart of Dread series by Melissa De La Cruz. Melissa de la Cruz grew up in Manila and moved to San Francisco with her family, where…

Top Teen Books of 2021
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Top Teen Books of 2021

Amari and the Night Brothers B.B. Alston Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full scholarship offers to two different Ivy League schools. When he mysteriously goes missing, his little sister, 13-year-old Amari Peters, can’t understand why it’s not a bigger deal. Why isn’t his story all over the…