Looking for the newest stories? Here are some brand new teen titles to start the New Year. Annotations from the catalog. (Created December 2023)
Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment
As her sister's wedding approaches, high school senior Arya must navigate fraught family dynamics, the fallout of her two best friends breaking up, and a tense partnership with her rival, the frustratingly attractive student council president.
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View Arya Khanna's Bollywood MomentBrian Orca
Brian Orca is a tale of a young orca who leaves his pod out of frustration with his parents and the pod's adherence to ways and beliefs passed down from generation to generation. His pod's ways are stifling. Determined to try new things and seek out his own beliefs, after a fight with his parents, he strikes out on his own to teach them and the pod matriarch a lesson.
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View Brian OrcaDead Girls Don't Say Sorry
Navigating toxic friendships, grief, and the complexities of growing up, Nora's life takes a tragic turn when her best friend Julia dies, leaving her to unravel the secrets and lies hidden in their friendship.
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View Dead Girls Don't Say SorryFreshman Year
Chronicles the constant angst, hilarity, and self-doubt enmeshed in the experience of going away to college--all through the eyes of an eighteen-year-old burgeoning comics artist.
Format: Graphic Novel
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View Freshman YearThe Getaway List
High school graduate Riley sets of to New York to find Tom, her childhood best friend and co-creator of the Getaway List of adventures they wanted to do together.
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View The Getaway ListGodly Heathens
Seventeen-year-old Gem Echols hides their mental health challenges and mysterious dreams in the small town of Gracie, Georgia, but when a newcomer reveals a shocking claim of being reincarnated gods together, Gem's life takes a perilous turn as they embark on a deadly adventure, where their past and present collide.
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View Godly HeathensThe Oloris
"Heroes from all over Africa must work together for the first time to face a growing threat looming over the continent"
Format: Graphic Novel
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View The OlorisOur Cursed Love
When a love potion gone wrong causes Cam to forget his best friend Remy completely, they travel through Tokyo to rediscover his memories, make new ones, and maybe even fall in love all over again.
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View Our Cursed LovePangu's Shadow
When Ver and Aryl, rival apprentices at the biology lab in the Pangu Star System, become the prime suspects in their teacher's murder, they reluctantly team up to find the real culprit, running up against system-wide inequalities and conspiracies along the way.
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View Pangu's ShadowThe Summer Queen
Aziza, Leo, and Tristan struggle to rebuild their lives amidst painful secrets, emotional and physical scars, and lingering mysteries, all while dealing with the arrival of the Summer Court, a group of Fair Folk who seek to reclaim something Leo is unwilling to part with, leading to a risky deal and a perilous journey, where winning against the Fair Folk comes at a cost.
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View The Summer Queen