New Arrivals for Teens! | September 2025
13 Days of Summer by Stephanie Kate Strohm | It’s the summer after senior year for a group of friends, and they intend to live it up while they can. What could be more epic than a cross-country road trip to see Taylor Swift in concert? Along the way, the friends pick up a mysterious and charming guy who is stranded at a rest stop. (Is that a James Dean daydream look in his eyes?) As he and one of the friends hit it off, said friend gets a crash course in love-at-first sight. (Fiction)
One of the Boys by Victoria Zeller | Grace Woodhouse has left a lot behind. She used to have a great friend group, an amazing girlfriend, and a right foot set to earn her a Division I football scholarship—before she came out as trans. As senior year begins, Grace is struggling to find her place in early transition, new social circles, and a life without football. But when her skills as the best kicker in the state prove to be vital, her old teammates beg her to come out of retirement, dragging her back into a sport—into a way of life—she thought had turned its back on her forever. When a chance meeting cracks the door to college football back open, she has to decide how much of herself she's willing to give up for the game she loves. (Fiction)
All the Tomorrows After by Joanne Yi | A captivating, heartrending novel about Winter, a 17-year-old Korean American teen navigating grief and first love, who agrees to accept money from her estranged father in exchange for letting him get to know her—for fans of Nina LaCour, Kathleen Glasgow, and All My Rage. (Fiction)
My Perfect Family by Khadijah VanBrakle | 16-year-old Leena has always wished for a big family… but when she discovers she has a Muslim grandfather and aunt she never knew, she learns that family comes with tangled histories she may not be able to heal. (Fiction)
Marisol Acts the Part by Elle Gonzalez Rose | A teen actress lands a role on the same high-profile show as her ex-boyfriend—only for things to get messy when she falls for his cute scene partner—in a dazzling sapphic rom-com from the author of Caught in a Bad Fauxmance. (Romance)
Love at Full Tilt by Jenny L. Howe | Lia Baker has spent the last few months wishing time would stand still. Soon her friends will head off to college while she’s left behind, buried under her mom’s anxiety and working a job she doesn’t want. But life throws her for a loop when she wins a spot in the 50th-anniversary scavenger hunt at Fableland, a legendary theme park. The contest is a golden ticket to a world where her favorite stories come to life and a chance for her to write some new ones of her own. Everything seems perfect, especially after she teams up with Mason, a cute rival who knows as much about Fableland as she does. Together, they’re unstoppable. But as Mason’s sweet smile starts to melt her focus, Lia realizes that she may have to choose between the future she wants to rewrite—and a love she hadn’t planned for. (Romance)
Come As You Are by Dahlia Adler | After a broken heart and a mix-up that lands her in an all-boys dorm at Camden Academy, Everett “Evie” Riley teams up with her grumpy, emo dorm mate Salem to navigate their complicated lives, learning about themselves and each other along the way. (Romance)
Never Thought I’d End Up Here by Ann Liang | After making a cultural blunder at her cousin's wedding, seventeen-year-old Leah travels to China to connect with her roots and winds up falling for a former classmate on the trip, who she previously blamed for ruining her life. (Romance)
Immortal Consequences by I.V. Marie | Six students at Blackwood Academy, an enigmatic boarding school located at the edge of the afterlife, must compete for the once-in-eternity chance to change their fate—or risk remaining stuck in purgatory forever. An unputdownable debut full of hairpin twists, shock betrayals and world-defying love, for fans of The Atlas Six. (Fantasy)
Breath of the Dragon by Shannon Lee and Fonda Lee | 16-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 is fighting for the country's fate. (Fantasy)
A Mastery of Monsters by Liselle Sambury | When August's brother vanishes from college and she is attacked, she is forced to enter a world where monsters are real. Her only lead to help her brother is Virgil Hawthorne, who is himself a monster and needs a partner to control his true nature. To save her brother, August must join Virgil's secret society and learn to conquer the monsters. (Fantasy)
Heir of Storms by Lauryn Hamilton Murray | 17-year-old Blaze, a Rain Singer, endeavors to master her powers as she competes in a series of deadly trials that decide the future rulers of the four elemental kingdoms. (Fantasy)
Salvación by Sandra Proudman | With rising tension in Alta California after the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 17-year-old Lola de La Peña becomes the masked vigilante Salvación to protect her family and town from a man wielding deadly magic, but her mission is complicated when she begins falling for Alejandro, a member of his dangerous entourage. (Historical Fantasy)
The Rebel Girls of Rome by Jordyn Taylor | From the author of The Paper Girl of Paris comes Rebel Girls of Rome, a thrilling and heartfelt dual-POV novel about Lilah, a girl looking to reconnect with her grandfather over his mysterious past during a trip to Rome, and Bruna, a queer Jewish woman who escapes the Nazis in Italy and joins the resistance during World War II. (Historical Fiction)
Soulmatch by Rebecca Danzenbaker | In a world where past lives determine your future, sharp-witted Sivon confronts a major twist of destiny, embroiling her in a high-stakes game of danger, corruption, and heartbreak. (Science Fiction)
The House Where Death Lives edited by Alex Brown | A dance to the death. A girl who’s just as monstrous as H.H. Holmes. A hallway that’s constantly changing―and hungry. All of these stories exist in the same place―within the frame of a particular house that isn’t bound by the laws of time and space. Following in the footsteps of dark/horror-filled YA anthologies like His Hideous Heart and Slasher Girls and Monster Boys, and Netflix’s groundbreaking adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, this YA speculative fiction anthology explores how the permanence of a home can become a space of transition and change for both the inhabitants and the creatures who haunt them. (Horror)
Up in Smoke by Nick Brooks | This thriller follows Monique, a girl determined to clear her brother’s name, and Cooper, a boy desperate to keep his own out of the line of fire. As the heat turns up in a murder investigation, old feelings reignite between them, but a shocking secret could tear them apart. (Mystery)
Very Dangerous Things by Lauren Muñoz | At the Dr. James Everett School of Criminology, a murder mystery game goes wrong when the student playing the victim is actually murdered, and soon, junior Dulce Castillo sets out to find the culprit. (Mystery)
We Won’t All Survive by Kate Alice Marshall | Two years after being hailed a hero for saving others during a shooting, Mercy Gray joins a survivalist reality show for a cash prize, but when contestants start turning up dead, she must uncover the truth and figure out who to trust before she is next. (Thriller)
Out of Air by Rachel Reiss | While scuba diving off the Australian coast, Phoebe "Phibs" Ray and her friends uncover a legendary underwater treasure, but as strange transformations begin to take hold, they must fight to protect each other from dangerous treasure hunters and a dark, growing power. (Thriller)
The Hex Girls: A Rogue Thorn by Lily Meade | Everything’s chill in Coolsville… until the Hex Girls move to town. Can Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang solve the mystery surrounding the goth rockers before someone gets hurt? Find out in this dark, mysterious, and exciting take on the beloved Scooby-Doo cartoon! (Mystery)
Glorious Rivals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (The Grandest Game #2) | Millions, hearts, and lives are on the line in this heart-stopping sequel to The Grandest Game by #1 bestselling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Seven players arrived on Hawthorne Island, each with their own secrets and motivations to win the Grandest Game. Millions are at stake, but so are hearts—and lives. The players now must race to win the game, solve myriad mysteries, and survive the twists and turns of Glorious Rivals. (Thriller)
Bones at the Crossroads by LaDarrion Williams (Blood at the Root #2) | In the sequel to the explosive, instant New York Times bestseller Blood at the Root, Malik Baron, a Black teenager with magical powers, returns to Caiman University for his sophomore year, only to face new threats, family secrets, and the challenges of mastering his powers while uncovering his true legacy. (Fantasy)
A Theory of Dreaming by Ava Reid (A Study in Drowning #2) | Return to the immersive, lush, and dreamlike world of the instantly bestselling dark academia fantasy A Study in Drowning as the aftermath of their first discovery pulls Effy and Preston on a final adventure and brings their haunting love story to its end in this stunning sequel and final book in the duology. (Fantasy)
We Could Be Magic written by Marissa Meyer, illustrated by Joelle Murray | When Tabitha Laurie was growing up, a visit to Sommerland saved her belief in true love, even as her parents’ marriage was falling apart. Now she’s landed her dream job at the theme park’s prestigious summer program, where she can make magical memories for other kids, guests, and superfans just like her. All she has to do is audition for one of the coveted princess roles, and soon her dreams will come true. There’s just one problem. The heroes and heroines at Sommerland are all, well… thin. And no matter how much Tabi lives for the magic, she simply doesn't fit the park's idea of a princess. Given a not-so-regal position at a nacho food stand instead, Tabi is going to need the support of new friends, a new crush, and a whole lot of magic if she’s going to devise her own happily ever after… without getting herself fired in the process. (Graphic Novel)
The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel written by Maggie Stiefvater, adapted by Stephanie Williams, illustrated by Sas Milledge with colors by Abel Ko | Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent's only gift seems to be that she makes other people's talents stronger, and when she meets Gansey, one of the Raven Boys from the expensive Aglionby Academy, she discovers that he has talents of his own―and that together their talents are a dangerous mix. (Graphic Novel)
Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Manga - The Book of Octavinelle, Vol. 1 original concept by Yana Toboso, illustrated by Wakana Hazuki and Sumire Kowono | Yu is on his way to deliver food from his family’s restaurant when he’s whisked away to the world of Twisted Wonderland. Now enrolled in the magical school known as Night Raven College, Yu encounters a strange scenario―his fellow students are scoring too well on their exams! But there couldn’t be anything sinister behind great test scores, could there? (Manga)
Knocking on Windows by Jeannine Atkins | Acclaimed author Jeannine Atkins revisits her past in this brave and powerful memoir-in-verse about memory, healing, and finding her voice as a writer, perfect for fans of Amber Smith and Speak. Knocking on Windows stands as a beacon of hope and a celebration of the enduring spirit of survivors of sexual assault—and of writers. (Nonfiction)