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Welcome to our young adult area!
Our young adult collection features fiction, non-fiction, and graphic novel titles geared towards high school age patrons and older.
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Not sure what to read next?
Here are some of our staff member Alaina's recommendations!
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Aristotle and Dante is a sweet, gentle, character-driven story about the deep friendship between two boys in the 80s. If you need an epic plot line and lots of action to keep you interested in a story, this book is not for you. But if you enjoy spending time with characters and getting to know them thoroughly while not much plot happens, you will fall in love with this beautiful book. I highly recommend checking out the audiobook as it's perfectly narrated by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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Divine Rivals
by Rebecca Ross
This book has a little bit of everything - magic, war, gods, and an enemies to lovers romance that centers around two typewriters that are mysteriously (and magically) connected to one another. This is the first book in a duology - the story continues in book 2, Ruthless Vows.
A Door in the Dark
By Scott Reintgen
When a portal spell malfunctions, a group of teen wizards are left stranded in the middle of the wilderness. This book follows their trek home, which is full of dangerous obstacles, including a deadly creature that seems to be following them and picking them off one by one. This dark fantasy had me on the edge of my seat and definitely creeped me out quite a bit. This is the first book in a trilogy. Each book in the series is wildly different yet equally amazing. This series is definitely a hidden gem that's worth checking out!
The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich
by Deya Muniz
This adorable graphic novel follows Lady Camembert (or Cam) who disguises herself as Count Camembert after her father dies in order to avoid being forced to marry. While in disguise, she meets (and falls in love with) Princess Brie. But how will Brie react when she discovers the man
she loves is really a woman?
Yes, this book is ridiculous, and it's absolutely chock full of cheese puns, but it's also an unbelievably sweet and uplifting story with some truly loveable characters.
The One True Me and You
by Remi K. England
Set at a fan convention, this fun and joyful LGBTQ+ romance is about being true to yourself. Kay is spending the weekend at GreatCon and is experimenting with they/them pronouns and more masculine presenting cosplay for the the first time (and hoping to kiss a girl for the first time). Happening alongside the convention is the Miss Cosmic Teen USA pageant, where Teagan (Miss Virginia) is competing for a much-needed $25,000 scholarship so she can escape to college to finally live her life out and proud. Sparks fly when the two bump into each other, but are they ready to embrace their true selves in order to be together?
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Death at Morning House
By Maureen Johnson
If you're a fan of Maureen Johnson's Truly Devious series, you need to check out this standalone mystery. This story follows Marlowe, who is spending her summer on an island giving tours of Morning House, a mansion that was build in the 1920s and abandoned soon after when tragedy struck. When a staff member mysteriously disappears one day, Marlowe starts to investigate. Could it be murder? With a massive storm about to hit and cut off from the mainland, Marlowe is in a race against time to figure of what happened and who is responsible.
Miss Meteor
By Tehlor Kay Mejia and
Anna-Marie McLemore
This story follows former best friends Lita and Chicky as they team up to help Lita win the Miss Meteor beauty pageant. This is an LGBTQ+ contemporary story focused on friendship, but there's also a bit of romance and some magical realism thrown in. While this story is an absolutely delight, it also tackles important issues like transphobia, homophobia, xenophobia, and bullying. If you're looking for a book that will have you smiling from ear to ear, this is it!
The River Knows
By Isabel Ibañez
In this story, we follow Inez, an upper class girl in Buenos Aires who has just received news that her globetrotting parents have died. Determined to find answers about her parents' mysterious deaths, she travels to Cairo, where she joins up with her archeologist uncle (and guardian) and his handsome assistant in a race to find a lost treasure. This historical fiction novel is (very accurately) marketed as being a blend of The Mummy and Death on the Nile, but with a dash of magic thrown in. It has mystery, adventure, romance, and a whole lot of Indiana Jones vibes. If you like ancient Egypt, definitely check it out.
The Sky Blues
By Robbie Couch
When Sky's secret promposal plans for his crush Ari are revealed to the entire school by an anonymous homophobic hacker, Sky wants nothing more than to drop out, skip town, and disappear. Instead, his classmates rally behind him on a mission to fight back and find the identity of the mysterious hacker.
This is a heartwarming book that is essentially like a kinder and gentler version of Kacen Callender's Felix Ever After.