Teen Staff Picks (September 2024)Like this list

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• The Daughter of the Bone Forest

  Skye, Jasmine,

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  After her grandfather is killed while serving the Witch King, Rosy attempts to hide her wolf shifting abilities so she can avoid military service in a looming war in the Cursed Kingdom. However, when she shifts to save Princess Shaw’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Death at Morning House

  Johnson, Maureen, 1973-

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  Marlowe Wexler has the perfect summer ahead: she's got an easy job at the ice cream shop in town and it appears that the beautiful Akilah likes Marlowe just as much as she likes her. But then Marlowe accidentally burns a house down while…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gachiakuta. 1

  Urana, Kei,

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  After the cops falsely accuse Rudo of murdering his guardian Regto, they toss him off the side of his floating city into a pile of trash. In the garbage pit, he encounters Trash Monsters that cannot be killed. With the help of a humble…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Icarus

  Ancrum, K.,

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  Icarus is an art thief who only steals from one man, Mr. Black, at the direction of his emotionally distant and grief-ridden father. Icarus gets caught by Helios, the mistreated son of Mr. Black, and they begin a tenuous friendship that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Invocations

  Sutherland, Krystal,

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  Someone is murdering the women that Emer has given Invocations: curses that allow girls to claim power at the cost of part of their soul. Jude and Zara are both seeking Emer's help for their own reasons: Jude to find a cure for a horrible…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kindling

  Chee, Traci,

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  A loose retelling of the Japanese movie Seven Samurai, Kindling tells the story of seven magic-wielding warriors who have been cast aside by their people now that the war they fought is won. Each adrift and hurting in their own way, they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Looking for Smoke

  Cobell, K. A.,

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  When her sister Rayanne disappears and her best friend Sam gets murdered on the Blackfeet reservation, Loren worries that the incidents are related. With the help of her old friends Brody and Eli and a new girl named Mara, Loren hunts for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Punk Rock Karaoke

  Xunise, Bianca,

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  Local legend Biana Xunise brings us to Chicago's underground punk scene through Baby Hares, a punk group made of high school best friends. It's the summer after senior year and Ari, Michele and Gael are trying to keep the band together…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sunrise Nights

  Zentner, Jeff,

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  Jude loves photography; between his parents’ divorce and his anxiety, being behind a camera is the only time his mind is quiet. Florence is confronting the premature end of her dance career as a degenerative eye disease begins to steal her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wander in the Dark

  Emill, Jumata,

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  Amir doesn't feel welcome in his half-brother Marcel's house, but he goes to his birthday party because Chloe Danvers, the most popular girl in school, asks him to, hoping this is the start of something more between them. But then,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Worst Perfect Moment

  Plozza, Shivaun,

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  Tegan Masters is dead and standing in the parking lot of the motel where she spent the absolute worst weekend of her life. However, according to her assigned angel, Zelda, Tegan is officially in heaven, where every person inhabits an exact…Read moreRead more of this annotation