What We’re Reading
Here are some quotes from library staff about the books in the newest list of recommended picks:
A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal: “Incredibly atmospheric and action-packed. On top of all that, it’s also a heist story, so I was all in from the very beginning.”
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker, ill. by Wendy Xu: “This is such a precious graphic novel about a queer hard-of-hearing witch and a nonbinary werewolf (both Chinese-American) childhood-friends-to-lovers relationship.”
Daughter of the Bone Forest by Jasmine Skye: ”Wonderfully compelling queernormative fantasy with a Harry Potter-like magic school setting, unique world building, and a perfectly captivating slow-burn sapphic romance.”
What’s Hot This Month
The Summer Olympics in Paris get underway this month! Go for the gold with these Olympic reads for teens.
Featured Title
The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Welcome to the Grandest Game, an annual competition run by billionaire Avery Grambs and the four infamous Hawthorne brothers, whose family fortune she inherited. Designed to give anyone a shot at fame and fortune, this year’s game requires one of seven golden tickets to enter. With millions on the line, those seven players will do whatever it takes to win.
Some of the players are in it for the money. Some for power. Some for reasons all their own. Every single one of them has secrets. Amidst it all is Grayson Hawthorne, tasked with a vital role in this year’s game. But as tensions rise and the mind-bending challenges push the players to their limits—physically, mentally, and emotionally—it soon becomes clear that not everyone is playing by the rules.
What’s New This Month
The latest teen thriller by the always popular Karen M. McManus is also on the way, along with the newest YA novel in the
Avatar: The Last Airbender universe. Also incoming are new books from authors like Joelle Wellington, Adam Sass, Tricia Levenseller, Maureen Johnson, Benjamin Dean, Jordan Morris, Meriam Metoui, and more.
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