Teen Book Lists

"Hiding her status as a girl from conquered lands while training as a Squire on her quest to become a Knight, the only path to true citizenship, Aiza navigates friendships and rivalries until she discovers the military's endgame." (description from catalog)

"In an alternate Tang Dynasty China, aspiring royal alchemist Zilan, who has the ability to resurrect the dead, arrives in the capital to compete against the best alchemists in the country and becomes drawn into the dangerous political games of the royal family. - Provided from Catalog"

"Blending West African mythology with the dark history of the slave trade: It's been three months since Yemoja remade Simidele in the image of Mami Wata (a mermaid) and tasked her with recovering the souls of those who perish in the water. Though she knows this to be a gift, as she would otherwise be a soul sent back to Olodumare, the Supreme Creator, Simidele still clings to the memories of her human life. When a living boy named Kola is tossed from a slave ship, she rescues him and in doing so unknowingly breaks an ancient decree from the Supreme Creator—an act that could cost her very existence and that of her fellow Mami Wata sisters. She needs Olodumare's forgiveness, but another jealous Orisha is dogging her every step, hoping that she fails. It is no easy thing for a single girl to defy the gods." (description adapted from School Library Journal)

"When her prestigious tearoom is threatened, criminal mastermind and collector of secrets Arthie Casimir must make a devil's bargain with an adversary to infiltrate the dark and glittering vampire society of Athereum to pull off a heist that turns into afight to save the world"-- Provided by publisher.

Edward is the King of England. He's also dying, which is inconvenient, as he's only sixteen and he'd rather be planning his first kiss than who will inherit his crown. Jane, Edward's cousin, is far more interested in books than romance. Unfortunately, Edward has arranged to marry her off to Gifford secure the line of succession. And Gifford is, well, a horse. That is, he is an Eðian (eth-y-un, for the uninitiated) who becomes a chestnut steed every morning, but wakes as a man at dusk, with a mouthful of hay. Very undignified. The plot thickens as the three are drawn into a dangerous conspiracy, and have to engage in some conspiring of their own. But can they pull off their plan before it's off with their heads? (description from LBPL catalog)

As three warring fractures try to gain control of the kingdom, orphaned Zephyr, a strategist serving Xin Ren, infiltrates an enemy camp where she encounters the enigmatic Crow, an opposing strategist who might just be her match.

"In 1937, Black 17-year-old Laura, a powerful queer mage hailing from small-town, Pa., goes to New York City seeking a grand future beyond her family’s humble farm. Unable to procure a job and low on funds, she seeks help from the Colored Auxiliary branch of the Bureau of the Arcane’s Conservation Corps—a group of Black mages responsible for maintaining the magical machines that power the U.S. economy. Mages sent to research and manage the blight are disappearing, and the Skylark, the enigmatic head of the Floramancy Division, grudgingly takes Laura on as her apprentice. But Laura and the Skylark fear for their lives and the country’s future when their investigation unveils dangerous archaic magic thought long gone." (description from Publisher's Weekly)

"In the pursuit of a better life, seventeen-year-old flower hunter Irinya and her childhood best friend find a priceless silver spider lily, only to have it fall into the wrong hands, leading Irinya on a perilous quest to reclaim the magical flower." (Description from catalog)

"Seventeen-year-old cursebreaker Marlow Briggs reluctantly pretends to be in love with a powerful noble to gain entry into an illustrious--and deadly--society that holds clues to her mother's disappearance." (Description from catalog)

"Seeking to destroy the hexenjägers, zealot witch hunters, Fritzi and Otto are forced to trust each other due to their common enemy while being led to the heart of a Black Forest where they discover a horrifying plot--and their growing feelings for each other." (Description from catalog)

The tsar of Russia sets up a duel between the country's only two enchanters where the winner becomes the tsar's most respected adviser and the loser is executed. (description from Novelist)