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2023 Staff Favorites - Teen

The following titles were chosen by Sno-Isle Libraries staff as their favorite Teen and Young Adult (YA) novels released in 2023. Books may be available in other formats. Click on a title for more options.

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  • Sixteen-year-old Mirae, crown princess of her kingdom and fated to destroy an enemy of the gods, must embark on a dark journey to save her brother when her coronation ceremony goes terribly wrong.
    Book, 2023New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023] — TEEN JEONG
  • Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she's got the World's Greatest Ally title locked down. Of course, the more time Imogen spends with chaotic, freckle-faced Tessa, the more she starts to wonder if her truth was ever all that straight…
    Book, 2023New York : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023. — TEEN ALBERTA
  • "Reformed" jewel thief and scam artist Vanja accidentally starts a cult around a Low God, the Scarlet Maiden, who claims Emeric as her virgin sacrifice, and desperate to save the only man she's ever cared for, Vanja seeks a dangerous alternative.
    Book, 2023New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2023. — TEEN OWEN
  • When Ryan and Avery met at a queer prom, they felt an instant connection. This is the story of their first 10 dates: the tender hopes, the skittish fears, the difficulty of introducing someone into your pre-existing life.
    Book, 2023New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2023] — TEEN LEVITHA
  • When brothers Max and Jay help a classmate in trouble, they struggle with the consequences of their violent actions and worry they may be more like their abusive father than they thought, so the brothers turn to their Bribri roots to find their way…
    Book, 2023New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2023. — TEEN TISON
  • Before Tegan and Sara took the music world by storm, the Quins were just two identical twins trying to find their place in a new home and new school. But growing up also means growing apart as Tegan and Sara make different friends and take separate…
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York, NY : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, 2023. — J QUIN
  • With the rising number of missing Indigenous women, her family's involvement in a murder investigation, and grave robbers profiting off her Anishinaabe tribe, Perry takes matters into her own hands to solve the mystery and reclaim her people's…
    Book, 2023New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2023. — TEEN BOULLEY
  • The coming-of-age story of a young girl, Orla, and the man she meets who has an astonishing and unique ability.
    Book, 2023New York : Seven Stories Press, [2023] — FIC WALLS
  • Sixteen-year-old Mar, a transmasculine Latinx pirate hiding magical abilities, must learn to use their magia to save their papá and newfound pirate familia from losing their souls to el Diablo.
    Book, 2023New York : Random House Children's Books, [2023] — TEEN NOVOA
  • Fifteen-year-old Kellen's unique ability to unravel curses unfortunately does not protect him from becoming cursed, and unless he and his best friend and ally Nettle can remove his hex, Kellen is in danger of unravelling everything--and…
    Book, 2023New York : Amulet Books, [2023] — TEEN HARDING
  • Princess Ruiying of the Rat Clan is summoned to be a potential bride for the powerful Dragon Clan. Instead of competing for the Dragon King's favor, she finds refuge in the palace library. A chance encounter with the Dragon King there sparks a…
    Graphic Novel, 2023[Los Angeles, California] : Seven Seas Entertainment, 2023. — TEEN SHIKIMI
  • Seventeen-year-old Jessica Mathers wakes up in a lander that’s crashed onto the surface of Carver 1061c, a desolate, post-extinction planet fourteen light-years from Earth. Now Jessica must unravel the mystery of the destruction all around her--and…
    Book, 2023New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2023. — TEEN KIRBY
  • A teenage girl journeys through the crumbling ruins of civilization--the last human on Earth, exploring the concrete jungle that has outlived mankind. Keeping her company is woman's best friend--the ever-adorable and quick-witted Shiba Inu Haru, who…
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York : Yen Press, 2023. — TEEN ISHIHAR
  • Forty years after becoming the Blue Fairy, Chiara Belmagio defies the rules of magic to help her old friend Geppetto, and when her sister--now the heartless Scarlet Fairy--discovers the transgression, they decide to settle things with a wager, with…
    Book, 2023Los Angeles ; New York : Disney/Hyperion, 2023. — TEEN LIM
  • Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film. But the last weekend of the season, Charity's co-workers begin disappearing. And when one ends up dead, Charity's…
    Book, 2023New York : Bloomsbury, 2023. — TEEN BAYRON
  • Follow Ava as she makes her way across the universe, teaming up with her inner demon, Wrathia, who might just be the ghost of an alien queen, on a quest for revenge, while fighting her inner demons along the way.
    Graphic Novel, 2023Portland, OR : Image Comics, Inc., [2023] — TEEN FUS