Teens

Our Collection

The Gaylord is a great place to do homework, use a computer or free WiFi, and check out books and other resources. Located directly to the left of the front door as you enter the library, our teen collection includes fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, audiobooks, music CDs, and DVDs. Thousands of online resources are also available through the C/W MARS digital catalog. Click here to browse new teen titles.

Librarians Recommend

 

American Street, Ibi Zoboi30256109

“American Street is an evocative and powerful coming-of-age story perfect for fans of Everything, Everything; Bone Gap; and All American Boys. In this stunning debut novel, Pushcart-nominated author Ibi Zoboi draws on her own experience as a young Haitian immigrant, infusing this lyrical exploration of America with magical realism and vodou culture.

On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find une belle vie—a good life.

But after they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola’s mother is detained by U.S. immigration, leaving Fabiola to navigate her loud American cousins, Chantal, Donna, and Princess; the grittiness of Detroit’s west side; a new school; and a surprising romance, all on her own.

Just as she finds her footing in this strange new world, a dangerous proposition presents itself, and Fabiola soon realizes that freedom comes at a cost. Trapped at the crossroads of an impossible choice, will she pay the price for the American dream?”


Recreated, Colleen Houckrecreatedbookcover

“The second book in Colleen Houck’s Reawakened Series, where Lily must now not only travel across the globe, she must enter the Netherworld (hell), to save the love of her life, Amon.

If Lily thought traveling across the globe with a reawakened sun-prince was an epic adventure, she’s now in for the journey of a lifetime. Amon has left his sacred duty to the gods and transported himself to the Netherworld, what we know as hell, to live out the rest of his years in agony. He is tormented by the loss of his love, Lily, and wishes to relinquish his obligation to the gods until they can reunite again.

Lily has sought refuge on her grandmother’s farm until she must attend the college of her parents’ choice, and it is there that she is visited by Anubis, the Egyptian god of mummification, who fills her in on Amon’s choice and that she is the only one who can save him.

What Lily doesn’t tell Anubis is that since she’s left Amon she has known something went wrong. Lily can feel Amon’s pain and she’s been having dreams, dreams filled with Amon fighting awful beasts and crying out in agony. She will do whatever it takes to save him. For his life means more to her than anything in the world, which may not exist if she doesn’t bring him back home.”

 

Star Wars: Lost Stars, Claudia Graylost-stars

“Eight years after the fall of the Old Republic, the Galactic Empire now reigns over the known galaxy. Resistance to the Empire has been all but silenced. Only a few courageous leaders such as Bail Organa of Alderaan still dare to openly oppose Emperor Palpatine. After years of defiance, the many worlds at the edge of the Outer Rim have surrendered. With each planet’s conquest, the Empire’s might grows even stronger. The latest to fall under the Emperor’s control is the isolated mountain planet Jelucan, whose citizens hope for a more prosperous future even as the Imperial Starfleet gathers overhead.”