Seattle Staff Faves 2022: Teen Books
Every year we ask our staff across the library system for their favorite books published in a given year. Here are the teen titles people thought were the best for 2022. (Created November 2022)
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The Charmed List
Ellie and Jack, two teens with magical abilities, are forced to go on a road trip as punishment for a prank gone wrong. Along the way, Ellie realizes that Jack has been helping her cross off items on her senior year bucket list, including falling in love.
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Bitter
Bitter attends an art school and makes challenging art while revolution roils the city around them, but when anti-protest violence harms one of her friends, she makes her most provocative art as revenge.
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The Summer of Bitter and Sweet
Lou's secure summer job at her uncles' ice cream parlor is threatened by her father's letters from prison and his desire to return to her life, her boyfriend's volatility, and the possibility that her uncles' ice cream parlor may not make enough money to stay in business.
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Belladonna
Signa believes she cannot die, but many people around her certainly succumb. When she is sent to live with distant relatives, one's sudden illness leads her to befriend Death itself to reveal the mystery.
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In the Key of Us
Andi and Zora, two musically gifted girls dealing with family trauma, find themselves thrown together as the only two Black kids at summer music camp, but as the summer passes, they learn they really do have a connection.
Format: Book
Availability: All copies in use
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Lakelore
After an incident seven years before which caused them to stop speaking with each other, Lore and Bastian are reunited near the lake that has helped them deal with anxieties and traumas.
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The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
Each year, a village throws one of its children into the sea to appease the Sea God, but this year, Mina throws herself into the sea to save her sibling, and finds herself in the Spirit Realm, and able to confront the Sea God herself.
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From Dust, A Flame
The day after she turns 17, Hannah wakes up with snake eyes, and each day after that adds more animal features. Her mother promises to help, then disappears just as Hannah and her brother learn their grandmother has died, and that she may have had the power to help Hannah heal. Can their new friend Ari help her become whole?
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Victory. Stand!
Tommie Smith shows how his youth as a Black athlete in the 1960s led him to one of the most iconic moments in Olympics history: the moment he stood on the award podium and raised his fist to speak truth to power.
Format: Graphic Novel
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Youngbloods
Frey is ready to speak her truth and free herself from her family of deceivers. Tally started a revolution she now wants no part of. When they meet, they realize they need to rein in the forces of destruction together.
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