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Teens Around the World

These books explore common YA themes such as identity, self-acceptance, injustice, mental health, trauma, and grief while showcasing different cultures and communities from around the world. #cedarmilllibrary #bethanylibrary #teenreads -Cedar Mill & Bethany Libraries

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  • Sade investigates the disappearance of her roommate at their prestigious London boarding school, and is plunged into a world of dark secrets. (14 & up )
    BookNew York : Feiwel and Friends, 2024. — YA ÀBÍKÉ-ÍYÍMÍDÉ FARIDAH
  • Melody moves from New York City to Seoul to be with her father, and soon learns that her shiny new life comes with a high price. (12 & up)
    BookNew York : Viking, 2022.
  • Spending Thanksgiving week in Saudi Arabia, Adam and Zayneb find one wedge after another driving them apart. (14 & up)
    BookNew York : Salaam Reads, [2022] — YA ALI, S.K. LOVE #2
  • In an alternate Tang Dynasty China, aspiring royal alchemist Zilan, who has the ability to resurrect the dead, becomes drawn into the dangerous political games of the royal family. (14 & up)
    BookToronto, Ontario, Canada : Inkyard Press, [2023] — YA BAKER, KYLIE
  • As a debtera, Andromeda performs exorcisms to cleanse households. But, when she agrees to help the young heir Magnus Rochester with his mansion in the Ethiopian desert, her job becomes truly terrifying. (13 & up)
    BookNew York : Wednesday Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2021. — YA BLACKWOOD, LAUREN
  • Sitlati is searching for safety in modern day Mexico, when she stumbles on a conch shell that connects her to Calizto, a young Aztec warrior in 1521. Together they fight to survive across centuries. (13 & up)
    BookNew York, NY : Bloomsbury YA, 2023. — YA BOWLES, DAV
  • Tilla's efforts to reconnect with her father at his home in Jamaica are upended by a dangerous storm. (13 & up)
    BookNew York : Wednesday Books, 2021. — Y BROMFIELD
  • While in Venice at a writing workshop, Charlotte gets the chance to solve a long-time family mystery, which dredges up secrets about both the past and present. (14 & up)
    BookNew York, New York : Atheneum, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, [2021] — YA CALETTI, DEB
  • Tess Crawford wants to follow family tradition and be a great Trinidadian Carnival costume designer, but her family's company is struggling. Tess enlists classmate Brandon Richards, a local social media influencer, and bane of her…
    BookNew York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023] — Y DASS
  • James, heir to the British throne, finds his sense of safety shattered when his secrets are plastered across tabloid pages. Is it possible that his allies are trying to end his reign before it even starts? (14 & up)
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023.
  • When the Cuban government arrests Soleida's artist parents, she is forced to escape alone to Central America. While on the run she meets Dariel, and together they work to bring attention to imprisoned artists in Cuba. (12 & up)
    BookNew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2023. — Y ENGLE
  • Young Sophie Stark, an intern at a fancy Swiss hotel, finds herself embroiled in intrigue and romance as the hotel's grand New Year's Eve ball approaches. (12 & up)
    BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2020 — YA GIER, KERSTIN
  • Instead of being sold into Bihar, India's sex trade, 14-year-old Heera stays at a local hostel for at-risk girls where she learns, through the practice of martial arts, that she can protect herself and those around her. (12 & up)
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, 2023. — Y GUPTA
  • Shireen Malik enters a baking competition in the hope of bringing attention to her parents' beloved donut shop in Dublin. But things heat up when her fellow contestants include her new crush and a potential saboteur. (14 & up)
    BookNew York : Feiwel and Friends, 2023. — YA JAIGIRDAR, A.
  • In the months between high school and university, Australian teen Natalie must deal with her parents breaking up, her best friends getting together, and her own budding romance. (12 & up)
    BookNew York : Flatiron Books, 2020. — YA KENWOOD, NINA
  • When Mira finds a box of letters addressed to her from her birth mother, one of which asks her to travel to Mumbai when she turns 18 so they can meet, Mira must make a life-changing decision. (14 & up)
    BookNew York : Push, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. 2022 — YA KHAN, SHA
  • When her parents can no longer afford her tuition at her elite Beijing boarding school, Alice Sun monetizes her strange new power of invisibility by selling scandalous secrets about her classmates until she risks losing everything—even her…
    BookToronto, Ontario, Canada : Inkyard Press, [2022] — YA Liang
  • The house at Number 8 Sunflower Street in Rio de Janeiro, tells the stories of three teenagers who have lived within its walls throughout the 21st century. (12 & up)
    BookNew York : Push, 2022. — YA MARTINS, VIT
  • With the world ending in nine months' time, 17-year-old Aisha and her family embark on a road trip through Malaysia to find her sister June and mend the hurts of the past. (13 & up)
    BookNew York : Feiwel & Friends, 2023. — YA MIKAIL, N.
  • Two sisters in Nigeria escape their toxic home. Zam is invited to live with their wealthy aunt, while her sister Cheta runs away and is driven to make terrible decisions. When the sisters reunite, Zam alone will recognize just how far…
    BookChapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, [2022] — YA Onoseta