Hot boy summer / Jiménez, Joe

Four gay teens in San Antonio have the summer of their lives while discovering the true meaning of friendship.

It waits in the forest / Dass, Sarah.

Inspired by Caribbean folklore, eighteen-year-old Selena gets pulled into a string of mysterious murders on her island home.

Summer nights and meteorites / Reynolds, Hannah

Jordan Edelman, determined to avoid dating during her summer trip to Nantucket, finds herself entangled with her father's research assistant, whom she has disliked for years, but as she delves into a centuries-old mystery with a local astronomer, her growing relationship becomes increasingly complicated.

Takedown / Bryan, Ali
Take down
"With an upcoming international tournament where top college recruiters will take note, sixteen-year-old Rowan trains to earn a scholarship and secure her planned future with her Shakespeare-thespian boyfriend, Ozzy. But when a costly treatment for her father's worsening ALS symptoms emerges in Sweden, Rowan decides to train with an MMA fighter at her gym to fight and make money in an underground -- and illegal -- fight club. As Rowan delves into the world of cage-fighting, risking her relationship and her wrestling career, she soon learns that no amount of money -- or fighting -- can solve her problems. Takedown is a high-intensity coming-of-age story about familial grief and competitive combat, with lots of heart, hope, and headlocks"--

This book won't burn / Ahmed, Samira (Fiction Writer)
This book will not burn
While still coping with her parents' sudden divorce and having to start at a new school midway through her senior year, Noor and two new friends take a stand against book bans at their small-town Illinois high school.

True love and other impossible odds / Li, Christina.

College freshman Grace Tang never meant to rewrite the rules of love. She came to college to move on from a grief-stricken senior year and to start anew. So she follows a predictable routine: Attend class, study, go home and visit her dad every weekend. She doesn't leave any room in her life for outliers or anomalies. Then, Grace comes up with an algorithm for her statistics class to pair students with their perfect romantic partners. Though some people are skeptical, like Julia, Grace's prickly coworker, Grace is confident that her program will take all the drama out of relationships. That's why she keeps trying to make things work with her match, a guy named Jamie. But as the semester goes on and she grows closer to Julia, Grace starts to question who she's really attracted to.

Ascendance of a bookworm : I'll do anything to become a librarian! Part 5, Avatar of a goddess. Volume 2 / Kazuki, Miya
Avatar of a goddess.
"As snow falls around Ahrensbach's castle, Ferdinand, soon to be married to the duchy's next archduchess, receives a concerning letter. Not only has Rozemyne been summoned by the royal family once again, but she is also being taken to the underground archive hidden beneath the Royal Academy's library. Even as a third-year, she proves to be a source of constant headaches ... and the chaos only continues when she manages to pull an unexpected figure into her joint research! The stakes are raised higher still when Lestilaut makes an astonishing suggestion, forcing her to participate in a game of bride-taking ditter with Leidenschaft's spear in hand. Rozemyne's hand in marriage hangs in the balance in the newest volume of this biblio-fantasy. Includes two short stories and four-panel manga by You Shiina."--Back cover.

Maji / Rai, Hussein

This enchanting tale follows the extraordinary journey of a young boy named Maji within the confines of a tiny village. The story takes an unexpected turn when the ruthless dictator of the island subjects the villagers to a life of slavery. Faced with the task of saving his community, Maji embarks on a courageous quest alongside a fellow villager, a girl named Axela, whose spirit matches his determination. However, as their journey unfolds, Maji's character undergoes a transformation, as though an external force is steadily consuming his essence. He becomes attuned to callings from a realm known as "The Beyond." Inexplicable injuries and unsettling voices penetrate Maji's thoughts, ultimately revealing to him that the fate of his village is intertwined with a much grander destiny. The destiny of his people and the forces that shape his existence extend far beyond the boundaries of his humble village.

The iron prince / Kagawa, Julie

"Don't look at Them. Never let Them know you can see Them. That is Ethan Chase's unbreakable rule. Until the fey he avoids at all costs begin to disappear, and Ethan is attacked. Now he must change the rules to protect his family. To save a girl he never thought he'd dare to fall for. Ethan thought he had protected himself from his older sister's world--the land of Faery. His previous time in the Iron Realm left him with nothing but fear and disgust for the world Meghan Chase has made her home, a land of myth and talking cats, of magic and seductive enemies. But when destiny comes for Ethan, there is no escape from a danger long, long forgotten"--

The Darkness Within Us. / Levenseller, Tricia