It’s time for some new teen fiction! Our collection has a wide variety of young adult novels covering genres like fantasy, thriller, romance, and everywhere in between. In The Word, Mary G. Thompson introduces us to the world of cults, where 16-year-old Lisa faces a decision between the familiar or something new. After her father kidnapped her 9 years ago to live in a cult, Lisa has adjusted to the gender expectations, religious beliefs, and modest lifestyle of the group. She spends her days preaching “the Word” and hasn’t seen the rest of her family since she was a child. But when the police disband the cult, Lisa returns to her mother in Oregon, where life is completely different, and maybe more freeing, than what she is used to. In this adventurous, coming-of-age novel, readers will question beliefs alongside Lisa as they follow her through the decision of whether to escape back to the life in a cult or continue to explore who she could be with the opportunity to make her own choices.

Check out more of our newer teen fiction novels below!

Bite Me, Royce Taslim
Written by Lauren Ho
Published by Disney Hyperion
Available now

Furious
Written by Jamie Pacton and Rebecca Podos
Published by Page Street YA
Available now

It Waits in the Forest
Written by Sarah Dass
Published by Hyperion
Available now

King of Dead Things
Written by Nevin Holness
Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Available now

Love, Off the Record
Written by Samantha Markum
Published by Margaret K. McElderry Books
Available now

The Word
Written by Mary G. Thompson
Published by Page Street Publishing
Available now