Williston Park Public Library Teen Blog

Here are the latest new teen novels:

The Prophecy by Hilari Bell
From popular fantasy author Hilari Bell (The Wizard Test, the Farsala trilogy) comes the story of fourteen-year-old Prince Perryn, who would rather be reading books than becoming the warrior-king his father wants him to be. When he discovers a prophecy telling how to slay the dragon terrorizing the kingdom, and discovers that his father's trusted advisor is a traitor, it's up to him to save the kingdom!

Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
In this fifth book of the popular Artemis Fowl series, a spell keeping demons in Limbo is deteriorating! Only Artemis Fowl, teenage criminal mastermind, who has solved temporal equations that no human can, is able to determine when the next demon will materialize in our world. He has to pair up with his old comrade Captain Holly Short, to track down the missing demon, before the spell dissolves completely and the lost demon colony returns violently to Earth!

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
This latest humorous book by Printz-winning author John Green (Looking for Alaska) is about math genius Colin, who thinks he's a washed-up child prodigy, and who keeps getting dumped by girls named Katherine! Then he meets a non-Katherine, a girl named Lindsey, who hilariously helps him work on a mathematical theorem to predict the duration of romantic relationships! Can romance really be predicted through graphing and calculations?

The Princetta by Anne-Laure Bondoux
In this swashbuckling tale by Anne-Laure Bondoux (The Killer's Tears), fifteen-year-old Malva has herself smuggled out of the palace to avoid an arranged marriage. She finds freedom sailing the seas, and to keep her from trouble, Orpheus McBott goes after her. Together, they encounter sharks, pirates, fierce gales, monsters, villains, and temptation!

The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
In this second novel of the His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman (The Golden Compass), Lyra meets Will Parry, who discovers the Subtle Knife's power to cut portals between worlds! They use it to escape from perilous situations, but it's also an unstable force that could destroy many worlds. Will they be saviours or destroyers?