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Holiday Gift Guide for High Schoolers

Find the perfect book gift for the teen in your life. With a variety of genres and interests, this selection of top titles has something for everyone!

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  • The world is filled with portals to hell and bloodthirsty demons, but Jasper spends his time working as a check-out clerk at the mini-mart. Could the apocalypse be imminent? For teens who like absurd dystopian fiction.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — TEEN FICTION CHO
  • Dragons soar through the skies, and protests erupt on the streets. Vivian is going to get an internship studying dragons and save her sister. She just has to free one dragon first. For fans of adventure fantasy with dragons.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025] — TEEN FICTION WILLIAMSON
  • If you loved Shusterman's "Scythe" series, you MUST read his latest release and fall down the rabbit hole of a deadly virus, a dangerous cure and the three teens who are trying to save humanity.
    Book, 2025New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2025] — TEEN FICTION SHUSTERMAN
  • Welcome to The Thrashers, the exclusive friend group of New Helvetia High. They are everything you want to be, and everyone wants to be them. Until an "almost" Thrasher dies and dark secrets are revealed! For fans of a mystery with a twist.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Wednesday Books, 2025. — TEEN FICTION SOTO
  • Ever since Lucy's father died five years ago, home has been more of an idea than a place. When the sharp-eyed and kind Mr. Jameson comes looking for her, Lucy wonders if hiding from her past will ever truly keep her safe. For fans of gritty…
    Book, 2025New York : Henry Holt and Company, [2025] — TEEN FICTION BOULLEY
  • Emma knows she shouldn't have left without saying goodbye to her best friend, Adam. Now Emma is back in town, and she's brought her new boyfriend, Sam, to visit for the holidays. Talk about icy conditions. For fans of sweet romance.
    Book, 2025Scholastic Paperbacks 2025
  • There are good reasons to hate Jess, Stone Bridge's premier autistic theater nerd and Champion of Questionable Life Choices. Unfortunately, the cyberbullies that hounded her are stuck on her life-ruining mistake. For fans of quirky yet touching…
    Book, 2025Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2025
  • Jordyn's college life is turned upside down when her roommate's ex-convict brother moves into their dorm and starts controlling their every move. For fans of cult-like horror books.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025] — TEEN FICTION JACKSON
  • Four teens in rural Georgia investigate a local teen's disappearance, and what they discover festering at the core of their small town is far more sinister and ancient than they could've ever imagined. For fans of horror mysteries.
    Book, 2025New York : Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, 2025 — TEEN FICTION KAUR
  • Death in the Jungle

    Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown

    Fleming, Candace,
    Follows Jim Jones from humble origins to Jonestown in Guyana, South America, and traces his transformation of the Peoples Temple into a nefarious experiment in mind control ending in mass suicide. For fans of true crime and dark psychology.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Anne Schwartz Books, [2025] — TEEN 988.11 FLEMING
  • American Spirits

    the Famous Fox Sisters and the Mysterious Fad That Haunted a Nation

    Rosenstock, Barb,
    Rap. Rap. Rap. The eerie sound was first heard in March of 1848 at the home of the Fox family in Hydesville, New York. Only heard by Kate and Maggie, who stirred up a wild media frenzy focused on the supernatural!
    Book, 2025New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2025] — TEEN 133.9097 ROSENSTOCK