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Float Your Boat: Teens

6/7/2022

 
FICTION
  • The Islands at the End of the World, Austin Aslan, print 
  • Skin of the Sea, Natasha Bowen, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Freedom Swimmer, Wai Chim, print 
  • Wall of Water, Kristin F. Johnson, print 
  • Luck of the Titanic, Stacey Lee, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Sink or Swim, Tash McAdam, print | ebook
  • Where the World Ends, Geraldine McCaughrean, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Not a Drop to Drink, Mindy McGinnis, print | ebook
  • A Song Below Water, Bethany C. Morrow, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Challenger Deep, Neal Shusterman, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Water Wars, Cameron Stracher, print | ebook
  • Breathe and Count Back from Ten, Natalia Sylvester, coming soon
  • The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, print | ebook

GRAPHIC NOVELS
  • The Daughters of Ys, M.T. Anderson & Jo Rioux, print 
  • Princess Jellyfish, Akiko Higashimura, print 
  • Children of the Sea, Daisuke Igarashi, print 
  • Queen of the Sea, Dylan Meconis, print 
  • The Magic Fish, Trung Le Nguyen, print | ebook
  • The Girl from the Sea, Molly Knox Ostertag, print | ebook
  • Swamp Thing, Maggie Stiefvater, print
  • Triton of the Sea, Osamu Tezuka, print 
  • This One Summer, Jillian Tamaki, print | ebook

NONFICTION
  • Poisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan, Fought for Their Lives and Warned the Nation, Candy J. Cooper and Marc Aronson, print | eaudio
  • Into the Deep: Science, Technology, and the Quest to Protect the Ocean, Christy Peterson, print
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On the Shelves April - Kids & Teens Flyer

3/25/2022

 
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The Swag Is in the Socks
by Kelly J. Baptist
- funky socks help Xavier rise to the challenge
print | ebook | eaudio
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​Living with Viola
by Rosena Fung
- the new girl at school struggles with anxiety
​print 
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Kiss & Tell
by Adib Khorram
- a gay boy band star has a breakup in the spotlight
​​print​
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Okoye to the People
by Ibi Zoboi
- backstory of the Dora Milaje warrior from Black Panther
​print
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On the Shelves November - Kids & Teens

3/25/2022

 
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Friday Night Wrestlefest 
by J.F. Fox & Micah Player
This funny family wrestles on Friday Night to make bedtime fun!
print | ebook
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Amber & Clay
by Laura Amy Schlitz
An epic of destiny for two children in Ancient Greece — a stable boy and a highborn girl.
​print | ebook | eaudio
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I Hope You're Listening
by Tom Ryan
A teen who narrowly escaped abduction as a child investigates missing persons cases on a podcast.
​print
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On the Shelves March - Kids & Teens Flyer

3/17/2022

 
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Violets Are Blue
​by Barbara Dee
- a makeup artist and her single mom
print
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The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne
by Jonathan Stroud
- funny fantasy in future Britain
print
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Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions
by Navdeep Singh Dhillon
- adventures at prom
print | ebook
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Himawari House
by Harmony Becker
- exchange students in Japan
print | ebook
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On the Shelves January - Kids & Teens

3/17/2022

 
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Dogs at Work: Good Dogs. Real Jobs.
by Margaret Cardillo & Zachariah OHora
Did you know that dogs have jobs? Learn about some of them in this book!
print | ebook
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Borders
by Thomas King & Natasha Donovan
At the American-Canadian border, a boy and his mother identify themselves as Blackfoot and get caught in limbo.
​print | ebook
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Down to Earth
by Betty Culley
Ten-year-old Henry explores the meteorite that lands near his home and captivates his town.
​print 
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Blazewrath Games
by Amparo Ortiz
In an alternate, contemporary world, a teen competes in an international dragon-riding competition and uncovers a conspiracy.
print ​
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On the Shelves December - Kids & Teens

3/17/2022

 
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The Snowflake
by Benji Davies
A snowflake and a little girl both search for what makes them special.
print 
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How to Find a Fox
by Kate Gardner & Ossi Saarinen
Beautiful photos follow a fox through the seasons.
print
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Nom Nom Nom
by Jeffrey Burton & Sarah Hwang
This book lets little ones choose which food the animals can eat!
print
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Bruised
by Tanya Boteju
A teen learns about herself and her relationship toward pain after joining a roller derby team.
print | ebook
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On the Shelves February - Kids & Teens

3/17/2022

 
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Bindu’s Bindis
by Suprita Kelkar & Parvati Pillai
Bindu loves beautiful bindis, as a connection to her Nani in India and to her culture.
​print 
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Lost Things
by Carey Sookocheff
A calm, delightful picture book about things lost and found.
​print
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A Rock Can Be …
by Laura Purdie Salas & Violeta Dabija
Rhyming text and beautiful illustrations show how rocks build the world around us.
​print | ebook
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Everything Within and in Between
by Nikki Barthelmess
Raised by a strict grandmother who wants her to assimilate, Ri tries to find her place in the world and learn about her heritage.
print | eaudio
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Scary Stories for Youth - Very, Very Scary Chapter Books

9/20/2021

 
  • Shutter, Courtney Alameda, print
  • Five Midnights, Ann Dávila Cardinal, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Darkdeep, Ally Condie & Brendan Reichs, print
  • Winterwood, Shea Ernshaw, print | ebook
  • Hex Hall, Rachel Hawkins, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Name of the Star, Maureen Johnson, print | ebook
  • Horrid, Katrina Leno, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Rot & Ruin, Jonathan Maberry, print
  • Campfire, Shawn Sarles, print
  • The Screaming Staircase, Jonathan Stroud, print | ebook | eaudio
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Scary Stories for Youth - Scary Short Story Collections

9/20/2021

 
  • Out to Get You: 13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe, Josh Allen, print
  • Ghosts, Ghouls and Other Nightmares, Gene Kemp, print
  • One-Minute Scary Stories, Shari Lewis, print
  • The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural, Patricia C. McKissack, print
  • Hush-a-Bye, Jody Lee Mott, print
  • Ask the Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World, Arielle North Olson, print | ebook
  • Hide and Don’t Seek: and Other Very Scary Stories, Anica Mrose Rissi, print
  • Beware!, R.L. Stine, print
  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Alvin Schwartz, print | ebook
  • Teeny Tiny Tingly Tales, Nancy Van Laan, print
  • Scary Stories for Sleep-overs, R.C. Welch, print
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Scary Stories for Youth - Middle-of-the-Road Scary

9/20/2021

 
  • Small Spaces, Katherine Arden, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Night Gardener, Jonathan Auxier print | ebook | eaudio
  • That One Spooky Night, Dan Bar-el, print
  • The House with a Clock in Its Walls, John Bellairs, print | ebook
  • Doll Bones, Holly Black, print | audio | ebook | eaudio
  • The Halloween Tree, Ray Bradbury, print | eaudio
  • The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding, Alexandra Bracken, print
  • The Weirn Books: Be Wary of the Silent Woods, Svetlana Chmakova, print
  • The Boggart, Susan Cooper, print | eaudio
  • The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs, Cynthia DeFelice, print
  • Watch Hollow, Gregory Funaro, print | eaudio
  • Ghost Knight, Cornelia Funke, print | audio | eaudio 
  • Coraline, Neil Gaiman, print | audio | ebook | eaudio
  • Coraline: the Graphic Novel, Neil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell, print
  • The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman, print | audio | ebook | eaudio | eaudio
  • The Graveyard Book: the Graphic Novel, Neil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell, vol 1 print | vol 2 print 
  • The Crossroads, Chris Grabenstein, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall, Mary Downing Hahn, print | ebook
  • The Girl in the Locked Room, Mary Downing Hahn, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Apocalypse Taco, Nathan Hale, print | ebook
  • Hide and Seeker, Daka Hermon, print
  • Can You Survive an Alien Invasion?, B.A. Hoena, print
  • The Last Halloween, Abby Howard, print
  • The List of Unspeakable Fears, J. Kasper Kramer, coming soon
  • Whispering Pines, Heidi Lang, print
  • The Stitchers (Fright Watch series), Lorien Lawrence, print
  • Billy Bones, Christopher Lincoln, print
  • Thirteens, Kate Alice Marshall, print
  • Spirit Hunters, Ellen Oh, print | ebook
  • The Nest, Kenneth Oppel, print | audio | ebook | eaudio
  • City of Ghosts, Victoria Schwab, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Can You Survive a Zombie Apocalypse?, Anthony Wacholtz, print
  • Nightbooks, J.A. White, print | audio | ebook | eaudio
  • The Ghosts of Mercy Manor, Betty Ren Wright, print
  • The Monstrumologist, Rick Yancey, print
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    Booklists and reading suggestions from the team at Monroe Public Library.

    After each title, you'll find links to reserve these items on LINKcat and Wisconsin's Digital Library. In many cases, you can choose from print, large print, audio CD, and Playaway, or ebooks and eaudiobooks.

    (LINKcat links from 2021 through 4/2022 may be broken. We'll fix them ASAP!)

    For lists before 2021:
    Titles with an asterisk * are available as ebooks and titles with an ª are available as digital audiobooks on Wisconsin's Digital Library.
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