January Teen Books recommended by Teen Librarian Eliana L.
Powerless by Lauren Roberts
It is not too late to find out what the hype surrounding the Powerless trilogy is all about! With a 4-star rating on Goodreads, this series just wrapped up in 2025.
After the Plague, some people in the kingdom of Ilya have special powers- making them Elites. Everyone else is just an Ordinary- people lacking powers, that the king has just banished in order to create a society only comprised of Elites.
Paedyn Gray is a thief to survive. Worse than that? She is also an Ordinary- lacking any magical abilities. She hides it well, pretending to be a Psychic and hiding amongst the Elites. Well, she hides well until she accidentally saves a prince and ends up in the Purging Trials, meant to pit Elites against each other in a prestigious competition.
Paedyn has to fight her budding feelings for the prince, and fight to hide the fact that she is criminally powerless. Read the story for the romantasy, stay for the suspense!
YA Book Club is currently reading Powerless, to discuss at our January 9th meeting. Want to join and receive a free copy of the book? Sign up on our website or call the library!
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The Otherwhere Post by Emily J. Taylor
The Otherwhere Post is a Good Morning America YA Book Club pick. After her life is turned upside-down by her father’s crimes and death, Maeve Abenthy starts as an apprentice of the Otherwhere Post. She learns to practice scriptomancy to enchant letters and deliver them to other worlds. When she receives a letter telling her that her father was innocent, she digs into his past- bringing unexpected danger (and romance??) into her already complicated life.
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Angelica and the Bear Prince by Trung Le Ngyuen
The author of The Magic Fish, Trung Le Ngyuen is back with another heartwarming YA graphic novel. Burnout isn’t just for adults! Angelica is burnt out after last year, and has felt pretty low for a while. What gets her back in a good mood is, a bear…? Peri, the bear mascot of a local theater, is sending her kind messages on social media. Angelica develops an unexpected… crush? She decides to figure out who is behind the costume, and see if they feel the same way she does.
Check out this title on Libby as an ebook.