Color Our World - Teens

Summer Reading Program 2025 picks for Teens! Some titles will be in the Juvenile Collection and others in the Young Adult Collection. The Young Adult Collection is made up of books for a wide age range (12-18 years old) and includes a variety of different topics and interests. Not all titles will be appropriate for all readers.
 

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1. Of jade and dragons

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Author:
Chen, Amber
Series:
Of jade and dragons volume 1.
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East Regional - Young Adult
YA CHEN
Eva H. Perry Regional - Young Adult has 2
YA CHEN
Southeast Regional - Young Adult
YA CHEN
Description:
After her father's murder, eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying travels to the capital, where she discusses herself as her brother and infiltrates the Engineers Guild as she tries to solve her father's murder with help from a prince with plans of his own.

2. Beneath the swirling sky

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Author:
Leiloglou, Carolyn
Series:
Restorationists volume 1.
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9 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
Description:
"After an experience he'd rather forget, Vincent is determined to be done with art. So when he and his little sister, Lili, spend spring break with their art conservator great-uncle, Vincent's plan is to stay glued to his phone. That is, until Lili disappears into one of the world's most famous paintings and Vincent learns his parents have been hiding something from him: Their family is the last of The Restorationists, a secret society with the power...

3. Daughters of the lamp

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Author:
Lewers, Nedda
Series:
Daughters of the lamp volume 1.
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Book, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
Twelve-year-old Sahara prefers logic and science over magic, but when she travels to Cairo for a family wedding, her resistance to magic fades when she discovers that she is next in a line of women tasked with guarding Ali Baba's treasure.

4. We are all so good at smiling

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Author:
McBride, Amber
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Description:
When hospitalized for her clinical depression, Whimsy connects with a boy named Faerry, who also suffers from the traumatic loss of a sibling, and together they work to unearth buried memories and battle the fantastical physical embodiment of their depression.

5. Doodleville

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Author:
Sell, Chad
Series:
Doodleville volume 1.
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3.8 stars
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20 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Cary Regional - Childrens Graphic Novels
J DOODLEVILLE
Northeast Regional - Childrens Graphic Novels
J DOODLEVILLE
Wendell Community - Childrens Graphic Novels
J DOODLEVILLE
Description:
Drew is just a regular artist. But there's nothing ordinary about her art. Her doodles are mischievous . . . and rarely do they stay in Doodleville, the world she's created in her sketchbook. Instead, Drew's doodles prefer to explore the world outside. But after an inspiring class trip to the Art Institute of Chicago--where the doodles cause a bit too much trouble--Drew decides it's time to take her artistic talents to the next level. Enter the Leviathan--Levi,...