Unearth a Story: Teens

Our 2026 Bookworm Summer Reading Theme is Unearth a Story. Dig into these exciting reads to get you started!

Updated April 6, 2026
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Unearth a Story: Teens

Our 2026 Bookworm Summer Reading Theme is Unearth a Story. Dig into these exciting reads to get you started!

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What the river knows : a novel
Ibañez, Isabel (Novelist)
Paper Book
The Mummy meets Death on the Nile in What the River Knows, Isabel Ibañez's lush, immersive historical fantasy set in Egypt and filled with adventure, a rivals-to-lovers romance, and a dangerous race. Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera...
The moonlit vine
Santiago, Elizabeth
Paper Book
Fourteen-year-old Taína just learned that she is a descendant of a long line of strong Taíno women, but will knowing this help her bring peace and justice to her family and community? Despite her name, Taína Perez doesn't know anything about her Taíno heritage, nor has she ever...
Us in ruins
Moore, Rachel
Paper Book
Margot is on the quest to uncover and reassemble an ancient--and cursed--vase, with the help of a boy who went missing in 1932, because it's the only way to put back together her broken heart in this standa-lone adventure rom-com, perfect for fans of What the River Knows and The...
Curse of the Specter Queen
Moke, Jenny Elder
Paper Book
Samantha Knox put away her childish fantasies of archaeological adventure the day her father didn't return home from the Great War, retreating to the safety of the antique bookshop where she works. But when a mysterious package arrives with a damaged diary inside, Sam's peaceful life is obliterated....
Facing the mountain : a true story of Japanese American heroes in World War II
Brown, Daniel James
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of NPR's "Books We Love" of 2021 Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography  Winner of the Christopher Award    "Masterly. An epic story of four Japanese-American families and their...
The lost queen
Phan, Aimee
Paper Book
"Lyrical, magical, and haunting."--Marie Lu, #1 New York Times bestselling author A heroine like no other, ancient magic unleashed, a fated epic battle--the first book in an enchanting YA fantasy duology inspired by Vietnamese lore, weaving magic, sisterhood, and self...
Into the sunken city
Thiru, Dinesh
Paper Book
"Steal-your-breath adventure." --Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Lunar Chronicles Perfect for fans of Fable and House of Salt and Sorrows, this spectacular YA fantasy adventure is like nothing else, featuring a vividly imagined dystopian world, a...
A clash of steel : a Treasure Island remix
Lee, C. B.
Paper Book
A Cosmopolitan Best Book of the Year "Pirate stories don't get much better than this." --Hypable Two intrepid girls embark on a legendary treasure hunt in this YA remix of Treasure Island, perfect for fans of Daughter of the Pirate King<...
The gilded wolves
Chokshi, Roshani
Paper Book
*AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* First in a "wildly inventive and wildly representative" (The New York Times Book Review) historical fantasy series, Roshani Chokshi's The Gilded Wolves follows the exploits of a found family--six societal outcasts...
If you can hear this
Gardner, Faith
Paper Book
The twisty, intricate mystery of I Killed Zoe Spanos meets the whip-smart sleuthing of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder in this young adult mystery from acclaimed author Faith Gardner, in which a club of misfits must come together to solve a dangerous high school mystery--and learn to...
How to survive in the age of dinosaurs : a handy guide to dodging deadly predators, riding out mega-monsoons, and escaping other perils of the prehistoric
Drimmer, Stephanie Warren
Paper Book
Boom, boom, BOOM ... Look out! That's a T. rex coming your way!? You've been transported back in time to the age of the dinosaurs. What do you do?! Test your chops and discover if you have what it takes to survive at a time when Earth looked, well, a tad...
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