TeenBookCon 2021

Begun in 2010, TeenBookCon is a festival that makes it possible for teens to meet their favorite authors and discover new authors and celebrate the joy of reading. We hope you'll join us!

This year, TeenBookCon 2021 will be a VIRTUAL EVENT held over Zoom!

All TeenBookCon books will come with a custom bookplate signed by the author. Bookplates will be available while supplies last. To purchase books, scroll through this page and add them to your cart!

To register for a panel:

  1. Click on the name of the panel you want to attend.
  2. Click the link that says "please click here to register".
  3. Type in First and Last name as well as email.
  4. Click the blue "Register" button.

You should receive an email from Zoom with the link information confirming your registration. That's it, you're ready to go!

The panels will be uploaded to YouTube and will remain there for 2 weeks.  PLEASE NOTE:  Individuals are not allowed to record panels for future viewing.

This year's authors are:

Saturday, April 3rd

9:30am CDT - Keynote Address - Renee Watson

11:00am CDT - Looking at the Truth - Sharon G. Flake, Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, and Angeline Boulley

12:30pm CDT - How to Tell a Story - Mahogany L Browne, Eric Gansworth, and Randi Pink

2:00pm CDT - The Taste of Love - Laekan Zea Kemp, Elise Bryant, and Jennifer Yen

3:30pm CDT - The Real Thing - Katie Henry, Shannon Takaoka, and Amy Noelle Parks

Saturday, April 10th

11:00am CDT - What about Love? - Leah Johnson, Holly Bourne, and Diane Ma

12:30pm CDT - A Different World - David Arnold, Charlie Jane Anders, and Rosaria Munda

2:00pm CDT - Change can be Scary - Trung Le Nguyen, Rose Szabo, and David Elliott

3:30pm CDT - Truth or Fiction? - Kosoko Jackson, Hafsah Faizal, and J Elle

5:00pm CDT - Moxie Party! - Moxie author Jennifer Mathieu will join Moxie star Alycia Pascual-Peña in conversation with members of the Bellaire High School Feminist Club.

Angel of Greenwood By Randi Pink Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250768476
Availability: Backordered
Published: Feiwel & Friends - January 12th, 2021

A piercing, unforgettable love story set in Greenwood, Oklahoma, also known as the “Black Wall Street,” and against the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.


Apple: (Skin to the Core) By Eric Gansworth Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781646140138
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Days
Published: Levine Querido - October 6th, 2020

Winner of the American Indian Youth Literature Award
Printz Honor Winner
National Book Award Longlist

TIME 10 Best YA and Children's Books of the Year
NPR Best of the Year
Shelf Awareness Best of the Year
Publishers Weekly Big Indie Books of Fall
Amazon Best Book of the Month
AICL Best YA Books of the Year


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The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival By Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Laura L. Sullivan Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781547604531
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Days
Published: Bloomsbury YA - September 8th, 2020

The stunning memoir of a Muslim teen struggling to survive in the midst of the Bosnian genocide--and the stray cat who protected her family through it all.

*Six Starred Reviews*
A YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist
A Capitol Choices Remarkable Book
A Mighty Girl Best Book
A Malala Fund Favorite Book Selection


Chlorine Sky By Mahogany L. Browne Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780593176399
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Days
Published: Crown Books for Young Readers - January 12th, 2021

"An absolute masterpiece." -Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X


The Electric Kingdom By David Arnold Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780593202227
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Days
Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - February 9th, 2021

New York Times bestseller David Arnold's most ambitious novel to date; Station Eleven meets The 5th Wave in a genre-smashing story of survival, hope, and love amid a ravaged earth.


Everything I Thought I Knew By Shannon Takaoka Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781536207767
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Days
Published: Candlewick - October 13th, 2020

A teenage girl wonders if she’s inherited more than just a heart from her donor in this compulsively readable debut.


Flamefall (THE AURELIAN CYCLE #2) By Rosaria Munda Cover Image
$19.99
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ISBN: 9780525518242
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers - March 23rd, 2021

Revolutionary flames ignite around Annie, Lee, and a brand new character in the follow-up to Fireborne.

After fleeing the revolution and settling into the craggy cliffs of New Pythos, the dragonlords are eager to punish their usurpers and reclaim their city. Their first order of business was destroying the Callipolan food supply. Now they're coming for the dragonriders.


Fireborne (THE AURELIAN CYCLE #1) By Rosaria Munda Cover Image
$13.99
ISBN: 9780525518235
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Days
Published: Penguin Books - December 29th, 2020

"One of fantasy’s best series." —Booklist, starred review

Game of Thrones meets Fourth Wing in a debut young adult fantasy that's full of rivalry, romance . . . and dragons.


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Firekeeper's Daughter By Angeline Boulley Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250766564
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Days
Published: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) - March 16th, 2021

A PRINTZ MEDAL WINNER!
A MORRIS AWARD WINNER!
AN AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE AWARD YA HONOR BOOK!

A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICK

An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller

Soon to be adapted at Netflix for TV with President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's production company, Higher Ground.


Happily Ever Afters By Elise Bryant Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062982834
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Days
Published: Balzer + Bray - January 5th, 2021

Jane the Virgin meets To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before in this charming debut romantic comedy filled with Black Girl Magic. Perfect for fans of Mary H. K. Choi and Nicola Yoon, with crossover appeal for readers of Jasmine Guillory and Talia Hibbert romances.


Heiress Apparently (Daughters of the Dynasty) By Diana Ma Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781419749964
Availability: Special Order
Published: Amulet Books - December 1st, 2020

Diana Ma’s Heiress Apparently is the first book in the epic and romantic Daughters of the Dynasty YA series following the fictionalized descendants of the only officially recognized empress regent of China.
 
Gemma Huang is a recent transplant to Los Angeles from Illinois, having abandoned plans for college to pursue a career in acting, much to the disma


It Only Happens in the Movies By Holly Bourne Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780358172062
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Days
Published: Clarion Books - December 1st, 2020

From award-winning author Holly Bourne comes a clever, deconstructed rom-com that proves that in real life “girl meets boy” doesn't always mean “happily ever after” . . . or does it? At turns funny, feminist, and achingly real, this read is perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella, Patrick Ness, and Julie Buxbaum.


The Life I'm In By Sharon G. Flake Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781338573176
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Published: Scholastic Press - January 5th, 2021

The powerful and long-anticipated companion to The Skin I'm In, Sharon Flake's bestselling modern classic, presents the unflinching story of Char, a young woman trapped in the underworld of human trafficking.

My feet are heavy as stones when I walk up the block wondering why I can't find my old self.


Love Is a Revolution By Renée Watson Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781547600601
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Published: Bloomsbury YA - February 2nd, 2021

From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Renée Watson comes a love story about not only a romantic relationship but how a girl finds herself and falls in love with who she really is.


The Magic Fish: (A Graphic Novel) By Trung Le Nguyen Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781984851598
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Days
Published: Random House Graphic - October 13th, 2020

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews • Booklist • Publishers Weekly


The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss By Amy Noelle Parks Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781419739729
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Days
Published: Amulet Books - January 5th, 2021

Amy Noelle Parks’s The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss is a debut YA rom-com about smart girls, love-struck boys, and quantum theory.
 
Seventeen-year-old Evie Beckham has always been too occupied with her love of math and frequent battles with anxiety to want to date.


The Seventh Raven By David Elliott, Rovina Cai (Illustrator) Cover Image
By David Elliott, Rovina Cai (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780358252115
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Published: Clarion Books - March 16th, 2021

Best-selling author David Elliott examines the timeless themes of balance, transformation, and restoration in this evocative tale about a girl who will stop at nothing to reverse a curse that turned her seven brothers into ravens. 

And these are the sons
Of good Jack and good Jane
The eldest is Jack
And the next one is Jack
And the third


Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet By Laekan Zea Kemp Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780316460279
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Days
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - April 6th, 2021

I'm Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter meets Emergency Contact in this stunning Pura Belpré Honor Book about first love, familial expectations, the power of food, and finding where you belong.

Penelope Prado
has always dreamed of opening her own pastelería next to her father's restaurant, Nacho's Tacos.


A Taste for Love By Jennifer Yen Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780593117521
Availability: Special Order
Published: Razorbill - February 2nd, 2021

For fans of Jenny Han, Jane Austen, and The Great British Baking Show, A Taste for Love, is a delicious rom com about first love, familial expectations, and making the perfect bao.


This Will Be Funny Someday By Katie Henry Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062955708
Availability: Backordered
Published: Katherine Tegen Books - January 19th, 2021

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel comes to high school in acclaimed author Katie Henry’s coming-of-age YA contemporary about a girl who accidentally falls into the world of stand-up comedy. Perfect for fans of John Green and Becky Albertalli!


Victories Greater Than Death (Unstoppable #1) By Charlie Jane Anders Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250317315
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Days
Published: Tor Teen - April 13th, 2021

Outsmart Your Enemies. Outrun the Galaxy.

“Just please, remember what I told you. Run. Don’t stop running for anything.”


We Free the Stars (Sands of Arawiya #2) By Hafsah Faizal Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780374311575
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - January 19th, 2021

A New York Times bestseller!

The second book in the Sands of Arawiya duology by the masterful Hafsah Faizal—the follow-up to the smash New York Times bestselling novel We Hunt the Flame.

Darkness surged in his veins. Power bled from her bones.


We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya #1) By Hafsah Faizal Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9781250250797
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Days
Published: Square Fish - December 1st, 2020

An Ignyte Award Winner 2020
A TIME Magazine Top 100 Fantasy Book of All Time
A Paste Magazine Best YA Book of 2019
A PopSugar Best YA Book of 2019

A TeenVogue Book Club Pick for 2019
A Barnes & Noble Teen Book Club Pick for 2019

"Lyrical and spellbinding" —Marieke Njikamp, #1
New York Times Bestselling Author


What Big Teeth By Rose Szabo Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780374314309
Availability: Special Order
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - February 2nd, 2021

A Strand February 2021 Book of the Month

"With a layered mystery, a haunting setting, and thrilling tension, What Big Teeth has an otherness to it that pulls you in and forces you to keep reading." —Tricia Levenseller, Publisher’s Weekly-bestselling author of The Shadows Between Us


Wings of Ebony By J. Elle Cover Image
By J. Elle
$19.99
ISBN: 9781534470675
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Days
Published: Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books f - January 26th, 2021

Instant New York Times bestseller!
“A remarkable, breathtaking, earthshaking, poetic thrillride.” —Daniel JoOlder, New York Times bestselling author of Shadowshaper

In this riveting, keenly emotional debut fantasy, a Black teen from Houston has her world upended when she learns about her


Yesterday Is History By Kosoko Jackson Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781492694342
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Days
Published: Sourcebooks Fire - February 2nd, 2021

  • One of PopSugar's Best New YA Novels of 2021
  • A Buzzfeed Top LGBTQ+ YA Book
  • A Lambda Literary YA Book to Add to Your TBR Pile
  • A Goodreads Pride Month Pick

An epic, heartfelt romance about a boy torn between two loves, one in his present … and one in the past.


You Should See Me in a Crown By Leah Johnson Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781338503265
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Days
Published: Scholastic Press - June 2nd, 2020

A TIME Magazine Best YA Book of All Time

A Stonewall Honor Book

A Reese's Book Club YA Pick

Liz Lighty has always believed she's too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern town.


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Moxie: A Novel By Jennifer Mathieu Cover Image
$10.99
ISBN: 9781250104267
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Square Fish - September 18th, 2018

Now a Netflix Original Film directed by Amy Poehler!

"Moxie is sweet, funny, and fierce. Read this and then join the fight."—Amy Poehler

An unlikely teenager starts a feminist revolution at a small-town Texas high school in this novel from Jennifer Mathieu, author of The Truth About Alice.

MOXIE GIRLS FIGHT BACK!