Cecily Wolfe

Cecily Wolfe writes contemporary fiction for younger readers, with friendship, family, and first relationships recurring across her work. Released during 2019, The Library War is her third novel for teenage readers. It follows Maya and Connor, longtime friends who have volunteered together at their neighborhood library since middle school. When grant funding creates a single paid summer position, cooperation turns into competition and exposes feelings neither has spoken aloud. Wolfe keeps the conflict rooted in recognizable pressures: money, ambition, loyalty, misunderstanding, and the fear that honesty could damage a valued friendship. The library is more than a decorative setting because the available job changes how the two characters measure fairness and responsibility. The English-language release runs to 255 pages and sits alongside Wolfe's other published fiction. Her wider bibliography includes That Night, Reckless Treasure, and A Harvest of Stars. Together, these works show her interest in characters whose closest relationships are tested by circumstances they cannot solve through good intentions alone.