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Great Teen Reads

 
Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson

Ashley is a senior who is not planning to go to the prom, or to college. But when a teacher steals her school's prom money, and her best friend Nat gets her to help with an alternate prom, all her plans change.

  Day of Tears by Julius Lester

It's 1859 in Georgia, and Pierce Butler's slaves are sold at auction. Their stories are told in monologues and dialog...easy to read and impossible to forget.

     
Looking for Alaska by John Green

Looking for a more exciting life when he goes to boarding school, Miles teams up with his prankster roommate Chip and a beautiful and reckless girl named Alaska.

  Troy by Adele Geras

It's all here; Helen and Paris and their romance, the great Greek gods, bloody battles, and of course, the horse.  This novel brings the classic story of the Trojan War vividly to life for today's teens.

     
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

After 15-year-old Liz is killed while riding her bike, she finds herself in Elsewhere, an afterlife where people get younger, not older.

  Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

Bella, the new girl in town, falls for Edward.  Then she discovers that he is a vampire, but one who refuses to give in to his cravings to prey on people.  Especially her.

     
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause

After she falls for a human boy, a teenage girl werewolf is not sure where she belongs.

  The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls by Joan Jacob Brumberg

This eye-opening account of how teen girls' bodies were viewed in the 19th and 20th centuries shows the evolution of the current obsession with physical appearance.

     
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

The romantic entanglements faced by gay teen Paul are part of the norm to everyone in his idyllic non-homophobic town.

  The City of Ember by Jeanne du Prau

The city is decaying and the spotlights that are the only source of illumination in Ember are failing. Can Lina and Doon decipher the instructions left by the Builders and help everyone escape in time?

     
Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo

The mass hysteria that gripped the Jersey shore in 1916 and the voyage of the shark that caused it before man knew what a danger a shark could be.

  Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa

Fifteen-year-old Violet brings her own unique ideas to the traditional celebration of her quinceanero.

     
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Christopher has some mysteries to solve, but he is autistic, so he approached them, and life, in a special way.

  Feed by M.T. Anderson

In a futuristic society where teens have "feeds" implanted in their brains to read, write, control the environment and think for them, Violet rebels against the "feed."

     
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson

This easy-to-read, deeply moving story of a teen father and his baby daughter is a multiple award-winner.

  My Heartbeat by Garret Freymann-Weyr

As she tries to understand the closeness between her older brother and his best friend, 14 year-old Ellen finds her relationship with each of them changing.

     
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley

In this first book in a classic fantasy series, Princess Aerin, daughter of a king and a witch-woman, must call on both sides of her birthright to save her country.

  The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142 year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.

     
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

The incidents surrounding a true and horrible murder that occurred in upstate New York in 1906 form the backdrop in this coming-of-age story of a fictional teen girl.

  Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers

What happens to Jacob Todd when he visits his grandfather's grave at the annual commemoration of the Battle of Anhem is paralleled in time by  events of the dramatic day in World War II when retreating troops were sheltered by the family of Geertrui Van Riet.

     
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares

With a bit of last summer’s sand in their pockets, the Traveling Pants and the Sisterhood that wears them embark on their 16th summer.

  19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East by Naomi Shihab Nye

Beginning with a work inspired by the events of September 11, Naomi Shihab Nye brings together 60 of her poems, including "Different Ways to Pray," "The Palestinians Have Given Up Parties" and "Football."

 

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