| Does My Head Look Big In This? Year Eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith--without losing her identity or sense of style. |
Abdel-Fattah, Randa | Realistic Fiction / Teen Girls / Humor |
| Ten Things I Hate About Me Lebanese-Australian Jamilah, known in school as Jamie, hides her heritage from her classmates and tries to pass by dyeing her hair blonde and wearing blue-tinted contact lenses, until her conflicted feelings become too much for her to bear. |
Abdel-Fattah, Randa | Realistic Fiction / Teen Girls / Humor |
| The Poison Apples At an elite Massachusetts boarding school, three fifteen-year-old girls of very different backgrounds discover a common bond and form a club to plot revenge against their evil stepmothers. |
Archer, Lily | Realistic Fiction / Teen Girls / Boarding School |
| Exodus In the year 2100, as the island of Wing is about to be covered by water, fifteen-year-old Mara discovers the existence of New World sky cities that are safe from the storms and rising waters, and convinces her people to travel to one of these cities in order to save themselves. Zenith is the sequel. |
Bertagna, Julie | Science Fiction / The Environment |
| Avalon High Having moved to Annapolis, Maryland, with her medievalist parents, high school junior Ellie enrolls at Avalon High School where several students may or may not be reincarnations of King Arthur and his court. |
Cabot, Meg | Fantasy / Arthurian Legend / Romance / Teen Girls |
| The Tequila Worm Sofia grows up in the close-knit community of the barrio in McAllen, Texas, then finds that her experiences as a scholarship student at an Episcopal boarding school in Austin only strengthen her ties to family and her "comadres." |
Canales, Viola | Realistic Fiction / Teen Girls / Boarding School |
| Graceling In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king. |
Cashore, Kristin | Fantasy / Adventure / Romance |
| The Warrior Heir (Heir series) After learning about his magical ancestry and his own warrior powers, sixteen-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to fight enemy wizards. Book 2: The Wizard Heir Book 3: The Dragon Heir |
Chima, Cinda Williams | Fantasy / Adventure |
| Airman In the late 19th century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety. |
Colfer, Eoin | Fantasy / Adventure |
| The Hunger Games In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss' skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place. |
Collins, Suzanne | Science Fiction / Adventure / Romance |
| King of the Mild Frontier Chris Crutcher, author of young adult novels such as "Ironman" and "Whale Talk," as well as short stories, tells of growing up in Cascade, Idaho, and becoming a writer. |
Crutcher, Chris | Autobiography / Humor |
| Little Brother After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right. |
Doctorow, Cory | Science Fiction / Adventure / Technology |
| A Northern Light In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiancé, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story. |
Donnelly, Jennifer | Mystery / Historical Fiction / 19th Century America / Teen Girls |
| Bog Child In 1981, the height of Ireland's "Troubles," eighteen-year-old Fergus is distracted from his upcoming A-level exams by his imprisoned brother's hunger strike, the stress of being a courier for Sinn Fein, and dreams of a murdered girl whose body he discovered in a bog. |
Dowd, Siobhan | Historical Fiction / Irish Republican Army / Teen Boys |
| The House of the Scorpion In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patron, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States. |
Farmer, Nancy | Science Fiction / Adventure |
| Last Shot (Stevie & Susan Carol Sports Mysteries series) Teen reporters Stevie and Susan Carol investigate big-time mysteries at the Super Bowl (Cover Up), the NCAA Final Four Tournament (Last Shot), and the U.S. Open (Vanishing Act). |
Feinstein, John | Sports / Mystery |
| Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini A biography of the magician, ghost chaser, aviator, and king of escape artists whose amazing feats are remembered long after his death in 1926. |
Fleischman, Sid | Biography / Magic |
| The Graveyard Book Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard. |
Gaiman, Neil | Supernatural / Horror / Adventure / Mystery / Humor |
| The Patron Saint of Butterflies When her grandmother takes fourteen-year-old Agnes, her younger brother, and best friend Honey and escapes Mount Blessing, a Connecticut religious commune, Agnes clings to the faith she loves while Honey looks toward a future free of control, cruelty, and preferential treatment. |
Galante, Cecilia | Realistic Fiction / Mystery / Teen Girls |
| The Red Necklace In the late eighteenth-century, Sido, the twelve-year-old daughter of a self-indulgent marquis, and Yann, a fourteen-year-old Gypsy orphan raised to perform in a magic show, face a common enemy at the start of the French Revolution. |
Gardner, Sally | Historical Fiction / French Revolution / Adventure |
| Gone In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have "The Power" and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not. |
Grant, Michael | Science Fiction / Adventure |
| The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother. |
Haddon, Mark | Historical Fiction / World War II, Nazi Germany |
| Book of a Thousand Days Fifteen-year-old Dashti, sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, shares Saren's years of punishment locked in a tower, then brings her safely to the lands of her true love, where both must hide who they are as they work as kitchen maids. |
Hale, Shannon | Historical Fiction / Mongolia / Teen Girls / Romance |
| Evil Genius In Evil Genius, child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy. Genius Squad is the sequel. |
Jinks, Catherine | Humor / Fantasy / Adventure |
| The Reformed Vampire Support Group Fifteen-year-old vampire Nina has been stuck for fifty-one years in a boring support group for vampires, and nothing exciting has ever happened to them--until one of them is murdered and the others must try to solve the crime. |
Jinks, Catherine | Vampires / Humor |
| Suite Scarlett Fifteen-year-old Scarlett Marvin is stuck in New York City for the summer working at her quirky family's historic hotel, but her brother's attractive new friend and a seasonal guest who offers her an intriguing and challenging writing project improve her outlook. |
Johnson, Maureen | Realistic Fiction / Teen Girls / Romance |
| 1968 Looks at the major historical events that took place during this year and the impact they had on the country and the world overall, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination and man's first steps in space. |
Kaufman, Michael T. | Nonfiction / American History |
| Undercover High school sophomore Elisa is used to observing while going unnoticed except when classmates ask her to write love notes for them, but a teacher's recognition of her talent, a "client's" desire for her friendship, a love of ice skating, and her parents' marital problems draw her out of herself. |
Kephart, Beth | Realistic Fiction / Teen Girls |
| The Eyes of the Dragon A kingdom is in turmoil as the old king dies and his successor must do battle for the throne. Pitted against an evil wizard and a would-be rival, Prince Peter makes a daring escape and rallies the forces of Good to fight for what is rightfully his. |
King, Stephen | Fantasy / Dragons / Adventure |
| Dairy Queen After spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school's rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her. The Off Season is the sequel. |
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert | Realistic Fiction / Teen Girls / Sports |
| Bad Boy: A Memoir The author relates his experiences growing up in Harlem, the home of Sugar Ray Robinson and Langston Hughes, in the 1940s and 1950s. |
Myers, Walter Dean | Autobiography |
| The Knife of Never Letting Go Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World. |
Ness, Patrick | Science Fiction |
| Sabriel (Old Kingdom series) Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead. Book 2: Lirael Book 3: Abhorsen |
Nix, Garth | Fantasy / Adventure / Teen Girls |
| Honeybee: Poems and Short Prose In eighty-two poems and paragraphs, poet Nye alights on the essentials of our time, our loved ones, our wars, our memories, our planet, and leaves us feeling curiously sweeter and profoundly soothed. |
Nye, Naomi Shihab | Poetry |
| Eragon (Inheritance series) In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters. Book 2: Eldest Book 3: Brisingr |
Paolini, Christopher | Fantasy / Adventure / Dragons |
| East A young woman journeys to a distant castle on the back of a great white bear who is the victim of a cruel enchantment. |
Pattou, Edith | Fairy Tales / Fantasy / Romance / Teen Girls |
| Tamar In England in 1995, fifteen-year-old Tamar, grief-stricken by the puzzling death of her beloved grandfather, slowly begins to uncover the secrets of his life in the Dutch resistance during the last year of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, and the climactic events that forever cast a shadow on his life and that of his family. |
Peet, Mal | Mystery / Historical Fiction / World War II |
| Life as We Knew It Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. The Dead and the Gone is a companion novel set in New York City and narrated by seventeen-year-old Alex Morales. |
Pfeffer, Susan Beth | Science Fiction / The Environment |
| Nation After a devastating tsunami destroys all that they have ever known, Mau, an island boy, and Daphne, an aristocratic English girl, together with a small band of refugees, set about rebuilding their community and all the things that are important in their lives. |
Pratchett, Terry | Fantasy / Historical Fiction / Adventure |
| Mortal Engines (Hungry City Chronicles series) In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, a fifteen-year-old apprentice is pushed out of London by the man he most admires and must seek answers in the perilous Out-Country, aided by one girl and the memory of another. Book 2: Predator’s Gold Book 3: Infernal Devices Book 4: A Darkling Plain |
Reeve, Philip | Science Fiction / Adventure / Romance / Teen Boys |
| The Schwa Was Here A Brooklyn eighth-grader nicknamed Antsy befriends the Schwa, an "invisible-ish" boy who is tired of blending into his surroundings and going unnoticed by nearly everyone. Antsy Does Time is the sequel. |
Shusterman, Neal | Realistic Fiction / Humor / Teen Boys |
| The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain Annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes take readers on an extraordinary journey of how the artist-author's life was shaped while growing up in Czechoslovakia during the Cold War, as well as the influence of western culture through the influx of banned books, music, and news, in a powerful graphic memoir. |
Sis, Peter | Memoir / Graphic Novel |
| Lament: The Faerie Queen’s Deception On the day of an important music competition, talented but painfully introverted and nervous Deirdre Monaghan is helped to perform by the compelling and enigmatic Luke Dillon and finds herself inexorably drawn into the mysteries and dangers of the faerieworld. |
Stiefvater, Maggie | Fantasy / Romance |
| The New Policeman Irish teenager JJ Liddy discovers that time is leaking from his world into Tir na Nog, the land of the fairies, and when he attempts to stop the leak he finds out a lot about his family history, the music that he loves, and a crime his great-grandfather may or may not have committed. The Last of the High Kings is the sequel. |
Thompson, Kate | Fantasy / Adventure / Mythology |
| The Thief (The Queen’s Thief series) The king's scholar, the magus, believes he knows the site of an ancient treasure. To attain it for his king, he needs a skillful thief, and he selects Gen from the king's prison. The magus is interested only in the thief’s abilities. What Gen is interested in is anyone's guess. Their journey toward the treasure is both dangerous and difficult, lightened only imperceptibly by the tales they tell of the old gods and goddesses. Book 2: The Queen of Attolia Book 3: The King of Attolia |
Turner, Megan Whalen | Fantasy / Adventure / Romance |
| Me, the Missing, and the Dead When a series of chance events leaves him in possession of an urn with ashes, sixteen-year-old Londoner, Lucas Swain, becomes convinced that its occupant, Violet Park, is communicating with him, initiating a voyage of self-discovery that forces him to finally confront the events surrounding his father's sudden disappearance. |
Valentine, Jenny | Mystery / Teen Boys |
| Spud In 1990, thirteen-year-old John “Spud” Milton, a prepubescent choirboy, keeps a diary of his first year at an elite, boys-only boarding school in South Africa, as he deals with bizarre housemates, wild crushes, embarrassingly dysfunctional parents, and much more. |
Van de Ruit, John | Humor / Teen Boys / Boarding School |
| Becoming Billie Holiday Jazz vocalist Billie Holiday looks back on her early years in this fictional memoir written in verse. |
Weatherford, Carole Boston | Biography / Novel-In-Verse |
| Elsewhere After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new status and figure out how to "live." |
Zevin, Gabrielle | Supernatural / Teen Girls / Romance |
| The Book Thief Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, the narrator “Death” relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors. |
Zusak, Markus | Historical Fiction / World War II, Nazi Germany |
