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Good Reads for Teens
Contemporary Life • Adventure and Survival • Sports • Historical Fiction • Mystery and Suspense • Fantasy • Humor • Graphic Novels • Nonfiction
Pieces
of Georgia
by Jen Bryant
In journal entries to her mother, a gifted artist
who died suddenly, Georgia reveals how her life changes after she receives
an anonymous gift membership to a nearby art museum.
Ask
Me No Questions
by Marina Budhos
Nadira and her family, immigrants from Bangladesh,
find their lives completely changed after the events of September 11, 2001.
The
Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy & Goth Girl
by Barry Lyga
Fanboy, a frequent target of bullies who is creating
a graphic novel, is surprised when he receives an IM from the mysterious Goth
Girl.
Forbidden
by Judy Waite
Elinor lives in a cult, but when she meets a boy who
looks strangely familiar, she begins to question what she has been taught.
Desert
Crossing
by Elise Broach
Lucy is traveling across the New Mexico desert with
her older brother and his best friend when their car runs over a girl during
a storm.
Crossing
the Wire
by Will Hobbs
Victor journeys north in a desperate attempt to cross
the Arizona border and find work in the United States to support his family
in central Mexico.
Alabama
Moon
by Watt Key
After his father dies, Moon tries to survive alone
by using the wilderness skills his father taught him.
Hattie
Big Sky
by Kirby Larson
In 1917,
Hattie travels from Iowa to Montana to make a home for herself on the homesteading
claim she inherited from her uncle.
Love,
Football, and Other Contact Sports
by Alden R. Carter
This collection of short stories focuses on the members
of a high school football team while revealing the many dimensions behind the
stereotypes.
Heat
by Mike Lupica
After being banned from playing Little League baseball
because rival coaches suspect he is too old, star pitcher Michael Arroyo has
no way to prove his age.
Dairy
Queen
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
After
spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback
for her school's rival football team, D.J. decides to go out for the sport
herself.
The
Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin
to a place he calls "Out-With" in 1942, the son of a Nazi officer befriends
a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
Sweetgrass
Basket
by Marlene Carvell
Two Mohawk sisters are sent to the Carlisle Indian
School where the students are forced to abandon their heritage and assimilate
into white culture.
Homefront
by Doris Gwaltney
Though she lives on a farm in Virginia, Margaret Ann
learns that she and her family are personally affected by World War II.
The
Wright 3
by Blue Balliett; illustrated by Brett Helquist
Three friends attempt to keep architect Frank Lloyd
Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished.
Underworld
by Catherine MacPhail
Five Scottish teenagers must deal with their own
fears and rivalries when they are trapped in caverns on an island in
the North Sea.
The
Death Collector
by Justin Richards
Three teens and a curator of unclassified artifacts
at the British Museum match wits with a madman determined to reanimate the
dead, both humans and dinosaurs.
Foundling
by D. M. Cornish
Having grown up in a home for foundlings, Rossamund
sets out to report to his new job as a lamplighter, meeting monsters and other
frightening creatures along the way.
The
Pinhoe Egg
by Diana Wynne Jones
Two powerful young enchanters work together as friends
to try to end an illegal witches' war and, in the process, right some old wrongs.
Peeps
by Scott Westerfeld
Cal, a carrier of a parasite that causes vampirism,
gets involved in the effort to eradicate the disease and uncovers a conspiracy.
Story
Time
by Edward Bloor
George and Kate transfer to Whittaker Magnet School
where they are promised the best education, but instead they face horrifying
conditions and uncover a deadly secret.
High
School Bites: The Lucy Chronicles
by Liza Conrad
Being stalked by the descendants of Count Dracula,
Lucy tries to save herself and her friends while wondering whether her boyfriend
is also a vampire.
Soccer
Chick Rules
by Dawn FitzGerald
While
trying to focus on a winning soccer season, Tess becomes involved in local
politics when she learns that all sports programs at her school will be
stopped unless a tax levy is passed.
Batman:
The Dark Knight Returns
by Frank Miller
A troubled Batman comes out of retirement to even the
score with some criminals.
Runaways,
Volume 1: Pride and Joy
by Brian K. Vaughan
Six teenagers run away together after discovering
that their parents are all super-powered villains.
Astonishing
X-Men: Volume 1: Gifted
by Joss Whedon
The
newly re-formed X-Men team is poised to astonish the world, but then a
cure for the mutant gene is announced.
Teens
Take It to Court: Young People Who Challenged the Law—and Changed
Your Life
by Thomas A. Jacobs
Legal cases about issues relevant to teens, such as privacy, visitation and divorce,
search and seizure, dress code, drug testing, and free speech in school newspapers
and yearbooks, are examined.
It's
OK If You're Clueless: And 23 More Tips for the College Bound
by Terry McMillan
The popular novelist presents a collection of tips
and advice for the college bound student.
Cooking
Up a Storm: The Teen Survival Cookbook
by Sam Stern
The teen-aged author presents a wide range of recipes
for meals and snacks that will impress the cook’s family and friends.