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Tour Guide to Reading
Recommended books for teens
Long Ago • Against the Odds • Here & Now • Just Pretend • For Laughing Out Loud • Chills & Thrills • Team Spirit • Real Life
Shattered:
Stories of Children and War
edited by Jennifer Armstrong
In stories set in various times and places,
twelve authors explore how young people are
affected by war.
The
Winter People
by Joseph Bruchac
An Abenaki boy sets out to rescue his mother
and sisters who have been taken captive during
the French and Indian War.
Goddess
of Yesterday
by Caroline B. Cooney
Taken from her home on an Aegean island as a
six-year-old girl, Anaxandra can survive the
ensuing changes in her life only if she can
convincingly take on different identities.
The
Minstrel's Tale
by Berit Haahr
When a talented young musician in fourteenth-century
England is betrothed to a repulsive old man,
she runs away and disguises herself as a boy.
Someday
by Jackie French Koller
Celie knows that someday her town will be flooded
to create a reservoir for Boston, but she is
not prepared for how it will change her life.
Overboard
by Elizabeth Fama
Emily finds herself miles from shore without
a life vest after she escapes from a sinking
ferry in the waters off Sumatra.
Wild
Man Island
by Will Hobbs
Andy encounters unexpected animal and human
inhabitants while stranded on Alaska's Admiralty
Island.
Red
Midnight
by Ben Mikaelsen
After soldiers kill their family, Santiago and
his little sister flee Guatemala in a kayak
and try to reach the United States.
The
Other Side of Truth
by Beverley Naidoo
Smuggled out of Nigeria after their mother's
murder, Sade and her brother are abandoned in
a London airport.
Trouble
Don't Last
by Shelley Pearsall
A young slave and the elderly slave who raised
him struggle to reach Canada via the Underground
Railroad.
Stand
Tall
by Joan Bauer
A six-foot-three-inch twelve-year-old copes
with his parents' divorce and the challenges
of being very tall.
Bronx
Masquerade
by Nikki Grimes
Bronx high school students reveal their true
selves in their read-aloud poetry class.
Big
Mouth and Ugly Girl
by Joyce Carol Oates
When Matt is accused of threatening to bomb
the high school, support comes from an unlikely
friend.
Hush
by Jacqueline Woodson
Evie struggles to create a present and a future
for herself after losing her past to the witness
protection program.
The
House of the Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer
In a future when humans despise clones, Matt
enjoys special status as the young clone of
El Patrón, the leader of a corrupt drug
empire.
Once
Upon a Marigold
by Jean Ferris
A young man with a mysterious past discovers
a plot against the unhappy princess he loves.
The
Hunting of the Last Dragon
by Sherryl Jordan
In medieval England, a monk records the story
of a young peasant as he tells of his journey
to the lair of a dragon.
On
Wings of a Dragon
by Cora Taylor
Protected by her dragon companion, a young woman
is sent on a dangerous mission to restore the
kingdom to its rightful heir.
All-American
Girl
by Meg Cabot
A high school sophomore becomes a celebrity
after she stops a presidential assassination
attempt.
Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen
Roy gets involved in trying to save a colony
of owls from a proposed construction site.
In
Spite of Killer Bees
by Julie Johnston
When the Quade sisters inherit a house, their
precarious family situation gets even more complicated.
Son
of the Mob
by Gordon Korman
The son of a Mafia boss falls in love with the
daughter of an FBI agent.
A
Circle of Time
by Marisa Montes
A girl in a coma travels back in time to 1906
and into the body of a girl who needs help righting
a series of terrible wrongs.
The
Trap
by Joan Lowery Nixon
While spending the summer at her elderly relatives'
ranch, Julie discovers a murderer in their midst.
The
Boy in the Burning House
by Tim Wynne-Jones
Jim gets help from a mentally unstable girl
when he tries to solve the mystery of his father's
disappearance.
Home
of the Braves
by David Klass
Joe, the captain of the soccer team, feels threatened
by a new player.
House
of Sports
by Marisabina Russo
Jim worries about his standing on the basketball
team.
Strike
Three! Take Your Base
by Frosty Wooldridge
When their umpire father dies suddenly, two
brothers who are promising baseball players
must apply lessons from the game to their life.
9-11:
Artists Respond, Volume One
compiled by Dark Horse
Comics
Many comic book writers and artists contributed
stories and pictures to this collection that
reflects on 9-11-2001.
Who
Moved My Cheese? For Teens
by Spencer Johnson, M.D.
Teens use a simple parable to help cope with
change in their lives.
The
Making of a Writer
by Joan Lowery Nixon
A prolific mystery writer recalls events from
her childhood that helped her become a writer.
Revenge
of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship
Essex
by Nathaniel Philbrick
After an angry whale sinks a whaling ship, the
crew of young men and teenagers must struggle
to survive.