Showing 1–18 of 18 books
- Genre: Fiction
- List: Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
- List: Best Fiction for Young Adults
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Between the Lines
Aspiring reporter Darrian chronicles a semester writing and performing slam poetry in Mr. Ward's class. Each student in the class weaves their own unique story into their poems, learning to trust each other and the creative process along the way.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2019
- ISBN: 9780399246883
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A Curse So Dark and Lonely
Harper is kidnapped from Washington, D.C., and brought to the fairy-tale kingdom of Emberfall, where a prince named Rhen has been cursed for over three centuries to relive the same year—in which he turns into a monster each time—and the curse won't be broken until he falls in love.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2020
- ISBN: 9781681195087
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Darius the Great is Not Okay
Darius Kellner is a Persian American who has always felt out of place. He travels to Iran for the first time to visit family he formerly only knew through his computer screen. As he deals with clinical depression and his family, Darius meets Sohrab, a neighbor who turns best friend, and learns how to be himself. -
Divergent
Abnegation (selfless), Erudite (intelligence), Candor (honesty), Amity (peace), or Dauntless (brave): where would you fit? Beatrice lives in a society where she must choose either to remain with her family's faction or set off towards independence and her beliefs. And what happens when the unity between these factions begins to fall apart? -
Dry
Imagine what would happen if water become scarce. Would you turn into a water zombie, kill all your neighbors for their water, or try to find a savior?- Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2020, Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9781481481960
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Everything, Everything
Maddy is a teenager with a serious autoimmune disease that prevents her from leaving the house. Yet, she seems content to stay home and read books. That is until a boy named Olly moves in next door. The two meet, and their quirky relationship is chronicled through emails, journal entries, IMs and old notes. -
Heroine
After Mickey Catalan, a star athlete, is sidelined by a car crash, she relies on pain medicine to help her recover faster. When she discovers that it isn't enough, Mickey spirals out of control, and her need for relief leads her to lie, steal, and shoot up.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2020
- ISBN: 9780062847195
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If I Was Your Girl
When Amanda moves to Lambertville, Kentucky after a string of bullying incidents led her to attempt suicide all she wants is to lead a normal life, make friends, and generally be happy for once. All of this seems possible until she meets Grant, who causes her to let down the walls around her heart. But the problem is that Amanda's past is haunting her. And in her past, she wasn't Amanda, she was Andrew.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2017, Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award 2017, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2017, Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2017, Stonewall Honor Books in Children's and Young Adult Literature 2017, Teens' Top Ten 2017
- ISBN: 9781250078407
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Love from A to Z
Adam and Zayneb, two Muslim teens, meet on a flight to Qatar. The fact that they meet at all is both a marvel and an oddity. The fact that they keep meeting again? It might just be love.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2020
- ISBN: 9781534442726
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Michigan vs. the Boys
How far are you willing to go for your sport? Michigan must figure out the answer to this question when her high school cuts the girls' hockey team. After deciding to try out for the boys' team, Michigan will have to endure more than she thought to play the game she loves.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2020
- ISBN: 9781525301483
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Patron Saints of Nothing
Jay is coasting out his senior year, about to enjoy Spring Break, and plans to start college in the Fall. Learning of his cousin's death in the Philippines, his priorities are shaken. He heads to the Philippines to find answers about his cousin and President Duterte's war on drugs.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2020
- ISBN: 9780525554912
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The Poet X
Xiomara secretly creates poetry to explore her shifting relationship with her Dominican immigrant parents, religion, her body, and chemistry lab partner/crush Aman. -
Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty
This collection of poems twists and shatters the fairy tale image of women, girls, beauty, love, gender and body. -
The Revolution of Birdie Randolph
Chicago teenager Birdie Randolph studies hard and follows her parents' rules, at least until she meets Booker. Now she's sneaking out of the house and lying to her parents. With a secret boyfriend, and the arrival of a mysterious aunt bearing devastating family secrets, Birdie's summer promises to be revolutionary.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2020
- ISBN: 9780316448567
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Scythe
Humanity has overcome hunger, disease, war, and even death. Now only Scythes can take life. What will happen to Citra and Rowan when they are chosen to be Scythe apprentices? Follow them as they struggle with their task and morality. -
The Stars Beneath Our Feet
Reeling from the shooting death of his older brother, 12-year-old Lolly finds solace in building fantastical, epic cityscapes out of Lego blocks. His Lego building attracts the attention of the kids in his Harlem after-school program and beyond, while the violence of the streets threatens to pull him in another direction.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2018
- ISBN: 9781524701246
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Wild Bird
Out-of-control Wren is shipped off to a wilderness survival camp for troubled teens after her parents reach their wits' end with her. Despite her best efforts to remain uncooperative, the stark reality of survival in the desert gradually forces her to face her inner demons.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2018
- ISBN: 9781101940440
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With the Fire on High
Emoni Santiago is a senior in high school and has a fiery passion for cooking and her family. With a young daughter and a grandma to take care of, Emoni is struggling to choose whether to follow her dreams of becoming a chef or stay with her family.