Showing 51–100 of 297 books
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Dig
Five teenagers' disparate lives weave together, unveiling long-buried secrets within a complex shared history. King's surrealistic narrative confronts themes of white privilege and its dark legacies.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020, Michael L. Printz Award 2020
- ISBN: 9781101994931
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Dig
Five white estranged cousins pick away at the thin veneer of their grandparents' respectability, finding themselves while uncovering family secrets that have flourished while buried. The raw delivery of the four distinctive narrators suits the layered characters, while the intensifying plot lures in listeners with quirky delivery and character-driven complexity.- Audiobook
- Amazing Audiobooks 2020
- ISBN: 9781984838179
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The Disasters
After Nax is kicked out of Ellis Station Academy, a terrorist group attacks the school, and he—along with three other students who wash out of the academy—is framed for it, forcing him to find out who was really behind the attack.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9780062657671
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Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
A crew of 10 astronauts, 6 of whom are teens, set off on a 23-year journey to begin settling an uninhabited planet known as Terra-Two. This character-driven sci-fi novel will draw teens into its orbit with interpersonal conflict.- Science Fiction
- Alex Awards 2020
- ISBN: 9781534437401
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Dominicana
In 1965, 15-year-old Ana Cancion leaves the Dominican Republic married to a man twice her age and eventually discovers her own voice in Washington Heights, New York. Though historical fiction, this powerful immigrant story is increasingly relevant today.- Historical Fiction
- Alex Awards 2020
- ISBN: 9781250205940
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The Downstairs Girl
In this masterful concoction of historical fiction that mirrors contemporary social issues, Jo Kuan is a Chinese American girl living in the periphery of Southern society in 1890. When she begins using a pseudonym to write a witty advice column, she discovers more about herself.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9781524740955
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Dreamland (YA Edition): The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
This YA adaptation depicts the opiate epidemic that is ruling the United States.- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2020
- ISBN: 9781547601318
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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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Echo North
In this retelling of the Norwegian fairy-tale, “East of the Sun, West of the Moon,” a girl named Echo, disfigured from a childhood accident, makes a deal with a mysterious wolf to live with him for one year in an enchanted house in order to save her father.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9781624147159
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The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
In 1930s Germany, pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer watches as his country is taken over by Adolf Hilter. To save his country and humanity from Hitler's megalomania, Dietrich realizes that to be true to God, he must join fellow German conspirators in a plot to kill Hitler.- Graphic Novel
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2020
- ISBN: 9781419728389
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - Makers, Mysteries and Magic
Get a backstage view on the making of the Crime of Grindelwald with over 100 hours of interviews with the cast and crew. Narrated by an animated and funny Dan Folger.- Audiobook
- Amazing Audiobooks 2020
- ISBN: 9781781101452
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Femme Magnifique: 50 Magnificent Women Who Changed The World
A comic book anthology dedicated to the wonderful women who have made the world great. Each subject gets a 4-page summary of their life and accomplishments and is written and drawn by a variety of writers and illustrators.- Graphic Novel
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2020
- ISBN: 9781684053209
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Fence Vol. 2
Rivals and roommates Seiji and Nicholas are continuing to fence their way towards a spot on the King's Row school team. Their matches get more intense as they get closer to the end of the tournament.- Graphic Novel
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2020
- ISBN: 9781684152971
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Fence Vol. 3
Rivals and roommates Seiji and Nicholas are continuing to fence their way towards a spot on the King's Row school team. Their matches get more intense as they get closer to the end of the tournament.- Graphic Novel
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2020
- ISBN: 9781684153343
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Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918
The story of the Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918.- Graphic Novel
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2020
- ISBN: 9780544837409
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The Field Guide to the North American Teenager
After his mother gets a new job as a professor at the University of Texas, Norris, a Black French Canadian who has lived in Montreal his whole life, has to adjust to high school in Austin, Texas.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020, William C. Morris YA Debut Award 2020
- ISBN: 9780062824110
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Fifteen and Change
Zeke is desperate to help his mom escape their impoverished life with her loser boyfriend. Taking a job at a pizza shop, he meets labor activists who encourage him to fight for better working conditions. Will he raise his voice in protest, even if it means postponing his own dreams?- Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2020
- ISBN: 9781538382608
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Five Feet Apart
Stella Grant's cystic fibrosis has kept her from living life as a "typical" kid. When she finally has a shot at a life-saving lung transplant, her resolve to stay six feet apart from anyone else is tested by fellow inpatient Will Newman when they decide if love is worth breaking that rule.- Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2020
- ISBN: 9781534437333
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Forward Me Back to You
After struggling with a violent sexual episode at her school where she was not supported, Kat moves, finds a new group of friends, and takes a trip to work with trafficked girls in India, where she finds the strength to help others while helping herself.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9780374304928
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The Fountains of Silence
Shining a light on the Spanish Civil War, Sepetys introduces Daniel, an 18-year-old American, and Ana, a native whose family has suffered under the Franco regime, whose romance takes center stage in this rich introduction to hidden history.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9780399160318
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The Fountains of Silence
Under the fascist dictatorship of General Franco, Daniel Matheson arrives in Madrid and fate introduces him to Ana, whose family's interweaving obstacles reveal the lingering grasp of the Spanish Civil War and chilling definitions of fortune and fear. A full cast embodies the time period and brings the story to life.- Audiobook
- Amazing Audiobooks 2020
- ISBN: 9780593105665
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Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection
The first half of the book is Ito's retelling of the Mary Shelley classic, Frankenstein. After that follows, a series of stories about lonely high schooler Oshikiri, who lives alone in a giant haunted house while attending school. The remaining stories are a mixture of horror and an ode to the author's family dog, Non-non.- Graphic Novel
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2020
- ISBN: 9781974703760
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Frankly in Love
Frank Li is a Korean-American high school student torn between two lives. At school, he's part of a diverse group of smart friends. At home, he tries to be a model son - working in his parents' store, socializing with other Koreans, and following his immigrant parents' expectations. When Frank begins a relationship with a white girl, he and Korean-American Joy Song begin fake dating as a cover for their parents. Frank is soon forced to reconsider everything he thought he knew about relationships, identity, and race.- Fiction
- William C. Morris YA Debut Award 2020
- ISBN: 9781984812209
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Frankly in Love
Frank Li is Korean-American, who's parents have one rule when it comes to romance, 'Date Korean,' which proves complicated when Frank falls for Brit, who is smart, beautiful, and white. Lee voices Frank with an earnest tenderness befitting a high school senior in the throes of first love.- Audiobook
- Amazing Audiobooks 2020
- ISBN: 9780593105597
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Free Lunch
An honest and engrossing account of Ogle's sixth-grade year and his family's experience with poverty and its effect on their relationships. Ogle captures the voice and emotion of his sixth-grade self in this powerful story of trauma and resilience.- Nonfiction
- Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9781324003601
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Full Disclosure
Simone Garcia-Hampton is HIV positive. After her secret gets out at school, she transfers, hoping to start over, but when she begins dating a boy and getting notes threatening to expose her, she must decide whether to keep running or face everyone head on.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9781984829955
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Gender Queer: A Memoir
Genderqueer author and artist Maia Kobabe, who uses the non-binary e/em/eir pronouns, knew from childhood that e didn't fit traditional definitions of female, and was never completely comfortable thinking of emself as male either. E explores big themes like gender, sexuality, sex, relationships, and family side-by-side with specific individual experiences of bullying, clothing, haircuts, coming out and finding community.- Graphic Novel
- Alex Awards 2020, Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2020
- ISBN: 9781549304002
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Genesis Begins Again
Genesis struggles to accept herself as others call her names and her father's alcoholism leads to insecurities, but when a music teacher encourages her talent, the positive begins to outweigh the negative, allowing Genesis to throw out the list of things she hates about herself.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020, William C. Morris YA Debut Award 2020
- ISBN: 9781481465809
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Giant Days Vol. 10
Esther, Daisy, and Susan are at the end of their second year of university and figuring out what next year is going to look like now that they've decided they won't be living together. Esther hasn't found a place to live yet and commiserates with Ed Gemmell on an ill-advised pub crawl. Daisy thinks maybe it's time to break it off with Ingrid. Susan's dad is back in town to help them move.- Graphic Novel
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2020
- ISBN: 9781684153718
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Giant Days Vol. 9
Esther, Daisy, and Susan are at the end of their second year of university and figuring out what next year is going to look like now that they've decided they won't be living together. Esther hasn't found a place to live yet and commiserates with Ed Gemmell on an ill-advised pub crawl. Daisy thinks maybe it's time to break it off with Ingrid. Susan's dad is back in town to help them move.- Graphic Novel
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2020
- ISBN: 9781684153107
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Giant Days: Early Registration
Travel through the first time that Esther, Daisy, and Susan all met when they were tiny freshmen in the big city away from their friends and families. You will see the development of their awesome friendships as well as see little hints from their pasts.- Graphic Novel
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2020
- ISBN: 9781684152650
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Girls on the Verge
After learning she is pregnant from her first sexual encounter, Camille is forced to make a decision. When she runs out of options in her Texas hometown, she, Annabelle, and her disapproving best friend, Bea, set off on a road trip to get an abortion.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9781250151698
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Girls With Sharp Sticks
The girls at Innovations Academy resemble beautiful, pleasing and polished young women. But they are not quite what they seem.- Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2020
- ISBN: 9781534426139
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The Giver: Graphic Novel
At the age of 12, Jonas is assigned the rare job of "Receiver of Memory,” tasked with absorbing the secrets and memories of his entire community. As he begins to understand the colorless conformity of his current world, he becomes determined to change it for the better. -
The Good Luck Girls
Certain girls in Arketta are sold as children to work at welcome houses where, after being branded and educated, they become prostitutes on their sixteenth birthdays. Clementine's first encounter leads to murder—and an escape—but can she and her squad survive?- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9781250299703
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Goodbye, Perfect
Eden McKinley thought she had problems in school and with her parents until her high-achieving best friend Bonnie runs off with their high school music teacher on the eve of final exams. Eden grapples with her morals as the police search for her friend and her loyalty to her friends and family is tested.- Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2020
- ISBN: 9781534402447
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Grand Theft Horse
Gail Raffu became an outlaw when she stole a horse she was part owner of, Urgent Envoy, because her partners wanted to race him to early and drug him to help him win. She battled the corrupt racing system for years to protect Urgent Envoy. -
Grass
The story of Lee Ok-sun, a Korean woman born into abject poverty and hard labor, denied any formal education, adopted out by her desperate parents, kidnapped off the street, and forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II. Upon liberation, Lee was outcast, homeless, eventually settling into an abusive marriage that kept her in China for the next fifty years before finally returning to Korea to reclaim her identity.- Graphic Novel
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2020
- ISBN: 9781770463622
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The Great Nijinsky: God of Dance
With striking portraits and bold prose, Curlee details the life of the prodigal dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, who, unencumbered by sexuality and gender norms, rapidly ascended to stardom before tragically succumbing to mental illness. Curlee pushes the boundaries of the traditional young-adult biography with extravagant design and uncompromising frankness.- Nonfiction
- Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9781580898003
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Grimoire Noir
Bucky Orson's little sister has gone missing and he's determined to find her before his mother's tears literally flood their town. Where they live, all the girls have magic and everyone has secrets.- Graphic Novel
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2020
- ISBN: 9781626725980
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Guts
The autobiographical story of the author's struggles with anxiety and the resulting stomachaches during her fourth-grade year. The characters are relatable and endearingly written, and the readers will enjoy getting to know Raina and her friends and family as Raina learns to deal with the changes around her and gets her body and mind under control.- Graphic Novel
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2020
- ISBN: 9780545852517
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Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass
Fifteen-year-old Harleen Quinzel is sent to live in Gotham City while her mom works on a cruise ship. When Gotham's best drag queen, Mama, takes her in, Harley finds a home and makes a new best friend, Ivy, at Gotham High. -
The Haunted
Hendricks and her family have relocated to a small town looking for a clean slate from a previous traumatic experience, but their newly purchased home has a long, dark history.- Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2020
- ISBN: 9780451481467
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Hawking
Tells the story of Stephen Hawking's life, focusing on his career in science.- Graphic Novel
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2020, Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2018
- ISBN: 9781620103838
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Her Royal Highness
After discovering her sort-of girlfriend kissing someone else, Millie decides to forego senior year at her Texas high school and attend a fancy boarding school. There, she's forced to room with an actual Scottish princess. Falling in love with her would be a terrible idea, though. Right?- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9781524738266
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Here to Stay
Bijan was just called up from JV to play varsity basketball. He's hoping his new star athlete status will give him a step up socially and help him talk to girls. But racism and bullying rear their heads on campus and his new visibility is turning into more of a problem than a solution. -
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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Heroine
When a car crash sidelines Mickey just before softball season, she must keep her spot as the catcher. Her prescribed pills do more than ease the pain; they make her feel good. Pressley delivers this book with the strength of a no-excuses athlete who slowly starts to rationalize her descent into drug dependency.- Audiobook
- Amazing Audiobooks 2020
- ISBN: 9780062886811
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Hey Kiddo
Born to a heroin-addicted mother and an unknown father, Jarrett explores how his grandparents adopted him, what led him to become an artist, and his struggles and joys along the way. Jarrett himself narrates the book with a full cast, including many people from his actual life narrating their own voices.- Audiobook
- Amazing Audiobooks 2020
- ISBN: 9781338604542
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High School
Critically acclaimed indie rock duo Tegan and Sara Quin lay bare their teenage experiences, the oscillating euphoria and scintillation of first love, the jarring process of finding one's identity, and early forays into making music in this gorgeous dual memoir.- Nonfiction
- Alex Awards 2020
- ISBN: 9780374169947