Teen Books

Steelheart

Brandon Sanderson

At age eight, David watched as his father was killed by an Epic, a human with superhuman powers, and now, ten years later, he joins the Reckoners–the only people who are trying to kill the Epics and end their tyranny.

Wise Young Fool

Sean Beaudoin

A teenaged guitarist in a rock band deals with loss and anger as he relates the events that landed him in a juvenile detention center.

The Tragedy Paper

Elizabeth Laban

While preparing for the most dreaded assignment at the prestigious Irving School, the Tragedy Paper, Duncan gets wrapped up in the tragic tale of Tim Macbeth, a former student who had a clandestine relationship with the wrong girl, and his own ill-fated romance with Daisy.

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Mike Lupica

Jake Cullen, fourteen, lives in the shadows of his father and older brother until he becomes the starting quarterback for the high school football team and finally has his chance to shine.

Wicked Cruel

Rich Wallace

Three separate short stories, all set in the same New Hampshire town, explore the truth behind local urban legends as, for example, sixth-grader Jordan begins seeing a boy from his school who died of injuries after being bullied.

Me And Earl And The Dying Girl

Jesse Andrews

Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.

Desert Tales: A Wicked Lovely Novel

Melissa Marr

Rika, who was once mortal and is now a fairy, enjoys her solitary life in the desert, far from the Faerie Courts, until she falls in love with a human boy named Jayce, but she cannot escape from her dark past.

Fangirl

Rainbow Rowell

Feeling cast off when her best friend outgrows their shared love for a favorite celebrity, Cath, a dedicated fan-fiction writer, struggles to survive on her own in her first year of college while avoiding a surly roommate, bonding with a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words, and worrying about her fragile father.

The Waking Dark

Robin Wasserman

After a series of suicide-killings and a deadly storm, the residents of the town of Oleander, Kansas, start acting even more strangely than would be expected. Only the 5 witnesses of the murders retain their sound minds, and must band together to save the town from whatever has come over it.

The Lost Girl

Sangu Mandanna

Fifteen-year-old Eva is the clone of a girl living far, far away on another continent–and when this ‘other’ dies, Eva must step in and take over her life.