Category Top Picks For Teens

Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later, Friedrich in Germany, Mike…

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Incantation

Incantation Alice Hoffman Estrella is a Marrano: During the time of the Spanish Inquisition, she is one of a community of Spanish Jews living double lives as Catholics. And she is living in a house of secrets, raised by a…

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Going Too Far

Going Too Far Jennifer Echols All Meg has ever wanted is to get away. Away from high school. Away from her backwater town. Away from her parents who seem determined to keep her imprisoned in their dead-end lives. But one…

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Ten Things We Did 

Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn’t Have) Sarah Mlynowski If given the opportunity, what sixteen-year-old wouldn’t jump at the chance to move in with a friend and live parent-free? Although maybe “opportunity” isn’t the right word, since April had…

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Between Shades of Gray

Between Shades of Gray Ruta Sepetys Historical Fiction A knock comes at the door in the dead of night, and Lina’s life changes in an instant. With her young brother and mother, she is hauled away by the Soviet secret…

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We All Looked Up

We All Looked Up Tommy Wallace Dystopia They always say that high school is the best time of your life. Peter, the star basketball player at his school, is worried “they” might actually be right. Meanwhile Eliza can’t wait to…

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The Sun is Also a Star

The Sun is Also a Star Nicola Yoon Ages 12-17 Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets…

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Little Women

Little Women Louisa May Alcott Ages 8+ Meg – the sweet-tempered one. Jo – the smart one. Beth – the shy one. Amy – the sassy one.  Together they’re the March sisters. Their father is away at war and times…

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Summer Sisters

Summer Sisters Judy Blume Fiction In the summer of 1977, Victoria Leonard’s world changes forever when Caitlin Somers chooses her as a friend. Dazzling, reckless Caitlin welcomes Vix into the heart of her sprawling, eccentric family, opening doors to a…

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