Category Top Picks For Teens

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

101 Things To Do Instead of Playing on Your Phone Ilka Heinemann This charmingly illustrated book is packed with creative, quirky, and mindful activities designed to reawaken your curiosity, spark your imagination, and bring a little fun and calm into…

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…

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…

Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Elizabeth Foreman Lewis Ages 10-14 When Young Fu arrives with his mother in bustling 1920s Chungking, all he has seen of the world is the rural farming village where he has grown up. He…