Category Top Picks For Teens

Downsiders Neal Shusterman Dystopia  Ages 12+ Beneath the sewer grates and manholes of the city lies a strange and secret world called the Downside. Every Downsider knows that it’s forbidden to go Topside, and most fear a collision of the…

Dove and Sword Nancy Garden  Historical Fiction Ages 12-18 Having grown up in the quiet French village of Domremy, eleven-year-old Gabrielle can’t resist the promise of experiencing something new. So when her friend Jeannette d’Arc claims to have been chosen…

Dicey’s Song Cynthia Voigt Coming of Age When Momma abandoned Dicey Tillerman and her three siblings in a mall parking lot and was later traced to an asylum where she lay unrecognizing, unknowing, she left her four children no choice…

Called Upon Bethany Lee Mystery Thriller  Ages 12-16 Kaitlin, the social pariah of her high school, is so relieved to have made friends at Camp Overlook that she is willing to look past the camp’s anomalies: creepy counselors, 24-hour video…

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow Zoulfa Katouh Historical Fiction Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had her parents and her big brother; she still had her home.…

To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee Historical Fiction One of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an…

Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein Historical Fiction October 11th, 1943—A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The other has lost the game before…

If I Stay Gayle Forman Realistic Fiction In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen ­year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall what happened afterwards, watching her own damaged body being taken from the…

The Fault In Our Stars John Green Realistic Fiction Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist…

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer Historical Fiction Nine-year-old Oskar Schell embarks on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a…