Best Reads
Teen To Teen
Ages 14 - 16
| YA ANDERSON |
SpeakAfter crashing the seniors' end of summer bash by calling the police, 9th-grader Melinda is an outcast. Her old friends won't speak to her, and even people she doesn't know, know enough not to be associated with her. But the reason Melinda herself finds it harder to speak is not so simple as that phone call. |
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| YA BAUER |
Hope was HereAfter moving from Brooklyn to a small Wisconsin town, Hope and her Aunt Addie run a diner for G.T. Stoop, who has decided to run for election against the corrupt mayor. People think he's crazy not only because the current mayor has never lost, but also because G.T. has leukemia. Hope and Addie however eagerly join the campaign, which leads them both in exciting directions. |
| YA BRASHARES |
The Sisterhood of the Traveling PantsThe jeans didn't look like anything special; Carmen had only spent $4 on them at a thrift shop. But when the pants fit Tibby, Lena, Bridget and Carmen all perfectly, they realize they are magical pants. For the first time in their lives, the girls aren't spending the summer together, but the pants will play a part in each girl's summer. |
| YA CHEVALIER |
Girl with a Pearl EarringWhen 16-year old Griet was hired as a servant for the Vermeers in the 1660's, she had no idea how her life would change. The head of this household is the famed Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. Griet becomes the painter's assistant and eventually sits for one of his paintings, immortalizing her life forever. |
| YA COHN |
GingerbreadAfter Cyd gets kicked out of her prestigious boarding school, her mom and step dad have finally had enough of her rebelliousness. They send Cyd to spend the summer in New York with her biological father. But Cyd and her father turn out to be nothing like what the other expected. |
| YA GRANT |
The Cannibals: staring Tiffany SpratStereotypical cheerleader Tiffany Sprat is popular, pretty and shallow. Her senior year was supposed to be perfect, but it's not. Her big break, the teen vampire movie to be shot at her school is cancelled, and the cool new kid at school, Cambpell doesn't think she's serious enough. After a few shots of reality, vapid Tiffany begins to rethink her priorities. |
| YA HAUTMAN |
SweetbloodDiabetic Lucy has a theory that suffering diabetics were the original vampires before the discovery of insulin. She becomes enthralled by all things vampire, especially through an internet chat room. Soon Lucy begins to suspect one of the other chat room visitors isn't kidding about being a vampire and quickly finds herself in over her head in the vampire underworld. |
| YA HORVATH |
The Canning SeasonAfter thirteen-year old Ratchet Clark's mother announces she is going to spend the summer with her 91-year old twin distant cousins in Maine, she doesn't expect much to happen that summer. But after a few weeks in their large secluded house, Ratchet discovers that Penpen and Tilly, have more than just darkly humorous family stories to offer. |
| YA KLAUSE |
Blood and ChocolateLike any other teenager, Vivian is just trying to fit in at her new school. Unlike the other kids at school, Vivian is a werewolf. When Vivian falls in love with a human, her two worlds collide. |
| YA KOJA |
StraydogRachel doesn't really fit in at school but she isn't bothered by that. She is happiest when volunteering at the local animal shelter or writing. Rachel can write happy endings for herself and the animals at the shelter for hours but accepting the truth about one of her wild animal friends is a much more difficult task. |
| YA KORMAN |
Son of the MobVince's father is Anthony "Honest Abe" Luca, one of the top mob bosses in New York City. Even though Vince wants nothing to do with the family business, it still messes up his life, especially when he learns his new girlfriend's dad is an FBI officer investigating his own family. |
| YA MACKLER |
The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round ThingsFifteen year old Virginia has always felt like she doesn't fit in her family. She is blond and on the overweight side of a family of dark-haired, thin overachievers. But Virginia's place in her family changes when her perfect brother's life takes an unexpected turn. |
| YA NAPOLI |
ZelZel's mother has always protected her and kept her close. But spending one day in the market convinces Zel that there is more to life than what she has. Her mother senses Zel's longing, but how far will she go to keep her daughter? An in-depth retelling of the classic fairy tale Rapunzel. |
| YA SHELDON |
Confessions of a Teenage Drama QueenTo Mary Elizabeth, who calls herself Lola, her life is just one big production and she has the starring role. But when her family moves from their Manhattan home to the sub urbs, Lola finds another drama queen already controls the school. Will Lola be able to make a name for herself here or will she just be another face in the crowd? |
| YA SHERWOOD |
The Man who ate the 747As a reporter for the Book of Records, J.J. Smith has spent the last 14 years traveling the world searching for everything from the longest apple peel to the longest flight of a champagne cork. But he has never seen something quite like a man trying to eat an entire 747 to prove his love for a woman. When J.J. travels to a rural Nebraskan town to record this record, he unexpectedly falls for the same woman and realizes not all records can be measured. |
| YA TRUEMAN |
Stuck in NeutralShawn McDaniel can remember and recall everything he has ever heard, but he cannot communicate. He is a genius, but the only part of his body he can control is his brain. Shawn thinks things can't get much worse for him, until he discovers his father may be trying to kill him. |
| YA YOUNG |
The Beetle and MeLike most soon to be 16-year olds, the one thing Daisy wants is her own car. She has her heart set on restoring her father's rusty old 1957 VW beetle all by herself. Daisy wants to make herself stand out in her chaotic family, but may be taking on a project simply too big for her too handle. |
