2018 popular teen reads:
Flame in the Mist
by Renee Ahdieh In a sweeping adventure set against feudal Japan, Mariko, the daughter of a samurai, narrowly escapes ambush by hired assassins, and sets out to infiltrate the dangerous gang of bandits known as the Black Clan. |
American Street
by Ibi Zoboi Fabiola thought she was leaving Haiti for the good life, but when Immigration detains her mother, Fabiola must negotiate life in Detroit with her loud American cousins, and deal with a new school and a surprising romance all on her own. |
The Bad Decisions Playlist
by Michael Rubens Musically-inclined Austin is his own worst enemy - his attempts to impress have earned him a long history of mishaps, most of which are hilarious. |
Caraval
by Stephanie Garber Two sisters, Scarlett and Tella, leave their cruel father to attend Caraval--a faraway once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show--and become enmeshed in a game of love, heartbreak, and magic. |
One of Us is Lying
Karen M. McManus What happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive? Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide. |
Exit, Pursued by a Bear
E.K. Johnston At summer cheerleading camp, Hermione is drugged and raped. In the aftermath, she deals with the rumors abounding at school, a boyfriend who thinks she was asking for it, and the knowledge that somewhere, a boy has gotten away with it. But all Hermione wants is just to live her life. |
Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow A fragile teen, abused and abandoned, struggles to survive without cutting herself, in a novel that is raw, authentic and riveting. |
A Torch Against the Night
Sabaa Tahir In the sequel to Ember in the Ashes, Elias and Laia are fugitives running for their lives, with Laia determined to break into the prison stronghold which holds her brother, and Elias equally determined to stay by Laia's side, even at the cost of his own freedom. |
When We Collided
by Emery Lord With the death of his father and his mother in deep depression, seventeen-year-old Jonah struggles to keep life together for his five siblings. Then he meets charming Vivi, in love with life and refusing the medicine that's supposed to make her feel better. |
Labyrinth Lost
by Zoraida Cordova "Alex is the most powerful bruja in her family. But she's hated magic ever since it made her father disappear into thin air. When a curse she performs to rid herself of magic backfires and her family vanishes, she must travel to Los Lagos, a land in-between as dark as Limbo and as strange as Wonderland, to get her family back" |
Conviction
by Kelly Loy Gilbert A small-town boy questions everything he holds to be true when his father is accused of murder. |
Outrun the Moon
by Stacey Lee On the eve of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, Mercy Wong - daughter of Chinese immigrants - is struggling to hold her own among the spoiled heiresses at prestigious St. Clare's School. When tragedy strikes, everyone must band together to survive. |
A List of Cages
by Robin Roe Adam,a high school senior serving as an aide to the school psychologist, rescues Julian, a freshman, from an abusive situation. |
The Game of Love and Death
by Martha Brockenbrough In Seattle in 1937 two seventeen-year-olds, Henry, who is white, and Flora, who is African-American, become the unwitting pawns in a game played by two immortal figures, Love and Death, where they must choose each other at the end, or one of them will die. |
The Serpent King
by Jeff Zentner The son of a Pentecostal preacher faces his personal demons as he and his two outcast friends try to make it through their senior year of high school in rural Tennessee without letting the small-town culture destroy their creative spirits and sense of self. |
A Torch Against the Night
by Sabaa Tahir Laia is determined to break into Kauf--the Martial Empire's most secure and dangerous prison--and save her brother, while Elias is determined to stay by Laia's side...even if it means giving up his own chance at freedom. |
student reviews
Three Dark Crowns, by Kendare Blake
Three sister queens with a goddess gift - Katharine has a skill for poison, Arsinoe is a naturalist, and Mirabella an elemental - destined to kill one another until only one survives to rule the land. An intriguing plot, marred by missing pieces in the story to the point of irritation, and the bland character of the queens made them difficult to relate to. *** (3 star rating) Review by Chloe |
The Universe of Us, by Lang Leav
"I absolutely love Lang Leav's writing! Poems of love, friendship and self-worth inspired by the author's own experiences, very compelling and easy to relate to. This is the perfect book to read with a cup of hot cocoa snuggled in a warm blanket. Highly recommended for dreamers and hopeless romantics." Review by Chloe |