Best Fiction for Young Adults

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Judith is a pariah after her tongue is cut out. But when war threatens her village she must find her voice.

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In a small Wisconsin town, rumors about Jimmy and Ben ruin Ben’s life and brutally end Jimmy’s. Three years later, Ben decides to set the...

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Welcome to Coldtown, a quarantined city for vampires, the infected, and humans. The price for residence, however, is that you can never leave.

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Cricket's life is wrought with pain and his future looks bleak. Should he become a professional fighter, a drug dealer, or just end it all?

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Lives collide when three teens from different backgrounds become ensnared in the turmoil of the India-Pakistan partition.

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In this novel/graphic-novel hybrid, Holly and Savitri each fight to save themselves and their friendship after a ruthless killer ends Chase's life.

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A natural profiler, 17-year-old Cassie joins a special teen FBI program and finds herself immersed in a world where everything is not as it seems.

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Wannabe rock star Ritchie Sudden is spending 90 days in juvie—just enough time to tell his tale of lust, loss, and, of course, rock-and-roll.

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Travis, a young Marine, deals with life at home after his best friend is killed in Afghanistan.

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Vampires may be an everyday part of life, but Mel still isn’t thrilled when her best friend Cathy suddenly wants to become one.

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Aria has grown up living in the safety of the domes, while Peregrine is a savage outsider. When a series of events leads to Aria's banishment...

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A war is raging in the nano…where biots and nanobots battle in the brain for control of the human race. For the soldiers of BZRK...

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Maxie's attachment to the Black Panthers in Chicago in the late sixties gradually confronts some of the other constants in her life, but she knows...

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When a summer vacation with her mother turns into a permanent move, Marcie realizes her life will never be the same.

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Sent to prove her uncle insane, Katherine discovers another windup world.

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The only way Althea can hope to keep the family home, Crawley Castle, is to marry a rich man. She must vie for the affections...

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Lewis will do whatever people tell him he can't which surprisingly turns the young thief into someone nobody ever expected, particularly the white banker who...

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Who would have thought being a grim reaper could give you a life?

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Angel must escape her life of drugs and prostitution before she is forced to do the same for another.

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Having skimped on his prep sessions for his bar mitzvah, Isaac gets schooled in what it means to be a man by older brother Josh...

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Before Wendy came into Peter Pan's life, there was only Tiger Lily.

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What if you could design the perfect boy? Eve is given the chance; but what are the consequences of playing god?

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Three years after Finnikin of the Rock completed his journey back to Lumatere, young Froi is sent away from Lumatere on a journey of his...

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The list of the hottest and ugliest girls of Mount Washington High is finally out. Meet the eight teens whose lives will changed by one...

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Sent to prove her uncle insane, Katherine discovers another windup world.

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Astrid, who just moved from the big city to a small town, must discover her way in life, her sexuality and, most importantly, herself.

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In 1998, Matthew Shepard was robbed, beaten and left to die tied to a fence in a field in Wyoming. The events surrounding his death...

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Cameron explores her lesbian sexuality in small town Montana in the early 1990's, and is sent to God's Promise, a school to cure homosexual tendencies.

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Mary Lang cannot keep herself out of scrapes. Once again, she is thrown into the thick of a murder mystery. This time it involves both the British...

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Aristotle and Dante could scarcely be more different, but through the years of growing up, they become more to each other than they ever imagined.

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Greg and Earl are forced to spend time with a classmate recently diagnosed with leukemia. Will their lives change for the better or just stay...

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Hazel and Gus are both Cancer Kids with very different prognoses when they meet and bond over what they share outside of their disease. Funny...

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Frightened of being made a king’s hostage if her powers are known, Neryn must decide whether or not to trust taciturn mysterious Flint who has...

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Experience March Madness from the point of view of those who know it the best: the players. Who will triumph and who will fall?

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Tess has endured a lot in her short life. She has witnessed an execution, watched her siblings die, been accused of witchcraft and tortured. She’s now...

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Harry’s, the restaurant owned by 12 year old Fern’s family, has always centered them but when tragedy takes Charlie, her sticky, smelly, younger brother, nothing...

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The ambitious Conner hand-picks four orphans with the intention of selecting one to pose as the lost Prince Jaron, heir to the throne of Carthya...

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Kate has been institutionalized her entire life, but things start to look up when she connects with a handsome stranger. But can she heed the...

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Ben Bright makes the decision to enlist in the Army. His deployment to the Middle East stresses his relationships with his friends and family, but...

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A book of friendship that endures through hardship. A book of human cruelty and human compassion. A book that crosses cultures and species, to connect us with...

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Mahlia and Mouse are cast-off refugees from the Drowned Cities of a war-torn future American Southeast when they meet Tool, a half-man genetically engineered for...

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Home after a stay in a mental institution, Anna discovers that maintaining her improved outlook is a challenge as the stresses of life that sent...

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Taylor’s family is spending one last summer together at their house on the lake, which means she can’t run away from the people she hurt...

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In one night, Nora's best friend is murdered and her boyfriend disappears. When she starts looking for answers, she finds cryptic clues that lead to...

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Chloe and MJ are spending their Christmas vacation in San Francisco. While MJ is looking for a good time, Chloe is looking for an abortion...

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Matt's brother has died fighting for his country, and now Matt has the remnants of his brother’s personal belongings. In looking through these items, Matt...

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When Prince Khemri comes of age, he finds he has a lot to learn about the intergalactic empire he serves. This is the story of...

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is not all Lo must deal with when she accidentally witnesses a murder.

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Zero didn’t get the scholarship to art school, so she’s stuck in Phoenix trying to figure out how to emulate Dali when she falls for the...

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What would you do if you were forced to join a book club with girls that you never met? But that’s not the worst part...

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Alina discovers she has secret powers and must try abolishing the monsters of the Fold.

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Art student Merle and poet Arthur Rimbaud may live in separate continents and time periods but one night together will change their lives forever.

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Arn is taken from his home by the Khmer Rouge and forced to become a child soldier. What will he do to survive?

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Verity and Maddie are friends working in the war effort. When the Gestapo captures Verity, she trades information for freedom. Meanwhile, Maddie tries to free...

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Katsa saved her life, but now Bitterblue has to save her kingdom

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Sunday’s child may be able to find her story with the help of ….a frog.

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Try as he might, Victor cannot swear off the two great temptations in his life: the power over life and death offered by the Dark...

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Syrenka, a vicious mermaid who's a victim of circumstance, and Hester, a modern day teen who's a victim of her family’s tragic past, have a...

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Painfully shy Marlee lives in Little Rock and makes friends with Liz the year after the ‘Nine” integrated. When schools close, these friends decide they...

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Emmeline Thistle has survived sure death a couple of times due to cows coming to the rescue but will she be able to find true...

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Portia is looking for another new beginning and a place to belong. Does she have a strong enough constitution to do it at the travelling...

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Chelsea could never keep her mouth shut, always having to tell the latest gossip as soon as she heard it. The latest secret she tells...

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Convinced his Dad was kidnapped, Everett uses his computer expertise, his soccer skills and his math knowledge to try to go after him—even as far...

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When Laurel moved to a new town, she was introduced to the drug moon. What happens when she can't get enough?

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In the late thirteenth century, Cecily practices a haughty style as befits a lady of the manor in occupied Wales where her father has landed...

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An unexpected adventure with Uncle Harvey will leave Tom's life changed forever..That is if they can make it out alive!

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Shelby promised her dying mother three things: listen to her father, love as much as possible, and live without restraint. What happens when promise one...

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This is a story of Viola's escape from the Sudan, her long and arduous journey to the U.S., and her struggle with the emotional effects...

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How can love survive if each day you wake up as a different person?

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Forced to spend her summer at her grandmother's Southern house in the 1960's, Sophie unwittingly finds herself transported to the Civil War era as a...

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be something else every other day? Kali D’Angelo is just that; an “Other,” or so...

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Intriguingly, in this world, dragons can transform at will into the body of a human. Part human, part dragon, Seraphina must hide her heritage as the...

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Lena, left destitute on her way to the frontier, is recruited as a spy, infiltrates the library and home of a wealthy recluse, and discovers...

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Body parts are among the things one-time pretty girl, Polly, and football star, Odd, lost when they were struck by flesh eating disease. Can a...

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Everyone knows the A side of the record but it’s time for everyone to know the B side.

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Colby and his friends' band, The Disenchantments, go touring for a week right after graduation. Will they use this time to figure out what's next...

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Be warned sometimes things follow you home.

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With magic drying up, it's hard for a freelance magical agency to stay afloat, especially with the rumors and prophecies of the death of the...

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Jazz, the son of one of the most notorious of all serial killers, must come to terms with his upbringing by hunting down a new...

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Perry's priorities shift when the geeky Lithuanian exchange student his parents make him take to the prom ends up being a vengeful assassin in need...

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In a town paralyzed with fear over the presence of a nightmarish creature, sisters Cora and Mimi learn that Long Lankin may be the least...

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Wahoo lives with a bunch of animals, including his father. When they get contacted to provide animals for the show Expedition Survival they agree- but...

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Cyborg Cinder, a mechanic in the chaotic street market of New Beijing, threatened by disease and aliens, meets Prince Kai when he brings a beloved...

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“Oh Brother Where Art Thou” meets Rapunzel.

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Your life is a fairy tale. That doesn’t mean it’s happily ever after.

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Ismae, a daughter of death and trained by the convent as an assassin, is assigned to assist Duval, the bastard brother of her ruler in...

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Dodger is the canniest cove in all of London, scheming with Dickens, glad-handing Disraeli, and even getting the upper hand over Sweeney Todd in his...

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Samantha was always curious about the large, boisterous family next door since her family is quiet and orderly. One day, Jase, one of the boys...

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Left for dead in a notorious prison work camp, Celaena is given a second chance at freedom by the Crown Prince himself. However, this freedom...

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After Peter endures a sports ending injury, he discovers that life can curve in new directions, not always the way he anticipates; a new girl...

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New age, old magic.

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After surviving a train accident that killed her friend, Scotty must reevaluate her life and find a way to forgive herself.

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Anna falls in love not only with Abel, the boy she has a crush on, but also the fairy tale he tells his younger sister...

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Lucy has a crush on Shadow, a local graffiti artist. Little does she know that Shadow may be closer to her than she thinks.

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Trapped in darkness on Haiti hundreds of years apart, the lives of gangster Shorty and slave rebellion leader Toussaint l'Ouverture are intertwined as Shorty tries...

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A chronicle of grief paralleling Finley's silence and immersion in the repetition of basketball with Boy 21's belief that his murdered parents will return from...

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Computer hackers Peter and Noa stumble across a conspiracy targeting runaway teens.

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Famous aviator, Beryl Markham’s childhood in Kenya with racehorses, lions, and the Nandi neighbors at a time when white women were expected to be ladies...

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Blue Sargent has been told her entire life that she will kill her true love. She stays away from boys, but when one boy's ghost...

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Your imaginary friend turns out to be not so imaginary. Meeting him brings its own mystery and conflicts. Which do you trust more what you’ve...

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Allison lives in a society that requires humans to register as blood donors for the ruling class of vampires. Instead of surrendering to their demands...

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Sham Yes ap Soorap, a lousy doctors assistant aboard the Medes, has been given a dream to look at but may never see. The unending...

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Charlie knows that she is different. In a world where each class system had their own language, she can understand them all. What happens when...

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On an ungenerous island where life is hard, Misskaella, herself unattractive, discovers she has the power to pull humans from the seals cavorting in the...

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Pick a letter and let Tink take you on a journey.

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Scarlet, a spunky lady-thief, has made a home in Sherwood Forest with Robin Hood and his band of thieves, but a face from the past...

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An 18- year old, autistic boy has been put on trial for murder. Only one person thinks he’s innocent. Did he do it? What really...

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Meet the girl who doesn't want to survive the zombie apocalypse.

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Sean, Matt, and Coop have pulled off a few schemes in the past, but can they manage to make a low-budget horror film?

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Tom is great at one thing: gaming. He’s given the chance to make something of himself in the military and he jumps at it. Can...

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Still grieving the loss of her brother, Jocelyn unexpectedly receives a letter from him, a letter that sends her on a hunt through her past.

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Transgender J, a genetically assigned female, struggles against family, friends, and body to become the man that he really is.

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Being grounded for the entire summer might be the best thing that could have happened to Jack and his blood-spurting nose.

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Fifteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein stops at nothing to save his ailing twin, helping create the Elixir of Life from a formula found in a hidden library...

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Following a night of partying on her family’s boat, Liz is awakened by a loud, thumping noise-- her body hitting the side of the boat.

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To escape her obsessive ex-boyfriend, Clara and her father spend the summer in a small beach town, where new relationships change their lives.

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June wasn’t looking for love, until she literally crashed into Wes and found it.

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Using her knowledge of electricity, Fever Crumb escapes London with a traveling theater company. She meets Arlo Thursday and they join forces to build a...

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Student sports reporter Mitch investigates his football coach on suspicion of corruption in order to determine why the best athlete at his high school does...

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After a super volcano erupts under Yellowstone, Alex, who has been left home alone for the weekend, treks through the ash and snow covered terrain...

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Stick and his brother Bosten must lean on each other to survive their abusive family, until Bosten is kicked out and must survive on his...

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In a complex alternate universe, Briony thinks she has committed murder. Puzzling out the truth involves her sister and a new love.

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Gwenyth upsets her family when she inherits the time traveling gene instead of her cousin, Charlotte. Soon Gwenyth finds herself unexpectedly involved in mysterious, dangerous...

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While taking her mother’s ashes back to India, Maya gets separated from her father during an uprising and must find her way back to him.

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Cullen’s tired of small-town life, and expects to spend the summer before his senior year with friends fighting off boredom and dreaming of girls—then his...

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After being kidnapped, Princess Elisa, bearer of the Godstone, and secret wife of a king, is forced to hike across a desert and ends up...

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After Pearl’s grandfather dies, a multitude of family secrets are revealed that threaten to change everything – even her relationship with her best, and only...

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As a small child, Ecuadorian Virginia is sent off to work as an unpaid nanny and maid in the home of a wealthy couple. Based...

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After their mother’s death, Azalea and her eleven younger sisters discover a secret passage to a forbidden, enchanted pavilion and find neglecting the rules has...

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When Cat's friend is brutally beaten in a hate crime, Cat feels driven to find out the truth about the assault and the attackers

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Sean and Puck fall in love when each is desperate to win the Scorpio Races, when wild meat eating water horses race on the beach.

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Cassel’s adjustment to being a curse worker is hindered by his unusual family of cons, an unpredictable mother, a girlfriend who is the mob bosses’...

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Sam and Riddle Boarder move constantly with an unstable, criminal father, and all they have is each other until they meet Emily, a girl who...

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While visiting family in Pakistan, 15-year-old Khalid Ahmed is captured, imprisoned and tortured at Guantanamo Bay prison after being falsely accused of being a terrorist.

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When her troubled mother disappears, an isolated Lacey frantically searches for her, while facing the terrors of her mother’s delusions.

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In order to avoid thinking about her dad’s multiple sclerosis, Payton picks an object to focus on instead: the head of the boy in front...

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Jason, Piper and Leo discover they are the half-blood children of the Greek gods and embark on a quest to rescue Hera from her captors.

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Tenth grade is a challenge for Janie who wants to be normal, and not known as “Stink Girl” for the goat manure on her shoes...

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Maddie struggles in rehab until she meets Stewart and falls in love. It’s only when they get out of rehab and into the real world...

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Karu questions how she came to be raised by the chimaera Brimstone. When she meets the seraph Akiva, events unfold that could answer her questions—but...

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Moving from town-to-town, Cas slays murderous ghosts, seeking revenge for the death of his father. Along the way, he meets Anna’s ghost, and discovers new...

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After living for nearly a decade in foster homes and detention centers, Shavonne must face her past as she prepares to move out of the...

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Seventeen-year-old Mexican-American Marisa has dreams of going away to college and becoming an engineer, but family issues make it a difficult challenge.

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As Zimbabwe disintegrates under its new leadership, Deo’s village is brutally attacked and he can only save Innocent, his brother who is mentally delayed.

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After many years, Gittel finally knows why her friend, Devory, took her own life yet when Devory tries to tell, her ultra-conservative Jewish community won’t...

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A small group undertakes a desperate quest on behalf of the Fairy Queen that could save the world—but may destroy them in the process.

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Beatrice lives in a society where people are divided into five factions that determine work, lifestyle, and even friendships. Unusual results on her faction aptitude...

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When Mikey's sister is raped by Ellie's brother, he vows to get even by pretending to be interested in Ellie, who only wants to protect...

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The monster comes for Conor just after midnight, again and again. That is, until he’s ready to share how he feels about his mom’s cancer.

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After a classmate’s unexpected death, bi-racial Kana Goldberg is sent to her family’s farm in Japan to reflect on her participation in events that led...

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After breaking up with her boyfriend, Kit flees to Broadway for a role in a musical. When the musical closes, her ex-boyfriend’s father gets her...

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After Min and Ed break up, she takes the box of memorabilia she has collected and writes Ed a letter about each item and its...

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Anna can’t believe her father is sending her away to a boarding school in Paris for her senior year of high school. She’s infuriated... until...

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Experience this fateful historic event from the point-of-view of twenty-four passengers who couldn’t have imagined that their “unsinkable” ship would collide with an iceberg.

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Destined for an outstanding university and medical career, Frances rebels against her Chinese “tiger mom” by taking speech instead of calculus and discovers a talent...

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June is hunting Day, the outlaw she believes is responsible for her brother’s death. What will happen when the two meet and discover the government...

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Chelsea reluctantly returns to work at the Colonial re-enactment park with her ex-boyfriend Ezra. Also, she’s treasonously falling for a Civil War re-enactor in the...

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Alaskan Inupiaq young people are forced to forsake their families and culture for a harsh parochial boarding school hundreds of miles away.

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Trei longs to join the Kajuraihi, the floating island defenders with wings powered by dragon magic, while Araene’s secret aspirations to become a chef are...

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The mysterious illustrations introduced in Allsberg’s 1984 collection, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, are reprinted and accompanied by equally haunting and mysterious stories crafted...

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Blaise, an orphaned teen, recounts his attempts to escape the war torn Caucasus region and gain French citizenship. In moments of despair, storytelling revives his...

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As football recruitment brings new friends, Felton tries to keep his mother’s depression, and his own insecurities, hidden.

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Two years ago Lola’s neighbor, Cricket, broke her heart and then moved away. Now he’s back, but she’s moved on with rock-band boyfriend, Max… right?

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Homeless teens Blink and Caution become entangled in a blackmail scheme gone wrong and their survival depends on confronting both current threats and the painful...

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Amy, the “sensible” one in a paranormal family, finds her normalcy challenged by an attractive boy, dead bodies, goats, the ghost of Mad Monk, and...

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Two years after Tom’s grief-stricken behaviors alienated his friends and family he acknowledges he needs support, but his friendships may be irreparably damaged.

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After discovering Audubon’s original paintings in a folio at the library, Doug sets off on a quest to restore the missing pages to the book.

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Hayaat believes soil from her ancestral homeland may save her dying grandmother. But, retrieving it requires a dangerous, illegal crossing of the wall dividing Jerusalem’s...

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Khadj leaves Somalia for England to live with Abdi’s family, in order to work and send money home to her family. But her modeling job...

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The leadership in Sylum is threatened by Gaia and attempts to control her by systematically separating her from everyone she loves, including her infant sister...

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September is excited, puzzled, confused and thrilled on her quest through Fairyland.

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When an airplane full of teenage beauty queens crashes on a remote island, the surviving girls are forced to push themselves to the limits in...

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Months after Ginny was led around Europe by little blue envelopes from her deceased aunt, a mysterious guy contacts her: he has the last envelope.

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Lark is attacked and left to die tied to a tree. Her image appears to friends, pleading for someone to listen to her story, in...

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Marley and his AV geek friends avoid the bullies while arguing the merits of Star Wars versus Star Trek.

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An unlikely friendship between a stuttering, emotionally shattered, talented football player and a short, competitive gymnast, creates a bond that may help them stand up...

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Liz and Kate have been best friends for years, but when Kate accuses Liz's brother of raping her, Liz finds that losing a friend--and remaining...

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Rebecca meets Ferelith in Winterfold, a town being inexorably eaten by the sea. They explore a haunted mansion on the cliffs, where dastardly experiments on...

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Freak Hunters Deuce and Fade are exiled from their underground enclave, and face even greater dangers above ground.

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Relic Master Galen and his apprentice Raffi must travel to the ruined city of Tasceron to restore Galen's powers and find a powerful object to...

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After Sinda learns she is a stand-in for the real princess, she uncovers treachery and betrayal are at work to overthrow the crown—and decides she...

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After a school bus accident, high school runner Jessica has her leg amputated below the knee. She must gather all of her reserves to put...

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This story follows Kid for two summers of pain, loss, music and love, as Kid makes the streets of Brooklyn, NY, into a home.

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Rory's arrival at a boarding school in London coincides with a series of Jack the Ripper-type murders, and only Rory can see the murderer.

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Khosi navigates her future in a post-apartheid South African shantytown where folk medicine competes with traditional medicine, older men lure teenage girls, and witches might...

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As a pit fighter, Saba must constantly fight to save herself, and seeks allies to help rescue her pesky little sister and her twin brother.

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As Hitler begins his conquest of Europe, the FitzOsborne royals try to save their home while caught up in London’s social scene.

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Carmen’s passion in life is the violin and her main competitor at a major competition is the infuriating, yet compelling, Jeremy. She begins to wonder—is...

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Alternating between dramatic wording and stunning pictures, Wonderstruck chronicles the journeys of Ben and Rose, fifty years apart, both searching for the missing pieces to...

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Through the process of writing in her journal, Mina, a misfit, discovers herself.

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Three years after Mia left for New York, Adam is still reeling from her virtual disappearance when an accidental meeting brings them back together.

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After her estranged grandmother’s death, Delilah, her mother and aunt sort through the estate, while also working on their relationships.

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Unexpectedly chosen as the spiritual leader of her island tribe, Uido takes on the challenge of protecting her people from the strangers who keep landing...

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Marie-Claire, a young Canadian woman, along with several of her family members, are diagnosed with tuberculosis and sent to a sanatorium in 1940.

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Lucky faces a bully, meets a girl, and tries to bring his POW/MIA grandfather home from meetings that take place in his dreams as he...

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Angel knows that her mom’s old boyfriend is a hunter and determined to kill her, and her need to survive unwittingly puts those trying to...

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When her brother Obie disappears, Daphne, a half-demon, half fallen-angel, goes to Earth to find him and enlists the help of the boy she believes...

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Kidd’s life is getting back on track at the beach, after time spent in a group home, but then Devon is back to cause his...

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When Lupita’s mother is diagnosed with cancer, the whole family shifts, bringing big changes for this tight-knit Mexican-American family.

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In 1941, Lina and her family are taken from their home in Lithuania and sent to Siberia where, despite horrific conditions, Lina maintains hope that...

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Jane adjusts to her new home on Coney Island and rediscovers memories of her mother, who grew up there, by spending time with fun, quirky...

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A paper bag filled with six objects pushes Rose past the grief over the death of her mother, which has caused her to withdraw from...

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American-born Sunny, who lives in Nigeria, is an athlete but, being albino, can only play at night. She is a misfit until she discovers soul...

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On his sixteenth birthday, Jack Pool realizes a lie he didn't tell could be deadly.

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Alex has fallen head over heels for Cole, the charming and sweet new boy at school. Cole’s love, however, comes with dangerous consequences.

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Solveig and her siblings, including the young Viking heir, must take refuge in a hidden fortress; however, in spite of Berserker guards, they may not...

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Trailed by a menacing shadow, Jacob tumbles into a time loop and discovers the peculiar children of his grandfather’s childhood.

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Jill, who is grieving the death of her father, is appalled that her mother is adopting a baby and giving the pregnant mother, Mandy, a...

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Since her parent’s divorce, McLean has moved frequently. In each new town, she puts on a different persona, but in Lakeview, she discovers an urge...

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When two classmates disappear without explanation, Kendall knows that she is the only one who can find them.

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In 1934, Karl’s Jewishness has never been an issue, but suddenly it is. Offered the opportunity to train under a champion, Karl grabs it and...

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Foster has a big secret: she can’t read. But with the help of a retired movie star, she overcomes her struggles and wins over hearts...

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Raisa left Poland to join her sister in America, but when she arrives Henda is nowhere to be found. To support herself, Raisa gets a...

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Deadly armor deliria nervosa has been eliminated with a surgical cure. But, as disturbing details about loveless life are revealed, Lena wonders if the cure...

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The Rhodesian Bush War is over but Robert, who has just arrived from the U.K., discovers that, for his privileged classmates, the war goes on.

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Digger finds her magical skills useful when she is commissioned to solve the mystery behind the murder of her friend’s wife. But can she do...

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A coded message sends Aoife, the only female student in a steampunk engineering academy, on a dangerous quest for her mad brother.

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Zulaikha, an Afghani girl with a cleft palate, is ridiculed for her looks, but her pre-determined future could change with the arrival of American military.

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Tyrell has a lot on his plate: his dad’s out of jail, he needs to find equipment for a DJ-ing gig, and he has two...

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In a future where a girl’s life expectancy is twenty, sixteen-year-old Rhine is sold into a life of luxury as a “sister wife,” but her...

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When Janie’s family moves to London in 1952, she makes friends with Benjamin and they become involved in saving England with the help of a...

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Charlie’s life in an Australian small town is turned upside down when Jasper Jones knocks on his bedroom window late one night and asks for...

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2011 Best Fiction for Young Adults

The list of 99 books, drawn from 191 official nominations, is presented annually at the ALA Midwinter Meeting. In...

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When her family is killed in an accident, Laurel must find a way to deal with the aftermath and begin her life anew.