Good Books for Teens!!
Need a good book to read? Here are a few quick lists to get you started!
I only list books I’ve read, so if you have suggestions, please let me know!
What are Chelmsford Teens reading? * Review Books for the library!
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Vampires and Romance and More!
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Wall-E has nothing on these! |
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Mysteries
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Tough Stuff for Teens |
The Afterlife! |
| History Sharon’s favorite historical fiction  |
Tear Jerkers *sniff*  |
Kick A$$ Girls! Heroines who take on the world.  |
* tweens * audio * quick reads * fantasy * vampires * science fiction * mystery * tough stuff * afterlife * history * tear jerkers * kick ass girls *
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Fantasy & Science Fiction
The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
Enchanted Ivy by Sarah Beth Durst
The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John
Tomorrow Code by Brian Falkner
Plain Kate by Erin Bow
Savvy by Ingrid Law
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
Extraordinary Kids
Ungifted by Gordon Korman
The Summer at Forsaken Lake by Michael Beil
Laugh with the Moon by Shana Burg
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen by Mitali Perkins
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Pie by Sarah Weeks
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Close to Famous by Joan Bauer
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord
After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick
Candymakers by Wendy Mass
Eleven by Lauren Myracle
Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez
As Simple as it Seems by Sarah Weeks
Joey Pigza (series) by Jack Gantos
All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall
Mockingbird by Katherine Erskine
Firegirl by Tony Abbott
Jane in Bloom by Deborah Lytton
The Summer I Learned to Fly by Dana Reinhardt
Historical
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Small Acts of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
Mystery
The Summer at Forsaken Lake by Michael Beil
Red Blazer Girls by Michael Beil
Tomorrow Code by Brian Falkner
The Danger Box by Blue Balliett
The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John
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Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Dust City by Robert Paul Weston
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Seth Baumgartner’s Love Manifesto by Eric Luper
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John
Acceleration by Graham McNamee
A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb
Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyers
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
The Schwa was Here by Neal Shusterman
Change-Up: Mystery at the World Series by John Feinstein
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Quick Reads for Reluctant Readers
Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
Au Revoir Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber
Bystander by James Preller
All the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg
Acceleration by Graham McNamee
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles
The Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz
Among the Hidden (series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Peak by Roland Smith
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Futuristic Science Fiction Stuff
A Long Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan
Birthmarked by Caragh O’Brien
Legend by Marie Lu
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
Partials by Dan Wells
The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe
Ashes by Ilsa Bick
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
The Obsidian Blade by Pete Hautman
The Compound by S.A. Bodeen
All These Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin
Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan
Blood Red Road by Moira Young
Dark Eden by Patrick Carman
The Gardener by S. A. Bodeen
Wither by Lauren DeStefano
Matched by Ally Condie
Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Malberry
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Thirteen Days to Midnight by Patrick Carman
Empty by Suzanne Weyn
The Hunger Games (series) by Suzanne Collins
The City of Ember (series) by Jeanette DuPrau
Uglies (series) by Scott Westerfeld
The Roar by Emma Clayton
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson
Ender’s Game (series) by Orson Scott Card
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Rash by Pete Hautman
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Among the Hidden (series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Tomorrow Code by Brian Falkner
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Juliette — Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Esme — Sister Mischief by Laura Goode
Hannah — Bunheads by Sophie Flack
Anya — All These Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin
Lizzie – Without Tess by Marcella Pixley
Abby — Between Here and Forever by Elizabeth Scott
Natalie — Blindsided by Priscilla Cummings
Kendra — Kendra by Coe Booth
Lanesha — Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Maleeka — The Skin I’m In by Sharon Flake
Tracy — Safe by Susan Shaw
Alex — Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney
Gemma — Stolen by Lucy Christopher
Caitlin — Mockingbird by Katherine Erskine
Jessica — Firegirl by Tony Abbott
DJ Shwank – Dairy Queen series by Catherine Murdock
Hattie Brooks — Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
Tally Youngblood – Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld
Ida Mae Jones – Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith
Lucy – Escape Under the Forever Sky by Eve Yohalem
Jacky Faber – Bloody Jack series by L.A. Meyer
Dru Anderson – Strange Angels series by Lili St. Crow
Susan Carol Anderson – sports mysteries by John Feinstein
Isabel – Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Shabanu – Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Staples
Nhamo – A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer
Mia – A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
Mattie Gokey – A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
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See you at Harry’s by Jo Knowles
Angel Burn by L.A. Weatherly
The Fault in our Stars by John Green
See You at Harry’s by Jo Knowles
Without Tess by Marcella Pixley
The Mermaid’s Mirror by L.K. Madigan
Plain Kate by Erin Bow
After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick
Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
A Brief Chapter in my Impossible Life by Dana Reinhardt
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
The Battle of Jericho by Sharon Draper
Before I Die by Jenny Downham
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Autobiography of My Dead Brother by Walter Dean Myers
Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
The Sledding Hill by Chris Crutcher
The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
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Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
My Beating Teenage Heart by C.K. Kelly Martin
Luminous by Dawn Metcalf
Where She Went by Gail Forman
If I Stay by Gail Forman
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
Everlost by Neal Shusterman
The Sledding Hill by Chris Crutcher
A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb
Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall by Wendy Mass
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Vampires & Supernatural Romance
Immortal Beloved by Cate Tiernan
The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams
Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Immortal Beloved by Cate Tiernan
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
Zombies vs. Unicorns
Throat by R. A. Nelson
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
Dead Beautiful by Yvonne Woon
The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller
Vampire Academy (series) by Rachelle Mead
Vampirates (series) by Justin Somper
Morganville Vampires (series) by Rachel Caine
Blue Bloods (series) by Melissa de la Cruz
Wicked Lovely (series) by Melissa Marr
Evermore (series) by Alyson Noel
Vampire Kisses (series) by Ellen Schreiber
The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
Boys that Bite (series) by Mari Mancusi
Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Fallen by Lauren Kate
Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantasky
The Summoning (series) by Kelley Armstrong
Deadly Little Secret by Laurie Faria Stolarz
City of Bones (series) by Cassandra Clare
Uninvited by Amanda Marrone
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The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman
Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay
This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
The Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Luminous by Dawn Metcalf
Thirteen Days to Midnight by Patrick Carman
The Mermaid’s Mirror by L.K. Madigan
Plain Kate by Erin Bow
Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
Skulduggery Pleasant (series) by Derek Landy
The Golden Compass (trilogy) by Phillip Pullman
A Great and Terrible Beauty (trilogy) by Libba Bray
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
City of Bones (series) by Cassandra Clare
The Graveyard Book by Nail Gaiman
Fallen by Lauren Kate
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
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Light Mysteries
The Red Blazer Girls by Michael D. Beil
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
Half-Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer
The Indigo Notebook by Laura Resau
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter
Murder & Disappearance Mysteries
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
Dead to You by Lisa McMann
Liar by Justine Larbalestier
Thirteen Days to Midnight by Patrick Carman
The Other Side of Dark by Sarah Smith
The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin by Josh Berk
The Other Side of Dark by Sarah Smith
Cryer’s Cross by Lisa McMann
Morpheus Road (series) by D.J. MacHale
Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
Acceleration by Graham McNamee
Shift by Jennifer Bradbury
Reality Check by Peter Abrahams
The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci
Forensic Mysteries by Alane Ferguson
The Killer’s Cousin by Nancy Werlin
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
Paper Towns by John Green
Trigger by Susan Vaught
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd
I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
The Face on the Milk Carton (series) by Carolyn Cooney
Scars by Cheryl Rainfield
Science Fiction and Fantasy Mysteries
Thirteen Days to Midnight by Patrick Carman
Double Helix by Nancy Werlin
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Sports Mysteries
Change Up: Mystery at the World Series by John Feinstein
Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery by John Feinstein
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Newes from the Dead by Mary Hooper
Okay For Now by Gary Schmidt (1968, New York)
Between Shades of Gray by Ruth Sepetys (World War II, Lithuania)
The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon (1968 Chicago)
Strings Attached by Judy Blundell (New York, 1950s)
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly (French Revolution)
All the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg (Vietnam War, Vietnam)
Lost by Jaqueline Davies (1911, New York City)
Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix (1911, New York City)
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly (1906, New York)
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson (World War I, Montana)
Revolution is not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine (Cultural Revolution, China)
Bloody Jack (series) by L.A. Meyers (18th century Britain)
Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata (World War II, Arizona)
Cracker by Cynthia Kadohata (Vietnam War)
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell (1947, Florida)
Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Paterson (1912, Lawrence, MA)
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (1935, Alcatraz Island)
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson (Revolutionary War, New York)
Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith (World War II)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Nazi Germany)
Blood Red Horse by K.M. Grant (Crusades)
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (Medieval Korea)
The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean (13th century China)
Tree Girl by Ben Mikaelsen (1980′s Guatemala)
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez (1960′s, Domincan Republic)
The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Nazi Germany)
When My Name was Keoko by Linda Sue Park (World War II, Korea)
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