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Teen Horror

Anna Dressed In Blood (Anna Korlov #1) by Kendare Blake For three years, seventeen-year-old Cas Lowood has carried on his father's work of dispatching the murderous dead, traveling with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat, but everything changes when he meets Anna, a girl unlike any ghost he has faced before. -MLN Catalog Miss [...]

Teen Horror2021-02-17T11:51:20-05:00

Teen Fantasy

Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1) by Leigh Bardugo "Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction--if they don't kill each other first"-- Provided by publisher. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen. [...]

Teen Fantasy2021-02-17T11:51:20-05:00

50 Books/Series for Younger Teens (7th & 8th)

Cinder (Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer Science Fiction As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story. -MLN Catalog [...]

50 Books/Series for Younger Teens (7th & 8th)2021-02-17T11:51:20-05:00

Teen Contemporary Issues

It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini A humorous account of a New York City teenager's battle with depression and his time spent in a psychiatric hospital. -MLN Catalog Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds There are three rules in the neighborhood: Don't cry ; Don't snitch ; Get revenge. Will takes his [...]

Teen Contemporary Issues2021-02-17T11:51:20-05:00

Teen Mystery Thriller

Shelter (Mickey Bolitar #1) by Harlan Coben After tragic events tear Mickey Bolitar away from his parents, he is forced to live with his estranged Uncle Myron and switch high schools, where he finds both friends and enemies, but when his new new girlfriend, Ashley, vanishes, he follows her trail into a seedy underworld that [...]

Teen Mystery Thriller2021-02-17T11:51:20-05:00

Teen Romance

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Being consummate fans of the Simon Snow series helped Cath and her twin sister, Wren, cope as little girls whose mother left them, but now, as they start college but not as roommates, Cath fears she is unready to live without Wren holding her hand--and without her passion for Snow. -MLN [...]

Teen Romance2021-02-17T11:51:20-05:00

Middle Grade (4th-6th) LGBTQ Fiction

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang Prince Sebastian hides from his parents his secret life of dressing up as the hottest fashion icon in Paris, the fabulous Lady Crystallia, while his friend Frances the dressmaker strives to keep her friend's secret. -MLN Catalog Better Nate than Ever (Nate #1) by Tim Federle An [...]

Middle Grade (4th-6th) LGBTQ Fiction2021-02-17T11:51:20-05:00

Middle Grade (4th-6th) Classics New & Old

Wonder by RJ Palacio Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student. [...]

Middle Grade (4th-6th) Classics New & Old2021-02-17T11:51:20-05:00

Middle Grade (4th-6th) Spooky/Scary Books

The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house. -MLN Catalog The Jumbies (The [...]

Middle Grade (4th-6th) Spooky/Scary Books2021-02-17T11:51:20-05:00

Middle Grade (4th-6th) Mysteries

The Greenglass House (Green Glass House #1) by Kate Milford It's wintertime at Greenglass House. The creaky smuggler's inn is always quiet during this season, and twelve-year-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his holidays relaxing. But on the first icy night of vacation, out of nowhere, the guest bell rings. Then rings [...]

Middle Grade (4th-6th) Mysteries2021-02-17T11:51:21-05:00