Great Teen Reads
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The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs an agency for underemployed magicians in a world where magic is fading away, but when visions of the death of the world’s last dragon begin, all signs point to Jennifer—and Big Magic. Catalog Link |
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Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne Trapped inside a chain superstore by an apocalyptic sequence of natural and human disasters, six high school kids from various popular and unpopular social groups struggle for survival while protecting a group of younger children. Catalog Link |
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Every Day by David Levithan Every morning A wakes in a different person’s body, in a different person’s life, learning over the years to never get too attached, until he wakes up in the body of Justin and falls in love with Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon. Catalog Link |
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Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick Cambodian child soldier Arn Chorn-Pond defied the odds and used all of his courage and wits to survive the murderous regime of the Khmer Rouge. Catalog Link |
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How to Lead a Life of Crime by Kirsten Miller A teenaged pickpocket, haunted by the ghost of his brother killed by his father, is recruited for Mandel Academy, a school for criminals where only one student survives each semester. Catalog Link |
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The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen by Susin Nielsen After his life is shattered, Henry and his father are forced to resume their lives in a new city where in spite of Henry’s desire to remain invisible he befriends some oddball characters at school and in the apartment building. Catalog Link |
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Revived by Cat Patrick Having been brought back from the dead repeatedly by a top-secret government super drug called Revive, and forced to move so the public does not learn the truth, fifteen-year-old Daisy meets people worth living for and begins to question the heavy-handed government controls she has dealt with for eleven years. Catalog Link |
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Sons of the 613 by Michael Rubens Isaac is struggling to prepare for his Bar Mitzvah when his older brother Josh, a self-proclaimed “Super Jew” and undefeated wrestler, forces him into a quest to become a man by shooting a gun, riding a motorcycle, falling in love, and more. Catalog Link |
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Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin Recounts the scientific discoveries that enabled atom splitting, the military intelligence operations that occurred in rival countries, and the work of brilliant scientists hidden at Los Alamos. Catalog Link |
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Cardboard by Doug TenNapel When cardboard creatures come magically to life, a boy must save his town from disaster. Catalog Link |