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Grades 7-9
An Abundance of Katherine by John Green book cover
An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green

Always being dumped by girls named Katherine, Colin Singleton, a washed-up child prodigy with a Judge-Judy obsessed best friend, embarks on a quest to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which will impact all of his future relationships and change his life. 
TEEN ROMANCE GREEN JOHN
Barely Missing Everything by Matt Méndez book cover
Barely Missing Everything
by Matt Méndez

Learning that the father he believed dead is alive, a basketball athlete with dreams of a better life embarks on a road trip with his best friend while confronting how discrimination is affecting his prospects.
TEEN REALISTIC MENDEZ MATT
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander book cover
The Crossover
by Kwame Alexander

Twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court, balancing basketball, girls, and brotherhood as their father ignores his declining health.
TEEN SPORTS ALEXANDER KWAME
Black Panther: The Young Prince by Ronald L. Smith book cover
Black Panther: The Young Prince
by Ronald L. Smith

Training to inherit the isolated, technologically advanced African kingdom where his father rules, 12-year-old T'Challa is unexpectedly sent with his best friend to complete his education in America at a typical public school in the heart of Chicago. 
TEEN ADVENTURE SUEPRHERO BLACK PANTHER
Cover of "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
Drums, Girls, + Dangerous Pie
by Jordan Sonnenblick

The life of eighth-grader Steven Alper, already complicated by his friendship with two girls and a prodigious talent for drumming, is turned upside down when his five-year-old brother Jeffrey is diagnosed with leukemia.
TEEN REALISTIC SONNENBLICK JORDAN
Million Dollar Throw by Mike Lupica book cover
Million-Dollar Throw
by Mike Lupica

Eighth-grade star quarterback Nate Brodie is frantic to win a million dollars by completing a pass during the halftime of a New England Patriot's game to help his family and his best friend Abby who is going blind.
TEEN SPORTS LUPICA MIKE
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen book cover
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
TEEN ADVENTURE PAULSEN GARY
Restart by Gordon Korman book cover
Restart
by Gordon Korman

A former bully gets a chance at redemption after a memory-impairing accident tests whether he can change or will revert to his previous ways.
TEEN REALISTIC JORMAN GORDON
Spy School by Stuart Gibbs book cover
Spy School
by Stuart Gibbs

Twelve-year-old Ben Ripley leaves his public middle school to attend the CIA's highly secretive Espionage Academy, which everyone is told is an elite science school.
TEEN MYSTERY GIBBS STUART
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick book cover
Wonderstruck
by Brian Selznick

Employing the form he created in his trailblazing debut novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, the Caldecott Medal-winning author/illustrator once again takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey that tells the story of 12-year-old Ben, who leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and there meets Rose, who is also longing for something that is missing from her life.
TEEN HISTORICAL SELZNICK BRIAN
XL by Scott Brown book cover
XL
by Scott Brown

Will has always been troubled by his short stature, but on his 16th birthday, he starts to grow--and grow, and grow.
TEEN REALISTIC BROWN SCOTT
Grades 10-12
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake book cover
Anna Dressed in Blood
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.
TEEN HORROR BLAKE KENDARE
Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu book cover
Batman: Nightwalker
by Marie Lu

An entry in the popular series depicting DC superheroes as teens follows a reckless young Bruce Wayne who must team up with a brilliant killer and overcome the challenges of not having superpowers in order to defend against Nightwalker attackers who are targeting the elite of Gotham City. 
TEEN ADVENTURE SUPERHEROES BATMAN
Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich book cover
Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel
by Val Emmich

A tale inspired by the hit Broadway show follows the experiences of an outcast-turned-social media sensation who perpetuates a lie and bonds with his late best friend's grieving family. 
TEEN REALISTIC EMMICH VAL
Deposing Nathan by Zack Smedley book cover
Deposing Nathan
by Zack Smedley

When Nate meets Cam during his junior year in high school, the relationship makes Nate question his faith and the family rules he has always obeyed and finally leads to physical violence between the two boys.
TEEN REALISTIC SMEDLEY ZACK
Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds book cover
Miles Morales: Spider-Man
by Jason Reynolds

After a misunderstanding leads him to be suspended from school, Miles feels conflicted about his identity as the new Spider-Man, but when his scholarship is threatened, he uncovers a plot that puts his friends and neighborhood at risk.
TEEN ADVENTURE SUPERHEROES SPIDER-MAN
Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky book cover
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky

A series of letters to an unknown correspondent reveals the coming-of-age trials of a high-schooler named Charlie, who deals with the confusions of love, the temptations of drugs, and the pain of losing a close friend and a favorite aunt.
TEEN REALISTIC CHBOSKY STEPHEN
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness book cover
The Rest of Us Just Live Here
by Patrick Ness

The best friend of a kid with superhuman qualities endeavors to have a life of his own that is both normal and extraordinary in the face of constant world-shaking challenges, threats against his school and an elusive pretty girl. 
TEEN FANTASY NESS PATRICK
Superman: Dawnbreaker by Matt de la Peña book cover
Superman: Dawnbreaker
by Matt de la Peña

A novelization of a Superman origin story finds a young Clark Kent teaming up with best friend Lana Lang to uncover a dark secret in their Smallville hometown, an effort that is complicated by his increasingly conspicuous super-abilities. 
TEEN ADVENTURE SUPERHEROES SUPERMAN
Swagger by Carl Deuker book cover
Swagger
by Carl Deuker

Moving to Seattle in the hope of pursuing a professional basketball career, high school senior Jonas befriends innocent, soft-spoken teammate Levi and risks everything when Levi confides in Jonas that he has been sexually abused by their charismatic coach. 
TEEN SPORTS DEUKER CARL
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