Awards search:Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

Ella Enchanted (Trophy Newbery)

by Gail Carson Levine
Paperback, 2017
Tags
adventure, chapter book, children, children's, children's literature, Cinderella, curses, fairies, fairy tale, fairy tale retelling, fairy tales — 19 more, fantasy, favorites, fiction, humor, juvenile, love, magic, middle grade, Newbery, Newbery Honor, obedience, own, princess, read, retelling, romance, to-read, YA, young adult
Series
Enchanted (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Be More Chill

by Ned Vizzini
Paperback, 2005
Tags
high school, science fiction, popularity
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Twisted

by Laurie Halse Anderson
Paperback, 2008
Tags
suicide, coming-of-age, bullying, depression, family, realistic fiction, high school
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Speak

by Laurie Halse Anderson
Paperback, 2011
Tags
rape, realistic fiction, high school, depression, sexual assault
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Speak

by Laurie Halse Anderson
Paperback, 2011
Tags
abuse, art, bullying, cliques, coming of age, contemporary, date rape, depression, favorites, fiction, friendship — 19 more, high school, novel, outcasts, own, peer pressure, Printz Honor, rape, read, realistic fiction, school, sexual abuse, sexual assault, silence, teen, to-read, YA, young adult, young adult fiction, young adult literature
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Thirteen Reasons Why

by Jay Asher
Paperback, 2011
Tags
suicide, bullying, depression, death, mystery, realistic fiction, friendship, contemporary
Status
Checked out
Due October 29, 2021
Call number
813.6

Wake (Wake Series, Book 1)

by Lisa McMann
Paperback, 2008
Tags
paranormal, supernatural, romance, fantasy, mystery, nightmares, suspense, high school, dreams
Series
Wake Trilogy (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Skin I'm In (20th Anniversary Edition)

by Sharon Flake
Paperback, 2018
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Hunger Games (Book 1)

by Suzanne Collins
Paperback, 2010
Series
The Hunger Games (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins
Paperback, 2010
Series
The Hunger Games (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Gamer Girl

by Mari Mancusi
Paperback, 2008
Status
Available
Call number
308

Wintergirls

by Laurie Halse Anderson
Paperback, 2010
Tags
anorexia, bulimia, eating disorder, cutting, death, friendship, mental illness, realistic fiction, depression, divorce, high school
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

If I Stay

by Gayle Forman
Paperback, 2014
Series
If I Stay (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Ghostopolis

by Doug TenNapel
Paperback, 2010
Tags
ghost, graphic novels, fantasy, afterlife, graphic novel, supernatural, adventure, death
Status
Available
Call number
741.5973

Would You Rather...?: Gross Out: Over 300 Crazy Questions plus extra pages to make up your own!

by Justin Heimberg
Paperback, 2008
Tags
800, Amusements, book, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, choices, conversation, decisions, F17, friendship, funny, games — 11 more, gross, humor, loc818, middle grade, non-fiction, pbx, playing, prompts, read aloud, teen, YA
Series
Would You Rather...?
Status
Available
Call number
818.5402

Matched

by Ally Condie
Paperback, 2011
Series
Matched (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Girl, Stolen

by April Henry Autor
Paperback, 2012
Tags
2010, 2012, adventure, ARC, blind, blindness, carjacking, contemporary, crime, disabilities, disability — 19 more, ebook, fiction, grade 7, grade 8, kidnapping, murder, mystery, own, ransom, read, realistic fiction, series, suspense, teen, thriller, to-read, YA, young adult, young adult fiction
Series
Girl, Stolen (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

I Am J

by Cris Beam
Paperback, 2012
Tags
2011, ARC, bullying, coming of age, coming out, contemporary, cutting, emotional problems, family, fiction, friendship — 19 more, FTM, gender, GLBTQ, goodreads, high school, identity, lgbt, LGBTQ, New York City, novel, photography, realistic fiction, teen, to-read, trans, transgender, YA, young adult, young adult fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Divergent

by Veronica Roth
Paperback, 2014
Tags
2012, 2013, 2014, action, adventure, Chicago, coming of age, Divergent, dystopia, dystopian, ebook — 19 more, factions, family, fantasy, favorites, fiction, goodreads, identity, Kindle, own, post-apocalyptic, read, romance, science fiction, series, teen, to-read, YA, young adult, young adult fiction
Series
Divergent (1)
Status
Checked out
Due October 7, 2021
Call number
813.6

The Final Four

by Paul Volponi
Paperback, 2013
Status
Available
Call number
796.323

Eleanor & Park

by Rainbow Rowell
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
1980s, 2013, 2014, abuse, audiobook, bullying, coming of age, contemporary, ebook, family, favorites — 19 more, fiction, first love, friendship, high school, Kindle, love, misfits, music, Nebraska, read, read in 2014, realistic fiction, relationships, romance, teen, to-read, YA, young adult, young adult fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The 5th Wave

by Rick Yancey
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
dystopian, science fiction, aliens
Series
The Fifth Wave (1)
Status
Checked out
Due January 27, 2022
Call number
813.6

The Geography of You & Me

by Jennifer E. Smith
Paperback, 2014
Tags
New York City, romance, contemporary
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Crossover (The Crossover Series)

by Kwame Alexander
Paperback, 2019
Tags
African-American, Black, brothers, death, family, basketball, sports, poetry, realistic fiction
Series
The Crossover (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

One-Punch Man, Vol. 1 (1)

by One
Paperback, 2015
Series
One-Punch Man (1)
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

One-Punch Man, Vol. 2 (2)

by One
Paperback, 2015
Tags
3.5-star, action, comedy, comic, comics, Comics & Graphic Novels, fantasy, fiction, format-print, Golden Archeive, graphic novel — 19 more, humor, Japan, Japanese, Jensbooks, manga, manga-2016, One-Punch Man, parody, polite male lead, priority-reads, read, read in 2016, read-manga, science fiction, shounen, superhero, superheroes, to-read, Viz
Series
One-Punch Man (2)
Status
Available
Call number
741.5952

How It Went Down

by Kekla Magoon
Paperback, 2015
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

One-Punch Man, Vol. 3 (3)

by One
Paperback, 2015
Series
One-Punch Man (3)
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Written in the Stars

by Aisha Saeed
Paperback, 2016
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Nimona

by Noelle Stevenson
Paperback, 2015
Tags
fantasy, graphic novel, shapeshifters, magic, LGBTQ, comics, dragons
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Everything, Everything

by Nicola Yoon
Paperback, 2017
Tags
2016, 2017, ARC, audiobook, biracial, coming of age, contemporary, disability, disease, ebook, family — 19 more, fiction, friendship, grief, Hawaii, illness, Kindle, love, mental illness, mothers and daughters, novel, read, read in 2017, realistic fiction, romance, teen, to-read, YA, young adult, young adult fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

This Is Where It Ends

by Marieke Nijkamp
Paperback, 2019
Tags
contemporary, LGBTQ, school shooting, high school, gun violence, realistic fiction, thriller
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Awkward (Berrybrook Middle School)

by Svetlana Chmakova
Paperback, 2015
Tags
art, bullying, graphic novel, graphic novels, friendship, realistic fiction, middle school, coming-of-age, humor, Latinx, comics
Series
Berrybrook Middle School (1)
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

All American Boys

by Jason Reynolds
Paperback, 2017
Tags
African-American, African Americans, audiobook, basketball, Black, coming-of-age, contemporary, family, fiction, friendship, goodreads — 19 more, high school, identity, police, police brutality, prejudice, race, race relations, racism, realistic fiction, social justice, teen, to-read, urban, violence, white privilege, YA, young adult, young adult fiction, young adult literature
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Tell Me Three Things

by Julie Buxbaum
Paperback, 2017
Tags
bullying, contemporary, death, friendship, grief, realistic fiction, high school, romance, stepfamilies, new school, family
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

If I Was Your Girl

by Meredith Russo
Paperback, 2018
Tags
LGBTQ, contemporary, transgender, romance, high school, queer, realistic fiction, coming-of-age
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

Booked (The Crossover Series)

by Kwame Alexander
Paperback, 2019
Tags
divorce, bullying, family, realistic fiction, poetry, soccer, sports, friendship
Series
The Crossover (2)
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Lily and Dunkin

by Donna Gephart
Paperback, 2018
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Dreamland Burning

by Jennifer Latham
Paperback, 2018
Tags
1920s, African American, audio, audiobook, borrowed, contemporary, ebook, family, fiction, friendship, historical — 18 more, historical fiction, history, juvenile fiction, Kindle, Ku Klux Klan, murder, mystery, Oklahoma, own, race, race relations, racism, realistic fiction, riots, to-read, Tulsa, USA, YAyoung adult
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Ghost (Track)

by Jason Reynolds
Paperback, 2017
Tags
African-American, Black, realistic fiction, running, sports, urban, track, middle school, family, friendship, social justice — 2 more, poverty, coming-of-age
Series
Track Series (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Allegedly

by Tiffany D Jackson
Paperback, 2018
Tags
African-American, mental illness, murder, mystery, teen pregnancy, realistic fiction, suspense, incarceration, justice, contemporary
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Hate U Give Collector's Edition

by Angie Thomas
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
2017, 2018, African American, African Americans, audiobook, Black Lives Matter, civil rights, coming of age, contemporary, contemporary fiction, discrimination — 19 more, family, fiction, friendship, gangs, murder, police, police brutality, race, race relations, racism, read, read in 2017, read in 2018, realistic fiction, teen, to-read, YA, young adult, young adult fiction
Series
THUG (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

One of Us Is Lying

by Karen M. McManus
Hardcover, 2017
Series
One of Us is Lying (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Miles Morales: Spider-Man (A Marvel YA Novel)

by Jason Reynolds
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
African-American, Black, Marvel, Spider-Man, superhero, realistic fiction, superheroes, science fiction, fantasy, racism, urban — 2 more, Brooklyn, New York City
Series
Marvel Prose Novel, Miles Morales (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Dear Martin

by Nic Stone
Paperback, 2018
Tags
African-American, Black, Martin Luther King, Jr., police brutality, realistic fiction, racism, race, race relations, social justice, prejudice — 1 more, contemporary
Series
Dear Martin (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Solo (Blink)

by Kwame Alexander
Paperback, 2019
Tags
realistic fiction, poetry, Africa, adoption, addiction, music, family
Series
Blink (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

by Dashka Slater
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
gender, gender identity, hate crime, hate crimes, incarceration, LGBT, true crime, violence, crime victims, crime, criminal justice system — 2 more, race, sexuality
Status
Available
Call number
364.15

The Stars Beneath Our Feet

by David Barclay Moore
Paperback, 2019
Tags
African-American, Black, Harlem, grief, death, family, gangs, Lego, realistic fiction, autism
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Wild Bird

by Wendelin Van Draanen
Paperback, 2019
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Wild Bird

by Wendelin Van Draanen
Paperback, 2019
Tags
2017, 2019, adventure, alcohol, audio, audiobook, camping, Caudill 2020, coming of age, desert, drug abuse — 19 more, drugs, ebook, family, family relationships, fiction, friendship, Overdrive, realistic, realistic fiction, rehab, self-esteem, survival, sync 2019, teen, therapy, to-read, Utah, YA, young adult
Status
Available
Call number
813.6
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