Monday, June 24, 2019

2019 Summer Reading List for Teens

This week, I'm sharing some recommended books for teens to read this summer . . . .

Comics Will Break Your Heart by Faith Erin Hicks
In her debut novel, cartoonist Faith Erin Hicks pens a sensitive and funny Romeo and Juliet tale about modern romance, geek royalty, and what it takes to heal the long-festering scars of the past (Spoiler Alert: love).

White Rose by Kip Wilson
Tells the story of Sophie Scholl, a young German college student who challenges the Nazi regime during World War II as part of the White Rose, a non-violent resistance group.

The Last 8 by Laura Pohl
After an alien attack devastates the Earth, pilot and future astronaut Clover Martinez bands with seven other teens in a struggle to survive.

The Unfortunates by Kim Liggett
After getting away with murder, Grant Tavish plans his own form of justice, but before he can act upon it a cave system collapse traps him and four other teenagers miles below the surface, where they soon discover that they aren't alone.

Dig by A.S. King
Five white teenage cousins who are struggling with the failures and racial ignorance of their dysfunctional parents and their wealthy grandparents, reunite for Easter.


More Books --
And the Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness
The Book of Pearl by Timothee de Fombelle
Dive Smack by Demetra Brodsky
Girls on the Line by Jennie Liu
I, Claudia by Mary McCoy
Inventing Victoria by Tonya Bolden
Isle of Blood and Stone by Makila Lucier
Mapping the Bones by Jane Yolen
Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe by Preston Norton
Now You See Her by Lisa Leighton
Pride by Ibi Aanu Zoboi
Relative Strangers by Paula Garner
Soul Keepers by Devon Taylor
The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotick by David Arnold
To Be Honest by Maggie Ann Martin
We Rule the Night by Claire Eliza Bartlett
When Light Left Us by Leah Thomas
White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig
Your One & Only by Adrianne Finlay

Check these books out on display at the Arnold Branch through July 12, 2019.

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