Monday, May 17, 2021

After Graduation: A Teen Fiction Booklist

 It's graduation season!  Seniors are planning their futures and cramming in one last summer of fun before adulthood.  This week, I'm sharing stories about what happens after graduation.  Here are a few of my favorites . . . .


Along for the Ride
by Sarah Dessen
When Auden impulsively goes to stay with her father, stepmother, and new baby sister the summer before she starts college, she gets a chance to recapture the carefree teen life she missed while her parents were going through a divorce.

Shift by Jennifer Bradbury
When best friends Chris and Win go on a cross country bicycle trek the summer after graduating and only one returns, the FBI wants to know what happened.

Hello, Goodbye, and Everything In Between by Jennifer E. Smith
High school sweethearts Clare and Aidan spend the night before they leave for college reminiscing about their relationship and deciding whether they should stay together or break up.

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.


More Books --
A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey
Every Moment After by Joseph Moldover
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
The Foreseeable Future by Emily Adrian
Freshmen by Tom Ellen
Gap Life by John Coy
Girls Like Us by Gail Giles
Inexcusable by Chris Lynch
Keep This to Yourself by Tom Ryan
Kill All Happies by Rachel Cohn
Me Myself & Him by Christopher Tebbetts
Say Yes Summer by Lindsey Roth Culli
Start Here by Trish Doller
Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian
Summer of '69 by Todd Strasser
The Summer of Us by Cecilia Vinesse
Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour


Check these books out on display at the Arnold Branch through June 11, 2021.

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