Award Winning Books for Teens

This week, I'm sharing some award winning books for teens.  Here's a few of my favorites . . . .

Not If I Save You First by Ally Carter

Maddie thought she and Logan would be friends forever. But when her dad is a Secret Service agent, and Logan's dad is the president, sometimes life has other plans. Before she knows it, Maddie's dad is dragging her to a cabin in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness. Maddie tells herself it's okay. Until Logan shows up six years later, and she wants to kill him. But before that can happen, an assailant appears out of nowhere, knocking Maddie off a cliff and dragging Logan to some unknown fate.

Dig by A.S. King

Only a generation removed from being Pennsylvania potato farmers, Gottfried and Marla Hemmings managed to trade digging spuds for developing subdivisions and now sit atop a seven-figure bank account, wealth they've declined to pass on to their adult children or their teenage grandchildren. As the rot just beneath the surface of the Hemmings' precious suburban respectability begins to spread, the far-flung grandchildren gradually find their ways back to one another, just in time to uncover the terrible cost of maintaining the family name.

The Unfortunates by Kim Liggett

After a fatal accident, 17-year-old Grant Tavish escapes punishment due to his senator father's connections. Grant plans to give himself justice by staging an accident during a caving trip and never returning. But the cave collapses, trapping him miles beneath the surface with four other teens. As they struggle to survive, they realize something else is with them.

More Books --

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

Bone Gap by Laura Ruby

Eighth Grade Bites by Z. Brewer

Everything, Everything, Nicola Yoon

Famous Last Words by Katie Alender

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Heroine by Mindy McGinnis

The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman

Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers

The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

To Catch a Killer by Sheryl Scarborough

We Are Okay by Nina Lacour

You'd Be Home by Kathleen Glasgow

Are You Prepared? Survival Stories

September is Disaster Preparedness Month.  So this week, we are sharing survival chapter books.  Here's a few of our favorites . . . .

The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that has been predicted will be seven months of bad weather.

Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.

Storm Blown by Nick Courage

In San Juan, Puerto Rico, Alejandro worries about his great-uncle while helping guests at a resort, and in New Orleans, Emily worries about her sick brother, as a major hurricane rages, changing both their lives forever.

More Books --

Denali Storm by Michael Spradlin

Hurricane by Terry Trueman

Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender

Hurricane Katrina Rescue by Kate Messenger

Lacey's Story by W. Bruce Cameron

Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse by Susan Vaught

Racing Storm Mountain by Trent Reedy

Skylark and Wallcreeper by Anne Carelli

The Storm Before Atlanta by Karen Schwabach

The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan

Survival in the Storm by Katelan Jenke

Tornado Hits by Hilde Lysiak

It's Boarding School -- Not Boring School!

With the start of the school year, we thought we would share some teen books set in boarding schools.  Here's a few of our favorites . . . .

Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
A seventeen-year-old orphan is sent to an exclusive northeastern college for women by an anonymous benefactor in exchange for writing him regularly on her progress.

Carry On: The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow by Rainbow Rowell

Simon Snow just wants to relax and savor his last year at the Watford School of Magicks, but no one will let him. His girlfriend broke up with him, his best friend is a pest, and there are ghosts. And vampires. 

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.

More Books --

Again Again by E. Lockhart

Breaking by Danielle Rollins

The Castle School (for Troubled Girls) by Alyssa B. Sheinmel

Don't Breathe a Word by Jordyn Taylor

Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger

Even in Paradise by Chelsey Philpot

The Forgotten Book by Mechthild Glaser

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
The Ivies by Alex Donne

Killing November by Adriana Mather

A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee

Looking for Alaska by John Green

My Dearest Darkest by Kayla Cottingham

The Similars by Rebecca Hanover

This May End Badly by Samantha Markum

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

Youngblood by Sasha Laurens