pARTy! Celebrate the Arts

The arts are an integral part of our lives -- whether it is poetry, music, literature, dance, theater, etc.  Here are a few of our favorite teen books with story lines focusing on the arts . . .

A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller
In 1909 London, as the world of debutante balls and high society obligations closes in around her, seventeen-year-old Victoria must figure out just how much is she willing to sacrifice to pursue her dream of becoming an artist.

Bobby Sky: Boy Band or Die by Joe Shine

After two grueling years of training to be a Shadow, a top-secret guardian, sixteen-year-old Robert "Hutch" Hutchinson's first assignment is to join a boy band and protect its world-famous front-man.

Long Story Short by Serena Kaylor

A sixteen-year-old homeschooled math genius finds herself out of her element at a theater summer camp and learns that life--and love--can't be lived by the (text)book.

The Heartbreakers by Ali Novak

When her triplet sister Cara is diagnosed with leukemia, eighteen-year-old Stella puts her dreams on hold to move home and be with her family, but when she starts spending time with the lead singer of Cara's favorite band, will Stella resent him for taking her attention away from her sister--or will he help Stella find the courage to live her own life?

More Books --

Battle of the Bands by various authors

Beneath the Wide Silk Sky by Emily Inouye Huey

Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough

Echo After Echo by A.R. Capetta

Hopepunk by Preston Norton

Impossible Music by Sean Williams

Last Things by Jacqueline West

The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre by Robin Talley

Love, Jacaranda by Alex Flinn

Night Music by Jenn Marie Thorne

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow

Punching the Air by Ibi Aanu Zoboi

Somewhere Only We Know by Maureen Goo

This Book Is Not Yet Rated by Peter Bognanni

The Way the Light Bends by Cordelia Jenson

This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow

When We Were Strangers by Alex Richards

WHAT!? We're Moving? -- Books About Moving

Check out the following teen books featuring stories about moving . . . .

Abandon by Meg Cabot

A near-death experience, a horrible incident at school, and a move from Connecticut to Florida have turned seventeen-year-old Pierce's life upside-down, but when she needs him most John Hayden is always there, helping but reminding her of her visit to the Underworld.

My Life with the Walter Boys by Ali Novak

Devastated when her parents are killed in a car accident, sixteen-year old Jackie moves from New York City to Colorado to live with her mother's best friend, who has twelve children, including two boys who start to show an interest in Jackie that goes beyond brotherly.

One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies by Sonya Sones

Fifteen-year-old Ruby Milliken leaves her best friend, her boyfriend, her aunt, and her mother's grave in Boston and reluctantly flies to Los Angeles to live with her father, a famous movie star who divorced her mother before Ruby was born.

Revived by Cat Patrick

Having been brought back from the dead repeatedly by a top-secret government super drug called Revive, and forced to move so the public does not learn the truth, fifteen-year-old Daisy meets people worth living for and begins to question the heavy-handedgovernment controls she has dealt with for eleven years.

More Books --

The Cemetery Boys by Aidan Thomas

The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe

The Fixer by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 

Hello Now by Jenny Valentine

The Missing Season by Gillian French

There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
We Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen-Fernlund

My Life With the Walter Boys by Ali Novak

After her family is killed in a car accident, Jackie moves from New York City to rural Colorado to live with her mother's best friend and family.  It's complete culture shock made worse by the fact that there are 12 children in the Walter family -- all boys.


This is basically a love triangle story.  While there is a lot of grief over the loss of her family, most of Jackie's time is consumed with how to deal with the two brothers that want to date her. 

This was a novel written by a 15-year-old on Wattpad that eventually was published.