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Monday, July 25, 2016

The Best Teen Books You Haven't Read!

Are you looking for a great book?  Something you haven't read before?  Here are some of the best teen books you haven't read yet . . . .

I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest
Years after writing stories about a superheroine character she created with a best friend who died in a tragic car accident, sixteen-year-old May is shocked to see stickers, patches, and graffiti images of the superheroine appearing around Seattle.

Girls Like Us by Gail Giles
Graduating from their school's special education program, Quincy and Biddy are placed together in their first independent apartment and discover unexpected things they have in common in the face of past challenges and a harrowing trauma.

Knockout Games by G. Neri
As a gang of urban teenagers known as the TKO Club makes random attacks on bystanders, Erica, who is dating the gang leader, wrestles with her dark side and "good kid" identity.

Infandous by Elana Arnold
Seventeen-year-old Sephora, a surfer and artist who loves fairy tales and mythology, struggles with a secret so horrible she cannot speak it aloud, especially not to her beautiful, single mother, although they have always been unusually close.

Swagger by Carl Deuker
High school senior point guard Jonas Dolan is on the fast track to a basketball career until an unthinkable choice puts his future on the line.


More Great Teen Books You Haven't Read --
Apollo's Outcasts by Allen Steele
Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein
Complicit by Stephanie Kuehn
The Dead I Know by Scott Gardner
A Death-Struck Year by Makiia Lucier
Eden West by Pete Hautman
Even in Paradies by Chelsey Philpot
Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy by Susan Vaught
Jepp, Who Defied the Stars by Katherine Marsh
Kate Walden Directs: Night of the Zombie Chickens by Julie Mata
Not a Drop to Drink by Minda McGinnis
Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
Utopia, Iowa by Brian Yansky
The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy by Kate Hattemer
The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore
The Witch Hunter by Virginia Boecker
You and Me and Him by Kriss Dinnisin

Check out these books on display at the Arnold Branch through August 12, 2016.

Monday, May 18, 2015

May Is Mental Health Month



One in four people, including teens, will suffer from some form of mental illness in their lives. Yet, there is a stigma against talking about mental illness.  This May for Mental Health Month, read one of the following teen novels dealing with mental health issues and discuss it with your friends and family.


Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy by Sonya Sones
A younger sister has a difficult time adjusting to life after her older sister has a mental breakdown.

Walkaway by Alden R. Carter
Fifteen-year-old Andy, fed up with his alcoholic father and annoying older brother, leaves their northern Wisconsin cabin on his version of a walkabout, leaving his medications to combat depression, anxiety, and delusions behind.

Inside Out by Terry Trueman
A sixteen-year-old with schizophrenia is caught up in the events surrounding an attempted robbery by two other teens who eventually hold him hostage.

Girls Like Us by Gail Giles
Graduating from their school's special education program, Quincy and Biddy are placed together in their first independent apartment and discover unexpected things they have in common in the face of past challenges and a harrowing trauma.

Kissing Doorknobs by Terry Spencer Hesser
Fourteen-year-old Tara describes how her increasingly strange compulsions begin to take over her life and affect her relationships with her family and friends.


More Books Dealing with Mental Health Issues --
Angel by Cliff McNish
Blind Faith by Ellen Wittlinger
The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci
Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos
Framed in Fire by David Patneaude
I Will Save You by Matt de la Pena
The Killer's Cousin by Nancy Werlin
Pictures in the Dark by Patricia McCord
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
Right Behind You by Gail Giles
Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulsen
Wild Roses by Deb Caletti
Without Tess by Mercella Pixley



Check out these books on display at the Arnold Branch through June 5, 2015.