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This is the list of titles that have been selected as a Great Teen Read.
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The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
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A National Book Award Longlist title!Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times-bestselling novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth.... |
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Grave Mercy: His Fair Assassin, Book I
Robin LaFevers - Graphia
Format: Paperback
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[set star] "Fiction and history coalesce in a rich, ripping tale of assassinations, political intrigue and religion. . . . LaFevers' ambitious tapestry includes poison and treason and murder, valor and honor and slow love, suspense and sexuality and mercy. A page-turner - with grace."... |
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Dig
A.S. King - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Acclaimed master of the YA novel A.S. King's eleventh book is a surreal and searing dive into the tangled secrets of a wealthy white family in suburban Pennsylvania and the terrible cost the family's children pay to maintain the family name.The Shoveler, the Freak, CanIHelpYou?, Loretta... |
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The Grief Keeper
Alexandra Villasante - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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This stunning YA debut is a timely and heartfelt speculative narrative about healing, faith, and freedom.Seventeen-year-old Marisol has always dreamed of being American, learning what Americans and the US are like from television and Mrs. Rosen, an elderly expat who had employed Marisol's... |
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The Fountains of Silence
Ruta Sepetys - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray comes a gripping, unforgettable portrait of love, silence, and secrets amidst a Spanish dictatorship.Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco,... |
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Steelheart
Brandon Sanderson - Ember; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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The #1 New York Times bestseller from Brandon Sanderson, the author of Oathbringer
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Five Midnights
Ann Dávila Cardinal - Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover
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Ann Dvila Cardinal's Five Midnights is a "wickedly thrilling" (William Alexander) and "flat-out unputdownable" (Paul Tremblay) novel based on the el Cuco myth set against the backdrop of modern day Puerto Rico.Five friends cursed. Five deadly fates. Five... |
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Sadie
COURTNEY SUMMERS - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times bestseller! An Edgar Award Winner! A BOOKLIST Top 10 YA Book for Adult Readers One of the Best YA Novels of 2018 by Publishers WeeklyOne of B&N Teen Blog's Best YA Books of 2018Bustle's Best Young Adult Books of 2018Good Morning America's... |
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My Heart and Other Black Holes
Jasmine Warga - Balzer + Bray
Format: Print book
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"Alive with intensity, gut-wrenching honesty, moments of humor, and - of course - heart. Not to be missed." - Nova Ren Suma, author of Imaginary Girls and The Walls Around UsA stunning novel about the transformative power of love, perfect for fans of Jay Asher and Laurie Halse... |
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With the Fire on High
Elizabeth Acevedo - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award longlist title The Poet X comes a dazzling novel in prose about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed the soul that keeps her fire burning bright.Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago's life... |
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White Rose
Kip Wilson - Versify
Format: Hardcover
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"In a searing indictment of silent complicity, White Rose shines a light on one remarkable young woman's insistence on the power of truth, no matter the cost. A timely call to resistance." - Joy McCullough, author of Blood Water Paint "White Rose is a resonant... |
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Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle)
Amie Kaufman - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Library Binding
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES * From the internationally bestselling authors of the Illuminae Filescomes a new science fiction epic . . .The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit... |
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Lovely War
Julie Berry - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Read the novel New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network Kate Quinn called "easily one of the best novels I have read all year!" A sweeping, multi-layered romance set in the perilous days of World Wars I and II, where gods hold the fates--and the hearts--of... |
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Furyborn
Claire Legrand - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover
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An Instant New York Times Bestseller!"One of the biggest new YA fantasies." -- Entertainment Weekly "Empowering." -- BuzzFeedFuryborn, Book 1 of the new Empirium Trilogy from the bestselling author Claire Legrand, is a stunningly original, must-read fantasy that follows... |
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The Agony House
Cherie Priest - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover
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Denise Farber has just moved back to New Orleans with her mom and step-dad. They left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and have finally returned, wagering the last of their family's money on fixing up an old, rundown house and converting it to a bed and breakfast.Nothing seems to work around... |
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The Rule of One
ASHLEY SAUNDERS - Skyscape
Format: Hardcover
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In their world, telling the truth has become the most dangerous crime of all.In the near-future United States, a one-child policy is ruthlessly enforced. Everyone follows the Rule of One. But Ava Goodwin, daughter of the head of the Texas Family Planning Division, has a secret - one her mother... |
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One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover
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Pay close attention and you might solve this.
On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.
Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.
Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.
Nate, the criminal, is already on probation... |
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Ten
Gretchen McNeil - Balzer Bray
Format: Paperback
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A smart and terrifying teen horror novel inspired by Agatha Christies And Then There Were None, from Get Even author Gretchen McNeil - now a Lifetime Original Movie! Ten teens. Three days. One killer.It was supposed to be the weekend of their lives - an exclusive house party on Henry Island.... |
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