Here are some new books that our teens are excited to read!
By Your Side by Kasie West * Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller * Don’t Touch by Rachel Wilson * Asking for It by Louise O’Neill * Children of Eden by Joey Graceffa * Denton Little’s Still Not Dead by Lance Rubin * The Edge of Everything by Jeff Giles * History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera * We Are Okay by Nina LaCour * A Tragic Kind of Wonderful by Eric Lindstrom * Alex and Eliza: A Love Story by Melissa de La Cruz * Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett * Beck by Mal Peet * Who Killed Christopher Goodman?: Based on a True Crime by Allan Wolf
This Month’s Reviews
Book: Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
About: After an incident at school, Audrey develops an anxiety disorder. She is getting by slowly, but steadily when she meets her brother’s gaming friend Linus…who changes everything.
Recommended by: Rashido O. (High School Teen)
Book: The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
About: The Sun is Also a Star is about a boy and a girl who meet and make a strong bond in just one day by sharing their culture with one another. They face the problem of deportation together and meet in the future, but what happens in between?
Recommended by: Walton B. (Middle School Teen)
Book: The Maze Runner by James Dashner
About: This book is about a boy named Thomas who wakes up in a maze called the Glade, with no memory of how he got there. The only people in the Glade are boys and Thomas must figure out how they all ended up in there if they want to survive. There is also a boy named Newt and he is actually the coolest person ever! Also I cried at the end…so you have to read it!
Recommended by: Simon M. (Middle School Teen)
Book: Decemberunderground by AFI (Musical Group)
About: This album is amazing and for people who love rock music! If you like Nirvana you will like it a lot. We really enjoyed listening to it! This is a great album to listen to on a day off from school.
Recommended by: Emily M. & Amaya H. (Middle School Teens)
Book: 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
About: This book is about a girl named Amanda who gets in a fight with her best friend Leo, who has the same birthday as her. After a terrible birthday Amanda goes to bed, but wakes up to her birthday again. She soon finds herself reliving her birthday over and over.
Recommended by: Amara K. (Middle School Teen)
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