PARENTS: Young Adult books are generally intended for ages 12 and up, grades 6 and up.

However, some books contain subject matter that you might find inappropriate for your child. If in doubt we recommend that you preview your childs selections

Every book on this list is considered one of the best of the best books released between 2002 and 2012 and recommended by patrons of the Bolton Public Library Teen Section!

Lists compiled by Shana Morales, Childrens Services

Teen Reads
Great Books for Young Adults!

Bolton Public Library 738 Main Street Bolton, MA 01740 978-779-2839 www.boltonpubliclibrary.org

See this booklist online at www.boltonpubliclibrary.org/teen-reads

Realistic Fiction
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie An Abundance of Katherines by John Green Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Senz Ask the Passengers by A.S. King Beauty Queens by Libba Bray Before I Die by Jenny Downham Boy21 by Matthew Quick The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour The Fault in the Stars by John Green I am J by Cris Beam I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak If I Stay by Gayle Forman Looking for Alaska by John Green Luna by Julie Anne Peters Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult Paper Towns by John Green The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin Shine by Lauren Myracle Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia Mccall Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly Sold by Patricia McCormick Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill

Fantasy
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray Airborn by Kenneth Oppel The Arrival by Shaun Tan Ash by Malinda Lo Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor Every Day by David Levithan The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson Graceling by Kristin Cashore Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

Dystopian/Apocalyptic
Ashfall by Mike Mullin Delirium by Lauren Oliver Divergent by Veronica Roth The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Incarceron by Catherine Fisher Matched by Ally Condie Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Historical Fiction
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing Vol. 1 by M.T. Anderson Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Flygirl by Sherri Smith The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick

Peeps by Scott Westerfeld The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater Seraphina by Rachel Hartman Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan Twilight by Stephenie Meyer When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead