Category Archives: Young Adult/Teen
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The Agency: A Spy In the House by Y. S. Lee
Posted on December 15, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in Mysteries, Romance, Young Adult/TeenA Spy In the House follows the adventures of a modern heroine set in a colorful Victorian atmosphere. Orphaned in early childhood, Mary Quinn becomes a pickpocket, then a house burglar. Mary is finally caught red-handed and sentenced to hang. She’s resigned to her fate since life holds little hope for her, but she’s rescued at the last moment [...]
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The Drowned Cities
Posted on July 30, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in Adventure, Young Adult/TeenBy Paolo Bacigalupi Mahlia and Mouse have escaped the drowned cities and found refuge with a kind doctor, but when the children find a badly injured “half-man” all the violence and evil they escaped comes to find them. Mahlia chooses to gamble on the half-man’s loyalty even when the doctor threatens to abandon her and [...]
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The Pirate Captain’s Daughter by Eve Bunting
Posted on July 6, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in Adventure, Young Adult/TeenThe Pirate Captain’s Daughter appeals to the early teen audience that is comfortable in the children’s room or the young adult area. Bunting has created a strong female character in Catherine, the daughter of a pirate captain. When Catherine’s mother dies, she must choose between living with her prissy aunt in Boston society or sailing [...]
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The Scorpio Races
Posted on May 28, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in Fantasy, Young Adult/Teenby Maggie Stiefvater It is easy to see why this novel received a Printz honor. The story has it all: magic, danger, family conflict, competition, even romance. But more importantly, the characters have depth and individuality. Puck and Sean have had difficult lives, but their difficulties have made them determined, not bitter. Each has strengths [...]
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Daughters of the Sea
Posted on April 9, 2012 by Victoria in Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance, Young Adult/Teen> by Kathryn Lasky Hannah is the first book in Lasky’s Daughters of the Sea series. This series crosses over between upper elementary readers and young adults, with fantasy and romance elements set against a historical background. Hannah is a sympathetic, strong character who is raised in a home for orphans. When she’s 15, she goes [...]
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Okay for Now
Posted on January 16, 2012 by Melendra in Young Adult/Teen>By Gary Schmidt Doug doesn’t want to move from New York to Marysville, but he figures it won’t change much. He’ll still have a mean older brother to beat him up. He’ll still have an even meaner father, and his oldest brother will still be in Vietnam. But, something strange happens in Marysville. From the [...]
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The Shadow Speaker
Posted on December 28, 2011 by Melendra in Science Fiction, Young Adult/Teen> By Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu In a not-to-distant future in West Africa, fourteen-year-old Ejii possesses strange powers brought on by the environmentalist bombs that were dropped before she was born. With the ability to speak to shadows, Ejii is among the superhumans mistrusted by much of humanity, including her own father. Ejii’s father wants the world [...]
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The Fox Inheritance
Posted on December 26, 2011 by Melendra in Science Fiction, Young Adult/Teen>By Mary E. Pearson In this sequel to the popular teen novel, The Adoration of Jenna Fox, Jenna’s friends Locke and Kara have been reborn after centuries in digital archives. Everything they knew is gone, and everyone they loved is dead. Except Jenna. Now Locke and Kara must escape the scientist who brought them back [...]
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Entwined
Posted on December 22, 2011 by Melendra in Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult/Teen>By Heather Dixon In this compelling retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Azalea and her sisters are lost and confused when their mother dies. In his grief, their father the king pushes the girls away when they need him most. And their greatest joy, dancing, is forbidden as they are in mourning. Faced with the [...]
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Anya’s Ghost
Posted on October 6, 2011 by Jennifer in Graphic Novel, My Favorite, Scary stories, Young Adult/Teen>by Vera Brosgol This graphic novel in our Young Adult section is a fantastic read, especially for spooky October. Anya is frustrated by her family members who don’t understand her, and at high school where she isn’t beautiful or popular. Within the first dozen pages, Anya accidentally falls into an abandoned well and is stuck [...]
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