Young Adult

Paranormal novel for teens about dark family secrets, deep-seated vengeance and the horrifying truth that evil often lurks in the unlikeliest of places. This one will send shivers down your spine – just in time for Halloween.

Graphic novel version of the New York Times bestselling series Five Nights at Freddy's includes three novella-length horrifying comic stories, sure to keep any teen up at night.

It’s all fun and games until a prank goes fatally wrong. Book 28 of 36 in the immensely popular Stine’s Fear Street series, I included this pick because there is nothing better than discovering a series kids enjoy and telling them there are 35 more books!

I got a kick out of this book. The world can feel like a dumpster fire to many teens, with endless things to be afraid of. But Jones – bestseller of books, sorceress of side-eyes and critic of culture – gives teens the permission they might need to be the troublemakers they are, or wish to be. This is the book she needed when she was the kid who got in trouble for her mouth when she spoke up about what she felt was not fair. This is the book she needed when kids made fun of her Nigerian accent. This is the book that she needed when it was time to call herself a writer, but she was too scared. And this is the book I think all too many teens can relate to. Funny, motivating and touching – all in one.

Page-turning tale of Shelby Blaine, the 18-year-old daughter of a U.S. Air Force intelligence officer recently relocated to post-World War II America, who becomes entangled with an escaped Soviet pilot and must learn to decipher truth from lies.

Bonus combination of the third and fourth novellas in the popular Shatter Me series! Perfect for fans who crave action-packed young adult novels with tantalizing romance like Divergent and The Hunger Games. And lazy readers appreciate the brevity of the stories, as teens breeze through these stories, hungry for the next installment!

Getting good grades, keeping up with social media, maintaining friendships... teens have a lot on their plates, and it's more difficult when you add anxiety to the mix. So, how do teens stop themselves from missing out on life? Galanti shares mindfulness techniques that can help teens manage their anxiety and reverse negative patterns with simple and effective exercises that help change thoughts, behaviors and physical reactions. Great guide for the start of the school year.

From the author of critically acclaimed and bestselling memoir Falling Leaves, this is a poignant and moving true account of her childhood, growing up as an unloved daughter in 1940s China. Mah's affluent, powerful family considers her bad luck after her mother dies giving birth to her, and life does not get any easier when her father remarries. Adeline and her siblings are subjected to the disdain of her stepmother, while her stepbrother and stepsister are spoiled with gifts and attention. Like the classic Cinderella story, this inspiring memoir is a moving story of resilience and hope. 

Students LOVE this book about Mexico’s Tarahumara Indians. Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, they have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury.

A dark, intensely moving story of a girl desperately determined to find a cure for the illness that swept her mother away, and could possibly destroy her own life as well.

Marin hasn’t spoken to anyone from her old life since the day she left everything behind. No one knows the truth about those final weeks. Not even her best friend Mabel. But even thousands of miles away from the California coast, at college in New York, Marin still feels the pull of the life and tragedy she’s tried to outrun. Now, months later, alone in an emptied dorm for winter break, Marin waits. Mabel is coming to visit and Marin will be forced to face everything that’s been left unsaid and finally confront the loneliness that has made a home in her heart.

Great tweener by the Newbery-winning author of The One and Only Ivan. Jackson and his family have fallen on hard times. Crenshaw is a cat that’s large, outspoken…and imaginary. He has come back into Jackson's life to help him. But is an imaginary friend enough to save this family from losing everything? Great book about the importance of friendship.

Using concepts from algebra and relating them to life, Tess navigates the waters of friendship, popularity, and family.

Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on a six-hundred-mile walk to save a friend. But the story doesn’t end there. Now his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make. The final installment of the Harold Fry trilogy.

Once upon a time in America, there were two Jasons. Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin. One a poet. One an artist. One Black. One white. Two voices. One journey in mind: to move to New York, the city of dreams, to make their own dreams come true. Willing to have a life not un-hard, so long as it wasn’t unhappy. Willing to let the city swallow them whole, so long as it gives them their chance. A stunning visual autobiography of two crazy-talented besties, bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds and painter Jason Griffin, who could never be who they are singularly if they weren’t who they were together.