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Category Archives: Teen/Young Adult
Beneath a Meth Moon: An Elegy
elegy n. 1. mournful poem 2. poem in elegiac couplets or stanzas 3. music, musical or lament for dead person Written in prose, Jacqueline Woodson‘s Beneath a Meth Moon reads as smoothly as a poem and manages to work in Hurricane Katrina, loss … Continue reading
Posted in Character-driven, Teen/Young Adult, Voice
Tagged country setting, serious book, social issues, teen
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Starters
The first impression of Lissa Price‘s Starters is the cover: A surreal, almost glowing teen girl waits with an unwavering gaze and pristine skin. This perfection is a scheme. Wealthy Enders (the elderly) laser away the flaws of teenagers and then rent their … Continue reading
Posted in Teen/Young Adult
Tagged city setting, dystopian, high interest, social issues, teen
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American Born Chinese
American Born Chinese, a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang, comprises three stories featuring Jin, the only Chinese-American at his school, the fabled Monkey King, and Chin-kee, the horrible Chinese cousin. The three threads are woven together near the end … Continue reading
The Death Cure
The third book in the Maze Runner trilogy does answer all our questions about WICKED and why Thomas is special. Filled with twists and turns, futuristic plots and a plan to save the human race, James Dashner’s The Death Cure shows … Continue reading
The Scorch Trials
Thomas and the Gladers solved the maze, but now they have to endure the Scorch and find the safe haven WICKED promised. Minho, Teresa and Newt from The Maze Runner are back for The Scorch Trials, along with new Cranks, Jorge … Continue reading
Posted in Series, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged books, dystopian, environment, high interest, trilogy
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Between Shades of Gray
When fifteen-year-old Lina’s family is exiled from Lithuania by the Soviets, they are forced to travel to remote regions, including Siberia, to work and endure under extreme hunger, cold and inadequate shelter. Maintaining hope is difficult when Lina doesn’t understand … Continue reading
Posted in historical, Michigan author/illustrator, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged books, historical fiction, serious book
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The Maze Runner
For a page turning adventure in a world with no memories, read James Dashner’s The Maze Runner, first in a dystopian trilogy. Thomas arrives at the Glades in a box, his memory wiped clean and his environment controlled. The boys already … Continue reading
Divergent
Even virtues can go bad in a futuristic Chicago where everyone but the factionless belong to either Abnegation, Erudite, Candor, Amity or Dauntless. At sixteen, Tris chooses to become Dauntless, a choice that takes her away from her family and … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged books, city setting, dystopian, social issues
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Hush
Hush, one of Jacqueline Woodson’s novels for teens, is a beautifully written, realistic book about Evie, who used to be Toswiah from Denver before the whole family had to move because her dad testified against fellow cops in a murder … Continue reading
Posted in Character-driven, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged books, high interest, kid lit, serious book
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Sweethearts
Sara Zarr’s Sweethearts is about Jenna Vaughn, a high school senior who wants to forget everything about her outcast days as Jennifer Harris, except Cameron Quick. Her one childhood ally was suddenly gone one day in grade five–she thought he … Continue reading
