NLS Teens

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Sherman Alexie

Junior decides to attend an all-white school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

Wintergirls

Laurie Halse Anderson

An eating disorder controls Lia and causes the death of her best friend.

Thirteen Reasons Why

Jay Asher

When Clay plays the tapes he receives in a mysterious package, he's surprised to hear the voice of dead classmate.

Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance

John Barnes

In 1973 senior Kurt determines to be "normal" despite his chaotic life and his friends in the therapy group.

Audrey, Wait!

Robin Benway

After Audrey dumps Evan he writes a break-up song that shoots up the charts, making Audrey famous.

What I Saw and How I Lied

Judy Blundell

A handsome GI, a love triangle and a web of lies change Evie's life forever.

Going Bovine

Libba Bray

Slacker Cameron is sent on a quest with a lawn gnome and a video-gaming dwarf.

Hate List

Jennifer Brown

Valerie struggles to cope with integrating herself back into high school after a school shooting.

The Vast Fields of Ordinary

Nick Burd

Dade always thought that coming out was going to be the hardest thing. He was wrong.

Graceling

Kristin Cashore

If you had the power to kill with your bare hands, would you use it?

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

A government-sponsored reality TV show forces teens to fight to the death.

The Explosionist

Jenny Davidson

1938 Scotland as it might have been if one moment in history had been altered.

Along For the Ride

Sarah Dessen

Turns out learning to ride a bike is much easier than dating and moving in with dad.

Little Brother

Cory Doctorow

In the not-too-distant future, the Department of Homeland Security abuses its powers.

If I Stay

Gayle Forman

While in a coma, Mia weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

John Green & David Levithan

Two teens, both named Will Grayson, cross paths and find their lives going in new and unexpected directions.

The Photographer

Emmanuel Guibert

Travel into war-torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders.

Suite Scarlett

Maureen Johnson

Scarlett spends the summer working at her quirky family's historic NYC hotel.

The Bite of the Mango

Mariatu Kamara

The memoir of a young woman who lived through a brutal attack as a child of war-torn Sierra Leone.

Fallen

Lauren Kate

Luce is sent to reform school where she learns the truth about the strange shadows haunting her.

My Most Excellent Year

Steve Kluger

Three friends discover themselves, new loves, and how a little magic can go a long way.

No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row

Susan Kuklin

Profiles three death row inmates that were convicted and sentenced to die as teenagers.

Hold Still

Nina LaCour

Three months after her best friend's suicide, Caitlin finds her diary.

Liar

Justine Larbalestier

Micah will admit that she's a compulsive liar, but that may be the only honest thing she'll ever tell you.

The Carbon Diaries 2015

Saci Lloyd

It's 2015 and a planned carbon dioxide rationing in the UK has gone tragically wrong.

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

E. Lockhart

Frankie may just be a criminal mastermind as she takes on her boarding school's "old boys' network."

Flash Burnout

L.K. Madigan

Blake has a girlfriend and a friend who's a girl. One of them loves him; the other one needs him.

Ink Exchange

Melissa Marr

The eerie tattoo Leslie selects pulls her into the dangerous Dark Court of the faeries.

All We Know of Heaven

Jacquelyn Mitchard

One teenager's fight for survival after a horrific car accident and a case of mistaken identity.

The Sky is Everywhere

Jandy Nelson

After a loss, is it possible to eventually be enchanted by what was, instead of haunted by what was lost?

The Adoration of Jenna Fox

Mary E. Pearson

In the not-too-distant future Jenna learns a startling secret about her existence.

Here Lies Arthur

Philip Reeve

Perhaps the legend of King Arthur is all in how one tells the story?

How to Build a House

Dana Reinhardt

Harper volunteers to build a house, and hopes to rebuild her own life.

How I Live Now

Meg Rosoff

When war breaks out while visiting her cousins in the English countryside, Daisy finds they must rely on each other to survive.

The Forest of Hands and Teeth

Carrie Ryan

Orphaned Mary seeks knowledge of what lies beyond her walled village.

Stitches: A Memoir

David Small

Small's dysfunctional childhood is chronicled in this graphic novel.

Freak Show

James St. James

Billy, a drag queen, decides the only way to become fabulous is to run for Homecoming Queen.

Unwind

Neal Shusterman

Three teens try to stay alive in a world where they can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested.

Flygirl

Sherri L. Smith

During World War II, an African-American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.

Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI

Ryan Smithson

The harrowing memoir of a US Soldier and his time spent in Iraq.

Shiver

Maggie Stiefvater

Grace is drawn to a yellow-eyed wolf who has been watching her for years.

Marcelo in the Real World

Francisco X. Stork

A teen with high-functioning autism faces new challenges when he goes to work for his father.

Me, The Missing, and the Dead

Jenny Valentine

Lucas realizes there are good reasons to make friends with the dead lady in the urn.

Written In Bone

Sally M. Walker

Lifestyles of Colonial settlers discovered in both Virginia and Maryland through forensic archaeology.

Numbers

Rachel Ward

Just by looking at someone Jem knows the exact date they will die.

Impossible

Nancy Werlin

To break an ancient curse Lucy must perform three impossible tasks before her daughter is born.

Leviathan

Scott Westerfeld

In an alternate 1914 Europe, mechanical machinery fights against genetically-engineered beasts.

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

Gabrielle Zevin

With no memory of the last four years, Naomi finds herself reassessing every aspect of her life.

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The Postcard

Tony Abbott

An old postcard leads to an unsolved mystery.

Rat Life

Tedd Arnold

In 1972, a friendship with a Vietnam War vet helps Todd solve a murder mystery.

Anything But Typical

Nora Raleigh Baskin

Jason is anything but neurotypical and worries that his new friend will not understand him.

The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites

Heather Brewer

There is more to being a vampire than Vlad could ever have guessed.

All the Broken Pieces: A Novel in Verse

Ann E. Burg

Airlifted from Vietnam and adopted by an American family, Matt is haunted by his past.

Al Capone Shines My Shoes

Gennifer Choldenko

It's hard to say no to mobster Al Capone when he asks for a favor.

Airman

Eoin Colfer

Conor Broekhart was born to fly or, more accurately, he was born flying.

Dull Boy

Sarah Cross

Avery tries to hide his frightening super powers.

The Maze Runner

James Dashner

Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze.

Neptune's Children

Bonnie Dobkin

Teens try to survive in an amusement park after all the adults are killed by a virus.

The London Eye Mystery

Siobhan Dowd

How can a person vanish from the London Eye ferris wheel?

Everything is Fine

Ann Dee Ellis

Keeping up appearances is never easy.

The Big Splash

Jack D. Ferraiolo

A middle school private eye works with a mafia-like syndicate run by a seventh-grader.

The Great and Only Barnum

Candace Fleming

Step right up and read about the one and only P.T. Barnum.

The Possibilities of Sainthood

Donna Freitas

Antonia wants to be the first living saint but is also working on getting her first kiss.

Crossing Stones

Helen Frost

WWI seen from the perspective of two families, four voices.

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

Being raised by ghosts brings many challenges.

Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems

John Grandits

The funny and not so funny life of a teen girl.

The Brooklyn Nine

Alan Gratz

Baseball is in the Schneider family blood and their story is told in nine innings.

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

Phillip Hoose

Claudette, the first African-American arrested for not giving her bus seat to a white passenger, was fifteen years-old.

Ghostgirl

Tonya Hurley

After dying, Charlotte learns a lot in an alternative high school for dead teens.

Evil Genius

Catherine Jinks

Cadel is going to take over the world- as soon as he graduates.

Another Kind of Cowboy

Susan Juby

Sometimes the last person you'd ever think of as a friend, ends up being the one you need the most.

I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President

Josh Lieb

Oliver is not as dumb and lazy as he seems.

Every Soul a Star

Wendy Mass

A much anticipated solar eclipse changes the lives of three very different teens.

Dairy Queen

Catherine Gilbert Murdock

When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.

Airborn

Kenneth Oppel

Hop aboard an airship to search for mysterious winged creatures.

Life As We Knew It

Susan Beth Pfeffer

A meteor hits the moon and causes havoc on Earth.

Bystander

James Preller

In an instant, Eric goes from being a bystander to the bully's next target.

Nation

Terry Pratchett

A tsunami forces Mau, an island boy, to question everything he has come to know.

The Hunchback Assignments

Arthur G. Slade

A shape-changing hunchback in Victorian England becomes a secret agent.

After Ever After

Jordan Sonnenblick

Jeffrey finds that "happily ever after" isn't quite what he expected.

Chasing Lincoln's Killer

James Swanson

Follow John Wilkes Booth on the run for twelve days.

Tales From Outer Suburbia

Shaun Tan

Living in suburbia was never like this!

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

Nahoko Uehashi

A strong-willed hero on an enchanted quest.

Red Moon at Sharpsburg

Rosemary Wells

Surviving the Civil War will take more courage than a young girl thinks she has.

After Tupac and D Foster

Jacqueline Woodson

Three girls bond over their shared love of Tupac Shakur's music.

Once Was Lost

Sara Zarr

If God is all powerful, why isn't he fixing everything?

Dear Julia

Amy Bronwen Zemser

Elaine aspires to be the next Julia Child.