What to read now... recommendations

[Leanne]

I received a good amount of borders and barnes and noble gift certificates from my students. So, I'm looking for recommendations on teen books that I NEED to check out. :)

Feel free to recommend 1 or 100. :)

[Cheralaine]

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

[Robyn]

Leanne - you didn't mention the age of your teens:

if 12-14:
John Green - "Papertowns", "An Abundance of Katherines"
Riordan's Olympians Series

Older teens will love:
Graceling & Fire
The Mortal Instruments Series
Hunger Games & Catching Fire

I would love to see a teacher use "The 13th Child" by Wrede as a look at history with a twist.

Robyn
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[bjneary]

Wake by Lisa McMann
Nailed by Patrick Jones
The Death of Jayson Porter by Jaime Adoff
Far From You by Lisa Schroeder
I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder
Destroy All Cars by Blake Nelson and Paranoid Park
Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott and Bloom, Perfectly Normal
Mexican White Boy by Matt de la Pena
How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford
If I Stay – Gayle Forman
Waiting for Normal- Leslie Connor
The Underneath- Kathi Appelt
Impossible by Nancy Werlin
Harmless by Dana Reinhardt
My Father’s Son by Terri Fields
Sweethearts by Sara Zarr also Story of a Girl
Retaliation by Yasmin Shiraz
Stitches by David Small

[Cynthia]

Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern
Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have by Allen Zadoff
Pop by Gordon Korman
Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
ABC's of Kissing Boys by Tina Ferraro
A Map Of The Known World by Lisa Ann Sandell
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Need by Carrie Jones
The Hollow Kingdom: Book I -- The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy by Clare B. Dunkle
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Silver Phoenix: Beyond the Kingdom of Xia by Cindy Pon
The Girl in the Arena by Lise Haines
Daughter of the Flames by Zoë Marriott
Impossible by Nancy Werlin
Lips Touch by Laini Taylor

[Becca]

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
Impossible by Nancy Werlin
Life As We Knew It by Susan Pffeiffer (?)

[Clara]

I forgot--anything by Deb Caletti (especially if you like Sarah Dessen), but especially The Secret Life of Prince Charming.

[Crystal]

what did anyone think about "Willow"?!?! I'm taking it out of the library soon, or If I Stay?

[Crystal]

I would say to read:

Need.
Marked.
Living Dead Girl.

[bjneary]

Crystal wrote: "I would say to read:

Need.
Marked.
Living Dead Girl."I loved Willow and If I Stay but did not like Living Dead Girl!

[Crystal]

awhll living dead girl was one of my fav. why didnt you like it? to bj.

[Heather B]

Some books that I'd recommend are:

The Lovely Bones
Hush, Hush
Vampire Academy
City of Bones
Dark Lover
A Great and Terrible Beauty
Kiss Me Kill Me
Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found
Wake
Blue Is For Nightmares
Need
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side

[Daniettea]

Hush Hush sooo gd :)

[Heather B]

I second that :)

[bjneary]

Crystal wrote: "awhll living dead girl was one of my fav. why didnt you like it? to bj." Crystal, I love Elizabth Scott books but this one turned my stomach!!! Being a mother, the suffering of that poor girl and the sick stuff that predator did to her, I think I gave it 3 stars.

[Tripmastermonkey]

The Rock and the River should be read by teens/librarians interested in an accessible look at the civil rights movement and why some people looked to new political visions (from such groups as the black panther party). This book is not a cold political tract, but filled with emotion. Check it.

[bjneary]

Wasn't this given some kind of award, I know I have seen this cover.

[Janet]

Please check out my YA MESSED UP. It just was honored as an ALA 2010 Quick Pick for Reluctant YA Readers.

[Katie]

No More Us for You by David Hernandez

[Susan]

Megan wrote: "Fallen by Lauren Kate
Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
Gone series by Michael Grant
Into the Wild Nerd Yonder
Lonely Hearts Club
Flash Burnout
Immortals series by Alyson Noel
Gallagher ..."


Flash Burnout rocked. Read a review at Guys Lit Wire and that pushed the book up my tbr.

[Susan]

Tripmastermonkey wrote: "The Rock and the River should be read by teens/librarians interested in an accessible look at the civil rights movement and why some people looked to new political visions (from such..."


I loved this book. Thanks so much for mentioning it. Friends and I have been recommending this every chance we get.

[Susan]

Wait for Me by An Na
Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan

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Read Follow the Blue and Guitar Highway Rose.
Read anything at all by Anne Lamott.
Read Nobody Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July.
Read Cougars Nest by Brittney Lewis.
Read The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks.
Those are some of my favorites anyways. ;)

Kaitlyn Jane Mauro
Author of One Six Billionth
(www.kaitlynjane.wordpress.com)

[Swati]

Black Box by Julie Schumacher
Looking for Alaska by John Green
The Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard
Split by me (Swati Avasthi)
All things Unquiet by Anna Jarzab

[Crystal]

The black box was one of my favorite novels!!!!!
It explains with great detail, & the characters have big personalities.

[Heather B]

Crystal wrote: "The black box was one of my favorite novels!!!!!
It explains with great detail, & the characters have big personalities."

What is that book about?

[Kellee]

What age students?
Did you use your gift cards yet?

[Jen]

Hunger Games series
Gallagher Girls series
Gone series
The Bodyfinder
Hex Hall
Chains - excellent historical fiction!
Heist Society
Kiss Me Kill Me series
Percy Jackson series - The Lightning Thief is book 1
Shiver and Linger
Dairy Queen series

There are so many...but those are some of the top picks from my students -

[Erica (storybookend)]

[Anne]

Going Bovineby Libba Bray
Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance 1973by John Barnes
Ship Breakerby Paolo Bacigalupi
The Last Summer Of The Death Warriorsby Francisco X. Stork
The Book Thiefby Marcus Zusak

[Chayil]

Hello, all-
I'm new to goodreads, but I am also an author who just released a new book titled "Lost Soul: The Perilous Pedagogy of Tajalik Stokes". It is available through Amazon or you can order it at your local bookstores such as Barnes&Nobles. Without giving too much away, I will say it is a short novel with great messages and lessons for teens, young adults, teachers, and parents. I hope you all get a chance to read it. When you do, let me know what you think. :)