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I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Books for Young Readers from the 2014 Winter NewsletterYoung AdultTera's ReviewsPenguinAt 13, Jude was the daredevil: surfer, cliff diver, and boy magnet. Her twin brother, Noah, knows she’s their...
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West of the Moon by Margi Preus
Books for Young Readers from the 2014 Winter NewsletterYoung Adult“It’s amazing. Dark and resilient with a core theme that simply cannot be ignored. Yet for all that, Preus has tapped into a bit of...
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Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Staff Fiction FavoritesYoung AdultAndrea's ReviewsSimon&SchusterThis book is the equivalent of that warm-crazy-high feeling you get when you're in a car during a storm with your best friend who you...
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Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
2014 Staff Fiction FavoritesYoung AdultAndrea's ReviewsSimon&SchusterI am so overjoyed that this book exists. Not only does it feature characters who are Mexican-American (YES) and gay (HELL YES);...
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Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future by A.S. King
2014 Staff Fiction FavoritesYoung AdultFlannery's ReviewsHachetteThings get weird after Glory and her friend drink the petrified bat. Glory, struggling with her upcoming graduation and concerns about...
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Seraphina by Rebecca Hartman
Staff Fiction FavoritesYoung AdultFlannery's ReviewsRandomHouseI absolutely love this book. The story of a girl in a magical land who harbors a secret heritage that could either ruin her life or save a...
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Spare Parts by Joshua Davis
Book Group Mixer, Feb 2015Young AdultJulia's ReviewsMacMillanThe true story of 4 undocumented Mexican American teenagers from an under-funded, under-supported Phoenix high school are challenged by...
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Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
Young Adult Books from the 2015 Summer NewsletterYoung AdultQuintero’s debut has all the noise, emotion, and joy of a big family fiesta. Saddled with fears of becoming “Hispanic Teen Mom #3,789,258,”...
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The Minnow by Diana Sweeney
Young Adult Books from the 2015 Summer NewsletterYoung AdultGā's ReviewsLike The Book Thief, this is a novel for both adult and young adult readers, and also like The Book Thief, it is almost perfect....
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Endangered by Eliot Schrefer
Young Adult Books from the 2015 Summer NewsletterYoung Adult“Dazzling, big-hearted…. As riveting as the action is, it’s the nuanced portraits of characters, human and ape, that makes the story so...
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The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff
Growing Up in Santa CruzYoung AdultPenguinIf you have a teen who’s interested in horror but isn’t ready for Stephen King, give them anything by Brennea Yovanoff. She definitely knows how to balance...
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The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Growing Up in Santa CruzYoung AdultMaggie Stiefvater is my favorite Young Adult author, and one of my favorite authors, period. The Scorpio Races takes place on a small island (probably near Ireland)....
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Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maguire
Growing Up in Santa CruzYoung AdultTera's ReviewsThe essence of all Russian mythology is encapsulated on one gorgeous, astronomically expensive Fabergé egg, intended for the prince of Russia. If only...
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Eyes Wide Open by Paul Fleischman
Growing Up in Santa CruzYoung AdultNoreen's ReviewsA hopeful environmental wake-up call for teens ready to act. After finding a dead bee on his doorstep, Fleischman (Newbery award-winner and local...
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Indigo’s Star by Hilary McKay
Growing Up in Santa CruzYoung AdultFlannery's ReviewsSimon&SchusterAfter missing a semester because of mono, Indigo does not want to go back to school, where he knows bullies await him. But once he...
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Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork
Growing Up in Santa CruzYoung AdultGā's ReviewsMarcelo Sandoval, 17, is comfortable with his job caring for the ponies at Patterson, the expensive special education school he’s attended since first...
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X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz & Kekla Magoon
Young Adult from the 2015 Winter NewsletterYoung AdultFeatured in our 2015 Winter Newsletter.Malcolm X’s daughters, Ilyasa Shabazz and Kekla Magoon, do a remarkable job generating atmosphere, balancing...
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I Crawl Through It by A. S. King
Young Adult from the 2015 Winter NewsletterYoung AdultJulia's ReviewsHachetteEarly on in A.S. King’s brilliant, surreal new novel, I surrendered: I stopped trying to figure out whether a scene or...
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I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest
Young Adult from the 2015 Winter NewsletterYoung AdultTera's ReviewsWith characters as true and memorable as those in Eleanor and Park, I am Princess X is my favorite teen book of the year. It’s an...
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SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki
A Good Year for Great Graphic NovelsYoung AdultTera's ReviewsMacMillanLike Harry Potter on acid. For older teens. And up. —TeraSupermutant Magic Academy (Paperback) By Jillian Tamaki $22.95 ISBN:...
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