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The Graveyard Book is a novel by British author Neil Gaiman, published in 2008. It tells the story of Nobody Owens, a boy whose family is murdered in infancy and who is subsequently raised by ghosts in a nearby cemetery. The narrative follows Bod's childhood and adolescence as he learns supernatural...
"Percy Jackson & the Olympians" is a five-book urban fantasy series written by Rick Riordan, beginning with "The Lightning Thief" in 2005. The story adapts Greek mythology into a modern setting, following Percy Jackson, a young demigod son of Poseidon, as he navigates a hidden world of gods and mons...
The "Daughter of Smoke and Bone" series is a young adult urban fantasy franchise written by author Laini Taylor. Beginning with the titular novel in 2011, the narrative follows Karou, a blue-haired art student living in Prague. The story explores her discovery of a hidden, ancient war between angels...
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret is an epistolary novel by Judy Blume. The story unfolds through a series of letters from thirteen-year-old Margaret Simon to God, exploring her experiences with adolescence, faith, and family. Notable for its honest portrayal of a young girl's questioning spirit...
"Citizen of the Galaxy" is a 1957 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, originally published as one of the Scribner's juvenile series. The plot follows Thorby, a young slave who is bought by a crippled beggar on a distant planet and eventually joins the Free Trader ship Sisu before discoverin...
The House of the Scorpion is a 2002 young adult science fiction novel by Nancy Farmer set in Opium, a narco-state carved from territory between a future United States and future Mexico (Aztlán). The protagonist, Matteo Alacrán, discovers he is a clone of the drug lord El Patrón, bred specifically to...
When You Reach Me is an epistolary novel told through a series of letters and notes exchanged between seventeen-year-old Maddy Kirchstein and an anonymous figure in 1970s New York City. The story unfolds as she receives increasingly strange correspondence, prompting her to investigate a potential ti...
"Have Space Suit—Will Travel" is a 1958 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, originally published as one of his juvenile novels by Scribner's. The story follows teenager Kip Russell, who wins a spacesuit in a contest and becomes entangled in an interstellar conflict involving alien species a...
The final installment of Patrick Ness's Chaos Walking trilogy, published in 2010, following 'The Knife of Never Letting Go' and 'The Ask and the Answer.' Set on the colony planet New World, the novel depicts a three-way war between two human factions and the native alien species called the Spackle....
"Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" is a historical young adult novel written by Mildred D. Taylor and published in 1976. The narrative follows the Logan family, a Black landowning household navigating racial violence and economic exploitation in Depression-era Mississippi. The story is told from the per...
"The Ask and the Answer" is a 2009 young adult dystopian novel by Patrick Ness, serving as the second installment in the Chaos Walking trilogy. Set on a human colony planet, the story follows protagonists Todd Hewitt and Viola Eade as they are captured and separated by an oppressive occupying militi...
The Raven Cycle is a young adult urban fantasy series by Maggie Stiefvater, launched in 2012, notable for following Virginia teenagers searching for a legendary sleeping Welsh king. The series consists of four main novels - "The Raven Boys," "The Dream Thieves," "Blue Lily Lily Blue," and "The Raven...
Hey, Kiddo is a 2018 graphic memoir by American author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka. The book chronicles Krosoczka's childhood growing up with a mother addicted to heroin, tracing his upbringing by his grandparents and his discovery of art as an outlet. It was a finalist for the National Boo...
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 is a historical fiction novel by Christopher Paul Curtis published in 1995. It follows the Watson family, an African American family from Flint, Michigan, who travel to Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963 during the Civil Rights Movement. The narrative alternates between f...
Code Name Verity presents a gripping narrative through letters and documents revealing the story of two British women working together behind enemy lines in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. The novel’s unique format—a series of confessions and observations from different perspectives—create...
C.S. Lewis’s *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* is a foundational fantasy novel exploring themes of good versus evil through the lens of children discovering a magical world called Narnia. The book's enduring appeal lies in its imaginative portal narrative and classic storytelling. It remains po...
Patron Saints of Nothing is a 2019 young adult novel written by Randy Ribay that explores themes of cultural identity, grief, and moral complexity. The story follows Jay Reguero, a Filipino-American teenager who travels to the Philippines to investigate the suspicious death of his cousin under the a...
Bud, Not Buddy is a 1999 historical fiction novel by Christopher Paul Curtis that won the Newbery Medal in 2000. Set in Michigan during the Great Depression, the story follows a ten-year-old Black orphan named Bud Caldwell as he escapes an abusive foster home to search for the man he believes is his...
"Tunnel in the Sky" is a 1955 juvenile science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein, notable for its survivalist narrative about stranded students on an alien planet.
This 2005 American young adult fantasy novel by Rick Riordan launched the popular Percy Jackson series, notable for modernizing ancient Greek mythology within a contemporary setting.
Patrick Ness’s *The Knife of Never Letting Go* explores a dystopian society where every man’s thoughts are broadcast for all to hear. This science fiction novel, popular with young adults, examines themes of control, identity, and the fight against an oppressive system. It is particularly relevant f...
Catching Fire is a 2009 dystopian novel by Suzanne Collins, the second book in 'The Hunger Games' trilogy. The story continues to follow protagonist Katniss Everdeen after her survival in the Hunger Games, as her actions inadvertently spark rebellion across the dystopian nation of Panem. The novel f...
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a 2007 semi-autobiographical novel by Sherman Alexie, a Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Native American author. The story follows Junior (Arnold Spirit Jr.), a teenager from the Spokane Indian Reservation who decides to transfer to an all-white public high sc...
Walk Two Moons is a 1994 novel by American author Sharon Creech, winner of the 1995 Newbery Medal. The story follows thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle as she travels from Ohio to Lewiston, Idaho, with her eccentric grandparents, retracing the route taken by her missing mother. Through a parall...
The Trials of Apollo is a five-book urban fantasy series by Rick Riordan, launched in 2016, following the Greek god Apollo cast down to Earth as a mortal teenager.
Clockwork Princess is a 2013 young adult fantasy novel by Cassandra Clare and the third and concluding volume of The Infernal Devices trilogy. Set mainly in Victorian London, it follows Tessa Gray, Will Herondale, Jem Carstairs, and the Shadowhunters of the London Institute as their conflict with Mo...
The Raven Boys is a 2012 young adult fantasy novel by American author Maggie Stiefvater and the first volume of The Raven Cycle. Set in Virginia, it follows Blue Sargent, the daughter of a psychic, and four students from a private boys' school as they search for the legendary sleeping Welsh king Gle...
The Witch of Blackbird Pond is a 1958 historical novel by Elizabeth George Speare, set in the Puritan settlement of Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1687. It follows Kit Tyler, a girl raised in Barbados who struggles with the rigid expectations of her new community and is eventually accused of witchcra...
Shadow Kiss is a 2008 young adult paranormal romance novel by Richelle Mead and the third volume in the Vampire Academy series. It follows dhampir guardian trainee Rose Hathaway as she experiences disturbing visions and confronts the psychological effects of earlier violence while training to protec...
The City of Gold and Lead is the second novel in John Christopher's Tripods trilogy, first published in 1967. The story follows protagonist Will and two companions as they infiltrate a domed city controlled by the alien Masters, intending to gather intelligence for the human resistance. Inside the c...
