This Fall's Most Anticipated Teen Books
'The Sun Is Also a Star' by Nicola Yoon(01 of10)
"With appeal to cynics and romantics alike, this profound exploration of life and love tempers harsh realities with the beauty of hope in a way that is both deeply moving and satisfying. (Fiction. 14 & up)"Natasha and Daniel meet, get existential, and fall in love during 12 intense hours in New York City.Read full book review.
'Shame the Stars' by Guadalupe Garcia McCall(02 of10)
"Pura Belpré winner McCall delivers an ambitious, sardonically relevant historical novel—a must-read, complex twist on a political Shakespearean tragedy. (cast of characters, author’s note, further reading, sources, glossary) (Historical fiction. 12 & up)"In the early 1900s in Texas, the Mexican Revolution crosses the border, dividing the brown-skinned gente (people) from the white authority of the Texas Rangers.Read full book review.
'Girl Mans Up' by M-E Girard(03 of10)
"A strong genderqueer lesbian character, imperfect, independent, and deserving of every cheer. (Fiction. 14 & up)"A teen faces down hostility, making her own decisions about loyalty, respect, and gender.Read full book review.
'Gemina' by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff(04 of10)
"An action-packed thrill ride and stellar head trip. (Science fiction. 13 & up)"Continuing Illuminae’s (2015) story, Kaufman and Kristoff explore what went down on Jump Station Heimdall while the spaceship Hypatia was trying to get there.Read full book review.
'Wrecked' by Maria Padian(05 of10)
"An important, devastating new perspective on an all-too-timely subject. (Fiction. 14-18)"A group of white college students becomes entangled in the investigation of an on-campus rape.Read full book review.
'Rani Patel in Full Effect' by Sonia Patel(06 of10)
"A powerfully particular, 100 percent genuine character commands this gutsy debut. (Historical fiction. 14-18)"Rani Patel, daughter of Gujarati immigrants, feels isolated for more than one reason on the Hawaiian island of Molokai in 1991.Read full book review.
'The Diabolic' by S.J. Kincaid(07 of10)
"Philosophical, twisty, and addictive. (Science fiction. 13 & up)"A genetically engineered killing-machine bodyguard must impersonate her charge in a dangerous galactic court.Read full book review.
'The Singing Bones' by Shaun Tan(08 of10)
"These inscrutable, unsettling sculptures demand that viewers connect art and tale, examining their own reactions to the darkest impulses and glimpses of light within the book—and themselves. (foreword, introduction, bibliography, afterword, annotated index) (Fairy tales. 12 & up)"Tan’s latest book is a portable gallery: each spread features an artfully illuminated sculptural scene facing a paragraph-length “explanation”—an excerpt from one of 75 Grimm fairy tales.Read full book review.
'The Last True Love Story' by Brendan Kiely(09 of10)
"Readers will be swept up in Kiely’s musical prose as Teddy learns about love, romance, forgiveness, and reconciliation. (Fiction. 13-17)"Teddy, 17, makes a promise to his Alzheimer’s-stricken grandfather, Gpa, to bring him home from assisted living before he forgets Teddy’s deceased grandmother.Read full book review.
'A Torch Against the Night' by Sabaa Tahir(10 of10)
"An excellent continuation of a series seemingly designed for readers of the political, bloody fantasy style du jour, set apart by an uncommon world. (Fantasy. 14 & up)"Tahir’s follow-up to An Ember in the Ashes (2015) picks up right where Volume 1 left off, ratcheting up the tension (military and sexual) as well as the magic, the violence, and the stakes.Read full book review.
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