Young Adult

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Due to a flaw in the genetic engineering designed to prolong the life of the population, men only live to 25 years of age, and women only live to be 20.

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Nina Oberon is a few short months away from turning 16, and she can’t think of a worse fate. Nina’s best friend, Sandy, thinks 16—or “sex-teen” as it’s called—can’t come soon enough.

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The Lost Saint is the second book of a young adult trilogy, continuing the story of The Dark Divine.

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With the plethora of young adult paranormal series available in a post-Twilight world, it can be very difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff—especially as every series proclaims it

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Vixen is a young adult book with a new edge.

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In approaching a work of literature in a world ever more dominated by lovestruck vampires, teenage werewolves, young New York nannies/interns/journalists, and other tales of passion, fashion, and r

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“Most. Embarrassing. Moment.

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An old man goes searching for adventure and finds more than he bargained for in a classic Indian tale for readers both young and old.

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The Mockingbirds is Daisy Whitney’s debut novel—and what a debut it is.

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The Boss meets Bronte in April Lindner’s remake of the classic Victorian novel, Jane Eyre.

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Katla Gudrun LeBlanc is stuck in Minnesota.

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It’s a decade of abandon, decadence, and freedom—and it’s coming to an exquisite end.

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In 2007 an intense debate heated up on the blogs of young adult authors Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier.

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 The first thing one notices about The Boneshaker is its eye-catching cover art. It’s vibrant, intricate, and unusual. It immediately draws in the reader.

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The genre of paranormal literature in the young adult book world has exploded in the last year or two.

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Danbert Nobacon, whose penname seems to be derived from an old knock-knock joke, is best known for his part in the rock band Chumbawamba.

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 You Wish is a whimsical twist on the movie Sixteen Candles with the hilarity of Liar Liar in a birthday wish scenario.

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Grace remembers her attack. She remembers the wolves as they tore her from the swing in her yard into the barren woods that cold winter day.

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The much-anticipated conclusion to the young adult series, the Hunger Games, has finally arrived.

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The Duff is the debut novel of another young adult on the rise in the literary arena: eighteen-year-old Kody Keplinger.

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Rules of life: “Don’t care too much and shut up.” These are the rules by which Will Grayson lives. It keeps things simple and simple is good.

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Mary Hanlon Stone’s debut novel is a fairly short book at 278 pages, but it is not short on the impact it makes.

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There are times when every teenager in the world feels like an alien. But Mackie Doyle doesn’t just feel like an outsider; he knows he is different: not normal, maybe not even human.

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Leader Garden Press, September 2009

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