2012 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has chosen their Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults of 2012. Is your favorite on here? Is a new favorite waiting to be discovered?


 The Girl of fire and thorns by Carson, Rae   The Girl of fire and thorns
Carson, Rae
A fearful sixteen-year-old princess discovers her heroic destiny after being married off to the king ...
 
 Leverage by Cohen, Joshua, 1969-   Leverage
Cohen, Joshua, 1969-
High school sophomore Danny excels at gymnastics but is bullied, like the rest of the gymnasts, by m ...
 
 Everybody sees the ants : a novel by King, A. S. 1970-   Everybody sees the ants : a novel
King, A. S. 1970-
Overburdened by his parents' bickering and a bully's attacks, fifteen-year-old Lucky Linderman begin ...
 
 Under the mesquite by McCall, Guadalupe Garcia.   Under the mesquite
McCall, Guadalupe Garcia.
Throughout her high school years, as her mother battles cancer, Lupita takes on more responsibility ...
 
 Shine by Myracle, Lauren, 1969-   Shine
Myracle, Lauren, 1969-
When her best friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteen-year-old Cat sets out to discover ...
 
 A monster calls : a novel by Ness, Patrick, 1971-   A monster calls : a novel
Ness, Patrick, 1971-
Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the ...
 
 Between shades of gray by Sepetys, Ruta.   Between shades of gray
Sepetys, Ruta.
In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Sov ...
 
 The Scorpio Races by Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981-   The Scorpio Races
Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981-
Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ev ...
 
 Daughter of smoke & bone by Taylor, Laini.   Daughter of smoke & bone
Taylor, Laini.
Seventeen-year-old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a ske ...
 
 How to save a life by Zarr, Sara.   How to save a life
Zarr, Sara.
Told from their own viewpoints, seventeen-year-old Jill, in grief over the loss of her father, and M ...
 
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