Best Teen Reads of 2012

Read anything good this year?  We sure did!  Thrilling adventure, mind twisting mystery, otherworldly fantasy, heartbreaking page-turners and a little romance... here are our picks for the very best of 2012.


 The fault in our stars by Green, John, 1977-   The fault in our stars
Green, John, 1977-
Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until ...
 
 Cinder by Meyer, Marissa.   Cinder
Meyer, Marissa.
As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mecha ...
 
 The Raven Boys by Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981-   The Raven Boys
Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981-
Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent's only gift seems to be that she makes oth ...
 
 Seraphina : a novel by Hartman, Rachel.   Seraphina : a novel
Hartman, Rachel.
In a world where dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce and dragons can assume human form, Se ...
 
 The Diviners by Bray, Libba.   The Diviners
Bray, Libba.
Seventeen-year-old Evie O'Neill is thrilled when she is exiled from small-town Ohio to New York City ...
 
 Dodger by Pratchett, Terry.   Dodger
Pratchett, Terry.
"In an alternative version of Victorian London, a seventeen-year-old Dodger, a cunning and cheeky st ...
 
 The wicked and the just by Coats, Jillian Anderson.   The wicked and the just
Coats, Jillian Anderson.
In medieval Wales, follows Cecily whose family is lured by cheap land and the duty of all Englishman ...
 
 Monument 14 by Laybourne, Emmy.   Monument 14
Laybourne, Emmy.
Trapped inside a chain superstore by an apocalyptic sequence of natural and human disasters, six hig ...
 
 The drowned cities by Bacigalupi, Paolo.   The drowned cities
Bacigalupi, Paolo.
In a dark future America that has devolved into unending civil wars, orphans Mahlia and Mouse barely ...
 
 Dragonswood by Carey, Janet Lee.   Dragonswood
Carey, Janet Lee.
In 1192 A.D. on Wilde Island, Tess, the daughter of a cruel blacksmith, is accused of witchcraft and ...
 
 Grave mercy by LaFevers, Robin.   Grave mercy
LaFevers, Robin.
In the fifteenth-century kingdom of Brittany, seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of ...
 
 Above by Bobet, Leah.   Above
Bobet, Leah.
When insane exile Corner and his army of mindless, whispering shadows invade Safe, a secret, undergr ...
 
 Every day by Levithan, David.   Every day
Levithan, David.
Every morning A wakes in a different person's body, in a different person's life, learning over the ...
 
 The story of us by Caletti, Deb.   The story of us
Caletti, Deb.
After jilting two previous fiances, Cricket's mother is finally marrying the right man, but as weddi ...
 
 This is not a test by Summers, Courtney.   This is not a test
Summers, Courtney.
Barricaded in Cortege High with five other teens while zombies try to get in, Sloane Price observes ...
 
 Code name Verity by Wein, Elizabeth.   Code name Verity
Wein, Elizabeth.
In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of fr ...
 
 Never fall down : a novel by McCormick, Patricia, 1956-   Never fall down : a novel
McCormick, Patricia, 1956-
"Cambodian child soldier Arn Chorn-Pond defied the odds and used all of his courage and wits to surv ...
 
 Gone, Gone, Gone by Moskowitz, Hannah.   Gone, Gone, Gone
Moskowitz, Hannah.
"It's a year after 9/11. Sniper shootings throughout the D.C. area have everyone on edge and trying ...
 
 The fine art of truth or dare by Jensen, Melissa.   The fine art of truth or dare
Jensen, Melissa.
Sixteen-year-old Ella Marino is nearly invisible at Willing School, but while seriously crushing on ...
 
 See you at Harry's by Knowles, Johanna, 1970-   See you at Harry's
Knowles, Johanna, 1970-
Twelve-year-old Fern feels invisible in her family, where grumpy eighteen-year-old Sarah is working ...
 
 The miseducation of Cameron Post by Danforth, Emily M.   The miseducation of Cameron Post
Danforth, Emily M.
In the early 1990s, when gay teenager Cameron Post rebels against her conservative Montana ranch tow ...
 
 The statistical probability of love at first sight by Smith, Jennifer E.   The statistical probability of love at first sight
Smith, Jennifer E.
Hadley and Oliver fall in love on the flight from New York to London, but after a cinematic kiss the ...
 
 Drama by Telgemeier, Raina.   Drama
Telgemeier, Raina.
Callie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school product ...
 
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