Books For Teens StickyHave any good books you've read that you think other teens would like? Read something really interesting and you want to share it with other people?
Post, share, describe, link your favourite books here! I'll add them into this post here as the list grows.
3nodding If you can, please post or link to a summary about what the book is about. If you can't, please describe about what the book is about. Thank you!
You can use these websites to look up these (and other) books:
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ComedyBook: Author: Summary:Book: Author: Summary:HorrorBook: Author: Summary:Book: Author: Summary:FictionBook: Snitch
Author: Allison van Diepen
Summary: Julie is caught between the gang that protects her and her dream of becoming a writer.
Book: Multiple Choice
Author: Janet Tashjian
Summary: A girl with compulsions creates a multiple choice game to help her overcome said compulsions, but loses control of her OCD, and her life in the process, and things spiral downwards.
Book: Author: Summary:Non-FictionBook: Author: Summary:Book: Author: Summary:Book: Author: Summary:FantasyBook: Twilight [as well as the rest of the series]
Author: Stephanie Meyer
Summary: Bella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Bella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Bella, the person Edward holds most dear.
Book: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Author: Robert O'Brien
Summary: Mrs. Frisby is a mouse who needs help for her sick child. She ends up turning to the rats and finding out that they're far from ordinary...
Book: The City of Ember
Author: Jeanne DuPrau
Summary: The story is about Ember, an underground city that is slowly running out of power and supplies due to its aging infrastructure. Lina Mayfleet and her friend, Doon Harrow, manage to decode a message and follow clues left behind by the original builders of the City of Ember that would lead them to safety in the outside world of Earth.
Book: The Harry Potter series (books 1 - 7)
Author: J.K. Rowling
Summary: Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths -- and about the villain who's to blame.
Book: Author: Summary:Book: Author: Summary:Book: Author: Summary:Book: Author: Summary:Based On a True Story/Real-Life StoriesBook: Go Ask Alice
Author: Anonymous
Summary: The classic real-life diary of one teen's struggle with drug addiction.
Book: Author: Summary:Book: Author: Summary:Special For TeensBook: Author: Summary:Book: Author: Summary:Books About Various Mature IssuesBook: You Know Where To Find Me
Author: Rachel Cohn
Summary: Rachel Cohn''s emotionally powerful new novel views serious issues such as depression, suicide, prescription-drug abuse, and alternative family configurations through the lens of family love and survival.
Book: Crank
Author: Ellen Hopkins
Summary: When Kristina turns to drugs, she is torn between who she could be and who she really is.
Book: Identical
Author: Ellen Hopkins
Summary: In Identical, 16 year-old twins, Kaeleigh and Raeanne find different (and sometimes unhealthy) ways of coping with a damaging secret that has the power to bring them together, or tear them apart.
Book: To Kill a Mockingbird
Author: Harper Lee
Summary: A story of very adult issues (poverty, rape, assault, etc.) from the eyes of a child who doesn't fully understand everything that she sees and hears. Despite the depressing adult themes, To Kill a Mockingbird is surprisingly upbeat and inspiring.
Book: Fat Chance
Author: Rhonda Pollero
Summary: This story tells about a girl who struggles with her self-esteem and weight. She begins to start the "binge and purge" method of bulimia. The girl (forgot her name) has always been jealous over a very skinny girl in her class. When she finds out that she is bulimic, she ends up becoming a friend to her. Things start to get out of hand with the other girl, and they both end up learning a lesson.
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