Highland Park Public Library's
Young Adult Books

The following list contains a selection of books to satisfy the wide variety of reading levels and interests of young adult readers. Many of these titles address the issues of adolescence and are for mature readers. Most of the authors listed have written other books at this level. Click on the title to see if the book is available.

Adventure

Avi	The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle.
Bauer,Joan	Backwater.
Carter, Alden	Between a Rock and a Hard Place.
Cooney, Caroline	Flight #116 is Down.
Dygard, Thomas J.	River Danger.
Farmer, Nancy	A Girl Named Disaster.
Gilbert, Barbara Snow	Paper Trail.
Golding, William	Lord of the Flies.
Hobbs, Will	Far North.
Marsden, John	Tomorrow, When the War Began.
Mazer, Harry	Snow Bound.
Mikaelsen, Ben	Touching Spirit Bear.
Murphy, Claire	To the Summit.
Olshan, Matthew	Finn: A Novel.
Ruckman, Ivy	No Way Out.
Stevenson, Robert	Kidnapped.
Sweeney, Joyce	Free Fall.
Taylor, Theodore	Sweet Friday Island.
Thompson, Julian F.	The Grounding of Group 6.
Ure, Jean	Plague.
Voigt, Cynthia	Homecoming.
Waddell, Martin	The Kidnapping of Suzie Q.
Werlin, Nancy	Locked Inside.
White, Robb	Deathwatch.
Zindel, Paul	Reef of Death.

Biographies, Autobiographies & Memoirs

Angle, Kurt	It's True! It's True!
Beals, Melba	Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High.
Carter, Forrest	The Education of Little Tree.
Codell, Esmé	Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year.
Dahl, Roald	Going Solo.
Flowers, Pam	Alone Across the Arctic: One Woman's Epic Journey by Dog Team.
Gantos, Jack	Hole in My Life.
Giblin, James	Charles A. Lindbergh: A Human Hero.
Hickam, Homer	Rocket Boys: A Memoir.
Jackson, Livia Bitton	I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust.
Jiang, Ji-li	Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution.
Lanier, Shannon	Jefferson's Children: The Story of One American Family.
Lopez, Charlotte	Lost in the System.
Michener, Anna J.	Becoming Anna: The Autobiography of a Sixteen-Year-Old.
Myers, Walter Dean	Bad Boy: A Memoir.
Opdyke, Irene	In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer.
Paulsen, Gary	The Beet Fields: A Sixteenth Summer.
Pelzer, David J.	A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive.
Tarbox, Katherine	Katie.com: My Story.
Vizzini, Ned	Teen Angst? Naaah–A Quasi-Autobiography.
Vogel, Ilse Margret	Bad Times, Good Friends: A Personal Memoir.
White, Ryan	Ryan White: My Own Story.

Fantasy

Adams, Richard	Watership Down.
Anderson, M.T.	Thirsty.
Anthony, Piers	A Spell for Chameleon.
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia	Demon in My View.
Banks, Lynne Reid	Melusine.
Brooks, Terry	The Sword of Shannara.
Dickson, Gordon	The Dragon and the George.
Eddings, David	Pawn of Prophecy.
Forward, Eve	Animist.
Goldman, William	The Princess Bride.
Goodkind, Terry	Wizard's First Rule.
Gould, Steven	Jumper.
Klause, Annette Curtis	Blood and Chocolate.
Lee, Tanith	Black Unicorn.
Le Guin, Ursula	A Wizard of Earthsea.
Mahy, Margaret	The Changeover.
McKinley, Robin	The Blue Sword.
Murphy, Rita	Night Flying.
Napoli, Donna Jo	Beast.
Nix, Garth	Sabriel.
Pierce, Meredith	The Darkangel.
Pratchett, Terry	The Color of Magic: A Discworld Novel.
Pullman, Philip	The Golden Compass.
Rees, Celia	Witch Child.
Service, Pamela	The Reluctant God.
Shan, Darren	A Living Nightmare.
Springer, Nancy	I am Mordred: A Tale from Camelot.
Sykes, Shelley	For Mike.
Turner, Megan Whalen	The Queen of Attolia.
Vande Velde, Vivian	Magic Can Be Murder.
Voigt, Cynthia	The Wings of a Falcon.
Yolen, Jane	Dragon's Blood.
Zelazny, Roger	Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming.

Gay/Lesbian

	Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence.
Block, Francesca	Baby Be-bop.
Cart, Michael	My Father's Scar.
Garden, Nancy	Annie on My Mind.
Kerr, M.E.	Deliver Us from Evie.
Kerr, M.E.	"Hello," I Lied.
Ryan, Sara	Empress of the World.
Singer, Marilyn	The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth.
Walker, Kate	Peter.
Wieler, Diana	Bad Boy.
Winick, Judd	Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned.
Woodson, Jacqueline	The House You Pass on the Way.

Historical Fiction

Bagdasarian, Adam	The Forgotten Fire.
Cadnum, Michael	The Book of the Lion.
DeFelice, Cynthia	Lostman's River.
Giardino, Vittorio	A Jew in Communist Prague.
Hotze, Sollace	A Circle Unbroken.
Hunt, Irene	No Promises in the Wind.
Jordan, Sherryl	The Raging Quiet.
Karr, Kathleen	The Boxer.
Lester, Julius	Pharaoh's Daughter: A Novel of Ancient Egypt.
Namioka, Lensey	Ties that Bind, Ties that Break.
Orlev, Uri	The Man from the Other Side.
Pausewang, Gudrun	The Final Journey.
Pennebaker, Ruth	Don't Think Twice.
Peyton, K. M.	Snowfall.
Pressler, Mirjam	Shylock's Daughter.
Raymond, Patrick	Daniel and Esther.
Rinaldi, Ann	Time Enough for Drums.
Skurzynski, Gloria	Spider's Voice.
Thesman, Jean	The Ornament Tree.
Westall, Robert	Blitzcat.
Yep, Laurence	Dragon's Gate.
Yolen, Jane	The Queen's Own Fool.

Humor

Bauer, Joan	Squashed.
Cabot, Meg	The Princess Diaries.
Clark, Catherine	Truth or Dairy.
Clarke, Judith	The Heroic Life of Al Capsella.
Conford, Ellen	I Love You, I Hate You, Get Lost.
Fleischman, Paul	A Fate Totally Worse Than Death.
Hardman, Ric Lynden	Sunshine Rider: The First Vegetarian Western.
Howe, Norma	The Adventures of Blue Avenger.
Jones, Diana Wynne	Dark Lord of Derkholm.
Keller, Beverly	The Amazon Papers.
Levitin, Sonia	The Mark of Conte.
Myers, Walter Dean	The Mouse Rap.
Peyton, K.M.	"Who Sir? Me, Sir?"
Pinkwater, Daniel	The Education of Robert Nifkin.
Pinkwater, Jill	Buffalo Brenda.
Pratchett, Terry	Truckers.
Rennison, Louise	Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson.
Sheldon, Dyan	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.
Strasser, Todd	Girl Gives Birth to Own Prom Date.
Wersba, Barbara	The Best Place to Live is the Ceiling.

In Other Lands

Abelove, Joan	Go and Come Back.
Banks, Lynne Reid	Broken Bridge.
Gilmore, Rachna	A Group of One.
Holtwijk, Ineke	Asphalt Angels.
Levitin, Sonia	The Singing Mountain.
Marchetta, Melina	Looking for Alibrandi.
Mori, Kyoko	Shizuko's Daughter.
Moriarty, Jaclyn	Feeling Sorry for Celia.
Napoli, Donna Jo	For the Love of Venice.
Pohl, Peter	I Miss You, I Miss You!
Rana, Indi	The Roller Birds of Rampur.
Staples, Suzanne	Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind.
Vijayaraghavan, Vineeta	Motherland.
Vries, Anke de	Bruises.
Whelan, Gloria	Homeless Bird.
Zusak, Markus	Fighting Ruben Wolfe.

Misfits & Outcasts

Bennett, Cherie	Life in the Fat Lane.
Bloor, Edward	Tangerine.
Burgess, Melvin	Smack.
Cole, Brock	The Goats.
Cormier, Robert	The Chocolate War.
Crutcher, Chris	Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes.
Ferris, Jean	Bad.
Hinton, S.E.	The Outsiders.
Hobbs, Will	Downriver.
Howe, James	The Misfits.
Lawrence, Iain	Ghost Boy.
Lipsyte, Robert	One Fat Summer.
McCormick, Patricia	Cut.
Myers, Walter Dean	Monster.
Peters, Julie Anne	Define "Normal".
Plum-Ucci, Carol	The Body of Christopher Creed.
Randle, Kristen	Breaking Rank.
Rapp, Adam	The Buffalo Tree.
Sheldon, Dyan	Tall, Thin, and Blonde.
Smith, Sherri	Lucy the Giant.
Spinelli, Jerry	Stargirl.
Swarthout, Glendon	Bless the Beasts and Children.
Tashjian, Janet	The Gospel According to Larry.
White, Ellen	Life Without Friends.
Zindel, Paul	The Pigman.

Mysteries & Thrillers

Avi	Wolf Rider: A Tale of Terror.
Bennett, Jay	Coverup.
Cooney, Caroline	The Face on the Milk Carton.
Cormier, Robert	Tenderness: A Novel.
Crew, Gary	Angel's Gate.
Cross, Gillian	Tightrope.
Delaney, Mark	The Vanishing Chip.
Duncan, Lois	Killing Mr. Griffin.
Giberga, Jane Sughrue	Friends to Die For.
Gilstrap, John	Nathan's Run.
Glenn, Mel	Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? A Mystery in Poems.
Hayes, Daniel	The Trouble with Lemons.
Haynes, Betsy	Deadly Deception.
Heisel, Sharon	Eyes of a Stranger.
King, Laurie	The Beekeeper's Apprentice; Or on the Segregation of the Queen.
L'Engle, Madeleine	Troubling a Star.
Levitin, Sonia	Yesterday's Child.
Littke, Lael	Haunted Sister.
MacGregor, Rob	Prophecy Rock.
Nixon, Joan Lowery	Nobody's There.
Pullman, Philip	The Ruby in the Smoke.
Qualey, Marsha	Close to a Killer.
Reiss, Kathryn	The Glass House People.
Roberts, Willo	Nightmare.
Strasser, Todd	The Accident.
Taylor, Theodore	Sniper.
Werlin, Nancy	The Killer's Cousin.
Windsor, Patricia	The Christmas Killer.

Non-Fiction

Adamson, Joy	Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds.
Armstrong, Jennifer	Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: Shackleton's Amazing Voyage.
Aronson, Marc	Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado.
Bressler, Karen W	D.I.Y. Beauty.
Brous, Elizabeth	How to Be Gorgeous: The Ultimate Beauty Guide to Makeup, Hair, and More.
Dash, Joan	The Longitude Prize.
Duncan, Lois	Who Killed My Daughter? A True Story of a Mother's Search for Her Daughter's Murderer.
Dye, Dan	Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Tale.
Farrell, Juliana	High School, the Real Deal: From GPAs to Graduation.
Ford, Amanda	Be True to Your Self: A Daily Guide for Teenage Girls.
Godwin, Malcolm	Who Are You? 101 Ways of Seeing Yourself.
Goldschneider, Gary	The Secret Language of Birthdays: Personology Profiles for Each Day of the Year.
Gravelle, Karen	5 Ways to Know About You.
Hoose, Phillip M.	We Were There, Too! Young People in U. S. History.
Krizmanic, Judy	The Teen's Vegetarian Cookbook.
Levine, Annalee	The Teen Quiz Book.
	The Smile of a Dolphin: Remarkable Accounts of Animal Emotions.
	Teen Ink: Our Voices, Our Visions.

Poetry

Fletcher, Ralph	Room Enough for Love.
Glenn, Mel	Split Image: A Story in Poems.
	I am Writing a Poem About–A Game of Poetry.
Koertge, Ronald	The Brimstone Journals.
Millay, Edna St. Vincent	Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Sones, Sonya	Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy.
Turner, Ann	Learning to Swim: A Memoir.
	What Have You Lost?
Wolff, Virginia Euwer	True Believer.
	You Hear Me? Poems and Writing by Teenage Boys.

Romance

Bauer, Joan	Thwonk.
Cabot, Meg	Princess in Love.
Clements, Bruce	Tom Loves Anna Loves Tom.
Cohen, Barbara	Seven Daughters and Seven Sons.
Deaver, Julie	Say Goodnight, Gracie.
Draper, Sharon M.	Romiette & Julio.
Ellis, Ella Thorp	The Year of My Indian Prince.
Ferris, Jean	Invincible Summer.
Greene, Bette	Summer of My German Soldier.
Kerr, M.E.	Him She Loves?
Klause, Annette	The Silver Kiss.
Peck, Richard	Amanda/Miranda.
Plummer, Louise	The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman.
Qualey, Marsha	Revolutions of the Heart.
Ripslinger, Jon	Triangle.
Shusterman, Neal	Dissidents.
Strasser, Todd	How I Spent My Last Night on Earth.
Wersba, Barbara	Fat, a Love Story.
Wittlinger, Ellen	Lombardo's Law.
Woodson, Jacqueline	If You Come Softly.
Zindel, Paul	My Darling, My Hamburger.

School, Friends & Growing Up

Anderson, Laurie Halse	Speak.
Bauer, Cat	Harley, Like a Person.
Bauer, Joan	Hope was Here.
Bloor, Edward	Crusader.
Brashares, Ann	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
Coles, William	Another Kind of Monday.
Coman, Carolyn	Many Stones.
Davis, Terry	If Rock and Roll Were a Machine.
Dessen, Sarah	That Summer.
Doherty, Berlie	The Snake-Stone.
Efaw, Amy	Battle Dress.
Fleischman, Paul	Whirligig.
Flinn, Alexandra	Breathing Underwater.
Griffin, Adele	The Other Shepards.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson	Takeoffs and Landings.
Hautman, Pete	Stone Cold.
Hobbs, Valerie	Tender.
Hurwin, Davida	A Time for Dancing.
Kleinbaum, N. H.	Dead Poets Society.
Konigsburg, E.L.	Silent to the Bone.
Marsden, John	Letters from the Inside.
Martinez, Victor	Parrot in the Oven.
Mazer, Norma Fox	Out of Control.
McDonald, Joyce	Swallowing Stones.
McNeal, Laura	Crooked.
Meyer, Carolyn	Drummers of Jericho.
Mosier, Elizabeth	My Life as a Girl.
Powell, Randy	Tribute to Another Dead Rock Star.
Quarles, Heather	A Door Near Here.
Rottman, S.L.	Rough Waters.
Staples, Suzanne	Dangerous Skies.
Thomas, Rob	Slave Day.
Voigt, Cynthia	When She Hollers.
Werlin, Nancy	Are You Alone on Purpose?
Wolff, Virginia	Make Lemonade.
Woodson, Jacqueline	Miracle's Boys.
Zindel, Paul	A Begonia for Miss Applebaum.

Science Fiction

Adams, Douglas	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Bell, Hilari	A Matter of Profit.
Card, Orson Scott	Ender's Shadow.
Danziger, Paula	This Place Has No Atmosphere.
Dickinson, Peter	Eva.
Engdahl, Sylvia Louise	Enchantress from the Stars.
Farmer, Nancy	The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm.
Gould, Steven	Wildside.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson	Turnabout.
Heinlein, Robert	Tunnel in the Sky.
Hesse, Karen	Phoenix Rising.
Jones, Diana Wynne	Hexwood.
Kerner, Charlotte	Blueprint.
Lasky, Kathryn	Star Split.
Levitin, Sonia	The Cure.
Logue, Mary	Dancing with an Alien.
McCaffrey, Anne	Dragonflight.
Nix, Garth	Shade's Children.
Price, Susan	The Sterkarm Handshake.
Rubinstein, Gillian	Galax-arena.
Sheffield, Charles	Higher Education.
Star Wars	Heir to the Empire.
Westall, Robert	Urn Burial.

Short Stories

Appelt, Kathi	Kissing Tennessee and Other Stories from the Stardust Dance.
Asimov, Isaac	Why I Left Harry's All- Night Hamburgers, and Other Stories from Isaac Asimov.
Brooks, Bruce	All That Remains.
	The Color of Absence: 12 Stories About Loss and Hope.
Crutcher, Chris	Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories.
Gorog, Judith	When Nobody's Home: Fifteen Baby-Sitting Tales of Terror.
	Leaving Home: Stories.
	On the Edge: Stories at the Brink.
	On the Fringe.
Ortiz Cofer, Judith	An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio.
Rice, David	Crazy Loco.
Salisbury, Graham	Island Boyz.
	Teen Ink: Our Voices, Our Visions.
Thomas, Rob	Doing Time: Notes from the Undergrad.
	Vampires: A Collection of Original Stories.
Vande Velde, Vivian	Being Dead: Stories.
	Who Do You Think You Are? Stories of Friends and Enemies.

Sports

Carter, Alden	Bull Catcher.
Cochran, Thomas	Roughnecks.
Crutcher, Chris	Whale Talk.
Deuker, Carl	Painting the Black.
Dygard, Thomas	Game Plan.
Glenn, Mel	Jump Ball: A Basketball Season in Poems.
Hayes, Daniel	No Effect.
Johnson, Scott	Safe at Second.
Klass, David	Danger Zone.
Levy, Marilyn	Run for Your Life.
Lipsyte, Robert	The Contender.
Lynch, Chris	Iceman.
Myers, Walter Dean	Slam!
Rottman, S.L.	Head Above Water.
Spinelli, Jerry	There's a Girl in My Hammerlock.
Sweeney, Joyce	Players.
	Ultimate Sports: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults.
Voigt, Cynthia	The Runner.
Weaver, Will	Farm Team.
Wells, Rosemary	When No One Was Looking.
Wunderli, Stephen	The Heartbeat of Halftime.

War

Beatty, Patricia	Jayhawker.
Collier, James	My Brother Sam is Dead.
Crane, Stephen	The Red Badge of Courage.
Dickinson, Peter	AK.
Hughes, Dean	Soldier Boys.
Laird, Christa	But Can the Phoenix Sing?
Matas, Carol	Code Name Kris.
Mazer, Harry	The Last Mission.
Moeri, Louise	The Forty-Third War.
Myers, Walter Dean	Fallen Angels.
Noonan, Michael	McKenzie's Boots.
Paulsen, Gary	Soldier's Heart: A Novel of the Civil War.
White, Ellen Emerson	The Road Home.
Wulffson, Don	Soldier X.

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SJS

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Young Adult Books