A teen novelist, set loose in New York City after her debut sells big. A girl mutated by fever, just discovering the extent of her new supernatural powers. The dregs of the human race, fighting to survive alien invasion. In the best teen books of the year, young protagonists navigate life in our world and at the end of it. They struggle to survive and thrive in imagined universes, dead-end towns, and deep under the sea. These are the year’s most moving, heart-pounding, and engrossing teen books.
This holiday season, inspire your favorite reader of teen fiction to lose themselves in distant fictional worlds inspired by Wonderland, Ancient Rome, and found photography that will give you the chills (in the best possible way). From the final installment of Marie Lu’s brutal feminist fantasy trilogy to a collection of stories from Cassandra Clare’s vast Shadowhunters […]
An impossible first love story between a curious boy and a girl allergic to the world. An origin story for the murderous Queen of Hearts. A hilarious peek into the offscreen lives of two onscreen superstars. These 10 books have been reader tested and reader approved, and deserve a spot on the shelf of any fan of teen lit. […]
The Target, by David Baldacci, is another breathless installment in his ongoing series of novels starring a steely government assassin. This time, he is taking his orders from the president himself, and carrying them out could have political implications that will change the world. If you’re looking for another author whose work will get your pulse […]