The Declaration by Gemma Malley. Semicolon review here.
Unwind by Neal Shusterman. Semicolon review here.
The Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale. Semicolon review here.
Tamar by Mal Peet. Semicolon review here.
The Missing: Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Semicolon review here.
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson. Semicolon review here.
Here, There Be Dragons by James Owen. Semicolon review here.
Love Me Tender by Audrey Couloumbis. Semicolon review here.
Six Innings by James Preller. Semicolon review here.
Bringing the Boy Home by N.A. Nelson. Semicolon review here.
Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass. I didn’t manage to review this one yet, but you can read Melissa’s Book Nut review here. Pretty much what she said.
The Giver by Lois Lowry. Semicolon review here.
Some of these are borderline, between young adult and children’s or between young adult and adult. Nevertheless, I think teens would enjoy all of these books, and I did, too, even though I’m long past my teens.
Thanks so much for this list. I’ll definitely be looking into these. I love YA books. I didn’t care for Here, There Be Dragons, but I reread The Giver this year and that is one of my all-time favorite books.
I like the Flaubert quote the best!
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Where is the Harry Potter Series, Aretimes Fowl, Twighlight (even though I don’t like it).
Thank you for not putting ‘Twilight’ or ‘Harry Potter’ or any of those shallow books on this list.
For that I am grateful.