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Youth Services Summer 2023 Reading Lists: 9th Grade-12th Grade

9th-12th Summer Reading Lists

Realistic Fiction
Link to Seton Girls by Charlene Thomas in the catalog
Link to Saints of the Household by Ari Tison in the catalog
Link to Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller by Meredith Ireland in the catalog
Link to The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum in the catalog
Link to Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley in the catalog
Link to Always the Almost by Edward Underhill in the catalog
Link to Paper Planes by Jennie Wood in the catalog
Link to When We Had Summer by Jennifer Castle in the catalog
Link to Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things by Maya Prasad
Link to The Next New Syrian Girl by Ream Shukairy in the catalog
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Link to Bone Weaver by Aden Polydoros in the catalog
Link to Rebel Seoul by Axie Oh in the catalog
Link to Blood Debts by Terry J Benton-Walker in the catalog
Link to If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang in the catalog
Link to Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove by Ratu Mehrotara in the catalog
Link to The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas in the catalog
Link to Project Nought by Chelsey Furdedi in the catalog
Link to The Jump by Brittney Morris
Link to A Hunger of Thorns by Lili Wilkinson in the catalog
Link to The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa in the catalog
Mystery
Link to A Long Stretch of Bad Days by Mindy McGinnis in the catalog
Link to Promise Boys by Nick Brooks in the catalog
Link to The Island by Natasha Preston in the catalog
Link to The Killing Code by Ellie Marney in the catalog
Horror and Supernatural
Link to The Memory Eater by Rebecca Mahoney in the catalog
Link to When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb in the catalog
Link to Man Made Monsters by Andrea L Rogers in the catalog
Link to The Do-Over by Lynn Painter in the catalog
Link to M is for Monster by Talia Dutton in the catalog
Nonfiction
Link to Don't Look Back by Achut Deng in the catalog
Link to Big Lies by Mark Kurlanksky in the catalog
Link to Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults by Robin Wall Kimmerer in the catalog
Link to Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure: a Graphic Novel by Lewis Hancox in the catalog
Link to America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History by Ariel Aberg-Riger in the catalog
2024 Nutmeg Book Award High School Nominees
Link to The Bridge by Bill Konigsberg in the catalog
Link to Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley in the catalog
Link to Girls Like Us by Randi Pink in the catalog
Link to Heartstopper by Alice Oseman in the catalog
Link to Heroine by Mindy McGinnis in the catalog
Link to How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland in the catalog
link to In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner in the catalog
Link to Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko in the catalog
Link to Three Things I Know Are True by Betty Culley in the catalog
Link to Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon in the catalog