Want to do some reading this summer, but not too thrilled with the choices on your school’s summer reading lists? We have a display of recommended books for high school students, in our reference area. Want more suggestions? You can always ask a librarian. (We have some librarians who purchase books for the teen area, and others who love to read the books in that room, so we will be glad to give you some titles). You can also subscribe to the monthly newsletter, Teen Scene, along with other newsletters of recommended books.

To get you started, here are some suggestions:

• The Year We Disappeared by Cylin and John Busby
• The World According to Garp by John Irving
• Far from Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters
• Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
• Let the Circle be Unbroken by Mildred Taylor
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
• Big Mouth and Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates
• Day of Tears by Julius Lester
• City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
• Sold by Patricia McCormick
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• Girl Stays in the Picture by Melissa de la Cruz
• The Blind Faith Hotel by Pamela Todd
• Endgame by Nancy Garden
• The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
• Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway
• The Garden by Elsie Aidinoff

posted by Laura

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