Recommended Reading for Teens at the NLCL
2008 ALA Best Book for Teens
The Absolutely True Diary of a Parttime
Indian by Sherman Alexie
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande
Before I Die by Jenny Downham
This Is What I Did by Ann Dee Ellis
Touching Snow by M. Sindy Felin
Slam by Nick Hornby
Strays by Ron Koertge
The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy
and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga
Boy Toy by Barry Lyga
Hero by Perry Moore
Peak by Roland Smith
The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel by Brian Selznick
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
The New Policeman by Kate Thompson
Converting Kate by Beckie Weinheimer
Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle
Zevin