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"The Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers list identifies titles aimed at encouraging reading
among teens who dislike to read for any reason."
Young Adult Library Services Association
among teens who dislike to read for any reason."
Young Adult Library Services Association
TITLE: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
AUTHOR: Holly Jackson CALL NUMBER: F Jac - MYSTERY SUMMARY: As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past. |
TITLE: You Should See Me in a Crown
AUTHOR: Leah Johnson CALL NUMBER: F Joh - NOVELS SUMMARY: A Black, underprivileged misfit from a wealthy, prom-obsessed midwestern community carefully plans to attend a prestigious medical college before the unexpected loss of her financial aid forces her to compete for her school's prom-queen scholarship. |
TITLE: Punching the Air
AUTHOR: Written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam CALL NUMBER: F Zob - NOVELS SUMMARY: The award-winning author of American Street and the prison reform activist of the Exonerated Five trace the story of a young artist and poet whose prospects at a diverse art school are threatened by a racially biased system and a tragic altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood. |
TITLE: Jane Anonymous
AUTHOR: Laurie Faria Stolarz CALL NUMBER: F Sto - THRILLER SUMMARY: In chapters alternating between "then" and "now," seventeen-year-old Jane Anonymous chronicles the events leading up to her abduction and seven-month captivity and her painful return to family and friends. |
TITLE: Dragon Hoops
AUTHOR: Gene Luen Yang CALL NUMBER: F Yan - GRAPHIC SUMMARY: An introverted reader starts understanding local enthusiasm about sports in his school when he gets to know some of his talented athletic peers and discovers that their stories are just as thrilling as the comics he loves. |
TITLE: Long Way Down: A Graphic Novel
AUTHOR: Jason Reynolds CALL NUMBER: F Rey - GRAPHIC SUMMARY: As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know. |
TITLE: Felix Ever After
AUTHOR: Kacen Callender CALL NUMBER: F Cal - NOVELS SUMMARY: Felix Love, a transgender seventeen-year-old, attempts to get revenge by catfishing his anonymous bully, but lands in a quasi-love triangle with his former enemy and his best friend. |
TITLE: Almost American Girl
AUTHOR: Robin Ha CALL NUMBER: 921 Ha - GRAPHIC SUMMARY: Moving abruptly from Seoul to Alabama, a Korean teen struggles in a hostile blended home and a new school where she does not speak English before forging unexpected connections in a local comic drawing class. |
TITLE: Games of Deception: The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany
AUTHOR: Andrew Maraniss CALL NUMBER: 796.48 Mar SUMMARY: The true story of the birth of Olympic basketball at the 1936 Summer Games in Hitler's Germany. |
TITLE: The Poet X
AUTHOR: Elizabeth Acevedo WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Ace - NOVELS SUMMARY: Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. She discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother's religion and her own relationship to the world. |
TITLE: They Called Us Enemy
AUTHOR: George Takei WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 921 Tak - GRAPHIC SUMMARY: Actor, author, and activist George Takei recounts his childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps for Japanese Americans during World War II and the impact the experience had on his later life. |
TITLE: Class Act
AUTHOR: Jerry Craft CALL NUMBER: F Cra - GRAPHIC SUMMARY: Eighth grader Drew Ellis recognizes that he isn't afforded the same opportunities, no matter how hard he works, that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted, and to make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids and is finding it hard not to withdraw, even as their mutual friend Jordan tries to keep their group of friends together. |
TITLE: Rebound
AUTHOR: Kwame Alexander WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Ale - NOVELS SUMMARY: In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past. |
TITLE: Blood Sport
AUTHOR: Tash McAdam WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F McA - MYSTERY SUMMARY: After his sister's mysterious death, Jason, a transgender teenager, infiltrates a boxing gym to disover what happened and is torn between his investigation and the sense of belonging that he discovers at the gym. |
TITLE: Herding Cats
AUTHOR: Sarah Andersen WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F And - GRAPHIC SUMMARY: Sarah valiantly struggles with waking up in the morning, being productive, and dealing with social situations. Sarah's Scribbles is the comic strip that follows her life, finding humor in living as an adulting introvert that is at times weird, awkward, and embarrassing. |
TITLE: Speak: The Graphic Novel
AUTHOR: Laurie Halse Anderson WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F And - GRAPHIC SUMMARY: A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school. |
TITLE: Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
AUTHOR: Pénélope Bagieu WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 920 Bag - GRAPHIC SUMMARY: In graphic novel format looks at the lives of twenty-nine charismatic women in history, including Josephine Baker, Betty Davis, Cheryl Bridges, and many others. |
TITLE: Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction
AUTHOR: Jarrett J. Krosoczka WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 921 Kro - GRAPHIC SUMMARY: In graphic novel format author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka discusses growing up in a family grappling with addiction. |
TITLE: Ghost Boys
AUTHOR: Jewel Parker Rhodes WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Rho - NOVELS SUMMARY: After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till. |
TITLE: Sadie
AUTHOR: Courtney Summers WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Sum - THRILLER SUMMARY: Told from the alternating perspectives of nineteen-year-old Sadie who runs away from her isolated small Colorado town to find her younger sister's killer, and a true crime podcast exploring Sadie's disappearance. |
TITLE: Solo
AUTHOR: Kwame Alexander WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Ale - NOVELS SUMMARY: Seventeen-year-old Blade, who endeavors to resolve painful issues from his past to navigate the challenges of his former rockstar father's addictions, scathing tabloid rumors, and a protected secret that threatens his own identity. |
TITLE: Refugee
AUTHOR: Alan Gratz WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Gra - NOVELS SUMMARY: Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy livng in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together. |
TITLE: Allegedly
AUTHOR: Tiffany D. Jackson WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Jac - NOVELS SUMMARY: A young girl, convicted of murder as a child, serves her sentence only to be placed in a group home, where, upon her release, she must grapple with starting over and an unplanned pregnancy. |
TITLE: Dreamland Burning
AUTHOR: Jennifer Latham WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Lat - MYSTERY SUMMARY: When Rowan finds a skeleton on her family's property, investigating the brutal, century-old murder leads to painful discoveries about the past. Alternating chapters tell the story of William, another teen grappling with the racial firestorm leading up to the 1921 Tulsa race riot, providing some clues to the mystery. |
TITLE: Warcross
AUTHOR: Marie Lu WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Lu - SCIENCE FICTION SUMMARY: After hacking into the Warcross Championships' opening game to track illegal betting, bounty hunter Emika Chen is asked by the game's creator to go undercover to investigate a security problem, and she uncovers a sinister plot. |
TITLE: Bang
AUTHOR: Barry Lyga WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Lyg - NOVELS SUMMARY: A new friend and their YouTube cooking channel help fourteen-year-old Sebastian move on from accidentally shooting his infant sister ten years earlier. |
TITLE: Moxie
AUTHOR: Jennifer Mathieu WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Mat - NOVELS SUMMARY: In a small Texas town where high school football reigns supreme, Viv, sixteen, starts a feminist revolution using anonymously-written zines. |
TITLE: One of Us Is Lying
AUTHOR: Karen M. McManus WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Mat - MYSTERY SUMMARY: When one of five students in detention is found dead, his high-profile classmates-including a brainy intellectual, a popular beauty, a drug dealer on probation and an all-star athlete-are investigated and revealed to be the subjects of the victim's latest gossip postings. |
TITLE: Long Way Down
AUTHOR: Jason Reynolds WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Rey - NOVELS SUMMARY: As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know. |
TITLE: Miles Morales: Spider-Man
AUTHOR: Jason Reynolds WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Rey - FANTASY SUMMARY: Brooklyn Visions Academy student Miles Morales may not always want to be a super hero, but he must come to terms with his identity--and deal with a villainous teacher--as the new Spider-Man. |
TITLE: The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
AUTHOR: Dashka Slater WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 364.15 Sla SUMMARY: This riveting nonfiction book for teens about race, class, gender, crime, and punishment tells the true story of an agender teen who was set on fire by another teen while riding a bus in Oakland, California. |
TITLE: Dear Martin
AUTHOR: Nic Stone WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Sto - NOVELS SUMMARY: Profiled by a racist police officer in spite of his excellent academic achievements and Ivy League acceptance, a disgruntled college youth navigates the prejudices of new classmates and his crush on a white girl by writing a journal to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in the hopes that his iconic role model's teachings will be applicable half a century later. |
TITLE: Dear Justyce
AUTHOR: Nic Stone CALL NUMBER: F Sto - NOVELS SUMMARY: Incarcerated teen Quan Banks writes letters to Justyce McCallister, with whom he bonded years before over family issues, about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system. |
TITLE: The Hate U Give
AUTHOR: Angie Thomas WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Tho - NOVELS SUMMARY: After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died. |
TITLE: How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
AUTHOR: Sandra Uwiringiyimana WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 921 Uwi SUMMARY: A memoir by the co-creator of the Foundation of Hope Ministries shares the remarkable story of her survival during the Gatumba massacre and how after moving to America she found healing through art and activism. |
TITLE: Top Prospect
AUTHOR: Paul Volponi WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Vol - NOVELS SUMMARY: Travis, a pre-teen quarterback with big potential, gets the opportunity of a lifetime when the coach of Gainesville University football program offers him a scholarship before Travis even gets to high school. |
TITLE: Spill Zone
AUTHOR: Scott Westerfeld WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Wes - GRAPHIC SUMMARY: When a disaster destroys her city, ends her parents' lives and leaves her sister badly scarred, Addison earns money by taking photographs of the devastation for high-paying art collectors, including an eccentric patron who offers a million dollars for a life-risking image. |
TITLE: Tell Me Three Things
AUTHOR: Julie Buxbaum WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Bux - NOVELS SUMMARY: Struggling to acclimate after moving from Chicago to Los Angeles, high school junior Jessie receives an offer of assistance from an anonymous person through email who becomes her confidante and ally and who Jessie wishes she could meet in person. |
TITLE: All American Boys
AUTHOR: Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Rey - NOVELS SUMMARY: When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. |