Lists and Suggestions for Teens
TEENS: Superpowers
The Awakening
Author: Carroll, Michael Owen, 1966-
Ten years after the disappearance of superhumans--both heroes and villains--thirteen-year-old...
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
Author: Patterson, James, 1947-
Fifteen-year-old Daniel has followed in his parents' footsteps as the Alien Hunter, extermina...
Don't Even Think About It
Author: Mlynowski, Sarah.
"What happens when a group of Tribeca high school kids go in for flu shots . . . and end up b...
Fated
Author: Noël, Alyson.
"Strange things are happening to Daire Santos. Crows mock her, glowing people stalk her, time...
Gifts
Author: Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-
When a young man in the Uplands blinds himself rather than use his gift of "unmaking"--a viol...
Gone
Author: Grant, Michael, 1954-
In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disapp...
Gorgeous
Author: Rudnick, Paul.
When eighteen-year-old Becky Randle's mother dies, she is whisked away from a trailer park to...
Graceling
Author: Cashore, Kristin.
In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Kat...
A Great and Terrible Beauty
Author: Bray, Libba.
After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, ...
Hero
Author: Moore, Perry.
Thom Creed, the gay son of a disowned superhero, finds that he, too, has special powers and i...
Hex Hall
Author: Hawkins, Rachel, 1979-
When Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, she...
Zeroes
Author: Westerfeld, Scott.
Told from separate viewpoints, teens Scam, Crash, Flicker, Anonymous, Bellwether, and Kelsie, al...
The Midnight Twins
Author: Mitchard, Jacquelyn.
Identical twins Meredith and Mallory Brynn have always shared one another's thoughts, even as...
Numbers
Author: Ward, Rachel, 1964-
Fifteen-year-old Jem knows when she looks at someone the exact date they will die, so she avo...
The Raven Boys
Author: Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981- author.
Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk pa...
The Secret Hour
Author: Westerfeld, Scott.
Upon moving to Bixby, Oklahoma, fifteen-year-old Jessica Day learns that she is one of a grou...
Shadowland
Author: Cabot, Meg.
After moving from New York to California with her newly married mother, 16-year-old Susannah ...
Steelheart
Author: Sanderson, Brandon.
At age eight, David watched as his father was killed by an Epic, a human with superhuman powe...
Strange Angels
Author: St. Crow, Lili.
Sixteen-year-old Dru's psychic abilities helped her father battle zombies and other creatures...
Tempest
Author: Cross, Julie.
After his girlfriend Holly is fatally shot during a violent struggle, nineteen-year-old Jacks...
Things Not Seen
Author: Clements, Andrew, 1949-
"Teens, especially those not in the uber-popular set, know all about feeling invisible. But w...
The Vindico
Author: King, Wesley.
When supervillains of the Vindico realize they are getting too old to fight the League of Her...
Wake
Author: McMann, Lisa.
Ever since she was eight years old, high school student Janie Hannagan has been uncontrollabl...
Awards
- Abraham Lincoln Award
- Awarded annually to the author of the book voted as most outstanding by Illinois high school students
- Alex Award
- Adult books that appeal to teen readers
- Best Books for Young Adults (BBYA)
- Best teen books selected from the previous year
- Coretta Scott King Award
- Outstandingly inspirational books that promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all people
- Excellence in Nonfiction
- Honors the best nonfiction book of the year written for teens
- Rainbow Book List: GLBTQ Books for Children & Teens
- Children’s/Young Adult LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) nominees
- Michael L. Printz Award
- Honoring excellence in books for teens
- Pura Belpre Award
- Celebrating the Latino cultural experience
- Rebecca Caudill Award
- An Illinois award for outstanding literature for young people
- William C. Morris YA Debut Award
- Honors the best novels of the year by a debut author writing for teens
- YALSA Book Awards and Booklists
- The American Library Association’s Young Adult Library Services Association presents annual awards and puts out annual lists for various types of genres and materials