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Young Adult Recommendations

 

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1. 20,000 leagues under the sea

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Author:
Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
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4.3 stars
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In an age that has seen the wildest speculations of science become reality, Jules Verne is regarded as both a technological prophet and one of the most exciting masters of imagination the world has ever known. Of all his novels, none is more compelling and thrilling than 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. This extraordinary voyage into the depths of the unknown aboard the legendary submarine Nautilus—commanded by the brilliant, tragic Captain Nemo—explores...

2. The call of the wild, White Fang, and other stories

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Author:
London, Jack, 1876-1916
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4.3 stars
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BKCD L8476ca
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BKCD YA L847c
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"Californian family dog Buck is happy spending his days eating and sleeping. That is until he is kidnapped, and is forced to work in the frozen north of Alaska as a sledge dog. Passed from owner to owner, Buck sets out on a remarkable journey to ensure his own survival. Will he make it? And, when tested, how hard will he struggle against returning to the wild? Packed with tension and excitement, Jack London's atmospheric story of adventure and endurance...

3. Caraval

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Author:
Garber, Stephanie
Series:
Caraval volume 1.
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3.8 stars
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Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett's father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval, the far-away, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, are over.But this year, Scarlett's long-dreamt of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett...

4. City of bones

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Author:
Clare, Cassandra
Series:
Mortal instruments volume 1.
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4.8 stars
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When 15-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing -- not even a smear of blood -- to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?...

5. The cruel prince

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Author:
Black, Holly
Series:
Folk of the air volume 1.
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4.1 stars
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Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him--and face the consequences. As Jude becomes more deeply embroiled in palace...

6. Eragon

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Author:
Paolini, Christopher
Series:
Inheritance cycle (Christopher Paolini) volume 1.
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4.5 stars
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Pitkin Young Adult Non-Print
BKCD YA P2115er1
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In Alagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a polished blue stone that pulls his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.

7. The giver

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Author:
Lowry, Lois
Series:
Giver quartet volume 1.
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4.6 stars
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BKCD YA L9215g
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Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.

8. The golden compass

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Author:
Pullman, Philip, 1946-
Series:
His dark materials (Christopher Wormell, ill.)
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4.3 stars
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BKCD YA P9825dm1
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The Golden Compass forms the first part of a story in three volumes. The first volume is set in a world like ours, but different in many ways. The second volume is set partly in the world we know. The third moves between many worlds. In The Golden Compass, readers meet for the first time 11-year-old Lyra Belacqua, a precocious orphan growing up within the precincts of Jordan College in Oxford, England. It quickly becomes clear that Lyra's Oxford is...

9. The Hunger Games

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Author:
Collins, Suzanne
Series:
Hunger Games trilogy volume 1.
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4.7 stars
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"The Hunger Games as you've never seen it before--in a remarkable illustrated edition. Even at the age of sixteen, Katniss Everdeen knows it takes hard work, keen observation, and inner fortitude to survive in the world. Her home, District 12, is under the merciless rule of the Capitol, continually forced to pay after losing a long-ago civil war in the nation of Panem. One of the ways the Capitol keeps control is its annual Hunger Games, a televised...

10. The lightning thief

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Author:
Riordan, Rick
Series:
Percy Jackson & the Olympians volume 1.
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4.6 stars
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Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse -- Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy's mom finds out, she knows it's time that he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he'll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for...

11. Little women

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Author:
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
Series:
Little Women series
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3.8 stars
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BKCD YA A3557L
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For generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott's March girls: hardworking eldest sister Meg, headstrong, impulsive Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. With their father away at war, and their loving mother Marmee working to support the family, the four sisters have to rely on one another for support as they endure the hardships of wartime and poverty. We witness the sisters growing up and figuring out what role...

12. The mysterious Benedict Society

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Author:
Stewart, Trenton Lee
Series:
Mysterious Benedict Society volume 1.
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4.6 stars
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After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.

13. The red pyramid

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Author:
Riordan, Rick
Series:
Kane chronicles volume 1.
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4.6 stars
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After their father's research experiment at the British Museum unleashes the Egyptian god Set, Carter and Sadie Kane embark on a dangerous journey across the globe--a quest which brings them ever closer to the truth about their family, and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.

14. Renegades

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Author:
Meyer, Marissa
Series:
Renegades volume 1.
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4.7 stars
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Secret identities. Extraordinary powers. She wants vengeance. He wants justice. The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies-humans with extraordinary abilities-who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone ... except the villains they once overthrew. Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she is on a mission for...

15. Seraphina: a novel

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Author:
Hartman, Rachel, 1972-
Series:
Seraphina volume 1.
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4 stars
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In a world where dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce and dragons can assume human form, Seraphina, whose mother died giving birth to her, grapples with her own identity amid magical secrets and royal scandals, while she struggles to accept and develop her extraordinary musical talents.

16. Throne of glass

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Author:
Maas, Sarah J.
Series:
Throne of glass novels volume 1.
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4.6 stars
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After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in...