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Young Adult Recommendations

 

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1. Atom bomb baby

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Author:
Gillespie, Brandon
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Pitkin Young Adult
YA G4783rs 1
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Twenty-five years after the Kraal came from another dimension and caused the deaths of 98% of the population on her planet, a young female survivor becomes the protector of a psychic child.

2. 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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Pitkin Young Adult
YA C5912mi
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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?...

3. The fault in our stars

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Author:
Green, John, 1977-
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4.7 stars
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Pitkin Young Adult
YA G7965fa
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Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life. Despite the tumor -shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears...

4. 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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53 copies, 7 people are on the wait list.
Pitkin Young Adult New Book Collection
YA C7133ih 1
Pitkin Young Adult
YA C7133hu 1
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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...

5. Into the sublime

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Author:
Boorman, Kate A.
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Pitkin Young Adult
YA B7248in
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Four girls from a defunct thrill-seeking group descend into a dangerous underground cave system in search of a subterranean lake that local legends claim has the power to change things for those who can confront their deepest fears. Four girls from a now-defunct thrill-seeking group planned an epic adventure to find a lake that Colorado locals call "The Sublime." Legend has it that the lake has the power to change things for those who risk-- and...

6. Una perfecta oportunidad

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Author:
Smith, Andrea, 1993-
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Pitkin Spanish Collection
SPANISH FICTION S6422si 2
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For any girl, spending the summer in Italy would be a dream come true. For Olivia James, on the other hand, it is not, because that means staying at the house of Jax DeLuca, her ex. The boy who broke her heart. Determined to make the most of the summer, Olivia becomes convinced that both she and Jax have moved on. It's time to fall in love again! Vacaciones en el paraíso... ¿o no? Para cualquier chica, pasar el verano en Italia sería un sueño...

7. Red queen

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Author:
Aveyard, Victoria
Series:
Red queen (Victoria Aveyard) volume 1.
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4.6 stars
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Pitkin Young Adult
YA A9555rq 1
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Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood -- those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own. To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess...

8. To all the boys I've loved before

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Author:
Han, Jenny
Series:
To all the boys I've loved before volume 1.
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4.8 stars
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27 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Pitkin Young Adult
YA H2334to 1
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Lara Jean has never openly admitted her crushes. Instead, she wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh. As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara...

9. Turtles all the way down

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Author:
Green, John, 1977-
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4.5 stars
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Pitkin Young Adult
YA G7965tu
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Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her best and most fearless friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett's son, Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective,...

10. "The year I stopped trying.": --a novel

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Author:
Heaney, Katie
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Pitkin Young Adult
YA H4345ye
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"Mary is having an existential crisis. She's a good student, she never gets in trouble, and she is searching for the meaning of life. She always thought she'd find it in a perfect score on the SATs. But by junior year, Mary isn't so sure anymore. The first time, it's an accident. She forgets to do a history assignment. She even crosses "history essay" off in her pristine planner. And then: Nothing happens. She doesn't burst into flames, the world...