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Young Adult Recommendations

 

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

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Author:
London, Jack, 1876-1916
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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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...

2. Caraval

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Author:
Garber, Stephanie
Series:
Caraval volume 1.
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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Description:
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...

3. City of bones

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Author:
Clare, Cassandra
Series:
Mortal instruments volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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Description:
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?...

4. Little women

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Author:
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
Series:
Little Women series
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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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...

5. The midnight star

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Author:
Lu, Marie, 1984-
Series:
Young elites volume 3.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Adelina Amouteru is done suffering. She s turned her back on those who have betrayed her and achieved the ultimate revenge: victory. Her reign as the White Wolf has been a triumphant one, but with each conquest her cruelty only grows. The darkness within her has begun to spiral out of control, threatening to destroy all that she s achieved.

6. My contrary Mary

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Author:
Hand, Cynthia, 1978-
Series:
Mary novels (Cynthia Hand) volume 1.
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"Welcome to Renaissance France, a place of poison and plots, of beauties and beasts, of mice and ... queens? Mary is the queen of Scotland and the jewel of the French court. Except when she's a mouse. Yes, reader, Mary is a shapeshifter in a kingdom where Verities rule. It's a secret that could cost her a head--or a tail. Luckily, Mary has a confidant in her betrothed, Francis. But things at the gilded court take a treacherous turn after the king...

7. Red queen

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Author:
Aveyard, Victoria
Series:
Red queen (Victoria Aveyard) volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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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. Throne of glass

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Author:
Maas, Sarah J.
Series:
Throne of glass novels volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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Description:
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...