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Teen Reader Edition
by Little Willow, Bildungsroman
The end of the school year is here. (At least, it is
for many traditional American schools.) Now that
classes and finals are over, students can tackle
"unassigned" reading. Here's a list of books that
these surveyed teens can't wait to read.
Grace S., 14: I Am America and So Can You! by Stephen Colbert
Sarah, 16: I am really excited for when I go to the library
tomorrow. I have Suite Scarlett, Wake, Austenland, and
Airhead. I know I have to choose which one to read, but
I know I can start the next book right afterwards. I
love summer. I am excited for Breaking Dawn and a few
other books that come out over the summer.
Paige M., finishing the 8th grade: Alive & Well in Prague, New York by Daphne Grab (June),
I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone by Stephanie Kuehnert (July),
Undone by Brooke Taylor (July), Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (August).
Mirabelle, 17:
Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
Magic or Madness trilogy by Justine Larbalestier
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
A Curse as Dark as Gold by Elizabeth Bunce
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks by E.
Lockhart
...and tons of manga and some stuff for school
Sarah N., 14:
Elsewhere, Gabrielle Zevin
Hero, Perry Moore
Ithaka, Adele Geras
Born Confused, Tanuja Desai Hidier
Gabrielle M., 14:
Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
Masquerade by Melissa De La Cruz
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer, though that's not
out yet
Myles, 16:
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer
Persistence of Memory by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Pendragon: Raven Rise by D.J. MacHale
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
The Vampire Beach series by Alex Duval
Angela, 16:
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E.
Lockhart
The Clique Summer Collection by Lisi Harrison
Prom Crashers by Erin Downing
I also can't wait for the 3rd Gallagher Girls book by
Ally Carter, which is coming out next summer, next
year.
Kennedy H, 13:
I'm reading Romeo and Juliet right now.
I also want to read Pride and Prejudice by Jane
Austen, but I'm just too darn busy now.
I can't wait to read Breaking Dawn, the fourth book in
the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer.
I cannot wait for the 3rd Gallagher Girls book by Ally
Carter to come out!!! Can't wait for a title!!!
Alexia, 17:
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
Siena, age 18:
I can't wait to read Lord of the Silent, The Golden
One, Children of the Storm, The Serpent on the Crown,
and Tomb of the Golden Bird, all by Elizabeth Peters
(the amazing Amelia Peabody series), as well as The
Host and Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer, and I want
to finish reading the complete works of William
Shakespeare.
Jackie J., finishing up her sophomore year:
(in no particular order)
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philipa Gregory
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides (This doesn't
really count 'cause I just finished it, but it was not
for my English class)
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime by
Mark Haddon
Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins
Emma by Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
The History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters by Julian
Barnes
Ophelia by Lisa Klein
Rumors by Anna Godbersen
Taylor, 17:
Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen!!!
Andrew, 18:
Definitely the new Twilight book by Stephenie Meyer. I
can't wait. I can't believe it's almost been a year
since Eclipse came out, but yeah, definitely Breaking
Dawn—can't wait for it.
I've been busy with work, so I can't wait to get some
free time and finish the recent Maximum Ride book by
James Patterson.
Maggie K., 8th grade:
I'd have to say that my favorite books are by Tamora
Pierce:
The Song of the Lioness series: 1) Alanna: The First
Adventure; 2) In the Hand of the Goddess; 3) The Woman
Who Rides Like a Man; 4) Lioness Rampant.
The Immortals series: 1) Wild Magic; 2) Wolf-speaker; 3)
Emporer Mage; 4) The Realms of the Gods.
The Protector of the Small series: 1) First Test; 2)
Page; 3) Squire; 4) Lady Knight.
Trickster's Choice & Trickster's Queen
Beka Cooper: Terrier
Rachel, age unlisted:
Either Stephenie Meyer's The Host or the comic
novelization for Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull.
Erin M., 17:
Here's what's on my to-read stack at the moment:
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding
The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty, a
reread
Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains by Laurel Snyder
Madeleine W., 17:
A Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A bunch of Jane Austen
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Jake F., 16:
No novels. Japanese textbooks instead.
Laurie, a middle school librarian, has this to add:
I have seen more of my students carrying around their
own personal copies of The Host than I ever remember
seeing any book in students' hands (this signifies
that not only do they want to read it, they want to
OWN it, and they want to carry it around with them.)
Also popular lately (with a different but slightly
overlapping group as those reading The Host), the
Drama High series.
Additional input from me:
Breaking Dawn seems to be a favorite, not only among
those surveyed, but among my teen and female customers
in general.
Many of the surveyed teens asked me, "Is it okay to
list classics?" I told them a thousand times, yes!
As far as summer releases go, I'm most excited about
Poison
Ink by Christopher
Golden. I had the chance to read it early, and I
drank up every drop! Poison Ink is a YA novel/thriller
about five best friends who plan to get matching
tattoos, and what happens when one of them backs out—and the others start acting strangely after getting
inked. I can't wait to get this book into the hands of
readers when it comes out in July!
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