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Young @ Heart—Young Adult Books to Move and Amuse You

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Author

Dewey Number

Description

The Terrible Two

Mac Barnett

JUV FIC BAR

Miles is not happy to be moving to a sleepy rural town filled with cows where he must compete for the title of town prankster.

Circus Mirandus

Cassie Beasley

JUV FIC BEA

Micah goes on a quest to visit the magical circus from his grandfather’s stories.

The Thing About Jellyfish

Ali Benjamin

JUV FIC BEN

Teen tries to deal with death of a friend in this National Book Award finalist.

Escape from Baxter’s Barn

Rebecca Bond

JUV FIC BON

A story of perseverance, friendship and teamwork by a group of farm animals.

The War That Saved My Life

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

JUV FIC BRA

Set in London during the Blizt, a young handicapped girl rescues herself and her brother, as they flee the city.

Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

Don Brown

JUV

976.335

BRO

Journalistic look at the hurricane that leveled New Orleans in 2005.

Awkward

Svetlana Chmakova

JUV FIC CHM

Peppi is a new kid at school and must navigate tricky social water.

Stella by Starlight

Sharon Draper

JUV FIC DRA

A segregated Southern town deals with the Ku Klux Klan as bravery battles prejudice.

The Doldrums

Nicholas Gannon

JUV FIC GAN

Archer wants to follow his adventurous grandparents to the Arctic—where they have gone missing.

George

Alex Gino

JUV FIC GIN

George wants a part in the school play. But George wants a girl’s part and wants everyone to accept her as she is—a girl trapped in a boy’s body.

Lost in the Sun

Lisa Graff

JUV FIC GRA

Trent is involved in an accident that results in another boy’s death.

Somewhere There is Still a Sun

Michael Gruenbaum

JUV 92 GRU

A memoir of a Jewish boy during the Nazi invasion of Prague.

Waiting for Unicorns

Beth Hautala

JUV FIC HAU

Talia deals with the death of her mother and a summer in the Arctic cared for by an Inuit woman while her father studies whales.

Full Cicada Moon

Marilyn Hilton

JUV FIC HIL

Mimi is of mixed race and moves to an all-white Vermont town in 1969.

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler

Phillip Hoose

JUV 940.534 HOO

Tale of the teenagers that helped spark a resistance movement in Denmark during Nazi occupation.

Roller Girl

Victoria Jamieson

JUV FIC JAM

In this graphic novel the main character discovers roller derby during tough times socially.

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer

Kelly Jones

JUV FIC JON

A family moves from LA to a chicken farm they’ve inherited. But one of the chickens has rare abilities…

Night On Fire

Ronald Kidd

JUV FIC KID

When the Freedom Riders come to the South, a young girl begins to question her beliefs and the racism around her.

The Orphan Army

Jonathan Maberry

JUV FIC MAB

Characters save the world from alien bug invaders in this futuristic tale.

Shadows of Sherwood

Kekla Magoon

JUV FIC MAG

A group of misfit kids band together to fight in Nott City in this send-up of the Robin Hood myth.

A Night Divided

Jennifer Nielsen

JUV FIC NIE

A young German girl finds her family separated by the Berlin Wall.

The Nest

Kenneth Oppel

JUV FIC OPP

A boy filled with anxiety begins to receive mysterious dream messages from a queen wasp.

The Seventh Most Important Thing

Shelley Pearsall

JUV FIC PEA

A young man is sentenced to community service helping the man he attacked and forms a redemptive relationship.

I Am Princess X

Cherie Priest

JUV FIC PRI

A young woman deals with the death of her friend through focusing on the fictional character they had created together.

The Lightening Queen

Laura Resau

JUV FIC RES

A magical mix of history and folklore explores the cultures of the Rom and Mixtec Indians through an unlikely friendship.

 

Echo

Pam Munoz Ryan

JUV FIC RYA

A prophecy, a promise and a harmonica tie together this magical tale that spans time and place.

The Blackthorn Key

Kevin Sands

JUV FIC SAN

An apothecary’s apprentice in 17th century London encounters a mysterious cult and a series of murders.

Nimona

Noelle Stevenson

JUV FIC STE

In this graphic novel, a young shapeshifter joins forces with a supervillain to wreak havoc.

 

Like A River

Kathy Cannon Wiechman

JUV FIC WIE

Two Union soldiers (one a girl disguised as a boy) survive incredible odds in this Civil War era novel.