Suggested Reading for Teens
Author Spotlight: Steve Sheinkin
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Born in Brooklyn, Steve Sheinkin used to write textbooks. But in 2008 he switched gears, choosing to write books about history for teens instead. His interesting topics and suspenseful, engaging writing have earned him many awards. The Wharton Public Library owns four of his books. Pay us a visit to check them out!
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New at WPL:
Booked
Kwame Alexander Nick loves soccer and hates books, but he learns the power of words as he wrestles with his many problems. |
The Haters
Jesse Andrews A road trip adventure about a trio of jazz-camp escapees who, against every realistic expectation, become a band. |
The Apple Tart of Hope
Sarah Moore Fitzgerald Oscar used to make incredible apple tarts, but he's gone missing and everyone thinks he's dead. Oscar's friend Meg and his brother Stevie form a band as they try to figure out what happened to him. |
You Know Me Well
Nina LaCour & David Levithan Mark and Kate sit next to each other in school but are barely acquainted. Then they meet at a club in San Francisco during Pride Week and connect over each other's forbidden love. |
Burn Baby Burn
Meg Medina Nora Lopez is seventeen during the summer of 1977, when New York is besieged by arson, a massive blackout, and a serial killer named Son of Sam. |
The Mystery of Hollow Places
Rebecca Podos Imogene sets out to find her missing father and, along the way, begins to understand the loneliness that has gripped them both since her mother abandoned them. |
The Fall of Butterflies
Andrea Portes Willa Parker, least popular resident of What Cheer, Iowa, is headed east to start a new life. Did she choose this new life? No, because that would be too easy -- and nothing in Willa's life is easy. |
Orbiting Jupiter
Gary D. Schmidt Jack tells the story of Joseph, who joins his family as a foster child. Joseph wants to find his baby daughter, Jupiter. But just when Joseph has begun to believe he'll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past. |
X: A Novel
Ilyasah Shabazz & Kekla Magoon Malcolm Little’s parents have always told him that he can achieve anything, but now his father’s been murdered and his mother’s been taken away. He escapes into a world of jazz, girls, and drugs. But deep down, Malcolm knows that the freedom he’s found is only an illusion, and that he can’t run forever. |
Everything, Everything
Nicola Yoon Madeline is a teenage girl who's trapped inside her own home, literally allergic to the outside world. When a new family moves in next door, she begins a secret, risky, complicated romance with their son, Olly, that challenges everything she's ever known. |
El Deafo
Cece Bell Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her experiences with the Phonic Ear, a powerful but awkward hearing aid. The Phonic Ear gives Cece the ability to hear but also isolates her from her classmates. After some trouble, she harnesses the power of the Phonic Ear and become “El Deafo, Listener for All," and declares a place for herself in the world. |
Roller Girl
Victoria Jamieson Astrid has always done everything with her best friend Nicole. But when Astrid signs up for roller derby camp, Nicole decides to go to dance camp instead. And so begins the most difficult summer of Astrid's life as she struggles to keep up at camp, hang on to the friend she feels slipping away, and cautiously embark on a new friendship. |
Baba Yaga's Assistant
Marika McCoola & Emily Carroll Most children think twice before braving a haunted wood to match wits with a witch, but not Masha. Her grandma taught her many things: that stories are useful, that magic is fickle, that nothing is too difficult or too dirty to clean. The fearsome witch of folklore needs an assistant, and Masha needs an adventure. She may be clever enough to enter Baba Yaga’s house, but within its walls, deceit is the rule. To earn her place, Masha must pass a series of tests, outfox a territorial bear, and make dinner for her host. No easy task, with children on the menu! |
Nimona
Noelle Stevenson Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As villain and sidekick, Nimona and Lord Blackheart are about to wreak some serious havoc. Their mission: prove to the kingdom that Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his buddies at the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren't the heroes everyone thinks they are! But as small acts of mischief escalate into a vicious battle, Lord Blackheart begins to realize that Nimona's unpredictable wild side might be more dangerous than he is willing to admit. |
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
Phillip Hoose At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, 15-year-old Knud Pedersen, his brother, and a handful of schoolmates resolved to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. The young patriots in the Churchill Club committed countless acts of sabotage, infuriating the Germans, who eventually had the boys tracked down and arrested. But their efforts were not in vain: the boys' exploits and eventual imprisonment helped spark the Danish resistance. |
The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire: The World of Dan and Phil
Dan Howell & Phil Lester From YouTube sensations Dan Howell (danisnotonfire) and Phil Lester (AmazingPhil) comes a laugh-out-loud look into the world created by two awkward guys who share their lives on the Internet. Since uploading their first ever videos as teenagers, Dan and Phil have become two of the world's biggest YouTube stars. Now they invite you on a behind-the-scenes journey, filled with absolutely essential advice, tons of humor, lots of awkwardness, and TMI honesty that they will probably regret. |
The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks
Sam Maggs Fanfic, cosplay, cons, books, memes, podcasts, vlogs, OTPs and RPGs and MMOs and more — it’s never been a better time to be a geek. The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy is the ultimate handbook for ladies living the nerdy life, packed with tips, playthroughs, and cheat codes! |
Comics Confidential: 13 Graphic Novelists Talk Story, Craft, and Life Outside the Box
Leonard S. Marcus (ed.) Here are the moving, funny, and inspirational stories of 13 graphic novel artists: true tales from the crucible of creative struggles that led each to become a master of one of today’s most vibrant art forms. The book also contains an original graphic short on the common theme of "the city" from each of the artists. |
The Freedom Summer Murders
Don Mitchell In June of 1964, three idealistic young men (one black and two white) were lynched by the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi. They were registering African-Americans to vote as part of the Freedom Summer effort to bring democracy to the South. Their disappearance and murder caused a national uproar and contributed to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. |
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
Steve Sheinkin How did Daniel Ellsberg transform from an obscure government analyst into "the most dangerous man in America"? He risked everything to expose over twenty years of government lies during the Cold War, forever changing the relationship between American citizens and politicians. |
New Series Installments:
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The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo) - Rick Riordan
After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down to Earth from Olympus. He must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favor. |
A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes) - Sabaa Tahir
Elias and Laia are running for their lives. Laia is determined to save her brother, and Elias is determined to help Laia succeed, even if it means giving up his last chance at freedom. |
