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High School Reads October 2021 |
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The Right Side of Reckless
by Whitney D. Grandison
Working at the local community center, Guillermo Lozano meets the one girl who is off limits, and as friendship—and something more—blossoms between them, he decides to break the rules and be a little bit reckless.
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Dangerous Play
by Emma Kress
After being sexually assaulted at a party, star field hockey player Zoe Alamandar takes justice into her own hands until one night of vigilantism costs her everything she has worked so hard for.
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Me (Moth)
by Amber McBride
Moth, who lost her family in an accident, and Sani, who is battling ongoing depression, take a road trip that has them chasing ghosts and searching for ancestors, which helps them move forward in surprising, powerful and unforgettable ways.
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In the Wild Light
by Jeff Zentner
When his best friend, Delaney, gets them both full rides to an elite prep school in Connecticut, Cash must choose between his need to love and protect Delaney and his loyalty to his grandparents and their small Appalachian town.
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How We Fall Apart
by Katie Zhao
When she and her friends become the prime suspects in the disappearance of their classmate and frenemy, Nancy Luo is forced to play a deadly game with The Proctor who knows the truth—and her darkest secrets.
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Spotlight on: Unsettling Reads |
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Burden Falls
by Kat Ellis
When someone close to Ava Thorn is brutally murdered and Ava becomes the primary suspect, she starts to wonder if ghostly legends surrounding her town might be more fact than fiction.
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The Things She's Seen
by Ambelin Kwaymullina
The ghost of a girl who recently died in an accident makes contact with her grieving detective father to help solve a mystery in a remote Australian town, where a girl who speaks entirely in riddles is the only witness to a fatal fire.
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The Grace Year
by Kim Liggett
Dreaming of a life outside the strict society that criminalizes teen girls and banishes them into the wild to be “purified,” 16-year-old Tierney discovers that many of the banished girls are being poached and sold on the black market.
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Amity
by Micol Ostow
When Connor's family moves to Amity his nights are plagued with gore-filled dreams of demons. destruction, and revenge. Dreams he could make real, with Amity's help.
Ten years later, Gwen's family moves to Amity for a fresh start. Instead, she's haunted by lurid visions, disturbing voices, and questions about her own sanity. But with her history, who would ever believe her? Inspired by a true-crime story, Amity spans generations to weave an overlapping, interconnected tale of terror, insanity, danger, and death.
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The Ruinous Sweep
by Tim Wynne-Jones
Tossed out of a car onto a remote highway with no memory of the past twenty-four hours, Donovan causes a fatal accident trying to flag down help and is forced to assume the dead person's identity to prove he is innocent of murder.
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October 7
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm |
Virtual Teen Ink
Join other teen writers as we experiment with techniques and prompts that will inspire your creative writing process. |
October 11
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm |
Virtual Teen Book Bites Share your favorite books and get great book recommendations from other readers. |
October 13
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm |
Virtual Stranger Things Trivia
Can you escape the Upside Down before time runs out? Put your Stranger Things knowledge to the test! Costumes are encouraged! |
October 21
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm |
Virtual Popcorn & Pages Go see the movie and read the book on your own, then meet on Zoom to compare and contrast with other teens! |
Contact your librarian for more great books! |
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