Horror. When Stephen moves to the small, midwestern town where his father grew up, he quickly falls in with punk girl Cara and her charismatic twin brother, Devon; but the town has a dark secret, and the twins are caught in the middle of it.
Fiction. Ordered to perform community service and take up a productive hobby after an incident involving alcohol, his boneheaded friends and a crossing guard, 17-year-old worrier Ben takes a knitting class that helps him deal with his anxieties in spite of his friends' attitudes.
Suspense. Orianna and Violet are ballet dancers and best friends, but when the ballerinas who have been harassing Violet are murdered, Orianna is accused of the crime and sent to a juvenile detention center where she meets Amber and they experience supernatural events linking the girls together.
Science Fiction. In the aftermath of a devastating attack on the peaceful Zodiac Universe house of Cancer, intuitive young Guardian Rho must unite the 12 houses before an ancient, power-hungry evil from the banished 13th house destroys their worlds.
Romance. Teenagers Magnolia and Ford unexpectedly fall in love as they share a mansion in the Hollywood Hills and compete in a reality TV singing competition.
Focus on: Senior Year
Whether you're about to graduate or you've still got years to go, you can enjoy these books about the uncertainty and exhilaration of the last year of high school.
Twins Nikki and Maya Younger always agreed on most things, but as they head into their senior year they react differently to the gentrification of their Portland, Oregon, neighborhood and the new--white--family that moves in after their best friend and her mother are evicted
Sixteen-year-old Gabi Hernandez chronicles her senior year in high school as she copes with her friend Cindy's pregnancy, friend Sebastian's coming out, her father's meth habit, her own cravings for food and cute boys, and especially, the poetry that helps forge her identity
Inventing a third sister whom they pretend commits all of their rebellious acts, identical twins Ava and Lexi assume the identity of Alicia while dating bad boys, only to land in trouble when one of the young men is found dead.
When high school senior Piper Woods finds a notebook with mutilated photographs and a list of student sins, she is sure the book is too gruesome to be true, but when a student from the list dies, and although everyone thinks it is a suicide, she suspectssomething much worse, and her fears are confirmed when she receives an anonymous text daring her to make things right
Coming Soon! 2015 Young Adult Summer reading Program