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New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age

2008

Notes on a Near-Life Experience by Olivia Birdsall

Taken by Edward Bloor

Take-Off: American All-Girl Bands During WWII by Tonya Bolden

The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray

Feels Like Home by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

Prom Dates from Hell by Rosemary Clement-Moore

Open Court by Carol Clippinger

Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

Before I Die by Jenny Downham

White Magic by Kelly Easton

Cover-up by John Feinstein
The Other Half of Me by Emily Franklin

Salome by Beatrice Gormley

The Noah Confessions by Barbara Hall

Blood Brothers by S. A. Harazin

Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill

Dr. Sigmundus: The Hollow People by Brian Keaney

The Quantum July by Ron King

Gert Garibaldi's Rants and Raves: One Butt Cheek at a Time by Amber Kizer

Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan

Strange Relations by Sonia Levitin

Brothers, Boyfriends & Other Criminal Minds by April Lurie

Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier

The Navigator by Eoin McNamee

The Decoding of Lana Morris by Laura McNeal and Tom McNeal

Kiss My Book by Jamie Michaels

What They Found by Walter Dean Myers

Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen

Finding Daddy by Louise Plummer

The Confessional by J.L. Powers

Cures for Heartbreak by Margo Rabb

The Whole Sky Full of Stars by René Saldaña, Jr.

Night of the Howling Dogs by Graham Salisbury

Better Than Yesterday by Robyn Schneider

The Alchemyst by Michael Scott

My Swordhand Is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick

The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It by Lisa Shanahan

Anatomy of a Boyfriend by Daria Snadowsky

Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

First Light by Rebecca Stead

Grief Girl by Erin Vincent

A Field Guide to High School by Marissa Walsh

2007

Clay by David Almond

Wolfcry by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Celandine by Steve Augarde

King of the Creeps by Steven Banks

London Calling by Edward Bloor

The Killer's Tears by Anne-Laure Bondoux; translated by Y. Maudet

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

Rush Hour: Reckless by Michael Cart

The Hand of the Devil by Dean Vincent Carter

Prizefighter en Mi Casa by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

Plastic Fantastic by Simon Cheshire

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

Star-Crossed by Linda Collison

The Melting Season by Celeste Conway

A Friend at Midnight by Caroline B. Cooney
Hit the Road by Caroline B. Cooney

I Is Someone Else by Patrick Cooper

Invisible Threads by Annie Dalton and Maria Dalton

Playing It Cool by Joaquin Dorfman

Vanishing Act by John Feinstein
Water Street by Patricia Reilly Giff

Inside Delta Force by Eric Haney

Skate by Michael Harmon

Into the Firestorm: A Novel of San Francisco, 1906 by Deborah Hopkinson

Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson

Wide Awake by David Levithan

The Full Spectrum edited by David Levithan and Billy Merrell
Fly on the Wall by E. Lockhart

Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta

Out of Patience by Brian Meehl

The Pull of the Ocean by Jean-Claude Mourlevat; translated by Y. Maudet

Mismatch by Lensey Namioka

A Different Kind of Heat by Antonio Pagliarulo

The Legend of Bass Reeves by Gary Paulsen

Terrier by Tamora Pierce

King Dork by Frank Portman
A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life by Dana Reinhardt

What the Moon Saw by Laura Resau

Queen B by Laura Peyton Roberts

Just In Case by Meg Rosoff
Maybe by Brent Runyon

Small Steps by Louis Sachar

House of the Red Fish by Graham Salisbury

The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgwick

Megiddo's Shadow by Arthur Slade

A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl by Tanya Lee Stone
Runaway by Wendelin Van Draanen

Mythic Vision: The Making of the Movie Eragon by Mark Cotta Vaz

Not Like I'm Jealous or Anything edited by Marissa Walsh

Sweet Thang by Allison Whittenberg

The Hollywood Sisters: Backstage Pass by Mary Wilcox

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

2006

Two Plays by David Almond

Maya Running by Anjali Banerjee

Tiger, Tiger by Lynne Reid Banks
Outbreak! Plagues That Changed History by Bryn Barnard

Cause by Tonya Bolden

The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales

Last Dance on Holladay Street by Elisa Carbone

Rush Hour: Face edited by Michael Cart
Code Orange by Caroline B. Cooney

Ball Don't Lie by Matt de la Peña

Bollywood Babes by Narinder Dhami

The Widow and the King by John Dickinson

Burning City by Ariel Dorfman and Joaquin Dorfman

Last Shot by John Feinstein

The Science of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials by Mary Gribbin and John Gribbin

Flush by Carl Hiaasen
I Am the Wallpaper by Mark Peter Hughes

New World Order by Ben Jeapes

The Convicts by Iain Lawrence

Are We There Yet? by David Levithan

Upstream by Melissa Lion

The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart

Shackleton's Stowaway by Victoria McKernan

Jailbait by Leslea Newman

Eldest by Christopher Paolini

Crooked River by Shelley Pearsall

Weeds in Bloom by Robert Newton Peck

Young Warriors by Tamora Pierce and Josepha Sherman

Devil's Footsteps by E.E. Richardson

The Queen of Second Place by Laura Peyton Roberts
Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury

Nicky Deuce: Welcome to the Family by Steve Schirripa and Charles Fleming

Light Years by Tammar Stein

Refugees by Catherine Stine

Girls for Breakfast by David Yoo

I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak

2005

The Fire-Eaters by David Almond

Shattered by Jennifer Armstrong

A Heart Divided by Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld

33 Things Every Girl Should Know About Women's History edited by Tonya Bolden

For Freedom by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Halfway to the Sky by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Walking Naked by Alyssa Brugman

Rush Hour: Sin edited by Michael Cart

Where the Action Was by Penny Colman

The Playmaker by J.B. Cheaney

The True Prince by J.B. Cheaney

The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier

Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis

The People of Sparks by Jeanne Duprau

10 Things to Do Before I Die by Daniel Ehrenhaft

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Rider in the Sky by John R. Hulls; illustrated by David Weitzman

Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

Girl, 15, Charming but Insane by Sue Limb

Messenger by Lois Lowry

When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park

Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta

Monsoon Summer by Mitali Perkins

Rob&Sara.com by P.J. Petersen and Ivy Ruckman

How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
The Book of Dead Days by Marcus Sedgwick

Beyond the Deepwoods, Edge Chronicles Book 1 by Paul Stewart; illustrated by Chris Riddell
Missing Abby by Lee Weatherly

Raising the Griffin by Melissa Wyatt

Orphea Proud by Sharon Dennis Wyeth