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1 “Harry Potter” series. by J.K. Rowling. Scholastic. 2 The Hunger Games. by Suzanne Collins. Scholastic. 2008. 3 Speak. by Laurie Halse Anderson. Farrar. 1999. 4 The Fault in Our Stars. by John Green. Dutton. 2012. 5 Eleanor & Park. by Rainbow Rowell. St. Martin’s. 2013. 6 The Book Thief. by Marcus Zusak. Knopf. 2006. 7 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. by Sherman Alexie. Little, Brown. 2007. 8 “Divergent” series. by Veronica Roth. HarperCollins. 9 The Perks of Being a Wallflower. by Stephen Chbosky. MTV Bks. 1999. 10 Thirteen Reasons Why. by Jay Asher. Penguin. 2007. 11 Looking for Alaska. by John Green. Dutton. 2005. 12 Monster. by Walter Dean Myers. HarperCollins. 1999. 13 The Giver. by Lois Lowry. HMH. 1993. 14 To Kill a Mockingbird. by Harper Lee. HarperCollins. 1960. 15 The Maze Runner. by James Dashner. Delacorte. 2009. 16 Graceling. by Kristin Cashore. Harcourt. 2008. 17 Code Name Verity. by Elizabeth Wein. Disney- Hyperion. 2012. 18 Fangirl. by Rainbow Rowell. St. Martin’s. 2013. 19 Uglies. by Scott Westerfeld. S. & S. 2005. 20 I’ll Give You the Sun. by Jandy Nelson. Dial. 2014. 21 The Outsiders. by S.E. Hinton. Viking. 1967. 22 If I Stay. by Gayle Forman. Dutton. 2009. 23 Legend. by Marie Lu. Putnam. 2011. 24 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. S. & S. 2012. 25 Feed. by M.T. Anderson. Candlewick. 2002. 26 We Were Liars. by E. Lockhart. Delacorte. 2014. 27 Ender’s Game. by Orson Scott Card. Tor. 1985. 28 Crank. by Ellen Hopkins. S. & S. 2004. 29 Unwind. by Neal Shusterman. S. & S. 2007. 30 Cinder. by Marissa Meyer. Feiwel & Friends. 2012. 31 Twilight. by Stephanie Meyer. Little, Brown. 2005. 32 American Born Chinese. by Gene Luen Yang. First Second. 2006. 33 Catching Fire. by Suzanne Collins. Scholastic. 2009. 34 Stargirl. by Jerry Spinelli. Knopf. 2000. 35 Between Shades of Gray. by Ruta Sepetys. Philomel. 2011. 36 Every Day. by David Levithan. Knopf. 2012. 37 Mockingjay. by Suzanne Collins. Scholastic. 2010. Does My Head Look Big In This? By Randa Abdel-Fattah. Scholastic. 2007. Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights by Ann Bausum. Viking. 2015. Tyrell by Coe Booth. Scholastic. 2006. Dreaming in Indian edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale. Annick Pr. 2016. The Reader. by Traci Chee. Putnam. 2016. Ball Don’t Lie by Matt de la Peña. Delacorte. 2005. Forged by Fire by Sharon Draper. Atheneum. 1997. If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan. Algonquin. 2013. The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle. S. & S. 2016. The Skin I’m In by Sharon Flake. Hyperion. 1999. Conviction by Kelly Loy Gilbert. Disney- Hyperion. 2015. A Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes. Dial. 2001. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose. Farrar. 2009. Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World edited by Kelly Jensen. Algonquin. 2017. Like No Other by Una LaMarche. Penguin/Razorbill. 2014. Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan. Knopf. 2003. “March Trilogy” by John Lewis & Andrew Aydin. illus. by Nate Powell. Top Shelf. Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx by Sonia Manzano. Scholastic. 2015. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon. S & S. 2017. Bun, Baby, Burn by Meg Medina. Candlewick. 2016. A Step from Heaven by An Na. Boyds Mills Pr. 2001. Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection edited by Hope Nicholson. Alternate History Comics Inc. 2015. Diverse YA Titles for Every Library SLJ’s I f you could purchase only 100 YA novels for a library serving teens, what would they be? Almost 300 librarians weighed in on SLJ’s Top 100 Must-Have YA poll, originally posted as part of School Library Journal’s November 2015 Teen issue. Participants suggested between one and 100 titles that they believed should be in every YA collection. Additionally, SLJ editors have chosen 42 diverse works as must-have titles for teen lit shelves. Use this tool as a resource for filling YA shelves in your library, school, or collection. MUST-HAVE YA BOOKS MUST-HAVE YA BOOKS 42 42
Transcript of Diverse YA Titles for Every LibraryAug 09, 2017 · 82 Sabriel. by Garth Nix. HarperCollins. 1996....
1 “Harry Potter” series. by J.K. Rowling. Scholastic.
2 The Hunger Games. by Suzanne Collins. Scholastic. 2008.
3 Speak. by Laurie Halse Anderson. Farrar. 1999.
4 The Fault in Our Stars. by John Green. Dutton. 2012.
5 Eleanor & Park. by Rainbow Rowell. St. Martin’s. 2013.
6 The Book Thief. by Marcus Zusak. Knopf. 2006.
7 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. by Sherman Alexie. Little, Brown. 2007.
8 “Divergent” series. by Veronica Roth. HarperCollins.
9 The Perks of Being a Wallflower. by Stephen Chbosky. MTV Bks. 1999.
10 Thirteen Reasons Why. by Jay Asher. Penguin. 2007.
11 Looking for Alaska. by John Green. Dutton. 2005.
12 Monster. by Walter Dean Myers. HarperCollins. 1999.
13 The Giver. by Lois Lowry. HMH. 1993.
14 To Kill a Mockingbird. by Harper Lee. HarperCollins. 1960.
15 The Maze Runner. by James Dashner. Delacorte. 2009.
16 Graceling. by Kristin Cashore. Harcourt. 2008.
17 Code Name Verity. by Elizabeth Wein. Disney-Hyperion. 2012.
18 Fangirl. by Rainbow Rowell. St. Martin’s. 2013.
19 Uglies. by Scott Westerfeld. S. & S. 2005.
20 I’ll Give You the Sun. by Jandy Nelson. Dial. 2014.
21 The Outsiders. by S.E. Hinton. Viking. 1967.
22 If I Stay. by Gayle Forman. Dutton. 2009.
23 Legend. by Marie Lu. Putnam. 2011.
24 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. S. & S. 2012.
25 Feed. by M.T. Anderson. Candlewick. 2002.
26 We Were Liars. by E. Lockhart. Delacorte. 2014.
27 Ender’s Game. by Orson Scott Card. Tor. 1985.
28 Crank. by Ellen Hopkins. S. & S. 2004.
29 Unwind. by Neal Shusterman. S. & S. 2007.
30 Cinder. by Marissa Meyer. Feiwel & Friends. 2012.
31 Twilight. by Stephanie Meyer. Little, Brown. 2005.
32 American Born Chinese. by Gene Luen Yang. First Second. 2006.
33 Catching Fire. by Suzanne Collins. Scholastic. 2009.
34 Stargirl. by Jerry Spinelli. Knopf. 2000.
35 Between Shades of Gray. by Ruta Sepetys. Philomel. 2011.
36 Every Day. by David Levithan. Knopf. 2012.
37 Mockingjay. by Suzanne Collins. Scholastic. 2010.
Does My Head Look Big In This? By Randa Abdel-Fattah. Scholastic. 2007.
Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights by Ann Bausum. Viking. 2015.
Tyrell by Coe Booth. Scholastic. 2006.
Dreaming in Indian edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale. Annick Pr. 2016.
The Reader. by Traci Chee. Putnam. 2016.
Ball Don’t Lie by Matt de la Peña. Delacorte. 2005.
Forged by Fire by Sharon Draper. Atheneum. 1997.
If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan. Algonquin. 2013.
The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle. S. & S. 2016.
The Skin I’m In by Sharon Flake. Hyperion. 1999.
Conviction by Kelly Loy Gilbert. Disney-Hyperion. 2015.
A Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes. Dial. 2001.
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose. Farrar. 2009.
Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World edited by Kelly Jensen. Algonquin. 2017.
Like No Other by Una LaMarche. Penguin/Razorbill. 2014.
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan. Knopf. 2003.
“March Trilogy” by John Lewis & Andrew Aydin. illus. by Nate Powell. Top Shelf.
Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx by Sonia Manzano. Scholastic. 2015.
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon. S & S. 2017.
Bun, Baby, Burn by Meg Medina. Candlewick. 2016.
A Step from Heaven by An Na. Boyds Mills Pr. 2001.
Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection edited by Hope Nicholson. Alternate History Comics Inc. 2015.
Diverse YA Titles for
Every Library
SLJ’s
I f you could purchase only 100 YA novels for a library serving teens, what would they be? Almost 300 librarians weighed in on SLJ’s Top 100 Must-Have YA poll, originally posted as part of School Library Journal’s November 2015 Teen issue. Participants suggested between
one and 100 titles that they believed should be in every YA collection.Additionally, SLJ editors have chosen 42 diverse works as must-have
titles for teen lit shelves. Use this tool as a resource for filling YA shelves in your library, school, or collection.
MUST-HAVE YA BOOKSMUST-HAVE YA BOOKS
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38 The Hobbit. by J.R.R. Tolkien. 1937.
39 The Selection. by Kiera Cass. HarperCollins. 2012.
40 A Wrinkle in Time. by Madeline L’Engle. Farrar. 1962.
41 Daughter of Smoke and Bone. by Laini Taylor. Little, Brown. 2011.
42 Grasshopper Jungle. by Andrew Smith. Dutton. 2014.
43 Boy Meets Boy. by David Levithan. Knopf. 2003.
44 City of Bones. by Cassandra Clare. S. & S. 2007.
45 Eragon. by Christopher Paolini. Knopf. 2002.
46 The Crossover. by Kwame Alexander. HMH. 2014.
47 Throne of Glass. by Sarah J. Maas. Bloomsbury. 2012.
48 Will Grayson, Will Grayson. by John Green & David Levithan. Dutton. 2010.
49 Winger. by Andrew Smith. S. & S. 2013.
50 Hatchet. by Gary Paulsen. S. & S. 1986.
51 The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. by E. Lockhart. Hyperion. 2008.
52 Wonder. by R.J. Palacio. Knopf. 2012.
53 Anna and the French Kiss. by Stephanie Perkins. Dutton. 2010.
54 The Golden Compass. by Philip Pullman. Knopf. 1996.
55 A Monster Calls. by Patrick Ness. Candlewick. 2013.
56 Ash. by Malinda Lo. Little, Brown. 2009.
57 Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. by Ransom Riggs. Quirk. 2011.
58 Sold. by Patricia McCormick. Disney-Hyperion. 2006.
59 The Knife of Never Letting Go. by Patrick Ness. Candlewick. 2009.
60 Brown Girl Dreaming. by Jacqueline Woodson. Penguin. 2014.
61 Just Listen. by Sarah Dessen. Viking. 2006.
62 Matched. by Ally Condie. Dutton. 2010.
63 Paper Towns. by John Green. Dutton. 2008.
64 Wintergirls. by Laurie Halse Anderson. Viking. 2009.
65 Forever. by Judy Blume. Bradbury. 1975.
66 Gabi, a Girl in Pieces. by Isabel Quintero. Cinco Puntos. 2014.
67 I Am the Messenger. by Marcus Zusak. Knopf. 2005.
68 It’s Kind of a Funny Story. by Ned Vizzini. Miramax. 2006.
69 Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan. Knopf. 2006.
70 Shadow and Bone. by Leigh Bardugo. Holt. 2012.
71 The 5th Wave. by Rick Yancey. Putnam. 2013.
72 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. by Mark Haddon. Doubleday. 2003.
73 Jellicoe Road. by Melina Marchetta. HarperCollins. 2008.
74 Lord of the Flies. by William Golding. Faber & Faber. 1954.
75 Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood. by Marjane Satrapi. Pantheon. 2003.
76 The Catcher in the Rye. by J.D. Salinger. Little, Brown. 1951.
77 The Raven Boys. by Maggie Stiefvater. Scholastic. 2012.
78 An Abundance of Katherines. by John Green. Dutton. 2006
79 Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. by Anne Frank. Doubleday. 1952
80 Bone Gap. by Laura Ruby. HarperCollins. 2015
81 Maximum Ride. by James Patterson. Little, Brown. 2005.
82 Sabriel. by Garth Nix. HarperCollins. 1996.
83 Simon vs. the Homosapiens Agenda. by Becky Albertalli. HarperCollins. 2005.
84 The First Part Last. by Angela Johnson. S. & S. 2003.
85 The House of the Scorpion. by Nancy Farmer. S. & S. 2002.
86 The Scorpio Races. by Maggie Stiefvater. Scholastic. 2011.
87 Yaqui Delgado Wants To Kick Your Ass. by Meg Medina. Candlewick. 2013.
88 Beauty Queens. by Libba Bray. Scholastic. 2011.
89 Before I Fall. by Lauren Oliver. HarperCollins. 2010.
90 Delirium. by Lauren Oliver. HarperCollins. 2011.
91 Hate List. by Jennifer Brown. Little, Brown. 2009.
92 Little Brother. by Cory Doctorow. Tor. 2008.
93 A Great and Terrible Beauty. by Libba Bray. Delacorte. 2003.
94 A Northern Light. by Jennifer Donnelly. Harcourt. 2003.
95 Anne of Green Gables. by L.M. Montgomery. 1908.
96 Ask the Passengers. by A.S. King. Little, Brown. 2012.
97 Grave Mercy. by Robin LaFevers. HMH. 2012.
98 How I Live Now. by Meg Rosoff. Random. 2004.
99 More Happy Than Not. by Adam Silvera. SohoTeen. 2015.
100 All American Boys. by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely. S. & S. 2015.
“Prophecy” series by Ellen Oh. HarperTeen.
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor. Viking. 2011.
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older. Scholastic. 2015.
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez. Calrhoda Lab. 2015.
Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Roaring Brook. 2015.
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo. Flatiron Bks. 2016.
X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz & Kekla Magoon. Candlewick. 2015.
The Port Chicago 50 by Steve Sheinkin. Roaring Brook. 2014.
Undefeated by Steve Sheinkin. Roaring Brook. 2017.
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story by Caren Stelson. Carolrhoda. 2016.
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson. HarperTeen. 2015.
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone. Candlewick. 2009.
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork. Scholastic. 2011.
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. HarperCollins. 2017.
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune by Pamela S. Turner. illus. by Gareth Hinds. Charlesbridge. 2016.
Piecing Me Together by Reneé Watson. Bloomsbury. 2017.
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon. Delacorte. 2015.
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon. Delacorte. 2016.
