NONFICTION

Honor Girl

By Maggie Thrash

YA GB 306.766 T412H

Maggie Thrash has spent

basically every summer of

her life at Camp Bellflower

for Girls, set deep in the

heart of Appalachia.

Lost Soul, Be At Peace

By Maggie Thrash

YA GB 616.8527 T412L

Describes the author's

struggles with teenage

depression and how a

search for her missing cat

becomes a search for

herself.

Diary of a Tokyo Teen

By Christine Mari Inzer

YA GB 915.2 IN9D

Christine returns to Tokyo to

get reacquainted with her

birthplace. Through

illustrations, photos, and

musings, Inzer documented

her journey.

March Book 1, 2 & 3

By John Lewis

YA GB 921 L587L

A first-hand account of the

author's lifelong struggle for

civil and human rights spans

his life as a young man.

Speak: The Graphic Novel

By Laurie Halse Anderson

YA GB ANDERSON

Through her work on an art project,

Melinda is finally able to face what

happened to her last summer. But

before she can make peace with

the past, she has to confront the

realities of the present.

Anya’s Ghost

By Vera Brosgol

YA GB BROSGOL

Anya, embarrassed by her Russian

immigrant family and self-

conscious about her body, has

given up on fitting in at school but

falling down a well and making

friends with the ghost there just

may be worse.

In Real Life

By Cory Doctorow & Jen Wang

YA GB DOCTOROW

Immersing herself in an online role-

playing game where she enjoys

fantasy heroics, Anda confronts a

difficult choice when she befriends

a disadvantaged Chinese kid who

works illegally to collect valuable

objects and sell them to other

players for real money.

The Graveyard Book #1

By Neil Gaiman

YA GB GAIMAN

A first volume in a two-part graphic

novel follows the adventures of

Bod, who is being raised by ghosts

while avoiding the man who killed

his family.

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GRAPHIC NOVELS Young Adult Booklist

Kiss Number 8

By Colleen AF Venable

YA GB VENABLE

Mad's tidy little life has gotten

epically messy, especially as

she realizes she wants to kiss

Cat, not Adam.

The Prince and the Dressmaker

By Jen Wang

YA GB WANG

Prince Sebastian’s secret

weapon, and best friend, is the

brilliant dressmaker Frances,

one of only two people who

know the truth: sometimes this

boy wears dresses.

Spill Zone #1

By Scott Westerfeld

YA GB WESTERFELD

Years after the devastation that

killed her parents, scarred her

sister, and destroyed her city,

Addison takes a job from an

eccentric collector that forces

her to break her own rules of

survival.

Ms. Marvel #1

By G. Willow Wilson

YA GB WILSON

Kamala Khan, a Pakistani

American girl from Jersey City

who lives a conservative

Muslim lifestyle with her family,

suddenly acquires superhuman

powers, which she uses to save

her town.

American Born Chinese

By Gene Luen Yang

YA GB YANG

Alternates three interrelated

stories about the problems of

young Chinese Americans

trying to participate in the

popular culture.

As the Crow Flies

By Melanie Gillman

YA GB GILLMAN

A queer, black teenager finds

herself stranded in a dangerous

and unfamiliar place: an all-

white Christian youth

backpacking camp.

Jonesy #1

By Sam Humphries

YA GB HUMPHRIES

Jonesy's a typical disaffected

teenager-- making zines nobody

reads and watching anime on

the weekends. But Jonesy has a

secret-- she can make anybody

fall in love with anyone.

Lumberjanes #1

By Noelle Stevenson

YA GB LUMBERJANES (also +)

Best friends Jo, April, Mal, Molly,

and Ripley spend a fun summer

at Lumberjane scout camp

where they encounter yetis,

three-eyed wolves, and giant

falcons while solving a mystery

that holds the fate of the world

in the balance.

M.F.K Book One

By Nilah Magruder

YA GB MAGRUDER

A fantastic adventure following

the story of Abbie, a deaf girl

with a mysterious power, who is

traveling across a vast desert to

scatter her mother’s ashes.

I Am Alfonso Jones

By Tony Medina

YA GB MEDINA

The ghost of Alfonso Jones

travels in a New York subway car

full of the living and the dead,

watching his family and friends

fight for justice after he is killed

by an off-duty police officer while

buying a suit in a Midtown store.

Wires and Nerve #1

By Marissa Meyer

YA GB MEYER

When rogue packs of wolf-hybrid

soldiers threaten the tenuous

alliance between Earth and Luna,

android Iko joins up with a

handsome royal guard to hunt

down the rogue leader.

Bloom

By Kevin Panetta

YA GB PANETTA

Dreaming of leaving his family's

bakery to become a musician in

the city, Ari unexpectedly falls for

the easy-going young baker,

Hector, who has been hired to

replace him.

Truckus Maximus

By Scott Peterson

YA GB PETERSON

In a near-future world where the

Roman Empire never fell, only two

things matter: honor and the

Game. "The Game" is Truckus

Maximus, a competition where

drivers race against one another--

to the death.

Decelerate Blue

By Adam Rapp

YA GB RAPP

A girl who thinks the rapid-fire,

hyperkinetic culture of the country

is counter-productive, is recruited

into a resistance movement where

the mode of survival is taking

things slow.

Space Battle Lunchtime #1

By Natalie Riess

YA GB RIESS

Earth baker Peony gets the deal of

a lifetime when she agrees to be a

contestant on the Universe's

hottest reality TV show, Space

Battle Lunchtime! But that was

before she knew that it shoots on a

spaceship.

Pumpkinheads

By Rainbow Rowell

YA GB ROWELL

Working at a pumpkin patch every

autumn, two seasonal best

friends organize ultimate

Halloween plans to celebrate their

last working year together.

Nimona

By Noelle Stevenson

YA GB STEVENSON

Lord Blackheart, a villain with a

vendetta, and his sidekick,

Nimona, an impulsive young

shapeshifter, must prove to the

kingdom that Sir Goldenloin and

the Institution aren't the heroes

everyone thinks they are.

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up

With Me

By Mariko Tamaki

YA GB TAMAKI

Upset about her on-again, off-

again relationship with her

girlfriend Laura Dean, Freddy

depends on her friends, a local

mystic, and a relationship

columnist for help.

This One Summer

By Mariko Tamaki

YA GB TAMAKI

Rose's latest summer at a beach

lake house is overshadowed by

her parents' constant arguments,

her younger friend's secret

sorrows, and the dangerous

activities of older teens.

Runaways #1

By Brian Vaughan

YA GB VAUGHAN

When six young friends discover

that their parents are all secretly

super-powered villains, they run

away together and find strength in

one another to overcome their evil

legacy.