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Great Authors & Books for Young Adults

Fiction:

in Juvenile Fiction:

  • Anderson, Laurie Halse. "Fever, 1793."
  • Avi.  Crispin: "The Cross of Lead." 
  • Clements, Andrew. ‘Things Not Seen."
  • Cohn, Rachel.  "The Steps." 
  • Funke, Cornelia. "The Thief Lord."
  • Gaiman, Neil. "Coraline."
  • Gantos, Jack. "Joey Pigza" series. 
  • Haddix, Margaret. "Running Out Of Time."
  • Hesse, Karen. "Out of the Dust." 
  • Koss, Amy Goldman.  "The Girls." 
  • McKay, Hilary. "Saffy’s Angel."
  • Nickerson, Sara. "How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found."
  • Spinelli, Jerry.  "Wringer." 

in Young Adult Fiction:

  • Anderson, Laurie Halse. "Speak." 
  • Auch, Mary Jane. "Ashes of Roses."
  • Block, Francesca Lia. "Weetzie Bat."
  • Bloor, Edward. "Tangerine."
  • Brashares, Ann. "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" series.
  • Cabot, Meg. "All-American Girl." 
  • Cohn, Rachel. "Gingerbread.
  • Colfer, Eoin. "Artemis Fowl" series.
  • Cooney, Caroline. "The Face on the Milk Carton" series
  • Cormier, Robert. "The Rag and Bone Shop."
  • Creech, Sharon. "Absolutely Normal Chaos."
  • Farmer, Nancy. "The House of the Scorpion."
  • Ferris, Jean. "Of Sound Mind."
  • Fine, Anne. "Up on Cloud Nine."
  • Grimes, Nikki. "Bronx Masquerade."
  • Hiaasen, Carl. "Hoot."
  • Hobbs, Will. "Wild Man Island."
  • Horowitz, Anthony. "Stormbreaker" series.
  • Koller, Jackie French. "Someday."
  • Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. "Jade Green."
  • Oates, Joyce Carol. "Big Mouth & Ugly Girl."
  • Paulsen, Gary. "Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered." 
  • Plum-Ucci, Carol. "What Happened to Lani Garver."
  • Rennison, Louise. "Georgia Nicolson" series.
  • Sones, Sonya. "What My Mother Doesn't Know." 
  • Tashjian, Janet. "The Gospel According to Larry."
  • Thomas, Rob. "Rats Saw God."
  • Van Draanen, Wendelin. "Flipped." 
  • Weatherly, Lee. "Child X."
  • Wittlinger, Ellen. "The Long Night of Leo and Bree."

Graphic Novels: (in YA Fiction)

  • Beatty, Scott. "JLA: The Ultimate Guide to the Justice League of America."
  • Fujishima, Kosuke. "Oh, My Goddess!: Wrong Number."
  • Kesel, Barbara. "Meridian: Flying Solo."
  • Samura, Hiroaki. "Blade of the Immortal."
  • Thompson, Craig. "Good-bye, Chunky Rice."

Biographies: (JB)

  • Gantos, Jack. "Hole in my Life."
    JB Gantos
  • Hawk, Tony and Sean Mortimer. "Tony Hawk: Professional Skateboarder."
    JB Hawk
  • Cross-Giblin, James. "The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler."
    JB Hitler
  • Mace, Nancy. "In the Company of Men: A Woman at the Citadel."
    JB Mace
  • Paulsen, Gary. "How Angel Peterson Got His Name: And Other Outrageous Tales About Extreme Sports"
    JB Paulsen
  • Stanley, Diane. "Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam"
    JB Saladin