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Best Books for Teens 2011

A list of some great titles for teens (grades 8 – 12) published in 2011. Each of these titles received at least 1 starred review, and were some of staff favorites this year…

Young Adult Fiction

• Chime by Franny Billingsley
• Strings Attached by Judy Blundell
• Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
• The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
• Witchlanders by Lena Coakley
• Sidekicks by Jack Ferraiolo
• Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
• Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King
• Legend by Marie Lu
• Wisdom’s Kiss by Catherine Murdoch
• A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
• The Pick-Up Game edited by Marc Aronson and Charles Smith
• Divergent by Veronica Roth
• White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick
• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
• Steampunk! An Anthology… edited by Kelly Link and Gavin Grant
• The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
• Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
• The Watch that Ends the Night by Allan Wolf

Graphic Novels

• Bad Island by Doug TenNapel

Non-Fiction

• Americapedia ~ Taking the Dumb Out of Freedom by Jodi Lynn Anderson
• Bootleg ~ Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition by Karen Blumenthal

Last updated: 13 December 2011

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