Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
About the Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
To encourage young adults to read for pleasure by presenting to them lists of popular or topical titles which are widely available in paperback and which represent a broad variety of accessible themes and genres.
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2013 Selection(s)
Drama
Telgemeier, Raina. Illus. Raina Telgemeier. Scholastic/ GRAPHIX. 2012.$10.99.
More drama than one stage can handle.
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
Sonnenblick, Jordan. Scholastic. 2006. $7.99.
Steven has a lot to deal with when his brother is diagnosed with leukemia.
Emiko Superstar
Tamaki, Mariko. Vertigo. 2008. $9.99.
Shy geek by day, performance artist by night.
Enthusiasm
Shulman, Polly. Speak. 2007.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that mishaps will ensue when two girls are cast in the boys' school musical.
Somebody Everybody Listens To
Suplee, Suzanne. Speak. 2011. $8.99.
Retta Lee Jones has big dreams of making it big in Nashville.
Struts and Frets
Skovron, Jon. Amulet. 2011.
Sammy struggles with his rock band, senile grandfather, and feelings for his best friend.
Withering Tights
Rennison, Louise. HarperTeen. 2012. $8.99
Move over Brontë the wild English moors have a new star!
I'm New Here Myself
2013 Selection(s)
Ask Me No Questions
Budhos, Marina. Atheneum. 2007. $11.95.
9/11 changes everything for Nadira and her family.
Border Town: Crossing the Line
Alegria, Malín. Scholastic (Point.) 2012. $5.99.
Going to high school in a Texas border town involves a whole other set of bound
Does my Head Look Big in This?
Abdel-Fattah, Randa. Scholastic Paperbacks. 2008. $9.99.
Amal's faith and cultural pride are much bigger than her hijab.
