Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
About the Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
The list is for young adults (ages 12-18) who, for whatever reasons, do not like to read. The purpose of this list is to identify titles for recreational reading, not for curricular or remedial use.
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2013 Selection(s)
Ashes
Author: Bick, Ilsa J. Publisher: Egmont USA, 2011.
You’re either dead, alive, or a cannibal.
Case 1: The Haunting in Apt. 101
Author: Atwood, Megan. Series: The Paranormalists. Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group, Inc/Darby Creek, 2012.
Does Emily have a poltergeist?
Case 2: The Terror of Black Eagle Tavern.
Publisher: Atwood, Megan. Series: The Paranormalists. Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group, Inc/Darby Creek, 2012.
Todd’s family business will have to close if Jinx can’t solve the case.
Case 3: The Mayhem on Mohawk Avenue
Author: Atwood, Megan. Series: The Paranormalists. Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group, Inc/Darby Creek, 2012.
There is only room for one team of paranormalists in Portland.
Case 4: The Bridge of Death.
Author: Atwood, Megan. Series: The Paranormalists. Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group, Inc/Darby Creek, 2012.
Is it suicide or supernatural?
Darth Vader and Son
Author: Brown, Jeffrey. Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2012.
The lighter side of Darth.
Girl of Nightmares
Author: Blake, Kendare. Publisher: Tor Teen, 2012.
What happened to Anna?
Johnny Delgado: Private Detective
Author: Brooks, Kevin. Publisher: Stoke Books, 2012.
Johnny Delgado takes his first case as a private detective, but is he in over his head?
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Author: Andrews, Jesse. Publisher: Abrams/Amulet Books, 2012.
Meet Greg: an aspiring wallflower and part-time moviemaker. Meet Earl: Greg's best friend who will round kick you in the head if you mention his height. Meet Rachel: the dying girl.
The Raft
Author: Boden, S.A. Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2012.
Stranded on a raft in the Pacific Ocean with only a bag of Skittles. How much worse can it get?
