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)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel
Author: Kinney, Jeff. Publisher: Amulet Books, 2012.
Who will have a date for the dance, Greg or Rowley?
Guilty
Author: McClintock, Norah. Publisher: Ocra Book Publishers, 2012.
The more Finn uncovers, the more questions he has.
I Hunt Killers
Author: Lyga, Barry. Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2012.
Just because your father a notorious serial killer, doesn’t mean you’re one too, does it?
Island of Thieves
Author: Lacey, John. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 2012.
Buried treasure, villains, cars, and conflict—what more does a story need?
A Midsummer’s Nightmare
Author: Keplinger, Kody. Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers /Poppy, 2012.
Whitley’s father is marrying is marrying the mother of a boy she hooked up with at a graduation party.
Monument 14
Author: Laybourne, Emmy. Publisher: Feiwel and Friends, 2012.
14 kids, biological weapons, and a superstore.
No Safety in Numbers
Author: Lorentz, Dayna. Publisher: Penguin/Dial, 2012.
Quarantined in a mall. How do you survive?
Vietnam #1: I Pledge Allegiance
Author: Lynch, Chris. Series: Vietnam. Publisher: Scholastic Press, 2011.
Morris pledges to keep his friends safe in the war zone, but can he save himself?
Vietnam #2: Sharpshooter
Author: Lynch, Chris. Series: Vietnam. Publisher: Scholastic Press, 2012.
Ivan was made for war.
Vietnam #3: Free-Fire Zone
Author: Lynch, Chris. Series: Vietnam. Publisher: Scholastic Press, 2012.
Rudi will never be the same.
