That Might Be a Problem: New Issue-Driven Books for Teens
You might be tired of me saying it, but if you haven’t already registered for the Teen Summer Reading Program, now is the time! You still have until August 6th to read or listen for 600 minutes or read or listen to 5 books. Get started on your summer reading by picking up some books that have just come out or are new to our shelves! Below is a list of some new issue-driven books for young adults and a couple of new adult issue-driven novels that might appeal to teen readers. What do you recommend?
New Issue-Driven Books for Teens
- Through Her Eyes by Jennifer Archer
- Compulsion by Heidi Ayarbe
- Bitter End by Jennifer Brown
- Bitter Melon by Cara Chow
- Leverage by Joshua C. Cohen
- I Will Save You by Matt de la Peña
- --Then I Met My Sister by Christine Hurley Deriso
- Rat by Fernanda Eberstadt (Adult Fiction for YA)
- The Adults by Alison Espach (Adult Fiction for YA)
- Tighter by Adele Griffin
- Rotters by Daniel Kraus
- The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta
- Kick by Walter Dean Myers and Ross Workman
- Wonderland by Joanna Nadin
- Recovery Road by Blake Nelson
- Karma by Cathy Ostlere
- Family by Micol Ostow
- The Summer of the Bear by Bella Pollen (Adult Fiction for YA)
- Illegal by Bettina Restrepo
- Miles from Ordinary by Carol Lynch Williams
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