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Alison’s Summer Reads for Teens….

As mentioned by HPL librarian Alison on News 95.7 last Sunday, here are great crop of reading suggestions for teens (and adults who love teen fiction):
Hunger Games read-a-likes:
Divergent (M)
by Veronica Roth
Matched (M
by Ally Condie
Pretties (M
by Scott Westerfeld
 


Supernatural/paranormal fiction:
The Summoning (Darkest Powers #1) (M)
by Kelley Armstrong
Marked (House of Night #1) (M)
by P.C. and Kristin Cast
City of Bones (Mortal Instruments #1) (M)
by Cassandra Clare

By authors who are more known for their books for adults:
Virals (Virals trilogy #1) (M)
by Kathy Reichs


The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #1) (M
by James Patterson
The Gathering (Darkness Rising #1) (M
by Kelley Armstrong


Between the Lines (M
by Jodi Picoult (with her teen daughter Samanthya Van Leer)

Zombies are the new Vampires:


You Are So Undead to Me (M)
by Stacey Jay
Zombies vs. Unicorns (M)
compiled by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (short stories)
The Forest of Hands and Teethh(M
by Carrie Ryan (Forest of Hands and Teeth trilogy #1)

Source: http://www.thereader.ca/2012/06/alisons-summer-reads-for-teens.html

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