Adult Titles with Teen Allure
Reading above your level, or just want something a little more challenging, a little more mature? Try these books written for adults, but great for teens. (Updated November 2023)
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Big Girl
Coming of age in rapidly gentrifying Harlem, Malaya must face the pressures of society and her own family to lose weight as she learns to love herself just as she is.
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Daughter of the Moon Goddess
When Xingyin, the secret, half-immortal daughter of the moon goddess, is exposed, the Celestial Emperor hunts her. She is determined not to hide, but to free her mother from exile.
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Mack is about to lose her spot at the women’s shelter, so a competition to spend a week at an abandoned amusement park with thirteen other hopeful people (and win $50,000) is an opportunity she can’t miss. When others go missing, though, Mack’s very life is in danger. GN
Format: Graphic Novel
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Now Is Not the Time to Panic
When Frankie meets Zeke, the two teen loners make art to spend the boring summer hours. They create a poster with an enigmatic phrase which leads the town to panic. Twenty years later, a journalist has big questions for Frankie about her role in the panic.
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Fourth Wing
Violet wants to be a scribe, not a dragon rider, as her mother the General insists she become, but the academy puts her through life-threatening challenges which are especially dangerous to her health in particular.
Format: Book
Availability: All copies in use
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