Book Reviews: Young Adult & Middle Grade
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- 5th Wave, The by Rick Yancey (YA)
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- Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett (YA)
- ALIBI: Volumes I-IV by Miles, Byrne, Eckersley, & Provola (YA)
- Allegiant (Divergent, #3) by Veronica Roth (YA)
- An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (YA)
- And We’re Off by Dana Schwartz (YA)
- Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (YA)
- Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake (YA)
- Archived, The (The Archived, #1) by Victoria Schwab (YA)
- Assassin’s Curse, The (Blackthorn Key, #3) by Kevin Sands (MG)
- Asylum by Madeleine Roux (YA)
- Awesome, The by Eva Darrows (YA)
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- Backward Compatible by Sarah Daltry & Pete Clark (YA/NA)
- Bang by Barry Lyga (YA)
- Beautiful & the Cursed, The by Page Morgan (YA)
- Belle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross (YA)
- Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer (YA)
- Blood (Mercian Trilogy #1) by K.J. Wignall (YA)
- Blood of My Blood (Jasper Dent, #3) by Barry Lyga (YA)
- Blood Will Out by Jo Treggiari (YA)
- Bloodlines, #1: Bloodlines by Richelle Mead (YA)
- Bloodlines, #2: The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead (YA)
- Bloodlines, #3: The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead (YA)
- Blue Bloods, #1 by Melissa de la Cruz (YA)
- Blue Bloods, #2: Masquerade by Melissa de la Cruz (YA)
- Blue Bloods, #3: Revelations by Melissa de la Cruz (YA)
- Blue Bloods, #4: The Van Alen Legacy by Melissa de la Cruz (YA)
- Bone Season, The by Samantha Shannon (YA)
- Boo by Neil Smith (YA)
- Born of Illusion by Teri Brown (YA)
- Born Wicked (The Cahill Witch Chronicles, #1) by Jessica Spotswood (YA)
- Breathe (Breathe, #1) by Sarah Crossan (YA)
- Busted by Gina Ciocca (YA)
- Butterfly Clues, The by Kate Ellison (YA)
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- Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer (YA)
- City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) by Cassandra Clare (YA)
- Chandler Legacies, The by Abdi Nazemian (YA)
- Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1) by Cassandra Clare (YA)
- Conspiracy of Us, The by Maggie Hall (YA)
- Creeps by Darren Hynes (YA)
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- dancergirl by Carol M. Tanzman (YA)
- Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (YA)
- Darker Still by Leanna Renee Hieber (YA)
- Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan (YA)
- Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor (YA)
- Dear Martin by Nic Stone (YA)
- Delirium, #1: Delirium by Lauren Oliver (YA)
- Delirium, #1.5: Hana by Lauren Oliver (YA)
- Delirium, #2: Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver (YA)
- Destroy Me (Shatter Me, #1.5) by Tahereh Mafi (YA)
- Die For Me (Revenants, #1) by Amy Plum (YA)
- Divergent, #1: Divergent by Veronica Roth (YA)
- Divergent, #1.1: Free Four by Veronica Roth (YA)
- Divergent, #2: Insurgent by Veronica Roth (YA)
- Divergent, #3: Allegiant by Veronica Roth (YA)
- Don’t Read the Comments by Eric Smith (YA)
- Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy (YA)
E
- Eden Summer by Liz Flanagan (YA)
- Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell (YA)
- Embrace (Embrace, #1) by Jessica Shirvington (YA)
- Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi (YA)
- Enchantée by Gita Trelease (YA)
- Envy (Empty Coffin, #1) by Gregg Olsen (YA)
- Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1) by Gail Carriger (YA)
- Eve (Eve, #1) by Anna Carey (YA)
- Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (YA)
- Exceptionals, The by Erin Cashman (YA)
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- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (YA)
- Fateful by Claudia Gray (YA)
- Fault in Our Stars, The by John Green (YA)
- Firecracker by David Iserson (YA)
- Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn (YA)
- Flat-Out Love by Jessica Park (YA)
- Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills (YA)
- Fracture by Megan Miranda (YA)
- Free Four (Divergent, #1.1) by Veronica Roth (YA)
- Friday Society, The by Adrienne Kress (YA)
- Future of Us, The by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler (YA)
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- Game (Jasper Dent, #2) by Barry Lyga (YA)
- Gathering Storm, The (Katerina Trilogy, #1) by Robin Bridges (YA)
- Gena/Finn by Hannah Moskowitz & Kat Helgeson (YA)
- Gilt by Katherine Longshore (YA)
- Girl in the Park, The by Mariah Fredericks (YA)
- Golden Lily, The (Bloodlines, #2) by Richelle Mead (YA)
- Grey Sisters, The by Jo Treggiari (YA)
- Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson (YA)
H
- Half Bad by Sally Green (YA)
- Hana (Delirium, #1.5) by Lauren Oliver (YA)
- Hate U Give, The by Angie Thomas (YA)
- Heartless by Marissa Meyer (YA)
- Heist Society by Ally Carter (YA)
- Hidden Girl by Shyima Hall (YA-NF)
- Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People by Douglas Coupland & Graham Roumieu (YA)
- History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera (YA)
- Hunt, The by Andrew Fukuda (YA)
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- I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo (YA)
- I Hunt Killers (Jasper Dent, #1) by Barry Lyga (YA)
- I See London, I See France by Sarah Mlynowski
- If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) by Gayle Forman (YA)
- If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan (YA)
- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (YA)
- Inaccurate Realities: Volume 1 edited by Christa Seeley, Sara Eagleson & Andrea Modolo (YA)
- Indigo Spell, The (Bloodlines, #3) by Richelle Mead (YA)
- Insurgent (Divergent, #2) by Veronica Roth (YA)
- Iron King, The (The Iron Fey, #1) by Julie Kagawa (YA)
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- Jasper Dent, #1: I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga (YA)
- Jasper Dent, #2: Game by Barry Lyga (YA)
- Jasper Dent, #3: Blood of My Blood by Barry Lyga (YA)
- Juliet Spell, The by Douglas Rees (YA)
K
- Karma Khullar’s Mustache by Kristi Wientge (MG)
L
- Learning to Breathe by Janice Lynn Mather (YA)
- Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer (YA)
- Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian (YA)
- Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (YA – poetry)
- Love à la Mode by Stephanie Kate Strohm (YA)
- Love & Other Great Expectations by Becky Dean (YA)
- Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen (YA)
- Lunar Chronicles, #1: Cinder by Marissa Meyer (YA)
- Lunar Chronicles, #2: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer (YA)
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- Madman’s Daughter, The by Megan Shepherd (YA)
- Mad, Wicked Folly, A by Sharon Biggs Waller (YA)
- Map for Wrecked Girls, A by Jessica Taylor (YA)
- Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender (YA)
- MARY: The Summoning by Hillary Monahan (YA)
- Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin (YA)
- Masquerade (Blue Bloods, #2) by Melissa de la Cruz (YA)
- Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill (YA)
- Meet Cute by various (YA – short story anthology)
- Mira’s Diary: Lost in Paris by Marissa Moss (MG)
- Miseducation of Cameron Post, The by Emily M. Danforth (YA)
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (YA)
- Mortal Instruments, #1: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (YA)
- Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu (YA)
- Museum of Heartbreak, The by Meg Leder (YA)
- My Friend the Enemy by Dan Smith (YA)
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- Name of the Star, The by Maureen Johnson (YA)
- New Girl by Paige Harbison (YA)
- Night Has Teeth, The by Kat Kruger (YA)
- Nowhere Girls, The by Amy Reed (YA)
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- Obsidian (The Lux, #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (YA)
- Of Poseidon by Anna Banks (YA)
- On the Spectrum by Jennifer Gold (YA)
- Once Every Never (Never, #1) by Lesley Livingston (YA)
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- Pandemonium (Delirium, #2) by Lauren Oliver (YA)
- Paper Girl of Paris, The by Jordyn Taylor (YA)
- Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles (YA)
- Perfectionists, The by Sara Shepard (YA)
- Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow (YA)
- Pointe by Brandy Colbert (YA)
- Pretty Amy by Lisa Burstein (YA)
- Pretty Little Liars #1 & 2 by Sara Shepard (YA)
- Pretty Little Liars #3: Perfect by Sara Shepard (YA)
- Pyxis by K.C. Neal (YA)
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R
- Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy (YA)
- Raven Boys, The by Maggie Stiefvater (YA)
- Remembrance by Michelle Madow (YA)
- Revelations (Blue Bloods, #3) by Melissa de la Cruz (YA)
- Revenants, #1: Die For Me by Amy Plum (YA)
- Revenants, #2: Until I Die by Amy Plum (YA)
- Roomies by Sara Zarr & Tara Altebrando (YA)
- Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry (YA)
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- Sadie by Courtney Summers (YA)
- Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali (YA)
- Saving June by Hannah Harrington (YA)
- Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles, #2) by Marissa Meyer (YA)
- Shadow and Bone (The Grisha Trilogy, #1) by Leigh Bardugo (YA)
- Shadowlands by Kate Brian (YA)
- Shatter Me, #1 by Tahereh Mafi (YA)
- Shatter Me, #1.5: Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi (YA)
- Shatter Me, #2: Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi (YA)
- Silence (The Queen of the Dead, #1) by Michelle Sagara (YA)
- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (YA)
- Small Medium at Large by Joanne Levy (MG)
- Splintered (Splintered, #1) by A.G. Howard (YA)
- Spookygirl: Paranormal Investigator by Jill Baguchinsky (YA)
- Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, The by Jennifer E. Smith (YA)
- Suffering, The (The Girl From the Well, #2) by Rin Chupeco (YA)
- Summer of Us, The by Cecilia Vinesse (YA)
- Sun is Also a Star, The by Nicola Yoon (YA)
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- Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan (YA)
- Tell the Wind and Fire by Sarah Rees Brennan (YA)
- Ten by Gretchen McNeil (YA)
- These Vicious Masks by Tarun Shanker & Kelly Zekas (YA)
- This Dark Endeavour by Kenneth Oppel (YA)
- This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers (YA)
- This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp (YA)
- Titan Magic by Jodi Lamm (YA)
- To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han (YA)
- To Catch a Killer by Sheryl Scarborough (YA)
- Tokyo Heist by Diana Renn (YA)
- Tsarina by J. Nelle Patrick (YA)
- Tweet Cute by Emma Lord (YA)
- Twelve Days of Dash & Lily, The by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (YA)
- Two Summers by Aimee Friedman (YA)
U
- Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, The by Michelle Hodkin (YA)
- Unearthly by Cynthia Hand (YA)
- Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2) by Tahereh Mafi (YA)
- Unspoken (The Lynburn Legacy, #1) by Sarah Rees Brennan (YA)
- Until I Die (Revenants, #2) by Amy Plum (YA)
V
- Vampire Academy #1 by Richelle Mead (YA)
- Van Alen Legacy, The (Blue Bloods, #4) by Melissa de la Cruz (YA)
- Variant (Variant, #1) by Robison Wells (YA)
W
- Way We Fall, The by Megan Crewe (YA)
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (YA)
- Weightless by Sarah Bannan (YA)
- When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
- Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley (YA)
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Y
- Yesterday by C.K. Kelly Martin (YA)
- You Are My Only by Beth Kephart (YA)
- Young World, The by Chris Weitz (YA)