2020 Young Adult Summer Reading Catalog
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Mail-A-Book Young Adult Summer Reading Catalog 2020 Fiction *Non-Fiction begins on page 28* Airman by Eoin Colfer Thrown into prison for a murder he didn't commit, Conor passes the time scratching designs for a The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time flying machine and is finally able to build a glider Indian by Sherman Alexie for a daring escape. A budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation leaves his school on the rez to Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter attend an all-white farm town high school where Alice Bell must learn to fight the undead to the only other Indian is the school mascot. avenge her family and learn to trust Cole Holland who has secrets of his own. Also available: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green Through the Zombie Looking Glass Colin Singleton always falls for girls named The Queen of Zombie Hearts Katherine, and he's been dumped by all of them. Letting expectations go and allowing love in are All American Boys by Jason Reynolds part of Colin's hilarious quest to find his missing When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly piece and avenge dumpees everywhere. accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who The Adventures of Spider-Man: Sinister happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Intentions Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating Spider-Man takes on some of his most fearsome viewpoints. foes--with a few surprises along the way! Also available: The Adventures of Spider-Man: All the Feels by Danika Stone Spectacular Foes When uber-fan Liv's favorite sci-fi movie character is killed off, she and her best friend Xander, an aspiring actor and Steampunk Airhead Novels enthusiast, launch a campaign to bring him back by Meg Cabot from the dead. Airhead All Those Broken Angels by Peter Adam Sixteen-year-old Emerson Watts, an advanced Salomon placement student with a disdain for fashion, is the Richard is both haunted and inspired by the recipient of a "whole body transplant" and finds shadow of his best friend, Melanie, since her herself transformed into one of the world's most disappearance and presumed death when they famous teen supermodels. were six; now at 16 he is completely unprepared when a new classmate arrives. Being Nikki Studious, socially conscious Emerson learns Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen startling news about the family of Nikki Howard, Following her parents' bitter divorce, Auden has the teen supermodel into whose body Emerson's the chance to spend the summer with her dad and brain was transplanted by the nefarious Stark his new family in a charming beach town where Corporation. she meets Eli. Runaway Also Known As by Robin Benway When Emerson learns the truth about Nikki, the 16-year-old safecracker Maggie Silver never teen supermodel into whose body Emerson's brain attended high school so when she and her parents was transplanted, she finds that there is only one are sent to N.Y. for her first solo assignment, person to turn to for help. Maggie is introduced to cliques, school lunches, and a boyfriend. 1 Amber Fang: Hunted by Arthur Slade As Red as Blood by Salla Simukka Amber Fang enjoys life's simple pleasures. A In the midst of the freezing Arctic winter, 17-year- perfect evening for her includes a good book, a old Lumikki Andersson walks into her school's glass of wine and, of course, a great meal, dark room and finds a stash of wet, crimson- preferably straight from the jugular. Raised to eat colored money. ethically, Amber dines only on delicious cold- blooded killers. Book 1 in the Amber Fang series. Ashfall by Mike Mullin Also available: Betrayal (Book 2) For Alex, being left alone for the weekend means Revenge (Book 3) having the freedom to play computer games and hang out with his friends without hassle from his And I Darken by Kiersten White mother. Then the Yellowstone super volcano A girl child is born to Vlad Dracula in erupts. Transylvania in 1435. Rejected by her father and Also available: Ashen Winter ignored by her mother, Lada is sent with her younger brother, Radu, to be raised in the Ottoman Ask Again Later by Liz Czukas courts. Instead of a "No Drama Prom-a" with a group of friends, Heart LaCoeur must choose between two Aphrodite: Goddess of Love by George boys, but a flip of a coin leads not to one date but O’Connor two complete, and very different, prom nights. A latest entry in the best-selling series focuses on the goddess of love and combines accessible graphic illustrations with thoroughly researched Ask the Dark by Henry Turner storytelling. Also available: A thriller about Billy Zeets, a 14-year-old semi- Ares: Bringer of War delinquent in a deadly tango with a killer. The Art of Lainey by Paula Stokes Auracle by Gina Rosati After Lainey's boyfriend Jason dumps her, she A teenaged girl has her body taken over by a dead employs an ancient tactic in The Art of War by classmate, and must find a way to reclaim it if she Chinese warlord Sun Tzu to get her Jason back. wants to save herself and her friend who is accused of murder. Artemis Fowl Series Avalon by Mindee Arnett by Eoin Colfer Seventeen-year-old Jeth Seagrave, the leader of a ragtag team of teenage mercenaries, skirts the line Artemis Fowl between honor and the law in an attempt to win When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore freedom for his sister and himself in the form of his family fortune by capturing a fairy and their parents' old spaceship, Avalon. Also demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back available: Polaris (Book 2) with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll. Awakened by Ednah Walters The Arctic Incident Orphaned as a child & raised by an eccentric The Eternity Code grandfather, Lil is concerned with surviving high The Opal Deception school and unaware that she's a Guardian--a being The Lost Colony with super powers charged with killing demons & The Time Paradox saving humanity. Also available: Betrayed The Atlantis Complex Hunted Forgotten The Last Guardian 2 The Backstagers, Volume 1 by James Tynion town and the life of Ethan Wate, the boy who's IV drawn to her. Also available: Beautiful Darkness When Jory transfers to an all-boys private high Beautiful Chaos Beautiful Redemption school, he's taken in by the only ones who don't treat him like a new kid, the lowly stage crew Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver known as the Backstagers. A graphic novel. Also Samantha Kingston has it all, but Friday, February available: The Backstagers, Volume 2 12 turns out to be her last. Samantha will live the last day of life seven times during one miraculous Bart Simpson to the Rescue! week. Need a lift or a laugh? Well help is on the way! When Bart attempts his most elaborate practical Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld joke ever, he becomes an Internet sensation. In this sequel to Leviathan, Alek and Deryn's mission to deliver a package to Constantinople Batman: Arkham Unhinged goes awry. The only way to save themselves is to In these stories Dr. Hugo Strange has gained offer up their airship. control of Arkham Asylum and is determined to keep the city's criminal element behind bars. Also Behind the Scenes by Dahlia Adler available: Batman: Arkham Unhinged, Vol. 2-4 High school senior Ally Duncan's best friend may be Vanessa Park--star of TV's hottest new teen Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu drama--but Ally's not interested in following in After making an impulsive choice on his way her BFF's Hollywood footsteps. home from his birthday party, Bruce Wayne must do community service at Arkham Asylum, where Bernie and the Putty by Steve LeBel he encounters Madeleine Wallace, a killer with An award-winning young adult fantasy about a ties to the Nightwalkers terrorizing Gotham. young god who just graduated from God School and is out to build his first universe. Plagued by a Batman: Volume 1 relentless rival determined to sabotage his Following his groundbreaking, critically universe and get him fired, Bernie struggles to acclaimed run on Detective Comics, Snyder overcome impossible odds. Book 1 in the begins a new era of The Dark Knight. Also Universe Builders series. Also available: available: Batman: Volumes 2-6 Bernie and the Wizards (Book 2) Bernie and the Lost Girl (Book 3) Battle Born by Cassandra Rose Clarke When an alien alliance known as the Covenant Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys lays siege to the planet Meridian, four high school In 1941, 15-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother students--Saskia, Dorian, Evie, and Victor--are are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet thrust into battle to save their world. Based on the guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is Halo video game series. sentenced to death. Beastly by Alex Finn A modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast from Birthmarked Trilogy the point of view of the Beast. A vain Manhattan by Caragh M. O’Brien private school student, who is turned into a monster, must find true love before he can return Birthmarked to his human form. In a future world baked dry by the sun and divided into those who live inside the wall and those who Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & live outside it, 16-year-old midwife Gaia Stone is Margaret Stohl forced into a difficult choice when her parents are The town of Gatlin has never seen anyone like arrested.