Every other week we showcase new and noteworthy fiction and non-fiction titles in the Young Adult world. Each title can be found at Citizens Library and multiple copies are available through the WAGGIN system. Some ebook and audiobook versions are on our Overdrive site. Links to these resources are below. Enjoy!
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The Terminals
by Royce Buckingham
by Royce Buckingham
Nineteen-year-old Cam Cody takes the opportunity to join a covert unit of young spies who, like him, are terminally ill but have extraordinary abilities due to an experimental super-steroid, but he soon learns the program is not what it seems--and they may not even be ill.
Rookie Yearbook One
by Tavi Gevinson
Gevinson started a blog in 2011 when she was sixteen and turned it into a successful online magazine and now- a book! Some famous people like Joss Whedon and Zooey Deschanel have contributed to this collection of essays, photographs and interviews about almost everything a young girl faces growing up. It's fun, honest and quirky.Noteworthy
The Demon King
by Cinda Williams Chima
by Cinda Williams Chima
Han is a thief trying to change his ways, but all that changes when he steals a pendant and it turns out to be the property of the Demon King, a powerful magic user who almost destroyed the world. Raisa is the heir to the kingdom and has spent the last few years away from the court and is not eager to return. Especially when her mother plans to marry her off. When Han and Raisa collide, they start a fire between mages and clan members and begin to change their world for good.
The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change
by Grady Klein
by Grady Klein
While the climate is a serious matter, this book makes a light hearted attempt at the subject in hopes that people of all ages can understand this important problem. Graphics, comics and easy speech are used as the book goes over how climate change can effect individuals, economics and the world. One can read just the bubbles of speech, or delve even further to the background information!
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