TEEN BOOKLIST
Teen Thumbs Up Award
2003-2013
2014
2013 Winner
Nielsen, Susan
The Reluctant Journal by Henry K. Larsen
Henry, 13, is in therapy, hence this journal. So, fine, he will write all about how his mom is in a
psych ward, how his dad is floundering without her, their weird new neighbors, and, oh yeah,
the reason they moved in the first place. 2012
Call #: Teen Nie
2013 Honor Books
Every Day by David Levithan
How to Lead a Life of Crime by Kirsten Miller
The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde
2012 Winner
Green, John
The Fault in Our Stars
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never
been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous
plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s
story is about to be completely rewritten. 2012
Call #: Teen Gre
2012 Honor Books
Divergent by Veronica Roth
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel
2011 Winner
Quick, Matthew
Sorta Like a Rock Star
When tragedy strikes Amber, it knocks her down so hard that she may not be able to get back
up. It is time for the people Amber has touched to return the gift. 2009
Call #: Teen Qui
2011 Honor Books
After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick
Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
2010 Winner
Brown, Jennifer
Hate List
Valerie Leftman was a normal teenager, until her boyfriend decided to bring a gun to school
and shoot their classmates and teachers based on a “Hate List” that she helped him create.
2010
Call #: Teen Bro
2010 Honor Books
Fat Cat by Robin Brande
Swim the Fly by Don Calamo
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Teen Thumbs Up Award
2002-2013
2014
2009 Winner
Collins, Suzanne
The Hunger Games
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one
another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her
younger sister's place. 2008
Call #: Teen Col
2009 Honor Books
Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon
Venomous by Chris Krovatin
2008 Winner
Brande, Robin
Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature
Following her conscience leads high school freshman Mena to clash with her parents and former friends from their conservative Christian church, but might result in better
things when she stands up for a teacher who refuses to include "Intelligent Design" in lessons
on evolution. 2007
Call #: Teen Bra
2008 Honor Books
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Don’t Call Me Ishmael by Michael Bauer
Freak Show by James St. James
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
2007 Winner
Hautman, Pete
Rash
In a future society that has decided it would "rather be safe than free," sixteen-year-old Bo's
anger control problems land him in a tundra jail where he survives with the help of his running
skills and an artificial intelligence program named Bork. 2006
Call#: Teen Hau
2007 Honor Books
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Teen Thumbs Up Award
2003-2013
2014
2006 Winner
Lubar, David
Sleeping Freshman Never Lie
While navigating his first year of high school and awaiting the birth of his new baby brother,
Scott loses old friends and gains some unlikely new ones as he hones his skills as a writer.
2005
Call#: Teen Lub
2006 Honor Books
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Peeps by Scott Westerfield
2005 Winner
Oppel, Kenneth
Airborn
Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her
chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living
hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface. 2004
Call#: Teen Opp
2005 Honor Books
The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
The Blue Girl by Charles deLint
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt
2004 Winner
Rees, Celia
Pirates
In 1722, after arriving with her brother at the family's Jamaican plantation where she is to be
married off, sixteen-year-old Nancy Kington escapes with her slave friend, Minerva Sharpe, and
together they become pirates traveling the world in search of treasure. 2003 Call #: Teen Ree
2004 Honor Books
Green Angel by Alice Hoffman
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
Acceleration by Graham McNamee
East by Edith Pattou
Teen Thumbs Up Award
2003-2013
2014
2003 Winner
Frank, E.R.
America
Teenage America, a not-black, not-white, not-anything boy who has spent many years in institutions for disturbed, antisocial behavior, tries to piece his life together. 2002
Call #: Teen Fra
2003 Honor Books
Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch
This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
The House of Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Stoner & Spaz by Ronald Koertge