Abraham Lincoln Award

The Abraham Lincoln Award is an Illinois award given to an outstanding book for teens. Books are nominated by high school teens, librarians, and teachers, and a list of 22 nominees is published each year in March.

Teens read books from the list of nominees and then vote on their favorite book in February of the following year, usually through their school libraries.

If you would like to learn more about the Abraham Lincoln Award, please visit the Illinois School Library Media Association website.

Abraham Lincoln Nominees 2013
Abraham Lincoln Nominees 2012
Abraham Lincoln Nominees 2011
Abraham Lincoln Nominees 2010
Abraham Lincoln Nominees 2009
Abraham Lincoln Nominees 2008
Abraham Lincoln Nominees 2007
Abraham Lincoln Nominees 2006
Abraham Lincoln Nominees 2005

Alex Awards

The “Alex” Award is an annual award given by YALSA to 10 outstanding books written for adults that have teen (ages 12 – 18) appeal. The award is named after Margaret Alexander “Alex” Edwards, who was a young adult librarian at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore.

If you would like to learn more about the Alex Award, please visit the Young Adult Library Association's website.






Alex Awards 2012
Alex Awards 2011
Alex Awards 2010
Alex Awards 2009
Alex Awards 2008
Alex Awards 2007
Alex Awards 2006
Alex Awards 2005
Alex Awards 2004
Alex Awards 2003
Alex Awards 2002
Alex Awards 2001
Alex Awards 2000
Alex Awards 1999
Alex Awards 1998

All They Want to Do Is Eat Your Brains (Zombies)

ZOMBIES

YA Fiction:

Zombie Queen of Newbury High
LEXILE: HL 810
Amanda Ashby
YA ASH

Pride & Prejudice and Zombies
LEXILE: 1070
Seth Grahame-Smith
YA GRA

Split-Screen; Attack of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies; Bride of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies
LEXILE: not listed
Brent Hartinger
YA HAR

The Enemy
LEXILE: not listed
Charles Higson
YA HIG

Pride & Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls
LEXILE: 890
Steve Hockensmith
YA HOC

Brains for Lunch
LEXILE: not listed
K.A. Holt
JFIC HOL

Zombie Blondes
LEXILE: 840
Brian James
YA JAM

1. You Are So Undead to Me
LEXILE: not listed
2. Undead Much?
LEXILE: not listed
Stacey Jay
YA JAY

Kiss Me Deadly: 13 Tales of Paranormal Love
LEXILE: not listed
(Short Stories)
YA KIS

Rot & Ruin
LEXILE: HL 780
Jonathan Maberry
YA MAB

The Death Collector
LEXILE: 800
Justin Richards
YA RIC

1. The Forest of Hands and Teeth
LEXILE: 900
2. The Dead-Tossed Waves
LEXILE: HL 790
Carrie Ryan
YA RYA

I Kissed a Zombie and I Liked It
LEXILE: 820
Adam Selzer
YA SEL

The Boy Who Couldn’t Die
LEXILE: 750
William Sleator
YA SLE

Strange Angels
LEXILE: HL 810
Lili St. Crow
YA ST

1. Generation Dead
LEXILE: 820
2. Kiss of Life
LEXILE: HL 780
3. Passing Strange
LEXILE: not listed
on order 10/2010)
Daniel Waters
YA WAT

Zombies vs Unicorns
LEXILE: not listed
YA ZOM

Adult Fiction:

World War Z: An Oral History
LEXILE: not listed
Max Brooks
FIC BRO; YA CD BROOKS

Breathers: A Zombie Lament
LEXILE: not listed
S.G. Browne
FIC BRO

Shakespeare Undead
LEXILE: not listed
Lori Handeland
FIC HAN

Gil’s All-Fright Diner
LEXILE: not listed
A. Lee Martinez
FIC MAR

The Stupidest Angel
LEXILE: not listed
Christopher Moore
FIC MOO

The New Dead: A Zombie Anthology
LEXILE: not listed
(Short Stories)
FIC NEW

Boneshaker
LEXILE: 840
Cherie Priest
SF PRI

Graphic Novels/Manga:

Pride & Prejudice and Zombies: The Graphic Novel
LEXILE: not listed
Seth Grahame-Smith
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL GRA

Zombies Calling
LEXILE: not listed
Faith Erin Hicks
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL HIC

Marvel Zombies
LEXILE: not listed
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL MAR

Runaways: Rock Zombies
LEXILE: not listed
Terry Moore
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL RUN

Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid
LEXILE: GN 620
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL TAL

The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
LEXILE: not listed
Max Brooks
FIC GRAPHIC NOVEL ZOM

Nonfiction:

Supernatural: Explore the Unknown, From Atlantis to Zombies
LEXILE: not listed
Andrea Mills
Y 133 MIL

Encyclopedia of the Undead: A Field Guide to Creatures That Cannot Rest in Peace
LEXILE: not listed
Bob Curran
398.45 CUR

Zombie Felties: How to Raise 16 Gruesome Felt Creatures from the Undead
LEXILE: not listed
Nicola Tedman & Sarah Skeate
Y 746.046 TED

Creepy Cute Crochet: Zombies, Ninjas, Robots and More!
LEXILE: not listed
Christen Haden
Y 746.434 HAD

The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead
LEXILE: not listed
Max Brooks
Y 818.602 BRO

Movies:

Dawn of the Dead
Not rated
DVD DAW

Karloff and Lugosi Horror Classics
Not rated
DVD KAR

Land of the Dead
Rated: R
DVD LAN

Shaun of the Dead
Rated: R
DVD SHA

Zombieland
Rated: R
DVD ZOM

Best Fiction for Young Adults

The Best Books for Young Adults (BBYA) is now The Best Fiction for Young Adults (BFYA). These titles are selected by a special YALSA committee (the Young Adult Library Services Association) for their appeal to teens. The BFYA publishes a list of these recommended books every year.

Note: BFYA is fiction ONLY. Previous BBYA lists include both fiction and nonfiction titles.

For more information about the BFYA and BBYA books, please visit the BFYA and BBYA websites.

Books Made Into Movies!

300
Frank Miller
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL THR
DVD THR (Rated R)

Angela’s Ashes
Frank McCourt
B MCCOURT; CD MCCOURT
DVD ANG (Rated R)

Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery
JFIC MON; JPB MON; YA PB MON; YA CD MONTGOMERY
DVD J ANN (Not rated)

The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Movie: Malcolm X
Malcolm X
B X
DVD MAL (Rated PG-13)

A Beautiful Mind
Sylvia Nasar
B NASH
DVD BEA (Rated PG-13)

Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo
JFIC DIC
DVD J BEC (Rated PG)

Blood and Chocolate
Annette Curtis Klause
YA PB KLA
movie available from other libraries (Rated PG-13)

Carrie
Stephen King
FIC KIN; CD KING
DVD CAR (Rated R)

Cheaper By the Dozen
Frank B. Gilbreth
Y B GILBRETH
DVD CHE (Rated PG)

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
JFIC LEW; JUV CD LEWIS
DVD J CHR (Rated PG)

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
C.S. Lewis
JFIC LEW; JUV CD LEWIS
DVD J CHR (Rated PG)

The City of Ember
Jeanne DuPrau
JFIC DUP
DVD J CIT (Rated PG)

Cold Mountain
Charles Frazier
FIC FRA; CD FRAZIER
DVD COL (Rated R)

The Color Purple
Alice Walker
FIC WAL
DVD COL (Rated PG-13)

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Dyan Sheldon
YA SHE
DVD CON (Rated PG)

Coraline
Neil Gaiman
JFIC GAI; JFIC GRAPHIC NOVEL GAI
DVD J COR (Rated PG)

The Dark Is Rising
Susan Cooper
Movie: Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
YA COO
DVD J SEE (Rated PG)

The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
FIC BRO; CD BROWN
DVD DAV (Rated PG-13)

Diary of a Young Girl
Movie: Diary of Anne Frank
Anne Frank
B FRANK
DVD DIA (Not rated)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Movie: Blade Runner
Philip K. Dick
SF DIC
DVD BLA (Rated R)

Dracula
Bram Stoker
FIC STO
DVD DRA (Not rated)

Dune
Frank Herbert
SF HER
DVD DUN (Rated PG-13)

Ella Enchanted
Gail Carson Levine
JFIC LEV; YA PB LEV
DVD J ELL (Rated PG)

Emma
Movies: Emma; Clueless
Jane Austen
823 AUS; FIC AUS
DVD EMM (Not rated; PG)
DVD EMM (Rated PG)
DVD CLU (Rated PG)

Eragon
Christopher Paolini
YA ERA
DVD J ERA (Rated PG)

Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
FIC BRA
DVD FAH (Not rated)

Fast Food Nation
Eric Schlosser
394.109 SCH
DVD FAS (Rated R)

Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk
FIC PAL
DVD FIG (Rated R)

Forrest Gump
Winston Groom
FIC GRO
DVD FOR (Rated PG-13)

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café
Movie: Fried Green Tomatoes
Fannie Flagg
FIC FLA
DVD FRI (Rated PG-13)

Ghost World
Daniel Clowes
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL CLO
DVD GHO (Rated R)

Girl, Interrupted
Susanna Kaysen
B KAYSEN
DVD GIR (Rated R)

The Golden Compass
Philip Pullman
YA PUL; YA CD PULLMAN
DVD GOL (Rated PG-13)

Green Mile
Stephen King
PB KIN; CD KING
DVD GRE (Rated R)

Harry Potter (series)
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone book; movie
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets book; movie
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban book; movie
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire book; movie
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix book; movie
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince book; movie
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book; movie - not yet released!
JFIC ROW; YA ROW; JUV CD ROWLING
DVD J HAR (Rated PG; PG-13)

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
SF ADA; YA ADA; CD ADAMS
DVD HIT (Rated PG)
DVD 791.457 (Not rated)

Hoot
Carl Hiaasen
JFIC HIA; JUV CD HIAASEN
DVD J HOO (Rated PG)

Howl’s Moving Castle
Diana Wynne Jones
YA JON;
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL HOW
DVD J HOW (Rated PG)

I Capture the Castle
Dodie Smith
FIC SMI
DVD I (Rated R)

I Know What You Did Last Summer
Lois Duncan
YA PB DUN
DVD I (Rated R)

Inkheart
Cornelia Funke
JFIC FUN; YA FUN
DVD INK (Rated PG)

Interview with a Vampire
Anne Rice
FIC RIC; PB RIC
DVD INT (Rated R)

Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer
B MCCANDLESS; CD B MCCANDLESS
DVD INT (Rated R)

Iron Man
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL IRO
Various authors
DVD IRO (Rated PG-13)

Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
FIC BRO; YA BRO; CD BRONTË
DVD JAN (Not rated)

The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan
FIC TAN
DVD JOY (Rated R)

Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton
FIC CRI; PB CRI
DVD JUR (Rated PG-13)

The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
FIC HOS; CD HOSSEINI
DVD KIT (Rated PG-13)

The Last Unicorn
Peter S. Beagle
YA BEA
DVD J LAS (Rated G)

Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring book; movie
The Two Towers book; movie
The Return of the King book; movie
SF TOL; YA PB TOL; CD TOLKIEN
DVD LOR (Rated PG-13)

The Lost World
Michael Crichton
FIC CRI
DVD LOS (Rated PG-13)

Marley & Me
John Grogan
636.752 GRO
DVD MAR (Rated PG)

Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden
FIC GOL; CD GOLDEN
DVD MEM (Rated PG-13)

Misery
Stephen King
FIC KIN; PB KIN
DVD MIS (Rated R)

The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco
FIC ECO
DVD NAM (Rated R)

The Nanny Diaries
Emma McLaughlin
FIC MCL
DVD NAN (Rated PG-13)

Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
YA COH
DVD NIC (Rated PG-13)

The Notebook
Nicholas Sparks
FIC SPA
DVD NOT (Rated PG-13)

Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
FIC STE; YA PB STE
DVD OF (Rated PG-13)

Out of Africa
Isak Dinesen
B Dinesen
DVD OUT (Rated PG)

The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton
YA PB HIN; YA CD HINTON
DVD OUT (Rated PG-13)

Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux
FIC LER; YA LER
DVD PHA (Rated PG-13)

Practical Magic
Alice Hoffman
FIC HOF
DVD PRA (Rated PG-13)

Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
823 AUS; FIC AUS; CD AUSTEN
DVD PRI (Rated PG)
DVD PRI (Not rated)
DVD PRI (Not rated)

The Princess Bride
William Goldman
YA GOL
DVD PRI (Rated PG)

The Princess Diaries
Meg Cabot
YA CAB; YA PB CAB; YA CD CABOT
Movies: Princess Diaries; Princess Diaries 2
DVD J PRI (Rated G)

The Pursuit of Happyness
Chris Gardner
B GARDNER
DVD PUR (Rated PG-13)

Queen Bees and Wannabes
Movie: Mean Girls
Rosalind Wiseman
649.125 WIS
DVD MEA (Rated PG-13)

Room with a View
E.M. Forster
823 FOR
DVD ROO (Not rated)

The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kid
FIC KID
DVD SEC (Rated PG-13)

Sense & Sensibility
Jane Austen
823 AUS; FIC AUS; CD AUSTEN
DVD SEN (Not rated)
DVD SEN (Rated PG)

A Series of Unfortunate Events
Movie: Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket
JFIC SNI; JUV CD SNICKET
DVD J LEM (Rated PG)

The Shining
Stephen King
FIC KIN; PB KIN; CD KING
DVD SHI (Rated R)

Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris
PB HAR
DVD SIL (Rated R)

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Ann Brashares
YA BRA; YA PB BRA; YA CD BRASHARES
Movies: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants; Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
DVD SIS (Rated PG)

Spider-Man
Various authors
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL SPI
Movies: Spider-Man ; Spider-Man 2; Spider-Man 3
DVD SPI (Rated PG-13)

Stardust
Neil Gaiman
YA GAI; CD GAIMAN
DVD STA (Rated PG-13)

Stormbreaker
Movie: Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker
Anthony Horowitz
JFIC HOR; YA PB HOR
DVD J ALE (Rated PG)

Sybil
Flora Rheta Schreiber
616.858 SCH
DVD SYB (Not rated)

The Taming of the Shrew
Movies: Taming of the Shrew; 10 Things I Hate About You
William Shakespeare
822.33 SHA
DVD TAM (Not rated)
DVD TEN (Rated PG-13)

The Thief Lord
Cornelia Funke
JFIC FUN
DVD J THI (Rated PG)

Timeline
Michael Crichton
FIC CRI; PB CRI
DVD TIM (Rated PG-13)

To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
FIC LEE; YA LEE; CD LEE
DVD TO (Not rated)

Tuck Everlasting
Natalie Babbitt
JFIC BAB
DVD TUC (Rated PG)

Twilight
Stephenie Meyer
YA MEY
DVD TWI (Rated PG-13)

V for Vendetta
Alan Moore
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL MOO
DVD V (Rated R)

A Walk to Remember
Nicholas Sparks
FIC SPA
DVD WAL (Rated PG)

Watchmen
Alan Moore
GRAPHIC NOVEL MOO
DVD WAT (Rated R)

Where the Heart Is
Billie Letts
FIC LET
movie available from other libraries (Rated PG-13)

Where the Red Fern Grows
Wilson Rawls
JFIC RAW; YA PB RAW
DVD J WHE (Rated PG)

A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L’Engle
YA PB LEN; JUV CD LENGLE
DVD J WRI (Rated PG)

Books with Bite (Vampires)

Vampire Books for Teens!

Fiction:

Thirsty
LEXILE: 690
M.T. Anderson
YA AND

Demon in My View
LEXILE: 820
In the Forests of the Night
LEXILE: 770
Midnight Predator
LEXILE: 780
Persistence of Memory
LEXILE: 860
Shattered Mirror
LEXILE: 790
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
YA ATW

Pretty Dead
LEXILE: not listed
Francesca Lia Block
YA BLO

Bloodthirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction
LEXILE: not listed
FIC BLO

The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series:
1.) Eighth Grade Bites
LEXILE: 780
2.) Ninth Grade Slays
LEXILE: 780
3.) Tenth Grade Bleeds
LEXILE: 820
4.) Eleventh Grade Burns
LEXILE: not listed
5.) Twelfth Grade Kills
LEXILE: not listed
Heather Brewer
YA BRE

The Morganville Vampires series:
1.) Glass Houses
LEXILE: 650
2.) The Dead Girls' Dance
LEXILE: 630
3.) Midnight Alley
LEXILE: not listed
4.) Feast of Fools
LEXILE: 670
5.) Lord of Misrule
LEXILE: not listed
6.) Carpe Corpus
LEXILE: not listed
7.) Fade Out
LEXILE: not listed
8.) Kiss of Death
LEXILE: not listed
Rachel Caine
YA PB CAI

1.) Bloodline
LEXILE: not listed
2.) Reckoning
LEXILE: not listed
Kate Cary
YA CAR

House of Night series:
1.) Marked
LEXILE: 850
2.) Betrayed
LEXILE: 840
3.) Chosen
LEXILE: 760
4.) Untamed
LEXILE: 790
5.) Hunted
LEXILE: 820
6.) Tempted
LEXILE: not listed
7.) Burned
LEXILE: not listed
P.C. Cast
YA CAS

Vamps series:
Vamps
LEXILE: not listed
Night Life
LEXILE: not listed
After Dark
LEXILE: not listed
Nancy A. Collins
YA COL

How to Date a Vampire
LEXILE: not listed
Sophie Collins
YA COL

Blue Bloods series:
1.) Blue Bloods
LEXILE: 820
2.) Masquerade
LEXILE: 830
3.) Revelations
LEXILE: 780
4.) Van Alen Legacy
LEXILE: 770
5.) Keys to the Repository
LEXILE: not listed
6.) Misguided Angel
LEXILE: not listed
Melissa De La Cruz
YA DEL

Vamped
LEXILE: not listed
Lucienne Diver
YA DIV

The Eternal Kiss: 13 Tales of Blood & Desire
LEXILE: not listed
YA ETE

Jane Bites Back
LEXILE: not listed
Michael Thomas Ford
FIC FOR; YA FOR

Bite Me!
LEXILE: not listed
Melissa McKenzie Francis
YA FRA

Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
LEXILE: 700
Beth Fantaskey
YA FAN

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
LEXILE: not listed
Seth Grahame-Smith
FIC GRA

Mr. Darcy, Vampyre
LEXILE: not listed
Amanda Grange
YA GRA

Evernight series:
1.) Evernight
LEXILE: 760
2.) Stargazer
LEXILE: 750
3.) Hourglass
LEXILE: not listed
Claudia Gray
YA GRA

Look for Me by Moonlight
LEXILE: 720
Mary Downing Hahn
YA HAH

The Drake Chronicles series:
1.) Hearts at Stake
LEXILE: not listed
2.) Blood Feud
LEXILE: not listed
Alyxandra Harvey-Fitzhenry
YA HAR

Sweet-Blood
LEXILE: 680
Pete Hautman
YA PB HAU

Night Road
LEXILE: 720
A.M. Jenkins
YA JEN

The Reformed Vampire Support Group
LEXILE: 750
Catherine Jinks
YA JIN

Vampire Hunter D series:
1.) Vampire Hunter D
LEXILE: not listed
2.) Raiser of Gales
LEXILE: not listed
3.) Demon Deathchase
LEXILE: not listed
4.) Tale of the Dead Town
LEXILE: not listed
5.) The Stuff of Dreams
LEXILE: not listed
6.) Pilgrimage of the Sacred and the Profane
LEXILE: not listed
7.) Mysterious Journey to the North Sea, vol. 1
LEXILE: not listed
8.) Mysterious Journey to the North Sea, vol. 2
LEXILE: not listed
9.) Rose Princess
LEXILE: not listed
10.) Dark Nocturne
LEXILE: not listed
Hideyuki Kikuchi
YA KIK

Blood & Chocolate
LEXILE: 720
Silver Kiss
LEXILE: 690
Annette Curtis Klause
YA KLA

The Historian
LEXILE: not listed
Elizabeth Kostova
FIC KOS; PB KOSTOVA; CD KOSTOVA

Blood Coven series:
1.) Stake That!
LEXILE: not listed
2.) Boys That Bite
LEXILE: not listed
3.) Girls That Growl
LEXILE: not listed
Marianne Mancusi
YA PB MAN

Uninvited
LEXILE: 740
Amanda Marrone
YA MAR

Sunshine
LEXILE: not listed
Robin McKinley
FIC MCK; YA MCK

Vampire Academy series:
1.) Vampire Academy
LEXILE: 640
2.) Frostbite
LEXILE: 670
3.) Shadow Kiss
LEXILE: not listed
4.) Blood Promise
LEXILE: 660
5.) Spirit Bound
LEXILE: not listed
6.) Last Sacrifice
LEXILE: not listed
Richelle Mead
YA MEA

Suck It Up
LEXILE: 740
Brian Meehl
YA MEE

My Sister the Vampire series:
1.) Switched
LEXILE: 650
2.) Fangtastic!
LEXILE: 760
Sienna Mercer
JFIC MER

Twilight series:
1.) Twilight
LEXILE: 720
2.) New Moon
LEXILE: 690
3.) Eclipse
LEXILE: 670
4.) Breaking Dawn
LEXILE: 690
5.) The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
LEXILE: not listed
Stephenie Meyer
YA MEY; YA CD MEYER

The Vampire Is Just Not That Into You
LEXILE: not listed
Vlad Mezrich
YA MEZ

Dark Elite series:
1.) Firespell
LEXILE: not listed
Chloe Neill
YA PB NEI

Nightlight: A Parody
YA NIG

1.) Sucks to Be Me
LEXILE: not listed
2.) Still Sucks to Be Me
LEXILE: not listed
Kimberly Pauley
YA PAU

1.) Thirst #1
LEXILE: not listed
2.) Thirst #2
LEXILE: not listed
Christopher Pike
YA PIK

The Practical Guide to Vampires
LEXILE: not listed
YA PRA

Dracula
LEXILE: not listed
Nicky Raven
YA RAV

1.) Vampire High
LEXILE: not listed
2.) Vampire High: Sophomore Year
LEXILE: not listed
Douglas Rees
YA REE

Fat Vampire
LEXILE: not listed
Adam Rex
YA REX

1.) Braced2Bite
LEXILE: not listed
2.) Fangs4Freaks
LEXILE: not listed
3.) Dating4Demons
LEXILE: not listed
Serena Robar
YA PB ROB

Vampire Kisses series:
1.) Vampire Kisses
LEXILE: 700
2.) Kissing Coffins
LEXILE: 760
3.) Vampireville
LEXILE: 760
4.) Dance with a Vampire
LEXILE: 800
5.) Coffin Club
LEXILE: 800
6.) Royal Blood
LEXILE: not listed
7.) Love Bites
LEXILE: not listed
Ellen Schreiber
YA SCH

I Kissed a Zombie and I Liked It
LEXILE: not listed
Adam Selzer
YA SEL

Cirque du Freak/The Saga of Darren Shan series:
1.) A Living Nightmare
LEXILE: 650
2.) The Vampire's Assistant
LEXILE: 600
3.) Tunnels of Blood
LEXILE: 580
4.) Vampire Mountain
LEXILE: 790
5.) Trials of Death
LEXILE: 830
6.) The Vampire Prince
LEXILE: 890
7.) Hunters of the Dusk
LEXILE: 880
8.) Allies of the Night
LEXILE: 820
9.) Killers of the Dawn
LEXILE: 870
10.) The Lake of Souls
LEXILE: 920
11.) Lord of the Shadows
LEXILE: 790
12.) Sons of Destiny
LEXILE: 840
Darren Shan
YA SHA

Tantalize
LEXILE: 760
Eternal
LEXILE: 690
Cynthia Leitich Smith
YA SMI

Vampire Diaries series:
1.) The Awakening
LEXILE: 680
2.) The Struggle
LEXILE: 680
3.) The Fury
LEXILE: 620
4.) Dark Reunion
LEXILE: 620
L.J. Smith
YA SMI

Nightworld series
1.) Secret Vampire
LEXILE: not listed
2.) Daughters of Darkness
LEXILE: not listed
3.) Spellbinder
LEXILE: not listed
4.) Dark Angel
LEXILE: not listed
5.) The Chosen
LEXILE: not listed
6.) Soulmate
LEXILE: not listed
7.) Huntress
LEXILE: not listed
8.) Black Dawn
LEXILE: not listed
9.) Witchlight
LEXILE: not listed
10.) Nightworld: Ultimate Fan Guide
LEXILE: not listed
L.J. Smith
YA SMI

Vampire Diaries: The Return series:
1.) Nightfall
LEXILE: not listed
2.) Shadow Souls
LEXILE: not listed
L.J. Smith
YA SMI

Strange Angels
LEXILE: 810
Lili St. Crow
YA ST

The New Annotated Dracula
LEXILE: not listed
Bram Stoker
FIC STO

Midnight's Choice
LEXILE: 880
Kate Thompson
YA THO

Companions of the Night
LEXILE: 870
Vivian Vande Velde
YA VAN

1.) Peeps
LEXILE: 840
2.) The Last Days
LEXILE: 820
Scott Westerfeld
YA WES

Graphic Novels & Manga:

Life Sucks
LEXILE: not listed
Jessica Abel
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL ABE

Chibi Vampire
LEXILE: not listed
Yuna Kagesaki
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL CHI

Cirque du Freak
LEXILE: not listed
Darren Shan
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL CIR

Dark Moon Diary
LEXILE: not listed
Che Gilson
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL DAR

Millennium Snow
LEXILE: not listed
Hatori Bisco
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL MIL

Rosario + Vampire
LEXILE: not listed
Akihisa Ikeda
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL ROS

Twilight
LEXILE: not listed
Stephenie Meyer
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL TWI

Vampire Hunter D
LEXILE: not listed
Hideyuki Kikuchi
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL VAM

Vampire Knight
LEXILE: not listed
Matsuri Hino
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL VAM

Nonfiction:

Encyclopedia Horrifica
LEXILE: not listed
Joshua Gee
JUV 001.9 GEE

The History of Ghosts, Vampires, and Werewolves
LEXILE: not listed
Douglas Hill
133.1 HIL

Wanted Undead or Alive: Vampire Hunters & Other Kick-Ass Enemies of Evil
LEXILE: not listed
Jonathan Maberry
133.423 MAB

The New Vampire's Handbook: A Guide for the Recently Turned Creature of the Night
LEXILE: not listed
133.423 NEW

Real Vampries, Night Stalkers and Creatures from the Darkside
LEXILE: not listed
Brad Steiger
Y 133.423 STE

The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead
LEXILE: not listed
J. Gordon Melton
YNF (on order)

Encyclopedia of the Undead
LEXILE: not listed
Bob Curran
398.45 CUR

How to Be a Vampire: A Fangs-On Guide for the Newly Undead
LEXILE: not listed
Amy Tipton Gray
Y 398.45 GRA

Piercing the Darkness: Undercover with Vampires in America Today
LEXILE: not listed
Katherine Ramsland
398.45 RAM

The Vampire Book
LEXILE: not listed
Sally Regan
Y 398.45 REG

Vampires
LEXILE: not listed
Joules Taylor
Y 398.45 TAY

The Vampire Survival Guide: How to Fight and Win Against the Undead
LEXILE: not listed
Scott Bowen
Y 818.607 BOW

Adult Authors of Vampire Books

(for Mature Teens)

Patricia Briggs
MaryJanice Davidson
Christine Feehan
Laurell K. Hamilton
Kim Harrison
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Christopher Moore
Anne Rice

Christian Fiction for Teen Girls

All About Us series
1.) It’s All About Us
2.) The Fruit of My Lipstick
3.) Be Strong and Curvaceous
4.) Who Made You a Princess?
5.) Tidings of Great Boys
6.) The Chic Shall Inherit the Earth
Shelley Adina
YA ADI

Carter House Girls series
1.) Mixed Bags
2.) Stealing Bradford
3.) Homecoming Queen
4.) Viva Vermont!
5.) Lost in Las Vegas
6.) New York Debut
7.) Spring Breakdown
8.) Last Dance
Melody Carlson
YA CAR

Diary of a Teenage Girl: Caitlin series
1.) Becoming Me
2.) It’s My Life
3.) Who I Am
4.) On My Own
Melody Carlson
YA CAR

Diary of a Teenage Girl: Chloe series
1.) My Name Is Chloe
2.) Sold Out
3.) Road Trip
4.) Face the Music
Melody Carlson
YA CAR

Diary of a Teenage Girl: Kim series
1.) Just Ask
2.) Meant to Be
3.) Falling Up
4.) That Was Then
Melody Carlson
YA CAR

Diary of a Teenage Girl: Maya series
1.) Not-So-Simple Life
2.) It’s a Green Thing
Melody Carlson
YA CAR

Finding Alice
Melody Carlson
YA CAR

Secret Life of Samantha McGregor series
1.) Bad Connection
2.) Beyond Reach
3.) Playing with Fire
4.) Payback
Melody Carlson
YA CAR

True Colors series
1.) Dark Blue
2.) Deep Green
3.) Torch Red
4.) Pitch Black
5.) Burnt Orange
6.) Fool’s Gold
7.) Blade Silver
8.) Bitter Rose
9.) Faded Denim
10.) Bright Purple
11.) Moon White
12.) Harsh Pink
Melody Carlson
YA CAR

A Friend at Midnight
Caroline B. Cooney
YA COO

Miracle Girls series
The Miracle Girls
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
A Little Help from My Friends (on order)
Anne Dayton
YA DAY

The Possibilities of Sainthood
Donna Freitas
YA FRE

Christy Miller Collection
Volume 1: Summer Promise, Whisper and a Wish, Yours Forever
Volume 2: Surprise Endings, Island Dreamer, A Heart Full of Hope
Volume 3: True Friends, Starry Night, Seventeen Wishes
Volume 4: A Time to Cherish, Sweet Dreams, A Promise Is Forever
Christy & Todd: The College Years
Until Tomorrow, As You Wish, I Promise
Robin Jones Gunn
YA GUN

Sierra Jensen Collection
Volume 1: Only You, Sierra, In Your Dreams, Don’t You Wish
Volume 2: Close Your Eyes, Without a Doubt, With This Ring
Volume 3: Open Your Heart, Time Will Tell, Now Picture This
Volume 4: Hold on Tight, Closer Than Ever, Take My Hand
Robin Jones Gunn
YA GUN

Real TV series
1.) Changing Faces
2.) Flip Flop
3.) Less Is More
4.) Dating Do-Over
Wendy Lawton
YA LAW

Christy
Catherine Marshall
YA PB MAR

Ruby Unscripted
Cindy Martinusen-Coloma
YA MAR

Pure
Terra Elan McVoy
YA MCV

Laurel Shadrach series
Purity Reigns
Totally Free
Equally Yoked
Absolutely Worthy
Stephanie Perry Moore
YA MOO

Song of the Magdalene
Donna Jo Napoli
YA NAP

Lullaby
Jane Orcutt
FIC ORC

Hollywood Nobody series
1.) Hollywood Nobody
2.) Finding Hollywood Nobody
3.) Romancing Hollywood Nobody
4.) Goodbye Hollywood Nobody
Lisa Samson
YA SAM

Serenity
Buzz Dixon
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL SER

Sweet Seasons series
1.) The Fall of Candy Corn
2.) The Summer of Cotton Candy
3.) The Winter of Candy Canes
4.) The Spring of Candy Apples
Debbie Viguie
YA VIG

Jana’s Journal
Jeanette Windle
YA WIN

When the Black Girl Sings
Bil Wright
YA PB WRI

Donut Days
Lara Zielin
YA ZIE

Classics for Teens

Little Women
LEXILE: 300
Louisa May Alcott
FIC ALC; JFIC ALC; YA PB ALC

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
LEXILE: 1070
Maya Angelou
B ANGELOU; Y B ANGELOU; CD B ANGELOU

Emma
LEXILE: 1080
Jane Austen
823 AUS; FIC AUS; CD AUSTEN; eAudiobook

Mansfield Park
LEXILE: 1180
Jane Austen
823 AUS; CD AUSTEN; eAudiobook

Northanger Abbey
LEXILE: 1120
Jane Austen
823 AUS; eAudiobook

Persuasion
LEXILE: 1100
Jane Austen
823 AUS; FIC AUS; CD AUSTEN; eAudiobook

Pride and Prejudice
LEXILE: 1190
Jane Austen
823 AUS; FIC AUS; LP AUS; YA PB AUS; CD AUSTEN; PLAYAWAY AUSTEN; eBook; eAudiobook

Fahrenheit 451
LEXILE: 890
Ray Bradbury
FIC BRA; YA PB BRA; eAudiobook

The Martian Chronicles
LEXILE: 740
Ray Bradbury
SF BRA; eAudiobook

Jane Eyre
LEXILE: 840
Charlotte Bronte
FIC BRO; YA PB BRO; CD BRONTE; PLAYAWAY BRONTE; eBook; eAudiobook

Wuthering Heights
LEXILE: 880
Emily Bronte
FIC BRO; YA PB BRO; CD BRONTE; eBook; eAudiobook

A Clockwork Orange
LEXILE: 1310
Anthony Burgess
FIC BUR; PLAYAWAY YA BURGESS

My Antonia
LEXILE: 1010
Willa Cather
FIC CAT; eAudiobook

The Awakening
LEXILE: 960
Kate Chopin
YA PB CHO; eAudiobook

The Red Badge of Courage
LEXILE: 920
Stephen Crane
FIC CRA; YA PB CRA; YA CD CRANE; eBook; eAudiobook

David Copperfield
LEXILE: 1070
Charles Dickens
FIC DIC; eBook; eAudiobook

Great Expectations
LEXILE: 1200
Charles Dickens
FIC DIC; YA PB DIC; CD DICKENS; eBook; eAudiobook

A Tale of Two Cities
LEXILE: 990
Charles Dickens
FIC DIC; YA PB DIC; CD DICKENS; eAudiobook

Count of Monte Cristo
LEXILE: 930
Alexandre Dumas
FIC DUM

The Invisible Man
LEXILE: 950
Ralph Ellison
FIC ELL

Madame Bovary
LEXILE: 1030
Gustave Flaubert
843 FLA; FIC FLA

Diary of a Young Girl
LEXILE: 1080
Anne Frank
B FRANK; Y B FRANK

Lord of the Flies
LEXILE: 770
William Golding
FIC GOL; CD GOLDING

The Scarlet Letter
LEXILE: 1420
Nathaniel Hawthorne
FIC HAW; YA PB HAW; CD HAWTHORNE; eBook; eAudiobook

Catch 22
LEXILE: 1140
Joseph Heller
FIC HEL; CD HELLER; PLAYAWAY HELLER; eAudiobook

The Outsiders
LEXILE: 750
S.E. Hinton
YA HIN; YA PB HIN; YA CD HINTON; PLAYAWAY YA HINTON

Their Eyes Were Watching God
LEXILE: 1080
Zora Neale Hurston
FIC HUR; LP HUR; eBook

Brave New World
LEXILE: 870
Aldous Huxley
FIC HUX; SF HUX; YA PB HUX

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
LEXILE: 1110
Ken Kesey
FIC KES; eAudiobook

Flowers for Algernon
LEXILE: 910
Daniel Keyes
FIC KEY

Captains Courageous
LEXILE: 1020
Rudyard Kipling
YA PB KIP; eAudiobook

A Separate Peace
LEXILE: 1110
John Knowles
FIC KNO

To Kill a Mockingbird
LEXILE: 870
Harper Lee
813.54 LEE; FIC LEE; LP LEE; YA LEE; CD LEE

The Call of the Wild
LEXILE: 1120
Jack London
FIC LON; JFIC LON; YA PB LON; YA CD LONDON; PLAYAWAY JUV LONDON

Gone with the Wind
LEXILE: 1110
Margaret Mitchell
FIC MIT

Anne of Green Gables
LEXILE: 850
Anne of Avonlea
LEXILE: 1020
L.M. Montgomery
JFIC MON; JPB MON; YA PB MON; YA CD MONTGOMERY; PLAYAWAY JUV MONTGOMERY; eAudiobook

The Bluest Eye
LEXILE: 920
Toni Morrison
FIC MOR; LP MOR

1984
LEXILE: 1090
George Orwell
FIC ORW; YA PB ORW; eBook; eAudiobook

Animal Farm
LEXILE: 1170
George Orwell
FIC ORW; YA PB ORW; eAudiobook

The Bell Jar
LEXILE: 1140
Sylvia Plath
FIC PLA

Where the Red Fern Grows
LEXILE: 700
Wilson Rawls
JFIC RAW; YA PB RAW

The Catcher in the Rye
LEXILE: 790
J.D. Salinger
FIC SAL; YA PB SAL

Frankenstein
LEXILE: 940
Mary W. Shelley
FIC SHE; YA PB SHE; eBook; eAudiobook

The Jungle
LEXILE: 1170
Upton Sinclair
FIC SIN; YA PB SIN; eBook; eAudiobook

Of Mice and Men
LEXILE: 630
John Steinbeck
FIC STE; YA PB STE

The Pearl
LEXILE: 1010
John Steinbeck
FIC STE

Kidnapped
LEXILE: 880
Robert Louis Stevenson
813 STE; YA PB STE; eAudiobook

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
LEXILE: 1040
Robert Louis Stevenson
FIC STE

Treasure Island
LEXILE: 1070
Robert Louis Stevenson
FIC STE; JFIC STE; YA PB STE; JUV CD STEVENSON; eAudiobook

Dracula
LEXILE: 1020
Bram Stoker
FIC STO; LP STO; JFIC STO; PLAYAWAY STOKER; eAudiobook

Gulliver’s Travels
LEXILE: 1210
Jonathan Swift
808.8 GRE; PLAYAWAY JUV SWIFT; eAudiobook

Lord of the Rings trilogy:
Fellowship of the Ring
LEXILE: 860
The Two Towers
LEXILE: 810
Return of the King
LEXILE: 920
J.R.R. Tolkien
SF TOL; YA PB TOL; CD TOLKIEN; eBook; eAudiobook

Anna Karenina
LEXILE: 1080
Leo Tolstoy
FIC TOL; eBook; eAudiobook

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
LEXILE: 810
Mark Twain
FIC TWA; JFIC TWA; YA TWA

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
LEXILE: 930
Mark Twain
FIC TWA; JFIC TWA; YA PB TWA; PLAYAWAY JUV TWAIN; eAudiobook

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
LEXILE: 710
Jules Verne
FIC VER; YA PB VER; eAudiobook

Around the World in 80 Days
LEXILE: 1080
Jules Verne
JFIC VER; JUV CD VERNE; PLAYAWAY JUV VERNE; eAudiobook

Journey to the Center of the Earth
LEXILE: 1040
Jules Verne
YA PB VER; eAudiobook

Slaughterhouse Five
LEXILE: 850
Kurt Vonnegut
FIC VON; CD VONNEGUT; eAudiobook

The Color Purple
LEXILE: HL 670
Alice Walker
FIC WAL; eAudiobook

The Time Machine
LEXILE: 1070
H.G. Wells
FIC WEL; SF WEL; YA PB WEL; eBook; eAudiobook

A Room of One’s Own
LEXILE: 1220
Virginia Woolf
FIC WOO

Dystopian Lit for Teens

The future is here and it's not a nice place. Restrictive governments, frighteningly possible scientific advances, nuclear holocaust, and more. If you read and loved The Hunger Games, Clockwork Orange, Matched or 1984 try some of these other titles.

Dystopian Lit for Teens 1
Dystopian Lit for Teens 2
Dystopian Lit for Teens 3
Dystopian Lit for Teens 4

Gang Life, Incarceration, and Breakin' the Law

Nonfiction:

Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago
LeAlan Jones
306.097 JON
LEXILE: 750

On the Street Doing Life: The West Side of Chicago Through the Eyes of a Cop Called “Cronie”
Anne Keegan
364.106 KEE
LEXILE: not listed

War of the Bloods in My Veins: A Street Soldier’s March Toward Redemption
Dashaun “Jiwe” Morris
Y 364.106 MOR
LEXILE: not listed

Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America’s Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang
William Queen
364.106 QUE
LEXILE: not listed

Inside the Crips
Colton Simpson
Y 364.106 SIM
LEXILE: not listed

Gang Leader for a Day
Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh
364.106 VEN
LEXILE: not listed

Always Running: La Vida Loca
Luis J. Rodriguez
Y 364.109 ROD
LEXILE: 870

Getting Ghost: Two Young Lives and the Struggle for the Soul of an American City
Luke Bergmann
Y 364.36 BER
LEXILE: not listed

No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court
Edward Humes
364.36 HUM
LEXILE: not listed

No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row
Susan Kuklin
Y 364.66 KUK
LEXILE: 690

True Notebooks
Mark Salzman
373.11 SAL
LEXILE: 840

We Beat the Street
Sampson Davis
Y 610.92 DAV
LEXILE: 860

The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream
Sampson Davis
Y 610.922 DAV
LEXILE: 940

Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
974.727 LEB
LEXILE: not listed

Manchild in the Promised Land
Claude Brown
Y B BROWN
LEXILE: 860

Hole in My Life
Jack Gantos
Y B GANTOS
LEXILE: 840

Makes Me Wanna Holler
Nathan McCall
B MCCALL
LEXILE: 1010

Lady Q: The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen
Reymundo Sanchez
B RODRIGUEZ
LEXILE: 1150

My Bloody Life
Reymundo Sanchez
B SANCHEZ
LEXILE: not listed

Once a King Always a King
Reymundo Sanchez
B SANCHEZ
LEXILE: not listed

Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member
Sanyika Shakur
Y B SHAKUR
LEXILE: not listed

Life in Prison
Stanley Tookie Williams
(on order)
LEXILE: 1020

Fiction:

Tyrell
Coe Booth
YA BOO
LEXILE: 780

Upstate
Kalisha Buckhanon
FIC BUC
LEXILE: 950

The Battle of Jericho
LEXILE: 700
Sharon Draper
YA DRA

Romiette and Julio
Sharon Draper
YA PB DRA
LEXILE: 610

Drive-By
Lynne Ewing
JFIC EWI
LEXILE: 560

Bang!
Sharon Flake
YA FLA
LEXILE: 590

Outsiders
S.E. Hinton
YA HIN; YA PB HIN; YA CD HINTON
LEXILE: 750

Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida
Victor Martinez
YA MAR
LEXILE: 1000

Autobiography of My Dead Brother
Walter Dean Myers
YA MYE
LEXILE: 830

Monster
Walter Dean Myers
YA MYE
LEXILE: 670

Scorpions
Walter Dean Myers
YA MYE
LEXILE: 610

Homeboyz
Alan Lawrence Sitomer
YA SIT
LEXILE: 860

Buried Onions
Gary Soto
YA SOT
LEXILE: 850

Snitch
Allison Van Diepen
YA PB VAN
LEXILE: not listed

Street Pharm
Allison Van Diepen
YA VAN
LEXILE: not listed

Rooftop
Paul Volponi
YA VOL
LEXILE: 780

Ghosts and Spirits

These spooky tales will give you chills. Don't turn out the light! Ghosts, spirits, possession, and more.

Ghosts and Spirits (1)
Ghosts and Spirits (2)

Lexiles

Find a book in your lexile range by using the following lists:

500 – 599

600 – 699

700 – 799

800 – 899

900 – 999

1000-1099

1100-1199

1200-1500

Note to Teens and Parents:

Looking for a more specific lexile range? You can create your own list using the library’s online catalog by clicking on “Advanced Search” (under the search box at the top of the page) and then entering the following into the “Enter your Advanced Search Here” box:

lexile:[800 TO 900]

(Replace “800” and “900” with *your* lexile range.)

Although these lists include books for a “teen” audience, the term “teen” covers a range of ages, abilities, and maturities (our collection for teens, for example, spans grades 6 through 12). These lists may include some adult titles that libraries have added to their teen collections because they have teen appeal. Reading levels/lexile ranges do not measure a book’s content or appeal – they can’t guarantee you will like a particular book, or that it will be appropriate for you.

Each list is a starting place, and you can easily limit your choices – once you click on a list – by selecting various options (fiction, nonfiction, subject, genre, etc.) on the left side of the screen. For example, you can choose to look only at fiction books, or nonfiction, or mysteries. You can also ask a librarian for more help if you’re having trouble finding books. We can show you how to use the online catalog to construct your own lists/searches.

An independent agency is responsible for scanning books and assigning lexiles. Not all books have been scanned, and, as a result, not all books have lexiles. If there is a particular book that you want to read and you want to know its lexile, you can check to see if it has a lexile on lexile.com. If your book does not have a lexile, you can sometimes “guesstimate” what it *might* be by checking to see if any of the author’s other books have a lexile.

If you need to read a book in your lexile range for an assignment, please check with your teacher before committing to a title that doesn’t have a lexile. If you want to read it anyway – GREAT! But, pick a different book for the assignment. Consider reading books outside of your lexile range FOR FUN! Reading is all about fun. (We think so, anyway.)

Life After Harry Potter

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books are loved by readers of all ages. If you've read them all and are looking for something similar, check out the following suggestions for teen readers.

Life After Harry Potter - Gr. 5 and up (1)
Life After Harry Potter - Gr. 5 and up (2)
Life After Harry Potter - Gr. 7 and up (1)
Life After Harry Potter - Gr. 7 and up (2)
Life After Harry Potter - High School & Adult (1)
Life After Harry Potter - High School & Adult (2)

More Harry, please!

Michael L Printz Award

The Michael L. Printz Award is an award of excellence, sponsored by the American Association of Libraries (ALA), that is given annually to a book published for young adults.* The Printz winner is chosen by a committee that can also name up to four honor books. Winning books can be fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or anthologies and must be published between January 1 and December 31 of the preceding year.






Printz Award 2012
Printz Award 2011
Printz Award 2010
Printz Award 2009
Printz Award 2008
Printz Award 2007
Printz Award 2006
Printz Award 2005
Printz Award 2004
Printz Award 2003
Printz Award 2002
Printz Award 2001
Printz Award 2000

* Young Adult, as defined by YALSA is ages 12 – 18.

For more information, visit the Printz Award site

Mysteries for Teens

Looking for a good mystery? Try one of these. Featuring teen detectives, sleuths, spies, and forensic investigators.

Mysteries (1)
Mysteries (2)
Mysteries (3)
Mysteries (4)

Rebecca Caudill Award

The Rebecca Caudill Award is an Illinois award given to an outstanding book for children in grades 4 - 8. Books are nominated for the award by children in those grades and a list of 20 nominees is made available to elementary and middle schools as well as libraries in March (generally) every year.

Kids read books from the list of nominees and then vote for their favorite book in February of the following year, usually through their school libraries. You can vote at the Huntley Area Public Library if you are in 4th - 8th grade and your school or school library doesn't participate in the Caudill voting.

If you'd like to learn more about Rebecca Caudill, or the Rebecca Caudill Award, please visit the Rebecca Caudill website!

Rebecca Caudill Nominees 2013
Rebecca Caudill Nominees 2012
Rebecca Caudill Nominees 2011
Rebecca Caudill Nominees 2010
Rebecca Caudill Nominees 2009
Rebecca Caudill Nominees 2008
Rebecca Caudill Nominees 2007
Rebecca Caudill Nominees 2006
Rebecca Caudill Nominees 2005
Rebecca Caudill Nominees 2004

Steampunk for Teens

Fiction:

Clockwork Angel
Cassandra Clare
YA CLA
LEXILE: not listed
When sixteen-year-old orphan Tessa Fell's older brother suddenly vanishes, her search for him leads her into Victorian-era London's dangerous supernatural underworld, and when she discovers that she herself is a Downworlder, she must learn to trust the demon-killing Shadowhunters if she ever wants to learn to control her powers and find her brother.

Airman
Eoin Colfer
YA COL
LEXILE: 800
In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety.

Magic Under Glass
Jaclyn Dolamore
YA DOL
LEXILE: 680 HL
A wealthy sorcerer's invitation to sing with his automaton leads seventeen-year-old Nimira, whose family's disgrace brought her from a palace to poverty, into political intrigue, enchantments, and a friendship with a fairy prince who needs her help.

Worldshaker
Richard Harland
YA HAR
LEXILE: not listed
Sixteen-year-old Col Porpentine is being groomed as the next Commander of Worldshaker, a juggernaut where elite families live on the upper decks while the Filthies toil below, but when he meets Riff, a Filthy girl on the run, he discovers how ignorant he is of his home and its residents.

1. Airborn
LEXILE: 760
2. Skybreaker
LEXILE: 750
3. Starclimber
LEXILE: 700
Kenneth Oppel
JFIC OPP
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.

1. Boneshaker
LEXILE: not listed
2. Dreadnought
LEXILE: not listed
3. Clementine
LEXILE: not listed
Cherie Priest
SF PRI
Leviticus Blue accidentally released a poisonous gas which turned people into the walking dead, when he drove his mining machine (the Boneshaker) for the very first time. Now his son, Ezekiel, is searching for proof of his father’s innocence in the city he destroyed (Seattle).

Clockwork, or All Wound Up
Philip Pullman
JFIC PUL
LEXILE: 860
Long ago in Germany, a storyteller's story and an apprentice clockwork-maker's nightmare meet in a menacing, lifelike figure created by the strange Dr. Kalmenius.

1. The Golden Compass
LEXILE: 930
2. The Subtle Knife
LEXILE: 890
3. The Amber Spyglass
LEXILE: 950
Philip Pullman
YA PUL
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.

Fever Crumb
Philip Reeve
YA REE
LEXILE: not listed
Foundling Fever Crumb has been raised as an engineer although females in the future London, England, are not believed capable of rational thought, but at age fourteen she leaves her sheltered world and begins to learn startling truths about her past while facing danger in the present.

1. Mortal Engines
LEXILE: 990
2. Predator’s Gold
LEXILE: 1020
3. Infernal Devices
LEXILE: not listed
Philip Reeve
YA REE
In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, a fifteen-year-old apprentice is pushed out of London by the man he most admires and must seek answers in the perilous Out-Country, aided by one girl and the memory of another.

The Death Collector
Justin Richards
YA RIC
LEXILE: 800
Three teens and a curator of unclassified artifacts at the British Museum match wits with a madman determined to use unorthodox methods to reanimate the dead, both humans and dinosaurs.

The Hunchback Assignments
Richard Slade
YA SLA
LEXILE: 680 HL
In Victorian London, fourteen-year-old Modo, a shape-changing hunchback, becomes a secret agent for the Permanent Association, which strives to protect the world from the evil machinations of the Clockwork Guild.

The Diamond Age
Neil Stephenson
SF STE
LEXILE: not listed
Set in a futuristic Shanghai, Nell finds an illegal copy of The Primer – a device that gives her special knowledge and powers – and is pursued by the creator of the device, as well as others who want to get their hands on it.

1. Leviathan
LEXILE: 790
2. Behemoth
LEXILE: not listed
Scott Westerfeld
YA WES
In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to take over the globe using mechanical machinery, forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the British Air Service, is learning to fly genetically-engineered beasts.

The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
Chris Wooding
YA WOO
LEXILE: 970
As Thaniel, a wych-hunter, and Cathaline, his friend and mentor, try to rid the alleys of London's Old Quarter of the terrible creatures that infest them, their lives become entwined with that of a woman who may be either mad or possessed.

Graphic Novels:

Full-Metal Alchemist (series)
Hiromu Arakawa
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL FUL
LEXILE: not listed
As young boys, Edward & Alphonse Elric dabbled in alchemy to try to resurrect their dead mother. As a result, Ed lost one arm and one leg, while Al lost his entire body and had his spirit sealed into a suit of armor. Now, they are searching for the fabled Philosopher's Stone to restore what they've lost.

Girl Genius
Phil Foglio
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL GIR
LEXILE: not listed
Volume 1 collects three adventures of Agatha Clay, girl genius and descendent of the Heterodyne line of mad scientists.

The Arrival
Shaun Tan
JFIC GRAPHIC NOVEL TAN
LEXILE: not listed
In this wordless graphic novel, a man leaves his homeland and sets off for a new country, where he must build a new life for himself and his family.

Vogelein: Clockwork Faerie
Jane Irwin
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL VOG
LEXILE: not listed
When her Guardian dies, Vogelein, the clockwork faerie, must find someone to trust before her own life ends.

Nonfiction:

Steampunk-Style Jewelry: Victorian, Fantasy, and Mechanical Necklaces, Bracelets and Earrings
Jean Campbell
739.27 CAM
LEXILE: not listed
Learn how to create Steampunk-style jewelry using pieces of hardware, clock parts, etc.

Suspense and Thrillers for Teens

These are books you'll have trouble putting down once you start reading them. Some are scary, some are action-packed, some are just so fascinating you can't wait to find out what happens next. You'll be glued to the pages until the end!

Suspense and Thrillers 1
Suspense and Thrillers 2
Suspense and Thrillers 3
Suspense and Thrillers 4

Teen Books in Verse

Shark Girl
Kelly Bingham
YA BIN
LEXILE: not listed

Psyche in a Dress
Francesca Lia Block
YA BLO
LEXILE: not listed

Kaleidoscope Eyes
Jennifer Bryant
JFIC BRY
LEXILE: 950

Pieces of Georgia
Jennifer Bryant
JFIC BRY; YA BRY
LEXILE: 1160

All the Broken Pieces
Ann E. Burg
YA BUR
LEXILE: HL 680

Because I Am Furniture
Thalia Chaltas
YA CHA
LEXILE: not listed

Hate That Cat
Sharon Creech
JFIC CRE; JUV CD CREECH
LEXILE: NP

Heartbeat
Sharon Creech
JFIC CRE; JUV CD CREECH
LEXILE: NP

Love That Dog
Sharon Creech
JFIC CRE
LEXILE: NP 1010

Sweetgrass Basket
Marlene Carvell
YA CAR
LEXILE: 1000

Keesha’s House
Helen Frost
YA FRO
LEXILE: NP

Bronx Masquerade
Nikki Grimes
YA PB GRI
LEXILE: 670

A Girl Named Mister
Nikki Grimes
YA GRI
LEXILE: not listed

Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials
Stephanie Hemphill
YA HEM
LEXILE: not listed

Out of the Dust
Karen Hesse
JFIC HES; YA HES
LEXILE: NP

Witness
Karen Hesse
YA HES
LEXILE: NP

Planet Pregnancy
Linda Oatman High
YA HIG
LEXILE: not listed

Brains for Lunch: A Zombie Novel in Haiku?!
KA Holt
JFIC HOL
LEXILE: not listed

Burned
LEXILE: NP
Crank
LEXILE: NP
Fallout
LEXILE: not listed
Glass
LEXILE: not listed
Identical
LEXILE: NC 590
Impulse
LEXILE: not listed
Tricks
LEXILE: not listed
Ellen Hopkins
YA HOP

The Brimstone Journals
Ron Koertge
YA KOE
LEXILE: 610

The Realm of Possibility
David Levithan
YA LEV
LEXILE: NP

T4: A Novel in Verse
Ann Clare LeZotte
JFIC LEZ
LEXILE: not listed

Sold
Patricia McCormick
YA MCC
LEXILE: 820

God Went to Beauty School
Cynthia Rylant
YA RYL
LEXILE: not listed

Song of the Sparrow
Lisa Ann Sandell
YA SAN
LEXILE: not listed

I Heart You, You Haunt Me
Lisa Schroeder
YA PB SCH
LEXILE: not listed

One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies
Sonya Sones
YA SON
LEXILE: 820

Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy
Sonya Sones
YA SON
LEXILE: NP

What My Girlfriend Doesn’t Know
Sonya Sones
YA SON
LEXILE: not listed

What My Mother Doesn’t Know
Sonya Sones
YA SON
LEXILE: 920

A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl
Tanya Lee Stone
YA STO
LEXILE: 780

Glimpse
Carol Lynch Williams
YA WIL
LEXILE: not listed

Locomotion
Jacqueline Woodson
JFIC WOO
LEXILE: NP

Reaching for Sun
Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
JFIC ZIM
LEXILE: not listed

Miss Crandall’s School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color
Elizabeth Alexander & Marilyn Nelson
Y 811.54 ALE
LEXILE: not listed

The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom
Margarita Engle
Y 811.54 ENG
LEXILE: NP

Something Permanent
Walker Evans
Y 811 EVA
LEXILE: not listed

Buried Alive: The Elements of Love
Ralph Fletcher
Y 811.54 FLE
LEXILE: not listed

You Remind Me of You: A Poetry Memoir
Eireann Corrigan
Y 811.54 COR
LEXILE: 1100

What Is Goodbye?
Nikki Grimes
JUV 811.54 GRI
LEXILE: NP

The Inner City Mother Goose
Eve Merriam
Y 811.54 MER
LEXILE: not listed

Here in Harlem
Walter Dean Myers
Y 811.54 MYE
LEXILE: NP

19 Varieties of Gazelle
Naomi Shihab Nye
Y 811.54 NYE
LEXILE 910

Learning to Swim: A Memoir
Ann Warren Turner
Y 811.54 TUR
LEXILE: 1160

Becoming Billie Holiday
Carole Boston Weatherford
Y 811.54 WEA
LEXILE: not listed

Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems
John Grandits
Y 811.6 GRA
LEXILE: not listed

Your Own Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
Stephanie Hemphill
Y 811.6 HEM
LEXILE: not listed

I Don’t Want To Be Crazy
Samantha Schutz
Y 811.6 SCH
LEXILE: not listed

Teens' Top Ten

The Teens’ Top Ten is a project of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). These books are nominated by teens across the country, and teens vote for their favorite book during the months of August and September. The "Top Ten" are announced during Teen Read Week, which falls in October.

To learn more about the Teens' Top Ten, visit the TTT website!

TTT nominees 2012
TTT nominees 2011
TTT nominees 2010
TTT nominees 2009
TTT nominees 2008
TTT nominees 2007