YA=Young Adult Section               J=Children’s Section                       A=Adult Section

Fiction

Enclave by Ann Aguirre (YA)

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (YA)

Tunnels by Roderick Gordon (YA)

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau  (J)

Lockdown: Escape from Furnace 1 by Alexander Gordon Smith (YA)

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (YA and J)

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins (J)

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (YA and J)

Wake by Amanda Hocking (YA)

Lies Beneath by Anne Brown (YA)

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (YA and A)

Wonder by R. J. Palaccio  (J)

Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams  (YA)

The Vindico by Wesley King  (YA)

The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen  (J)

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie  (A)

The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson  (YA)

The Compound by S. A. Bodeen  (YA)

Holes by Louis Sachar (J)

Nonfiction

Bodies from the Ash by James Deem J 937.7 Deem

Little People and a Lost World: an Anthropological Mystery by Linda Goldenberg YA 569.9 Goldenberg

Bury the Dead: Tombs, Corpses, Mummies, Skeletons, & Rituals by Christopher Sloan J393.1 Sloan

Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson J 910.9163 Hopkinson

Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton A 797.32 Hamilton

The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger A 974.45 Junger

Danger by DK Publishing YA 500 Danger

For more recommendations, ask a librarian at the Info Desk.

YALSA's Teens' Top Ten
Teens cast more than 8,000 votes this year, choosing "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins as their favorite book! The online poll took place Aug. 23 to Sept. 17, 2010.

2010 Teens' Top Ten

1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
2. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
3. Heist Society by Ally Carter
4. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
5. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
6. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
7. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
8. If I Stay by Gayle Forman
9. Fire by Kristin Cashore
10. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson