NBS recommends teen bestsellers

The Giver (Movie Tie-In)

By Lois Lowry

P335

Life in the community where Jonas lives is idyllic. Citizens are assigned their partners and their jobs. No one thinks to ask questions. Everyone obeys. The community is a precisely choreographed world without conflict, inequality, divorce, unemployment, injustice . . . or choice. Everyone is the same. Except Jonas.

This Is What Happy Looks Like

By Jennifer E. Smith

P399

 Graham Larkin and Ellie O’Neill meet—albeit virtually—when Graham accidentally sends Ellie an e-mail about his pet pig, Wilbur. The two seventeen-year-olds strike up an e-mail relationship, even though they live on opposite sides of the country. But can two people from such different worlds be together despite the odds stacked against them?

If I Stay (movie tie-in)

By Gayle Forman

P439

 In an instant, Mia’s whole world is shattered. Now her life is only questions. What will happen if she leaves? Is she loves? If she stays? Heartbreaking, romantic, and ultimately filled with hope, this is a powerful story of love and loss, and finding the courage to make the right decision when your life is literally in your hands.

Proxy

By Alex London

P419

 Syd’s life is not his own. As a proxy he must to pay for someone else’s crimes. When his patron, Knox, crashes a car and kills someone, Syd is branded and sentenced to death. Syd and Knox realize the only way to beat the system is to save each other, so they flee. The ensuing cross-country chase will uncover a secret society of rebels, test the boys’ resolve, and shine a blinding light onto a world of those who owe and those who pay.

Four: A Divergent Collection

By Veronica Roth

P435

 Two years before Beatrice Prior made her choice, the sixteen-year-old son of Abnegation’s faction leader did the same. Tobias’s transfer to Dauntless is a chance to begin again. Here, he will not be called the name his parents gave him. Here, he will not let fear turn him into a cowering child.