OPL's 2020 Teen Reading ListLike this list

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• Are You Listening?

  Walden, Tillie, 1996-

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  Acquaintances Bea and Lou, on the run from the struggles of ordinary life, find themselves on a surreal road trip together.

• The (other) F Word

  a Celebration of the Fat & Fierce

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  Thirty-three contributors, some quite well-known, with diverse gender and racial identities, share their writing and art in this beautifully designed book celebrating fat bodies.

• Aurora Rising

  Kaufman, Amie

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  Rescued after two centuries of cryo-sleep in interdimensional space, Aurora is determined to outrun the evil that hunts her and a band of misfits.

• The Avant-Guards

  Usdin, Carly

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  As the new kid at college, Charlie makes connections--and might even find love--when she joins her school's mediocre basketball team.

• Birthday

  Russo, Meredith,

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  A love story about two best friends. Through six years of shared birthdays, they navigate their relationship, as well as their evolving identities.

• Blank Canvas

  My So-called Artist's Journey

  Higashimura, Akiko

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  Akiko creates manga and expects to attend art school. Through her studies with an exacting teacher, she discovers she still has much to learn.

• Brave the Page

  a Young Writer's Guide to Telling Epic Stories

  Stern, Rebecca (Editor)

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  Motivation, inspiration, and information is presented with how-tos, practical tips, and encouragement from well-known YA authors in this guide to writing a novel.

• Brown Girl Ghosted

  Das, Mintie

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  As one of the few Indian-Americans on campus, Violet just wants to survive high school, not face her destiny as an Aiedeo, a powerful woman warrior.

• Caster

  Chapman, Elsie

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  Invited to an underground magic tournament, Aza must now use illegal magic to save her family’s legacy and to solve her sister’s death.

• A Castle in the Clouds

  Gier, Kerstin

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  Sophie interns at a grand old hotel in the Swiss Alps, filled with cosmopolitan international Christmas guests, but not everyone is who they seem.

• Color Outside the Lines

  Stories About Love

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  An anthology of fun, thoughtful love stories about difference. Also: Chinese pirate ghosts, black girl vigilantes, a garden of poisons and more.

• Crier's War

  Varela, Nina

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  Sparks fly as the fire of rebellion rages around Crier, the robot in charge, and Ayla, who hates robots because they killed her family.

• Dig

  King, A. S. (Amy Sarig), 1970-

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  How do white youth face and challenge racism in their families and themselves? This creative, surreal novel engages with this and other important questions.

• Dissenter on the Bench

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life and Work

  Ortiz, Victoria, 1942-

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  Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life, work, and passions are shared through narratives of especially intriguing court cases that she has argued or heard.

• The Downstairs Girl

  Lee, Stacey (Stacey Heather)

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  In 1890 Atlanta, Jo Kuan, a 17-year-old Chinese-American hat maker, takes an opportunity to be heard, leading to unexpected challenges that uncover undesired truths.

• A Fortune for Your Disaster

  Abdurraqib, Hanif, 1983-

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  Abdurraqib's poetry speaks to his felt conflict among the identities he carries. Haunting, heartbreaking, and, at times, funny, his voice is unique and urgent.

• Frankly in Love

  Yoon, David

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  Frank’s Korean, Brit’s white, and they’re in love. Frank’s parents won’t accept Brit, so he starts fake dating his friend Joy. A perfect plan…right?

• Free Lunch

  Ogle, Rex

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  The author's first semester of sixth grade is heartbreakingly told in this memoir that explores the shame of poverty and the pain of neglect.

• Gender Queer

  a Memoir

  Kobabe, Maia,

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  A personal account of the feelings and experiences surrounding identity, gender, and sexuality from an author who identifies as nonbinary and asexual.

• A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

  Jackson, Holly, 1992-

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  Budding journalist Pippa questions a murder verdict; someone is threatened by her snooping. Despite danger and dead ends, Pippa persists to uncover the truth.