Top 10 Teen Books of 2015

1. Foley, Ann Jessie. Carnival at Bray.

Maggie has only recently moved to Ireland when tragedy strikes and her goal becomes seeing Nirvana perform in Rome.

2. Johnston, E.K. The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim

Dragons Live everywhere and they’re threatening to exterminate a Canadian town unless dragon slayer Owen, and his bard Siobhan, come up with a plan to save them all.

3. Knudsen, Michelle. Evil Librarian.

Think Librarians are a yawn?  Then you haven’t met Mr. Gabriel, the new librarian at Cynthia’s school.  He’s not dull; he’s a demon!

4. LaCour, Nina. Everything Leads to You

When Emi discovers a mysterious letter at the estate sale of a Hollywood film legend, she must move beyond her carefully crafted world to track down a decades-old secret.

5. Lockhart, E. We Were Liars

Suffering from serious injuries, Cadence doesn’t remember much from the summer of her fifteenth year on Beechwood Island.  Two years later, she returns to try to fill in the gaps.

6. Lu, Marie. The Young Elites

An intense fantasy about Adelina, an outsider girl who is rescued by the legendary Reaper, the leader of the Young Elites.  But can Adelina keep her friends and sister safe?

7. Nelson, Jandy. I’ll Give You the Sun

Artistically gifted twins, Jude and Noah, tell their compelling family story in rich alternating voices.

8. Ritter, William. Jackaby

Answering an odd help-wanted ad that cautions “ Do not stare at the frog,” Abigail finds that her life is about to change in ways she couldn’t have imagined.

9. Venkatraman, Padma. A Time to Dance

When an accident leaves Veda, a classical dancer in India, a below-knee amputee, she becomes determined not to give up her passion.

10. Whaley, John Corey. Noggin.

Travis Coates has lost his head – literally.  Dying of leukemia, he has had his noggin surgically removed and cryogenically frozen.  But when he’s revived, all is not the same it once was.