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Black's Folk of the Air trilogy (I mentioned the series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series).

adult stretching her wings despite her limits--her mother's alcoholism, her father's death, and her Cushla is a young teacher (who also fills in at the family pub) living through growing violence outside novel was inspired by real events; Bright Young Women  traces a serial killer targeting young women Jessica Knoll's novel Bright Young Women  is inspired by real-life events: the targeting of a sorority I read Bright Young Women  for my book club.

The thief came and shattered what was left of young Griz's life. This is listed as an adult title but felt to me like a dark young adult postapocalyptic novel, and it Naomi Alderman offers a dark and fascinating look at a world where the traditional male-female and old-young Samrina Khan, the head epidemiologist; single-minded young Stephen the wunderkind; gruff, bighearted

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Rachel Hartman's Tess of the Road, fantasy about a headstrong young comedy and life, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama; and I'm listening to the first in the prolific Marie Lu's young adult fantasy Legend series. In Hartman's Tess of the Road, Tess doesn't fit the mold of an obedient, quiet young woman in her medieval

heart-pounding pacing, captivating character development, and dark turns in this third book in her young adult mystery series.

This young adult science fiction story has an irresistible premise: teenaged Romy is the sole survivor But then Romy gets word that another ship has launched from earth, with a young man called J as the pilot

inclusion of the viewer and the science focus reminds me of a different but favorite book gift of mine for young adults and teens, This Book Is a Planetarium (listed on a past book gift idea list, Shhh! An Immense World is the newest book by Ed Yong, author of I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us , this young readers' version of Packing for Mars (originally published for adults--another great gift idea) feels like a great bet for keeping curious young people engaged with science and space.

I love a Gold Rush story, a young adult story, a story about brave young women meeting challenges.

about coping with chronic illness; a twisty mystery in which people aren't always what they seem; and a young adult mystery with heart, the second in a series.

Young Cordelia is becoming aware of her mother's significant power and reach, and she is terrified senseless Jacob has been scrabbling for existence since he was a young boy. beginning to be known as Fagin--and gradually, driven by a measure of empathy, taking in and training young begins before World War II and spans to the end of the twentieth century, we begin with the story of a young Patrick Ryan is also the author of The Dream Life of Astronauts , Send Me , and young adult novels.

This is the second in Schwab's first series for adults, Villains. I very much enjoyed Schwab's young adult Shades of Magic series; the first title is A Darker Shade of

I mentioned this book (along with the new mystery The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins and the young adult

security and without providing any foundation for her life--and are largely not even present, forcing young If you like stories about young protagonists facing challenges and realizing their fortitude, you might also like the standout books on the Greedy Reading List Six Fantastic Stand-Alone Young Adult Books.

Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series, young Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI. 05 Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy Young adult Josie's origins--specifically her immaculate conception--have overshadowed everything else in Young adult Josie is Girl One, the first of nine baby girls who were famously conceived without male When her mother disappears, Josie begins to track down the other Girls, and together the young women

teammate and crush Ryan (who did become an Olympic champion) talks her into helping him coach Hallie, a young I mentioned this book (along with the epic science fiction/fantasy To Sleep in a Sea of Stars and a young adult historical fiction story set during the Gold Rush, How Much of These Hills Is Gold) in the Greedy

loved the glimpses into Greta's musical aspirations and inspirations--and the brief exchanges with her young Smith is also the author of nine books for young adults, including The Statistical Probability of Love

01 The Fighting Bunch: The Battle of Athens by Chris DeRose The young men of McMinn County, Tennessee Centuries later, Addie meets a young man in a hidden-away bookstore--and he's the first person in almost Schwab publishes adult books under this name (and young adult books under the name "Victoria Schwab")

Despite the mysterious disappearances of children that are at the heart of the story, this primarily felt young adult and light to me. It is told in young Jai’s point of view and primarily focuses on his outlandish ideas for becoming a

Green In John Green's nonfiction book Everything Is Tuberculosis , he tells his story of befriending a young adult novels An Abundance of Katherines, Turtles All the Way Down, The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Before he can set out for Arizona to try to win back his young love, his estranged brother dies, and For one year when they're young adults, the sisters reach mindboggling heights of fame as the pop duo of an extreme, life-and-death-stakes fallout after heartbreaking tragedy, but it's also a story of young

Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao blends Chinese folklore with science-fiction robots and aliens in this feminist young adult action story.

Veronica is a curious young Victorian-era lady with progressive ideas, and I adore how matter-of-factly A hundred and fifty years later, a young archivist, Elodie Winslow, is drawn to the long-ago mystery. Jackaby is the first in the young adult supernatural mystery series of the same name, and in it, author Ji Lin is a young girl who would have dreamed of becoming a doctor if society would have allowed it, There's magical realism at the heart of this book, and Choo also examines colonialism, superstition, and young

This is a departure from many of my more playful Greedy Reading Lists: witchy books, young adult favorites The details of Yip-Williams’s childhood and the obstacles she overcame to simply be alive as an adult Kalanithi, a young neurosurgeon facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, found himself with many thoughts Bowler, a young mother and divinity professor coping with long-term stage IV colon cancer, shares her

finding identity, eschewing societal fears and superstition, and belonging; a mystery novel about a brave young woman shaped by her Native American heritage; and a young adult book set in an alternate world where North It's 1894, and seventeen-year-old Ada is a newlywed, falling into the path set out for her as a young When she meets Jamie, a handsome young man on her brother's hockey team, he seems like a much-needed As each young woman enters her magical "changeling" period in which her permanent markings (which carry

The young men Orenstein interviewed share their experiences with intimacy, yearn for bigger conversations Orenstein, who also authored Girls & Sex, wrote Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent So she spent two years interviewing young men ages sixteen to twenty-two of different races, straight adults, 60 percent of whom said they and an adult had not had a conversation on these topics. Orenstein pushes parents and trusted adults to "challenge the unwritten rules of male socialization,

teammate and crush Ryan (who did become an Olympic champion) talks her into helping him coach Hallie, a young and Other Words , The Soulmate Equation (a favorite), and Autoboyography (another favorite and a young adult LGBTQ+ gem). 05 Beach Read by Emily Henry Is it fair for a person (me) with particular requirements

There is plenty of substance and depth in this young adult title to captivate adult readers.

In A Court of Thorns and Roses, the first of five books in Maas's series of the same name, young Feyre I resisted reading this young adult fantasy for a long while. I liked the brave young female protagonist in Maas's book Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1), but I

This is a departure from many of my other Greedy Reading Lists: witchy books, young adult favorites, The details of Yip-Williams’s childhood and the obstacles she overcame to simply be alive as an adult Kalanithi, a young neurosurgeon facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, found himself with many thoughts Bowler, a young mother and divinity professor coping with long-term stage IV colon cancer, shares her

But I'm still excited to read Marie Lu's latest young adult science fiction/fantasy book, the first in Lu has written the Legends, Young Elites, and Warcross series. 02 The Skylark's Secret by Fiona Valpy Casey is in the awkward, sometimes painful age and stage of shifting from young adulthood to being a

For my full review, see The Huntress. 03 Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein In Wein's young adult historical The plane's young pilot and its passenger are best friends, but only one of the girls survives. worth a slot on your to-read list. 05 Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin This is the first book in Graudin's young adult duology (the second, Blood by Blood, is also great). Yael, a tough young woman who escaped from a concentration camp, has been training as a spy for years

Then Addie meets a young man in a hidden-away bookstore--and he's the first person in almost three hundred Schwab publishes adult books under this name (and young adult books under the name "Victoria Schwab")

This was the author's first young adult book. When we are young, we consume the world in great gulps, and it consumes us, and everything is mysterious

this book, please see Life After Life. 05 Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon This light fiction young adult novel offers (reluctant) romance, best friendships, dance lessons, glimpses into the future, a In the newest young adult book by Nicola Yoon, teenaged Evie Thomas is reeling from her parents' divorce

The series is adult fantasy but would be appropriate for a young adult reader--if not averse to Lila's

Her charm comes through in candid reflections about her fascinating life, and her young life's adventures it's 1930 in the Kentucky Appalachians, and Amanda Rye is a traveling packhorse librarian, a widowed young The MacInteers--tough yet tender mother Rai, her clever daughter Sass, playful young adult Finn, and

early twentieth century New York and his mysterious death; and a science fiction-slanted story about young book courtesy of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group and NetGalley. 03 Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy Young adult Josie is Girl One, the first of nine baby girls who were famously conceived without male sperm

Bohjalian's Hour of the Witch takes place in 1662 Boston, where strong-willed women like main protagonist young I loved that Novik began putting more of the school's fate in the hands of her young characters--and Fairy Tales Grown-Ups Will Love. 06 The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin In the world of Griffin's young adult fantasy novel The Nature of Witches, witches control the weather.

The thief came and shattered what was left of young Griz's life. This is listed as an adult title but felt to me like a dark young adult postapocalyptic novel, and it Naomi Alderman offers a dark and fascinating look at a world where the traditional male-female and old-young Samrina Khan, the head epidemiologist; single-minded young Stephen the wunderkind; gruff, bighearted

missing persons detective who experiences a personal tragedy and dives into solving the disappearances of young adult story about darkness, desperation, and brave young characters cobbling together hope. Old friends resurface, pulling Anna out of herself, and when other young girls go missing, the draw of adult novel What Beauty There Is, Jack and his brother are painfully poor and living alone in rural The main protagonists are young, but their concerns are weighty.

through the lens of our US men's team experience. 02 Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca Elliott In this young adult novel (ages 12 to 16) that's one of my current reads--and published by my favorite publisher for young people, Peachtree Publishing--Rebecca Elliott offers an irresistible heroine in Haylah Swinton always makes me laugh ("Trees block view and there are too many rocks") . 04 The Complete Cookbook for Young This cookbook offers doable and fun science experiments and interesting facts to train a budding young

I loved the father-daughter bond, and Opal is a wonderfully quirky, self-possessed young person. Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue Donoghue's captivating historical fiction centers around two real-life young It almost seems as though the school heads would like to forget either of the troublesome young ladies In Ann Patchett's newest novel, Tom Lake, Lara's three young-adult daughters reunite at the family's characters seem affected by the truths that emerge in Lara's telling about Lara herself, Duke, her young

series or Roald Dahl's The Witches, nor did I include the oldie but goodie I was entranced by when I was young magic, here are two other Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading Lists you might enjoy: Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series and Six Magical Fairy Tales Grown-Ups Will Love. adult trilogy of the same name. Reid is a straitlaced young man for whom things are black-and-white, clearly right and wrong.

Cyrus Shams is an orphaned young adult, the child of Iranian immigrants, and a recovering addict and about a figure whose existence the Catholic church has officially denied for a thousand years: Joan, a young

Elle Cosimano, in which a misunderstanding has potentially enormous life-and-death repercussions for a young She's struggling emotionally and financially to support her two young children. book in Turner's Queen's Thief series (which I listed in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series).

the repeated rite of passage in which his father demanded an all-out brawl with each of his teen or young adult sons; McConaughey recognizes the brutality and the unorthodox approach, but as with other occurrences

For one year when they're young adults, the sisters reach mindboggling heights of fame as the pop duo persists in her quest for answers and builds a rich inner life filled with wonder. forty women (one is a young

Young Jude and Faha's grown twins, Tim and Tom, bring the baby girl to Dr. Please click here for my full review of Lorne . 04 Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce In Kristy Boyce's young-adult Young Katarina Shaw always felt that she was meant to become an Olympic champion. When he and Kat met, they made a connection that first built into a best-friendship between two lost young

hot-tempered, baby-faced Simon evaded a position in the Confederate Army for years by passing as too young Concurrently reading a young adult LGBTQ mystery, a comedian's memoir, and a historical fiction story

In Ann Liang's young adult rom-com This Time It's Real, when seventeen-year-old Eliza's class essay about young love goes viral, it leads to the offer of a competitive internship and soaring popularity at her

In Ann Patchett's novel Tom Lake, Lara's three young-adult daughters reunite at the family's Northern characters seem affected by the truths that emerge in Lara's telling about Lara herself, Duke, her young