Rave Reviews 2023
Books for readers in grades 6-12 suggested by a committee of MCLS Teen Services Librarians.
The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen
By Isaac Blum
Coven (Graphic Novel)
By Jennifer Dugan
Messy Roots (Graphic Memoir)
By Laura Gao
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute
By Talia Hibbert
Ride On (Graphic Novel)
By Faith Erin Hicks
This Rebel Heart
By Katherine Locke
Family of Liars
By E. Lockhart
You'll Be the Death of Me
By Karen McManus
Chef’s Kiss (Graphic Novel)
By Jarrett Melendez
Punching Bag
By Rex Ogle
What’s Coming to Me
By Francesca Padilla
Gallant
By V. E. Schwab
I Must Betray You
By Ruta Sepetys
The Sunbearer Trials
By Aiden Thomas
Blue Period (Manga)
By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
Rave Reviews 2022
Books for readers in grades 6-12 suggested by a committee of MCLS Teen Services Librarians.
Indivisible
By Daniel Aleman
This Poison Heart
By Kalynn Bayron
Firekeeper's Daughter
By Angeline Boulley
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Series
By Holly Jackson
Grown
By Tiffany D. Jackson
You Should See Me in a Crown
By Leah Johnson
Darius the Great Deserves Better
By Adib Khorram
Six Crimson Cranes
By Elizabeth Lim
The Magic Fish
By Trung Le Nguyen
Heartstopper Series
By Alice Oseman
The Girl From the Sea
By Molly Knox Ostertag
You Brought Me the Ocean
By Alex Sanchez
Lore Olympus
By Rachel Smythe
The Assignment
By Liza Wiemer
Instructions for Dancing
By Nicola Yoon
Iron Widow
By Xiran Jay Zhao
Rave Reviews 2021
Books for readers in grades 6-12 suggested by a committee of MCLS Teen Services Librarians.
Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel
By Jason Reynolds
Watch Over Me
By Nina LaCour
Clap When You Land
By Elizabeth Acevedo
The Black Flamingo
By Dean Atta
Rave Reviews 2020
Books for readers in grades 6-12 suggested by a committee of MCLS Teen Services Librarians.
Crush
By Svetlana Chmakova
New Kid
By Jerry Craft
SHOUT
By Laurie Halse Anderson
With the Fire on High
By Elizabeth Acevedo
Pandemic Booklist
Fiction and nonfiction books featuring teens surviving a time of pestilence and disease.
Fever 1793
By by Laurie Halse Anderson
Never Fade
By Alexandra Bracken
Plague
By Michael Grant
One for Sorrow
By Mary Downing Hahn