Adult Titles with Teen Allure
Reading above your level, or just want something a little more challenging, a little more mature? Try these books written for adults, but great for teens. (Updated February 2020)
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An Unkindness of Magicians
Sydney’s natural magical talent was drained by greedy magicians who kept her imprisoned during childhood, but now she’s old enough to take it back.
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How Long 'til Black Future Month?
22 stories of resistance and intelligence, defiance and transformation.
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Heaven
Two teens, cruelly victimized by bullies at their school, find friendship in each other's company, but can it last under the relentless pressure?
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Roughneck
Derek’s glory days of hockey are behind him after a violent incident on the rink, so when his sister Beth escapes her abusive boyfriend, they must face their past together and elude her ex.
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The War for Gloria
Corey is only fifteen when his mom is diagnosed with ALS and he stands between her health and his disengaged, partly estranged father.
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Down Among the Sticks and Bones
Well-behaved Jacqueline and tomboy Jillian become Jack and Jill when they escape their manipulative parents down a winding staircase hidden in a magical trunk.
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Circe
Demigoddess Circe is banished to an island after she transforms a rival into a sea monster, and there she must choose between the life of mortals and immortals.
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The Starless Sea
Zachary’s discovery of a rare hidden book that includes a story from his own childhood sets him on a quest to a vast subterranean library.
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Ghost Wall
When Silvie’s father takes her and her mother on an Iron Age reenactment, Silvie’s growing dream of independence clashes with his vision of ancient life, patriarchy, and human sacrifice.
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Spinning Silver
Unlike her moneylending father, Miryem is excellent at collecting debts, but when a fairy king hears of her skill, he makes her an offer she cannot refuse.
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