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Recommended young adult books (62)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into young adult here are some young adult books from United States of America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

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Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Description:
In the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.

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Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger EN

Rating: 4 (8 votes)
Description:
In an effort to escape the hypocrisies of life at his boarding school, sixteen-year-old Holden Caulfield seeks refuge in New York City.

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Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Description:
Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance -- and Papi's secrets -- the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered. And then, when it seems like they've lost everything of their f... continue

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Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Jean Webster EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
Jean Webster (pseudonym for Alice Jane Chandler Webster, July 24, 1876 - June 11, 1916) was an American writer . Her best-known books feature lively and likeable young female protagonists who come of age intellectually, morally, and socially, but with enough humor, snappy dialogue, and gently biting social commentary to make her books palatable and enjoyable to contemporary readers.



17.

Don’t Know Tough by Eli Cranor EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD WINNER OF THE PETER LOVESEY FIRST CRIME NOVEL CONTEST Friday Night Lights gone dark with Southern Gothic; Eli Cranor delivers a powerful noir that will appeal to fans of Wiley Cash and Megan Abbott. In Denton, Arkansas, the fate of the high school football team rests on the shoulders of Billy Lowe, a volatile but talented running back. Billy comes from an extremely troubled home: a trailer park where he is terrorized by his mother’s abusive boyfriend. Billy takes out his anger on the field, but when his savagery crosses a line, he faces suspension. Without Billy Lowe,... continue

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Don't Tell a Soul by Kirsten Miller EN

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Description:
Stay up all night with this modern day Rebecca! Perfect for fans of Truly Devious--a haunting story about a new girl in an old town filled with dark secrets . . . that might just kill her. People say the house is cursed. It preys on the weakest, and young women are its favorite victims. In Louth, they're called the Dead Girls. All Bram wanted was to disappear--from her old life, her family's past, and from the scandal that continues to haunt her. The only place left to go is Louth, the tiny town on the Hudson River where her uncle, James, has been renovating an old mansion. But James is haunte... continue

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El príncipe cruel by Holly Black ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
Jude tenía siete años cuando sus padres fueron asesinados y, junto con sus dos hermanas, fue trasladada a la traicionera Corte Suprema del Reino Feérico. Diez años más tarde, lo único que Jude desea, a pesar de ser una mera mortal, es sentir que pertenece a ese lugar. Pero muchos de los habitantes desprecian a los humanos. Especialmente el Príncipe Cardan, el hijo más joven y perverso del Alto Rey. Para hacerse un hueco en la Corte, Jude deberá enfrentarse a él. Y afrontar las consecuencias. Como resultado, se verá envuelta en las intrigas y engaños del palacio, ademas de descubrir su propia h... continue

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Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell EN

Rating: 4 (5 votes)
Description:
A stunning debut young adult novel about two misfits falling in love for the first time