Young Adult genre books (199)


151.

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
Jude, seventeen and mortal, gets tangled in palace intrigues while trying to win a place in the treacherous High Court of Faerie, where she and her sisters have lived for a decade.

152.

The Deep Blue Between by Ayesha Harruna Attah EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Ghana flag Ghana
Description:
A sweeping adventure with richly evocative historical settings, The Deep Blue Between is a moving story of the bonds that can endure even the most dramatic change.

153.

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh EN

Rating: 4 (4 votes)
Description:
A girl travels to the Spirit World to break a curse that threatens the lives of her people in this feminist YA retelling of the popular Korean legend "The Tale of Shim Cheong."

154.

The Girl with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke EN

0 Ratings
Country: Europe / Belarus flag Belarus
Description:
Sixteen-year-old Ellie Baum time-travels to 1988 East Berlin, where she meets members of an underground guild who use balloons and magic to help people escape over the wall, and learns that someone is using dark magic to change history.

155.

The Green Bicycle by Haifaa al Mansour EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Saudi Arabia flag Saudi Arabia
Description:
Dreamer. Rebel. Hero. Wadjda has one simple wish - to race her friend Abdullah on her very own bicycle. But in Saudi Arabia, it is considered improper for girls to ride bikes and her parents forbid her from having one. Sick of playing by the rules, Wadjda schemes different ways to make money and buy the bike herself. But freedom comes at a high price . . . Set against the shifting social attitudes of the Middle East, The Green Bicycle explores gender roles, conformity, and the importance of family, all with wit and irresistible heart.

156.

The Hobbit, Or, There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien EN

Rating: 4 (7 votes)
Description:
The stirring adventure that begins The Lord of the Rings, the greatest fantasy epic of all time When Thorin Oakenshield and his band of dwarves embark upon a dangerous quest to reclaim the hoard of gold stolen from them by the evil dragon Smaug, Gandalf the wizard suggests an unlikely accomplice: Bilbo Baggins, an unassuming Hobbit dwelling in peaceful Hobbiton. Along the way, the company faces trolls, goblins, giant spiders, and worse. But as they journey from the wonders of Rivendell to the terrors of Mirkwood and beyond, Bilbo will find that there is more to him than anyone—himself included... continue

157.

The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O'Shea EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
When a ten-year-old boy finds an old book of magic in a bookshop in Ireland, the forces of good and evil gather to do battle over it.

158.

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Description:
A collection of essays exploring various aspects of Sandra Cisneros' novel "The House on Mango Street."

159.

The Hunger Games : The First Book of the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Description:
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.

160.

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Description:
When a Connecticut teenager inherits vast wealth and an eccentric estate from the richest man in Texas, she must also live with his surviving family and solve a series of puzzles to discover how she earned her inheritance.