Popular North American Young Adult Books

Find young adult books written by authors from North America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (83)

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The Ghost of Us by James L. Sutter EN

Rating: 1 (1 vote)
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One Last Stop meets Cemetery Boys in this swoony YA romance from beloved author James L. Sutter. Eighteen-year-old ghost hunter Cara is determined to escape life as a high school outcast by finding proof of the supernatural. Yet when she stumbles upon the spirit of Aiden, a popular upperclassman who died the previous year, she learns that ghosts have goals of their own. In the wake of his death, Aiden’s little sister, Meredith, has become a depressed recluse, and Aiden can’t pass on into the afterlife until he knows she’ll be okay. Believing that nothing pulls someone out of a slump like roman... continue

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The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi EN

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From New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi comes a novel set in Paris during a time of extraordinary change--one that is full of mystery, decadence, and dangerous desires... No one believes in them. But soon no one will forget them. It's 1889. The city is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. Here, no one keeps tabs on dark truths better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. When the elite, ever-powerful Order of Babel coerces him to help them on a missio... continue

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The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh EN

Rating: 4 (5 votes)
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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."

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The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist EN

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Fleeing after some time in the deluxe cell for a murder they did not commit, the Baudelaires hide with the Volunteers Fighting Disease on their way to the Heimlich Hospital. Addressed by Babs, the orphans start work with the near-sighted Hal in the hospital library of records.

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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."

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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.

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The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes EN

Rating: 4 (3 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.

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The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
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Winner of the John Newbery Medal Winner of the Pura Belpré Award TIME's Best Books of the Year Wall Street Journal's Best of the Year Minneapolis Star Tribune's Best of the Year Boston Globe's Best of the Year BookPage's Best of the Year Publishers Weekly's Best of the Year School Library Journal's Best of the Year Kirkus Reviews' Best of the Year Bank Street's Best of the Year Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best New York Public Library Best of the Year A Junior Library Guild Selection Cybils Award Finalist From Pura Belpré Award winner and Newbery Medalist, Donna Barba Higuera--a brilli... continue

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The Lost Coast by A. R. Capetta EN

Rating: 2 (1 vote)
Description:
The spellbinding tale of six queer witches forging their own paths, shrouded in the mist, magic, and secrets of the ancient California redwoods. Danny didn’t know what she was looking for when she and her mother spread out a map of the United States and Danny put her finger down on Tempest, California. What she finds are the Grays: a group of friends who throw around terms like queer and witch like they’re ordinary and everyday, though they feel like an earthquake to Danny. But Danny didn’t just find the Grays. They cast a spell that calls her halfway across the country, because she has someth... continue

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The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline EN

Rating: 4 (8 votes)
Description:
In this futuristic dystopian novel for teens, the Indigenous people of North America are on the run in a fight for survival.