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Ages 14+

Best books for ages 14+

Young-adult fiction chosen with care.

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The Hiding Place (Young Reader's Edition)

Corrie ten Boom

Ages 10–14

Echo
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Echo

Pam Muñoz Ryan

Ages 10–14

The Crossover
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The Crossover

Kwame Alexander

Ages 10–14

Bad Boy: A Memoir
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Bad Boy: A Memoir

Walter Dean Myers

Ages 14–18

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Readers' Edition)
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Readers' Edition)

William Kamkwamba

Ages 10–14

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

James Joyce

Ages 16–18

The Catcher in the Rye
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The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

Ages 15–18

Anya's Ghost
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Anya's Ghost

Vera Brosgol

Ages 12–18

My Family and Other Animals
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My Family and Other Animals

Gerald Durrell

Ages 12–16

The Little Prince
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The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Ages 10–18

The Freedom Writers Diary
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The Freedom Writers Diary

The Freedom Writers

Ages 14–18

Woodsong
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Woodsong

Gary Paulsen

Ages 12–16

When Breath Becomes Air
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When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

Ages 16–18

Eleanor & Park
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Eleanor & Park

Rainbow Rowell

Ages 14–18

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

Ages 12–16

The Vanishing Half
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The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

Ages 16–18

Okay for Now
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Okay for Now

Gary D. Schmidt

Ages 11–15

With the Fire on High
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With the Fire on High

Elizabeth Acevedo

Ages 14–18

The Priory of the Orange Tree
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The Priory of the Orange Tree

Samantha Shannon

Ages 16–18

Looking for Alaska
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Looking for Alaska

John Green

Ages 15–18

Uglies
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Uglies

Scott Westerfeld

Ages 12–16

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The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary

Candace Fleming

Ages 10–14

American Born Chinese
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American Born Chinese

Gene Luen Yang

Ages 12–18

Shatter Me
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Shatter Me

Tahereh Mafi

Ages 14–18

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