2012 Teens' Top Ten Nominees
Austen, Catherine. All
Good Children.
Max, his sister Ally and their mother return home to Middleton
to find Ally's classmates acting strangely. It is the future,
and the government has created a "vaccine" to make kids
easier to teach: they are less rowdy, less likely to question,
and willing to obey any direction. Max's family has a choice:
to be "vaccinated", to flee their home, or stay and
fight. (YA Fic SF Austen)
Bick, Ilsa. Ashes.
Alex, Tom, and Ellie join forces after an electromagnetic pulse
sweeps through the sky. The pulse kills most of the world's population
and destroys all computer devices, but it also turns some who
remain into zombies or gives them superhuman senses. (YA Fic M
Bick)
Cabot, Meg. Abandon.
(Abandon trilogy, #1)
Pierce has experienced death before and barely escaped. When she
moves from her old town to a town called Isla Huesos (Island of
Bones) for a new start, she realizes that death wants her back.
Can she escape it once again?
(YA Fic M Cabot)
Cross, Julie. Tempest.
Jackson is a typical college kid until the day his girlfriend,
Holly, is shot. Jackson decides he must use his one incredible
gift: the ability to time travel. He goes back in time two years,
trying to discover a way to alter the future so that Holly lives.
The future is full of uncertainty and the past is full of betrayal
- is there anyone Jackson can trust?
(YA Fic SF Cross)
Dessen, Sarah. What
Happened to Goodbye.
Ever since Mclean's parents divorced, she has lived in four towns
in two years - each time taking on a new persona. Mclean expects
to leave Lakeview in six months, but soon finds that she doesn't
want to - she just wants to be herself. (YA Fic Dessen)
DeStefano, Lauren. Wither.
(The Chemical Garden trilogy, #1)
In the future, experimental genetics ensures that males only live
to 25 and females to 20. When 16-year-old Rhine is kidnapped and
sold into marriage, she is determined not to let her walls down
for anyone so she can escape and go home to
her brother. But when she meets her sister wives and Gabriel,
a handsome servant, she finds it harder than ever as she tries
to plan her escape under the watchful eye of her sinister father-in-law.
(YA Fic SF DeStefano)
Forman, Gayle. Where
She Went.
Adam, now a rising rock star, and Mia, a successful cellist, reunite
in New York and reconnect after the horrific events that tore
them apart when Mia almost died in a car accident three years
earlier. Sequel to If I Stay. (YA Fic Forman)
Gaughen, A.C. Scarlet.
Will Scarlet is one of the Merry Men, Robin Hood's legendary band
of thieves, but what few people know is that Will Scarlet is actually...a
girl! Disguised as a boy to escape from her past, Scarlet robs
from the rich and gives to the poor. When an old enemy of Scarlet's
appears, she must choose: keep her identity hidden or keep the
people of Nottingham safe?
(YA Fic Gaughen)
Goodman, Alison. Eona:
The Last Dragoneye.
As the battle for ultimate control of her home draws near, Eona
finds herself waging an internal battle that might cause more
damage than the war threatening to break out across the kingdom.
Sequel to Eon. (YA Fic SF Goodman)
Green, John. The
Fault in Our Stars.
Hazel and Augustus meet and forge a relationship at a support
group for kids battling cancer. As Hazel and Augustus struggle
with the "side-effects of dying," they come to learn
the strength of wishes, the complexities of long human lives,
and the wondrous ways of the universe. (YA Fic Green)
Gulledge, Laura Lee. Page
by Paige.
When Paige Turner and her family move to Brooklyn from rural Virginia,
she tries to make sense of her new life through her sketchbook,
which exposes her true personality and helps her find herself.
(YA 741.5 Gulledge)
Lu, Marie. Legend.
June, a fifteen-year-old military prodigy, is hunting Day, the
outlaw she believes is responsible for her brother's death. What
will happen when the two meet and discover the
government is corrupt? (YA Fic SF Lu)
McEntire, Myra. Hourglass.
Emerson Cole sees dead people - ghosts from the past blending
in with her surroundings. When a new consultant from a secretive
organization shows up at her door to try to cure her, everything
changes. But diving into the world of the mysterious Hourglass
Society proves to be dangerous as the past merges with the present.
(YA Fic M McEntire)
Meyer, Marissa. Cinder.
(The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
In this futuristic retelling of the classic Cinderella, Cinder,
a cyborg and talented mechanic, lives with her cruel stepmother
and two stepsisters in the plague-ridden New Beijing. Soon after
meeting Prince Kai, Cinder must find the truths of her past, which
may help to save the future.
(YA Fic SF Meyer)
Myracle, Lauren. Shine.
When her best friend falls victim to a horrible hate crime, sixteen-year-old
Cat sets out to discover the culprits in her backwoods town in
North Carolina. (YA Fic Myracle)
Ness, Patrick. A
Monster Calls.
Conor suddenly wakes up just past midnight to find a monster outside
his window. This monster wants something from Conor that he is
reluctant to give: the truth.
(YA Fic M Ness)
Oppel, Kenneth. This
Dark Endeavor. (The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein,
#1)
In this prequel to Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein is on a dark
quest to save his twin's life. With help from his best friend
Henry and his lovely cousin Elizabeth, the three go on a quest
to concoct the mythical Elixir of Life. How far is he willing
to go to save his twin? (YA Fic M Oppel)
Revis, Beth. Across
the Universe. (Across the Universe trilogy, #1)
Cryogenically frozen centuries ago, Amy and her parents are on
their way to a new planet aboard the spaceship Godspeed. Unplugged
from her cryo chamber, Amy discovers she has been awakened 50
years early, in a failed murder attempt. With Elder, the future
leader of the ship, by her side, she's on an adventure filled
with murder, lies, dreams, and stars.
(YA Fic SF Revis)
Riggs, Ransom. Miss
Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
When Jacob was little, his grandfather would tell him stories
of the fantastical children's home where he grew up and the seemingly
magical kids who lived there with him. After his grandfather is
killed, Jacob sets out to find the home, unearthing a magical
secret and uncovering his true heritage. (YA Fic M Riggs)
Roth, Veronica. Divergent.
(Insurgent trilogy, #1)
In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose
among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the
rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers
that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and
that the society she lives in is not perfect after all. (YA Fic
SF Roth)
Sepetys, Ruta. Between
Shades of Gray.
In 1941, Lina, her mother, and younger brother are taken from
their home in Lithuania and sent to Siberia. The only thing that
keeps her going is her secretly created art and the hope that
one day she'll be be reunited with her father. (YA Fic Sepetys)
Stiefvater, Maggie. The
Scorpio Races.
Every November, the beaches of Thisby come alive with the Scorpio
Races. The water horses are vicious, the terrain is treacherous,
and death is likely, but the reward can be beyond anything you
could imagine. Puck Connolly is racing for her
family, Sean Kendrick for his passion-but only one can win The
Scorpio Races. (YA Fic SF Stiefvater)
Zarr, Sara. How
to Save a Life.
Seventeen-year-old Jill, in grief over the loss of her father,
and Mandy, nearly nineteen, are thrown together when Jill's mother
agrees to adopt Mandy's unborn child, but nothing turns out as
they had anticipated. (YA Fic Zarr)
Zevin, Gabrielle. All
These Things I've Done.
In 2083, water is rationed, paper is rare, and coffee and chocolate
are illegal. Anya Balanchine balances a mobster family, ailing
grandmother, and forbidden love - until it all comes crashing
down. (YA Fic SF Zevin)
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