Back to School 2020
Teen Reading List
As summer ends and teens begin the new school year, it is important for them to keep their reading and reading comprehension skills sharp. These themed lists focus on titles about current events and student life.
Pandemic Fiction

Books about pandemics, epidemics, and survival.

by Jeff Hirsch

by Laurie Halse Anderson

by Deborah Hopkinson

by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

by Cat Winters

by Lois Lowry

by Alexandra Bracken

by Michael Grant

by Emily Suvada

by Kathy Reichs
Student Life

Books about the experiences and challenges of teenage students.

by Lisa Williamson

by Nikki Grimes

by Isabel Quintero

by Jason Reynolds

by Stacy McAnulty

by Jerry Craft

by Sharon G. Flake

by Alison Gervais

by Jerry Spinelli
Black Lives Matter

Books addressing race and social justice issues.

by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

by Nic Stone

by Jewel Parker Rhodes

by Angie Thomas

by Kekla Magoon

by Tony Medina

by Jason Reynolds

by Walter Dean Myers

by Rene Watson

by Jay Coles

by Ilyasah Shabazz
Women's Suffrage

Learn about the suffragists who won the right to vote for women 100 years ago.

by Deobrah Kops

by Ruth Ashby and Deborah Gore Ohrn

by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

by Terri Kanefield

by Winifred Conkling

by Yona Zeldis McDonough

by Sarah Fabiny

by Yona Zeldis McDonough

by Pam Pollack

by Ann Bausum
Middle School Humor

Funny stories for middle schoolers.

by Svetlana Chmakova

by Jeff Kinney

by C.T. Walsh

by Varian Johnson

by James Paterson and Chris Grabenstein

by Terri Libenson

by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts

by Gordon Korman

by Raina Telgemeier

by Jennifer L. Holm

by Gordon Korman
Political Leaders of Color

Learn about Democratic vice presidential nominee and senator Kamala Harris and the late congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis.

Senator Kamala Harris

by Nikki Grimes

by Kamala Harris

by Kamala Harris


Congressman John Lewis

by Jehan Jones-Radgowski

by John Lewis

by John Lewis

by John Lewis
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