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.
Eleventh Plague
by Jeff Hirsch
Fever 1793
by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Great Trouble
by Deborah Hopkinson
Illuminae
by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
In the Shadow of Blackbirds
by Cat Winters
Like the Willow Tree
by Lois Lowry
Never Fade
by Alexandra Bracken
Plague
by Michael Grant
This Mortal Coil
by Emily Suvada
Virals
by Kathy Reichs
Student Life
Books about the experiences and challenges of teenage students.
The Art of Being Normal
by Lisa Williamson
Bronx Masquerade
by Nikki Grimes
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
by Isabel Quintero
Ghost
by Jason Reynolds
Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
by Stacy McAnulty
New Kid
by Jerry Craft
Pinned
by Sharon G. Flake
The Silence Between Us
by Alison Gervais
Stargirl
by Jerry Spinelli
Black Lives Matter
Books addressing race and social justice issue
s.
All American Boys
by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Dear Martin
by Nic Stone
Ghost Boys
by Jewel Parker Rhodes
The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
How it Went Down
by Kekla Magoon
I Am Alfonso Jones
by Tony Medina
Long Way Down
by Jason Reynolds
Monster
by Walter Dean Myers
Piecing Me Together
by Rene Watson
Tyler Johnson Was Here
by Jay Coles
X: A Novel
by Ilyasah Shabazz
Women's Suffrage
Learn about the suffragists who won the right to vote for women 100 years ago.
Alice Paul and the Fight for Women's Rights
by Deobrah Kops
Herstory
by Ruth Ashby and Deborah Gore Ohrn
She Came to Slay
by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Susan B. Anthony
by Terri Kanefield
Votes for Women
by Winifred Conkling
Who Was Harriet Tubman?
by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Who Was Ida B. Wells?
by Sarah Fabiny
Who Was Sojourner Truth?
by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Who Was Susan B. Anthony?
by Pam Pollack
With Courage and Cloth
by Ann Bausum
Middle School Humor
Funny stories for middle schoolers.
Awkward
by Svetlana Chmakova
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
by Jeff Kinney
Down With the Dance
by C.T. Walsh
Great Greene Heist
by Varian Johnson
Jacky Ha-Ha
by James Paterson
and Chris Grabenstein
Invisible Emmie
by Terri Libenson
Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life
by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts
Slacker
by Gordon Korman
Smile
by Raina Telgemeier
Sunny Rolls the Dice
by Jennifer L. Holm
Ungifted
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
Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice
by Nikki Grimes
Superheroes are Everywhere
by Kamala Harris
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
by Kamala Harris
Congressman John Lewis
John Lewis: Get to Know the Statesman Who Marched for Civil Rights
by Jehan Jones-Radgowski
March. Book 1
by John Lewis
March. Book 2
by John Lewis
March. Book 3
by John Lewis
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