June 24, 2014

Summer's On: A Young Adult Book List



Young adult fiction may have more mature themes and vocabulary than the books of my earlier summer book lists but, let's face it, they're all about spending time with friends, family, and strangers, at home or elsewhere, and experiencing new things, good or not.  Everyone is living in the moment, often a warm, sunny one! Onward with summer!
           

YOUNG ADULT
Acceleration
by Graham McNamee
Wendy Lamb Books
210 pp.
Ages 14+
2003

Before Wings
by Beth Goobie
Orca Book Publishers
203 pp.
Ages 14 and up
2000

Blues for Zooey
by Robert Paul Weston
Razorbill
272 pp.
Ages 13+
2014

The Darkest Corner of the World
by Urve Tamberg
Dancing Cat Books
251 pp.
Ages 12+
2012

Finding Melissa
by Cora Taylor
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
184 pp.
Ages 14+
2013

Finding My Own Way
by Peggy Dymond Leavey
Napoleon
173 pp.
Ages 12-15
2001

The Gravesavers
by Sheree Fitch
Doubleday Canada
336 pp.
Ages 12-15
2005

Grist
by Heather Waldorf
Red Deer Press
228 pp.
Ages 13-16
2006

The Isabel Factor
by Gayle Friesen
Kids Can Press
252 pp.
Ages 12-14
2005

Last Chance for Paris
by Sylvia McNicoll
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
204 pp.
Ages 12-15
2008

Last Summer in Agatha
by Katherine Holubitsky
Orca Book Publishers
185 pp.
Ages 14-16
2001

No More Pranks 
by Monique Polak
Orca Book Publishers
100 pp.
Ages 15-17
2004

Once Every Never       
by Lesley Livingston
Puffin Canada
302 pp.
Ages 12+
2011
Reviewed here

Every Never After
by Lesley Livingston
Razorbill
242 pp.
Ages 12+
2013
Reviewed here

Now and For Never
by Lesley Livingston
Razorbill
280 pp.
Ages 12+
2014

Second Chances
by Brenda Chapman
Dundurn
262 pp.
Ages 12-14
2012

The Silent Summer of Kyle McGinley
by Jan Andrews
Great Plains Teen Fiction
200 pp.
Ages 12-15
2013

Smokescreen
by Nancy Hartry
Tundra
202 pp.
Ages 12+
2013

Stolen
by John Wilson
Orca
119 pp.
Ages 10-13
2014

Summer of Fire
by Karen Bass
Coteau Books
295 pp.
2009

Swim the Fly
by Don Calame
Candlewick
345 pp.
Ages 13-15
2009


This One Summer
by Mariko Tamaki
Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki
Groundwood Books

Three Songs for Courage
by Maxine Trottier
Tundra Books
324 pp.
Ages 15-17
2006

Totally Unrelated
by Tom Ryan
Orca Books
120 pp.
Ages 11-14
2013

Truths I Learned from Sam
by Kristin Butcher
Dundurn
177 pp.
Ages 12-16
2012

Wave Warrior
by Lesley Choyce
Orca
105 pp.
Ages 11-14
2007

Way to Go
by Tom Ryan
Orca
214 pp.
Ages 14-16
2012

What Happened This Summer
by Paul Yee
Tradewind Books
178 pp.
Ages 15+
2006

Wicked Sweet
by Mar'ce Merrell
Feiwel and Friends
330 pp.
Ages 14-18
2012

Wild Orchid
by Beverley Brenna
Red Deer Press
156 pp.
Ages 12+
2005





2 comments:

  1. Thanks for listing Last Chance for Paris. I look forward to reading the other novels. Summer is my favourite time to read. Going for a walk now with my dog, book in hand for rest stops.

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  2. Pleased to say that I've read several of these titles -- all winners!

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