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    Best New Books for Teens | October 2016

    Bianca SchulzeBy Bianca Schulze5 Mins Read Best Kids Stories Book Lists Chapter Books Teens: Young Adults
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    The Children’s Book Review | October 3, 2016

    4 New Young Adult Novels

    Are you looking for the best new books for teens? Here are 4 excellent young adult books that release this month. Marie Lu fans will be excited to get their hands on the thrilling finale to the Young Elites series. We think you’ll also enjoy the touching memoir, the heartbreaking and mindbending novel, and the exhilarating love story we have picked out.


    the-midnight-star-a-young-elites-novelThe Midnight Star: A Young Elites Novel

    Written by Marie Lu

    Publisher’s Synopsis: The thrilling finale to the New York Times bestselling Young Elites series from “hit factory” Marie Lu

    There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen.

    Adelina Amouteru is done suffering. She’s turned her back on those who have betrayed her and achieved the ultimate revenge: victory. Her reign as the White Wolf has been a triumphant one, but with each conquest her cruelty only grows. The darkness within her has begun to spiral out of control, threatening to destroy all she’s gained.

    When a new danger appears, Adelina’s forced to revisit old wounds, putting not only herself at risk, but every Elite. In order to preserve her empire, Adelina and her Roses must join the Daggers on a perilous quest—though this uneasy alliance may prove to be the real danger.

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu concludes Adelina’s story with this haunting and hypnotizing final installment to the Young Elites series.

    Ages 12+ | Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers | October 11, 2016 | ISBN-13: 978-0399167850


    balcony-on-the-moon-coming-of-age-in-palestineBalcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine

    Written by Ibtisam Barakat 

    Publisher’s Synopsis: Picking up where Tasting the Sky left off, Balcony on the Moon follows Ibtisam Barakat through her childhood and adolescence in Palestine from 1972-1981 and chronicles her desire to be a writer. Ibtisam finds inspiration through writing letters to pen pals and from an adult who encourages her to keep at it, but the most surprising turn of all for Ibtisam happens when her mother decides that she would like to seek out an education, too. This memoir is a touching, at times funny, and enlightening look at the not often depicted daily life in a politically tumultuous area.

    Ages 12-18 | Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux | October 25, 2016 | ISBN-13: 978-0374302511


    still-life-with-tornadoStill Life with Tornado

    Written by A.S. King

    Publisher’s Synopsis: A heartbreaking and mindbending story of a talented teenage artist’s awakening to the brokenness of her family from critically acclaimed award-winner A.S. King.

    Sixteen-year-old Sarah can’t draw. This is a problem, because as long as she can remember, she has “done the art.” She thinks she’s having an existential crisis. And she might be right; she does keep running into past and future versions of herself as she wanders the urban ruins of Philadelphia. Or maybe she’s finally waking up to the tornado that is her family, the tornado that six years ago sent her once-beloved older brother flying across the country for a reason she can’t quite recall. After decades of staying together “for the kids” and building a family on a foundation of lies and domestic violence, Sarah’s parents have reached the end. Now Sarah must come to grips with years spent sleepwalking in the ruins of their toxic marriage. As Sarah herself often observes, nothing about her pain is remotely original—and yet it still hurts.

    Insightful, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, this is a vivid portrait of abuse, survival, resurgence that will linger with readers long after the last page.

    Ages 14+ | Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers | October 11, 2016 | ISBN-13: 978-1101994887


    holding-up-the-universeHolding Up the Universe

    Written by Jennifer Niven

    Publisher’s Synopsis: From the author of the New York Times bestseller All the Bright Places comes a heart-wrenching story about what it means to see someone—and love someone—for who they truly are.

    Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed “America’s Fattest Teen.” But no one’s taken the time to look past her weight to get to know who she really is. Following her mom’s death, she’s been picking up the pieces in the privacy of her home, dealing with her heartbroken father and her own grief. Now, Libby’s ready: for high school, for new friends, for love, and for EVERY POSSIBILITY LIFE HAS TO OFFER. In that moment, I know the part I want to play here at MVB High. I want to be the girl who can do anything. 

    Everyone thinks they know Jack Masselin, too. Yes, he’s got swagger, but he’s also mastered the impossible art of giving people what they want, of fitting in. What no one knows is that Jack has a newly acquired secret: he can’t recognize faces. Even his own brothers are strangers to him. He’s the guy who can re-engineer and rebuild anything in new and bad-ass ways, but he can’t understand what’s going on with the inner workings of his brain. So he tells himself to play it cool: Be charming. Be hilarious. Don’t get too close to anyone.

    Until he meets Libby. When the two get tangled up in a cruel high school game—which lands them in group counseling and community service—Libby and Jack are both pissed, and then surprised. Because the more time they spend together, the less alone they feel. . . . Because sometimes when you meet someone, it changes the world, theirs and yours.

    Jennifer Niven delivers another poignant, exhilarating love story about finding that person who sees you for who you are—and seeing them right back.

    Ages 14+ | Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers | October 4, 2016 | ISBN-13: 978-0385755924


    For more of the best new young adult books for teens, follow along with our articles tagged with New Books for Kids, Best Young Adult Books, and Books for Teens and Young Adults.

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    Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.

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