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    Best Selling Young Adult Books | August 2016

    Bianca SchulzeBy Bianca Schulze5 Mins Read Best Kids Stories Best Sellers Book Lists Chapter Books Teens: Young Adults
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    The Children’s Book Review | August 11, 2016

    Popular Books for Teens

    This month Lady Midnight, by Cassandra Clare, and the Glass Sword, by Victoria Aveyard, are in our hand-picked list from the Best Selling Young Adult HardCover books listed on The New York Times. The best selling young adult titles also includes Rainbow Rowell’s poignant and ever-popular Eleanor and Park.

    Nationwide Best Selling Young Adult Books

    Lady Midnight Cassandra ClareLady Midnight

    Written by Cassandra Clare

    Publisher’s Synopsis: Sam just got a hamster for a pet. But the hamster is kind of boring … he just eats and sleeps and gets his shavings wet. Inspired by her book of mythological creatures, Sam longs for a more exciting pet. But she soon realizes that taking care of these magical beasts might not be as wonderful as she thought. Sasquatches are messy, unicorns are shy, gryphons scare the dogs at the dogpark, and having a fire extinguisher handy at all times makes dragons seem like an awful lot of work. In the end, Sam realizes that her hamster is a pretty sweet and safe pet … or is he?

    If I Had a Gryphon is a raucous rhyming read-aloud about fantastical beasts in everyday situations–and the increasingly beleaguered heroine who has to deal with them.

    Ages 14+ | Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books | Mar. 8 2016 | ISBN-13: 978-1442468351

    Glass Sword - red queenGlass Sword

    Written by Victoria Aveyard

    Publisher’s Synopsis: The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they’ve always known—and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul.

    Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind.

    Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors. But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat.Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?

    Ages 14+ | Publisher: HarperTeen | Feb. 9 2016 | ISBN-13: 978-0062310668

    Eleanor and Park by Rainbow RowellEleanor & Park 

    By Rainbow Rowell

    “Eleanor & Park reminded me not just what it’s like to be young and in love with a girl, but also what it’s like to be young and in love with a book.”—John Green, The New York Times Book Review

    Bono met his wife in high school, Park says.
    So did Jerry Lee Lewis, Eleanor answers.
    I’m not kidding, he says.
    You should be, she says, we’re 16.
    What about Romeo and Juliet?
    Shallow, confused, then dead.

    I love you, Park says.
    Wherefore art thou, Eleanor answers.
    I’m not kidding, he says.
    You should be.

    Publisher’s Synopsis: Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits—smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you’ll remember your own first love—and just how hard it pulled you under.

    Eleanor & Park is the winner of the 2013 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Best Fiction Book.
    A Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of 2013
    A New York Times Book Review Notable Children’s Book of 2013
    A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2013
    An NPR Best Book of 2013

    Ages 13-17 | Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin | 2013 | ISBN-13: 978-1250012579

    Six of Crows by Leigh BardugoSix of Crows

    Written by Leigh Bardugo

    Publisher’s Synopsis: Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price–and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone…

    A convict with a thirst for revenge.

    A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager.

    A runaway with a privileged past.

    A spy known as the Wraith.

    A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums.

    A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.

    Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction–if they don’t kill each other first.

    Ages 12-18 | Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. | Sept. 29, 2015 | ISBN-13: 978-1627792127

    A Court of Mist and FuryA Court of Mist and Fury

    Written by Sarah J. Maas

    Publisher’s Synopsis: The # 1 New York Times bestselling sequel to Sarah J. Maas’ spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses.

    Feyre survived Amarantha’s clutches to return to the Spring Court–but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can’t forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin’s people.

    Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court. As Feyre navigates its dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms–and she might be key to stopping it. But only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future–and the future of a world cleaved in two.

    With more than a million copies sold of her beloved Throne of Glass series, Sarah J. Maas’s masterful storytelling brings this second book in her seductive and action-packed series to new heights.

    Ages 14+ | Publisher: Bloomsbury | 2016 | ISBN-13: 978-1619634466

    This information for the best selling books was gathered from the New York Times Best Sellers list for hardcover young adult books, which reflects the sales of books from books sold nationwide, including independent and chain stores. It is correct at the time of publication and presented in random order. Visit www.nytimes.com for their most current and up-to-date list.

    For more best selling fiction Young Adult books, follow along with our Best YA tag.

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    4. Best Selling Young Adult Books | June 2016

    *Disclosure: Please note that this post may contain affiliate links that share some commission. Rest assured that these will not affect the cost of any products and services promoted here. Our team always provides their authentic opinion in all content published on this site.

    Best YA Bloomsbury USA Books Books For Teens Cassandra Clare HarperTeen Henry Holt and Co. Leigh Bardugo Margaret K. McElderry Books Popular Books For Teens Rainbow Rowell Sarah J. Maas St. Martin's Griffin Books The New York Times Top Books For Teens Victoria Aveyard Young Adult Fiction
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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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