Best Teen Reads from 2010

Ship Breaker By Bacigalupi, Paolo (Book - 2010)

Annotation:"I wrote Ship Breaker because I want to help save the world. It sounds cheesy, but that's it. And I wanted to do it by writing a classic adventure story, about a boy who starts out starving and desperate, and through guts and brains and determination changes his fate."-Paolo Bacigalupi Junior Library Guild suggests for grades 9 and up.

The Dead-tossed Waves By Ryan, Carrie (Book - 2010)

Annotation:Gabry lives a fairly safe life all things considered...zombies dwell outside the town boundaries but are kept at bay. Everything changes in one night when Gabry and her friends steal outside the confines of the town. There is no going back. School Library Journal suggests for grades 9 and up.

White Cat By Black, Holly (Book - 2010)

Annotation:In this world someone can make you fall in love or lose a memory with a single touch to the skin. No one shakes hands without gloves, and the use of these powers is strictly illegal. Cassel comes from a long line of curse workers he is trying to distance himself from. The family wants him back...and his contact with them begins to dredge up clues about a long past murder. School Library Journal suggests for grades 9 and up.

Dark Life By Falls, Kat (Book - 2010)

Annotation:Bandits, pioneers, life on the frontier. Only this frontier is the ocean floor. Ty, first child of the underwater pioneers fights to save his way of life by stopping a band of outlaws. School Library Journal suggests for grades 6-10.

Matched By Condie, Allyson Braithwaite (Book - 2010)

Annotation:Cassia lives in a perfect society that plans out almost everything in her life, including who she will marry. Who knew there could be a glitch in the system that never makes mistakes? School Library Journal suggests for grades 7 and up.

Heist Society By Carter, Ally (Book - 2010)

Annotation:Katarina Bishop has finally escaped her family and their shady dealings...or so she hopes. Just when she has conned her way into a prestigious private school she is called upon to help with a heist she cannot say no to. School Library Journal suggests for grades 6-10.

Happyface By Emond, Stephen (Book - 2010)

Annotation:Happyface has started at a new school, and hopes his smile can hide the person and the tragedy he is trying to leave behind. Full of sketches from the narrator's notebook. School Library Journal suggests for grades 7-10.

Before I Fall By Oliver, Lauren (Book - 2010)

Annotation:Pretty, popular Samantha Kingston dies in a car crash, and wakes up the next morning to relive the same day all over again. Can she save her friends? Can she change her own life in one day? School Library Journal suggests for grades 9 and up.

Rot & Ruin By Maberry, Jonathan (Book - 2010)

Annotation:Benny Imura can barely remember the zombie outbreak that took his parents and left him to be raised by an older brother. Now he has to find a job, and the only that is open is going into the rot and ruin beyond the town with the brother he despises. School Library Journal suggests for grades 8 and up.

They Called Themselves the K.K.K The Birth of An American Terrorist Group By Bartoletti, Susan Campbell (Book - 2010)

Annotation:A riveting and frightening read, this title "traces the origin and evolution of the Ku Klux Klan from a small mischievous social club into a powerful, destructive organization." -School Library Journal School Library Journal suggests for grades 7-10.