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January 2021 YA book talk Page 1
Happily Ever After Kiera Cass
Collects the four novellas in the Selection series that introduce Prince Maxon
before he met and fell in love with America and Amberly before she became
queen. Also includes scenes from Celeste, two short stories, a Where are they
now? section and a sneak peek at the Siren.
Gallagher Girls series Ally Carter
The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women is a fairly typical all-girls
school that is, if every school taught advanced martial arts in PE, the latest in
chemical warfare in science; and students received extra credit for breaking CIA
codes computer class. So in truth, Gallagher Academy might claim to be a school
for geniuses but its really a school for spies.
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You Level 5.9 / 10 points
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy Level 6.1 / 9 points
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover Level 5.8 / 9 points
Only the Good Spy Young Level 5.0 / 8 points
Out of Sight, Out of Time Level 4.7 / 10 points
United We Spy Level 4.3 / 9 points
Graceling Realm series Kristin Cashore
Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight--she's a
Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of
the king, she should be able to live a life of privilege, but Graced as she is with
killing, she is forced to work as the king's thug.
Graceling Level 5.3 / 18 points
Fire Level 6.2 / 18 points
Bitterblue Level 5.6 / 23 points
Winterkeep (2021)
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The Mortal Instruments series Cassandra Clare
Able to see demons and the Shadowhunters dedicated to returning them to their
own dimension, Clary, age 15, is drawn into a bizarre world when her mother
disappears and Clary herself is almost killed. The plot contains sexual situations
City of Bones Level 5.0 / 20 points
City of Ashes Level 5.0 / 18 points
City of Glass Level 5.3 / 23 points
City of Fallen Angels Level 5.2 / 18 points
City of Lost Souls Level 5.1 / 22 points
City of Heavenly Fire Level 5.8 / 32 points
The Lunar Chronicles Marissa Meyer
Each book entails a science fictional twist on an old fairy tale, including Cinderella,
Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Snow White.
Cinder Level 5.8 / 14 points
Scarlet Level 5.8 / 16 points
Cress Level 6.0 / 22 points
Fairest Level 6.0 / 7 points
Winter Level 5.9 / 33 points
Stars Above Level 6.1 / 14 points
Boston Jacky L.A. Meyer
Level 6.5 / 14 points
Orphaned by the plague and begging on the streets of London, Jack is elated to
get work as a ship's boy. But what if the ship's boy is a girl?
Whippoorwill Joseph Monninger
Level 4.7 / 9 points
Two New Hampshire teenagers fall into an unlikely relationship as they come
together to save a mistreated dog.
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Maximum Ride series James Patterson
After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the
"birdkids," the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find
themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.
The Angel Experiment Level 4.6 / 11 points
School's Out-Forever Level 4.4 / 11 points
Saving the World Level 4.8 / 10 points
The Final Warning Level 5.0 / 7 points
Max Level 5.2 / 8 points
Fang Level 4.6 / 8 points
Angel Level 4.8 / 8 points
Nevermore Level 5.1 / 9 points
Forever Level 5.6 / 11 points
Daniel X series
Fifteen-year-old Daniel is following in his parents' footsteps as the Alien Hunter,
exterminating beings on The List of Alien Outlaws on Terra Firma.
Dangerous Days of Daniel X Level 4.6 / 5 points
Watch the Skies Level 6.6 / 6 points
Demons and Druids Level 5.4 / 6 points
Game Over Level 6.5 / 6 points
Armageddon Level 5.6 / 8 points
Lights Out Level 5.7 / 7 points
100 series Kass Morgan
When one hundred juvenile delinquents are sent on a mission to recolonize Earth,
they get a second chance at freedom, friendship, and love, as they fight to survive in
a dangerous new world.
The 100 Level 5.9 / 11 points
Day 21 Level 5.6 / 10 points
Homecoming Level 5.9 / 12 points
Rebellion Level 5.5 / 9 points
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Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series Ransom Riggs
Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children Level 5.7 / 13 points
Hollow City Level 5.7 / 15 points
Library of Souls Level 5.6 / 18 points
A Map of Days Level 5.1 / 18 points
The Conference of the Birds Level 5.3 / 12 points
The Desolations of Devil’s Acre
Jason Reynolds
Long Way Down Level 4.3 / 2 points
As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts
who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know.
Miles Morales: Spider Man Level 4.9 / 9 points
Brooklyn Visions Academy student Miles Morales may not always want to be a
super hero, but he must come to terms with his identity--and deal with a villainous
teacher--as the new Spider Man.
Free Fall Alex Segura
It's been a few years since Poe's mother, who was a pilot for the Rebellion, passed
away, and Poe and his father have had more and more trouble connecting. Not
sure what he wants to do with his life, teenage Poe runs away from home to find
adventure, and to figure out what kind of man he is meant to be.
Star Wars: Rebel Rising Beth Revis
Level 5.6 / 13 points
Follows the adventures of Jyn Erso as she trains under Saw Gerrera and learns how
to become a proper rebel, preparations that come in handy when she is asked by
the Rebellion to find out about the weapon that her father is helping the Empire
construct.
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The Perfectionists series Sara Shepard
Ava, Caitlin, Mackenzie, Julie, and Parker are all driven to be perfect--no matter the cost. At first the girls think they have nothing in common, until they discover that they all hate the same person: handsome womanizer Nolan Hotchkiss, who's done things to hurt each of them. They come up with the perfect plan to murder Nolan--jokingly, of course. They'd never actually go through with it. But when Nolan turns up dead in the exact way they'd discussed, the girls suddenly become prime suspects in his murder. Only, they didn't do it. So who did? Unless they find the real
killer, and soon, their perfect lives will come crashing down around them.
The Perfectionists Level 4.9 / 10 points
The Good Girls Level 5.0 / 11 points
Everlife Series Gena Showalter
Locked in an asylum for her refusal to let her parents dictate her afterlife choices,
Ten Lockwood finds herself caught in a violent power struggle between the two
leading Everlife realms that would do anything to claim her powerful soul.
Firstlife Level 4.4 / 16 points
Lifeblood Level 4.6 / 15 points
Everlife Level 4.6 / 17 points
Quarantine series Lex Thomas
When a virus deadly to adults infects their high school, brothers David and Will and
the other students soon break into gangs that fight each other for survival and the
hope of escaping their quarantine.
The Loners Level 4.5 / 13 points
The Saints Level 4.6 / 12 points
The Burnouts Level 4.9 / 9 points
The Giant Level 5.1 / 12 points
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Reboot series Amy Tintera
Seventeen-year-old Wren rises from the dead as a Reboot and is trained as an elite
crime-fighting soldier until she is given an order she refuses to follow.
Reboot Level 4.7 / 12 points
Rebel Level 4.9 / 11 points
Arc of a Scythe Neil Shüsterman
In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be
randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must
compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants.
The one who becomes a scythe must kill the one who doesn't.
Scythe Level 6.5 / 17 points
Thunderhead Level 6.7 / 20 points
The Toll Level 6.6 / 24 points
Unwind Dystology
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have
their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens
go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and, perhaps, save their own lives.
Unwind Level 5.0 / 14 points
UnWholly Level 5.8 / 18 points
UnSouled Level 5.7 / 18 points
UnDivided Level 6.3 / 18 points
UnBound Level 5.5 / 14 points
Dry Level 5.5 / 16 points
A lengthy California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, turning Alyssa's
quiet suburban street into a warzone, and she is forced to make impossible choices
if she and her brother are to survive.