Gabry lives a quiet life. As safe a life as is possible in a town trapped between a forest and the ocean, in a world teeming with the dead, who constantly hunger for those still living. She’s content on her side of the Barrier, happy to let her friends dream of the Dark City up the coast while she watches from the top of her lighthouse. But there are threats the Barrier cannot hold back. Threats like the secrets Gabry’s mother thought she left behind when she escaped from the Sisterhood and the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Like the cult of religious zealots who worship the dead. Like the stranger from the forest who seems to know Gabry. And suddenly, everything is changing. One reckless moment, and half of Gabry’s generation is dead, the other half imprisoned. Now Gabry only knows one thing: she must face the forest of her mother’s past in order to save herself and the one she loves.
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Teen Reads
The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
In a giant departure from her Gemma Doyle historical fiction trilogy, Bray’s latest offering is an unforgettable, nearly indefinable fantasy adventure, as immense and sprawling as Cervantes’ Don Quixote, on which it’s based… Here the hero is Cameron, a 16-year-old C-plus-average slacker who likens himself to driftwood, but he suddenly becomes the center of attention after he is diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human variant of mad cow disease. In the hospital, he meets Dulcie, an alluring angel clad in fishnet stockings and combat boots, who presents him with a heroic quest to rescue the planet from an otherworldly, evil force. Guided by random signs and accompanied by a teen dwarf named Gonzo, Cameron sets off on a wild road trip across the U.S. to save the world, and perhaps his own life.
Nation by Terry Pratchett
Somewhere in the South Pelagic Ocean, a tsunami wipes out the population of a small island, except for Mau, who was paddling home in his canoe after a month alone preparing to become a man. The tidal wave also sweeps a sailing ship to the island, depositing Daphne, an English girl, in the rain forest where she is found by Mau. Over the following months, the two learn to communicate, while welcoming others to their community of survivors. Mau searches for the meaning of his people’s gods while Daphne applies her knowledge of science and history to the many discoveries she finds on the island. Mau and Daphne explore what it is people value and why.
In this Michael L. Printz Honor Book (an award for excellence in young adult literature), Terry Pratchett superbly mixes alternate history and fantasy, along with the somber and humorous.
Kaleidoscope Eyes by Jen Bryant
In 1968, with the Vietnam War raging, 13-year-old Lyza inherits a project from her deceased grandfather, who had been using his knowledge of maps and geography to locate the lost treasure of Captain Kidd. Writen in verse, you get a glimpse of what Lyza’s family and friends are going through during the Vietnam War, along with a fast-paced treasure hunting mystery.
Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles
In alternating chapters, seventeen-year-olds Caleb and Maggie relate the difficulties of readjusting to school, and changing relationships with family… friends, and one another, a year after a drunk driving accident sent her to the hospital with a crippling leg injury and him to prison.