Book Lists - West Hartford Public Library

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Realistic Fiction

Funny Stories

Winger

Don’t Even Think About It

Don’t Even Think About It

Hot Dog Girl

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the G...

Heretics Anonymous

Heretics Anonymous

Going Bovine

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice a...

Geek Drama

The Field Guide to the North American Teenager

The Field Guide to the North American...

Dumplin’

Don’t Get Caught

Don’t Get Caught

Does My Head Look Big in This?

Does My Head Look Big in This?

Denton Little’s Deathdate

Denton Little’s Deathdate

Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Crying Laughing

Crying Laughing

Con Academy

Boys Don’t Knit (In Public)

Boys Don’t Knit (In Public)

Better Nate Than Ever

Better Nate Than Ever

Beauty Queens

A Bad Day for Voodoo

A Bad Day for Voodoo

The Immigrant Experience

Call Me American (Adapted for Young Adults)

Call Me American (Adapted for Young A...

Come On In

Everything Sad Is Untrue

Everything Sad Is Untrue

We Are Not from Here

We Are Not from Here

We Are Displaced

We Are Displaced

This Land Is Our Land

This Land Is Our Land

Tangled Threads

Tangled Threads

Taking Flight

A Step from Heaven

A Step from Heaven

Shipwrecked!

Refugee

Outcasts United

Outcasts United

Out of Nowhere

Other Words for Home

Other Words for Home

The Namesake

My Family Divided

My Family Divided

Living Up The Street

Living Up The Street

An Invisible Thread

An Invisible Thread

I Lived on Butterfly Hill

I Lived on Butterfly Hill

How Dare the Sun Rise

How Dare the Sun Rise

Sports

After the Shot Drops

After the Shot Drops

Beartown

Boy21

Check, Please!: # Hockey

Check, Please!: # Hockey

The Crossover

Dragon Hoops

Fast Break

Fence

The Final Four

Furia

Ghost

Michigan vs. the Boys

Michigan vs. the Boys

Now Is the Time for Running

Now Is the Time for Running

Pop

Pinned

The Prodigy

QB 1

The Running Dream

The Running Dream

Running with Lions

Running with Lions

Tiny Pretty Things

Tiny Pretty Things

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Dystopian

Divergent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 1)

Divergent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 1)

Delirium

The Darkest Minds

The Darkest Minds

The City of Ember

The City of Ember

Brave New World

Brave New World

Birthmarked

The Belles

All Rights Reserved

All Rights Reserved

Nine

Children of Eden

Children of Eden

Fahrenheit 451

Fairy Tales

As Old As Time

Cinder

A Curse So Dark and Lonely

A Curse So Dark and Lonely

Dorothy Must Die

Dorothy Must Die

Duckling Ugly

Echo North

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns

Geekerella

Girls Made of Snow and Glass

Girls Made of Snow and Glass

The Goose Girl

Just Ella

Of Curses and Kisses

Of Curses and Kisses

Red Rider’s Hood

Red Rider’s Hood

Sherwood

Spin the Dawn

Splintered (Splintered Series #1)

Splintered (Splintered Series #1)

Stepsister

Stork

Throne of Glass

Throne of Glass

A Wicked Thing

Nonfiction / Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

I Was Their American Dream

I Was Their American Dream

Dragon Hoops

Awkward

Simon & Louise

Cardboard

Nubia. Real one

Nubia. Real one

Banned Book Club

Banned Book Club

I Am Alfonso Jones

I Am Alfonso Jones

When Stars Are Scattered

When Stars Are Scattered

Flamer

The Backstagers Vol. 1

The Backstagers Vol. 1

Allergic: A Graphic Novel

Allergic: A Graphic Novel

Stephen McCranie’s Space Boy. Volume 1

Stephen McCranie’s Space Boy. V...

Heartstopper:

Go with the Flow

Go with the Flow

Welcome to the New World

Welcome to the New World

Anya’s Ghost

Persepolis

Speak: The Graphic Novel

Speak: The Graphic Novel

Manga

Dragon Ball (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 1

Dragon Ball (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 1

The Promised Neverland, Vol. 1

The Promised Neverland, Vol. 1

Seraph of the End, Vol. 1

Seraph of the End, Vol. 1

Assassination Classroom

Assassination Classroom

Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1

Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1

Stray God

Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, Vol. 1

Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, Vol. 1

Demon slayer : Kimetsu no yaiba. Volume 1, Cruelty

Demon slayer : Kimetsu no yaiba. Volu...

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

~ an expanded AAPI Teen Booklist is also available HERE as a PDF download.

When We Were Infinite

When We Were Infinite

Almost American Girl

Almost American Girl

Pashmina

Flame in the Mist

Flame in the Mist

Want

A Pho Love Story

A Pho Love Story

Amal Unbound

I’ll Be the One

I’ll Be the One

The Shadow Hero

The Shadow Hero

Love from A to Z

Love from A to Z

The Reader

Patron Saints of Nothing

Patron Saints of Nothing

Stories for South Asian Supergirls

Stories for South Asian Supergirls

Spin the Dawn

The Magic Fish

Yolk

When Dimple Met Rishi

When Dimple Met Rishi

A Very Large Expanse of Sea

A Very Large Expanse of Sea

Parachutes

The Henna Wars

2021 Nutmeg Nominees

Symptoms of Being Human

Symptoms of Being Human

The Poet X

The Nowhere Girls

The Nowhere Girls

Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe

Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Uni...

A Heart in a Body in the World

A Heart in a Body in the World

Dread Nation

Check, Please!: # Hockey

Check, Please!: # Hockey

Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree

Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree

American Road Trip

American Road Trip

After the Shot Drops

After the Shot Drops

Classics

The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye

1984

The Giver

Ender’s Game

Fahrenheit 451

The Hobbit

The Outsiders

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Chocolate War

The Chocolate War

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Are You There God? It’s Me, Mar...

The House on Mango Street

The House on Mango Street

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

Animal Farm

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

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