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Best Teen Books of 2015 with Voices That'll Haunt You

TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

MARTIANS

by Blythe Woolston

A gorgeous and gut-wrenchingly familiar depiction of the entropic fragmentation of society Full review >

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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

A THOUSAND NIGHTS

by E.K. Johnston

Detailed and quiet, beautifully written with a literary rhythm that evokes a sense of oral tale-telling, this unexpected... Full review >

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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

ARCHIVIST WASP

by Nicole Kornher-Stace

Difficult, provocative, and unforgettable—the most dangerous kind of fiction. Full review >

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CHILDREN'S

MY SENECA VILLAGE

by Marilyn Nelson

Artfully crafted, an engrossing and important collection of memories and moments from a pivotal time in American history. Full review >

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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

THE GAME OF LOVE AND DEATH

by Martha Brockenbrough

Race, class, fate and choice—they join Love and Death to play their parts in Brockenbrough’s haunting and masterfully... Full review >

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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

LIZARD RADIO

by Pat Schmatz

Sophisticated, character-driven science fiction, as notable for its genderqueer protagonist as for its intricate,... Full review >

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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

CHALLENGER DEEP

by Neal Shusterman ; illustrated by Brendan Shusterman

An adventure in perspective as well as plot, this unusual foray into schizophrenia should leave readers with a deeper... Full review >

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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

THE TIGHTROPE WALKERS

by David Almond

The award-winning Almond poetically plumbs the depths of his 1950s and ’60s childhood to explore themes of violence, war,... Full review >

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