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BEST TEEN BOOKS OF 2012: EXPLORING THE PAST [SHOWING SLIDE 22 OF 27]

Interested in history, recent or ancient? Try some of these books, which range from nonfiction to realistic fiction to fantasy, to get your time-travel fix.

PASSION BLUE by Victoria Strauss

PASSION BLUE

by Victoria Strauss

"A rare, rewarding, sumptuous exploration of artistic passion. (author's note) (Historical fantasy. 12 & up)"

Giulia is bright, curious and a gifted artist, born to a noble father and his humble mistress in 15th-century Renaissance Italy. Now her fate rests with her father's widow, who's sending Giulia to a Padua convent. Read full book review >

MASTER OF DECEIT by Marc Aronson

WONDER SHOW by Hannah Barnaby

THE DIVINERS by Libba Bray

THE WICKED AND THE JUST by J. Anderson Coats

THE FITZOSBORNES AT WAR by Michelle Cooper

THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST by emily m. danforth

MISTER DEATH'S BLUE-EYED GIRLS by Mary Downing Hahn

THE GIRL IS TROUBLE by Kathryn Miller Haines

RADIANT DAYS by Elizabeth Hand

<i>TITANIC</i> by Deborah Hopkinson

KEEPING THE CASTLE by Patrice Kindl

GRAVE MERCY by Robin LaFevers

IN DARKNESS by Nick Lake

FIRE IN THE STREETS by Kekla Magoon

THE BROKEN LANDS by Kate Milford

INVINCIBLE MICROBE by Jim Murphy

NO CRYSTAL STAIR by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

SUCH WICKED INTENT by Kenneth Oppel

DODGER by Terry Pratchett

BEYOND COURAGE by Doreen Rappaport

THE BRONTË SISTERS by Catherine Reef

PASSION BLUE by Victoria Strauss

A TROUBLESOME BOY by Paul Vasey

THE BOOK OF BLOOD AND SHADOW by Robin Wasserman

CODE NAME VERITY by Elizabeth Wein

MARATHON by Boaz Yakin

DUST GIRL by Sarah Zettel

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FLIP by Martyn Bedford

SKINNED by Robin Wasserman

SWITCH by Carol Snow

GENDER BLENDER by Blake Nelson

(RE)CYCLER by Lauren McLaughlin

CYCLER by Lauren McLaughlin

BEST TEEN BOOKS OF 2012: IN THE HERE AND NOW

ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL by Jesse Andrews

THE DEMON CATCHERS OF MILAN by Kat Beyer

BLACK HEART by Holly Black

GIRL OF NIGHTMARES by Kendare Blake

DEVINE INTERVENTION by Martha Brockenbrough

LOVE AND OTHER PERISHABLE ITEMS by Laura Buzo