Summer reads for teens
The holidays are here and we're celebrating with this list of brilliant books that are perfect summer reading.
From love stories to dark comedy, we think teenagers will love digging into this list over the break.
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Friendship Never Ends
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Friendship Never Ends
An insightful and engrossing portrait of a unique friendship that might be threatened when four girls have to spend their summer a…
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Steady for This
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Steady for This
When Shaun, aka MC Growls, goes viral, and not in a good way, he and his mate Shanks become a laughing stock. Told with infectious…
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The Summer We Turned Green
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The Summer We Turned Green
When Luke’s dad joins climate protestors squatting in the house opposite, it rocks their family’s foundations. Funny and moving, w…
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Infinite Sky
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Infinite Sky
Iris's mum has gone, leaving her to look after her older brother and dad. When a family of Irish Travellers park up on the farm, t…
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The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling
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The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling
Anna's Ma hasn't got out of bed for weeks and it's up to Anna to take care of her family. But when Ma finally leaves her room, thi…
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Somebody Give This Heart a Pen
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Somebody Give This Heart a Pen
An internationally acclaimed performance poet and YouTube phenomenon, Thakur writes with passion and conviction about everyday lif…
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The Paper and Hearts Society
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The Paper and Hearts Society
Tabby hopes that moving to a new town will release her from the relentless bullying of her ex-best friend. This debut novel from a…
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The List of Things That Will Not Change
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The List of Things That Will Not Change
Bea’s dad is gay and he’s marrying his boyfriend Jesse, who Bea loves. Bea lives half of her week with mum, half of the week with …
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Pumpkin Heads
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Pumpkin Heads
A story of friendship and romance told in a funny and inclusive graphic novel that celebrates the joy and diversity of Halloween t…
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The Weird Friends Fan Club
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The Weird Friends Fan Club
Grace micro-manages her life and friends to make sure her online identity is super-attractive and super-cool (#blessed). Writ…
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What Momma Left Me
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What Momma Left Me
Moving to a new school, making new friends and having your first boyfriend – these are all challenging things. But for Serenity, w…
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Roller Girl
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Roller Girl
It’s really exciting to be starting at Roller Derby summer camp, but less so when Astrid finds herself doing it alone. A fantastic…
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A Good Day For Climbing Trees
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A Good Day For Climbing Trees
Thirteen-year-old Marnus finds himself at the centre of a protest when he and a girl named Leila camp out in a tree to preven…
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No Fixed Address
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No Fixed Address
If Felix can win Canada’s biggest junior quiz show, he and his mum can stop living in a car park. Or is that just wishful thinking…
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How I Live Now
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How I Live Now
Fifteen-year-old New Yorker Daisy is sent to England to spend a summer with her unconventional cousins
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I Capture the Castle
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I Capture the Castle
17-year-old Cassandra lives an eccentric existence with her bohemian family in a crumbling castle in the English countryside, in t…
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The Switch-Up
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The Switch-Up
Willa and Alice meet for the first time in the unaccompanied minors lounge at LAX airport. They look so alike that they’re mistake…
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The Summer I Turned Pretty
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The Summer I Turned Pretty
What at first appears to be a frothy beach read ends up tackling some tough issues and exploring both the joys and sorrows which c…
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Jackdaw Summer
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Jackdaw Summer
Fate leads Liam to find an abandoned baby and as a result his life becomes entwined with that of Oliver, an African boy seeking as…
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And Then I Turned into a Mermaid
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And Then I Turned into a Mermaid
Molly Seabrook really just wants to be normal. And popular if possible. But when, at midnight on her thirteenth birthday, her mum …
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Some Places More Than Others
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Some Places More Than Others
Amara desperately wants a trip to New York for her birthday, to meet her dad’s family and see where he grew up and she can’t under…
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Black Rabbit Summer
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Black Rabbit Summer
Addictive, complex and incredibly compelling
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Lying About Last Summer
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Lying About Last Summer
Last summer, Skye had lots of friends, was part of the swim team and lived in a nice big house. But then her sister Luisa died in …
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