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Looking for a great book list? Check out the books below compiled by the Teen Committee at the Public Libraries of Saginaw. Click on the book title to go directly to our Library Catalog and check availability.
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FICTION
Hate List
In the year following the devastating shootings at her high school orchestrated by her boyfriend Nick, Valerie must come to terms with grief and guilt in order to move on with her life.
Mare's War
Sisters Octavia and Tali embarks on a road trip with their grandmother over the summer. During this road trip, Octavia and Tali learn that there's more to their grandmother than what they have seen.
Along For the Ride
Auden’s summer becomes one of second chances, not just for her but for her family and friends as well. The more chances she takes, the more she discovers about herself.
After
Soccer star Devon never admitted to herself that she was pregnant. Now she’s in detention, facing charges of attempted murder after delivering a baby and dumping it in the trash.
The Orange Houses
Despite poverty, gang violence, and lack of appropriate supports, three inner-city teens come together and try to beat the odds and succeed in life.
The Summer I Turned Pretty
At the beach house where she has spent every summer since childhood, sixteen-year-old Belly finds that this is the summer of many changes.
We Were Here
Miguel, sentenced to a group home for a horrible crime, must overcome his self-hatred while on the run with two other criminals.
NON-FICTION
Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith
This lively biography of Charles Darwin focuses on the family life of one of the world’s most famous scientists, including the impact differing religious beliefs had on the family’s relationships.
Time You Let Me In
They are inspiring talented stunning remarkable wise. They are also fearless depressed hilarious impatient in love out of love. And they want you to let them in.
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
The story of the “Mercury 13” women who paved the way for females in space and aeronautics by challenging the political and social culture behind NASA’s unwritten rule that astronauts must be male.
