CRRL Teens: Good Reads for 11th & 12th Grade, 2024-2025Like this list

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• Accountable

  the True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  Slater, Dashka

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  A page-turning true story of the fallout in one California community following the discovery of a bigoted Instagram account run by a local high school student.

• All That Consumes Us

  Waters, Erica

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  In this dark academia paranormal mystery, first-generation college student and aspiring author Tara is offered a spot in the elite but eerie Magni Viri academic society. Tara’s golden opportunity soon becomes a prison, and she finds herself living a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Alone Out Here

  Redgate, Riley

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  When a world-destroying comet arrives early, the only survivors who make it onto the spaceship to escape are the children of world leaders. Will these teens be able to navigate an unprepared spaceship to a potentially viable planet many light years…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

  Katouh, Zoulfa

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  In the midst of the Syrian Revolution, a volunteer nurse is torn between fleeing with her pregnant sister-in-law before the violence claims their lives and staying for a budding romance with an aspiring filmmaker determined to document the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chaos & Flame

  Gratton, Tessa

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  Murder. Mayhem. Madness. Magic. A long-lost heir of a murdered House, a mad prince, and a little brother trying to keep everything together. Will they achieve peace, or will they will they tear their world apart?

• The Davenports

  Marquis, Krystal

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  In 1910 Chicago, the young members of a wealthy African American family discover how to follow their own dreams and passions, even when what they want is in conflict with what is expected of them.

• Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear

  Wasley, Robin

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  Despite living in the magical town of Wellie, Sid feels like the most average and unremarkable girl there is. But, when one of the gates holding back magic is opened and havoc is released, Sid becomes tasked with saving everyone.

• Dinosaur Sanctuary. 1

  Kinoshita, Itaru,

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  In an alternate universe where dinosaurs were brought back from the brink of extinction, a rookie dino-keeper starts a new job at a failing dinopark.

• A Door in the Dark

  Reintgen, Scott

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  Six students attempting to go home on break are the victims of portal travel gone wrong. Catapulted into the untamed forest days away from home, the five students who survived the trip must fight their way home against incredible odds.

• Hurt You

  Lee, Marie Myung-Ok, 1964-

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  This heart-wrenching contemporary retelling of Of Mice and Men follows Georgia Kim and her brother Leo as they start at a new school that they hope will be better able to accommodate Leo's developmental disability.

• In Limbo

  Lee, Deb JJ

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  Deborah, a Korean American teen growing up in a New Jersey suburb with dreams of being an artist, uses intricate illustrations to show her mental health struggles and her journey to understanding.

• The Infinity Particle

  Xu, Wendy

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  Clementine Chang thinks she has seized the opportunity of a lifetime when she moves to Mars for an internship with her hero and pioneer of AI technology, Dr. Lin. However, she quickly realizes that all is not as it seems.

• Into the Sublime

  Boorman, Kate A.

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  Four girls enter; three girls leave. What would you be willing to risk if it meant your deepest wish comes true?

• The Lost Dreamer

  Huerta, Lizz

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  Dreamers are seers who have the ability to look beyond reality. Indir and Saya are highly unusual seers living vastly different lives. Both, however, are in serious danger. Will their powers be their salvation, or will they be their destruction?

• The Love Match

  Taslim, Priyanka

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  Despite putting off college to work and make ends meet, Zahra dreams of becoming a writer. Zahra’s mother thinks that she has found Zahra’s financial solution by matching her with a wealthy boy named Harun. What will Zahra choose?

• Love Radio

  LaDelle, Ebony

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  Ambitious high school senior Dani Ford refuses to let anything or anyone derail her plan to move to NYC and become an author, but that won't stop Prince Jones, a romantic aspiring DJ, from trying!

• Man Made Monsters

  Rogers, Andrea L.

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  Paranormal creatures abound in this haunting collection of stories that follows one Cherokee family across generations, starting with a gruesome encounter with a vampire in 1839 and ending with a zombie apocalypse in 2039.

• Missing Clarissa

  a Novel

  Jones, Ripley

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  Twenty years after Clarissa Campbell goes missing, teens Blair and Cameron attempt to solve her murder via a true crime podcast for their journalism assignment. What secrets will they uncover?

• Money Out Loud

  All the Financial Stuff No One Taught Us

  Anat, Berna

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  Berna Anat, aka the Financial Hype Woman, was taught by her parents and her community that it was rude to talk about money. In this hilarious illustrated guide to money, she wants to talk. A lot and out loud and to everyone.

• Murtagh

  World of Eragon

  Paolini, Christopher

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  Murtagh and his bonded dragon Thorn live as trauma-filled outcasts, loathed by all. However, when a new threat to Alagaesia surfaces, Murtagh and Thorn must fight to save the world that despises them. Will they be up to the challenge?