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Teen Book Club Kits

The titles below are from our Teen Book Club Kits, containing 10 copies of the book, a discussion guide, and more all assembled for you! These sets are perfect for a book club or for classroom reading groups.

Monster

Monster
by Walter Dean Myers; illustrations by Christopher Myers

While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.

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You Against Me

You Against Me
by Jenny Downham

When eighteen-year-old Mikey's younger sister claims to have been raped and he seeks to avenge the crime, he meets Ellie, the sister of the accused, and befriends her, complicating the situation considerably for all of them.

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American Born Chinese

American Born Chinese
by Gene Luen Yang ; color by Lark Pien

Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture

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Divergent

Divergent
by Veronica Roth

In a future world, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five factions to define her identity, a decision made more difficult when she discovers she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group.

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The Fault in Our Stars

The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green

Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.

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Wintergirls

Wintergirls
by Laurie Halse Anderson

Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.

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Looking for Alaska

Looking for Alaska
by John Green

Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.

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The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger

In an effort to escape the hypocrisies of life at his boarding school, sixteen-year-old Holden Caulfield seeks refuge in New York City.

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The Book Thief

The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

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The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins

The rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual survival competition pitting young people from the twelve districts against one another. Sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she volunteers to take her sister's place.

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47

47
by Walter Mosley

Number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up under the watchful eye of a brutal master in 1832, meets the mysterious Tall John, who introduces him to a magical science and also teaches him the meaning of freedom.

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The Future of Us

The Future of Us
by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler

It's 1996, and less than half of American high school students have ever used the Internet. Emma and her best friend Josh try her new computer and log on--and discover themselves on Facebook, fifteen years in the future.

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie; art by Ellen Forney

Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

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