
Booklists for Educators
Explore Our Booklists for Youth:
- 1st Grade
- African American History & Heritage for Kids
- Children Book Club Kits
- Teen Book Club Kits
- Libros en español para niños
- A New Home
- Hispanic Heritage for Kids
- Native American Heritage for Young Children
- Urban Wildlife: Poetry in Your Backyard
- Asian Pacific American Heritage for Young Children
- Explore the Universe
- Teen E-books
- Inspirational Teen Poetry & Novels in Verse
- Asian Pacific American Heritage for Kids
- Asian Pacific American Heritage for Middle Graders
- Asian Pacific American Heritage for Teens
- Black Lives Matter for Young Children
- Black Lives Matter - Teen edition
- Black Lives Matter for Kids
- Black Lives Matter for Middle Graders
- Pride for Young Children
- Pride for Kids
- Pride for Middle Graders
- LGBTQ+ Teen Reads
- Famous African Americans for Teens
- African American History & Heritage for Middle Graders
- Women's Equality Day 2020 - Teen Reads
- Hispanic Heritage for Young Children
- Hispanic Heritage for Middle Graders
- Hispanic Heritage for Teens
- Voting for Young Children
- Voting for Kids
- Voting for Middle Graders
- Vote! Teen Reads
- Native American Heritage for Kids
- Native American Heritage for Middle Graders
- Native American Heritage for Teens
- Great Books for Middle Graders 2020
- Great Books 2020 for Teens
- Great Books for Young Children 2020
- Great Books for Kids 2020
- Civil Rights Resources for Kids
- Civil Rights Resources for Teens
- Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominees 2019-20
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
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.
View on CountyCatYou 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.
View on CountyCatAmerican 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
View on CountyCatDivergent
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.
View on CountyCatThe 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.
View on CountyCatWintergirls
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.
View on CountyCatLooking 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.
View on CountyCatThe 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.
View on CountyCatThe 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.
View on CountyCatThe 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.
View on CountyCat47
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.
View on CountyCatThe 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
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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