Teens Good Reads

Reading Suggestions by Genre

Teen Summer Reading: Wilmington Public Schools
Before you start sixth through twelfth grades, you have your summer reading assignments. Whether you haven't seen the list or can't decide which book to read, this list should give you some ideas.
(Updated May 2012)

Teen Read Week: Wilmington High School
Did a librarian come to your class and talk about 20 books, but you forgot what they were? Did she not come to your class and you want to see what you missed? (This lists comes from talks delivered in Wilmington High School classes during Teen Read Weeks 2009-2011.)

Teen Read Week: Wilmington Middle School
Did a librarian come to your class and talk about 20 books, but you forgot what they were? Did she not come to your class and you want to see what you missed? (These lists comes from talks delivered in the 6th grade assembly and in 8th grade Literature Circles classes at Wilmington Middle School during Teen Read Week 2009-2011.)

(Im)Perfect Worlds: Teen Dystopias & Post-Apocalypses
A perfect society can prove to be anything but, and sometimes they just fall apart.  Check out these titles for examples of worlds that get everything right—and go wrong anyway.
(Updated November 2011)

Whodunnit: Teen Mysteries
Revenge, missing keys, blood feuds, cash prizes—teen books are mysterious places!  Put your problem-solving skills to the test with these great novels!
(Updated September 2008)

Life as We Know It: Teen Realism
School, sports, friends, dating...sound familiar? No matter what your interests are, there is sure to be something here that's similar to your own life. Artists and athletes, students and slackers--whoever you are, there's a book for you. 
(Updated November 2011)

The Way Things Were: Historical Fiction
Revolutions, mutinies, labor strikes, dinosaur discoveries—the past is anything but dull!   Take a look at some of these great historical fiction titles for an idea of what life was like, from the 14th century through the 1980s.
(Updated November 2011)

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Booklist
Whether you want a gothic horror or a superhero fight, the Wilmington Memorial Library’s Teen Zone has something for you.  Vampires, summer jobs, carnivals, standardized tests—at least these horrors are only fiction!
(Updated November 2011)

The Truth is Out There: Non-Fiction
Food, people, oddities and endings. The truth really can be stranger than fiction.
(Created January 2012.)