Teen-to-Teen Book List

by Morgan, Sweet Branch Teen Squad

My Teen Squad Project during the school year was Teen-to-Teen Book Recommendations, a service where teens could request a book recommendation from me and I would find something new for them to read. Here's a look at the requests I got and what I recommended. Hopefully you can find something you might enjoy from this list.
Happy Reading!
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​What genres, authors, and books they like: 
Fantasy, Land of Stories, and they don’t like violence.  
What book I recommended and why:  
I recommended Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George because it is one of my favorite fantasy books. The reading level is about the same as Land of Stories and I like that they both have a storyline with lots of plot twists. Both Land of Stories and Dragon Slippers have mythical creatures, and the writing has a fairy tale vibe to it. They were both adventurous books that had lots of cliffhangers. 

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What genres, authors, and books they like: 
Rick Riordan, J.K. Rowling, and fantasy.  
What book I recommended and why: 
I recommended The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag. Like Harry Potter, The Witch Boy is about a boy learning to use his powerful magic with his various magical and non-magical friends. Also like Harry Potter, the friendships and mentor relationships are as interesting as the magic.
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What genres, authors, and books they like: 
Fablehaven, C.R Grey, J.K Rowling, and fantasy.  
What book I recommended and why:
 I recommended The Dark Hills Divide by Patrick Carman because the storyline and complexity of the characters is so great. The story is dark, similar to how some Harry Potter books are, and there is lots of magic and mystery in both.
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What genres, authors, and books they like: 
Salt to the Sea, Rick Riordan and Historical Fiction.  
What book I recommended and why: 
I recommended The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley because I think the style of the writing is similar to Rick Riordan’s books. I also chose Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys because it is a great historical fiction book that combines mystery. This book reminds me of Salt to the Sea because they are by the same author and the books have similar writing styles. 
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What genres, authors, and books they like: 
Maze runner, Utopia, and no sappy endings.  
What book I requested and why: 
I recommended The Children of Exile by Margaret Peterson Haddix because it is my favorite sci-fi book. I also recommended Unwind by Neal Shusterman because it is a good dystopia-type book. I also recommended House of Scorpion by Nancy Farmer because it is a great sci-fi book. All of these books are my favorite science fiction books because I love how the authors have made up the dystopian environment, and all these books made it feel like you were right there in the story. 
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What genres, authors, and books they like: 
Ready Player One, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan, Earnest Cline and Fantasy/Sci Fi.  
What book I requested and why:
 I recommended Under Their Skin by Margaret Peterson Haddix because it is one of my favorite sci-fi books. Both books, like most sci-fi novels have a futuristic setting, and I loved how the authors portrayed the future. I also  recommended The Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee because it is a Rick Riordan presents book and is super interesting to read. It combines sci-fi, magic, fantasy, and Korean mythology really well.
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What genres, authors, and books they like: 
Truly Devious, Mystery, Love and Gelato, Teen Drama, fantasy, Maureen Johnson, and Jenna Evans Welsh.  
What book I requested and why:
 I recommended Listen to your Heart by Kasie West because it is similar to Love and Gelato and has similar reading levels. I loved that they both had unexpected plot twists, and in both books no one could predict what happened in the end. I recommended One of Us is Lying by Karen M McManus because I think it is like Truly Devious; they were in fact on the same mystery book list.  I also recommended The Iron King by Julie Kagawa because it is a good fantasy/mystery book.
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