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Staff Favs
Believe it or not, most of the people that work at the
library love to read! Here are some of their favourite books for teens:
Liz's Favourites:
There are so many books that I love! I have listed some of my favourites that you might like
too but it's just the beginning! Come in to the Teen Room in Picton and I'll tell you all about
the many more that I love. ( I usually fall in love with whatever I just read!)
- Dangerous Angels - Francesca Lia Block
- Enter Avariz - Marc Ngui
- I Know This Much is True - Wally Lamb
- Hole in My Life - Jack Gantos
- GURL - Deal With It!
- Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes - Chris Crutcher
- Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi
- The Order of the Poison Oak - Brent
Hartinger
- The Rose that Grew From Concrete - Tupac
- House of the Scorpion - Nancy Farmer
- Geography Club - Brent Hartinger
Peggy Leavey
My teen picks are all by Canadian authors. I recommend "True Confessions of a Heartless
Girl" by Martha Brooks. A fast-paced, realistic story. I loved it, bought it for the teens
in my family a couple of years ago, when it first came out. Brooks is a terrific writer. She
doesn't back down from difficult issues. I also enjoyed her "Being With Henry", a
compassionate story about the relationship between a teenaged boy and an old man.
I also recommend "Kat's Fall" by Shelley
Hrdlitschka; "The Losers' Club" by John Lekic, "Waiting for Sarah" by
BruceMcBay & James Heneghan (anything by Heneghan, actually. Great writer. Try "The
Flood.")
Also, "Daughter," by Ishbel Moore, "The
Leaving" by Budge Wilson, and my number one favourite at the moment:" A Thief in the
House of Memory" by Tim Wynne Jones. This book has a male protagonist, is well-written and
keeps your interest right to the end.
Kathy's Favouries
- The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton
- The Chronicles Of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
- The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
- Interview With The Vampire - Anne Rice
- Carry Me Home - Wm. Lee Carter
- Flowers In The Attic series - V.C.
Andrews
- Dune - Frank Herbert
- Eagle Of The Ninth - Rosemary Sutcliffe
- Diet For A New America - John Robbins
- Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
- any Agatha Christie books!
Barbara Sweet's Favourites
- The Giver - Lois Lowry
- Tuck Everlasting- Natalie Babbitt
Andre's Favourites
- Generation X or Hey Nostradamus! - Douglas
Coupland
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen
Chebskoy
- Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs - Chuck Klosterman
- The Life of Pi - Yann Martel
- Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
- Still Life With Woodpecker - Tom Robbins
- Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Time
by Mark Haddon
- High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
- The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
- Batman: The Long Halloween - Jeph Loeb & Tim
Sale
- The Watchmen by Alan Moore Blankets - Craig
Thompson
- Bone - Jeff Smith
- Concrete - Paul Chadwick
- Paul Has a Summer Job - Michel Rabagliati
- Maus - Art Spiegelman
- Ghostworld - Daniel Clowes
Adam's Favourites
- Hanging on to Max by Margaret Bechard
- Target by Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson
- Haunted Waters by Mary Pope Osborne
- Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
- Probably Still Nick Swansen by Virginia Euwer
Wolff
- I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
- East by Edith Pattou
- Angelmonster by Veronica Bennett
- Montmorency by Eleanor Updale
- The Wish House by Celia Rees
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark
Haddon
- Harry Potter by J.K Rowling
- and anything by Caroline B. Cooney
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