An A to Z of Reader’s Advisory
Alice in Wonderland retellings
Aliens: They’re Here: Science Fiction with actual aliens
Apocalypse Survival Tips from YA Lit
Art: Portrait of an Artist, YA characters and art
Assasins: Teenage Assassins in YA Lit
Beyond the Grave: dead narrators
Bioengineering (Frankenstein 2012: YA lit with bioengineering)
Comics: Non comic books about comic book culture
Contemporary with Edge (If you like Winger by Andrew Smith)
Dads: #bestYAdad: The best dads in YA lit
Death and Dying: Sometimes it is among the dying that we remember to truly live
Diversity: Middle Grade reads new in 2014 ; Graphic Novels 2015
Egypt: Read About Your “Mummy” (and Egypt)
Environment: Earth Day Dystopias
Fairy Tales (twisted, of course) and Cinderella Retellings
Faith and Spirituality: Top 10 and Mysteries with a Message
Food: Sweet Reads and Mouth Watering Reads
Freshmen 5: Great reads for HS Freshmen
Friendships, some of the best in YA Lit
GLBTQ: For Annie and Liza and Take 5: Top NEW GLBTQ Titles
Government: Fight the (Abuse of) Power – government in YA lit
Graveyards: Someone Just Walked Over My Grave: YA lit with graveyards
Hearts: Listen to these candy hearts
High School Survival Pack: Nonfiction to help teens through high school
Historical Fiction: The 80s as Historical Fiction; Going Back in Time Middle School Style and Historical Fiction for Dystopian Fans
Horror: The Stories that Haunt our Childhood: Local legends and superstitions in YA lit, Horrifying Reads for October (recommended by teens)
Israeli Female Soldiers: World War Z and Israeli Females in Teen Reads
Memorial Day Reads: Honoring those that serve in YA lit
Mysteries: MG Lit for Sherlock Fans
Nonfiction: Zest Books
Poe, inspired by
Politics: A look at the (abuse of) government in YA fiction
Poverty: Rich Teen, Poor Teen: Depictions of youth living in poverty in YA Lit
Reapers (and Necromancers) in YA Lit
Science: STEM Girls, books with female main characters rocking science and math
Science Fiction (see also Weird Science below)
Seniors: Out with the Old – Great reads for HS Seniors
Serial Killers: I Eat Cereal, but I am NOT a Serial Killer – serial killers in YA lit
Sexual Violence: Because No ALWAYS Means No: YA titles dealing with issues of consent and sexual violence. See also, this list of titles dealing with sexual violence.
Sexual Violence in the Life of Boys
Space, the final frontier (Science fiction that actually takes place in space)
Supernatural and Psychological Creepers
Tech: Teen Tech Week: More than just a game and More Teen Tech Week
Unconventional Stories: Books told in nontraditional formats
Under the Sea: Mermaids
Witness Protection: What’s My Name Again? Stories about teens in the witness protection program
Writing: Lists, Letters and More, YA with characters who write
If You Like . . . Try . . .
Buffy then try these list 1 and list 2
Basically, Read: Doctor Who then try these and these
The X-Men then try these: You Could Have Been an X-Men
Graphic Novels
Middle Grade Fiction
Great Reads for Middle Grade Readers
Tween Top 10, from a tween
Publisher Spotlights
Scholastic Press: September 2013 March 2013 April 2013