NBS recommends teen summer reads

VANISHING GIRLS

By Lauren Oliver

P435

MANILA, Philippines - Dara and Nick used to be inseparable. When Dara vanishes on her birthday, Nick thinks Dara is just playing around. But another girl, nine-year-old Madeline Snow, has vanished, too, and Nick becomes increasingly convinced that the two disappearances are linked. Now Nick has to find her sister, before it’s too late.

THE WICKED WILL RISE

By Danielle Paige

P435

My name is Amy Gumm — and I’m the other girl from Kansas. After a tornado swept through my trailer park, I ended up in Oz. But it wasn’t like the Oz I knew from books and movies. Dorothy had returned, but she was now a ruthless dictator. Glinda could no longer be called the Good Witch. My mission? Kill Dorothy. Except my job as assassin didn’t work out as planned. Dorothy is still alive. The Order has vanished. And the home I couldn’t wait to leave behind might be in danger.

ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES

By Jennifer Niven

P439

Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation. When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders” of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries. As Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink.

INSURGENT (MOVIE TIE-IN)

By Veronica Roth

P469

 As war surges in the factions of dystopian Chicago all around her, Tris attempts to save those she loves — and herself — while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love. One choice can destroy you. A hit with both teen and adult readers, Insurgent is the action-packed, emotional adventure that inspired the major motion picture.

 I WAS HERE

By Gayle Forman

 P545

When her best friend, Meg, drinks a bottle of industrial-strength cleaner alone in a motel room, Cody is understandably shocked and devastated. But when Cody travels to Meg’s college town to pack up the belongings left behind, she discovers that there’s a lot that Meg never told her and suddenly everything Cody thought she knew about her best friend’s death gets thrown into question.