May’s Top Picks in Teen Fiction

The Heir, by Kiera Cass
The Selection trilogy traced the love story between America Singer and Prince Maxon—she one of 35 candidates chosen to take part in the selection process of the royal bride, he the leader of post-dystopian kingdom Illéa. Now, in fourth installment The Heir, America and Maxon’s daughter, Eadlyn, is getting ready for a selection of her own. But does her love story have any chance of rivaling that of her parents?

Off the Page, by Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer
In Between the Lines, a romance between a reader and her favorite fictional character blooms when a real-world boy agrees to take the character’s place in a book. Now, in follow-up Off the Page, once-fictional Prince Oliver and his real-world girlfriend, Delilah, find that three-dimensional romance comes with unexpected complications. The book from which Oliver sprung demands more than just a simple swap, and begins meddling with both its own story and that of Oliver and Delilah.

Saint Anything, by Sarah Dessen
Despite his rebellious behavior, Sydney’s older brother, Peyton, has always been the apple of his parents’ eyes. But when he cripples another teen in a drunk driving accident, resulting in Peyton’s imprisonment, the family starts to unravel. While seeking an escape from her stifling home life, Sydney meets Layla, the daughter of local pizza shop owners. Layla’s family embraces Sydney, who finds herself increasingly drawn to their imperfect but loving household—and to Layla’s brother, Mac.

I Am Princess X, by Cherie Priest
When May and her best friend, Libby, were kids, they created Princess X, a badass comic-book heroine drawn by Libby and given words by May. But after Libby died in an accident, May believed Princess X die along with her—until the day she sees a sticker of the princess in a store window. She follows a trail of digital breadcrumbs to discover who’s behind it, first to a Princess X webcomic, then to stranger corners of the internet. With the help of a cute hacker, May continues her hunt both on and offline, believing she may find her friend, alive and well, at the end of it. Two-tone illustrations of Princess X and company add extra verve to this exciting modern mystery.

Fangirl (B&N Exclusive Collector’s Edition), by Rainbow Rowell
Cath is bad with change, and she isn’t going to let a little thing like college get in the way of the thing she loves best: writing her hugely popular Simon Snow fanfic, based on the Harry Potter-esque invented book series she adores. As her twin sister, Wren, dives into keggers, dorm friendships, and self-reinvention, Cath hides out in Snow’s world, refusing to assimilate to campus life. But eventually she discovers there are upsides to leaving her laptop: chief among them, Levi, a perfectly imperfect boy, and the opportunity to find her own writing voice without the help of Simon Snow.

Paper Towns, by John Green
When dreamy girl-next-door Margo Roth Spiegelman shows up at his bedroom window late one night, Quentin’s sure everything’s about to change. The two embark on a moonlit revenge mission on Margo’s enemies before sneaking back into their bedrooms after dawn. Quentin’s ecstatic…until Margo doesn’t show up for school. After her parents report her missing, he becomes convinced she’s left a trail of clues leading to her whereabouts, and that she might be in danger. Armed only with a hunch, he and his friends race across the country to find Margo, never considering the fact that she may not want to be found. This is a must-read (or a must-reread) before the book hits the big screen next month.

Maximum Ride Forever, by James Patterson
This addictive fantasy series follows the trials of Maximum Ride and her makeshift family, all of them winged, partly avian refugees from a horrible human-experimentation facility called The School. The series wrapped up in 2012 with eighth installment Nevermore…then Patterson thrilled fans by announcing ninth book Maximum Ride Forever. Read it to learn more about tortured survivor Max, her misfit band, and what comes after the end of the world.

P.S. I Still Love You, by Jenny Han
In this follow-up to To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, in which Lara Jean’s love letters to her crushes somehow find their way from a hidden box and into the hands of the boys in question, our letter-writing heroine finds herself caught between two love interests. When her affection for the boy who’s been right in front of her is tested by the reappearance of a boy from her past, she starts to wonder whether it’s possible to fall for more than one person.
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