Ready to meet your next read? Teen Breathe has teamed up with writer, book blogger, and avid reader Emily Waller to bring you our latest book recommendations.
DRAGON SKIN BY KAREN FOXLEE (RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 10+)
Things haven’t been the same in Pip’s house since her mother’s boyfriend moved in. The joy has been sucked out of the air, no one laughs anymore, and Pip is expected to abide by a new set of miserable rules. To escape her home life, Pip spends her days reminiscing and fossicking at the nearby waterhole. Little does Pip know that her world is about to change forever after she finds a tiny, dying dragon on the banks. A charming and poignant adventure that intelligently illuminates themes spanning family, friendship, vulnerability, and the beauty of the broken.
THE INHERITANCE GAMES BY JENNIFER LYNN BARNES (RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 12+)
Following the death of billionaire Tobias Hawthorne, teenager Avery Grambs suddenly finds herself at the receiving end of Tobias’s eye-watering fortune. Having never met Tobias, Avery’s world is flipped upside down as she moves into Hawthorne House to claim her inheritance… Where she is greeted by the mansion’s libraries, secret passageways – and Tobias’s four grandsons, who believe Avery has deprived them of their rightful fortune and will stop at nothing to reclaim it. A high-stakes mystery filled with intriguing characters and a plethora of code-cracking, puzzle-solving action.
AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS BY B.B. ALSTON (RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 8+)
When 13-year-old Amari’s older brother Quinton disappears, she struggles to understand why the police aren’t launching bigger search efforts. Baffled and upset, Amari stumbles upon a peculiarly ticking briefcase in her brother’s closet. She soon learns there was much more to Quinton than met the eye. To stand any chance of finding him, she’ll be required to pass the tryouts at the mysterious Bureau of Supernatural Affairs. This explosive, fantastical debut sports an immersive secret world, exhilarating twists, and themes of resilience, companionship and inner strength.
IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S ME BY GABRIELLE WILLIAMS (RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 14+)
When American teen Trinity Byrne and 40-year-old Australian Holly Fitzgerald wake to find they’ve swapped bodies with each other, their lives change in a heartbeat. Holly, previously living in 2020, now finds herself in the 1980s – a reality that includes a new family, body, and a rather alluring boy next door. But as lies begin to unravel, Holly and Trinity find themselves in a dangerous web of connection neither could’ve foreseen. A witty and humorous story that transcends the boundaries of time and explores everything from fate to soulmates and serial killers.
