Young Adult Adventures

Try these books if you're looking for:

• Teen reads
• Adventure books
• Clean reads
• Read like J.K. Rowling, Rick Riordan, Orson Scott Card, Lois Lowry, Madeleine L'Engle, Suzanne Collins

Hero and the Crown 
By Robin McKinley
YA FICTION MCKINLEY
Aerin never knew her mother, who passed away shortly after Aerin’s birth. The Kingdom needed a new hero, but there was no male heir. No one suspected that Aerin was destined to be the true hero who would earn her place in her father’s court by defeating dragons and battling evil sorcerers. Well-wrought epic fantasy.

Peter and the Starcatchers 

By Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
YA FICTION BARRY
This terrific story is a prequel to Peter Pan. The reader is introduced to Peter—an orphan—who sails from England on the ship Never Land. On board he meets Molly, a young Starcatcher, whose mission is to guard a trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate and the native inhabitants of a remote island. A fast, fun read.

I Hated Heaven: A Novel of Love After Death 
By Kenny Kemp
FICTION KEMP
Tom and April are a young, married couple. Tom is a religious believer but April is not. Tom suffers an accident at work and on his deathbed he promises that he will somehow let April know if there is life after death. Heaven turns out to be nothing like he expected: he’s issued a cell phone, a day planner, and sent to classes such as “basic paradise skills”. Tom risks his soul to keep his promise to April. This is a delightful read with some unexpected twists and turns.

Graceling
By Kristin Cashore
YA FICTION CASHORE
Throughout the Seven Kingdoms are Gracelings—persons with special abilities ranging from the mundane to the magical. Katsa is a Graceling with a dangerous and exploitable grace—a gift for killing. Struggling to find her place in the world, Katsa learns that the Graces are not always what they seem. Part fantasy and part romance, Graceling features a vivid world and meticulously crafted characters.