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Young Adult Books that Adults will like.

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  • Bella moves to Forks, Washington and meets Edward, a vampire.
    Book, 2005New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2005. — YA MEYER v.1
  • Dystopian future where different districts must fight each other.
    Book, 2008New York : Scholastic Press, 2008. — YA-COLLINS, S
  • Mia Thermopolis is pretty sure there’s nothing worse than being a five-foot-nine, flat-chested freshman, but it turns out that being secretly royalty could be worse.
    Book, 2000New York : Harper Avon, 2000. — YA-CABOT, M
  • This book follows the story of Leisel, who loves to read during Nazy Germany.
    Audiobook CD, 2006New York : Random House/Listening Library, p2006. — J CD/BOOK ZUS
  • Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.
    Book, 1999New York : Pocket Books, c1999. — YP CHBOSKY
  • Lara Jean writes letters to her crushes, she never sends but what happens when they get released.
    Large Print, 2021Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021. — LT-YA-HAN
  • Feyre kills a wolf in the forest, that leads to Feyre getting captured by a beast.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2015[United States] : Recorded Books, Inc., 2015. — eAudiobook hoopla
  • Brian survives a plane crash, he is alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present.
    Book, 1987New York : Bradbury Press, c1987. — J PAU
  • Happi's sister was killed when she attended a social justice rally, Happi must rethink what she always thought about her sister.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2021[United States] : Harlequin Audio, 2021. — eAudiobook hoopla
  • Darius meets Sohrab, the boy next door, and everything changes. Soon, they're spending their days together, playing soccer, eating faludeh, and talking for hours on a secret rooftop overlooking the city's skyline.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Dial Books, [2018] — YA-KHORRAM, A
  • Santi moved to a new school and is welcomed by everyone, except Suwa who thinks Santi is not great and does not deserve to be part of the marching band.
    eBook, 20222022.
  • high school senior Emoni Santiago has a lot of difficult decisions to make, but being in the kitchen clears her mind as she creates amazing dishes.
    eBook, 2019New York : HarperCollins, 2019.